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... overview of bioenergy in the international regulatory context, including binding international agreements and non-binding principles for sustainable development It then highlights the main features of ... oumber of international concerns These include the need to ensure sustainability in the production process, the role of bioenergy in climate change mitigation and the upsurge of interest in international ... Service of the FAO Legal Office Ministry of Agriculture and Farming (Panama) Millennium Development Goals Ministry of Federal Planning, Public Investment and Services (Argentina) Ministry of Industry,

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 05:20

... The negative controls documented the alterations in the bioluminescence intensity of the tested bacteria in the absence of any toxicant during incubation The inhibition of ... (Figure 4). In summary, the polar fraction 3 exhibited, in comparison with the other remaining wastewater fractions, the highest inhibiti on values in the influent of the STP, whereas the more lipophilic ... and in particular in the toxic effects of the moderately polar fracti on 2 were observ ed in the influent of the investigated STP. A significant impact of wastewater flow on the toxicity of the

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... efficiency of the STP by inhibiting the meta- bolic processes of the microorganisms in the biological treatment step [5]. Toxicity in the influent can there- fore affect the quality of treated ... (Figure 4). In summary, the polar fraction 3 exhibited, in comparison with the other remaining wastewater fractions, the highest inhibiti on values in the influent of the STP, whereas the more lipophilic ... and in particular in the toxic effects of the moderately polar fracti on 2 were observ ed in the influent of the investigated STP. A significant impact of wastewater flow on the toxicity of the

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 17:20

... algae as bioindicators of agricultural pollution in the streams and rivers of southern Que ´bec Benthic algae as bioindicators of agricultural pollution in the streams and rivers of southern Que´bec ... related to the intensity and type of agriculture, indicating the greater importance of local farming practices. The use of periphyton as a bioindicator provides an integrated measurement of water ... (Painchaud, 1997). We selected the sites according to the availability of physico-chemical data and on the ba- sis of land use information with the aim of sampling across a gradient of

Ngày tải lên: 28/07/2014, 17:21

... DISCUSSION The increase in the concentrations of roburins A, C and possibly other dimers during the first 10-30 years of ageing are due to their synthesis from other tannins (Viriot ... identification of nine of these 12 ellagitannins (fig 1). Purified samples of vescalagin, castalagin, grandinin and roburin A (kindly provided by Dr Scalbert, INRA, Paris) allowed ... concentration during the first 10 years of ageing and roburin C over the first 30 years, before each declines again in older wood. Grandinin and roburin E show less clear

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 18:21

... used and the induration of ≥10 mm in immunocompetent adults is considered as positive In the United Kingdom, 10 TUs are used and the induration of 5-15 mm in BCG unvaccinated and ≥15 mm in BCG ... macrophage inducible C-type lectin (Mincle) and dendritic cell-associated C-type lectin-1 (Dectin-1) [24,27] The TLR signaling is the main arm of the innate immune response and M tuberculosis internalized ... after intradermal injection of PPD [127] The criteria for a positive TST vary considerably and depend on the inoculum and type of PPD preparation used in the test In the United States, tuberculin

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 13:22

... diagnosis and appropriate ther- apy, and use of the procedure will probably become the standard of care in the next few years. Indicators of prognosis CAP is the leading cause of death from infection ... response of the adrenals [57]. In a cohort of 373 patients with CAP, copeptin increased with increasing severity of the PSI and was an independent predictor of outcome, in contrast to other clinical ... Procalcitonin, other hormokines and cortisol as prognostic indicators in community-acquired pneumonia During infl ammation and infection, certain hormones behave like cytokines: hence the term hormokines,

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 19:20

... not developed inside the building but air is introduced in such a way that the whole building is raised to a pressure in excess of that obtaining outside the building In the event of fire, airflows ... be reliable and capable of functioning for a period corresponding to the standard of fire resistance of the elements of structure in a building; d) be simple and economic Some of the advantages ... seal them completely There are two main factors that determine the movement of smoke arising from a fire in a building These are: a) the mobility of smoke that results from its consisting of hot

Ngày tải lên: 28/09/2014, 23:27

... the leakage area of all of the other doors in the staircase (plus any other leakage areas) has to be totalled and the proportion of the input air that will flow out of the ... escape of the pressurizing air from the building should be considered and the appropriate method of venting specified (5.5) j) The operation of the system should be considered and ... any part of them be threatened by a fire in the building Installations... lobby used in the design calculations excluding the leakage area of the lift doors, Ad is the leakage

Ngày tải lên: 28/09/2014, 23:27

... firefighting shaft is extended accordingly, including the provision of firefighting lobbies and any fire main;... the stair and the accommodation A firefighting lift opening into the ... in the firefighting lift machine room does not lead to the firefighting shaft becoming smoke-logged, and that the risk of the operation of the firefighting lift machine ... it... stairs in them The minimum extent of firefighting lifts and stairs is shown in Figure 1 6 In tall buildings and buildings with deep basements the firefighting shaft

