... stand, or another form of coordinated operation Consequently, we shall not consider this element ofthe program in the analysis The fourth goal ofthe program is to improve the income ofthe taxi ... in models of so-called “rational scrappage”, where the optimal decision ofthe owner to keep or scrap the vehicle is based on the minimization ofthe present value ofthe costs from the two alternatives, ... estimated on the basis of expectations about the annual rates of change in both the size and composition ofthe taxi fleet and its emissions characteristics To the extent possible, these data are...
... Chapter XVI TheSecond Law of Thermodynamics §1 Reversible Carnot cycles §2 Thesecond law of thermodynamics §3 Entropy and quantitative formulation ofthesecond law §4 Heat engines ... 100% thermal efficiency This impossibility is the basis ofthe following statement ofThesecond law of thermodynamics 2.1 “Engine” statement ofthesecond law: “It is impossible for any system ... P-V diagram of a Carnot cycle | Q2 | | Q1 | T2 T1 The ratio ofthe heat rejected and the heat absorbed is just equal to the ratio ofthe temperatures 5/6/2008 What is the results of a cycle...
... as a control of sample loadings Discussion In the present work, the cytotoxic properties ofthe minor structural proteins (VP2 and VP3) ofthe MPyV were studied in the absence of other virus components ... levels of apoptotic markers during the late stages of MPyV infection However, comparison ofthe levels of apoptotic markers and cytotoxicity during the replication of wt MPyV, and replication ofthe ... with EGFP either at the C-terminus or the N-terminus By contrast, expression of EGFP alone induced neither caspase nor PARP cleavage Because of differences in the cytotoxicity ofthe fused products...
... account both ofthe probability of derivations yielding a specific relation and ofthe proportion of such derivations in the forest produced by the parser A weighted set of GRs from the parse forest ... general) level in the hierarchy The micro-averaged precision, recall and F1 score are calculated from the counts for all relations in the hierarchy The macroaveraged scores are the mean ofthe individual ... to some extent tune the parser to different genres without the need for retraining The current version ofthe grammar finds at least one parse rooted in S for about 85% ofthe Susanne corpus (used...
... nano sizes was dispersed inside the pore of support material (a) 3.3 Catalytic activities of Pt/SBA-15 in the oxidation of D-glucose The results ofthe oxidation of D-glucose carried out on Pt/SBA-15 ... to the larger clusters of platinum with the size measured on HRTEM micrograph at range of 12-15 nm (Fig 3e) were dispersed outside the channels of SBA-15 mesoporous material when the content of ... respectively 2.3 Oxidation procedure of D-Glucose The reaction was carried out in liquid phase with the presence of oxygen in air, at the range of temperature 50-900C The pH value was maintained at...
... billion during the first half of 2011, slightly behind the EUR 55 billion recorded in the first half of 2010 Long-term UCITS attracted EUR 87 billion during the first half ofthe year, down from ... Release N°46 (Second Quarter of 2011) Trends in the European Investment Fund Industry Net Assets by Country of Domiciliation The combined assets ofthe investment fund market in Europe, i.e the market ... Quarterly Statistical Release N°46 (Second Quarter of 2011) Trends in the UCITS Market Net Assets by Investment Type Total net assets of UCITS slightly decreased during thesecond quarter, falling 0.5...
... Release N°50 (Second Quarter of 2012) Trends in the European Investment Fund Industry Net Assets by Country of Domiciliation The combined assets ofthe investment fund market in Europe, i.e the market ... UCITS, this segment ofthe business accounted for almost 71 percent ofthe fund market at end June 2012, with the remaining 29 percent composed of non-UCITS Table Net Assets ofthe European Investm ... to EUR 49 billion in the first quarter) Overall in the first half of 2012, UCITS recorded net inflows of EUR 98 billion, a significant turnaround compared to thesecond half of 2011 when UCITS...
... another part of Ohio was extinThe Indians thenceforward held within the title State of Ohio only the country west of Sandusky and north ofthe old line fixed by the treaty of Greenville Within the ... other resources reserved that crisis, it may meet within the year all the as the for ofthe year without encroaching on the rights of future generations by burdening them with the debts ofthe ... nevertheless sent the nomination March 2, 1805, together with that of Robert Smith, " now Secretary ofthe Navy to be Attorney-General ofthe United States." The same to the Senate, day the Senate...
... Surgeries and medications The dentist the history-gathering phaseof treatment, the should determine whether the patient has any dental practitioner should be alert to the history of surgery, as well ... prevalent throughout the develshould be alert to the dietary and substance abuse treatoping countries ofthe world and in ment professionals any patient areas ofthe United States Many of patient’s increased ... and the use of lip sunscreen and ment and the consumption of alcohol are protective coverings The dentist should emphastrongly linked, particularly when there is consize the strong risk of developing...
... Brief Overview oftheDebate 20 April 2011 FTI Consulting LIBOR quotes by the same bank in other currencies.3 They then base their conclusion that “there is strong evidence ofthe predicted bunching ... behaviour in the data” on a theoretical model of bank quotes and the model’s predictions of bunching behaviour On the other hand, Hartheiser and Spieser (2009) base their conclusions that the market ... Overview oftheDebate Introduction There have been numerous articles in the press recently discussing the investigations that are being mounted by the SEC and DOJ in America, and the FSA in the U.K...
