... Preparation of samples Chloramphenicol and cycloheximide were used as specific growth inhibitors of bacteria and fungi, respectively (Anderson and Domsch, 1975; Newell et al., 1983; Fuhrman and McManus, ... depend on the characteristicsof organic matters Samples collected in this study contained organic matters such as farmyard manure, litter, and detritus etc Generally, plant materials of terrestrial ... K and Y Oba (1994) Effect of fungal to bacterial biomass ratio on the relationship between CO2 evolution and total soil microbial biomass Biology and Fertility of Soils 17, 39-44 Sakamoto K and...
... number of firms in the market and each firm’s market share, and it is calculated by summing the squares of the market shares of each firm in the market For example, a market consisting of four ... institutions may engage, the availability and allocation of credit, the stability of the financial system and the economy, and the safe and sound operations of such institutions To determine the number of ... Herfindahl-Hirschman Index Home Owners’ Loan Act industrial loan corporation Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Office of Thrift Supervision savings and loans Securities and Exchange Commission Summary...
... smoking at the time of their ED visit, many may not be aware of the extent of the connection between their symptoms and their smoking The concept of perceived risk is central to many important theoretical ... asthma exacerbation, acute bronchitis, asthmatic bronchitis, exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and exacerbation of emphysema Upper respiratory symptoms included at least one of ... procedures for handling subject data were reviewed and approved by the Human Subjects Review Board of the Miriam and Rhode Island Hospitals Author details Centers for Behavioral and Preventive...
... autocorrelation, and Doppler spectrum of both SISO and MIMO cases Then, we evaluated the biterror rate (BER) performance of MIMO E-SDM systems in the environment The main contributions of the paper ... mobility of mobile terminals may be fixed, walking speed, or slow vehicles limited within 10 m/s In this paper, two values of fD of 31 and 93 Hz, which correspond to two terminal’s velocities of 1.8 and ... Australia, May 2006 [21] P Stoica and R Moses, Introduction to Spectral Analysis, Prentice Hall, New York, NY, USA, 1997 [22] A Domazetovic, L J Greenstein, N B Mandayam, and I Seskar, “Estimating...
... effects of cultivation materials on the formation and development of fruiting bodies of King oyster and Yunzhi mushrooms 3.4.3 The influence of mixing formula on the size of fruiting bodies and yields ... features of strain E6 are clearly different with the above strains on the growth duration andcharacteristicsof fiber systems, the formation of fruiting bodies 3.1.2 The growth and formation of fruiting ... spawns and cultivating materials to the growth of King oyster and Yunzhi mushrooms Experiment 13: Effect of age of liquid spawns to the growth of King oyster and Yunzhi mushrooms on farming materials...
... aurantiacus, E japonicus, D racemosum, and C camphora Stem and main root concentrations tended to increase gradually in all species On the other hand, the changes of sodium concentration per whole ... relative values of net photosynthetic rates on d 32 tended to decrease as the sodium concentration in leaves increased The changes of sodium and chloride concentration in leaves andof osmotic potential ... the flow of soluble salts into xylem Further study, to determine whether structural differences in fine roots exist between species, may be required As for the primary cause of death of leaves,...
... patients with and without malignancy Second, sepsis remains one of the major causes of admission for cancer patients to the ICU and is an important cause of hospital mortality and morbidity [15] ... epidemiology and patterns of sepsis syndromes in these patients [17,18], the aim of this study was to assess the characteristicsof critically ill cancer patients, and to evaluate their prognosis Materials ... was used, and histograms and normal-quantile plots were examined to verify the normality of distribution of continuous variables Discrete variables are expressed as counts (percentage) and continuous...
... (55%) and skilled nursing facilities (28%) period Distribution of length of stay of all trauma ICU patients in the study period X axis = length of stay (days); Y axis = percentage of all trauma ... predictions with regard to futility of survival and quality of life between doctors and nurses in 21% of ICU patients Only to 15% of survivors of ICU stay where health care professionals had considered ... independent predictors of LOS of more than 30 days (Table 4) The occurrences of sepsis and ARDS, in particular, increased the odds by 5.0 and 8.8, respectively, of prolonging ICU stay of more than 30...
