1 on ebm guidelines for assessment of evidence

... Evaluation Report – Forms 13 Form IVA Technical Evaluation – Basic Data 14 Form IVB Evaluation Summary 18 Form IVC Individual Evaluations – Comparison 19 Section V: Price competition for consultant ... Appointment of Committees for the Selection and Employment of Consultants 1 Section II: Evaluation of Technical Proposals 4 Section III: Format of the Technical Evaluation Report 11 Section IV: ... 6Section I: Appointment of Committees for the Selection and Employment of Consultants 1 Committee 1.1 For each engagement of consultants, the accounting officer or chief executive officer concerned

Ngày tải lên: 09/01/2020, 14:53

... LIOTE´,10HYON CHOI,4JASVINDER A SINGH,11NICOLA DALBETH,12 SANFORD KAPLAN,13VANDANA NIYYAR,14DANIELLE JONES,14STEVEN A YAROWS,15 BLAKE ROESSLER,1GAIL KERR,16CHARLES KING,17GERALD LEVY,18DANIEL ... Diego, CA 92161 E-mail: rterkeltaub@ucsd.edu. Submitted for publication January 9, 2012; accepted in revised form June 15, 2012. Significance & Innovations ● Patient education on diet, lifestyle, ... Supplemental Figure 1 (available in the online version of this article at http://onlinelibrary.wiley com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2151-4658) The RAND/UCLA consensus methodology, developed in the 1980s, incorpo-rates

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... index of environmental condition (Engle et al., 1994): Benthic index ¼ (2,3841* proportion of expected diversity) þ (0.6728  proportion of total abundance as tubifids) þ (0.6683  proportion of ... Mason, 1981), or the copepods/nematodes one (Parker, 1980),which account for the different behavior of two taxonomic groups underenvironmental stress situations These ones have been abandoned ... environmental conditions byanalyzing the dominance of species that indicate some type of pollution inrelation to the species considered to indicate an optimal environmentalsituation (Bellan, 1980;

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 13:22

... 0:01Þ ð5:17ÞThus, four expressions for calculating EHI(BZ) and EHI(Ex) can bededuced from Equation 5.14 to Equation 5.17, and Equation 5.9, respectively:EHIðBZÞ1¼10ð5:2425  0:94948  ð0:1036 ... acidification see [72]–[75]; For oil pollution see [76]–[79]; for copper pollution see [80]–[84]; for pesticide pollution see [85]–[90]. Modified from Xu, et al Ecol Model 116, 80, 1999 With permission. ... acidification, and copper, oil, andpesticide contamination in lake ecosystems, based on the above-mentioneddata on experimental ecosystems.15 They concluded that the structuralresponses of freshwater

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... the genetic information content, from Jørgensen (2000) Ecosystem component Number of information genes Conversion factor (W i ) *Coffaro et al (1997), y Marques et al (1997), Fonseca et al (2000). ... aclear symptom of the rapid degradation of environmental conditions and of an increase in the eutrophication of this ecosystem The decomposition of Ulva in summer (at temperatures of 25 to 30
C)produces ... represented by 15 statevariables in the water column and 2 in the sediments; 11 state variablesrepresent the biological variables: 6 for phytoplankton, 2 for zooplankton,1 for bacteria and 2 for Ulva

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 13:22

... experts from 13 countries.12 The consultation resulted in ‘‘Technical Guidelines No 8 for the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries: Indicators for Sustainable Development of Marine Capture ... indicators of the effect of environmental conditions for, for example, primary productivity, plankton patterns, and fish distribu-tion.19 Habitat impacts of fisheries have received increasing attention ... Declaration of 2001,9 and reinforced at the 2002 World Summit of Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, which requires nations to base policies for exploitation of marine resources on an EAF Guidelines

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 13:22

... 20.1
10831.6
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10 ... in the transmission of messages (Tribus and McIrvine, 1971) and the relation between emergy and information in biological systems of different dimensions (Odum, 1988; Keitt, 1991) In his Crafoord ... information of the text (giving 2.9
1021) for each bit of information, at room temperature) plus the chemical potential of the book — that is, the energy extractable with a complete combustion of

