... deal of research has been devoted to developing and optimizing methods to assess thestructureofthesoil microbial communityin terms of taxonomy andin terms offunction Developments in molecular ... impacts, there are numerous soil contaminants that can adversely affect the biological functioning ofthesoil but that not affect the size ofthe biomass itself Some of these contaminants affect the ... analysis of microbial communitystructure was reviewed in 1997 by White and McNaughton (18) and are briefly discussed in relation to soil health inthe following section The genetic diversityofthe soil...
... andthe spatial distributions ofin situ nitrifying activities were determined The relationship between the spatial organization of nitrifying bacterial populations andthein situ activity of ... demonstrates the sequential oxidation of NH4+ and NO2- inthe oxic biofilm strata, that is, the active NH4+-oxidizing zone is located inthe outer part ofthe oxic biofilm, whereas the active NO2 oxidizing ... became dominant populations inthe autotrophic nitrifying biofilm after switching to the synthetic nutrient medium Development of NH4+-oxidizing Bacterial Populations in Biofilms To visualize the...
... used inthe mitigation of biofouling with varying degrees of successes To achieve effective control of biofilm fouling, the mechanisms of biofilm formation inthe membrane environment andthe ... profiles in biofilms in order to gain an understanding ofthe chemistry within a biofilm Microelectrodes, with a tip diameter inthe order of a few microns, were driven across biofilms, measuring ... through the water channels of a living Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm were followed beginning from the bulk fluid towards the liquid-substratum interface [69] The microprofile ofDO readings revealed...
... MICROBIAL COMMUNITYSTRUCTUREIN ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION OF TEREPHTHALATE AND PHENOL CHEN CHIA-LUNG (MSc, NCKU) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING ... SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 2007 ...
... isolation inthe future Findings in this thesis further improved our understanding on the diversity, distribution, abundance, and dynamics ofthe microbial populations inthe anaerobic degradation of ... microbial communitystructure during the start-up period A T-RF with a length of 100-bp was predominant in both sludge bed andthe biomass taken from the surface ofthe packing materials on Day 346 The ... reactor treating the phenol-containing wastewaters from the phenolic resin manufacturing processes TRFLP analysis revealed that thebacterial fingerprinting pattern was similar to that ofthe mesophilic...
... inthe byproducts of coal oxidation Phenol is mostly used inthe production of phenolic resins, followed by the manufacturing of nylon and other synthetic fibers Phenolic resins are used inthe ... (Lettinga, 1995) In these processes, organic compounds are degraded and converted into methane and carbon dioxide inthe absence of oxygen and other electron acceptors These anaerobic treatments offer ... wastewater In this process, carrier media (plastic ring or polyurethane particles) are placed inthe upper region ofthe reactor (zone of fixed-biofilm process) andthe inoculum is seeded at the base of...
... procedures, and organization for security of information systems s Ethics Principle – Information systems andthe security of information systems should be provided and used in accordance with the ethical ... proportionate to the values ofand degree of reliance on the information systems and to the severity, probability, and extent of potential for direct and indirect, tangible and intangible harm ... Principle – The security of an information system should be weighted against the rights of customers, users, data owners, data custodians and other individuals affected by the system, and against...
... zero even at the 95% level in Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK andthe US Moreover, while in some countries, (including Finland, the UK andthe US) residential ... identify the monetary policy shock it is sufficient to determine the position ofthe monetary policy instrument; the ordering ofthe variables inthe groups before and after the interest rate does ... Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK andthe US The sample starts in 1986 in order to avoid the more turbulent, higher inflation...
... The manager andthe employee perceive the job design freedom in different ways; they have different perceptions ofthe employees’ amount of freedom”19 Another aspect of individual behavior in ... relationship of customers is cared ofthe culture, this distinction will be adopted by individuals However, following the ideas of EDEXCEL HNC & HND BUSINESS, (2004) Mandatory Unit 3: Organizations and ... expressed andthe final is group-decision On the other hand, Ballmer has reduced a level of management to manage more easily and efficiently Microsoft structure is less flat therefore, the span of control...
