... heating value ofthe pyrolysis gas isabout 9 MJ/kg. The t otal energy content ofthe FP gascorresponds to about 10% ofthe initial biomass HHV and is sufficient to supply the thermal energy for ... developed, based on the Lurgi-Ruhrgas system. The thermal decomposition of biomass andthe condensation of organic tar vapors and reaction water vapors take place in the course of one or few seconds. ... ionary-state, thermalconditions are adjusted. This is true if the amount and the composition ofthe slag layer at the inner surface of the gasifier chamber do not significantly change. The formation of...
... location of wetland, the economic and ecological value ofthe wetland, andthe type and incidence of human threat [2]. They are used as basis for the formulation of conservation priorities, the ... livelihood ofthe people;, and management strategies for the exploitation, development andconservationofthe wetland. The multi-level action plan for theconservationof forest wetlands in the MD ... Fig.1: The Mekong River Basin and Land forms ofthe MD in Vietnam The main objective of this article is the presentation ofthe forest wetland inventory process, applied to both the inland and...
... consideration the size and nature ofthe business ofthe accounting firms they supervise and the size and nature ofthe business ofthe clients of those firms. The standards applied by the Board under ... conform the rules promulgated by that Board to the requirements of title I ofthe Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,or otherwise further the purposes of that Act, the securitieslaws, andthe rules and ... with this Act, the rules ofthe Board,professional standards, andthe securities laws relating to the preparation and issuance of audit reports andthe obligations and liabilities of accountants...
... consider the question of Post Office wages. The cost ofthe increases of wages which have been granted as the result of these revisions, calculated on the basis ofthe staff at the dates ofthe respective ... the salary paidby the King, notwithstanding that funds for the maintenance ofthe posts were drawn from the Exchequer yearby year. The office of Master ofthe Posts was bought and sold. Witherings ... Post Office system, a plan involving the transformation both ofthe theory of PostOffice finance, andofthe methods of practical working.[72]His inquiries led him to examine the cost of the...
... (V260E and Y246W/DC25) highlight the role of the C-terminal domain in the general folding ofthe enzyme and, hence, on its activity. This study points to the importantrole of residues at the IN ... inselectedaminoacidintheC-terminaldomainofanALSVIN [24] and analysed the effects of these mutations on the catalytic activities ofthe resulting proteins [3Â-processing,strand transfer and disintegration ... 2)[23]. Strands b1Â, b2Â and b5Â ofthe proximal monomer and strands b2Â, b3Â and b4Â ofthe distal monomer areinvolved in the dimer interface (Fig. 2B). It is noteworthythat the two-domain...
... cleavage ofthe Arg-Ser bond, followed byhydrolysis ofthe Gly-Phe bond (data not shown), but notvia the initial production of kinin andthe subsequent release of a truncated fragment. These data ... of cathepsin L and/ or the kininase activity of cathepsin K maybe favored by the generation of an acidic environment in the pericellular space around macrophages [20]. Vasoactiveproperties of ... reduces the pH of the pericellular environment of macrophages [20]. This raises the question ofthe dual behaviour of kininogens complexedwith CP. While concentrations of cystatins C, S, SA and...
... to the management and conduct ofthe office of district attorney ofthe United States for the southern district of Alabama." The incumbent of this office on the 1st day of January, 1885, and ... Secretary ofthe Navy.In the exercise ofthe power vested in the President by the Constitution, and by virtue ofthe seventeenhundred and fifty-third section ofthe Revised Statutes andofthe civil-service ... support the local government nor the sacrifice ofthe interests of the community.A Compilation ofthe Messages and Papers ofthe Presidents 81 In May ofthe present year a small portion of the...
... costs of normal pressure rectification. Dependingon the difference between the temperatures at the bottom tW and at the top tD of the column, and on the price ofthe heating steam CH, the optimum ... accepted lawof resistance acc. to Darcy and Weis-bach. As the specific liquid load uLincreases andthe gas velocity uVremains constant, the liquid hold-up hL and the pressure drop ofthe irrigated ... experimental data on the hydraulicbehaviour of packed columns for the development of a new method for the standardpresentation ofthe fluid dynamics of columns with any type of packing design. The basicprinciples...
... nature of this book, andthe sensitive positions many of these persons occupy, I will not mention them by name here, butthey know who they are, and I am extremely grateful to all of them. Whatever ... but the tip ofthe problem, however. The broadband problem in fact encompasses a host of other services as well.Owing to the exponential progress of digital communications technology,all of these ... growth and living standards. The same probably holdsfor the effect of broadband policies on the economies of many othernations, both developed and developing. As I indicate in chapter 2, the eco-nomic...
... the focus ofthe professional. Also, profession-als should be made aware ofthe consequences of care forparents during their training. Furthermore, they should betrained in how to detect and ... analyzed and inter-preted the data and drafted the manuscript. HM analyzed and interpreted data, drafted and revised the manuscript.HH supervised design and execution ofthe study and revised the ... Quality of life in parents of chronically ill children: standardized Regression Coefficients and Percentage of explained variance ofthe modified model. The model explains 21% and 20% ofthe variance...
... according to the amount of stress suffered.We calculated both the number of LEs andthe Life Change Unit (LCU) score, a summary ofthe amount of stressinherent to the event andthe time elapsed ... contributionsJMV, LR, and JA participated in the conception and design ofthe study.EVO, SRF, GV and JAPV analyzed the data. EVO, JMV, MH, MF, LR and JAparticipated in the drafting ofthe article. All ... investigated whether there were gen-der-based differences in the association between LEs and HRQoL [28]; and whether desirable and undesirableevents and t hose which occurred within the family con-text...
... since the median score s the mean Physical and Mental Composite scores of the SF-36 of our community-dwelling sample withmild motor impairment were lower than the norms. The scores ofthe SF-36 ... liv-ing in the community and 2) to assess the relationshipbetween the functional ability (motor impairments of lower extremity, balance and walking distance) of theseindividuals to the amount of daily ... for the Mental CompositeScore ofthe SF-36 were not carried out. In addition,age and gender ofthe participants d id not correlate to the Physical or Mental Composite Scores ofthe SF-36and...
... psychosocial aspects ofthe HRQOL,while the aspects ofthe physician-patient relationshipare important for all domains ofthe HRQOL. The con-firmation ofthe significance of anger and cynicism iscompatible ... between1.3% and 2.9% and is thus generally greater than the increase in explanation of variance by the characteristics of the disease. The relevance of this block of variables ismainly due to the doctor ... thathas examined both the influence of these personalityvariables andthe influence ofthe physician-patient rela-tionship on the HRQOL of CHD patients after rehabili-tation. Ofthe studies mentioned...