application of remote sensing and geographic information systems in wildlife mapping and modelling

Land Use Change and Mountain Biodiversity - Chapter 7 potx

Land Use Change and Mountain Biodiversity - Chapter 7 potx

Ngày tải lên : 12/08/2014, 02:23
... 90 Land Use Change and Mountain Biodiversity mountain grasslands are scarcely represented in the protected areas of Argentina, and little is known about their functioning The study site of this ... mountain grasslands and Alnus acuminata forest patches at an altitude of about 1700 masl This area lies in the upper altitudinal level of the phytogeographic province of the Argentinean Yungas ... the landscape consists of a mosaic of vegetation patches, differing in the time since the last burning event occurred SAMPLING DESIGN AND DATA ANALYSIS In November 2000, we conducted a survey in...
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Fish species distribution in seagrass habitats of chesapeake bay are structured by abiotic and biotic factors

Fish species distribution in seagrass habitats of chesapeake bay are structured by abiotic and biotic factors

Ngày tải lên : 04/09/2015, 12:54
... experiencing worldwide declines via escalating threats from anthropogenic in uences including direct and indirect effects of chemical pollutants (i.e., nutrient enrichment, contamination) and increasing ... assistance of Paul Gerdes and Jill Dowdy for their participation in sampling efforts, as well as Jennifer Whiting and Dave Wilcox in assisting in data review and GIS aspects of sampling Funding was ... only 1% and 2% of the fishes sampled in seagrass More recent sampling in seagrass beds in the western shore of lower Chesapeake Bay between 2009 and 2011 demonstrated continued dominance of Silver...
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Species richness and ecosystem functioning of southeast asian dung beetle fauna

Species richness and ecosystem functioning of southeast asian dung beetle fauna

Ngày tải lên : 16/10/2015, 15:34
... 103º40’E), and includes four forest fragments on the main island of Singapore, two on the offshore island of Pulau Ubin, Singapore and two continuous forests in the Malaysian state of Johor Deforestation ... number of species and mean number of individuals and MacRitchie had the lowest mean number of species and mean number of individuals in baited pitfall traps within a single transect 16 (Figs 2a and ... documentation of the natural communities in Singapore, an important source of information for measuring species extinctions in the tropics (Brook et al 2003) Therefore, the dramatic loss of forests in Singapore...
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Báo cáo lâm nghiệp: "Stand biometry and leaf area distribution in an old olive grove at Andria, southern Italy" pptx

Báo cáo lâm nghiệp: "Stand biometry and leaf area distribution in an old olive grove at Andria, southern Italy" pptx

Ngày tải lên : 07/08/2014, 16:21
... area indicates the importance of this parameter for more detailed interpretation of remote sensing data and also for studies of interception or soil water supply from precipitation Such information ... distribution in the olive grove (entire stand level) and its cumulative when taking into account 0.5 m deep canopy layers minimum deviation in direction of the shoot axis, and the angle increasing to ... calibration of entire crown images Images of whole tree crowns and separately of measured branches were prepared by deleting some interfering parts of images (skeleton of branches) and adjusting contrast...
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báo cáo khoa học: " Growth characteristics and lipid distribution in two lines of chicken selected for low or high abdominal fat" docx

báo cáo khoa học: " Growth characteristics and lipid distribution in two lines of chicken selected for low or high abdominal fat" docx

Ngày tải lên : 09/08/2014, 22:22
... days of age They were killed by an intracardiac injection of Nembutal At hatching the residual yolk sac was removed The abdominal fat was dissected and weighed at 15, 28, 63, and 97 days of age and ... protein per kg Birds were weighed at 0, 7, 15, 22, 28, 35, 42, 50, 63, 76, 97, and 112 d of age after 18 h of fasting Samples of males and females per line were collected at 0, 7, 15, 28, 63, and ... between abdominal triglycerides and extra-abdominal triglycerides are given in Table Vil Significant correlations were found at most ages, except in FL males at 15 and 28 days of age and in LL females...
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EQUALIZING DAYLIGHT DISTRIBUTION IN BUILDINGS   OPTIMIZATION OF THE INNER REFLECTOR AND BOTTOM PANEL OF a LIGHT DUCT