... dish washing, and boiling water, 27% for showering and foot washing, 18% for toilet flushing, and 14% for the washing machine Water use in washing and showering increased from 12 to 17% and from ... causes the dispersal of water use for showering and foot washing Inthe next survey, the domestic water demand structureof Beijing City was compared to that of Tokyo City As reports on domestic ... times that of Tokyo (23%) It is assumed that water use for cooking in Beijing includes food washing, cooking, dish washing, and boiling water The use of water for bathing and showering accounts...
... and frequently found at the beginning or the end ofthe sentence • A noun clause: begin with the word that or question word, such as why, what, howand can functionin a sentence in any ofthe ... begin with question words and can function as a S or O The sentences beginning with the subject it can be followed by a noun clause or infinitive phrases These structures explain the meaning of ... tense? Dothe tenses of all the verbs inthe sentence fit logically with one another? Form of irregular verbs or regular verbs A Singular subjects • Some of these words are plural in meaning, but they...
... ABOUT WHERE INTHE PASSAGE How to identify the Where inthe passage…? question Where to find theThe answer can be in any ofthe lines inthe answers to the answer question How to answer the Choose ... to find theThe question usually tells you in which line ofthe passage answer the word can be found How to answer the Find the word inthe passage question Read the sentence that contains the ... distinguish them Make often has the idea of creating or constructing Do often has the idea of completing of performing Skill 59: Distinguish Like, Alike and Unlike LIKE, ALIKE and UNLIKE GRAMMAR MEANING...
... float Single int Integer long Long object Object sbyte System. SByte short Short string String System. Currency Currency System. DateTime Date uint System. UInt32 ulong System. UInt64 ushort System. UInt16 ... appears in an As clause at the end ofthefunction declaration C# data types and their VB equivalents are shown in Table A-3 Methods that return arrays are indicated by adding brackets ([ ]), to the ... subprocedures in VB Here's the corresponding syntax ofthe AcceptChanges method: Public Sub AcceptChanges( ) All C# methods other than those returning void are functions in VB Thefunction' s return...
... stability of corporate financing, both during cyclical downturns and during banking and securities market crises These benefits increase inthe similarity ofthe size of securities market and intermediated ... (1968) maintain that investment should be an increasing functionofthe ratio ofthe capitalized financial value ofthe firm relative to the replacement (purchase) cost ofthe unit of capital The ... basis The level of gross financing indicates the overall access ofthe corporate sector to outside financing, which may be broken down into components of bank lending, equity financing, bond financing...
... understand the role ofthe banking systemin contributing to the functions of finance inthe country being assessed, it is necessary to clarify what are the range and types of financial services being ... understand the likely evolution ofthesystem Some examination ofthe issues could strengthen the assessment of both the financial structureand development The health ofthe insurance and collective ... transfer of money between customers ofthe same andof different institutions is one ofthe main functions ofthe financial systems While the stability assessment ofthe payment system is mostly interested...
... form of verb often ends in -ing or -ed and acts as an adjective For example, "The talking doll was very pretty." or "That baked pie smells delicious." n Gerund: this form of verb ends in -ing and ... "a yapping dog" "A" and "an" are used to modify single nouns or adjectives modifying single nouns "The" can be used for both single and plural modifiers; for example, "I put the books on the table" ... Elimination can increase your chances of answering correctly If you know an answer is wrong, you can eliminate that choice and increase your chance of answering correctly Structure and Written Expression:...
... Locate the main subject and a main verb n Remember that "because" usually signals a dependent clause which also contains a subject and verb but not the main ones If there's no main subject or main ... words If there is a main subject and verb, take a look at the answer choices to see what is missing Eliminate answers that not agree with the rest ofthe sentence, that contain errors of diction, ... Tense and Agreement m Make sure the subject and verb agree in tense andin number Countries are singular Structure: Error Identification TIP 53 Seven Common Errors: Error #2 Nouns Singular and...