... ofalieninvasive plants onhillforestecosystemsofBangladesh According to Hossain, in addition to invasive understory species, the introduction ofalien tree species for plantation forestry ... Kohli /Invasive Plants andForestEcosystems 43374_C000 Final Proof page i 29.7.2008 12:12pm Compositor Name: VAmoudavally Invasive Plants andForestEcosystems Kohli /Invasive Plants andForestEcosystems ... be invasive outside of the plantations Research focusing oninvasive plants in forestecosystems contributes to our understanding of biological invasions in general and vice versa This section...
... procedure of SAS® 8.1 (SAS ®, version 8, 1999) After removal of non-significant effects, the following combinations ofeffects were retained: type of birth*sex of the lamb, year*season, and age of the ... meat and reproduction traits in sheep Livest Prod Sci 2005, 92:271-289 Snowder GD, Glimp HA: Influence of breed, number of suckling lambs, and stage of lactation on ewe milk production and lamb ... is the vector of direct genetic effects; m i is the vector of maternal genetic effects; p i is the vector of permanent environmental effects for the dam; li is the vector of litter effects; εi...
... million from development of the hotel base and asset management transactions €12.3 million from the acquisitions of Mirvac and Posadas, consolidated respectively since May and October 2012 and ... quarter Conclusion: confirmed €510-530 million full-year 2012 EBIT target In an economic environment that remains uncertain in Europe, and with demand still strong in most AsiaPacific and Latin ... as the consolidation of Grupo Posadas over the entire period after its acquisition closed on October Changes in the scope of consolidation, which reduced reported revenue by €52 million or 3.8%,...
... production Major Defense Acquisition Program operations and maintenance Office of the Secretary of Defense probability density function Program Definition and Risk Reduction Program Evaluation Review ... studies consists of four steps: (1) hazard identification, (2) analysis of effects, (3) exposure assessment, and (4) risk characterization—the description of the nature and often the magnitude of the ... magnitude of these increases because they are tied to national and local economic conditions, labor relations, and overall inflation Another producer issue related to cost uncertainty corresponds...
... non-profit corporation with multiple focuses on hunger improvement, disease prevention and community education through scholarship programs The second one is the McLamore Foundation, also a non-profit ... contribution and services: BK has two of its own in-house national charitable organizations and programs One is the Have It Your Way Foundation, as its slogan “Have it Your Way”, a US-based non-profit ... research and treatment of juvenile cancer, support organization for the families and friends of cancer patients 3.2 - Weaknesses Lack of control over franchisees and violence of quality standards:...
... more fundamental considerations of politics and personal and professional reputation Submitting to any retrospective or prospective evaluation of project risk management techniques and practices ... Justice and RAND Health often deal with confidential and politically sensitive analyses of decisionmaking and its consequences RAND has an important niche doing work with confidential information ... measure of subjective information; as a corollary, the elicitation of the probability distributions on unknown quantities such as task duration or component cost is a key element of this version of...
... (Wastewater of Pulp and Paper Production) German Version 3.02 http://www.cm-consult.de N.N (H.A.SIMONS, NLK CONSULTANTS, SANDWELL, PULP and PAPER RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CANADA): Water use reduction in ... steady and continuous flow sometimes a tertiary treatment to remove specific pollutants Installation of an equalization basin and primary treatment of waste water Equalization and spill collection ... is of prime importance in the pulp and paper industry: effluents with large variations with regard to flow and content of pollutants are often observed Such variations disturb the functioning of...
... Gower Street, London, WC1E 6NT, UK Eseonu et al Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2011, 6:25 http://www.josr-online.com/content/6/1/25 Page of Authors’ contributions KE conceived the ... nosocomial reservoirs of MRSA [5,6] Additionally, there is a suggestion of possible latent acquisition of deep post operative wound infection from colonisation as a result of prior repeated exposures ... therapy Eseonu et al Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2011, 6:25 http://www.josr-online.com/content/6/1/25 Duration of Inpatient Stay (LOS) The association between LOS and staphylococcal...
... in other at risk populations in Tijuana and other border cities throughout the US-Mexico border Funding Information Figure Map of Mexico Map of Mexico States of origin of migrating pregnant women, ... a higher rate of HIV infection among women who migrate to urban settings.[6] US-MEXICO BORDER We believe that our finding of high HIV seroprevalence among pregnant women who are long-term Tijuana ... Tijuana residents and those who recently migrated to Tijuana from various Mexican states emphasizes the need for continued HIV surveillance and implementation of preventive interventions throughout...
