... seedlings were planted into 70 L containers (20 seedlings per container) containing forest soil [13] In order to ensure that the seedlings received the same microclimatic conditions as the leaves ... differences in leaf water potential between seedlings and adult trees, neither inthe shade, nor inthe sun crown Corresponding means were –2.4 ± 0.3 MPa and –1.3 ± 0.2 MPa for the sun andthe shade ... antioxidants of seedling and adult tree leaves were examined in response to crown position in order to evaluate whether possible alterations can contribute to explain differences inthe response to...
... according to gender and their drinking status at the entry ofthe study (Table 3) Girls inthe early intoxication group accounted for the major part ofthe association of early behaviour and ... presentation, main supervisor All authors have contributed to the writing ofthe manuscript, and have approved the final version Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests ... major contributor to increased risk for both frequent drinking and drug usein accordance with recent findings [8,24] Girls’ drinking in late adolescence was strongly affected by their reported...
... Harcourt, Inc The Theory of Liquidity Preference Keynes developed the theory of liquidity preference in order to explain what factors determine the economy’s interest rate According to the theory, the ... Inc Money Demand Money demand is determined by several factors According to the theory of liquidity preference, one ofthe most important factors is the interest rate People choose to hold money ... An increase inthemoney supply shifts themoney supply curve to the right Without a change inthemoney demand curve, the interest rate falls Falling interest rates increase the quantity of...
... PART A: INTRODUCTION This part consists ofthe rationale, the aims ofthe study, the research questions, the scope ofthe study, the methods ofthe study andthe design ofthe study Rationale Translation ... modifications made inthe translation? What are the factors affecting these modifications their influences onthe translation? Scope ofthe study - Pointing out linguistic and socio-cultural stamps on ... in structural, linear, functional or semantic terms in consequence of a lack of denotation or connotation.” andthe latter as “[a]situation where the relation of expressing the meaning, i.e the...
... To obtain a general understanding ofthe individual and combined influences of correlation and truncation on probabilistic slope stability analysis results, the paper considers the homogeneous ... correlation was non-linear (assuming the variables to be either normally or lognormally distributed) The relationship was practically linear for the gamma-distributed correlated horizontal and ... was used to perform the analyses inthe paper.) In general, a range of five standard deviations from the mean can be considered to model the entire range of variation of a random variable For the...
... fatigue initiation and propagation behaviour of cracks initiating from scratches inthe surface of clad mm 2024-T351 sheet Tension tests were conducted on both clad and unclad material Theinfluence ... were performed to investigate distributions of stress, plastic strain, and also plastic zone size and shape at the notch root A tension load corresponding to a nominal stress of 200 MPa inthe sample ... radius and fish tail shape for μm one Increasing scribe depth increases notch severity and consequently the plastic zone size Moreover cladding causes a reduction of notch root plastic zone size and...
... SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS The banking industry is undergoing three major changes the consolidation ofthe industry, the spread of Internet banking, andthe increased freedom to combine banking with other ... reduction in lending at banks acquired in mergers (National Federation of Independent Business) Impact of Internet banking As inthe case of consumers, the main benefit of online banking to small ... small and large banks for their banking services The first section ofthe article reviews the three major changes inthe banking system—consolidation, Internet banking, and financial integration The...
... data themselves, evaluated in a leaveone-out setting (359 times training on 358 questions and evaluating onthe remaining questions) There is some variation among methods inthe size and type of ... interface running online For developing the text prediction algorithm that is behind the initial version ofthe application, we aim to find the best training corpus using the questions from the chat-by-click ... Linguistic Theories (TLT7) S Westman and L Freund 2010 Information Interaction in 140 Characters or Less: Genres on Twitter In Proceedings ofthe third symposium on Information Interaction in Context...
... Pecking Order Theory, Free Cash Flow Theory, Agency Theory and Market Timing Theory Most of these theories are based onthe company's internal structure andthe impact of internal factors ofthe ... company and they are based on assumption of stability of economic factors and variables (Bokpin, 2009) In general, all of these theories about the determination of capital structure focus on answering ... factors that has influenceon management decisions about financing and increases the retained earnings of firms Due to this fact that one ofthe resources of companies financing is retained earnings,...
... requires surgery normally receive a combination of drugs The effect of these drugs in combination has again not been looked into The need for more data onthe perioperative useof DMARDs and biological ... alone andin combination onthe proliferation of osteogenic cells derived from the trabecular bone of resected femoral heads Uniquely, we looked into the effect of Leflunomide, Etanercept and Infliximab ... ofthe six control samples for each donor The difference in absorbance between the donors was significant (error bar = SEM) http://www.josr-online.com/content/4/1/17 decreased proliferation in...
