... applications of structured products are payoff flexibility and isolating or bundling risks Payoff diversity and flexibility, payoff timing flexibility, leverage It is almost impossible to define payoff ... replication and pricing formula for volatility and variance swaps Volatility structured products can be used to make sophisticated bets on volatility An excellent exposition on the pricing of volatility ... consistent and uncorrelated performance First, I compare the price and the IRR of a structured product that pays off the average of call spreads on a basket of stocks and a structured product that...
... 2003 and a Permanent Researcher/Lecturer in 2005 at the Department of Information Engineering of the University of Pisa He joined the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) of ... University of Melbourne during working on his Ph.D., the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) of the University of Adelaide under a postdoctoral contract, and the Department of Information ... “Laurea” and Ph.D degrees at the University of Pisa (Italy) in 1990 and 1994 Since October 2000 he has been an Associate Professor at the Department of Information Engineering of the University of...
... in the majority of patients sustaining early mortality after trauma [35] Early useofbloodproducts decreases the useofblood [47] Criteria to identify patients appropriate forblood product ... role ofbloodproductsand components used in trauma resuscitation Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2010 18:63 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and ... number of units given and the probability of death Obviously, quantity of uncross-matched typeO blood given is also a surrogate for depth of shock, rate of hemorrhage and is a marker for mortality...
... anduseof resting eggs 3.8 Literature of interest 3.9 Worksheets Worksheet 3.1 Preparation of an indicator solution for determination of residual chlorine ARTEMIA 4.1 Introduction, biology and ... Literature of interest CLADOCERANS, NEMATODES AND TROCHOPHORA LARVAE 6.1 Daphnia and Moina 6.1.1 Biology and life cycle of Daphnia 6.1.2 Nutritional value of Daphnia 6.1.3 Feeding and nutrition of Daphnia ... years through the development anduseof a succession of live food organisms as feed for the developing larvae The aim of the present manual was therefore to review and summarise the latest developments...
... function of the sampling, diluting, and filling of the counting chamber, as well as the choice of the right type of counting chamber and range of cell concentration Counting chambers, recommended for ... the requirement for micro-algae for culturing and/ or enriching live prey organisms such as Artemia and rotifers (see Chapters and 4.3.), algae are often used directly in the tanks for rearing marine ... optimization of feeding strategies and zootechnical aspects, still often results in less predictable culture performance Despite extensive research efforts, the useof artificial diets in the culture of...
... increase and not by cell division The epidermis contains a densely packed layer of keratin-like proteins and is called the lorica The shape of the lorica and the profile of the spines and ornaments ... adult female, Fig 3.17.), are ideal for storage and transport and can be used as inocula for mass cultures Mass production of rotifers for cyst production is performed in batch cultures in concrete ... rotifers are rinsed, a small part is used for maintenance of the stock, and the remaining rotifers can be used for upscaling Furthermore, after some months of regular culture the stock cultures...
... developed for oral delivery of vitamins, chemotherapeutics and vaccines Furthermore, a better knowledge of the biology of Artemia was at the origin of the development of other Artemia products, ... expansion of aquaculture production in the 1970’s, the demand for Artemia cysts soon exceeded the offer and prices rose exponentially, turning Artemia into a bottleneck for the expansion of the ... affecting the parental generation For optimal useof Artemia in aquaculture the hatching characteristics of any batch of cysts being used should be known More information in this respect is given...
... sunlight 4.2.4 Direct useof decapsulated cysts The direct useof Artemia cysts, in its decapsulated form, is much more limited in larviculture of fish and shrimp, compared to the useof Artemia nauplii ... content and hatchability Hatchability of cysts is largely determined by the conditions and techniques applied for harvesting, cleaning, drying and storing of the cyst material The impact of most of ... hydration of the cysts (as complete removal of the envelope can only be performed when the cysts are spherical), removal of the brown shell in a hypochlorite solution, and washing and deactivation of...
... fish and crustacean hatcheries all over the world for enhancing the nutritional value of Artemia with essential fatty acids Figure 4.3.7 Schematic diagram of the useof Artemia as vector for transfer ... Artemia is generally used for feeding the late larval and postlarval stages of penaeids Freshly-hatched nauplii are usually offered at the start of the first mysis stage, and sometimes even earlier ... Aquarium fish Both live and frozen adult Artemia are used as food for aquarium fish species Cysts are also purchased by these users and hatched for feeding as nauplii Survival, vigor and pigmentation...
... seawater formulations used for tank production of Artemia (ing.l-1) For the Dietrich and Kalle formulation, solutions A and B are prepared separately, then mixed and strongly aerated for 24h Dietrich ... evaluation of dry food is the consistency of the food quality and supply, and the possibility for storage without loss of quality It follows therefore that bulk products must be stored in a dry and ... system does not require the useof feeding pumps and involves minimal care The pilot system consists of six oval raceway tanks of m3 (see above) and six reservoir tanks of the same capacity placed...
