... each state of nature (here, only the availability of water has a different value for each state of nature; other resources have the same value), K is the state, and and are the stages The variables ... study area and in many other Mediterranean areas This problem arises because wells are generally a private asset ofthe farm and because there is a lack of information and legislation regarding ... Dr Nawa Raj Khatiwada of NDRI (Nepal), Dr S Chidambram of Annamalai University, Dr B Kumar, Dr M.S.Rao and Dr G Krishnan, (NIH, Roorkee), Ms Awalina Satya (Indonesia) and last but not least Dr...
... May as the dry season) This division was based on the fact that the coastal city of Mumbai experiences a remarkably stable weather pattern all throughout the year except during the monsoon season ... monsoon season, where the weather pattern is overwhelmed by heavy rainfall We aim to assess the association of preeclampsia and eclampsia with various weather parameters in this unique climatic condition ... period The incidence of preeclampsia and eclampsia and the meteorological parameters between the two seasons (June to August and rest ofthe year) were compared Data was compared using Fisher's exact...
... identified a number of subpopulations within each dataset [34,35] Each of these subpopulations was extracted from the total data set and treated de novo, gaining initial twodimensional class averages and ... transitions J Kargul et al spectra for the presence of N- and C-terminal fragments that contain phosphate and show neutral loss of phosphoric acid allowed unambiguous localization ofthe exact ... ions and examination ofthe resultant spectra for the presence ofthe signals produced by ‘neutral loss’ of phosphoric acid, which are characteristic of phosphorylated peptides [22–24] Analysis of...
... mortality outcomes A fifth and major additional advantage ofthe twin data is that the observation of zygosity ofthe twin pair allows us to assess the relative importance of genetic factors, shared ... lacking These may capture a separate long-run effect of nutrition and a separate long-run effect of sanitation and health care In any case, these effects are smaller than half ofthe effect for areas ... scale parameter λ and shape parameter k0 , and W has a Gamma distribution with scale parameter λ and shape parameter kω It can be shown that Vi := Vi0 +W then has a Gamma distribution with scale...
... system A 50 Hz camera was located 3.5 m from the centre ofa 10-m walkway to cover the area required for one complete gait cycle A second camera was placed at the end ofthe walkway and was aligned ... order to study the parameters of gait between the two groups, an analysis of variance (two-way ANOVA) was performed between fallers and non-fallers for each parameter ofthe walking in the two conditions ... the hypothesis that healthy elderly fallers could lack capacity for adequate adaptation, disclosing the age-related fragility ofthe gait pattern expressed by changes in the different gait parameters...
... compliment application of ASIF devices along the distal aspect ofthe lateral and cranial (anterior) radius surfaces with at least a 0.5 cm distance from potting material, and to have sufficient ... define a global XYZ coordinate system, and predetermined points around the fracture plane: one on each side ofthe lateral plate, one adjacent to cranial plate, and one each on the medial and caudal ... goal was to keep the center ofthe spheres as close as possible to the ends ofthe radius being tested, so that the line of action ofthe axial applied load would remain close to the central...
... 604-714, Korea E-mail address: jungjs@mail.donga.ac.kr Yeol Je Cho: Department of Mathematics Education, College of Education, and the Research Institute ofNatural Science, Gyeongsang National University, ... the results of O’Hara et al [13] to a Banach space By using the Banach limit as in [19, 23], Zhou et al [24] also provided the strong convergence ofthe iterative scheme (1.1) in certain Banach ... for a family nonexpansive mappings in reflexive Banach spaces, to appear in Appl Math Comput Jong Soo Jung: Department of Mathematics, College ofNatural Sciences, Dong -A University, Busan 604-714,...
... utilization of NAM for all the expanders Once a plate was discharged, a potential of y1.350 V was applied for 360 s and the quantity of charge accepted was measured The charge transient for expander ... negative active-material ŽNAM was taken as a measure ofthe effect ofa given expander on the negative-plate capacity for a given number of cycles Cycling was continued until physical evidence of plate ... current demand and charge-acceptance required during cycling The use ofa miniplate as the electrode, and evaluation ofthe results in terms ofthe percentage utilization of NAM, provide a reliable...
... utilization of NAM for all the expanders Once a plate was discharged, a potential of y1.350 V was applied for 360 s and the quantity of charge accepted was measured The charge transient for expander ... negative active-material ŽNAM was taken as a measure ofthe effect ofa given expander on the negative-plate capacity for a given number of cycles Cycling was continued until physical evidence of plate ... current demand and charge-acceptance required during cycling The use ofa miniplate as the electrode, and evaluation ofthe results in terms ofthe percentage utilization of NAM, provide a reliable...
... oak can take growth advantages before these species The failure ofnatural regeneration of oak can be then attributed particularly to browsing damage, insect (Tortrix viridana) damage, predation ... and particularly diameter increment are reduced to a half as well as metabolism and the development of roots Lüpke (1998) found natural regeneration already at values of relative radiation ... (RP) was established in such a way that it would represent the variability of stand conditions The actual natural regeneration of oak comes from the 2002 seed year In 2003, variants of regeneration...
