... the other placement or if more investigation is warranted 3.2 Evaluatingthecapacityofanexistingstructureusing in- placestrengths To establish in- placestrength values for existing structures, ... evaluatingthe structural capacityofanexisting structure, p 214.4R-9 8.1—Conversion of core strengths to equivalent in- placestrengths 8.2—Uncertainty of estimated in- placestrengths 8.3—Percentage ... (Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications 1985) If excess mixing water was added at 3.2 Evaluatingthecapacityofanexistingstructureusing in- placestrengths Chapter 4—Obtaining specimens...
... nanoparticles instead of nanotubes [20,21] Thus, the spreading of CuO and formation of CuO layer on the nanochannel surface of AAO and the confinement offered by AAO nanochannels play a key role inthe ... straight, and uniform in size along their axial direction Their diameters are inthe range of 50 ± nm, which agree well with those ofthe pores ofthe AAO template used, indicating fine confinement of ... surface of AAO and the confinement offered by AAO nanochannels play a key role inthe formation of CuO nanotubes Preliminary results showed that the present conversion by annealinginduced confined...
... to indicate an indirect disagreement In fact, communicative problems involving the nontranslatability ofthe illocutionary force ofan utterance are particularly noticeable inthe use of indirect ... that any move, which maintain the framework set up by preceding initiating move is a supporting move A supporting move facilitates the progress ofthe topic presented inthe preceding utterance Any ... overestimate the negative side ofthe questions and then interpret them as information-seeking ones Consequently, their answers are quite simple, straightforward and informative In contrast, the findings...
... depending on the season, chlorinated, dechlorinated, and then discharged Figure is a photograph ofthe algae growing inthe launders The algae are a combination of several coexisting species including ... Healthcare, Bucks, England, UK) between the wavelengths of 400 and 700 nm in increments of 10 nm The peak absorption of light inthe red portion ofthe spectrum was between 650 and 680 nm, and light at ... nucleophilic attack on the carbonyl group ofthe triglyceride making an alkyl ester bond and an anion of diglyceride The diglyceride anion deprotonates the Na+ ion and further reactions continue until all...
... idioms In fact, metaphor is the concept of understanding one thing in 4.3 SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN SEMANTIC terms of another Interestingly, metaphor is used inthe two languages AND SYNTACTIC ... speakers use them in their daily life These are the results: In short, in this chapter, we have described and analyzed the Firstly, in term of semantics, inthe total of groups of semantic and syntactic ... ofthe Study The study aims at: - Investigating the semantic and syntactic features of English and Vietnamese idioms relating to fruits (IsRTFs) inthe combined analysis of both features - Finding...
... like Canada, Denmark, Germany, U.K, the Netherlands, Japan, France, and the United States of America According to the government of India, import data of more than 59,000 tons and 61,000 tons of ... (1) and (2) represent the thermal degradation, and (3) represents the random degradation route ofthe polymers pyrolysis The fourth type of mechanism, that is, cross-linking often occurs in thermosetting ... its way into India inthe years 1999 and 2000, respectively [3, 6] 2.1 Present Scenario in India With the formal and informal sector failing to collect plastic waste the packaging and polyvinyl...
... absolute) Many ofthe remaining errors relate to missing and extra clause nodes and a range of rare structures, such as QPs, NACs, and NXs The only other prominent errors are single word spans, e.g ... Petrov and Dan Klein 2007 Improved inference for unlexicalized parsing In Proceedings of NAACL, pages 404–411 Anoop Sarkar 2001 Applying co-training methods to statistical parsing In Proceedings of ... University of Edinburgh Dan Klein and Christopher D Manning 2003 Accurate unlexicalized parsing In Proceedings of ACL, pages 423–430 Dekang Lin 1998 A dependency-based method for evaluating broad-coverage...
... Dispossession of Palestinian Homes (December 1999) The Humanitarian Impact on Palestinians of Israeli Settlements and Other Infrastructure inthe West Bank, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian ... conducted in twelve municipalities inthe West Bank and five in Gaza by the Ministry of Planning as part ofthe Land Administration Project funded by the World Bank and the Government of Finland It ... element of these plans, and those produced by the Civil Administration before and since, is the line demarcating their boundaries 24 These plans lift the threat of demolition withinthe line, but the...
... Dispossession of Palestinian Homes (December 1999) The Humanitarian Impact on Palestinians of Israeli Settlements and Other Infrastructure inthe West Bank, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian ... conducted in twelve municipalities inthe West Bank and five in Gaza by the Ministry of Planning as part ofthe Land Administration Project funded by the World Bank and the Government of Finland It ... element of these plans, and those produced by the Civil Administration before and since, is the line demarcating their boundaries 24 These plans lift the threat of demolition withinthe line, but the...
