... that can be provided By looking at the kinds of questions that wecan ask, wecan articulate the design process asa series of design tasks For example, with regard to designing a ladder, we establish ... characterizations can be seen in the familiar ladder Several ladders are shown in Figure 1.5, including a stepladder, an extension ladder, and a rope ladder If we want to designa ladder, wecan t ... climate change 217 14.3.3 Environmental life-cycle assessments 218 14.4 Notes 218 215 PART V DESIGN TEAMS, TEAM MANAGEMENT, AND ETHICS IN DESIGN CHAPTER 15 DESIGNTEAMDYNAMICSWecanthis together, ...
... key EU stakeholders; and, case studies in France (Pascale Magdelaine, ITAVI), Greece (Professor Sophia Efstratoglou and Dr Athanasios Pappas, Agricultural University of Athens), Hungary (Dr Levente ... Japan (January 12), one in Thailand (January 23), and also in Cambodia (January 24) On January 27, five outbreaks were confirmed in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China and one in Laos, ... 2.3: Coverage of Avian Influenza in European English language newspapers 2005/06 Source: Beach, et al (2006) based on data from the Lexis-Nexis academic search engine and Agra CEAS Calculations...
... Teamwork is definable and measurable and can be improved through formal structured communication, such as checklists Healthcare, and surgery in particular, is a team- based service yet we have ... judgement Any disagreements were resolved through mutual discussion Means and standard deviations were calculated for each score given by the two reviewers and a suitable graphical representation was ... such as aviation and petroleum have made great progress in managing these challenges and have reduced harmful events by several orders of magnitude They have achieved this by accepting that humans...
... Teamwork is definable and measurable and can be improved through formal structured communication, such as checklists Healthcare, and surgery in particular, is a team- based service yet we have ... judgement Any disagreements were resolved through mutual discussion Means and standard deviations were calculated for each score given by the two reviewers and a suitable graphical representation was ... such as aviation and petroleum have made great progress in managing these challenges and have reduced harmful events by several orders of magnitude They have achieved this by accepting that humans...
... application of locally available plant amendments and high activity clay were shown to have higher benefit cost ratios than local farmer practice It was apparent that greater utilisation of local available ... adopted in Vietnam SCAMP assessment of local soils in association with a mobile lab to undertake analyses on farmer samples has real potential for extending sustainable land management practices throughout ... Vietnam Vietnamese Project Team Leader Dr Phan Thi Cong Australian Organisation Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management (formerly Natural Resources and Water) Australian Personnel...
... unsuitable Unplanned and inappropriate land use Unsustainable management practices No soil maps of quality assessment Local policy Urbanization leads to decrease in cultivated area Gley soil is difficult ... suggestions for sustainable management practices and the recognition that application of fertilisers was not the answer to all soil productivity problems There was an increased awareness of the necessity ... necessity Participants (%) 93 The vast majority of participants considered that a mobile lab capable of carrying out on-the-spot analyses for the key soil characteristics of pH, EC, extractable P and...
... national agricultural initiative SCAMP assessment of local soils in association with a mobile lab to undertake analyses on farmer samples has tremendous potential for extending sustainable land management ... laboratory was identified by the participants asa high priority to improve fertiliser management Recommendation It is strongly recommended that such an approach be adopted in Vietnam asa national ... EC An Extremely compacted alluvial soil from Phan Rang Thap Cham, Ninh Thuan where custard apples and grapes are grown In contrast, so easy to make a soil pit on a sandy soil grown to onion and...
... SNPs, and stratification of the samples indicates that the association for rs729749 is male specific and predominates in RF-negative disease We also found a weaker association in anti-CCP antibody ... period and for the first time, received a diagnosis of RA based on the American College of Rheumatology criteria of 1987 [5] All cases were examined and diagnosed by a rheumatologist at a participating ... respectively, are female; the mean age was 51 ± 13 years in cases and 54 ± 12 in controls Information about RF and anti-CCP antibody status was available for 1,315 of the patient samples; 63% of these were...
... levels As for autoimmune laboratory testing, her anti-double-stranded DNA was above the normal limit with a value of Her anti-nuclear antibody (ANA) was positive, and the ANA titer was 1:320 and ... she was still in our hospital Not surprisingly, she also benefited from a muscle relaxant As in this case, IVIG can be used as an adjunctive therapy in patients with SPS [7] Although many patients ... the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Author Details 1Department of Psychiatry, University of Nevada School of Medicine, West Charleston Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada...
