... standard forthe safe carriage, in bulk by sea, of dangerous chemicals and noxious liquid substances listed in chapter 17 ofthe Code The Code prescribes the design andconstruction standards of ... measured from the top ofthe keel, or the length from the foreside ofthe stem to the axis ofthe rudder stock on that waterline, if that be greater In ships designed with a rake of keel, the waterline ... manner before transportation ofthe product The cargo shall be compatible with all materials ofconstruction such that: no damage to the integrity ofthe materials ofconstruction is incurred; and/ or...
... Emilia I the first is the suffix itself the second is the stem ofthe suffix (the access key to the table) the third is the ending class ofthe suffix the fourth is the syntactic class ofthe suffix ... looks at the word BF.FORE the verb: if the word is a tense ofthe verb to be, the resulting verb is SIMPLE PASSIVE (the rules applied are the 2nd andthe 4th); if the word is a tense ofthe verb ... of another verb the resulting vcrh is C O M P O U N D PASSIVE (the rules appfied are the 2nd andthe 3rd); otherwise it is C O M P O U N D ACTIVE (the rules applied arc the 2nd andthe 5th) The...
... but the main conflict is between the DRC military and two militia groups, the Hutu-based Democratic Forces forthe Liberation of Rwanda and (the now defunct) National Congress forthe Defense of ... had fully trained surgeons and anesthesiologists, most ofthe procedures performed were basic This was in part due to the limitations ofthe equipment andthe lack of post- Table 4: Associations ... responsible forthe overall concept and design KC and MT contributed to the data collection and analysis KC, NF, and MT contributed to intellectual content, and writing ofthe paper KC wrote the first...
... probes: cells, glycans and carbohydrates, to name but a few The significance ofthe microarray to the field of infectious diseases is the parallel detection capabilities ofthe system (covered in ... array capable of correctly identifying four ofthe orthopoxvirus species Similarly, arrays have been developed forthe detection and distinction of hantaviruses [8] and are capable of distinguishing ... described above offer an accurate, rapid and sensitive method forthe detection and identification of viruses, but they have important limitations that should be considered The production of robust...
... another group reported the importance of Klf5 in mediating the self-renewal of mouse ESCs.59,60 They reported that the ablation of Klf5 prevented the successful derivation of mouse ESCs from the ... the ICM, and on the other hand, the overexpression of Klf5 in mouse ESCs suppressed differentiation in the absence of LIF60 More interestingly, Smith and colleagues showed that the Oct4 and Stat3 ... SCREEN OF NUCLEAR RECEPTORS FORTHE ENHANCED AND ALTERNATIVE GENERATION OF INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS DOMINIC HENG JIAN CHIEN (B.Sc (Hons), NTU) A THESIS SUBMITTED FORTHE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF...
... formula forthe cP, µ (a) in terms ofthe values of P ; see [19] Therefore, the (dual) Littlewood–Richardson polynomials andthe entries ofthe transition matrices between various bases of Λ(x||a) ... in the proof of (1.4) is played by interpolation formulas for symmetric functions The interpolation approach goes back to the work of Okounkov [20, 21], where the key vanishing theorem forthe ... element ofthe ring Λn Furthermore, setting sλ (x||a) = if the length of λ exceeds the number ofthe x variables, we obtain that the evaluation ofthe element sλ (x||a) ∈ Λn at xn = yields the corresponding...
... accordance with the results ofthe sea floor survey, considering the deviations from a plane surface, the force-deformation properties ofthe soil, andthe geometry ofthe base ofthe structure The possibility ... Stability ofthe sea floor 5.2.1 Slope stability- The stability ofthe sea floor in the vicinity ofthe structure should be investigated The study should include the effects ofthe structure on the ... reinforcement and hardware, and abrasion ofthe concrete (b) Splash zone-Freeze-thaw durability, corrosion ofthe reinforcement and hardware andthe chemical deterioration ofthe concrete, and abrasion...
... between the bar andthe surrounding concrete The stress at the surface ofthe bar resulting from the force component in the direction ofthe bar can be considered the bond stress between the bar and ... lower transportation costs and may ease handling ofthe bars on the project site 3.1.2 Coefficient of thermal expansion The coefficients of thermal expansion of FRP bars vary in the longitudinal and ... ensure yielding of steel before the crushing of concrete The yielding ofthe steel provides ductility and a warning of failure ofthe member The nonductile behavior of FRP reinforcement necessitates...
... orientation ofthe fibers, andthe quantity of fibers primarily govern the tensile properties ofthe FRP material Due to the primary role ofthe fibers and methods of application, the properties of an ... Composite Fiber volume fraction The ratio ofthe volume of fibers to the volume ofthe composite Fiber weight fraction The ratio ofthe weight of fibers to the weight ofthe composite Filament—See ... as to develop the strength ofthe FRP system The development length is a function ofthe strength ofthe substrate andthe rigidity ofthe bonded FRP Durability, FRP The ability of a material...
... microscopy and X ray microscopy etc, and then describes the history, background and current status of microscopy using protons and helium ions The third part ofthe thesis, discusses the details of both ... disks The size of Airy disks is affected by both the wavelength of light (λ), the refractive index ofthe materials used to manufacture the objective lens andthe numerical aperture (NA) ofthe ... measuring the fringes ofthe Moire pattern from the interference ofthe illumination pattern andthe sample SIM is only able to enhance the resolution by a factor of To further improve the resolution,...
... serviceThe busiest hour ofthe day handles 20% ofthe traffic No other hour handles more than 12% ofthe voice traffic Each remote site gets about the same number of calls from San Jose Therefore, ... the study to determine the number of hours of voice conversation or Erlangs of voice traffic the new integrated voice/data network is to handle during the busiest hour ofthe average day ofthe ... is for Houston andthe other is for Washington, DC The average data traffic at San Jose is 150Kbps with a peak of 300Kbps during the busiest hour XYZ would like to run the voice traffic over the...