... structured as follows The next section provides background Section III demonstrates the theoretical model and derives the empirical model and discusses the method of estimation Section IV discusses the ... nevertheless produces unbiased estimates oftheeffectof maternal employment on child obesity if a set of instruments satisfies the criteria of validity and relevance of instruments The first ... information on the socioeconomic status of respondents for more than four decades The PSID consists of two separate samples: the University of Michigan Survey Research Center (SRC) and Survey of Economic...
... EGR They concluded that the use of EGR with biodiesel was able to reduce NOX emissions at the expense of increase in smoke, CO and unburned HC emissions The aim ofthe current study is to investigate ... smoke emissions Therefore, as shown in Table 3, the comparison between the effects of EGR rates within limits of 5-15% on engine performance and exhaust emissions is made, relative tothe baseline ... Energy and Environment (IJEE), Volume 2, Issue 3, 2011, pp.477-490 481 Results and discussion The results and discussion based on theeffectof EGR rates on engine performance and emission characteristics...
... films, songs, handouts to increase students’ motivation Besides, teachers should vary their teaching techniques in teaching writing among lessons and classes so as to increase students’ interest ... that they feel stressful and anxious in the writing lessons because the teachers speak too quickly and they can hardly understand the teachers’ instructions Other students wish their teachers help ... contexts andthe readers ofthe thesis Suggestions for Teachers 33 Firstly, teachers should present to students possible methods and strategies in learning writing skill so they can have their...
... first term in above expression corresponds tothe contribution of magnetocrystalline anisotropy of material, the second one is given by shape anisotropy of crystalline particles (domains) andthe ... several tens percent of HC andthe last one whereas can only reach several hundreds of gauss Thus, the increasing of Co-concentration led tothe increasing of anisotropy property of ferrites Ni1-xCoxFe2O4, ... morphology and micrographs of various samples The micrographs are shown in Fig.4 A broad size distribution is observed with 32 ± nm Fig.5 shows hysteresis loops for Ni1-xCoxFe2O4 nanoparticles at room...
... hypothesis and H0 represents the null hypothesis The hypothesis will be tested with the significant level α = 0.05 Hypothesis H1: The purpose of work of managers and accountants is mainly due to ... companies, they usually offer incentive systems as an important part ofthe companies’ motivation These systems are usually used as the way to reward staff In many cases, incentive systems are also ... that is the reason ofthe existence ofthe companies However, opponents of this bonus schemes indicates many disadvantages for the company In many cases, the researchers show that if bonus is calculated...
... biomass Total Cu in soil and plant tissues, Cu2+ (HNO3 0.43N) in soil was determined by Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS) Materials and methods Results and discussion 2.1 Pot experiments Alluvial ... of Cu2+ in soil, the growth rate of Brassica juncea decreases significantly This trend may be explained by the toxicity of Cu to plant These results might be also used to evaluate the level of ... decreases only by 53% The results showed that the uptake of Cu by Brassica juncea L plants corresponded tothe increasing level of Cu contamination of soil, while the biomass was reduced at the...
... observable characteristics Although this is not the first paper to use regression discontinuity methods to assess the health impacts of these changes – Oreopoulos (2006) supplemented his study of ... pooled waves (1991-2004) ofthe Health Survey of England The vertical lines are cutoffs corresponding tothe first cohorts subject tothe new compulsory schooling laws The first of these took effect ... request 45 Only the smoking outcomes suggest effects in the direction ofthe least squares estimates and these are sensitive to functional form This is not entirely surprising since there are strong...
... members is instrumented by the severity of drought The first subcolumn reports the second stage while the last subcolumn provides the results from the first stage Similar tothe analysis on the household ... value if the household member reports to have suffered a ”severe illness” in the year before the survey As this includes every illness that the respondent considers severe – regardless of its theoretical ... instrument The first-stage resembles the setting of equation (1), but is aggregated tothe household-level In the second stage, a measure of health expenditures ofthe household is regressed on this instrumented...
... conditions, with the same tools andthe same clinical information as the residents; the contours were done after a training session on lung radiation similar to that taught to residents (PG) The same ... was made using a dose of 20 Gy tothe lungs, 40 Gy tothe heart, 55 Gy tothe esophagus, and 45 Gy tothe spinal cord The OCO factor for the expert was 23.2% (max dose 66.6 Gy) tothe lungs (i.e ... [9-12] The CTV was obtained by a geometric expansion ofthe GTV andthe PTV was a geometric expansion ofthe CTV Groups had no instructions regarding thesizeofthe margins to apply The observers...
... Meta-Analysis The meta-analysis was performed using RevMan5® software, from the Cochrane Collaboration The incidences of adverse events are presented as odds ratios (OR), and results for continuous measures ... number of days [14,13], and three of them presented their data as mean hours or days We wrote tothe authors ofthe two papers that presented their data as a median and range, and asked if they ... response to AF episodes None ofthe other studies in this meta-analysis gave any details on the need for cardioversion or the use of anti-arrhythmic medications The pathological basis behind the...
