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... Finland Ciba Geigy, Switzerland Genencor, Finland Ciba Geigy, Switzerland Sandoz Chemicals, U.K Sandoz Chemicals, U.K Biocon India, Bangalore Voest Alpine, Austria Alko Ltd Biotechnology,Finland ... Senior DJ and Meyers PR (1990) Mannanase and xylanase treatment of softwood chemical pulps: Effects on pulp properties and bleachability In Biotechnology in Pulp and Paper Manufacture Kirk TK and Chang ... chlorine dioxide and/ or peroxide requirements), improved pulp quality (higher brightness ceiling) and improved mill flexibility Mill trials began as early as 1989 in Finland and since 1991, commercial...
... engineers, researchers and engineers who work in research and industrial laboratories, and marketing staff in telecoms companies who need to understand better the technology issues and their relation ... 9.1–9.4, and Chapter 10 An advanced course on mathematical modellingand pricing: Section 1.4, Chapter 2, Sections 3.1–3.3 and 3.5, Chapter 4, Sections 5.1–5.4, 5.6, 6.1–6.3, Chapters 8, and 10 ... Technology andModelling Costas Courcoubetis and Richard Weber Copyright 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd ISBN: 0-470-85130-9 Part A Networks Pricing Communication Networks: Economics, Technology and Modelling...
... Hees, J.-C Lemper, and T Mets, “The feasibility of whole body vibration in institutionalised elderly persons and its influence on muscle performance, balance and mobility: a randomised controlled ... Delecluse, S Swinnen, D Vanderschueren, and S Boonen, “Effect of 6-month whole body vibration training on hip density, muscle strength, and postural control in postmenopausal women: a randomized controlled ... gain, ωn is the natural frequency, and ξ is the dumping ratio Model parameters (ωn and ξ) were estimated by utilizing the values of the dominant peak (amplitude and frequency) of the experimental...
... Ns and for width and proportion of latewood % in Df and Mp However, RW was not a significant covariate for mean density (and most other distribution position parameters) of LW zone in Df and ... parameters (zone width and its minimum, average and maximum density) were calculated for EW and LW zones separated either by the method based on the frequency distribution and by the “Average of ... for Mp and 0.362 for Sp The whole-ring values of standard deviation were in magnitude order of 0.201 for Df, 0.138 for Ns and 0.106 for Mp, giving coefficients of variation of 47%, 38% and 28%...
... active radiation: measurements andmodelling Agric For Meteorol 78, 121-131 Berbigier P, Bonnefond JM (1995) Measurement andmodelling of radiation transmission within a stand of maritime pine (Pinus ... we had a complete set of measurements (direct and diffuse PAR at the lower and higher levels) for clear days 189 and 193 For days 275, 279, 280 and 281 (clear sky) the measurement of the lower ... reflectance and the transmittance of the foliage elements (ρ and as well as on the PAR reflectance of the understorey Reflectance (p) and transmittance (τ) in the PAR waveband on needles...
... production and thereby the susceptibility to metabolic and reproductive disorders A few other authors have presented methods for longitudinal QTL modelling Ma et al [13], as well as Wu and Hou [25], ... (t) and the remaining polygenic effects u(t): Nqtl qi (t) + u(t) g(t) = (2) i=1 The random variables qi (t), u(t) and p(t) are assumed to be stochastic Gaussian processes, with mean zero and covariance ... records and p3 is the number of random regression coefficients used to model this permanent environmental effect Matrices W, Z , and Z are design matrices with covariates of the curve The random vectors...
... – representativeness of measured samples Air and water concentrations of pollutants can often be estimated by mathematical models Standard average and high end values for human intake of various ... DATA - AIR time and location spent outdoor type of in-door location use of sources ventilation and filtration at indoor location 24 INTEGRATED EXPOSURE 25 TIME ACTIVITY -FOOD amount and type of food ... assessment EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT IS CONCERNED WITH THE LIKELY ACTUAL LEVELS AND DURATION OF EXPOSURE TO THE RISK SOURCE OF HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIES AIR POLLUTION – SOURCE RECEPTOR Ambient-air...
... advices and suggestions throughout my five years’ study His enthusiasm and dedication to research, his hard working spirit and critical thinking have always been inspiring and motivating me, and ... Newman and Cragg (Table 1-2) (19) Anti-cancer and anti-infectives are two areas that most depend on NPs and their structures Cragg and Newman estimated that over 78.6% of anti-cancer drugs and about ... 135 6.2.2 Results and Remarks 139 Chapter Conclusion and Future Work 142 7.1 Major Findings and Contributions 142 7.1.1 Data Collection and Computational Methods...
... proportions and experimental tests with addition of filter sand in clay Table 3.7 Chemical compositions of filter sand provided by supplier Table 3.8 Summary fracture energy Gf for cemented clay and ... test Left: light cemented sand by Das and Dass, 1995; Right: cemented Toyoura sand by Koseki et al (2005) Figure 2.14 Tension-softening relation for cemented Toyoura sand (after Namikawa 2006) ... marine clay with and without sand (at 28 days curing periods unless otherwise stated) Figure 3.34 BNT load-deflection curves of cement-treated Singapore marine clay with and without sand (at 28 days...
