... phosphorus was then accumulated inthe sludge inthe subsequent oxic tank by normal oxygen-utilizing PAOs The residual phosphorus was removed inthe final anoxic tank without oxygen Especially in Phase ... improved the mass transfer of ozone, andthe high inner pressure inthe bubbles could accelerate the formation of hydroxyl radicals Therefore, some of the biorefractory and/ or slowly biodegradable materials ... ozonation) and effluent of the phosphorus adsorption column are shown in Fig During the operation, about 70% of the phosphorus inthe sludge was solubilized by ozonation, and a large part of the solubilized...
... RESEARCH PROCEDURE Location: Matsuyama region and periphery of the Seto Inland SeaThe location of the research area andthe distribution of the citrus groves in Matsuyama region are shown in ... is mainly cultivated There are two small streams on the upper part of the hill andthe streams flow together from 47 m above sea level The water inthe stream is the leachate from the grove and ... 66m, and 60m, respectively Stream water samples were collected at the middle parts of the grove from points Sampling points St.1 and St.2 are inthe same stream, and sampling point St.3 is in the...
... advantage: They retain managers intheir early years to procure employment, and then they get the Labor Commissioner to rescind their contracts once they establish their reputations 112 In addition ... have a strong stake in maintain ing extended agreements in order to protect their ability to receive returns on the time and money they have invested intheir clients during earlier, less profitable ... gives them the authority to procure employment for their clients These managers, after all, are stand-alone employers, and they can funnel their clients into their own productions by hiring them...
... general theorems and establish some new integral inequalities Also we will give some examples so as to illustrate the validity of the present integral inequalities Main results Inthe rest of the ... this article as: Zheng and Feng: Some new nonlinear integral inequalities andtheir applications inthe qualitative analysis of differential equations Journal of Inequalities and Applications 2011 ... nondecreasing with ψ (x) >0, ω(x) >0 for x Î x→∞ ∞ ds = ∞, a(t), a(t) are defined as in Theorem 2.1, and a(0) > ψ(φ −1 (s)) t0 t0 >0 If x Î C(R+, R+) satisfies the following integral inequality containing...
... 3.1 In this section, we obtain the application inthe algebraic Riccati equation of our results including 3.1 Some of our results and 3.1 cannot contain each other Theorem 3.1 If 1/p and K is the ... However, it is important and difficult to get an estimate of the trace bounds when any matrix inthe product is nonsymmetric in theory and practice There are some results in 13–15 In this paper, we propose ... Combine 3.11 and 3.13 , we obtain cp,q n2−1/q n i 1/p p λi R tr K − 2tr K λ n A − tr Q ≤ 3.14 Solving 3.14 for tr K yields the right-hand side of the inequality 3.2 Similarly, we can obtain the...
... Products and Recycling 601 Sources 601 Production and Uses 601 Important Compounds andtheir Uses 601 Waste Products and Recycling 604 Distribution inthe Environment, in Foods andin Living Organisms ... Contamination of the Environment 1117 Inorganic Tin 1117 Organic Tin 1118 Contamination of Food and Living organisms 1119 Uptake, Absorption and Elimination in Plants, Animals and Humans 1120 Tin and ... Products and Recycling 588 Distribution inthe Environment, in Foods, andin Living Organisms 589 Uptake, Transport and Distribution, Metabolism and Elimination in Plants, Animals, and Humans...
... and magnesium salts present in hard water andin soils, thus allowing surfactants to function correctly Phosphates prevent these ions combining with surfactants and rendering these inactive They ... on the washing machine’s heating elements - stabilise alkalinity at the correct level throughout the washing process thus giving good soil removal and enabling the other components of the detergents ... disperse the concentrated surfactants they contain - redissolve calcium and magnesium compounds present inthe washing machine from previous washes, thus reactivating any remaining detergents and...
... specificities, andthe MMPs appear to be involved in degradation of abundant ECM components, including laminins, collagens and fibronectin, but also inthe release and turnover of cytokines and cell ... a cysteine residue within the prodomain interacts with zinc to prevent substrate binding The haemopexin domain mediates interaction with enzyme substrates Specific to the gelatinases is the fibronectin-like ... MMPs and TIMPs are secreted by activated infiltrating cells and by cells intrinsic to the inflamed site, facilitating penetration into the tissue and structural remodeling as part of the healing...
... of the study, performed the clinical investigation (diagnosis, treatment and assessment), and drafted the manuscript TAF participated inthe design of the study and performed the clinical investigation ... YK, SO, TF, TI, and YNo performed the clinical investigation All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Received: ... [15-17] In terms of psychotherapy, improvements in some QoL measures have been reported in RCTs investigating the efficacy of CBT and subsequent social skills training [18], individual cognitive therapy...