... construction, the transfixion of soft tissue by the tensioned wires orthe transfixion ofthe hindfoot within the frame Efforts have been made to simplify both the application and configuration ofthe ... crossing inthe center ofthe bone, with one wire onthe top side and one onthe bottom side ofthe ring They were attached to the ring with slotted bolts and tensioned to 1080 Nm with the standard ... bearing weight is through the bone, through the wires or pins ofthe external fixator, through the rings and connecting struts ofthe fixator at the level ofthe fracture and back through the...
... By considering only thermal population effects inthe range of 15–60 K, we have imposed and solved a set of rate equations The solutions gave us the expressions for the intensities I1, I2 and ... transitions) the general nonexponential behavior, along with the lifetimes, does not change apart from the relative weights of each process, the longest component being more and more important by detecting ... where qẳ Conclusions In summary, we have demonstrated that the PL of CdSe core and CdSe/ZnS core/shell QDs inthe first ns arises from the intrinsic bright ± 1U and ± 1L states with lifetime of about...
... quality of education and health care for the poor, and increased information flow to the poor Hypotheses of reduced energy costs for the poor and decreased pressure on woodlands were rejected Findings ... identify the factorssuch as a combination of transport and energy infrastructure with investment in education and telecommunicationsfavoring the partici- pation ofthe poor in infrastructure-induced ... developing world, theory and research onthe impact of transport investments on poverty have focused on their role in promoting increased agricultural production and improving the incomes of farm...
... 75oC for one hour, and then the initiator was charged for 10 Pre-emulsion took place inthe dropping funnel under continuous flow into the reactors at constant speed The rate of pre-emulsion or ... that as the feeding time ofthe core and shell increases, so does conversion andthe results are presented in Figure For the feeding time ratio 2:2, the conversion is low, and increasing the ratio ... during the synthesis, using a feeding time for the formation ofthe styrene core of h, and h for the shell yielded polymer particles size of 264.7 nm Increasing the aging time was shown to increase...
... quality of education and health care for the poor, and increased information flow to the poor Hypotheses of reduced energy costs for the poor and decreased pressure on woodlands were rejected Findings ... identify the factorssuch as a combination of transport and energy infrastructure with investment in education and telecommunicationsfavoring the partici- pation ofthe poor in infrastructure-induced ... obtained in other Asian countries orin other parts ofthe world The evidence is not sufficient to reject the null hypothesis that the poor andthe nonpoor benefit proportionately Transport and...
... concerning the impacts of transport and energy infrastructure investments on poverty reduction in developing countries This information formed the basis for a knowledge gap analysis andthe formulation ... Assessing the Impact of Transport and Energy Infrastructure on Poverty Reduction Improvements at the margin of an infrastructure network can have a positive impact onthe poor only if the network ... operations provided suggestions on additional studies that could be useA truck transports crops to market in Jamnagar, in Indias Gujarat State ful for the RETA In addition, the study coordinator and...
... combination; the combination of water and electricity increased incomes by much more than either service alone orthe simple addition ofthe two separate effects Additional research on irrigation and ... advantage of these opportunities The importance of linkages between farm and nonfarm growth inthe rural economy for the welfare ofthe poor has been known for some time (e.g., Hazell and Haggblade ... half ofthe urban population and accounts for 80% to 90% of all trips amongthe poor, the urban infrastructure makes little accommodation for pedestrian movements The dispersion ofthe urban poor...
... and end-user efficiency of enment and incomes ofthe poor, and through the promotion ergy and water infrastructure of small contractors inthe construction sector The Renewable Energy inthe Rural ... way inthe report and recommendation ofthe President (RRP) Project monitoring mechanisms, including planned targets and indicators, were presented inthe RRPs Project Framework The indicators ... due to changes in both demand and supply of labor; the level and sources of wage and nonwage income; consumption and market surplus; useof transport; demand for institutional services,...
... health and safety risks for the poor; increase opportunities for employment for the poor in transport services, commerce and industry, andthe informal sector; increase the personal security of ... depend onthe conditions for outside investment in income-generating enterprises Benefits from the reduction inthe prices of consumer goods go to the poor only to the extent that the poor are inthe ... projects The dominant position of roads inthe transport sector, andof electricity inthe energy sector, suggests that further refinement inthe body of knowledge concerning these investments is...