... Dutch working group currently designing the auditing instrument for sustainability in higher education (AISHE) include: providing criteria and a framework for internal and external sustainability ... operations by inquiring about source reduction, social responsibility in investing, and sustainable landscaping In addition, the SAQ assesses crosscutting organizational structures and processes ... useful for colleges or universities in creating sustainability policies, positions, audits, training, and goals The effort is less useful for providing a cross-institutional framework for assessment...
... 2.3: SEM image of wear in plain journal bearing in a MEMS device Figure 2.4: (ai) Rotary bearing surfaces and interlocking gears in MEMS (aii): Planar mechanical linkage in MEMS (b) An electrostatic ... that the loading conditions determine if ‘rolling’ (low loading) or ‘rolling and sliding’ (high loading) mechanism dominates Low friction in their case is also achieved by the peeling of WS2 or ... ISSUESAND CHALLENGES IN THE APPLICATION OF MICRO-BALL BEARING FOR SILICON BASED MICROSYSTEMS ROBIN PANG SUI TING (B Eng (Hons.), NUS) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ENGINEERING...
... and JLGs as also in the imparting of skill development and training and generally in handholding after the group is formed This would be in addition to and complementary to the efforts of the State ... of the outstanding loan portfolio b) Non-Banking Finance Companies accounting for about 34% of the outstanding loan portfolio c) Others including trusts, societies, etc, accounting for the balance ... adequately protecting the interests of the borrowers 3.6 Fourth, over 75% of the finance obtained by NBFCs operating in this sector is provided by banks and financial institutions including SIDBI As...
... specializing in the principles of tolerancing, metrology, and process modeling within the engineering and manufacturing disciplines Encourage and strengthen the framework within which industry, ... components of process modeling Minimum total manufacturing cost arising from a compromise between forming and finish machining costs An example forming sequence retrieved from the Forming Sequence Database ... traditional chip-making processes such as shaping, turning, milling, drilling, sawing, and grinding, as well as nontraditional processes such as laser machining, electrodischarge machining and electrochemical...
... taking center stage While none of these issues is new, the IR discipline is taking increasing notice of them, and ways to understand and explain them are proliferating Many of these new disciplinary ... given increasing recognition Certain introductory IR texts are now including feminist approaches in their overview of the discipline, and edited volumes and some anthologies have begun to include ... producing the kind of knowledge that can contribute to the lessening of women’s subordination Understanding subordination and uncovering the gendered foundations of the theories and practices of international...
... isolates the injury while it maintains the blood flow in the IVC by bypassing the injury site, is challenging to perform: just consider a tense inexperienced surgeon inserting a purse string in a flimsy ... your distal forearm and hand, into the liver bed Then remove your hand, leaving the liver to rest on the swabs, elevated anteriorly into the abdominal incision Although uncommon, in the presence ... attacking the vein head on, pack the area, andin most instances it will result in control of the bleeding especially if the injury is not extensive It is important to identify this injury before...
... to that obtained for other serpins, including a1-antitrypsin and a1-antichymotrypsin [19,20] In comparison, the spectrum of Ser52Arg neuroserpin shows an increase in both b-sheet and a-helical ... neuroserpin, which is unusual for a serpin that spontaneously forms polymers in vitro andin vivo [19] The polymers of mutant neuroserpin that form in FENIB are analogous to polymers that form with ... neuronal serpin involved in a conformational disease FEBS Lett 25171, 1–5 16 Im, H., Woo, M.-S., Hwang, K.Y & M.-H (2002) Interactions causing the kinetic trap in serpin protein folding J Biol...
... gastrointestinal toxicity was seen in patients and patients, respectively Late (Grade 5) gastrointestinal bleeding was observed in We trust that existing and developing technology and methodology will allow ... on the duodenum should be more stringent than for the remaining small bowel Competing interests The author(s) declare that they have no competing interests Meeting presentation A portion of this ... problematic A variety of strategies are being explored to quantify and address issues relating to pancreatic motion, including gating of radiation with respiration[4] and implantation of markers to directly...
... importance of making choices and living life to the fullest and to the latter for the opportunity to attend the training in Holistic Healing in Post Tsunami Trauma in Phuket, Thailand in 2005 There, ... CEO, NTUC Income, for believing in the value of my research andfor supporting my passion to educate and promote successful marriages in Singapore I would like to thank Lina Lee, for helping to ... all-time low of 140 in 1993 and gradually increased to 262 in 1998 before falling to 217 in 2000 and then rising to 341 in 2004 The decline could be attributed to stricter rules being applied by the...
... PA and TBW determinations in patients infected with HCV Investigations into other non-invasive modalities for the assessment of alterations in body composition in patients with hepatitis C infection ... performed BIA measurements JE and AW acquired clinical data and assisted in statistical analysis MP revised the manuscript for important intellectual content GG obtained funding, gave administrative ... HCV infection and BMI were independent predictors of insulin resistance (IR), respectively HCV infection was associated with a 35% increase in IR [30] The present study was conducted to investigate...