... accounts for the release of CO2 inthe light by processes other than photorespiration The non-linear regression coefficients of determination explained > 95% ofthevariationinthe Anet versus ... SC, and transplanted at × m spacing at the Clemson Forest Operations Laboratory inthe spring of 2002 To simulate a natural planting but protect seedlings from browsing, they were planted within ... than the seedling canopy drip line The plastic sheeting was furrowed into the top 10 cm of soil and laid out inthe case of a precipitation event The sheeting prevented soil water recharge, and...
... the antinociception in prenatally exposed saline animals are presented in Figure In animals receiving the first injection of buprenorphine, the duration of antinociception was longer than the ... played an important role in regulating the brain development of innervations, especially in neuronal axons The long-term effects of buprenorphine treatment during pregnancy in offspring await further ... ability and in emotional control during their school years [4-6] These findings underscore the importance of investigating the effects of prenatal opioid exposure in offspring Methadone is a synthetic...
... conjugation inthe intact embryo Briefly, we genetically tagged EGFP fusions ofthe PH domains of Akt and Btk with the N-terminus half of a split intein (IN) The complementary C-terminus half ofthe intein ... together with the IC-QD's In vivo association ofthe intein halves inthe cytosol triggered protein trans-splicing, resulting inthe ligation ofthe QD to the target protein through a peptide bond ... QD giving 16-40 biotin binding sites implying 16-40 conjugated PH-GFP protein molecules per QD) resulting in a significant increase in size In fact, the large size of some ofthe protein-QD conjugates...
... decrease inthe number of children using motorized transport to go to school and an increase of active commuting, due to an increase inthe number of children cycling to school inthe range of 3.00 ... Withinthe criterion distance of 3.0 kilometers, the further the children lived from school, the less they went to school inan active way Even withinthe criterion distance range, distance is an ... than the distance calculated with the online route planner Another limitation is the fact that some children can be driven to school inthe morning but going home on foot inthe afternoon or the...
... and an unusual amino acid (phenylalanine) in position ofthe motif The fusion protein accumulated inthe parasitophorous vacuole rather than being exported, demonstrating that the amino terminus ... 3a) and, in 93% of cases, the first intron occurs in phase (Figure 3b) Inspecting the GHMM state in which the first intron occurs indicates that in 90% of cases the first intron occurs inthe ... is derived by taking the log ratio ofthe joint probability ofthe sequence and the final state being RLE-tail over the joint probability ofthe sequence and the final state being NULL-tail http://genomebiology.com/2006/7/2/R12...
... (including planting forest) At present, the number of this is 30% (with influence of both human activities and the war) According to the Forest Inventory and Planning Institute, about 22% ofthe ... history in order to undermine tropical ecosystems and the living environment of Vietnam 21 The Ranch Hand campaign is the backbone ofthe toxic chemical spray program inthe air The main means ofthe ... people In 1997, the International Organization of Cancer Study under WHO announced 2,3,7,8-TCDD to be the agent ofthe group causing cancer (meaning that group was recognized causing cancer At the...
... background ofthe study, the objective and the scope of research Finally, this chapter introduces thestructureofthe thesis 1.1 Background ofthe research Since Vietnam jointed to WTO in 2007, the ... DATA ANALYSIS & RESULTS In this chapter, the remaining items were analyzed to test the hypotheses The content ofthe Chapter includes: description of sample, assessing the reliability and the ... Reliability analysis: The reliability testing was used to measure the items ofthe variables inthe questionnaires and the internal stability and consistency of a question can be determined by the coefficient...
... relationship than the economics ofthe business proposal On the other hand, family investors bring their own set of problems, including the possibility of strained relations if the investment fails ... or an ongoing operation, involves two parties: the investor and the company In some cases, there is a single investor; in others, multiple investors Inthe latter case, such as a crowdfunding ... coordination within competition: unity in diversity By developing our own unique strengths and talent s and focusing on cooperation instead of competition, we keep the ecology ofthe business...
... on the other side ofthe membrane The difference between the partial pressure on the both side of membrane causes the hot feed to evaporate The membrane actually maintains the vapour-liquid interface ... freedom ofusing any coolant as the coolant does not come in contact with the condensate Dealing with membrane leakage therefore has some flexibility, as in case of membrane damage, the process can ... raises the temperature ofthe incoming seawater There are three sections inan MSF plant; heat input, heat recovery, and heat rejection sections The brine heater heats up the sea water using low...
... by the then Ministry of Labor, assistance in housing was taken over by the Housing and Development Board, and provision of education was centralized and managed by the Ministry of Education The ... to give and what forms of giving will encourage them to donate further; rather than the financial performance of different types of giving The issue of financial returns on corporate giving will ... altruistic and less bottom-line driven than large companies? Inthe case of big and small companies in Singapore, it will be interesting to find out if they share the same motivations and rationalize their...