... tight gas applications in Canada and several US formations. Their chemistry and physics have been extensively published, as summarized in a paper by Gupta and Bobier (1998) and described in brief here. The family of these fluids consists of pure liquid CO2 and a binary fluid ... altering the salinity or pH. The regain permeability with these types of systems approaches 100%. Because of the wetting tendencies of the surfactants in some of the VES systems, they are useful even in formations with sub‐irreducible water saturation and liquid‐trapping issues, ... these molecules start interacting with each other. These interactions are based on ionic forces and can be amplified by adding electrolytes (salts) or other ionic surfactants. Depending on the ionic charges and the size and shapes of the surfactants and these counter ions, ordered ...
... company's profit and hence, survival Adjusting the price has a profound impact on the marketing strategy, and depending on the price elasticity of the product, often it will affect the demand and sales ... owners understand the importance of marketing but they can’t distinguish between marketing and advertising Marketing has vast boundaries and advertising is just a part of it All forms of marketing ... communicating the value of a product, service or brand to customers, for the purpose of promoting or selling that product, service, or brand II Importance of marketing Page | Marketing is one of the more...
... Protection of the local market and support to exporters may influence the location decisions of firms • FDI of central importance Ari Kokko Instruments of active trade policy • • • Tariffs and quotas ... Institutions and impact Lecture But why is world trade not free? • Protectionism leads to higher prices, lower consumption, and lower welfare both at home and abroad • …so why is there still a lot of ... development of free trade unilateral liberalization more difficult because of protectionist interest groups and lack of coordination Ari Kokko Institutions: Bretton-Woods solutions Four cornerstones of...
... Fei-Fei, A Iyer, C Koch, and P Perona What we see in a glance of a scene? Journal of Vision, 7(1):10, 1–29, 2007 http://journalofvision.org/7/1/10/, doi:10.1167/7.1.10 L Fei-Fei and P Perona A Bayesian ... well an event of skiing or snow-boarding A number of previous works have offered ways of recognizing scene categories [16, 22, 6] Most of these algorithms learn global statistics of the scene ... information, from a rough sketch of the different regions of the image to a detailed 3D location and shape of each pixels of the image We choose to demonstrate the usefulness of the layout/geometry information...
... levels of coupon use and an increase of 20 000 new shoppers per year at the farmers markets over years (51) Food provision Another economic instrument is provision of food of specific types and ... the price of fruits, vegetables and other healthy snacks at the point of sale (vending machines, cafeterias) increases purchasing of these foods Most of the studies in a small body of literature ... respectively, were: -0.54 and -0.25 for rice, -0.54 and -0.35 for wheat flour, -0.09 and -0.03 for coarse grains, -0.96 and -0.33 for pork, -0.03 and -0.40 for eggs, and -0.39 and -0.47 for edible...
... Quality Professionalism and the Ideology of Control 149 What Is Professionalism? 149 The Ideology of Quality 151 Influence of the Military and the Ideology of Quality Control 154 Influence of the ... taste ofwhat the rest of the world knew was better coffee Of course, when we speak of coffee a distinction must be made between different strains of coffee beans as well as different types of roasts ... preplanning was often the result of 'Let's just try a lot of stuff and keep what works.' ,,4 One is left with the definite impression that so-called "visionary com- 1The concept of randomness and its...
... representation, and Shakespeare play, was worthy of note 'The success of Henry V challenges the assumption [ ] that documentary style realism is the sole criterion of propaganda [ ] the use of Shakespeare, ... 10.James Chapman, 'Cinema, propaganda and national identity: British Film and the Second World War', in British Cinema, Pas and Present, ed by Justine Ashby and Andrew Higson (London: Routledge, ... Anthony and Jeffrey Richards, eds., Best of British Cinema and Society from 1930 to the Present (London: IB Tauris, 1999) Ashby, Justine and Andrew Higson, eds., British Cinema Past and Present...
... HIV or AIDS and wom*n, and other specific terms, including “sexual rights and HIV"; “sexual health and HIV"; family planning and HIV"; “contraception and HIV"; and “cervical cancer and HIV.” Earlier ... programming and research remain A critical gap remains with the question of hormonal contraception and HIV According to Morrison and Nanda, “The question of hormonal contraceptive use and risk of HIV ... successful and promising interventions that programmes can implement to improve the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women living with HIV Provision of ARV, critical for the lives of women...