... Australian and New Zealand guidelines for fresh and marine water quality Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council and Agriculture and Resource Management Council of Australia and ... solely, monitoring and reporting requirements are necessary to be imposed on the industries In part, the role of local governments might be increased in gathering and arranging data from industries ... dyeing and textile industry In this study, this group was not considered to be changed in setting the effluent standards Table - Pollutants regulated under the effluent standards in Korea (Ministry...
... contraception and HIV/STI prevention; inadequate teaching materials and training; a scattershot approach to providing specific information that undermines comprehensive student understanding; and a tendency ... education? Inform the debate Accurate and understandable information can defuse conflict and mobilize support for programs by demonstrating the magnitude of adolescent health problems Such information ... “examinable” and others not test students on their achievements in learning the subject matter (Senderowitz, 2000) Training teachers Teacher training is a challenge everywhere, including in developed...
... reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from RAND Published 2003 by RAND ... forces Research is performed in four programs: Aerospace Force Development; Manpower, Personnel, and Training; Resource Management; and Strategy and Doctrine Additional information about PAF is ... sea, and ICBMs ready to launch within a few minutes—to minimize the effect of a surprise attack Summary • xv U.S weapons were pretargeted and integrated into a single massive plan—the Single Integrated...
... with clindamycin is recommended The former is active against most strains of H in uenzae and M catarrhalis, whereas clindamycin is active against most S pneumoniae including some penicillinintermediate ... and pharmacodynamic endpoints in the antimicrobial treatment of ABRS, by inserting an indwelling catheter into the maxillary sinus This allowed serial sinus aspirate sampling IDSA Guideline for ... pediatric infections, including conjunctivitis, respiratory tract infections, and gastrointestinal and urinary tract infections [150] It was concluded that use of a fluoroquinolone in a child...
... project, and having determined that separate guidelines were required for adults andfor children and adolescents, the NHMRC researched practices for managing overweight and obesity and ensured ... prefers and is therefore likely to maintain in the long term • For very immobile obese patients, a reduced weight-bearing form of activity (such as swimming, walking in water, or cycling) may ... it is so difficult for obese individuals to maintain weight loss in the long term Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Overweight and Obesity in Adults 1—SETTING 1.7 THE SCENE A...
... kind of longitudinal empirical study to be carried out In the following section, we will first discuss a preliminary study along this line, and then in Section 4, we will further discuss the implications ... nouns, and the implications this phenomenon might have for POS tagging References Chinese Knowledge Information Processing Group (CKIP) 1993 iirt,=,m,3 }K (EN) Technical Report no.9305, Academia Sinica, ... practical concerns in Chinese POS tagging First, we want to obtain information on the distribution of word uses It may defeat the purpose of corpus tagging if every word is tagged independent of...
... data for 1985 and onwards were available For each of these years, logistic models were fit to data for males and females combined and to data for females only using generalized linear models and ... having midpoints of 62.5 or 67.5 cm (Fig 4), indicating that in the intermediate length range the values of ml for male and female combined are consistently greater than values for female only For ... quantifying the sources and magnitude of variability in individual fecundity (Kjesbu et al 1998; Marteinsdottir and Begg 2002) and by the growing recognition of the implications of this variability for...
... the use of home Internet and telephone banking services in place of postal counter services in Finland and other countries invite further scrutiny Although Internet usage in Finland is 43 per cent, ... elimination of postal savings and other postal services For example, the Finnish Postal Savings Bank (PSP) was founded in 1887 The PSP first invested in State bonds andin the 1920s and 1930s increasingly ... institutions for financing projects in agricultural, industrial and infrastructure development The author is currently preparing a more detailed study of the differing modalities being used in...
... in Zaozhuang which supplies 2% of total energy needs (10% of the energy needs in the residential and commercial sectors) in three surrounding municipalities—Jining and Linyi in Shandong Province ... that the VSL for Chongqing is representative of China Given that the in ation rate in China between 1998 and 2000 was À1% and that the per capita income in China is projected to increase from ... Leksell and Rabl (2001) for China Note that the China coefficient shown in Leksell and Rabl (2001) is for age 35 and above However, using the same coefficient for the study population age 30 and above...
... studies including investigations in human tissues, and that this has implicationsfor how to interpret the role of the studied enzymes in health and disease Results The distribution and relative intensity ... Adh4 is found in the epithelial lining of upper GI tract including the tongue, esophagus and stomach, but not in the small and large intestines In the rat, Aldh1 is present higher up in the GI tract ... as salsolinol [23] In line with the suggested role of ADHs and ALDHs in protection against toxic insults, mRNAs encoding these enzymes have previously been identified in tissues forming a physiological...