... wetland in tropical countries for domestic wastewater treatment. The linear decreasing OM distribution to the increasing vertical and horizontal flow direction is confirmed as the hypothesis in ... in particular inthe head of the root zone, the sand of the CSFW should be clean or replace after certain operating years. It is recommendation that the depth of CSFW, with the common reed ... 90% of the oxygen available inthe root zone (Lee, 2007). Such the oxygen inthe root zone supports the aerobic decomposition process of OM and the growth of nitrifying bacteria (Reddy et al.,...
... the principle that consumers are willing to be involved in ‘creating’ the service, not just in consuming it. Since actively-involved consumers feel the responsibility is theirs when the service ... on the following three factors: ã defining the role of consumers; ã recruiting, educating and rewarding consumers; ã managing the consumer mix; The organisation needs to determine the ... Direct’s rapidly growing customer base and the large number of financial institutions copying their strategy illustrate the revolution they have initiated inthe banking system. The success of service...
... 27, 2007 11:4922 BEYOND THE LAWduring the time of and within the decision in Paquete Habana,andthere-after until the last pronouncement one finds in Supreme Court opin-ions – in 1984,when Justice ... and norms in interpreting these terms and carrying outits international obligations. Such practice inthe application of a treaty isan acceptedreferencepoint in internationallaw [and]theprohibitionsfound ... naked for interrogation, the use of dogs for interrogation, hooding forinterrogation, and thein iction of pain for interrogation are among the tactics that are patent violations of the laws...
... guanine nucleotide releasing protein ND – Rat IGF binding protein 5 ND –Rat FGF receptor activating protein 1 ND –Rat PKC delta-binding protein ND –Rat cellular retinoyl-binding protein ND ... than those in other cell-layers. The o-macs transcripts were also detected inthe cells within the lamina propria in a graded manner from zone 1 to zone 2(Fig. 2A).We then examined the expression ... other MACS family proteins. The present studyindicates that this novel protein may play important roles in processing odorants in a zone- specific manner, or the zonalpatterning of the OE during...
... CHEMICALS INTHE VADOSE ZONE 981∆T The positions of the well screens and heaters are determined by the distribution and type of contaminant. The spacing of the wells is deter-mined by the temperature ... low pressure inthe subsur-face, just as inthe atmosphere. The pressure differences between adja-cent zones inthe subsurface that drive these flows are small and the flows that they produce ... vertically inthe vadose zone, much like water wells in aquifers.Preferably, the screen on the vent is located below the contaminated zone (U.S. EPA 1991; Shan et al. 1992). In shallow settings (less...
... value chains has also resulted in increasing intra-industry trade (i.e. trade within the same industry, including the trade in intermediate goods at various stages of production). While these ... other, often poorer, countries, denying them the chance to trade and increase living standards. 8 – MOVING UP THE VALUE CHAIN: STAYING COMPETITIVE INTHE GLOBAL ECONOMY â OECD 2007 The ... (outsourcing) Within firms (insourcing) Sourcing Location Offshoring Domestic outsourcing International outsourcing Domestic supply International insourcing MOVING...
... the lost wave energy is transformedinto turbulence energy. At the beginning of the wave breaking process, the turbulence isconfinedintoa small portion of the breakingwave ... within firstfive meshes from the lateral boundaries, andthen increases linearly with the distancesfrom the boundaries towards the ends of the waveabsorbingzones.Finally,at the endsof the ... by the dottedline in Fig.1. The wettedarea in celli,j in this figure is the portion of the cell from the dotted line to offshore. The wettedperiphery and area inside...
... frequently inthe ECB press conference in order to translate the quali-tative information into an index. Nevertheless, their indicator relies only on the ‘synthetic judgments’ part of the introductory ... decision about the policy rate, but rather by the content of the statementof the central bank. Indeed, inthe Euro zone, as underlined inthe introduc-tion of this paper, market interest rates ... andyet they were trending downwards: at this point in time, the marketsbelieved in economic indicators more than inthe ECB. In fact, it eased itsmonetary policy in May, thus comforting the markets,...
... during which the participants carried out a range ofother tasks, the participants again carried out the basic rectanglepreference task. The correlations for the loadings on the square and the ... differencemeasures, either in personality, interest in aesthetics, or in responseto the experiment, explain those rectangle preference differences. The ritual obeisance to the Golden Section, found in so manystudies, ... is not going to be of help in explaining the phenomenon asit seems to play no role, either generally or inthe specific detailsof the peaks of the extracted preference function for the rectanglefactor....
... average, yet the differ-ence in health consciousness scores across the threediner groups was much smaller.Finally, in terms of dining purpose, we again foundthat patrons visiting the restaurant ... however, instead of examiningthem as continuous varia bles, we segregated peopleinto low, medium, and high categories. For the entrée calories, we used the intuitive cutoff pointscorresponding ... more low (or even high)calorie diners than another. Finally, we includedvariables relating to whether individuals were repeatdiners and their reason for visiting the restaurant. Chi-squared and...