... criteria being used in theselection process The aims ofthe criteria used in the checklists are to optimise the comfort and productivity of office workers and to minimise their risk of suffering musculoskeletal ... (adjustable by fore -and- aft movement ofthe backrest) is the horizontal distance, measured from the front edge to the foremost point ofthe backrest on the centre line ofthe seat's width The minimum ... experience ofthe members ofthe Ergonomics Unit and consultation with other ergonomists The Australian Standard listed above had only just been published at the start ofthe development ofthe checklists...
... ABOUT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CORRECTIONS STANDARDS AND TESTING PROGRAM The Law Enforcement and Corrections Standards and Testing Program is sponsored by the Office of Science and Technology ofthe ... Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, andthe Office for Victims of Crime U.S Department of Justice Office of ... by the Office of Law Enforcement Standards (OLES) ofthe National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the direction of Dr Alim A Fatah, Program Manager for Chemical Systems and...
... ABOUT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CORRECTIONS STANDARDS AND TESTING PROGRAM The Law Enforcement and Corrections Standards and Testing Program is sponsored by the Office of Science and Technology ofthe ... Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, andthe Office for Victims of Crime U.S Department of Justice Office of ... by the Office of Law Enforcement Standards (OLES) ofthe National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the direction of Dr Alim A Fatah, Program Manager for Chemical Systems and...
... theory ofthe firm, the rational choice theory andthe social responsibility theory as well as the concepts of sustainability and constructability The choice of research method is the survey The ... description ofthe performance of RC framed and SS framed buildings are given in the form 12 of box plot chart Simultaneously, the statistical comparative results ofthe performance ofthe two frames ... applying the LCC: The lack of universal methods and standard formats for calculating whole life costs The difficulty in integration of operation and maintenance strategies at the design phase The...
... zone) and aeration rate in continuous upflow reactors govern the washout of sludge from the reactor, and therefore, we investigated the effect of surface loading rate and aeration rate on theselection ... decided the control strategy fortheselectionof well-settling sludge Then, we applied the strategy to the formation of aerobic granular sludge in a continuous experiment In addition, the effect of ... ofthe AUFB reactor Reactor Setup and Operation forthe Formation of Aerobic Granular Sludge Two AUFB reactors were used forthe formation of aerobic granular sludge Air was introduced from the...
... prominent forums for discussing the latest scientific developments, applications and implications for policy and other users An important feature ofthe conference is that it brings together scientists ... a firm reference for any future study and/ or development Number, emission profile (i.e the chemical composition ofthe pollutants emitted by a specific source) and impact ofthe major pollution ... evaluation ofthe air quality pollution in the port cities involved in APICE (Barcelona, Marseille, Genoa, Venice and Thessaloniki) It this framework, the air quality status ofthe five port...
... following the effects of different diffusion coefficients of gold and indium on silicon, the solubility of substrate atoms in the two metals, the surface tension of gold and indium andthe surface ... diagrams; top: In–Si and bottom: Au–Si Since the state ofthe substrate surface after desorption andthe vacuum conditions are the same during evaporation of gold and indium, the different liquid–solid–vapor ... healed during the growth process A recovery ofthe crystalline structure around the pores is therefore possible even at the relatively low temperatures used forthe wire growth Conclusions The different...
... group and to Command Officers A Command Officer can communicate with other Command Officers as well as all the user groups in the chain of command 3.5 Line of Sight Line of sight refers to the ... number of users The range ofthe signal is defined to be the distance between the transmitter andthe receiver at which the amplitude ofthe signal received by the receiver is less than the amplitude ... Interagency Board for Equipment Standardization and Interoperability, which consists of Government and first responder representatives FOREWORD The Office of Law Enforcement Standards (OLES) ofthe National...
... that there is a large number of functions that satisfy the conditions of Theorem 3.3 In addition, the conditions of Theorem 3.3 are also easy to check Acknowledgments This work is sponsored by the ... be the number if it exists with the property that given ε > there is a neighborhood U of t with y ρ t −y s − y∇ t ρ t − s
... data and model fitting (n = 3) where C2 is the protein in the bulk, C10 is the concentration inside the gel, S and V1 are, respectively, the surface andthe volume of film, V2 is the volume ofthe ... up to 90% and, in the third day, about 96% ofthe cells have well-developed neurites Figure 6b reports the trend of neurite length in the time: already after 24 h, the mean length ofthe neurite ... bulk, h is the massive exchange coefficient, Cs0 is the protein concentration on the surface ofthe film and finally ks is the desorption rate constant Substituting known values and by fitting the experimental...
