... understanding of these factors and their interrelation when used in the proportioning ofconcrete mixtures can significantly affect the cost of in-place concrete CHAPTER 3—PROPERTIESOFFRESHLYMIXEDCONCRETE ... modulus of elasticity of the aggregate However, where the modulus of elasticity of the concrete must be known fairly accurately, tests of the concrete are recommended instead of the computation of ... shrinkage ofconcrete made with a given type of aggregate Drying shrinkage ofconcrete is influenced by the water content of the concrete Therefore, the various aggregate properties that influence...
... (Nguyễn Hữu Nghĩa dịch) HAU-JICA ERCB Project (2003), Experimental technique for Bacterial blight of rice, Hanoi, 42p Phạm Chí Thành (1986), Phơng pháp thí nghiệm đồng ruộng (Giáo trình Đại học),...
... comprehensive survey of the early wave of the literature): on the basis of a set of financial ratios, reflecting the different dimensions of a CAMEL rating system, the statistically best subset of variables ... terms of total assets is high for all five countries and substantial in terms of number of institutions for Korea, Malaysia and Thailand In terms of number of local commercial banks and of both ... Coverage of the national financial sector in terms of total assets is high for all five countries In terms of banking system assets, the sample covers between 80% and 100%; and in terms of number of...
... within each profile run Remote Call Profiler supports cross-process and cross-thread profiling and the use of user-defined performance counters During each profiling run, Remote Call Profiler collects ... Profiler provides a graphical environment to display the information that you want to analyze You can compare information from different sections of your data and view your data in a variety of ... Windows CE Remote System Information displays general system information for a target device, including the name of the operating system, the name and model of the CPU, and other information Windows...
... accumulation of more information Data A record shall be kept of the name, source and physical properties of the combustible, test number, date of test, ambient temperature, pressure, quantity of sample ... final series of tests Where the ignition temperature of the test sample exceeds the softening point of a borosilicate glass flask, or where the sample would cause deterioration of such a flask, ... Ignition lag The period which elapses between the instant of completed injection of the sample and ignition Outline of method A known volume of the product to be tested is injected into a heated...
... 16.4 where SAL = the executive’s annual salary ($000) EDUC = number of years of post – secondary education EXP = number of years of experience MALE = dummy variable, coded for male, for female 1.1) ... executive salaries might be out of line, a management consultant fitted the following multiple regression equation from data base of 270 executives under the age of 40: SAL = 43.3 + 1.23 EXP + ... the United States of America Written by Nguyen Hoang Bao May 22, 2004 Applied Econometrics Dummy Variables Workshop 4: Use of Dummy Variables 1) To help firms determine which of their executive...
... Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology DBSA Development Bank of Southern Africa DCD Department of Constitutional Development DoC Department of Communication DPSA Department of Public ... similar level of economic development it fares poorly in terms of mean years of schooling and in the quality of its maths and science education The Western Cape, in short, is a place of great promise, ... economy of the 21st century; To contain the spread of HIV/AIDS and TB; To empower the poor people of our province through the provision of basic services; To improve the quality and accessibility of...
... and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific RAP Publication 2004/10, pp 1-12 Christopher Edward Mace, 2008 Evaluation Of Ground Water From The Lajas ... And Diseases Of Cultured Penaeus vannamei The World Aquaculture Siciety The Oceanic Institute Briggs, M., S Funge-Smith, R Subasinghe and Phillips, M 2004 Introduction and movement of Penaeus vannamei ... Garada J and Mishra J.K., 2002 Growth And Survival Of The White Leg Shrimp (Litopenaeus Vannamei) Reared Intensively In The Brackish Water Of The Israeli Negev Desert The Bengis Centre for Desert...
... contribution of Xdh1 is minor compared to that of Lad1, which is therefore of major importance for the L-arabinose catabolic pathway of H jecorina Because of the poor catalytic efficacy of Lad1 on ... proof for an involvement for the enzymatic reaction of Lad1 and could also be due to an indirect effect of lad1 knockout on the regulation of other genes On the other hand, the lack of growth of ... Vmax of 80.7 mM and 0.20 nkatÆ(mg protein))1, respectively Enzymatic conversion of hexitols and ketohexoses by Lad1 The identification of L-xylo-3-hexulose as the product of the oxidation of galactitol...