... effect ofthe forest canopy on the angular distribution of PAR, understory vegetation taller than m Angular distribution of diffuse PAR 45 Table I Stand characteristics N /A: data not available Stand ... of PAR under overcast and clear sky conditions For each analysis of variance, Tukey’s test was used to compare the means Analysis of variance was performed separately for each sky condition and ... greater than the scattering ofthe longer wavelengths found in global radiation This would explain the greater attenuation of PAR wavelengths compared to global radiation as the horizon is approached...
... replicate seedlings harvested at each date Data for each species were analysed separately using Genstat [25] Height and weights were transformed to natural logarithms and the data analysed using ANOVA, ... later than the other species and only a single harvest was possible Excavation and preparation of plants generally caused little obvious damage to the root system with the exception of breakage ... dry matter had been allocated to roots than shoots Overall there was a trend towards larger values at later harvests indicating that more dry matter was accumulating in the roots relative to the...
... taken near the fire, allowed spread rate measurements and mean flame characteristics estimates at 1-min intervals The duration of surface fire and crown fire propagation for each period was also ... after a burn in California chaparral, Acta Oecologica / Oecologica Plantarum 10 (1989) 57–68 [44] Pearce H.G., Alexander M.E., Fire danger ratings associated with New Zealand’s major pine plantation ... behaviour was monitored by a pair of observers on each side ofthe fire and walking parallel to its main direction of propagation The observers timed (with stopwatches) the flame base arrival...
... than that of Cedrus atlantica at Mont-Ventoux (Aussenac and Valette, 1982) Comparison ofthe main physiological parameters shows A decrease of maximal stomatal conductance with decreasing predawn ... understand the water relations of this species in the field The aim of this work was: to collect information about diurnal and seasonal variations in water potential, stomatal conductance and transpiration ... weighing a paper copy of enlarged views of needles obtained with a overhead projector, considering that fir needles are nearly plane; abaxial and adaxial sides were taken into account The transpiration...
... Figure Analyses ofthe regulatory network ofA thaliana Analyses ofthe regulatory network ofA thaliana Distributions for the transcriptional network of: (a) outgoing connectivity showing the master ... regulatory networks Bayesian methods [17-20] can give accurate networks with low coverage but at a high computational cost The analysis ofthe expression oftheA thaliana transcriptome offers the ... Saccharomyces cerevisiae [2], the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans [3], the plant Arabidopsis thaliana [4,5], and, to a lesser extent, humans [6] Meta-analyses of microarray data collections may now be used...
... volume therapy [6-8] The aim of this study was to examine the suitability ofthe established parameters CVP and PCWP and the newer parameters GEDVI, PPV, and SVV to predict changes in cardiac index ... parameters and CI, differences of each parameter were calculated between the first and second measuring points and correlated to the changes in CI To assess the predictive capacity ofthe measured parameters, ... variation After injection ofa cold saline solution, the thermal indicator dilution curve was recorded with a thermistor-tipped catheter in the descending aorta The CI was determined by a standard...
... mutants were performed using the steady state approach of flux balance analysis (FBA) and its minimization of metabolic adjustment (MOMA) variant In these approaches, mass conservation laws translate ... area of research [30-32] FBA and MOMA calculations were applied to three ofthe most recent publicly available genome-scale yeast models Table Summary of available yeast models Model Number of ... significant impact on the quality ofthe data set In order to quantify the impact ofthe experimental refinement, we compared the concordance ofthe original (Table S1 in Additional data file 2) and refined...
... interests are management ofnatural pastures, management of forage resources, management of protected areas (National Parks, Cynegetic areas, community management areas), enumeration of wildlife, participatory ... certain comfort [5] In Sub-Sahara Africa, traditional and modern roofs are in use depending on the areas (cities or villages), and the financial situation Traditional roofs made of local materials, ... than the red tile From the thermal insulation stand point, the galvanized AlFe sheet appears to be the roof material that transfers more heat to a room A maximum temperature of 73°C was attained,...
... properties ofthe rubber may have altered the physiological state of Salmonella, making them more tolerant to disinfectants (Ronner and Wong, 1993) Karunasagar, Otta, and Karunasagar (1996) compared the ... acetic acid) are generally harmless The mixed peroxy acid/organic acid sanitizers have the same advantages and disadvantages as the original peroxy acid compounds, such as being effective against ... of temperature General predictions for the degree of biofilm formation on a particular material cannot be made because the biofilm-supporting capacity of any material also depends on bacteria...
... [15] American Public Health Association, American Water Works Association and Water Environmental Federation, (2005) Standard method for examination of water and wastewater, 21st ed [16] Japanese ... abruptly At this time the aeration had stopped because the blower malfunctioned The blower was replaced, and aeration was restarted Since the pH in the reactor decreased again within days, the feeding ... increased to by the addition ofa small amount of NaHCO3 to the synthetic wastewater The filtration time was also long during days 370-410 At this time defloculation was also observed, but the reasons...