... be used instead ofthe present valueof estimated future cash flows, providedthatthisissufficientlyreliabletobeconsideredrepresentativeofthevaluerecoverablebythecompany 2.3 Financial ... included in this category shall initially be measured at fair value In the absence of evidence tothe contrary, this shall bethe transaction price, which is equivalent tothe fair valueofthe consideration ... amount Therecoverable amount isthe higher ofthe fair valueofthe asset less costs to sell and its value in use Thecompany shall assess at least at the end of each reporting period whether there...
... Here, ri isthe i-th transformation rule, Ci isthe number of corrected sentences after ri is applied, and Ei isthe number ofthe opposite case The ranking process is executed iteratively The iterations ... preceding word ofthe CK is tagged as mm” is a transformation rule generated bythe third template Change the type ofthe current sentence from x to y if this sentence holds the CK of k, and … the preceding ... word of k is tagged z the following word of k is tagged z the second preceding word of k is tagged z the second following word of k is tagged z the preceding word of k is tagged z, and the following...
... forward; they also trust thatthe organization has the best interests ofthe employees in mind with every decision With that trust, there is less cynicism because the goals ofthe organization and the ... What were the children of these workers doing? Well, these children ofthe baby boomers (many of them baby boomers themselves if they were born before 1964) were in the process of entering the workforce ... may be asking at this point: If research shows thatthe benefits of a culture of engagement are so beneficial tothe top line, the bottom line, and the employees’ well-being, then why haven’t...
... achieved by adding different anions in the Fe3+ –H2 O hydrothermal system Tothe best of our knowledge, thisisthe first report ofthe selective synthesis of ␣-Fe2 O3 superstructures and nanocubes The ... on the HRTEM image of Fig 4c, which indicates that there are some pits on the nanorod surfaces The diameter of these pits is 5–9 nm The presence ofthe pits may be due tothe decomposition of ... sensing behavior of n-type semiconductor sensors After many cycles between the test gas and clean air, the voltage ofthe reference resistor and the resistance ofthe sensor could recover their...
... transferring the results ofthis study to a control system, this issue has tobe investigated on further research Conclusions The results ofthis study show the general possibility of remote differentiation ... pairwise tissue comparisons For each ofthe pairwise comparisons, we selected those PCs that lead tothe three lowest p-values, so that a maximum of 18 PCs was chosen if none ofthe PCs discriminated ... 88.8% to 100% The best result could be determined between salivary gland tissue and cancellous bone However, it was not the major goal ofthis study to differentiate between these tissue types The...
... transferring the results ofthis study to a control system, this issue has tobe investigated on further research Conclusions The results ofthis study show the general possibility of remote differentiation ... pairwise tissue comparisons For each ofthe pairwise comparisons, we selected those PCs that lead tothe three lowest p-values, so that a maximum of 18 PCs was chosen if none ofthe PCs discriminated ... 88.8% to 100% The best result could be determined between salivary gland tissue and cancellous bone However, it was not the major goal ofthis study to differentiate between these tissue types The...
... been prepared in mesoporous MOFs without the collapse ofthe MOF structures The size ofthe nanoparticles is restricted bythe dimension ofthe mesocages Because ofthe order arrangement ofthe ... PhD thesis is built in the form of a collection of scientific papers whose first author isthe submitter ofthis thesis The papers have been published or submitted for publication at the time of ... property of these nanocrystals is also discussed in this chapter The writing ofthis chapter was supervised by Prof Trong-On Do and Prof Frédéric-Georges Fontaine who are the coauthors Part of the...
... tothe HR SQL database administrator, the e-mail administrator, and the network administrator, to request that a user object for the new employee be added to each of those directories Which of ... list of directories tobe integrated in the metadirectory A list of directories tobe integrated in the metadirectory The metadirectory entry types The metadirectory entry types The naming convention ... strategy: ! Identify the prime connector The prime connector isthe first directory you reflect into the metadirectory To select the prime connector, identify the directory that best represents your...
... trials on this topic is a limitation, and larger randomized controlled trials are needed to better understand the role of CYC in the care of these patients In our meta-analysis, two ofthe three ... meta-analysis The overall pooled analysis included the mean changes ofthe FVC and the DLCO after 12 months of therapy obtained from the observational studies and from the CYC experimental arm ofthe ... size ofthis magnitude [1] The fact thatthe present meta-analysis, including 125 patients per group, did not achieve an effect size ofthis magnitude suggests again thatthe treatment approach is...
... address the challenges that often impede the uptake of interventions into general practice, including the time to deliver the intervention, the ease of implementation, the compatibility ofthe intervention ... accountability between 'layers' ofthe organization, provide professional learning opportunities specifically geared tothe district's vision of instruction' [46] The support providedtothe teacher ... technical in thatthe WD facilitator was consideredthe expert in WD implementation practices and served as a mentor tothe teacher WD facilitators had expertise in the theory and practice of WD and...