... expression was not changed by these cytokines These results focus theeffectof IL-13 and IFN-g on processing of SP-B and SP-C and not lamellar body genesis per se The results with rat cells were ... synthesis tothe lamellar bodies [53,54] Cathepsin H is one ofthe cysteine proteases involved in the processing of proSP-B and proSP-C The first N-terminal processing step of proSP-C occurs in the ... lung diseases due tothe dysregulation of only one cytokine, the down-regulation of SP-D in response to IL-13 might modify the pathogenesis of various diseases and may also alter the susceptibility...
... Continuous responses such as the process-focussed secondary outcomes will be analysed using linear regression (ANCOVA) models, possibly after transformation to ensure that the assumption that the residuals ... illness, pre-existing illnesses and time of arrest will be summarised for patients at the three hospital sites Characteristics of patients at the three sites will also be compared Chi-squared tests ... care, while the inclusion of Solihull as a control site allows the estimation oftheeffectofthe interventions to be adjusted for changes over time due to changes in other aspects of resuscitation...
... distinction obscures the varying resources, pressures, and tactics each may apply tothe state Class dialectic theorists view the state as the arbiter ofclass antagonisms They argue that the state ... problems The business press widely accepts the power of financial firms as institutional stockholders and administrators of pension and trust funds Wall Street analysts now assume that sudden sharp ... differentials between various interest groups and classes Whereas instrumentalists, structuralists, andclass dialectic theorists presume the separation of economic and political sectors, critical theorists...
... present the results of tests of differences among them using t-tests on the means and Kruskal-Wallis tests on the medians for continuous variables, and Chi-square tests for dichotomous variables The ... (2002) smallest firm has assets of $179 million Since the audit committee requirements apply to firms of all sizes, our sample allows us to test theeffectof these requirements on smaller firms, ... our sample is not necessarily representative ofthe population Table shows some statistics on the nature ofthe firms in the population of 3,451 firms andthe sample of 300 firms used in this study...
... descriptive task was the longest andofthe highest quality In contrast, expository essays were the shortest and had the lowest score Mohsen, Mansoor and Abbas Eslami [16] investigated the role of task ... Task represents information in many types of diagrams, graphs and tables, and Task covers a wide range of topics and essay patterns As a consequence, the inclusion of more IELTS tasks deserves ... proficiency level [19] As defined by Skehand and Foster [5], complexity refers to size, richness and diversity of linguistic resources It reflects “speakers’ preparedness to take risks and restructure...
... was determined by miroscopy andthe biomass increasing 2.2.6 Data analysis method Microsoft Excel and SPSS software were used for data analyzed RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 3.1 Theeffectof pH on Spirulina ... chlorophyll and carotenoid production 2.2.5 Study the growth recovering of Spirulina sp 2.2.6 Data analysis method RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS ii 3.1 Theeffectof pH on Spirulina sp chlorophyll ... pH = was highest biomass (0.16 g/ 50 mL) and significant difference at % according to Duncan test among treatments (figure 1) These results were similar tothe research about theeffectof pH...
... progenitor cells of cementoblasts and respond to produce mineralized Sharpey s fibers Epithelial rest of Mallassez is a network of epithelial cells in the PDL positioned close tothe root surface These ... comprises fibroblasts, epithelial cell rests of Malassez, osteoblast and osteoclast, cementoblast, macrophages and undifferentiated mesenchymal cells The extracellular compartment consists of well-defined ... mesial and distal roots ofthe second and mesial roots ofthe third premolar were extracted as atraumatically as possible using elevators and forceps The distal roots of 38 the second premolar were...
... Pamela S. S., 2003) There are some ways to classify business research It can be classified based on characteristic of data, source of data andthe purpose of research or the frequency ofthe study ... whiteness If the regression is estimated without the augmentation terms (k=0) the test statistic is known as the Dickey-Fuller (DF) statistic; this is the appropriate test statistic if the residuals ... Base on the purpose of research, one ofthe following three types of methods was often applied: - Exploratory study: This is the basic level of research This type is used when there is a need to...
... takes the keys, and then kisses Carlo 's on the cheek, cheekis the side of your face, right, she kisses Carlo 's on the side of his face, on the cheek, he kisses on the cheek, then she jumps into the ... paid is an irregular verb" Just listen tothe story and understand the meaning That 's all they need to Listen tothe first story, understand the meaning Listen tothe second story, understand the ... again and again For example, when people use Efforrtless English lessons, they listen tothe same lesson set, the same group of lessons, the same topic, every day for two weeks It 'sthe same lessons,...
... products and services, etc Businesses can learn a great deal about customers, their needs, how to meet those needs and how the business is doing to meet those needs Businesses need not to be experts ... bank to more customers In addition, the branch has to have clear fee, price, policies of products and services, customer policies and has professional staff to present to customers these policies ... another hand, it also has disadvantages Marketing staff is young, the branch was established for short time so sometimes operation lacks professional skills So as to develop card operations of the...