... factors that were modifiable posttrauma (e.g social bonds and social isolation can be acted on and enhanced after someone has experienced a traumatic event; whereas pre-event trait anxiety cannot), ... Funding was provided by Australian Rotary Health, who awarded CMK with the Hugh Lydiard Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Additional funding was provided by the Australian National Health and Medical ... negative social support increases risk [6] These factors appear to have different mechanisms, and both may operate at the same time; for example, a woman who has been sexually assaulted may perceive...
... In the Armenian earthquake, those in class ultimately proved unsalvageable because no immediate follow-up technology was available; this was especially true of those requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation ... immediately available at the scene of a major disaster DC studied the medical response to the earthquake in Armenia on December 1988 as part of an on-site collaboration between the International ... potentially salvageable if rendered immediate, simple first aid, such as hemostatic measures, stabilizing fractures, or maintaining the airway until further care is available Finally, class includes...
... interpreted asa separate quality of life study e.g because of the missing of baseline data But they are seen asa good approximation for the purpose of weighting the life-years gained to calculate QALYs ... http://www.resource-allocation.com/content/4/1/16 Authors' contributions The author has made substantial contributions to conception and design, and acquisition of data, and analysis and interpretation of data; 2) has been involved in drafting ... 1996 CCOHTA: A Guidance Document for the costing process CCOHTA, Ottawa 1996 CCOHTA: Guidelines for economic evaluation of pharmaceuticals: Canada 2nd ed CCOHTA, Ottawa 1997 Bland JM, Altman DG:...
... criteria were simply low back pain The average age of participants was 73.4 years and the average number of treatment sessions completed was 19 The primary outcome measure was the numeric pain scale ... Average duration of pain was months or more in 83% of cases Outcome measures were a point pain scale and self assessment of mobility and ability to walk and sit Patients were treated with the VAX-D ... with this paper is the outcome measure utilized Aetna has issued a policy bulletin stating that "the effectiveness and clinical applicability of CPT testing in diagnosing or managing a disease has...
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... stable, and deactivated much faster than AuCH and AuDP The AuCH and AuDP samples after heat pretreatment at 200oC and 300oC have shown very good activity In particular AuCH is rather stable for ... gas for seconds Detailed peak analysis data are given in Table 3.3 For the clean AuCH sample before CO+O2 dose, the Au 4f7/2 is located at 84.1 eV, and is attributed mainly to Au0 After the gas ... SIMS data as well as the above XPS, XRD data can well support this model To study the O2 adsorption on iron oxide supported Au catalysts, AuCH sample was exposed to the 10% O2 in helium gas at 10-6...
... As- prepared catalyst in pretreatment chamber, degas for 30 then transfer to analysis chamber degas for 30 then transfer to analysis chamber Wide Scan Wide Scan Scan for C1s, O1s, Ti 2p and Au 4f Scan ... treatment of extensive acid washing was very crucial to obtain anatase titania nanotubes, which however could leave large amount of defects as well as chemically bonded water molecules in the nanotubes ... + O2 does was pumped out and sample was for 1hour then transferred back to analysis outgas for 1hour then transferred back to analysis chamber chamber Scan for C1s, O1s, Ti 2p and Au 4f Scan for...
... which can react with surface HCOO to release CO2 via carboxylate or carbonate intermediates 176 During this interaction Au- and Aun+ can be formed in addition to Au0 They can adsorb and activate ... nano particles Colloid-based (CB) method as described in Chapter was selected as the best method for the preparation of Au/CuO catalysts HAuCl4 (1mM) was used asa precursor, NaBH4 (0.1M) asa ... same condition as CO oxidation reaction After cooling to room temperature, the feed gas was switched to 5%H2/Ar After the baseline had stabilized, the temperature was increased to 600oC at a...
... presence of various Au species as well asa variety of reaction intermediates including formate, carbonate, and hydrocarboxylate, allowing the derivation of a reaction mechanism similar to those proposed ... Au/TiO2 (NT) and Au/MC150, one of the Kaisha samples, have similar surface areas but exhibit remarkably different activity In depth studies in this chapter showed that TiO2 nanotubes are a better ... commercial anatase TiO2(CB) and kinds of TiO2 samples from KAISHA Ltd, the home-made TiO2 nanotubes (NT) are better catalyst support, on which the Au nanoparticles exhibit significantly improved catalytic...