types shapes and dimensions

... (sand) for mortars and external rendering are BS 1199 and BS 1200 1976/1996, and these cover sand for mortar for plain and reinforced brickwork, blockwork and masonry The Standards should be referred ... to Section 4.2, and the list of Further Reading at the end of this chapter 1.6.3 Types, shapes and dimensions When the first edition of this book was published in 1971, the standard shape of ... Portland cement and pulverised fuel ash (pfa) and Portland cement and ground granulated blast furnace slag (ggbs) are used in concrete for special purposes such as reduction of heat of hydration and...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 20:36

... spelling, semantics and sentence formation It focuses on the knowledge and skill needed to understand and express the utterances’ meaning Grammatical competence is the ability to recognize and produce ... they also should use stress and rhythmic patterns, and intonation patterns of the language clearly enough so that people can understand what is said Rhythm, stress and intonation are important ... three areas of knowledge: They are Mechanics, Functions and Social and cultural rules and norms Mechanics including pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary is the basic aspect of speaking skill that...

Ngày tải lên: 18/12/2013, 21:45

... labelled as MADL1, MADL2 and FADL1AGE, FADL2AGE and MADL1AGE, MADL2AGE, where F and M are shortcuts for female and male respectively, ADL1 and ADL2 shortcuts for instrumental and personal disabilities ... to demographic factors like age and gender the demand for health and elderly care is affected by dependency, social and housing conditions of the elderly Fiscal and resource constraints in the ... outside home are classified as instrumental ADLs (IADL) and eating, washing, dressing and undressing, getting in and out of the bed, use of bathroom and problems in urine continence are considered as...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 17:20

... pulmonary TB living in Switzerland [16] They divided the contact persons into groups The first group consisted of close family and friends, the second of classmates and teachers and the third of more ... frequency of TB in close contact of TB cases 2.6% [5] between January 1996 and December 2000, and 3.6% [6] between January 2001 and January 2003 in Eskisehir Deliklitas Tuberculosis Dispensary In Hong ... case, and addictions of the close contacts like smoking and alcohol could not be evaluated In conclusion, household contacts of pulmonary TB cases are the most risky group for TB contamination and...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 03:20

... hectares) and productivity (15,000 tons/year) in Thanhha are ranked as the second largest lychee production zone behind Chilinh district (Haiduong province); and 4) lychee distribution and marketing ... Sampling design According to Salvatore and Reagle (2002), a random sample size (n) is satisfied if it is at least equal to 5% of the population size (N) and the number of observations is at least ... labor and capital, respectively led to increasing 1.59%, 20.45% and 0.01% in lychee productivity, respectively, ceteris paribus This implied that if producers have more experience, labor, and capital...

Ngày tải lên: 06/08/2014, 18:22

... on the variable distribution, results are expressed as numbers and percentages, means and standard deviations (SD), or medians and 25th or 75th percentiles The patients were classified into four ... anxiety and depression had SGRQ scores that were 20, 20, 23 and 17 points higher than the reference group for Total, Activity, Impact and Symptoms, respectively Overall, COPD patients with anxiety and ... depression, or both and reduced HRQoL and found that the magnitude of this association was modified by working status, COPD severity, and the presence of comorbidities A better understanding of the...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 01:21

... research on the small and medium enterprises (SMES) in Vietnam - The forms of ownership and types of enterprises: The enterprises of all forms of ownership and business types, except for the ... 2.8: Research model (Grandon and Pearson, 2004) The trend of coming sections is as follows: First, the e-commerce adoption models in general and the model presented by Grandon and Pearson are investigated ... small and medium enterprises, government support, and awareness of business e-commerce applications in business The intelligentsia needs to meet the requirements of specialty, and the cultural standards...

Ngày tải lên: 23/08/2014, 02:03

... opportunities and challenges for enterprises, especially the small and medium sized enterprises So how Vietnam’s Small and medium sized enterprises should operate to survive and develop in a competitive and ... Small and medium sized enterprises in Vietnam  Vietnam’s Small and Medium Sized Enterprises can be defined as legal enterprises (regardless types of economic components, location and standard ... out production and trade activities and raising goods and service provision to a higher standard in order to improve quality of people’s life Some others believe that competition and competitiveness...

Ngày tải lên: 23/08/2014, 02:03

... 125- and 20- bp bands (lanes 1, 2, 3, 6, and 9) and CYP3A5*1/*3 genotype gives 168-, 148-, 125- and 20- bp (lanes 4, 5, and 10) CYP3A5*3/*3 genotype is not seen in this picture The 20- bp band ... CYP3A5*1/*1 genotype gives 148-, 125- and 20- bp bands, CYP3A5*3/*3 genotype gives 168- and 125-bp bands and CYP3A5*1/*3 genotype gives 168-, 148-, 125- and 20- bp [19] Statistical analysis Tacrolimus ... England Biolabs) 25 μL PCR product was incubated for hours at 37οC with 2μl SspI 5Units/μl and 3μl 10xBuffer A 3.5% agarose/Tris-borate EDTA gel with ethidium bromide staining was used and bands...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:32

... above analysis and results, some conclusions are obtained as follows: • The variables newCHA and newFFS have impact on newEXP However, both newCHA and newFFS depend on CHA, FFS and INC; and newEXP ... will use microeconomic and macroeconomic theories and models to interpret it DEFINITIONS 1.1 Income There are two main types of income, which can be listed as personal income and disposable income ... factors that may affect students’ monthly spending: income, students’ homeland and students’ characteristics Homeland and characteristics are two qualitative variables In general they have certain...