... modulus of elasticity of concrete modulus of elasticity of concrete at transfer of stress modulus of elasticity of prestressing strand modulus of elasticity of steel flexural stiffness of compression ... attractiveness of a bridge is generally achieved by its shape and by the proper proportioning of the superstructure and piers in relation to the span of the bridgeand its surroundings Color and texture may ... the accompanying possibility of tradeoffs in the process of planning and designing Selection BRIDGE ANALYSIS AND DESIGN of not only a suitable type of substructure and superstructure, but a suitable...
... profit) into discretionary accruals and non-discretionary accruals and use the latter as a sign of existence or level of earnings management In view of the non-time series characteristicsof ... in profit was negative) in previous year may previous year, otherwise, influence the earnings DLOSS = management of this year The absolute value of the An abnormal fluctuation ratio of main business ... kind of correlation between board characteristicsand the quality of financial reporting, we were incapable of explaining how the board characteristics influence and improve the quality of financial...
... and Bac Kan province - Laboratory of faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Thai Nguyen college of Agriculture and Forestry - Laboratory of ultrastructure - Institute of Hygiene and ... dose of 0.3 mg/kg B.W - Evaluating of efficacy of these medicines in experimentally and naturally infected porcines Determining of safety medicines by observing the responseof porcines during ... intensity of Trichocephalus suis nematode between pigs with diarrhea and normal pigs Table 3.18 The prevalence and infection intensity of Trichocephalus suis nematode between pigs with diarrhea and...
... poisoned + Image of histopathology (general situation ofand microbials) liver of the white mice: Image 3.31: Image of general situation of liver of the normal white mice Image 3.32: Image of general ... Amanita virosa HE, 400x 14 + Image of histopathology (general situation ofand microbials) of the white mice Image 3.36: Image of general situation ofof the normal white mice Image 3.38: Image ... toxicity of Amanita virosa is amatoxin and these are cyclopolypeptid (including: alpha-amanitin, beta-amanitin, gammaamanitin, epsilon-amanitin, amanullin, amanullinic acid, proamanullin) Toxicity of...
... amount of P, Fe, Al, and Si (spot 21) Pb-rich spots were also found in Al-Si-rich spots (spots 19 and 20) and in Al-, P-, S-rich spots containing small amounts of Fe, Si, and Ca (spot 22) Mapping of ... earthy and stony building and waste materials—leaching tests—determination of the leaching of components from powder and granular materials with the cascade leaching test Nederlands Normalisatie ... occurred within P-Fe-rich spots (spots 12, 13 and 14) or in a complex matrix of Na, Al, Si, and Ca with small amounts of S and Cl (data not shown) WDS mapping was also used to deduce the micro-scale...
... presence of a number of well-defined polymers The effects of charge, chain length and hydrophobicity of the macromolecules on the sulphur aggregation were studied The effect of chain length and hydrophobicity ... effect of the charge on the dissolved organic matter on the degree of aggregation of the sulphur particles was investigated by studying the formation of sulphur particles in the presence of carboxymethylcellulose ... polymers PVA40-88 and PVA48-98 (Table 3) This is contrary to findings of Koopal and Lyklema [30] concerning the adsorption of PVA to an AgI sol Due to the presence of longer loops and tails the adsorbed...
... Footer Page 17 of 123 Header Page 18 of 123 18 Histopathological Number Proportion characteristics (n=588) % Location of lesion Body of stomach 1,2 Antrum of stomach 36 6,1 Whole stomach 545 92,7 ... (0,05) Relationship between the presence of cagA and vacA genes and clarithromycin resistance Footer Page 24 of...
... have an optimal antigen uptake capacity and upregulation of CD86, CD40 and class I, but low levels of CD83, as is expected of non-terminally mature DCs The phenotypic profile of the DCTs and DCTIs ... conception and logistics of the study MMA, CV, SS, RAR, SC AJM: vaccination of patients, acquisition of samples and generation of data MMA, AJM, NRH, JB, FF: preparation of the vaccine MMA, AJM, ... patient The remaining patients showed the pattern of responses documented in 3C and 3D Figure 3C and 3D are from a representative patient (N010) and show the comparable magnitude of tetramer responses,...
... dimensions of the plots were rather small, these biomass values were only used to compare the performance of the various clones and were not representative of the biomass production of real stands ... development, and biomass production rates of different kinds of poplar (Populus) clones were compared during their first year of growth MATERIALS AND METHODS Five poplar clones were used: fast-growing and ... efficiency of conversion of solar energy into biomass production (Isebrands and Nelson, 1982; Isebrands and Michael, 1986) However, direct linear relationships between biomass production and solar...