... suitable therapist to conduct the intervention and liaise with them over the progress that they were making with the clients allocated to them, and this applied to both EPC and SEC therapists Arrangements ... standardised questionnaires and particularly discussion of risk behaviours and the heightened awareness of risk this produced The EPC may be made more fit for purpose by reducing the number of sessions ... expressed in this publication are those ofthe authors and not necessarily those ofthe Department of Health The authors are grateful tothe staff of all the services that took part in this research...
... hereby declare thatthis thesis is my original work and it has been written by me in its entirety I have duly acknowledged all the sources of information which have been used in the thesis This thesis ... receptors at their surface, and the cytotoxicity ofthe conjugate is solely ascribed tothe released taxoid molecules inside the cancer cells The development of CNT functionalization through the ... endocytosis, and the drug was efficiently released and bound tothe target microtubules; moreover, it was found thatthe mass drug delivery into the cytosol ofthe cancer cells using this targeted...
... ORGANIZATION OF THESIS This chapter describes the main objectives and motivation for the thesis and highlights the organization ofthe thesis 2.1 Objectives and motivation of thesis Though widely ... temperatures (Tg) ofthe polymer This technique involves the application ofthe SCF under pressure into the mixture of polymer and growth factor until the mixture is saturated Thisis followed by depressurization ... organization ofthe thesis is described bythe flowchart in Figure 2.1 The general introduction is presented in Chapter 1, and the objectives and motivation ofthe thesis is presented in Chapter In the...
... concentration using the ELISA BMP-2 Immunoassay kit mentioned above The encapsulation efficiency ofthe BMP-2 in the fibers isthe ratio ofthe actual amount of BMP-2 loaded into the fibers tothe theoretical ... solution would then be evenly added tothe blank (meaning no encapsulation of BMP-2) F4 scaffold prepared beforehand To ensure thatthe viscosity ofthe emulsion is not affected bythe organic-aqueous ... defined as the percentage ofthe actual BMP-2 loading tothe total (theoretical) amount of BMP-2 loading In the EE analysis, about 5mg of each scaffold was dissolved in mL of DCM and mL of PBS (pH...
... provides the best strategy to maintain high level of BMP-2 in the local area and thatisthe main motivation to design the release profile of scaffolds This study investigated two methods to load ... time Another important reason isthat HAp can compensate the pH change caused bythe degradation by- products of PLGA For the case of F1, no HAp is agglomerated into that scaffold and the acidic ... Finally the ALP activity was detected by microplate luminometer Histological Analysis and Immunostain of Bone Tissue Concurrently, histochemical and immunohistochemical analysis was employed to check...
... the fibrous scaffold in a random (uniform) form They could be located on the surface of fibers, inside the fibers but near tothe surface, or near the core of fibers Thisis similar tothe distribution ... most ofthe DNA/chitosan nanoparticles would try their best to attach each other together with HAp nanoparticles in order to escape from the direct contact of DCM As a result, in the process of ... those of group A Furthermore, the release curve shows better sustained release than group A This may be explained bythe flexibility of naked DNA molecules In the process of diffusion into PBS...
... period of four weeks The most important factor contributing tothe phenomenon should be due tothe serious cytotoxicity of group A samples (Nie and Wang, 2007) The harsh environment due to cytotoxicity ... the highest This observation confirms thatthe healing rate of bone defects in group B isthe highest at the end of second week However, the situation drastically changed in the fourth week The ... during the progress of bone healing, tissue reabsorbing/remodeling, and the in growth of blood vessel are interactively together rather than being subsequent Chapter 124 Figure 6.6 Histological...
... (Figure 7.5a) This inconsistency may be due tothe cytotoxicity difference Chapter 152 among foams Previously, the results of cytotoxicity study indicated that significant cytotoxicity in F0 ... at the binding energy of 298 eV, and the intensity increased with increasing chitosan percentages This observation further confirmed that chitosan was coated on the surface of foam and this content ... surfaces, and the charge properties are obtained with the Chapter 153 degradation ofthe matrix due tothe dispersed existence of chitosan Moreover, with the degradation of PLGA matrix and chitosan additive,...
... trigger the penetration of DNA molecules into the deeper layer of K20 coating on foam F2 due tothe long chain of K20, instead of just being anchored on the top of K20 coating Thisis likely tobethe ... lower than those of F1 and F2 on day The decrease in BMP-2 expression for the case ofthe control group could be ascribed tothe cytotoxicity imposed bythe high concentration of DNA as demonstrated ... leading to adsorption of more DNA molecules Although electrostatic attraction is believed tobethe dominating reason for the high uptake of DNA by F1 and F2, it may not bethe only factor that...