EQUALIZING DAYLIGHT DISTRIBUTION IN BUILDINGS OPTIMIZATION OF THE INNER REFLECTOR AND BOTTOM PANEL OF a LIGHT DUCT

Ngày tải lên : 05/10/2015, 21:24
... illuminance result of opening and table (a) Forward ray tracing of opening (b) Backward ray tracing of opening (c) Forward ray tracing of table (d) Backward ray tracing of table 118 xi List of ... shown in green lines), reflect inside the duct (interRay shown in yellow lines) and terminate at target surface and wall (lastRay shown in red lines) 39 Figure 4.9: The diagram of the tool chain ... Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Standard 189.1 also requires illuminance of at least 300 lux on a plane feet (1 m) above the floor, within 75% of the area of...
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a framework of co opetition, freight consolidation, and collaborative freight distribution in the thailand’s newspaper

a framework of co opetition, freight consolidation, and collaborative freight distribution in the thailand’s newspaper

Ngày tải lên : 28/11/2015, 14:01
... enablers (information sharing) of sustainable supply chain Information sharing is critical in ensuring that vertical and horizontal supply chain partners are behaving sustainably Information regarding ... sustainable supply chain and collaborative relationship development Support activities include joint planning, joint problem solving, and information and knowledge sharing pertaining to sustainability ... management of information flows and movement of raw materials, semi-finished products, and final products along the supply chain by incorporating sustainability dimensions into its business strategy and...
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focuses on expressions of criticizing in American and Vietnamese e-newspapers in the light of Directness/Indirectness

focuses on expressions of criticizing in American and Vietnamese e-newspapers in the light of Directness/Indirectness

Ngày tải lên : 06/04/2013, 08:43
... methods of indirect criticism when expressing their point of view This, on one hand, reduces negative reactions; and, on the other hand, the information becomes more vivid and interesting to readers ... is a matter of course, and the frequency of indirectness is much higher in case of criticizing 14 It is well-known that the first and foremost function of newspapers is providing information ... sheet of paper printed and distributed, at stated intervals for conveying intelligence of passing events, advocating opinions, etc.; a public print that circulates news, advertisements, proceeding...
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Factors influencing borrower’s behavior and decision making patterns in the success of a micro finance model

Factors influencing borrower’s behavior and decision making patterns in the success of a micro finance model

Ngày tải lên : 06/09/2013, 05:48
... impact of microfinance activities on poverty reduction in remote areas of Bangladesh The results revealed that micro financing increasingly helps in poverty reduction with an emphasis of increased ... remaining market share in micro financing After reviewing the literature on the positive impact of micro financing in developing countries like Bangladesh, Zambia and Bolivia, it can be inferred ... influence on the behavior of borrowers If the income and savings of the individual is high then he/she is least attracted to debt financing On the other hand, the individual with low income and...
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Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: Golgi reassembly stacking protein 55 interacts with membrane-type (MT) 1-matrix metalloprotease (MMP) and furin and plays a role in the activation of the MT1-MMP zymogen pdf

Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: Golgi reassembly stacking protein 55 interacts with membrane-type (MT) 1-matrix metalloprotease (MMP) and furin and plays a role in the activation of the MT1-MMP zymogen pdf

Ngày tải lên : 18/02/2014, 04:20
... the interaction with the PDZ proteins: Mint-3, AMPA binding protein and glutamate receptor interacting protein (GRIP) It would therefore be interesting to determine whether this motif is also involved ... domain In HT1080, the intracellular trafficking of MT1/EYFP was indistinguishable from that of wild-type MT1-MMP and both constructs were found to accumulate in the Golgi apparatus and the TGN in ... binding MT1-MMP ICD binds to PDZ2 domain and region of GRASP55 GRASP55 contains two non-overlapping and structurally independent PSD-95/SAP90 Drosophila septate junction protein discs-large and...
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Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: Characterization of chitinase-like proteins (Cg-Clp1 and Cg-Clp2) involved in immune defence of the mollusc Crassostrea gigas docx

Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: Characterization of chitinase-like proteins (Cg-Clp1 and Cg-Clp2) involved in immune defence of the mollusc Crassostrea gigas docx

Ngày tải lên : 19/02/2014, 00:20
... Crassostrea gigas [5] Interestingly, this protein, named C gigas chitinase-like protein (CgClp1) was found to be involved in the control of growth and remodelling processes in a manner similar ... transcripts during development and in adult tissues To gain insights into possible physiological functions of Cg-Clp2, determination of its tissue distribution and temporal pattern of expression during ... on the conserved amino acid sequences of the catalytic domain of members of the GH18 family resulted in the amplification of an expected 147 bp sequence Cloning and sequencing of this fragment revealed...
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Tài liệu PLEASE GIVE NORBERT WEINER (AND OTHER CURIOUS DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WORK OF JANET ZWEIG) doc

Tài liệu PLEASE GIVE NORBERT WEINER (AND OTHER CURIOUS DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WORK OF JANET ZWEIG) doc

Ngày tải lên : 19/02/2014, 10:20
... pattern of shifting individual actions, roles, and responsibilities in public space In all of these works, Arendt’s insistent appeal for thinking and seeing participation in the world remains resonant, ... characteristics of life in Minnesota chronicled in the musings of Garrison Keillor on his Prairie Home Companion, as well as in city branding initiatives The evolving collection of almost 200 audio and video ... determined by the actions of thousands of individuals, remains a data-producing, open-ended experiment in public life Striking intellectuality, balanced with intense curiosity, connects all of Zweig’s...
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Tài liệu Design, Lifestyles and Sustainability. Aesthetic Consumption in a World of Abundance pptx

Tài liệu Design, Lifestyles and Sustainability. Aesthetic Consumption in a World of Abundance pptx

Ngày tải lên : 19/02/2014, 17:20
... management and the use of buildings in terms of energy use and reduction of material dependence (Gardner and Sampat, 1999) are examples of housing and householdrelated studies In the field of sustainable ... formulated and introduced with good intentions However, they come short in understanding the underlying needs and ambitions of individuals and human interaction The human side of society is often ... understanding of sustainable development in general and sustainable consumption in particular Contemporary Studies of Sustainable Consumption A vast number of articles focusing on sustainable...
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Báo cáo khoa học: Nuclear actin and actin-binding proteins in the regulation of transcription and gene expression docx

Báo cáo khoa học: Nuclear actin and actin-binding proteins in the regulation of transcription and gene expression docx

Ngày tải lên : 07/03/2014, 01:20
... Role of nuclear actin-binding proteins interacting with the androgen receptor AR, androgen receptor; LBD, ligand-binding domain Actin-binding protein Targeting sequence Gelsolin Direct or indirect ... Cross-linking proteins Filamin A NLS? Cross-linking proteins Transgelin ()) Cross-linking proteins Functions as scaffolds for signaling intermediates that stimulate actin elongation; binding partners ... central DNA-binding domain (DBD) and a C-terminal ligandbinding domain (LBD) containing activation function [67–70] Upon binding androgens, the AR LBD undergoes conformational changes leading to dissociation...
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Báo cáo khoa học: The Vps4 C-terminal helix is a critical determinant for assembly and ATPase activity and has elements conserved in other members of the meiotic clade of AAA ATPases pdf

Báo cáo khoa học: The Vps4 C-terminal helix is a critical determinant for assembly and ATPase activity and has elements conserved in other members of the meiotic clade of AAA ATPases pdf

Ngày tải lên : 07/03/2014, 05:20
... analysis of Vps4 revealed that it contains a single ATPase domain incorporating a structure rich in b strands (b domain), an N-terminal microtubule interacting and trafficking (MIT) domain [28–30] and ... compared binding of an ESCRT-III component, Vps20p, to wildtype and mutant Vps4p proteins in the presence and absence of ATP (Fig 5C) Binding of Vps20p to the Vps4p mutant proteins lacking the ... ability to interact with a panel of known Vps4p interactors indicating that the N-terminal domain is correctly folded in each of the mutant proteins and that the b domain is correctly folded in the...
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Information Contagion and Inter-Bank Correlation in a Theory of Systemic Risk potx