... chemicals used for liming are the oxides, hydroxides and silicates of calcium and magnesium The liming substances most often used in aquaculture are agricultural lime, CaO or quicklime and Ca(OH)2 ... tolerance ranges and characteristics foruse in aquaculture Therefore, the selection of the strain best adapted to the particular ecological conditions of the site and/ or most suitable for its later ... 4.5.12 Raft with conical net used for Artemia biomass harvesting · use mesh size of to mm for selective harvesting of adults/juveniles · fit mesh of 100 µm to the end of the net where adults accumulate...
... and nutrition of Daphnia 6.1.4 Mass culture of Daphnia 6.1.5 Production anduseof resting eggs 6.1.6 Useof Moina 6.1.1 Biology and life cycle of Daphnia Daphnia is a frequently used food source ... 160 µm for larger rotifers, nauplius and copepodite stages of copepods; · 300 and 500 µm for small water fleas and smaller species of cyclopoid copepods; · 700 µm for adult water fleas of the ... live weight of Tigriopus can be harvested during 89 days at maximal densities of 22,000 animals.l-1; the amount of yeast used for a kg production of Tigriopus being to kg 5.2.6 Useof resting...
... Production anduseof resting eggs Resting eggs are interesting material for storage, shipment and starting of new Daphnia cultures The production of resting eggs can be initiated by exposing a part of ... The success of any farming operation for fish and shellfish depends upon the availability of a ready supply of larvae or “seed” for on-growing to market size The cultivation of fish and shellfish ... zooplankton, and copepods, nematodes and trochophores The document has been prepared to help meet the needs of aquaculture workers of member countries for the synthesis of information in the field of aquaculture...
... simplify and optimize the useof ARVs and standardize the first-line treatment regimen (8,9); •• reassuring data on the safety of efavirenz in pregnancy (10); and •• the decreasing cost of ARV ... to use the same regimen for PMTCT andfor first-line ART considerably simplifies drug forecasting, procurement, supply to facilities, and drug stock monitoring The first-line regimen of tenofovir/lamivudine/efavirenz ... operational and clinical challenges and questions about Option B+ that need to be addressed, including service organization and service delivery of ART in MCH and primary care settings, cost and...
... PRINCIPLES, MECHANISM, AND INSTRUMENTATION ION CHROMATOGRAPHY— PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS Lokesh Bhattacharyya Division of Biological Standards and Quality Control, Of ce of Compliance and Biologics ... water form Because of the high concentration of negative charge and consequent high negative electrostatic potential at the outer surface of the resin bead, the presence of a pore is essential for ... which accounts for the general preference of Au over Pt electrodes for the majority of PED applications It is important to note that the potentials and intensity of processes for the Au and Pt electrodes...
... use in CE and ATR) because it has been shown to be the best-performing statisticsonly measure for CE (cf Evert and Krenn (2001) and Krenn and Evert (2001)) and also for ATR (see Wermter and Hahn ... another widely used measure for multi-word ATR Recently, more linguistically informed algorithms have been introduced both for CE (Wermter and Hahn, 2004) andfor ATR (Wermter and Hahn, 2005), ... employed in the literature for grading the termhood / collocativity of collected candidates Among the most widespread ones, both for ATR and CE, are statistical and information-theoretic measures,...
... receives and stores supplies of tested whole bloodandblood components from a blood centre The hospital blood bank performs compatibility testing and issues bloodandblood components for clinical use ... the blood cold chain and the correct management anduseof all items ofblood cold chain equipment, that will ensure the viability ofbloodandblood components, and their safety when transfused ... equipment and looks good Drops ofblood can cause bacteria and other pathogens to grow This may contaminate the surfaces ofblood bags and can be dangerous for staff handling the bloodandfor the...
... years to come and can be used to train others scientists and teachers A CD ROM of postharvest training material has been developed foruse in the classroom and training of extension and research ... collaboration and information, and problem team effort required methods, for this project - solving bringing together CTU, HAU and SOFRI personnel it has been extremely useful and incorporated ... output of research on postharvest handling of fresh fruit and vegetables grown in Vietnam and subsequent transfer of results in grower publications and via the rural extension network Development of...
... Materials and Methods Animals Rabbits being used in other studies were used as a source ofbloodand tissues They were housed and maintained according to the Institutional Animal CareandUse committee ... (SSC) vs forward light scatter dot plot was used to gate and color code the major populations of leukocytes: red for granulocytes, green for monocytes, blue for basophils, and orange for lymphocytes ... (198) and subsequent Fig Two color analysis of the expression of LDM detected with RACT20A and MRB120A on basophils, monocytes, and CD4 T lymphocytes mAbs to CD14 and Pan T1 were combined and used...