... both the contact line and precursor rim expand at the same velocity, D ~ t However, in Stage II, the contact line stops expanding, and the precursor rim continues to expand at a lower velocity ... between the horizontal line and the line connecting A and M, γ is the surface tension and θ is the contact angle Substituting the expressions for PH and PC into Eqn (2.3) and integrating the two ... during wicking, and r is the surface roughness The expressions for ϕs and r vary for different structures and will be introduced in Chapters and The first term on the right hand side of Eqn (2.6)...
... spatial smoothing filter and temporal modelling filter 97 5.3 Spatio-temporal adaptive modelling of the fMRI system 99 5.4 Simulated BOLD signal (a) pure BOLD signal and the timing of the ... (t), Gy (t) and Gz (t) are respectively the magnitudes of the gradient magnetic field along x, y and z directions In the equation above, i, j and k are unit vectors along the x, y and z directions ... with input and output set, it is necessary to investigate the temporal and spatial properties of the fMRI data in order to have a full understanding of this complex data Temporal Modelling of...
... Ms Goh S P and many others Also, I wish to thank Mr Bernd R and Ms Er Y S for providing the computer program on Filtration Model proposed by Stamatakis and Tien To my son, my husband and my family, ... Happel and Brenner (1965), Philip (1970), Payatakes et al (1973), Scheidegger (1974), Rajagopalan and Tien (1976), Jackson and James (1986) and Dullien (1992) 2.1.3 Solid Compressive Pressure, ps and ... hydraulic pressure histories and determine L versus t (Okamura and Shirato, 1955; Willis et al., 1983; Fathi-Najafi and Theliander, 1995) These methods are basically costly and the limited number of...
... (Omax-min and Pmax-min) and diurnal averages (Oavg and Pavg) with standard deviations (σo and σp) for SIM 1-8 81 Table 4-2: Difference measures of predicted and observed day- and nighttime mean ... maximum and minimum values for observed (Omax and Omin) and predicted (Pmax and Pmin) mean (average of all measurement/receptor locations) 2-m air temperature (Ta-2m), diurnal ranges (Omax-min and ... standard deviations for all simulations (SIM 1-8) and locations (R1-R7) 106 Table 5-1: Albedo simulation scenarios and the alterations made to roof and wall albedo values (α-roof and...
... applications andmodelling A Prelude to Mathematical Applications andModelling in Singapore Schools 15 and impact teaching and learning She draws on her work in Australian schools and provides ... concepts and skills Develop the mathematical thinking and problem-solving skills and apply these skills to formulate and solve problems Recognise and use connections among mathematical ideas, and ... placed emphasis on reasoning, communications and connections; Mathematical Applications andModelling applications andmodelling in addition to heuristics and thinking skills as processes that should...
... video standards are frame-based and block motion-compensated DCT coding Furthermore, standards only specify bitstream syntax and decoding semantics, which leaves the implementation of encoder and ... model (3.40) and the approximation model (3.73) for (a) λ = 0.5 and (b) λ = 0.12 70 Comparison between quadratic model for R(z) and the traditional linear model in (a) frame and (b) frame ... correlation between {φI (n)} and {φB (n)} in MPEG-4 sequences coded at Q = 4, 10, 18 117 xvi FIGURE Page 56 The correlation between {φI (n)} and {φP (n)} and that between {φI (n)} and {φB (n)} in (a)...
... flow and binary capacity depends on the size of the rod when compared to the size of the handle There is an advantage in using the largest possible rod and in reducing the length of the handle ... observed, depending on head and discharge coefficients, in order to cover a large range of applications (Graphics and 2) Graphic Variation of the discharge and head number and efficiency for different ... several plans by sectioning the entrances and exists of the flow, the upstream and downstream runner and other plans where it was difficult to understand the behaviour of the fluid inside the...
... angle and productivity of simple solar stills in various seasons for relation between optimum tilt angle and latitude angle and concluded that, cove tilt angle should be larger in winter and smaller ... Energy and Environment (IJEE), Volume 2, Issue 6, 2011, pp.985-998 and simulation result is called “ Error”, hence From Figure and Figure 9, it shows that the average errors for production rate and ... Simulation result and experimental data In solar still, after evaporation, condensation process starts, and condensation produced by inner glass cover, and difference of temperature of water and glass...
... in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate To Gill, William and Neela, Alex, Amanda and Neil, and Edward Contents ... 114 Object and Class Structuring 8.1 Object and Class Structuring Criteria 8.2 Modeling Application Classes and Objects 8.3 Object and Class Structuring Categories 8.4 External Classes and Software ... year and adopted as an object modeling standard in November 1997 The OMG maintains UML as a standard The first adopted version of the standard was UML 1.3 There were minor revisions with UML 1.4 and...
... suitability and efficiency and the establishment of cause and effect chains, requires a comprehensive understanding of the system and remains an engineering task Computer support for this form of modelling ... modelling, and also to Chapters and on applications, which contain a whole range of examples of physical modellingand electro-mechanical systems Perspectives of modelling The perspectives of modelling ... alternative to modelling on the basis of physical behaviour the other option is to take measured data and feed this into models This is also called experimental modellingand is used if physical modelling...