... mechanically shaken for h andthe adsorbents were then separated from the adsorption medium The concentration of Cd(II) ions in the solution was determined by AAS andthe amount of adsorbed metal ... is the amount of metal ions adsorbed onto unit amount ofthe adsorbents (mg/g), Co and CA are the initial and final concentrations of metal ions (µg/ml), respectively, V is the volume ofthe ... (ml), and m is the weight ofthe chitin or chitin-dithizone adsorbents The effect of adsorbent mass on the amount of adsorbed Cd(II) ion was investigated using the same procedure, but the weight of...
... selectionof patients for Page of 10 APBI [22,23], and these guidelines formed the basis for patient selection in the EBT multicenter study [20] Ofthe 65 patients that met the initial screening ... All other adverse events were Grade or Discussion The American Society of Breast Surgeons andthe American Brachytherapy Society have published guidelines forthe screening andselectionof patients ... help the patient meet the eligibility criteria Careful attention to the depth ofthe lesion from the skin using ultrasound measurements is needed for optimal design ofthe lumpectomy andthe post-lumpectomy...
... between the Greater Manchester NHS Trusts andthe University of Manchester and is part ofthe National Institute for Health Research The authors are members ofthe Patient Theme of CLAHRC for Greater ... a sense of normality and well-being for themselves andfor others (see Figure patient-focused outcomes) 2) Illness management and types of work The scope ofthe potential involvement of different ... translating research and implementation into practice [5], forms the basis ofthe Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care for Greater Manchester (CLAHRC) The focus ofthe research...
... three months of treatment Between the commencement ofthe new psychotropic treatment regimen in October 2007 andthe significant improvement ofthe depressive symptoms as described above, the arthritis ... long before and after the clinical improvement This leaves us to the discussion ofthe anti-inflammatory effects of antipsychotic medication on CRP levels and a patient’s clinical symptoms The literature ... consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this case report and any accompanying images A copy ofthe written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of this journal Abbreviations...
... approximately 26% of all OSCC ofthe head and neck worldwide [7] but the most accurate and consistent study for OSMF and OSCC, in which viral integration andthe expression of viral oncogenes (E6 and E7) ... pg/ml of sample Interpretation of Cut off value (RLU of specimen/mean RLU of PC) Cut-off ratio of to 0.99 is negative for HR HPV; Cutoff ratio greater than 1.0 positive for HR HPV The cut off ratio ... (HC-II) and approved by the US food and drug administration (FDA) The performance characteristics of HC-II assay andthe PCR for detection of HPV DNA have been compared in cervical lesions and results...
... cleavage ofthe corresponding sense mRNAs at the many sites available in the exactly complementary regions spanning the U3R-3', andthe beginning portion ofthe TAR mRNA at the 5'end of HIV sense ... most ofthe clades of group M (A-D, F-H, J and K), with the exception ofthe O group strains (underlined, additional file 2)[106,107] There is even conservation of a nucleotide "seed" ofthe HAAmiRNA1 ... and Dicer andthe mammalian orthologues of Argonaute (AGO) [73,75] Whether HAAmiRNA targeting human mRNA for FMRP results in translational repression or cleavage ofthe human mRNA for FMRP, the...
... channeled into the translational process, supporting the idea of coupling of translation and primer selection One possibility could be the coupling of primer selection with the synthesis ofthe Gagpol ... components forthe generation of infectious virus within the same intracellular locale Further studies will be needed to explore the relationship between the synthesis of Gag-pol and primer selection ... determinant ofthe stability ofthe PBS was correlated with the mutations in the PAS and PBS In the current study, we have further examined the preference of HIV-1 for certain tRNAs A previous...
... u2, the particle size a, the quantities and shapes of inclusions, andthe physical properties ofthe phases (see equation 1) (The effects ofthe shape and multiplicity of particles, andof some ... decrease the permeability ofthe endothelium [16] and decrease the rate of removal of lipids and lipoproteins, which in turn can lead to the formation of lipid stripes directed along the blood flow and ... determine the destruction, i.e the detachment and separation of particles from the surface The results ofthe experiment are given in Table The role ofthe non-Newtonian viscosity of blood has...