... ofthe burst phase often utilizes the intersection p ofthe ordinate and the extrapolation ofthe steady-state condition for P1(t) (dotted line in Fig 1A) This value is used as a measure ofthe ... strand The notion of two partially overlapping phases ofthe slowdown is interesting in the light ofthe experimental observations of a double exponential decay reported for the rate of cellulolysis ... and for the model in Eqn (7) (lines) were obtained by integration ofthe data in Fig The broken and chain lines show the conversion in percent ofthe initial amount of cellulose secondphase with...
... Third Laws of Thermodynamics The first law is the skeleton of thermodynamics; thesecond law is its flesh The first gives structure; thesecond gives life By comparison, the zeroth and 18 In the near ... similar lines, but work with an set of distinct states, rather than a continuous space of them For them, thesecond law is a theorem arising out ofthe ordering ofthe states via adiabatic accessibility ... Second Law 13 and the least dissention It is the gold standard ofsecond law formulations If thesecond law is the flesh of thermodynamics, this injunction is its heart If thesecond law should...
... hypoxia silences the neural activity in the early phaseof phrenic neurogram regardless of maturation Although we not know the exact mechanism underlying these changes in the patterns ofthe phrenic ... completion ofthe decerebration, anesthesia was removed Piglets were chemically paralyzed for the rest ofthe experiment A minimum of one hour was allowed to elapse between removal of anesthesia ... between the late phaseof phrenic neurogram and gasping remained Nevertheless, hypoxia significantly reduced the phrenic activities in the early phaseof phrenic neurograms and caused a shift in the...
... separate the end ofthe swing phase from the beginning ofthe stance phase and the first data point following the cessation of force application on the force plate designated the beginning ofthe ... the swing phase In the present study, we evaluated the intersegmental coordination between angular displacements ofthe joints ofthe lower limb in the sagittal plane during the swing phaseof ... would imply that the magnitude of torque at one joint determines the magnitude of torque at each ofthe remaining joints Furthermore, if the PC vector passes through the origin ofthe three-dimensional...
... new product The discount incentive reduces the net profit ofthe new products by selling a fraction of them at the discounted price On the other hand, the discounted price makes the product affordable ... proportion ofthe sale of each new product without the take back procedure Usually, the discount incentives ofthe take back procedure increase the sale of new product and we define Λ as the ratio ofthe ... increase the net profit by increasing the number of sales or redistributing the sale profile toward more profitable products As both changes in the net profit of new Ghoreishi et al Journal of Remanufacturing...
... purpose of each one of them is to make a new discovery of America They come over to us travelling in great simplicity, and they return in the ducal suite ofthe Aquitania They carry away with them their ... an open shed, the strap of one of them was rudely unbuckled, while the lid ofthe other was actually lifted at least four inches The trunks were then roughly scrawled with chalk, the lids slammed ... admitted into England There are, it is true, a group of officials said to be in charge of immigration, but they know nothing ofthe discriminating care exercised on the other side ofthe Atlantic "Do...
... Egypt The population of Egypt is about fifty million and the capital is El Qahira (Cairo), a busy city of just under nine million people Although the climate is hot and dry and most ofthe country ... is desert, the average temperature from October to March is not too high The most famous sights are the pyramids at Giza Are there many visitors to Egypt every year? What is the climate ... tour When I arrived school, it began to rain VI Read the following paragraph and answer the questions (1.5m) An increasing number of people are now going on holiday to Egypt Last year, for...
... fed into the mathematics Nor should the value of facts and understanding on their own be dismissed The case for Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection would have been strengthened had ... Journal of Biology 2009, Volume 8, Article 34 mathematics; indeed Lewis argues cogently that the behavior ofthe Hes/her oscillator alone is beyond the reach of simple intuition Moreover the biological ... dwindle (either in extent or in significance) with the accumulation of more facts There seems no need for the snobbery (it is said) ofthe highly quantitative founding biologists at the Cold Spring...
... to 50 years) They had a mean of 12.6 (± 2.7) years of education, a mean duration of illness of 6.9 (± 7.6) years and a mean duration of hospitalisations of 0.4 (± 0.8) years Most ofthe patients ... The first rater assessed the patients using the RPAS and the AIMS, thesecond using the PANSS and the EPSE and the third using the BARS Information from the patient's history, concerning social-demographic ... in the acute phaseof their illness Methods Subjects All patients with schizophrenia, consecutively admitted, with an acute episode of their illness, at the Eginition Hospital, Department of...
... to the severity ofthe disease It is not yet clear, however, whether the induction of arthritis is due to the binding of citrullinated epitopes or cross-reactivity to other epitopes within the ... the cartilage matrix The synovium itself is a rich source for the production of complement proteins and RF [17] On the other hand, RF can also protect the joint by masking the epitopes from the ... responses [112], indicating the complexity of interactions in the immune response The possible interactions of immune effector cells in the inflammatory phaseofthe arthritic joint are depicted...