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... situ hybridization (FISH) and microsensor techniques have a high spatial (at a single-cell resolution) and temporal resolution and great potential, and provide reliable and direct information about ... been gained, which significantly expanded our understandings of process design and control. Based on fundamental knowledge of microbial community composition and the metabolic properties of microorganisms, ... affinities, and sensitivities to various environmental factors (e.g., pH, temperature, O 2 concentration and substrate concentrations). Thus, a better understanding of microbiology, ecology, and population...

... TIN trang 57 HỆ QUẢN TRỊ CƠ SỞ DỮ LIỆU CHƯƠNG III LƯU TRỮ VÀ CẤU TRÚC TẬP TIN (Storage and File Structure) MỤC ĐÍCH Chương này trình bày các vấn đề liên quan đến vấn đề lưu trữ dữ ... trang 46 HỆ QUẢN TRỊ CƠ SỞ DỮ LIỆU khác với định nghĩa khoá sơ cấp (primary key), khoá dự tuyển (candidate key), và siêu khoá (superkey). Như vậy, nếu có một vài chỉ mục trên một file, có một vài ... tự toàn bộ file lẫn truy xuất ngẫu nhiên đến một mẩu tin. Chỉ mục đặc và chỉ mục thưa (Dense and Sparse Indices) Chỉ mục đặc Brighton A-217 750 Downtown A-101 500 Downtown A-110 600...

... command %s\n", s); break; } } return 0; } Because + and * are commutative operators, the order in which the popped operands are combined is irrelevant, but for - and / the left and ... this program, the functions push and pop could be defined in one file, and the variables val and sp defined and initialized in another. Then these definitions and declarations would be necessary ... applied to them, and the result is pushed back onto the stack. In the example above, for instance, 1 and 2 are pushed, then replaced by their difference, -1. Next, 4 and 5 are pushed and then replaced by...

... remote and magnifi- cent island.” Then I considered the essay’s title: “The Island at the End of the Earth.” Hmm. In many seagoing cultures, the islands at the end of the world are where the dead and ... speed around eight pm and begin increasing expo- nentially; they double in size every hour One can imagine Billy standing at the helm and grip- ping the wheel with the force and stance one might ... Pierre, David Sullivan, Bugsy Moran, Dale Murphy, and Bobby Shatford are surely dead. The reader sees them clearly, sinking down and down and down, limp and open-eyed. The book continues, however,...

... 66,557,600 66 Falkland Islands FLK DepT GBR Stanley 12,173 12,173 2,970 67 Faroe Islands FRO DepT DNK Tórshavn 1,399 1,399 46,300 68 Fiji FJI Indep Suva 18,270 18,270 868,500 69 Finland FIN Indep ... Gibraltar 6 6 27,800 79 Great Britain (and Northern Ireland) GBR Indep London 244,820 241,590 60,094,600 80 Greece GRC Indep Athínai 131,940 130,800 10,666,000 81 Greenland GRL DepT DNK Nuuk 2,166,086 ... Ashgabad 488,100 488,100 4,775,500 216 Turks and Caicos Islands TCA DepT GBR Cockburn Town 430 430 19,400 217 Tuvalu TUV Indep Vaiaku 26 26 11,300 218 Uganda UGA Indep Kampala 236,040 199,710 25,632,800 219...

... 1 Chapter 6 The Risk and Term Structure of Interest Rates Copyright 2011  Pearson Canada Inc. 6 - 8 Term Structure of Interest Rates • Bonds with identical risk, liquidity, and tax characteristics ... determined by the demand for and supply of that bond. • Investors have preferences for bonds of one maturity over another. • If investors have short desired holding periods and generally prefer ... slope upward when short-term rates are low and to be inverted when short-term rates are high; explained by the liquidity premium term in the first case and by a low expected average in the second...

... manual and a utomated measures of the hippocampus was lower (r=0.82; p b .001) as expected given the small size of this structure and the different landmarks used for segmenting this structure. ... parietal and midline occipital regions bilaterally. In spite of differences in diet, lifestyle and culture, these findings are broadly comparable to studies conducted in Caucasian populations and suggest ... conducted in Caucasian populations and speaks to the generalizability of processes involved in age-related decline in cognition and brain volume. Decline in cognition with age and effects of other...

