... Based on the observations, it is concluded that both Candidatus ‘Accumulibacter phosphatis’ and Candidatus ‘Competibacter phosphatis’ seem to take up more acetate under lower initial pH conditions ... experiment (b) Second experiment (c) Third Experiment Fig Evaluation of acetate uptake by Candidatus ‘Competibacter phosphatis’ under different pH conditions CONCLUSIONS It was demonstrated that ... Correlation between acetate concentration reduction and the area of silver granules per cell Dotted lines are for 95% limits for the mean (Left: E coli Right: R eutropha ) Effect of pH on acetate...
... prevention and care 15 16 Global action plan to control the spread andimpact of antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae In order to contain the spread andimpact of gonococcal infections and ... publication and dissemination of a national mitigation plan Establishment and strengthening of monitoring and evaluation mechanisms based on a clear plan of what is to be achieved, how and by whom, and ... prevention and control of gonorrhoea Establishment and strengthening of monitoring and evaluation mechanisms (facilitate the creation of facility- and districtlevel units, systematically monitor...
... education and different definitions of human capital Before reviewing the literature on education and economic growth, we discuss methods used to measure education IV The Measurement of Education ... determine the true impact of education on individuals’ incomes and economies’ growth rates V Microeconomic Theory Microeconomic analysis attempts to determine the effect of education on an individual’s ... (1993), Butcher and Case (1994), Ashenfelter and Krueger (1994), and Ashenfelter and Zimmerman (1993) Variations of the IV technique are applied, the conclusions of which support Harmon and Walker’s...
... part of actual body status and the relationship between human physiology and environmental factors such as climate, season, nutrition, activities, economy, urbanization, and stress Most of the previous ... radiation of heat from the internal organs and muscles to the surface of the body Large body surface area increases the potential for convection, conduction, and evaporation In cold environments, ... Study: A Population-Based Study on the Variation in Bone Formation Markers with Age, Gender, Anthropometry and Season in both Men and Women, Journal of Osteoporosis International, Volume 12,...
... Eaton, Jonathan 1996 “Sovereign Debt, Repudiation, and Credit Terms.” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS 1, no (January): 25-36 Ederington, Louis 1985 “Classification Models and Bond ... using bond data that precede Hand, Holthausen, and Leftwich (1992) focus solely on monthly observations and conclude that bond prices are not affected by rating changes (Weinstein 1977; Pinches and ... cross-sectional tests agree in part with those obtained from similar tests of the information content of corporate bond ratings (Ederington, Yawitz, and Roberts 1987) and municipal bond ratings (Moon and...
... National Economic Council NPT Non Proliferation Treaty xix List of Abbreviations NSC National Security Council NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone OECD Organisation for Economic Co operation and ... process itself, and pay particular attention to the interactions between contending policy positions that shape final decisions I focus on the role of new policy ideas, and their impacton the ... concerns me is whether they had an important and concrete impacton policy assumptions and choices In the first section of this chapter, I discuss the assumptions of the traditionalist view and...
... upon awakening Participants' responses to general, open-ended questions regarding the impact of FM on their sleep, as well as their feedback upon item review, provide strong evidence for the content ... administration and scoring andits use is likely to be limited to clinical research rather than routine clinical practice A few limitations should be considered in evaluating this study One limitation ... Martin and Laurie Zografos are employees of RTI Health Solutions, who were paid consultants to Pfizer in connection with the development of this manuscript Authors' contributions SM contributed...
... policy development and planning for scaling up services to provide male circumcision It allows analysts and decision makers to understand the costs and impacts of policy options, and is a part of ... information from the draft national male circumcision strategy, including information on unit cost and programme goals In addition, a stakeholders' workshop was held in Botswana's capital city, Gaborone, ... 2010 and P4135 in 2015 for first-line antiretrovirals (ARVs) with an additional $133 for second-line ARVs [18] In addition, we assume continuation rates on ART of 91% for the first year and 99%...
... upon awakening Participants' responses to general, open-ended questions regarding the impact of FM on their sleep, as well as their feedback upon item review, provide strong evidence for the content ... administration and scoring andits use is likely to be limited to clinical research rather than routine clinical practice A few limitations should be considered in evaluating this study One limitation ... Martin and Laurie Zografos are employees of RTI Health Solutions, who were paid consultants to Pfizer in connection with the development of this manuscript Authors' contributions SM contributed...
