... which included 68 patients with brucellosis and 70 control group, sensitivity and specificity were found to be 45.5 % and 97.1 % for Ig M and 79 % and 100 % for Ig G respectively (10) When the ... tests, immuncapture agglutination and ELISA Ig M and Ig G tests, which are based on sandwich ELISA system, are standardized tests that have high diagnostic value and can be used interchangeably ... of the antibodies and blocking antibodies that form against brucella, the titers that it has determined were higher in number than STA and Coombs methods has higher sensitivity and specificity...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:56
... Source: Ivans and Feree (1987) Respiratory Rates of Some Nonclimacteric Fruits Respiration and Ethylene Production Rates These respiration rates are about double those reported in USDA Handbook 66 ... respiration rates are about double those reported in USDA Handbook 66 (2-4 at 5ºC and 10-17 ml CO2/kg.hr at 20ºC) for mandarins and oranges Skin Staining is a Preharvest Disorder Rind Staining Following ... Operations 90-95% 90- Ethylene During degreening, chlorophyll content (green color) decreases and allows the yellow and orange color (carotenoids) to become visible Ethylene accelerates chlorophyll degradation...
Ngày tải lên: 03/04/2013, 20:58
NEGOTIATING PRICE AND PAYMENT
... Non -payment = >Payment guarantee A payment guarantee makes sure that the exporter will receive payment It commits the bank which issuses the payment guarantee to pay if the buyer defaults The payment ... payment is subject to payment of interest so mosts sellers offer discount for early payment This helps the buyer save on the invoce price and the seller qickly collect his money The date of payment ... delays and any payment made after the agreed date of payment is in delay Step 5: Results of delay When delay in payment happens the exporter is usually compensated for losses due to late payment...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2013, 11:43
Exergoeconomic optimization and improvement of a cogeneration system modeled in a process simulator using direct search and evolutionary methods
... transfer, subscripts F and P indicate system fuel and system product, respectively, NK is the number of system components, and NP and NF are the numbers of system products and fuels, respectively ... used, and their minimum and maximum allowable values In problem OP11, in addition to the evident consideration of the turbines and HRSGs, some decision variables associated with the condenser and ... function OF is the same, and the process steam and process hot water demands are assumed constant Here, the larger problem OP11 is considered for both mathematical optimization and exergoeconomic improvement...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 16:30
Tài liệu Bài 3: Gradients and Optimization Methods ppt
... mean and covariance matrix w 1 : Apply the stochastic on-line learning rule (3.37), choosing a random initial point and an appropriate learning rate Try different choices for the learning rate and ... log, absolute value, and det functions This result will be needed when the ICA problem is solved by maximum likelihood estimation in Chapter 62 GRADIENTS AND OPTIMIZATION METHODS 3.1.4 Taylor ... and should in fact be time dependent Yet a third very convenient way to write such update rules, in conformity with programming languages, is w w w @ J (w) @ w 64 GRADIENTS AND OPTIMIZATION METHODS...
Ngày tải lên: 13/12/2013, 14:15
Tài liệu Part III: EXTENSIONS AND RELATED METHODS pdf
... noise is assumed to be additive This is a rather realistic assumption, standard in factor analysis and signal processing, and allows for a simple formulation of the noisy model Thus, the noisy ... observations x Denoting by z a nongaussian random variable, and by n a gaussian noise variable of variance , we should be able to express the relation between E fG(z )g and E fG(z + n)g in simple algebraic ... (see Section 2.7), and therefore any such estimation method would be immune to gaussian noise Such methods can be found in [63, 263, 471] The problem is, however, that such methods often use cumulants...
Ngày tải lên: 20/01/2014, 11:20
PID ALGORITHM AND TUNNING METHODS
... combinations of these elements: • Proportional only Proportional and Integral (most common) • Proportional, Integral, and Derivative • Proportional and Derivative • We will examine each of the three elements ... between the setpoint, the measurement, and the output Proportional—units The proportional or gain term may be calibrated in two ways: Gain and Proportional Band Gain = Output/Input Increasing the ... proportional and integral only Calculation of repeat time: (gain and reset terms used in controller) With the error set to zero (measurement input = setpoint), make a change in the input and note...
Ngày tải lên: 22/01/2014, 08:26
Tài liệu Estimating DoD Transportation Spending - Analyses of Contract and Payment Transactions pdf
... component command and a number of transportation management officers at bases and stations Many of the business rules documented here first came from these interviews At RAND, we thank John Ausink and Nancy ... Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC), in Alexandria, Virginia, responsible for ground transport Appendix A presents further information on TRANSCOM and its component commands DoD organizations ... (Steele and Court, 1996; Dobler and Burt, 1996) By better understanding its total expenditures, TRANSCOM can better demonstrate to suppliers its value as a customer, even in the tradeoffs and commitments...
Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 23:20
mems advanced materials and fabrication methods nat aca press ppt
Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 15:20
A SYSTEM OF LOGIC, RATIOCINATIVE AND INDUCTIVE, BEING A CONNECTED VIEW OF THE PRINCIPLES OF EVIDENCE, AND THE METHODS OF SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION pdf
... analysis Logic is common ground on which the partisans of Hartley and of Reid, of Locke and of Kant, may meet and join hands Particular and detached opinions of all these thinkers will no doubt occasionally ... soldier, and Thompson is a soldier, and Smith is a soldier, but we can not say, Jones is the 76th regiment, and Thompson is the 76th regiment, and Smith is the 76th regiment We can only say, Jones, and ... own knowledge, and to our command over that knowledge for our own uses If there were but one rational being in the universe, that being might be a perfect logician; and the science and art of logic...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 13:20
Book 1 - Ethical and Professional Standards and Quantitative Methods pdf
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 04:20
Prenatal Diagnosis – Morphology Scan and Invasive Methods Edited by Richard Kwong Wai Choy and Tak Yeung Leung docx
... loss rate postprocedure, which includes both background 12 Prenatal Diagnosis – Morphology Scan and Invasive Methods pregnancy loss for that gestational age and procedure-related loss, and (2) ... described in 1983 by Daffos and coworkers offers advantage in efficacy and safety over the fetoscopic methods previously used to obtain fetal blood and nowdays almost completely abandoned (Daffos et al.,1985) ... role of the pathologist in the handling of the congenital skeletal disorders and enable the postmortem diagnostic 34 Prenatal Diagnosis – Morphology Scan and Invasive Methods approach The chapter...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 20:20
POULTRY RATIONS and Feeding Methods ppt
... winter laying rations and in rations for producing eggs for hatching, as a source of Vitamins A and D when the supply of green pasture and direct sunshine is limited or lacking Standard fish oils ... amount of mash and grain consumed, and allows one to use a cheap and simple growing ration Good pasture helps to grow sleek smoothlyfeathered vigorous pullets, enabling them to withstand the strain ... spring and only grain fed, soon lay themselves thin, cease laying, moult and spend the summer and fall growing new feathers; moreover any eggs they lay are likely to be of “barnyard” quality and...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 21:20
International Macroeconomics and Finance: Theory and Empirical Methods pptx
... stands for autoregression of order p, MA(n) stands for moving average of order n, ARIMA stands for autoregressive-integrated-moving-average, VAR stands for vector autoregression, and VECM stands ... Chapter derives some basic relations and gives some institutional background on international ịnancial markets, national income and balance of payments accounts, and central bank operations iii ... the literature and treatments of the various methods are scattered across dierent textbooks and journal articles It would be really unkind to send you to multiple outside sources and require you...
Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 04:20
Crop Post-Harvest: Science and Technology Volume 1 Principles and Practice potx
... Principles and Practice Edited by P Golob, G Farrell and J.E Orchard 632 05723 Crop Post- Harvest: Science and Technology Volume 2: Durables Edited by R.J Hodges and G Farrell 632 05724 Crop Post- Harvest: ... Wood Oilseeds, oils and fats A.A Swetman Weaning foods L Hammond Animal feeds J.F Wood 338 423 Applied Research and Dissemination H.C Coote and N.K Marsland 441 Extension methods and technology transfer ... participation in assessing post- harvest needs N.K Marsland A methodological framework for combining quantitative and qualitative survey methods N.K Marsland, I.M Wilson, S Abeyasekera and U.K Kleih Monitoring...
Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 11:20
AIA DOCUMENT A310 - 2010, BID BOND, AND AIA DOCUMENT A310 - 2010, PERFORMANCE BOND AND PAYMENT BOND pptx
... contractor and surety will not have any obligation under the bond if the contractor makes payment of all sums due claimants and indemnifies and holds harmless the owner from claims, demands, liens ... be null and void, otherwise to remain in full force and effect The Contractor and Surety are bound to the Owner in the amount set forth above, for the payment of which the Contractor and Surety ... null and void if the Contractor: § 2.1 Promptly makes payment, directly or indirectly, for all sums due Claimants, and § 2.2 Defends, indemnifies and holds harmless the Owner from claims, demands,...
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 03:20
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO REMOVE AND PROHIBIT AND NOTICE OF CHARGES AND HEARING AND NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT OF A CIVIL MONEY PENALTY pptx
... financial gain and/ or other benefit OTS charges that Respondent's misconduct involved personal dishonesty on his part and/ or a willful disregard for the safety and soundness of ESSA OTS charges that ... 8(i)(2)(B){i)(lJ) and (ii)(J!I) of the FDIA, 12 U.S.c § 1818(i )(2)(B)(i)(1I) and (iDOll) (i)(2)(B) Notice of Charges ~ Jonathan Feldman ~ Page III FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS AND CHARGES 14 Ivy Ridge ... Respondent's violation oflaws and regulations and/ or unsafe and unsound practices involved personal dishonesty on his part and/ or a willful or continuing disregard for the safety and soundness of an insured...
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 09:20
Software Cost Estimation and Sizing Methods - Issues and Guidelines pptx
... analysts in understanding the sources of uncertainty and risk in sizing and costing software, and to provide insight into mitigating the risks when making choices about different sizing and costing ... derived from past performance The methods include expert judgment, analogy, parametric and algorithmic methods, bottom-up (work breakdown structure) methods, and top-down methods For each method, we ... possible about the project to taking time to understand what methods each model uses, and whether those methods/ models are appropriate to the project at hand In addition, the developers can ensure...
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 18:20
Building Plans for Poultrymen and Practical Methods of Poultry Raising doc
... task a recreation for the other and to come away from the city and office with its cares and intense mental exertion and hurry out to the poultry headquarters and attend to a nice flock of busy ... condition and health the fowls must be fed right, housed right and not crowded If your fowls seem out of condition, give them more park and house room Give plenty of sunshine and fresh air and water ... wires and with an ordinary pen knife cut one or both and thus opening the open circuit all the wider and cutting off all chance of the two ends of the wire meeting and completing the circuit and...
Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 08:20