... public฀ and private฀ employment and self-employment.฀Generally,฀it฀was฀mainly฀Asian and white฀graduates฀ who฀moved฀into฀ self-employment and, ฀even฀ then,฀mainly฀ those฀in฀the฀medical฀ and legal฀fields.฀Overall,฀only฀a฀small฀proportion฀of฀graduates฀in฀the฀survey฀were฀in฀self- employment.฀The฀movement฀between฀the฀public and private฀sector฀was฀much฀more฀ significant.฀The฀public฀sector฀is฀an฀important฀first฀employer,฀particularly฀for฀African฀ graduates.฀Other฀race฀groups฀tend฀to฀find฀subsequent฀jobs฀in฀the฀private฀sector,฀while฀ African฀graduates฀tend฀to฀remain฀in฀public฀sector฀employment.฀The฀public฀sector฀is฀ crucially฀important฀for฀African฀graduates฀–฀76,7%฀of฀the฀African฀graduates฀surveyed฀ found฀ ... www.hsrcpress.ac.za 1 Inequalities฀in฀Higher฀Education and the Structure of฀the฀Labour฀Market Introduction The฀relationship฀between฀education and economic฀growth and development฀in฀South฀ Africa฀has฀been฀widely฀studied and its฀importance฀acknowledged.฀Higher฀education฀ has฀a฀particularly฀important฀role฀to฀play฀in฀the฀overall฀development฀of฀the฀economy.฀It฀ has฀over฀the฀years฀provided฀society฀with฀highly฀skilled,฀professional฀workers and must฀ continue฀to฀do฀so.฀Higher฀education฀also฀has฀a฀key฀role฀to฀play฀in฀extending฀educational฀ benefits฀to฀the฀disadvantaged,฀thus฀contributing฀to฀equal฀opportunities and fairness.฀ However,฀for฀these฀roles฀to฀be฀realised,฀the฀education฀system฀has฀to฀be฀effective and efficient฀with฀improved฀education฀outcomes.฀The฀changing฀nature฀of฀labour฀markets฀ is฀placing฀a฀premium฀on฀technical฀expertise and occupational฀competencies฀as฀well฀as฀ on฀the฀matching฀of฀educational฀qualifications฀with฀prospective฀employment.฀All฀this฀ has฀ ... secondary฀ schooling.฀Overall,฀the฀proportions฀of฀those฀enrolled฀in฀various฀fields฀of฀study฀show฀ a฀move฀away฀from฀a฀concentration฀of฀graduates฀in฀humanities and arts-related฀fields฀ and an฀ improvement฀ in฀ enrolments฀ in฀ science,฀ engineering฀ and technology-related฀ fields, and in฀business and commerce.฀These฀figures฀also฀show฀a฀shift฀with฀regard฀to฀ race.฀There฀is฀an฀increase฀in฀Africans฀enrolling฀in฀the฀fields฀of฀science and business and commerce฀relative฀to฀those฀who฀enrol฀in฀the฀humanities and arts.฀However,฀it฀remains฀ to฀be฀seen฀if฀these฀enrolment฀rates฀will฀translate฀into฀similar฀proportions฀in฀graduation฀ rates฀in฀the฀coming฀years.฀ Table฀2:฀Enrolment฀distribution฀in฀three฀Departments฀of฀Education’s฀fields฀of฀study,฀by฀ population group,฀2002 Field฀of฀study...

... Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques Malcolm Ausden Conservation and Sustainable Use: A Handbook of Techniques E.J. Milner-Gulland and J. Marcus Rowcliffe Invasive Species Management: A Handbook of ... Principles and Techniques Mick N. Clout and Peter A. Williams Amphibian Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques C. Kenneth Dodd, Jr. Insect Conservation: A Handbook of Approaches and Methods Michael ... Mammal Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques Ian L. Boyd, W. Don Bowen, and Sara J. Iverson Carnivore Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques Luigi Boitani and Roger A....

... hypoxanthine) and the diphospho-bridge, as they can be replaced by much simpler ether strands. These ether strands mimic the distance between the nucleo- base and the diphospho-bridge, but on the other hand likely ... permeabilized T-cells and induced both local and global Ca 2+ signalling in intact T-cells [46]. 8-Azido- and 8-NH 2 -cIDPRE performed similarly (Fig. 4) whereas the halogenated compounds 8-Br- and 8-Cl-cIDPRE ... NAD by CD38-type ADPRC and which is also a breakdown product of cADPR (Fig. 2). TRPM2 is a Ca 2+ - and Na + -permeable cation channel that is mainly expressed in the brain and in cells of the immune...

... Goroncy, H. Lu ¨ thje and V. Susott for technical assistance and S. Kusumoto (Osaka/Japan) for lipid A (compound 506) and L. Hawkins (North Andover, MA USA) for compound B1233 and for reading the ... (TSBP) which lacks the terminal Kdo, and tetrasaccharide 1-monophosphate (TS 1-MP). One-dimensional 1 H- and 31 P-, and two-dimen- sional homo- ( 1 H, 1 H-DQF-COSY) and heteronuclear ( 1 H, 13 C-, 1 H, 31 P-HMQC) ... spectroscopy (Figs 5 and 6) and assignment of all signals (Table 2) revealed that the carbohydrate structure of the major component of C. tra- chomatis E LPS consisted of three Kdo- and two GlcpN- residues....

... computing the English-side mes- sages and beliefs (m e ij and b e i ) , but the process must also be done symmetrically for the French- side messages and beliefs (m f ij and b f i ) at every iteration. 0- ... syntactic tree and the 3 P-Sets it generates us to process dependency trees, constituents trees and other structures in a uniformized way. Fig- ure 3 gives an example of a constituents tree and the ... comparison with a well- known and state-of-the-art system, we also used the GIZA++ program (Och and Ney, 1999) to align the same data. We tried alignments in both direction and provide the results...

... Workers vs. standard procedure Outcome: 04 Vaccination complete according to schedule (excl. Gökcay and Krieger) - unadjusted Study Intervention Control RR (random) Weight RR (random) or sub-category ... Vaccination - Lay Health Workers vs. standard procedure Outcome: 08 Vaccination complete according to schedule (excl. Gökcay and Krieger) Study CC (random) Weight CC (random) or sub-category log[CC] ... (Campbell, 2000). Log relative risks and standard errors of the log relative risk were then calculated for both individual and adjusted cluster RCTs and analysed using the generic inverse...

... Ratings and Capital Structure 1049 Table I Sample Summary Statistics—Ratings and Leverage Means, medians, and standard deviations of debt/(debt + equity) by credit rating within the sample, and the ... factor in these tests is that debt and equity issuances and reductions have material transactions costs, and as a result capital structure changes are lumpy and sporadic. For example, there may ... are A1 and A2— 97% of commercial paper carried this rating in 1991 (Crabbe and Post (1994)). Standard and Poor’s (2001b) states there is a “strong link” between a firm’s long-term rating and its...