... were randomly selected using the records of the Jordanian Ministry of Agriculture Cows from each herd were randomly selected using a table of random digits Only female cows older than months of ... the sensitivity and specificity of the RBPT are 89% and 92%, respectively The ELISA we used had a sensitivity of 86% and a specificity of 98% Positive and negative cow sera controls were supplied ... Iraq [24] and Zambia [14] It is worth mentioning that the location of Jordan (in the center of the Middle East) adds more importance for the need to study and understand the epidemiology of trans-boundary...
... Acquisition of data RGG: Conception and study design, acquisition of data BJM: Conception and study design, acquisition of data JFV-J: Conception and study design, acquisition of data GvB: Conception ... Conception and study design, revision and final approval of manuscript MCS: Conception and study design, acquisition of data, revision and final approval of manuscript All authors have read and approved ... factors andtheir odds ratios are summarized in Table for neonates and Table for infants and children Among neonates, boys and patients with long aortic cross clamp times or shorter CPB durations...
... presence of the elements of the CCM as well as communication among clinicians and staff (see description of outcomes below) The second method of data collection is a blinded medical record abstraction ... willingness of health care workers to develop relationships that increase the number and quality of interconnections and information flow, contributing to better selforganization and outcomes ... place at baseline, after the conclusion of the delayed intervention in the control clinics and 12 months after the end of the intervention in the initial intervention clinics For the fourth specific...
... Possibilities andTheir Impacts on Water Pipeline System Source of Failure Failure of Branch only Failure of Branch only Failure of Branch only Failure of Branch and only Failure of Branch and only Failure ... information as a result of inaccuracy, conflict, contradiction, and/ or confusion 2.1.1 Confusion Wrongful substitutions 2.1.2 Conflict Conflicting or contradictory assignments or substitutions 2.1.3 ... could extend beyond the location of the building to include communication links and response of fire and rescue units and personnel CHAPTER INTRODUCTION Slide No 20 Knowledge and Ignorance ̈...
... acceptable risk and comparative evaluation of options and/ or alternatives through monitoring and decision analysis Risk control also includes failure prevention and consequence mitigation CHAPTER ... detect the failure mode should it occur Prevention controls consist of mistake-proofing and automated control Controls also include inspections and tests which detect failures that may occur at ... Assessment (cont’d) ̈ Selected Risk Assessment Methods (cont’d) – Failure Mode andEffects Analysis (cont’d) • Detection Ratings: The detection rating is a measure of the capability of current controls...
... Definition Models ̈ Decision Trees and Influence Diagrams – The construction of a decision model requires the definition of • • • • objectives of decision analysis, decision variables, decision outcomes, ... System Definition Models ̈ Contributing Factor Diagrams (cont’d) Construction of a Contributing Factor Diagram: Identify and select answer variables in consultation with stakeholders and specialists ... decision-making and associated uncertainties • The result of choosing one of the alternative paths in the decision tree is the consequences of the decision CHAPTER 3a SYSTEM DEFINITION AND STRUCTURE...
... components functioning Functioning System survival based on one component functioning and one component failed Failed System survival based on one component functioning and one component failed Failed ... State of Component of Figure 3-24a Functioning Failed Functioning Failed State of Description of the State of the Component System of Figure 3-24a Functioning System survival based on both components ... detection probability of a nondefective component of 0.8, and a detection probability of a defective component of 0.9 CHAPTER 3b SYSTEM DEFINITION AND STRUCTURE Slide No 33 System Definition Models...
... slope of the regression line (b1), and the standard deviation of the random (standard) error ( ) using Eqs 30b to 30d Generate a random (standard) error using a zero mean and a standard deviation ... regression transformation as follows: X2 b0 b1 b0 (30a) b1 X = intercept of a regression line between X1 and X2 = slope of the regression line = random (standard) error with a mean of zero and a standard ... X1 , X , Case a: Non-correlated Random Variables Compute the standard deviation and mean of the equivalent normal distribution for each non-normal random variable using Eqs 13 and 14 Compute the...
... example are based on Monte Carlo simulation – The TTFs and the estimation results of the empirical survivor function based on Eq 55 are given in Table – The table shows only a portion of data since ... Hazard Functions (cont’d) – For the exponential distribution, the hazard (failure) rate function is constant, and is given by h(t) = (49) and the exponential cumulative hazard rate function is H(t) ... Types of Information The types of information available to engineers can be classified as: Objective information based on experimental results, or observations; and Subjective information based on...
... if and only if all of its n components are functioning – Figure 16 shows an example of the RBD of a series system consisting of three components Figure 16 Series System Composed of Three Components ... Three-out -of- Three System, and Three-Component Parallel System as One-out -of- Three System – The difference between the 2-out -of- 3 system on one hand, and the parallel and series systems composed of ... is composed of components and 2, connected in parallel, and Subsystem is composed of components 3, 4, and also connected in parallel – Hence, the equivalent structure of the system considered can...