Ngày tải lên: 27/10/2012, 16:53

... the group and students will enjoy having the teacher with them and it, to some extent, reduces the gap between the teacher and students However, due to the better command of English and special ... representativeness and generalizability may be argued on a logical basis and the results and findings may be more valid and reliable III.3 The current situation of English teaching and learning at ... English and Tourism students at CSSH should and shouldn’t in order to get the most benefits from using the two techniques group work and oral presentation to overcome the negative factors and increase...

Ngày tải lên: 29/01/2014, 14:35

... radiation: Visible (Vis), Infrared (IR) and Ultra Violet (UV) High Energy Low Energy • Each kind is distinguished by a characteristic wavelength, frequency and energy • Higher energy radiation can ... gamma waves, and radio waves Source: Adapted from http://www.ucar.edu/learn/imgcat.htm 10 What is Radiation? • Light radiation is often thought of as a wave with a wavelength (λ) and frequency ... speed of light) is constant, the wavelength and frequency are inversely related • This means that light with a short wavelength will have a high frequency and visa versa Source: http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/health/sun_uv/sun-uv-you.htm...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 23:15

... dependably and accurately • Responsiveness: willingness to help customers and provide prompt service • Assurance.: knowledge and courtesy of employees and their ability to inspire trust and confidence ... courtesy, communication, credibility, security and understanding - In addition, these ten dimensions were then regrouped in the wellknown five dimensions in the SERVQUAL model (Parasuraman et ... expectations and perceptions LITERATURE REVIEWS § According to Lassar, Manolis and Winsor (2000), two most prevalent and widely accepted perspectives on service quality include the SERVQUAL model and...

Ngày tải lên: 18/04/2014, 16:25

... by Kolawole and Ojo (2007), implying the important roles of labor and fertilizers and other inputs as well In addition, Illukpitiya and Yanagida (2004) showed that labor, inorganic and organic ... al., (1977), Battese (1992), Bravo-Ureta and Pinherio (1993), Battese and Coelli (1995), Binam et al (2004), Illukpitiya and Yanagida (2004) and Rios and Shively (2007) have highlighted effects ... random error, V, equals to zero This case may happen if the observed output, stochastic production frontier value and deterministic production frontier are all equal and the random error, V, and...

Ngày tải lên: 12/06/2014, 15:01

... climate, foods, events and festivities of the area, and a lot of activities simply designed for sightseeing and for rest and recreation The demand for travel products and services is not very ... gender, age, position and field of specialization?   Page 4    What is the accountants’ and the managers’ perception of their level of awareness and understanding, ease of use, and usefulness of ... gender, age, position and field of specialization To describe the accountants’ and the managers’ perception of their level of awareness and understanding, ease of use, and usefulness of cost...

Ngày tải lên: 22/07/2014, 20:07

... 6.92 6.82 0.92 hand, the interfacial dilational modulus is 5.22 and 6.92 mN/m for non purified oil and purified oil, respectively Interfacial tension (mN/m) The interfacial tension and modulus are ... reaching an equilibrium after about 10, and for WPI, NaCas and Tween 20, respectively (Figure 3) The interfacial tensions of 0.1 mg/ml WPI, NaCas and Tween 20 and hexadecane decreased from 41 mN/m ... and from 50 mN/m to 18.5 mN/m for 1, 0.1 and 0.01 mg/ml of protein, respectively The interfacial tension decreased with time, reaching equilibrium within the first minutes at 0.1 and mg/ml, and...

Ngày tải lên: 06/08/2014, 19:20

... initiation, and thus to the angle of the primary xylem line (Fig 2) growing Sinkers and side roots were predomiin a downward and in a horizontal direction, respectively Roots of both types tended ... vary Wavelengths with plant species, e.g., Zea (Feldman and Briggs, 1987) and Convolvulus (Tepfer and Bonnett, 1972) respond to red light and show some reversal in far red, whereas the plagiotropic ... 1985) and the mechanism will not be discussed further here The detection of and response to gravity rapid The presentation time for the seedling radicle of Picea abies L is only 8-10 (Hestnes and...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 02:21

... integrity and continuity of the gastrointestinal tract, and to restore and maintain adequate nutrition [4] Primary closure, with or without tissue reinforcement, is the preferable and most fre- ... participated in its design and coordination, wrote, revised and submitted manuscript RU participated in its design and coordination KMC performed the statistical analysis and coordination AA participated ... one, and injury of nervus laryngeal recurrentis in one patient The morbidity rate was significantly higher in patients with gunshot injuries (p < 0.001) and tracheal injuries (p < 0.001), and...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... and psychological The theories and models are most commonly applied in the study and explanation of consumer behavior since the second half of the twentieth century are theories of attitude and ... and perceived ease of use are the two most important factors in explaining individual users’ adoption intentions and actual usage (Davis, 1989) TAM has been extensively tested and validated and ... Cheng, 2008) Venkatesh and Davis (2000) introduced such social and organizational factors as subjective norms, impression, quality of output and work relevance into the TAM model and proposed TAM2...

Ngày tải lên: 20/08/2014, 22:08