Information Contagion and Inter-Bank Correlation in a Theory of Systemic Risk potx

Ngày tải lên : 15/03/2014, 09:20
... discuss two of these models, Scharfstein and Stein (1990) and Rajan (1994), in some detail in Section Scharfstein and Stein’s sequential model of herding is quiet about the variation in herding behavior ... those of the constrained planner Proposition 8.2 (Herding and Constrained Efficiency) Lending decisions of banks and the resulting inter-bank correlation are constrained efficient under the information ... source of funds Interest rates on both uninsured deposits and subordinated debt should respond to information pertaining to the bank’s health Thus, in a world with deposit insurance, information...
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Báo cáo khoa học: Role of the hinge peptide and the intersubunit interface in the swapping of N-termini in dimeric bovine seminal RNase pptx

Báo cáo khoa học: Role of the hinge peptide and the intersubunit interface in the swapping of N-termini in dimeric bovine seminal RNase pptx

Ngày tải lên : 16/03/2014, 23:20
... evidence of correct pairing of the interchain disulfide bridges in the recombinant sample [11] The kinetics of the N-terminal arms swapping in the P19A-BSRNase is comparable to that of BS-RNase ... mutation of two paradigmatic residues involved in the dislocation of BS-RNase N-terminal arms, i.e Pro19 and Leu28, located in the hinge peptide and in the intersubunit interface, respectively CD and ... differential scanning microcalorimetry, and an investigation of the kinetics of swapping of all variant dimers in comparison with that of the parent protein mutations are underlined) For the mutant...
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Knowledge and Skill Chains in Engineering and Manufacturing: Information Infrastructure in the Era of Global Communications docx

Knowledge and Skill Chains in Engineering and Manufacturing: Information Infrastructure in the Era of Global Communications docx

Ngày tải lên : 22/03/2014, 10:20
... by intimate information sharing among all stakeholders of manufacturing based on engineering information 22 Knowledge and Skill Chains in Engineering and Manufacturing infrastructure Engineering ... engineering information among various stages of product life cycle Figure Life Cycle Modelling for Elevator Maintenance 20 Knowledge and Skill Chains in Engineering and Manufacturing ENGINEEREING ... book: information infrastructure systems and services for any level of aggregation in the engineering and manufacturing knowledge and skill chain Enhancing Knowledge and Skill Chains in Manufacturing...
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Báo cáo khoa học: Sp1 and Sp3 are involved in up-regulation of human deoxyribonuclease II transcription during differentiation of HL-60 cells pptx

Báo cáo khoa học: Sp1 and Sp3 are involved in up-regulation of human deoxyribonuclease II transcription during differentiation of HL-60 cells pptx

Ngày tải lên : 23/03/2014, 17:21
... Sp1 and Sp3 are able to bind to the GC boxes and that binding of Sp1 forms complex C1 and binding of Sp3 forms complexes C2 and C3 PMA treatment increases Sp1 and Sp3 protein expression in HL-60 ... transcription These sites bind Sp1 and Sp3, and protein levels and binding of Sp1 and Sp3 are increased in PMAtreated cells These findings indicate that Sp1 and Sp3 play a pivotal role in the transcriptional ... University School of Medicine, Taiwan) were maintained in Schneider’s Insect Medium (Gibco, BRL) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum, 50 lgÆmL)1 of streptomycin, and 50 lgÆmL)1 of penicillin at 25...
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ICT enabled independent living for elderly: A status-quo analysis on products and the research landscape in the field of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) in EU-27 doc

ICT enabled independent living for elderly: A status-quo analysis on products and the research landscape in the field of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) in EU-27 doc

Ngày tải lên : 28/03/2014, 16:20
... exactly one of the following categories Building and housing Industry The term “Building and housing industry” refers to all kinds of organisations that provide housing space in general This includes ... e.g the hanging of curtains (55%), the fixing of household devices (51%), the cleaning of windows (45%), ironing (34%) and making the bed (34%) Moreover, Institute for Innovation and Technology ... to stay informed Information is essential for individual development, maintaining contact with the outer world and preserving and Every person is a social being and desires face-to-face interaction...
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