... Quality Professionalism and the Ideology of Control 149 What Is Professionalism? 149 The Ideology of Quality 151 Influence of the Military and the Ideology of Quality Control 154 Influence of the ... taste ofwhat the rest of the world knew was better coffee Of course, when we speak of coffee a distinction must be made between different strains of coffee beans as well as different types of roasts ... preplanning was often the result of 'Let's just try a lot of stuff and keep what works.' ,,4 One is left with the definite impression that so-called "visionary com- 1The concept of randomness and its...
... theory of evolution, later reinforced and enriched by molecular biology and the discovery of DNA Modern evolutionary theory offers a general picture of how the existence and development of life ... think of alternatives—alternatives that make mind, meaning, and value as fundamental as matter and space-time in an account ofwhat there is The fundamental elements and laws of physics and chemistry ... of consciousness as such, it would have to offer some account ofwhy the appearance of conscious organisms, and not merely of behaviorally complex organisms, was likely The explanation by standard...
... Part 2: What is the importance of good human resources management? Recruitment and training Human resource management help looking good staff actively involved in the success of the company and help ... schedule, organize and follow your own plan • • Organizational skills create structure and eliminate chaos Essentially, they help you focus on what Organizational skills create structure and eliminate ... capital is guaranteed, saving time and recruitment costs 1 Recruitment and training Staff training is an integral part of the overall development strategy of the business Staff are not trained...
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... repairs bicycles and motorbikes Therefore the money he gets from his manual job is sufficient for his school fees and for his parents’ presents I like Nam very much because of his honesty and straight ... abilities and always tries to learn harder Nam’s family is not rich enough His parents are retired workers Realizing the hardships of his parents, although he is absorbed in his study, he often spends ... Realizing the hardships of his parents, although he is absorbed in his study, he often spends most of his spare time doing useful things to help his parents in their old age He gets up early in the...
... added risk factors of LBP and NP, and judged all mentioned risk factors on their frequency and severity (step one) Based on the perceptions of the working group, the most frequent and severe risk ... professional (i.e., awareness, motivation to change, and routines); the patient (i.e., knowledge, skills, and attitude); the social context (i.e., culture of network, opinions of colleagues, and ... and colleagues (2008) identified barriers and facilitators for the process and implementation of a PE programme and classified them into 19 categories (e.g., resource availability, creation of...
... Critical Care Vol 11 No Liu As a clinician you may ask why 30 ml/kg of tidal volume was used in this study and you may note that oxygen was used for ventilation These injurious ... reveal the potential of a biological stimulus on a particular biological process This strategy has also been adapted to animal studies On the other hand, this may also explain why many experimental ... activation of these pathways could be beneficial Last but not the least, awareness of the significance and limitation of experimental data are crucial for our knowledge translation Competing interests...
... (normal) pHi of 7.32 can be achieved at all during the early phase of septic shock is questionable The use of vasoconstrictors can decrease mesenteric perfusion, and metabolic effects of adrenaline ... hours, and no data are given on the frequency of cardiac index assessments Four daily assessments of the treatment’s influence on the target variable may be too few, especially in view of the ... Larcan A: Comparison of norepinephrine and dobutamine to epinephrine for hemodynamics, lactate metabolism, and gastric tonometric variables in septic shock: a prospective, randomized study Intensive...
... minimal retroviral complement of gag, pol and env Two of these, tat and rev, encode proteins that regulate expression of the viral genome, while the other four, vpu, vif, vpr and nef, encode proteins ... poly(a) poly(a) Separation of replication trans functions ofsystem Figure recombinant, the cis and defective vector a retrovirus in a Separation of the cis and trans functions of a retrovirus in a ... specificity and oncogenic potential Analysis of the oncogenic potential of different retroviruses has clearly shown that the major determinant of both the overall oncogenic potential of the virus, and...
... day and linger, talking, over their coffee But most of our customers are short on time and high on need They want a fast, pleasurable source of energy, and the price should reflect the value ofwhat ... presentations, and conducted numerous industry seminars on the subject of fair pricing Finally, she has sat down long enough to share her deep insights and profound understanding ofwhat makes a ... summer of 2003, when they launched an attack of viruses and worms on Windows software, one worm left the message: “Billy Gates, why you make this possible? Stop making money and fix your software.”...