... latitudes of 23° north and south and separate the fertile tropical zone from the subtropical and temperate zones About half ofthe about 90million-km2 fertile global land areas are forests; the rest of ... developed, based on the Lurgi-Ruhrgas system The thermal decomposition of biomass andthe condensation oforganic tar vapors and reaction water vapors take place in the course of one or few seconds ... essential experience is that the SS balls are superior: The throughput ofthe PDU could be increased by at least 50%, andthe availability ofthe facility andthe reliability of operation could be improved...
... governs the size ofthe orbital (wave function) and determines the energy ofthe orbital The value of n corresponds to the number ofthe shell in the Bohr atomic theory andthe larger the n, the ... behavior ofthe atoms and so knowledge ofthe positions and energies ofthe electrons is of great importance The correlation ofthe properties of atoms with their atomic structure expressed in the ... organic molecules, and VB theory became known as HLSP theory from the first letters ofthe surnames ofthe men who contributed so much to the theory The popularity of VB theory owes much to the...
... dissociation ofthe wild-type (WT) bacteriophage and ts mutants Two mutations that appear to lead to the formation of cavities, one in thehydrophobic core (M88V) andthe other in the protein–RNA ... T45S and M88V were also coupled, as shown by the overlapping ofthe fluorescence and light scattering curves The large red-shift in the fluorescence emission spectra ofthe WT form and T45S, M88V and ... dissociation and denaturation To further confirm the urea-induced changes in secondary structure, we analyzed the UV CD spectra of MS2 andthe ts mutants in the presence and absence of 4.5 M urea, the...
... However, the quality control oforganic compound fertilizer andof compost are of critical importance National standards for factories and for the quality and prices of products, should be set by the ... yield of tea (g/plant) from the application oforganicand inorganic compound fertilizers, Taiwan 1993 The results showed that in the first year, tobacco quality was better from the heaviest organic ... pressure of 100 - 300 kpa, although 200 kpa is typical As a result ofthe exothermic reaction between the ammonia andthe sludge, the temperature in the reactor rises to 40°C - 50°C The actual...
... concentrations of nominated chemicals affects the CTMaximum values ofthe four species of fish MATERIALS AND METHODS Three ofthe test fish species are native to Australia, these being the silver perch ... rates of test chemicals can be estimated on the basis ofthe results obtained from acute tests, conducted simultaneously in glass vessels using the same stock solutions of these chemicals, with the ... tolerances of fish in the absence and presence ofchemicals were measured individually using the CTMaximum test method The methodology for conducting the tests for this study was designed on the basis of...
... Adsorption of toxic chemicals in aqueous supernatant from Step 2)Chemical Oxidation or Total Mineralization ofthethe Organics 3)Deep UV Photooxidation ofthe Organics 4)Photocatalytic oxidation ofthe ... in both dispersed and heterogeneous forms (supported) tsnl Advantanges of this Approach The light absorption and energy levels ofthe semiconductor valence and conduction bands can be adjusted ... identified • The size ofthe elution peak at a chosen absorbance wavelength gives the amount of each chemical • The stability ofthe nanosize photocatalyst can be determined from changes in the complete...
... soils, thepartitioningof FA and HA correlates with the system equilibrium pH Thepartitioningof FA and HA as a function of pH varies widely for the soils studied The Kd-OC values for FA and HA ... preventing thesorptionof Pb onto a sandy soil (Jordan et al., 1997) Further analysis ofthe data reveal that the presence of Cu and Pb in the water extracts can be more precisely associated with the ... Pb and prevented the binding of Pb by a sandy soil Here, the data strongly suggest that the increased desorption/dissolution of HA is strongly correlated to the increase ofthe concentration of...
... catechol enhanced the incidence of papillomas ofthe tongue, carcinomas ofthe oesophagus, squamous-cell carcinomas ofthe forestomach and adenocarcinomas ofthe glandular stomach 5.4 Other relevant ... States compared the exposed with national rates and with rates of mortality and incidence in other plants ofthe same large company The other compared the exposed with workers in the same plants ... incidence of hepatocellular adenomas and carcinomas in mice, tumours ofthe nasal cavity, liver subcutaneous tissues, mammary gland and peritoneal mesotheliomas in rats and tumours ofthe liver and...
... age ofthe animal, the dose ofthe carcinogen andthe route and length of exposure Evidence of an increased incidence of neoplasms with increased level of exposure strengthens the inference of a ... imply acceptance ofthe adequacy ofthe study design or ofthe analysis and interpretation ofthe results, and limitations are clearly outlined in square brackets at the end ofthe study description ... number of aspects of design and analysis as described in the report ofthe study Most of these considerations apply equally to case–control, cohort and correlation studies Lack of clarity of any of...
... Germany) and J.T Baker (Deventer, The Netherlands) For chemical analysis, standard stock solutions ofthe analytes andthe internal standards were prepared both in methanol and hexane and stored ... fractions to the total toxicity organic xenobiotics in raw and treated wastewater the municipal STP Trier Additionally, they showed ofofof to what extent the potential hazardous effects ofthe fractions ... regard to their acute toxicity in the standardized bioluminescence inhibition assay The aim of this study was to clarify the contribution ofthe different fractions to the total toxicity of organic...
