... reducing the supply of sugar for food use inthedomestic market The purpose of this report is to investigate the feasibility of producing ethanol from sugar feedstocks inthe United States Inthe ... term, the profitability of producing ethanol from sugarcane and sugar beets depends on the prices of these two crops, the costs of conversion, and the price of gasoline A moderation inthe price of ... factors affecting the price of gasoline inthe U.S are the price of crude oil and gasoline refining capacity The world price of crude oil is projected to rise through 2006 and remain steady in 2007...
... reducing the supply of sugar for food use inthedomestic market The purpose of this report is to investigate the feasibility of producing ethanol from sugar feedstocks inthe United States Inthe ... term, the profitability of producing ethanol from sugarcane and sugar beets depends on the prices of these two crops, the costs of conversion, and the price of gasoline A moderation inthe price of ... factors affecting the price of gasoline inthe U.S are the price of crude oil and gasoline refining capacity The world price of crude oil is projected to rise through 2006 and remain steady in 2007...
... language of instruction inHongKongHong Kong: The Cosmos Cheung, HN 1972 A Grammar of Cantonese Spoken inHongKongHong Kong: The Chinese University Press Curriculum Development Council ofHongKong ... Afendras, EA 1998 The Onset of Bilingualism inHong Kong: Language Choice inthe Home Domain In Language inHongKong at Century’s End, ed Pennington MC 113–114 Hong Kong: HongKong University ... content design ofthe textbooks ofthe Chinese language is principally based on the HKCEE grading criteria Virtually, some HongKong people hold the point that training inthe use of Cantonese...
... language of instruction inHongKongHong Kong: The Cosmos Cheung, HN 1972 A Grammar of Cantonese Spoken inHongKongHong Kong: The Chinese University Press Curriculum Development Council ofHongKong ... Afendras, EA 1998 The Onset of Bilingualism inHong Kong: Language Choice inthe Home Domain In Language inHongKong at Century’s End, ed Pennington MC 113–114 Hong Kong: HongKong University ... content design ofthe textbooks ofthe Chinese language is principally based on the HKCEE grading criteria Virtually, some HongKong people hold the point that training inthe use of Cantonese...
... features ofthe international operations of U.S multinational …rms Chief among these features are the cost share of intermediate inputs obtained by the a¢ liates of U.S multinationals, the sales of these ... marginal cost ofproduction facing foreign a¢ liates abroad Second, because the rate of increase in marginal costs is increasing inthe complexity of a …rm’ production technology, the size of ... produced inthe home country by the parent Now consider the sourcing decision ofthe multinational’ a¢ liate inthe other Northern s country Let cA ('; z) be the minimum cost to the a¢ liate of a...
... constructs the proxy by weighting the prices of southern pine, northern hardwood and northern softwood pulpwood according to the weights that reflect the share of each group in total production ... energy (labor) use resulting in an increase inthe labor-energy (energy-labor) input ratio, that is, raising the input price increases the relative use ofthe other input consistent with a substitution ... relatively price inelastic inthe early part ofthe sample, during the oil price shocks ofthe 1970s, there was a dramatic and permanent increase, in absolute value, inthe own price elasticity of demand,...
... confirm the significance ofthe inhibition by HQL-79 and evaluate the incidence of PGD2 depletion on prostaglandin production, we measured the level of PGD2, PGE2 and PGF2a in ovaries of HQL-79-treated ... reached the estrous phase and the resulting ovaries were examined in terms of their expression of gonadotropin receptors and ovarian markers For the three doses of HQL-79, the reduced level of H-Pgds ... regulator of FshR and LhR expression inthe ovary This regulation may act directly on the FSH-induced FshR promoter activity as inthe case of inhibin-A [50], or might otherwise act indirectly by increasing...
... from the late Pleistocene through the Holocene The coastline along the southern regions of China was about 130km south ofHongKong during the late Pleistocene (during the last glacial max) During ... interest in that the Holocene unit ofthe innercontinental shelf intheHongKong SAR has been proposed to be a net carbon sink (Yim et al., 2002) Continental margins, especially in regions in close ... throughout the area surrounding HongKong Alternating layers of marine and terrestrial sediments, resulting from changes in sea level, can be observed intheHongKong marine sediments In more recent...
... "the right of all couples and individuals to decide freely and responsibly the number, spacing and timing of their children, to have the information and means to so, and the right to attain the ... after intimacy and husband's allowance to initiate intimacy were not significant inthe multivariable analysis After adjusting for the effects of other variables inthe model and taking the option ... visiting the consulting clinics, which may have resulted in underestimation ofthe associations, but only 5% ofthe controls accompanied a case which decreases the probability ofthe controls having...
