... the end ofthe War Between the States, theNorth had bested the South, while inthe battle between two competing codesofhonorand manliness, thegentlemen had triumphed over theroughs Having ... work ofthe expanding middle class, roughs earned honorand status through the giving and receiving of pain, as they were either unable or unwilling to acquire it through the climbing ofthe economic ... Part III —The Victorian Era andthe Development ofthe Stoic-Christian Code ofHonor Manly Honor: Part I — What Is Honor? Manly Honor: Part II —The Decline of Traditonal Honorinthe West,...
... on the cumulative logistic probability function It is used assuming that the probability of an individual making a choice is a linear function ofthe individual attributes (Pindyck and Rubinfeld, ... Rubinfeld, 1981) The logit technique allows examination ofthe effect of a number of variables on the underlying probability of a dichotomous dependent variable Inthe binary logit model, marketing channel ... CONCLUSION AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS There were several factors affecting the lychee productivity andthe choices of fresh lychee marketing of producers in Thanhha district, Haiduong province Inthe overall...
... such as thinning will reduce the leaf area ofthe stand but not the clumping of foliage inthe crown and self-shading Spruce trees with their strong apical control are less able to exploit the patchy ... superimposed over the tree Single tree transpiration in STANDFLUX is calculated using a leaf area weighted sum ofthe rate of water use in all subsections ofthe tree (determined by multiplying the average ... differences in stand density and radiation penetration through the stand to the ground The view obtained of compensatory water loss from these compartments can aid in deciding whether to consider the...
... andthetwo European oak species Q petraea (Matt) and Q robur L Levels of tannins inthe heartwood of these two species have been reported to be greater than those found inthe heartwood ofAmerican ... vescalagin, which contrasts with the variation of roburins A and C Roburin A increases in concentration during the first 10 years of ageing and roburin C over the first 30 years, before each declines ... an estimate for b of -0.0219 with a standard error of 0.0007 and an R of 0.988 Therefore, if one knows the level of tannins inthe outermost heartwood, that inthe heartwood of age a may be estimated...
... of all clinicians and also encourages the psychiatrists and paediatricians at the pinnacle ofthe inverted triangle to move down to the middle tier inthe inverted triangle model Nevertheless, ... One ofthe factors which complicated the response rate calculations ofthe data collection through the Internet is the fact that some of mailing lists used in this study contained a number of invalid ... self-evaluation of experience and interest in CAP were summarized in Table On a nine-point Likert scale (with nine being the highest possible score), the mean experience and interest were 3.05 ± 1.9 and...
... Drove Roads of Scotland The research began in war-time Britain, andthe book was published in 1952 Since then the book has remained continuously in print, and passed through the hands of no fewer ... benefit, the profit margins ofthe tacksmen in subletting the land Moreover the other functions ofthe tacksman class were no longer required inthe new society The new economic priorities ofthe ... first meeting was in 1716), andthe establishment of industry and fisheries inthe Highlands (The Board ofthe Trustees for the Encouragement of Manufactures and Fisheries in Scotland which was...
... further refined into themes and sub-themes PRESENTATION OF FINDINGS The discussion of findings inthe next four chapters will begin with the presentation ofthe proposed Integrated Model of Communicated ... addressed by the Singapore-based Filipino working mothers in their LDC with their teenage children, the range of CMT that they use, and their assessment of these CMT in enabling them to parent their ... they use in their long-distance parenting; and their assessment ofthe capacities and limitations of these technologies in enabling them to carry out long-distance parenting Each of these mothers...
... production inthe absence of CrtIb, and instead it leads to the accumulation ofthe intermediates phytofluene and f-carotene in decreasing amounts On the other hand, CrtIb is itself incapable of introducing ... resulting from the heterologous expression of crtIa in E coli (strain FD6 in Table 1), indicates that CrtIb is acting at one or twoofthe last dehydrogenation steps in lycopene production, after the ... study Inthe presence of light Fig carB–carA gene cluster and crtIb The carB operon is transcribed by the light-inducible promoter PB and contains the first six genes ofthe carB–carA cluster The...
... solution was injected into HPLC andthe standard curve was made using the area under the peak The standard curve of oxytetracycline in plasma which was linear at the OTC concentrations of 0.2 ∼ μg/ml ... different in rabbits The dicrepancy in these pharmackinetic parameters between two OTC products is the topic of further study inthe future The fact that the power ofthe test was below the required ... reference andthe other as the test product The amount of OTC inthe reference and test products were 55 and 60 g per kg Working OTC solutions of both products contained 33.33 mg per ml of distilled...
... growing number of international and national initiatives have aimed to increase the stock of doctors and nurses in developing countries through increasing training, retention incentives and reducing ... Adult female literacy was included because ofthe association between education ofthe mother and use of services as well as the overall increase inthe demand of health care and health resources ... gap in our understanding of these "missing" health workers: how much and what type of care they provide in developing countries, how to ensure that their work is of high quality, and how they...