... Germany) and J.T Baker (Deventer, The Netherlands) For chemical analysis, standard stock solutions ofthe analytes andthe internal standards were prepared both in methanol and hexane and stored ... fractions to the total toxicity organic xenobiotics in raw and treated wastewater the municipal STP Trier Additionally, they showed ofofof to what extent the potential hazardous effects ofthe fractions ... regard to their acute toxicity in the standardized bioluminescence inhibition assay The aim of this study was to clarify the contribution ofthe different fractions to the total toxicity of organic...
... the enhanced adsorption of RSSR, the separation of reduction sites (Ag) andthe oxidation sites (TiO2) andthe respectively selective adsorption of oxidant (RSSR) andthe reductant (H2O) on the ... semiconductors Band gap is a special phenomenon found in semiconductors, and at the bottom of band gap is the valence band (VB) filled with electrons while at the top of band gap is the conduction band (CB) ... for the simultaneous crystallization and immobilization ofthe treated TiO2 nano particles on the PP substrate The difference ofthe inhibiting agents to TEA-modification andthe effect of TEA...
... Ns is the surface concentration ofsorption sites, ATSP is the specific surface area ofthe TSP, PLo is the vapor pressure ofthe subcooled liquid, QL is the enthalpy of desorption from the surface ... coefficient (KOW) is often regarded as a descriptor for the distribution of a chemical between organic phase and water The magnitude of KOW is a measure ofthe hydrophobicity of a chemical and can be calculated ... control efforts to minimize the release of these chemicals to the environment The specific research gaps identified in the context of understanding the fate and transfer of SVOCs in SEA are summarized...
... standard for the safe carriage, in bulk by sea, of dangerous chemicalsand noxious liquid substances listed in chapter 17 ofthe Code The Code prescribes the design and construction standards of ... of tonnage, involved in such carriage andthe equipment they shall carry to minimize the risk to the ship, its crew andthe environment, having regard to the nature ofthe products involved The ... Anniversary date means the day andthe month of each year, which will correspond to the date of expiry ofthe International Certificate of Fitness for the Carriage of Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk 1.3.4...
... relative importance ofthe various kinds of data written to disk, both in terms of how much ofthe live blocks they occupy on disk and in terms of how much ofthe data written to the log they represent ... delay the cleaning a while and let more ofthe blocks die in the current segment The value of a segment’s free space is based on the stability ofthe data in the segment Unfortunately, the stability ... writes, then reads the file back sequentially, then writes 100 Mbytes randomly to the existing file, then reads 100 Mbytes randomly from the file, and finally reads the file sequentially again The bandwidth...
... very specialized audience State -of -the- art researchers need this kind of detailed mathematics to understand the theoretical implications ofthe work A basic premise of this book is that most practical ... word in the incoming audio signal is isolated and then analyzed to identify the type of excitation and resonate frequencies These parameters are then compared with previous examples of spoken ... away at the speed of light Aircraft in the path of this wave will reflect a small portion ofthe energy back toward a receiving antenna, situated near the transmission site The distance to the object...
... patterns Whether these are activated depends on the social demands placed on the individual by the way of life of their community These determine the situational contexts evocative ofthe social ... see the rise of psychology andthe application of its psychometric methods to the study of social phobia The first scale for the measurement of social anxiety À the psychological construct at the ... if the above definitions ofthe two terms andthe distinctions drawn between them were of interest and perhaps of some clinical value, they would hardly be meaningful so far as research and theory...
... referral) may depend on the nature ofthe condition, whether the referral is for reasons of diagnosis and/ or treatment, the preference ofthe provider, andthe relationship between the providers Medical ... situation, that the point of referral may depend on the familiarity or relationship between the providers, and that the nature ofthe referral (e.g., amount and type of information accompanying the referral) ... group composed of both chiropractic and medical professionals The goals ofthe focus group were to explore the attitudes and experiences of medical and chiropractic clinicians regarding their patients...
... Department of State A few ofthe groups on the official list, however, are guerrilla organizations These include the FARC, the LTTE, andthe PKK To be sure, the FARC, the LTTE, andthe PKK engage ... communications, and so forth Whereas the skills ofthe elite terrorist commandos ofthe 1960s and 1970s were often limited to what they learned in training camp, the terrorists ofthe 1990s who ... justification for their killing of other Jews was that these killings demonstrated the consequences ofthe immorality of collaborating with the Roman invaders, and that the Romans could not protect their...
... criteria of good tests and theoretical ideas on test reliability and validity as well as achievement tests Chapter 3- The study is the main part ofthe thesis showing the context ofthe study andthe ... assessment ofthe test reliability and validity These conclusions are as follows: The test with chosen items is compatible with the aims ofthe courses andthe objectives ofthe syllabus andthe test ... kind of software in a server Before the examinations, the person who is in charge of preparing the tests will use the software to mix the test items in the item bank and print out the tests All the...