... sources of support are described in a second paper [5] We assessed confrontation with violence both since the beginning ofthe conflict and inthe three months preceding the survey Proximity to violence ... participants in our survey, reflecting a pervasive climate ofviolencein which the population is living The frequency of exposure to violence on multiple occasions (>5 times) since the start ofthe conflict ... touching (part ofthe definition of 'Modesty violation') or the way of touching is remains unclear A substantial number of males that reported being detained or taken hostage also reported being...
... utilized inthe next year Based on these findings, a management method adequate to obtain the biomass ofthe giant reed and maintain the wetland potential is proposed as shown in Fig 10 In this ... method, the above-ground part ofthe giant reeds that will remain the following year are cropped before the start ofthe dying down period Then, after all ofthe above-ground part has died down, the ... on the outside ofthe plant body, R is the transporter ofthe inorganic phosphorus, PiR is the phosphorus – transporter complex, and Piin is the inorganic phosphorus ion concentration inside the...
... Friendship is the leading theme in this play It is the theme described from the beggining to the end ofthe story Everyone seems to be living in a warm world of friendship 35 The relationship ... enthusiasm in propagating the spirit of humanism in Greek and Roman culture, thanks to the extremely important invention ofthe printing machine, the number of ancient writers' readers increased ... placed their interest in humanbeings They agreed with the ancient thinkers in evaluating and exalting the dignity of humanbeings They considered men to be the creator ofthe world This period...
... fungus The symptoms of Sclerotinia rot are wilting ofthe lower leaves, followed by rotting ofthe base ofthe head Sclerotinia can infect a field through a number of mechanisms The first is via wind, ... contamination inthe gathered seed The plants are harvested with the roots in order to Sclerotinia overwinters inthe soil as sclerotia, which germinate when soil temperatures increase inthe growing ... lettuce is thinned within rows to the final spacing of 12 – 1 6in (30 – 40cm) Transplanted lettuce would be spaced at the final spacing of 12 – 1 6in (30 – 40cm) within row and 18 – 3 0in (46-76cm)...
... ranged from $6.67 inthe Northeast to $7.81 inthe West The higher price premiums paid to Northeast producers in 2005 covered these added costs, but not inthe other regions In contrast, premiums ... to the organic approach with the hope of improving farm profitability Despite the growing number of organic dairy operations there is little information about the relative costs and returns of ... obtained directly from farmers, but instead were imputed as the net income foregone during the transition period from selling milk at the conventional price while incurring the higher costs of...
... to involve higher productionof intracellular ROS [14] On the other hand, studies in cells overexpressing UCP2 have reinforced the belief that UCP2 plays a role in limiting intracellular ROS production, ... [28] These findings agree with the hypothesis [29] that an increase inthe mitochondrial membrane potential would slow the transport of electrons through the respiratory chain, increasing the time ... Despite a long-standing interest inthe field of muramyl peptides, the impact of these molecules at the mitochondrial level has not yet been examined Recently the effect of these derivatives on...
... trees The largest plant height was obtained using linings of stone and marble During the first year ofthe study, when the lining served only as mulch due to lack of rainfall, an increase of 33.3 ... accounting for about one-half ofthe increase in cereal production between 1995 and 2021-25 The importance of rainfed cereal production is partly due to the dominance of rainfed agriculture in developed ... crop yields in rainfed areas, even inthe more marginal rainfed environments The continued application of conventional breeding and the recent developments in non-conventional breeding offer considerable...
... conflict of interest in mind 21 Relevant information for assessing potential conflict of interest includes the identification ofthe sponsor, determination of whether an independent team reviewed the ... remaining two areas – conflict of interest leading to biased selection of evidence, and bias inthe interpretation of evidence – fall within the domain ofthe compendia publishers and under the ... Two of these areas – conflict of interest in evidence sources, and conflict of interest inthe process of making study data available – lie beyond the control ofthe compendia publishers The...
... spent inthe Netherlands came from the budget ofthe REFINE project, which was funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ofThe Netherlands The funding for the study on shrimp farming inthe Can ... due to the age ofthe industry and the global attention to the destruction of coastal habitats in other parts ofthe world The impacts of shrimp production outlined specifically for Vietnam include ... by theproductionof frozen fillets of Pangasianodon hypopthalmus, including both pangasius farming and the processing industries inthe Mekong Delta, Vietnam The results show that one tonne of...
... risk of her infant dying due to low-birth weight The reduction inthe risk ofthe child dying from tetanus is assumed to provide the mother with an incentive to reduce the risk ofthe child dying ... density ofthe probit index divided by the cumulative density ofthe probit index (see Wooldridge, 2002) The inverse ofthe Mills ratio in this sample is 59 Similarly, the inverse ofthe Mills ... Thus, the determinants of weight at birth are the same factors that determine the overall health of a baby in utero Another measure of infant health is the Apgar score, named in honour of Virginia...