... • Hatchery design and construction Brooder selection and conditioning Feed requirements including production of live feed Breeding and spawning technologies Larval rearing and settlement Hatchery ... others by dwelling on the bottom Researches have been conducted for various clam species on production (Cigarrıa and Fernandez, 2000; Shpigel and Spencer, 1996; Zhang and Yan, 2006) and the use of ... mainly focused on providing the impact of stocking biomass on the production of clam It also provides a brief on hatchery production of clam spat, one of the key achievements which contributed towards...
... environmental condition and food availability could be explained as the main reasons for the impact of the stocking biomass on survival rate 110 a 100 S rvival (% u ) Treatments Final production ... research to establish a standard clam aquaculture protocol to enhance the production and profit of clam culture Among the factors that affect growth and production, feed and feeding of clam have ... Economic evaluation The estimation of the economic benefit of clam cultured in the intertidal areas is showed in table The net profit is calculated based on the output cost and input cost and...
... morphology and physiological function of brown and white adipocytes are markedly different Brown adipocytes present a multilocular distribution of triglyceride deposits and contain numerous mitochondria ... consistent with their high metabolic activity White adipocytes, on the contrary, primarily have an energy storage function, and thus mitochondria are scarce Recent work has shown that brown and ... mitochondrial carrier may be an evolutionary innovation of the ancestral cell that became host to the bacterial endosymbiont that eventually became a mitochondrion Subsequent diversification generated...
... Tučeková A., Ábelová A (2002): Production and utilization of containerized planting stock under the conditions of Slovak Republic In: Production and Utilization of Reproductive Material of Forest ... (1996) and Garbaye and Churin (1997) reported an indifferent impact of fungal inoculation on the survival and growth of outplanted seedlings However, a stimulative effect of inoculation on seedling ... conditions, insufficient soil preparation, outplanting of a low amount of seedlings and insufficient protection of plantations Jurásek and Martincová (2000) presented the results of cultivation...
... acclimatization, and storage conditions on the survival rates and early development of A mangium seedlings raised in aeroponic culture MATERIALS AND METHODS 2.1 Seed germination and the aeroponic system ... mangium shoot growth in cm (means and standard deviations) months after transplanting and between and months after transplanting according to applied storage conditions Values under the same bar ... for both durations fragile for handling and sensitive to desiccation However, it has been shown that they establish well and with a good subsequent growth [6] This observation was confirmed by our...
... (8) and (9) using fit and validation data Measurement* Unthinned stands Equation (8) Equation (9) Lightly thinned stands Equation (8) Equation (9) Heavily thinned stands Equation (8) Equation (9) ... parameter k in Equation (8) is under the integral and hence is evaluated upon integration On the other hand, Equation (5) alone is interpreted without any further evaluation The positive sign ... negative and positive thinning impacts on the stand growth The thinning impacton height growth of Douglas-fir trees reported by Harrington and Reukema [6] was similar to that described here Miller and...
... conductance and hydraulic conductivity Leaf water potential (Ψ ), stomatal conductance (Gs) and transpiration (E) were monitored during the wet (June) and dry (July) seasons at both sites P1 and ... under wetter conditions were studied as well: one also along the Drac river, but more downstream, and one along the Isère river The study was conducted to compare water regulation between the ... For 42 (1985) 193–200 [8] Granier A., Biron P., Breda N., Pontallier J.-Y., Saugier B., Transpiration of trees and forest stands: short and long-term monitoring using sapflow methods, Global Change...
... formation and the growth and survival of conifer seedlings on old, nonreforested clearcuts Can J For Res 17, 944-951 Amaranthus MP, Perry D (1989) Rapid root tip and mycorrhiza formation and increased ... regression analysis showed that the combination of soil water content and P droughts = concentration explained 92% of the variance observed in pine growth Mechanical terracing and the addition of ... (FE Sanders, B Mosse, PB Tinker, eds), Academic Press, London, UK, 409-417 Bastian RK, Ryan JA (1986) Design and management of successful land application system In: Utilization, Treatment and...
... expression and formation by injected MSCs Immunohistochemistry was used to assess the expression and localisation of the chondrogenic transcription factor Sox-9, and of the matrix genes aggrecan and ... interpretation of the data and contributed to the preparation of the final manuscript JAH conceived the study, secured funding, contributed to its design and coordination, participated in interpretation ... mRNA retention within bone for in-situ hybridization studies Int J Exp Pathol 1993, 74:237-241 40 Marles PJ, Hoyland JA, Parkinson R, Freemont AJ: Demonstration of variation in chondrocyte activity...