... University of California Davis, CA Barry Jessiman Health Canada Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Harry Hirvonen Canadian Forest Service Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Steen Joffe Consultant in Agricultural Economics ... Canada A Senthilselvan University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada M Sexton University of California Davis, CA Abdul Hadi Harmon Shah LESTARI Selangor, Malaysia Harvey Shear Environment Canada ... University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Paul J Squillace U.S Geological Survey Rapid City, SD Nancy Stadler-Salt Environment Canada Burlington, Ontario, Canada David Stieb Health Canada Ottawa,...
... capacity ofthe bicarbonate ions and, to some extent, the carbonate and hydroxide ions of water These three ions all react with hydrogen ions to reduce acidity and raise pH Expressed as mg/l as ... facilitator: • Water is an essential component for cleaning and rinsing and in various production processes such as pasteurisation, steam generation and CO2 management The composition and quality of ... However, there are a number of processes that are in place to manage water quality and suitability, such as: a) b) c) d) Water softening for boiler water Addition of acids and alkalines to the CIP...
... Figure In the GDL ofthe planar shape, oxygen concentration under the land area is smaller than that under the air inlet area The concentration of oxygen at the catalyst layer is balanced by the oxygen ... boundary conditions are applied at the land area (interface between the bipolar plates andthe gas diffusion layers) Neumann boundary conditions are applied at the interface between the gas channels ... land areas a noticeable decrease takes place It can be seen that for a planar shape, a high fraction ofthe current is generated at the catalyst layer that lies beneath the air inlet area, leading...
... in these specific zones; and (4) Re-assessment ofthe carrying capacity ofthe coastal zone and lagoons and potential adaptive capacity of relevant sectors (agriculture, aquaculture, tourism and ... domestic animals and crops Climate change impacts onthe coastal zone in the province include: (1) The shrinking of land and coastal plain due to enlarged wetland and flooded areas in Tam Giang - Cau ... around the lagoon and downstream ofthe Huong River; (4) Threats to infrastructure and transportation networks (sea dyke and coastal highways), irrigation and water works which were designed and constructed...
... indicator andthe normalization is given by an equation that measures the distance between the observed value for the indicator andthe minimum value as a proportion ofthe Aidar et al Health and ... contributions FJA and DGM conceived the study NG, ALC, AJS participated in data collections ofthe study, VR conducted data analysis RJO and RCH participated in interpretation of data and manuscript ... (income) Regarding education (HDI-E), the indicators are the literacy rate ofthe population over 15 years andthe proportion of people with access to primary, secondary and higher education When...
... Lao PDR and Cambodia The Khorat Plateau, mainly in Thailand, is a vast agricultural area situated on salt deposits that can affect water quality locally The tropical Great Lake of Cambodia and ... stations, with the exception ofthe four stations in the Mekong Delta: Tan Chau and My Thuan onthe Mekong, and Chau Doc and Can Tho onthe Bassac (Figure 3.9) These higher concentrations are the ... the water quality at most stations is classed as High Quality, stations onthe Tonle Sap are classed as Good Quality, and those onthe Great Lake (with the exception of Kampong Luong) are classed...
... and discussion 80 60 From the aspect ofthe depth of snow precipita40 tion and duration of snow cover the winter season 20 2005/2006 was markedly above-average Onthe contrary, the winter season ... area Type of precipitation Spruce stand Precipitation (mm) Date of measurements Table Basic parameters of snow cover at the permanent field research station Deštné in the spruce and beech stands ... during the snow accumulation andthe snow water equivalent was only exceptionally higher than 140 mm The predominating type of weather was cyclonal with the frequent fluctuation of temperatures above...
... et al Table I Characteristics ofthe plot (279th plot from Leiria Forest) andofthe 20 sample maritime pine trees (mean and standard deviation) Plot characteristics Characteristics ofthe sample ... calculated each 50-mm along all length The radius is the average of all vectors that define each cross-section Log reconstructed diameters were calculated as the double value ofthe average radius ... to the data with high correlation factors and statistical significance (table III) The reconstruction model and knot calculation software (WoodCimđ and Oksa2000, respectively) allowed a clear...
... time, there is a common axis with the measured wood properties The axis ofthe dendrometer data is therefore rotated in a way that the radial distances of both measures are plotted onthe abscissa ... increments The basic problem to solve is the fact that measured wood properties are ona distance scale, the growth data ona time scale If growth rates are assumed to be linear and constant over the ... basis As an approximation, it was assumed that the production of phloem was more or less constant throughout the year The daily dendrometer data were rescaled so that the total ring width was the...
... Ergonomics ofthe thermal environment - Analytical determination and interpretation of thermal comfort using calculation ofthe PMV and PPD indices and local thermal comfort criteria Geneva, ... limitations as the TMY weather files are required for the analysis, but in current data resource they are available for only 2100 locations (1042 locations in the U.S.) For a certain location, weather ... to apply and provides good indoor air quality but strongly relies on natural wind and building configuration as well as its location Since Vietnam has hot and humid climate, natural ventilation...