... process involving the activities people engage in when seeking for, choosing, buying, using, evaluating and disposing of products and services with the goal of satisfying needs, wants and desires ... been obtained within month The survey result come out with main factors influencing depositors in selecting banks for their deposits The factors include interest rates as number one in mind, reputation, ... issues that influence depositors in bank patronage and able to reshape their policies and strategies to win the competition For marketers, the understanding of depositor behavior and influencing factors...
... used since land use and thermal information can be obtained simultaneously by a single sensor (Voogt & Oke, 2003) To combine the thermal and land use information, GIS was incorporated into the ... the landscape and affected ecosystem functioning of the cities andtheir surrounding areas (Xian et al., 2007) Finding certain countermeasures to curb the rate of urban expansion and evaluating ... and others Most of all, I would like to thank my parents for their infinite support and encouragement Their continual help in every aspect is always accompanying me Thanks for being with me in...
... case in point, formation of huntingtin-containing inclusion bodies in Huntington’s disease encourages cell survival, whereas monomers and small inclusion bodies of huntingtin, a protein possessing ... refractive index depend on crystallins, their interactions with one another, with membranes [13,29], and with cell components such as actin [30] andthe intermediate filament proteins CP49 and filensin ... lines decreases invasiveness, reduces matrix metalloproteinases in vitro and eliminates production of avb3 integrin, a protein missing in normal melanocytes but often manufactured during the invasive...
... critical roles inthe formation and accumulation of mtDNA deletions intheinner ear The marked increase in mtDNA replication caused by TFAM overexpression intheinner ear may also take part in this ... only in mutant mtDNA harboring the common deletion By applying the specific probe, we can even detect the presence of the common deletion intheinner ear inthe control group The proportions of the ... when the proportion of mutant mtDNA exceeds a certain threshold level [4] However, the mechanisms involved inthe formation and accumulation of mtDNA deletions intheinner ear during aging are...
... how they used dense vegetation in a variety of ways, including to conceal their selection of a target andtheir escape from the scene, to shield their examination of stolen goods, and finally, in ... vegetation and sense of safety in residential settings The findings from residential settings are in direct contrast to those obtained in studies of nonresidential settings: In residential settings, the ... multistudy research effort examining the effects of the physical environment on the functioning of individuals, families, and communities residing in urban public housing POPULATION, SETTING, AND DESIGN...
... indicated inthe inset figures also performed on two other meningococcal strains of clinical origin andthe compositions of the glycoforms observed are listed in Table In each case where glycine ... illustrating the -CH2- group of the glycine residue andthe -CH2-CO2- connectivity within the glycine residue, respectively with relay between the carbonyl carbon andthe CH2 protons of the glycine ... Recently glycine was identified as a common component inthe LPS of Haemophilus in uenzae [17] However in H in uenzae the glycine residue is not found consistently in one location intheinner core...
... determined from calibration; x and xb are respectively the coordinates inthe on‐ offshore direction at the point under consideration andthe breaking point; hm and hmb are the corresponding mean water depths ... within first five meshes from the lateral boundaries, and then increases linearly with the distances from the boundaries towards the ends of the wave absorbing zones. Finally, at the ends of ... Fig. 1. The coordinate system and method for the evaluation of a wetting and drying boundary. The procedure for determining the cell side wetted function andthe cell area wetted function inthe numerical ...
... five years inthe early years of this technology to two to three years now inthe Netherlands In planning investments inthe pulp and paper industry, including investments in innovation, the question ... of the main environmental changes inthe pulp and paper industry inthe recent past andtheir main drivers Table 2.1 Technology changes underlying environmental performance dynamicsin pulp and ... lowest in Japan, somewhat higher in Germany and highest in Sweden Over the period 19701992, the trend is stable in Japan, decreasing in Germany, and first increasing and then decreasing in Sweden...
... development of the trees, linked to their age It is therefore of interest to know the variations occurring in mineral composition with the age of the trees or, preferably, with the age of their organs ... values obtained for the beech stands inthe Sierra de la Demanda The table also offers the values of nitrogen inthe thirty sampling zones; these range between 2.66 % and 2.05 % inthe leaf organs ... logical, the highest IR index was found at the beginning of autumn andthe lowest in spring Accordingly, the periods showing the highest percentages of N may be intimately correlated with those in...
... leaf area indices at the end of the growing season were quite different, their leaf areas on the main stem almost the same; these leaves are far the most efficient for light conversion into biomass, ... the efficiency of energy conversion into biomass changes throughout the growing season and for a given plant material Another significant source of variation inthe conversion efficiency is the ... within the same species or the same genus The hybrid clones (11-11 and 44-136) used in this experiment showed the highest conversion efficiencies, compared to the parental clones Even though their...