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 13:22

... Trang 1CHAPTER 11Application of Thermodynamic Indices to Agro-EcosystemsY.M Svirezhev A traditional criterion for the evaluation of efficiency of differentagricultural technologies ... pollution has a vital influence on foodquality and is strongly linked with health quality of the whole society There istherefore a severe need for development of a coherent system of information on ... evidentlyinsufficient for these conditions, because the estimation of impact of agro-ecosystems on the environment was not foreseen The problem arises of how toestimate agriculture pressure and the degree of environmental

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 13:22

... processes and relations into planning procedures Representation of ecological complexity Consideration of features of self-organization Aggregation of structure and function Integration of different ... (e.g., webs of reactions concerning forest dieback) Chronic effects (e.g., accumulation of toxic substances) Delocalized effects (e.g., forest effects of ammonia from slurry) Integration of ecological ... the preconditions for environmentaldecision-making are formulated by a specific definition of ecological integrity(Barkmann et al., 2001) which includes several items that are valid for theecosystem

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 13:22

... woods 41.813 Montane hop-hornbeam woods 41.74 Quercus cerris woods 41.1744 Beech forests 42.67 Black pine reforestation 44.614 Italian poplar galleries 83.324 Locust tree plantations 41.731 Semi-xerophile ... woods 41.7312 Xerophile Quercus pubescens woods 44.122 Mediterranean purple willow scrub 31.431 Juniperion nanae scrub 31.81 Medio-European rich-soils thickets 31.811 Blackthorn-bramble scrub 31.88 ... and stress conditions of vegetation cover(Guyot, 1989) Satellite images of 1995 were almost contemporary with reconnaissanceactivities in the field Standardization was done to account for differencesbetween

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 13:22

... from gross production to peat Transformities increase in like fashion An energy transformation is a conversion of one kind of energy to another kind As required by the second law of thermodynamics, ... Example transformities of main ecosystem components are given in Tables 14.2and14.3 Table 14.2 lists components and processes of terrestrial ecosystems giving several transformities for each Within ... that form the basis for understanding ecological systems within the context of ecosystem health 14.3.1 Emergy and Transformity: Concepts and Definitions That different forms of energy have different

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 13:22

... teams. The Concerted Action ‘‘ConAccount’’ (Bringezu et al., 1997; Kleijn et al., 1999), funded by the European Commission, was one of these milestones in the international harmonization of MFA methodologies. ... Memorandum items for balancing O2 for combustion (of C, H, S, N ) O2 for respiration... collection of an enormous amount of data for every product under consideration A more convenient methodology ... Kippenberger, 1999, for an executive summary) provides detailed information on the resource inputs for the extraction, processing and transportation of eight of the most important mineral resources. 15.2.5

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 13:22

... because of the modifying influence of the North Atlantic drift on this region of Europe A full account of the physical characteristics of the estuary can be found in Baird and Milne (1981) 16.1.2 Long-Term ... Leach (1971) and Balls et al (1995), after Raffaelli (1999). Trang 6(Figure 16.4) so that now around 40% of the intertidal area is regularly covered by mats of biomass in excess of 1 kg m1 Nitrogen ... upstream of the town of Ellon and therefore representing run-off from the catchment, 95% of which is agricultural Data from SEPA and Leach (1971), after Raffaelli et al (1989). Trang 7redox environment

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 13:22

... al (1980,1998a, 1999); Kutchenberg (1985); Rapport (1989, 1992, 1998); InternationalJoint Commission (1991); Calow (1992, 1993, 1995, 2000); Costanza et al.(1992); Suter (1993); Sherman (1994b, ... evolution of theecosystem without human disturbance,’’ (Nielsen, 1999) Key papers include Trang 15Karr (1981, 1991, 1992, 1993); Harris et al (1990); Kay (1991); Holling (1992);Woodley et al (1993); ... organizations (a consideration of many perspectives on the approachand necessary information), understanding of some key concepts, and theincorporation of the experiences and knowledge of people