... Ergonomics ofthe thermal environment - Analytical determination and interpretation of thermal comfort using calculation ofthe PMV and PPD indices and local thermal comfort criteria Geneva, ... limitations as the TMY weather files are required for the analysis, but in current data resource they are available for only 2100 locations (1042 locations in the U.S.) For a certain location, weather ... to apply and provides good indoor air quality but strongly relies on natural wind and building configuration as well as its location Since Vietnam has hot and humid climate, natural ventilation...
... conditions are applied at the land area (interface between the bipolar plates andthe gas diffusion layers) Neumann boundary conditions are applied at the interface between the gas channels andthe gas ... oxygen concentration under the land area is smaller than that under the air inlet area The concentration of oxygen at the catalyst layer is balanced by the oxygen that is being consumed andthe amount ... the land areas a noticeable decrease takes place A high fraction ofthe current is generated at the catalyst layer that lies beneath the air inlet area, leading to under-utilization ofthe catalyst...
... namely, centralized control and decentralized control The choices of these systems are usually based onthe underlying application requirements and each has its own advantages and disadvantages ... and large, most ofthe object allocation and replication strategies are geared towards efficient ways of managing this object allocation scheme Thus, we formally define an allocation scheme of an ... information to make the transaction predictable, andthe second phase is to execute the transactions so as to avoid data and resources contentions Furthermore, in [51], it was pointed out that the...
... focused onthe causal relationship among photosynthesis, leaf N, P, and K concentrations, herb and leaf production, and centelloside accumulation in the leaves of C asiatica Flavonoid accumulation ... A negative correlation was assessed between the concentrations ofthetwo saponins and HY, LY, Pn, and especially leaf N concentrations (Table 2) Concerning asiatic acid and madecassic acid a ... increasing application of N, P, or K from to 150% ofthe amount in a standard Hoagland solution favors herb and leaf yield of C asiatica but decreases saponin and sapogenin concentrations in leaves Materials...
... the backwash water, was circulated back to the anaerobic tank andthe oxic tank at an appropriate rate (Table 1) Table Operational conditions The hydraulic retention time (HRT) for influent wastewater ... recirculation lines (Fig 1B) During 152 days operation ofa lab-scale reactor, the operational conditions were optimized by changing the amount of sludge to be ozonated andthe recirculation ratio ofthe ... Public Health Association/American Water Works Association/Water Environment Federation, Washington DC, USA Suzuki, Y., Kondo, T., Nakagawa, K., Tsuneda, S., Hirata, A. , Shimizu, Y and Inamori,...
... 5¢-GGGCACTC AGCCAGGGGACATCCTGCCCAA-3¢ as forward and 5¢-GATACAAGTTTGCACACCTTTGCACTTCTG-3¢ as reverse [58] The PCR amplification was performed in a total volume of 50 lL reaction mix containing lL of ... containing the aldehyde Cells and culture conditions adduct acrolein (a gift from K Uchida, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan) Rabbit anti-mouse and goat anti-rabbit The hepatocellular carcinoma cell ... was performed using a Kodak Digital Science DC40 camera and its associated software Band intensities are shown onthe right and are expressed as the sum of all pixel intensity values in the band...
... dental health, and dental health behaviour Acta Odontol Scand 2001;59:106 Aromaa A, Koskinen S, ed Health and functional capacity in Finland Baseline results ofthe Health 2000 health examination ... This approach was abandoned during 1970's and 1980's, as the prevalence of caries decreased andthe number of dental practitioners increased By the 1990's, the dentistpopulation ratio was already ... special thanks to Eila Eronen, Kaarina Saario, Soile Hirvonen, Kaarina Saarinen, and all other friends now and than at the Department of Prosthetic Dentistry and Institute of Dentistry, who have...
... the sea lamprey This is the first demonstration ofthe presence of RFamide peptides in the brain of any species of agnathans Onthe basis ofthe results of phylogenetic analysis and amino acid ... pharmacological characterization oftwo brain neuropeptides that modulate the action of morphine Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 82, 7757–7761 Yang H-YT & Martin RM (1995) Isolation and characterization ofa neuropeptide ... PQRFa was conjugated to Protein A Sepharose 4B (Amersham Pharmacia Biotech) as an affinity ligand The brain extract was applied to the column and purified as described above Immunoreactive fractions...
... tài Bài nghiên cứu ‘’Surfing the Waves of Globalization: Asia and Financial Globalization in the Context ofthe Trilemma’’ Joshua Aizeman cộng (2010) cho thấy nhìn ba sách Do đó, phạm vi tiểu luận ... vectơ hai số ba số ba bất khả thi, là, MI (monetary independence - độc lập tiền tệ), ERS (exchange rate stability – ổn định tỉ giá), KAOPEN (financial openness – hội nhập tài chính) Aizenman cộng ... MI thấp, ERS thấp KAOPEN cao, Ai Cập ví dụ điển hình cho trường hợp, (A) Malaysia, Philippin, Thai Lan trùng khớp với TH ( C ), D thông qua nắm giữ IR cao cho phép kinh tế sau có mức độ ERS thấp,...