Ngày tải lên: 28/09/2014, 23:28

... [86], and the endothelial cells of the brain... modulators including sildenafil and trequinsin are not only the high-affinity inhibitors of MRP5/ABCC5, but also potent inhibitors of ... cells, the presence of the MRP4/ABCC4 inhibitors including diclofenac, MK571, and celecoxib decreased the cytotoxicity of CP and IF in 48-hr exposure assay. In addition, the presence of DL-buthionine-(S,R)-sulphoximine ... aim of this study was to investigate the resistance profiles of MRP4/ABCC4 to oxazaphosphorines including CP and IF in the absence and presence of various MRP4/ABCC4 inhibitors or MRP4/ABCC4 inducers

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 14:06

... p53 and the remaining 25 proteins were affected by both hypoxia treatment and the presence of p53. An ontology analysis of these 54 proteins revealed that they were mainly involved in the ... expression and interaction network of proteins, involved 79 in cellular growth, proliferation and cell cycle, under hypoxia in the presence and absence of p53 4.6 A protein expression and interaction ... showing different levels of HIF-1-p53 interactions 42 in the presence of hypoxia and anoxia 1.9 Different p53 isoforms and their mechanisms of production 45 1.10 Numbers of publications in

Ngày tải lên: 16/09/2015, 15:43

... Conclusions, including the results of the November 2001 Workshop Management Framework - Introd uced Marine Pests Management capabilities and approaches  APEC and the MRCWG have a role in liaising with ... Within APEC little is known on the introduction of marine pests  Little practical information on measures to prevent introductions  Lack of knowledge in what individual countries are doing ... NACA to enhance the effectiveness of existing instruments within APEC  Institutional arrangements for managing the marine environment is fragmented in most economies  Baseline surveys to identify...

Ngày tải lên: 28/10/2013, 11:15

... useful in determining a) the efficacy of BCG vaccine in HCWs or b) the effects on efficacy of the vaccine strain administered Vol 45 / No RR-4 MMWR and the vaccinee’s age at the time of vaccination ... resurgence in the incidence of TB occurred in the United States and included increases in the number of TB cases among adults and children and outbreaks of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) involving ... Control and Prevention The role of BCG vaccine in the prevention and control of tuberculosis in the United States: a joint statement by the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis and the...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 13:20

... basis points of the 11 basis-point decline in the average expense ratio of funds of funds over the period (labeled in Figure 13 as “Fall in expense ratios of individual funds”) By definition, the ... inflation by taking the fee breakpoints available in 2010 and multiplying by the Consumer Price Index in December 2000 and dividing by the Consumer Price Index in December 2010 The front-end ... endowments, and other institutional investors investing for their own accounts, rather than on behalf of retail investors Stock Funds The average fees and expenses paid by stock fund investors declined...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 15:20

... declined in 2011 owing to declines in the expense ratios of individual funds, an increase in the demand for index funds, and a continuing shift by investors in both actively managed and index ... percentage of the assets that the financial professional manages for an investor, rather than as a percent of the dollars initially invested Over time, brokers and other financial professionals ... collects the 12b-1 fee, passing the bulk of it to the financial professionals serving fund investors Alternatively, investors may pay the professional an asset-based fee directly In such cases, the...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 15:20

... On the other hand, in the far Northeast, along the Mekong River, over 2030 mm is received annually Variation in the average amount of rainfall is therefore notable in the Northeast During the ... in Thailand, and the University of Helsinki This study was also a joint undertaking in the long series of academic collaboration between the universities of Kasetsart and Helsinki 1.2 Scope and ... Research Institute of Thailand (RRIT) and the Office of the Rubber Replanting Aid Fund (ORRAF) The RRIT works under the Department of Agriculture (Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives), and its...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 04:20

... ONE is the INTRODUCTION This includes an outline of the CONTEXT and main themes, the motivation and purpose of the study - the why and how PART TWO is THE REASEARCH - METHODOLOGY and FINDINGS PART ... component in the integration process: The first step towards the integration of refugees must be to identify and help with their most pressing needs Finding and settling them into safe and appropriate ... couples There is a lot of pressure on the couple relationship…Children become more dominant because they learn the language and the mother and the father lose their roles The boundaries and the hierarchies...

Ngày tải lên: 24/02/2014, 18:20

... (disordered in the ligand-free state in YbgJ) In the absence of the ligand, the lid part is separated from the active site, which leads to a more open active site Upon the binding of ligand in the acyl-enzyme ... conformations of the regions at 100-105 and 303-309 aa in the N form, and we investigated the following points First, these areas are not involved in any contacts with other molecules in crystals in all the ... basis of their crystal structures and the conserved amino acid residues (aa) of their active sites, these glutaminases are classified into a large group of bacterial penicillin-binding proteins and...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 09:22

... upon the piazza with blocks and other playthings, and finally had gone into the house, leaving all the things on the floor of the piazza, instead of putting them away in their places, as they ... had been enjoined upon them as, for example, when they left the door open in coming in or going out, in the winter; or interrupted their mother when she was reading, instead of standing quietly ... in accomplishing the result, and in a manner altogether more agreeable to both parties The third will make the work of forming the habit of obedience on the part of the mother, and of acquiring...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 20:20