... This generating function and its expansion determine both the form ofthe approximation andthe coefficients In this way, the discretization of continuous fractional-order differentiator/integrator ... Euler, the Tustin, the Al-Alaoui, the backward Euler, the implicit Adams rules, respectively In this sense the generating formula can be tuned more precisely The expansion ofthe generating functions ... z is the Z transform ofthe output sequence y kT , F z is the Z transform ofthe input sequence f kT , and PSE{u} denotes the expression, which results from the power series expansion ofthe function...
... nigra and P sylvestris (Orlandini and Malcoste, 1972; Toole, 1973; Orlandini and Bulard, 1975) This clearly indicates the photophilous nature of these two pines, which allows for the germination of ... nigra are mainly found inthe southern half, and those dominated by P sylvestris in central and northern Spain These forests are considered ’climax’ communities ofthe highest mountains on the oromediterranean ... with high germination responses (tables I and II) experiment ash did not significantly modify the germination percentage of seeds in these two pines (table Inthe second II) and no interactions...
... reduction ofthe TCD50 by the combination therapy depending on the timing of AD [10-13] Taken together in vivo andin vitro data support the hypothesis, that androgen withdrawal during irradiation increases ... seem to explain the clinically observed increase of overall survival in patients after combined therapy Recent studies investigated the effects of AD and radiotherapy in PC cell lines in vitro [summarized ... expression of c-fos, but the combination of both treatments did not further increase the expression In contrast, in PC-3 the expression of c-fos was not increased by goserelin incubation and seemed...
... some insights into the role of nicotine recognition in regulation of inflammation Van Maanen and colleagues has recently shown that the use of nicotine and an agonist ofthe nicotinic acetylcholine ... severity of clinical signs of arthritis in a CIA model as well as TNFα expression inthe murine synovial tissue [32] Inthe human setting, the expression ofthe α7 subunit ofthe nicotinic receptor in ... according to an established animal model of smoking-induced emphysema [20], then immunized them with collagen II-inducing CIA and continued the smoking regimen until the end ofthe experiment For the...
... (tabl 3) The mean value for adult weight increased in all replicates ofthe index line, increasing in replicates ofthe independent culling line and having negative response inthe other replicates ... replicates, having negative response in other replicates The response was always larger inthe index line than inthe independent culling line The difference between average gains in egg laying was ... 1985) inthe theoretical index line Realized heritability was 0.67 and it agrees very well with the heritability ofthe selection index calculated inthe base population which was 0.75 As inthe independent...
... calculated, including C-reactive protein [37] Joints were examined for swelling and tenderness by a single trained examiner The extent of radiographic joint damage was assessed at the baseline visit ... TNF inhibitors (42%) and prednisone (37%) Ninety -two patients (58%) inthe cohort had a history of smoking At the time ofthe present analysis, 158 patients inthe cohort had completed PFT testing: ... detailed questions investigating the amount and intensity of intentional exercise and was calculated in minutes/week and metabolic equivalents/week Functional levels were assessed using the Stanford...
... observed In addition, it was indicated that the free fruit scheme was effective in increasing fruit intake in all groups at these schools (including boys and pupils of lower SES) as the interactions ... Second, the mediated effect of accessibility and preferences ofthe changes in FV intake over time were examined by using the products of coefficient method [22] In this method, first the effect of ... (Table 4) This indicates that the increasing SES disparity in changes in FV intake over time could partly be explained by an increasing SES disparity in accessibility and preferences of FV over time...
... is the density ofthe common resource r and K are the growth rate andthe carrying capacity ofthe resource CiC and CiR are the densities of consumer i, i ∈ 1, 2, inthe common patch andinthe ... miC and miR are the natural death rates of consumer i inthe common patch andinthe refuge The parameters a and b represent the capture rates of consumer Nguyen-Phuong and Nguyen-Ngoc Effects of ... consumer individuals They can avoid the aggressive one and leave to the refuge We suppose that there is no food inthe refuge and thus individuals cannot survive and die This leads to the fact that individuals...
... Overview of mining technology andthe management of building stone mines in Vietnam and experience of stone mining inthe world Chapter Analysis ofthe factors affecting the sustainable development of ... in several mines in Spain, Germany and Algeria 1.5 The current status ofthe management ofthe building stone mines 1.5.1 Current status of mine licensing and land leasing, and some issues Mine ... * Mining in vertical slicing and transporting by excavator The minimum width ofthe initial cut plan must be equal to the width of mining strip, andthe length is equal to minimum length of the...
... differences inthe regulation and/ or roles ofthetwo hydrogenases in algal physiology, as has been observed in other multiple hydrogenase systems The transcription of HydA1 and HydA2 in response to the ... conditions induced by sulfur deprivation However, the expression ofthetwo transcripts differs during the sulfur-deprivation period This suggests differences inthe regulation of expression ofthetwo ... digestion, the HydA1 and HydA2 genes were cloned into the corresponding site ofthe pET-16b expression vector (Novagen, Madison, WI, USA) producing pET-HydA1 and pET-HydA2 The inserts of pET-HydA1 and...