... included the value of library services was $5.05 per dollar of tax support The indirect ROI, the value of the multiplier effect of direct spending, was $1.91 in benefits for each dollar of tax support ... expenditures of libraries, construction spending to build and maintain facilities, and the spending of visitors • A second form of economic contribution is the value of library services offered to ... economic value of public libraries to the market value of services provided to the citizens of Wisconsin by Wisconsin’s public libraries The use of market value as opposed to the cost of the service...
... tosylate of 2-octyn-1-ol to give [8,82H2]-1 after semihydrogenation and methyl esterification of the intermediate diyne In a similar manner, dec-9-ynoic acid was C-alkylated with the tosylate of [1,1-2H2]-2-octyn-1-ol ... with a plasmid (pYJ) comprised of the pYES2 vector Fig Generic mechanistic scheme showing the stepwise removal of hydrogens in fatty acid (1,2)-desaturation Structure of the putative diiron oxidizing ... H2SO4/ CH3OH, 50 °C, h) Analysis of the fatty acids as methyl esters by GC-MS revealed that exogenous linoleate had been converted to calendate to the extent of 1% of total cellular fatty acids,...
... amount of Official Development Assistance (ODA) of Vietnam in 2008 was 1,389 million U.S dollar; it included 1,277 million USD of loans and 112 million USD of grant aid In the seven month of 2008, ... quarter of 2011, the State Bank of Vietnam decided to reduce the saving interest of U.S dollar Instead of 6% to 7% per year, the State Bank of Vietnam decided to reduce saving interest of USD ... of people, the level of development of the banking system, monetary policy and the foreign exchange management regime, convertibility of national currencies These elements have lower levels of...
... respect of emerging bio-industries are well captured by the concept of the (Schumpeterian) ‘competition state’ This type of state takes different forms, analogously with the historical variants of ... regulation of economic relations) and thereby contributing to the analysis of state forms in relation to advanced, knowledge-based and open sectors of the economy, including the regulation of non-economic ... wave of economic growth, ‘making reality of the prediction that this will be the century of biotechnology’ (OECD 2004, p 5) The new biology did not emerge through the spontaneous operation of market...
... level of inflation (Chowdhury, 1991) Consequently, if a high degree of central-bank independence results in lower levels of inflation, greater independence may also lead to less variability of inflation ... the Bank of Japan, the Banque de France, the Bank of England, and the Federal Reserve System Professor De Haan is Jean Monnet Professor of European Economic Integration at the University of Groningen ... Coefficients of Indices of Central-Bank Independence 25 Aspects of Central-Bank Independence: A Comparison of Five Indicators 26 The Turnover Rate of Central-Bank Governors, 1950–1989 28 Inflation...
... annual meetings of the Italian Society of Public Economics and the annual meetings of the International Institute of Public Finance of recent years, as well as seminars at the University of Pavia, ... determinants of the share of tax revenue over GDP: the share of agriculture over GDP, the openness of the economy as a percentage of GDP and the debt/GDP ratio.3 Figure 3.2 shows for our sample of countries ... regimes: the impact of the shadow economy (SHADOW) Structure of taxation and political regimes Structure of tax revenue (percentage of GDP) in new EU member countries in 1995 Structure of tax revenue...
... outcomes are often described in terms of «inauthenticity» and «placelessness» or in terms of a loss of a geographical sense of place The focus on the loss of place identity in terms of “inauthenticity” ... transmission of all sorts of information and the emergence of a knowledge theory of value, calling for new cultural apprehensions of space and landscape— within or beyond the realm of the possible ... newlyemerging forms of human-environment interaction through processes of the new cultural economy of space The author constructs the case of the landscape of the town of Oulu—the Silicon Valley of Finland—with...