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 13:22

... SBP (mmHg) 111 (99 to 126) 119 (104 to 146) 113 (102 to 133) 101 (91 to 113) 94 (76 to 102) 109 (96 to 120) 65 (53 to 116) 105 (99 to 116) < 0.001 MBP (mmHg) 69 (61 to 78) 77 (71 to 83) 70 ... 14.0 (11.8 to 19.9) 12.8 (10.0 to 19.0) 16.8 (12.2 to 20.9) 19.8 (16.6 to 22.0) 16.7 (13.6 to 20.0) 16.5 (12.0 to 19.8) 18.3 (13.5 to 19.0) 13.6 (12.0 to 18.0) < 0.001 Sp O (%) 96 (93 to ... (39 to 61) 48 (40 to 59) 39 (38 to 54) 0.062 Kruskal-Wallis Respiratory rate (breaths/minute) 19.0 (16.3 to 19.8) 15.5 (12.0 to 20.0) 17.8 (12.0 to 20.0) 14.3 (11.8 to 18.3) 17.7 (11.7 to 20.4)

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... capital contribution portion of a member or owner of the company shall implement the provisions on capital contribution or assignment of capital contribution portion and shall register change of membership ... additional capital contributions from one or more other people The value of the portion of capital contribution assigned, donated or additionally raised corresponding to the aforesaid forms must ... 40 Article 41 Article 42 Article 43 Conversion of a limited liability company into a shareholding company 20 Basic contents of an application for conversion 21 Contents of an enterprise...

Ngày tải lên: 27/03/2014, 10:15

... Francis 10 .4 The Ratio of Exergy to Emergy Flow 10 .5 The Ratio of ÁEX to ÁEM References Chapter 11 Application of Thermodynamic Indices to Agro-Ecosystems Y.M Svirezhev 11 .1 11. 2 11 .3 Introduction ... The Health of Ecosystems: the Ythan Estuary Case Study D Raffaelli, P White, A Renwick, J Smart, and C Perrings 16 .1 16.2 16 .3 16 .4 16 .5 Introduction 16 .1. 1 The Physical Context 16 .1. 2 Long-Term ... Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine, Northwest Atlantic P.G Wells 17 .1 17.2 Introduction Concepts of Marine Ecosystem Health 17 .2 .1 Conceptual Framework 17 .2.2 Health 17 .2.3 Ecosystem Health 17 .2.3.1...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 13:22

... years Programs \ Years 19 88 -19 90 19 91 1992 19 93 State-level 10 0 12 0 (*) 12 0 (*) Ministry-level 200 450 438 640 State-level projects/Fund 15 /18 90 12 /2000 10 /18 50 6 /16 00 (Million VND) Ministry-level ... Description 1. 1 Introduction 1. 2 Problem Statement 1. 3 Objectives of the Study 1. 4 Scope and Limitations of the Study 1. 5 Organization of Report and Research Design Figure I .1 : Research design 1 2 ... values of the distribution of questionnaire are presented in Table 1. 7 Table 1. 7: Distribution of questionnaire Distribution and Response • Total questionnaire distributed • Responded questionnaire...

Ngày tải lên: 23/04/2013, 10:29

... (1, ∞) is a control parameter of fuzziness The minimization of Jm , under the probabilistic constraint iteration of the following formulas: n m k =1 (ujk ) xk n m k =1 (ujk ) yj = c j =1 ujk = 1, ... combination of bands 5, and which is of great efficacy for the aims of our analysis In Figures and the set of bands 5, and are depicted respectively for the month of May 19 94 and March 19 97 The fusion of ... presented two versions of the Possibilistic C-Means algorithm In this paper we consider the second one This formulation of PCM [7] is based on a modification to the cost function of the HCM: the...

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... TB 96 16 CONTROL PROGRAM IN PRISONS 96 17 PHARMACEUTICAL SUPPLIES MANAGEMENT 11 1 18 TB INFECTION CONTROL 11 8 19 THE NEED FOR ACSM IN PRISONS 12 4 ANNEXES 13 0 ANNEX TB SYMPTOM SCREENING FORM FOR ... Correctional Populations: A Review of Epidemiology and Prevention AIDS 19 (3): S 41 S46 32 GUIDELINES FOR CONTROL OF TUBERCULOSIS IN PRISONS SPECIFIC CONCERNS FOR TB CONTROL IN THE PRISON SETTING ... European Prisons International Journal Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 10 (11 ) :12 15– 23 F Chaves, F Dronda, M D Cave, et al 19 97 A Longitudinal Study of Transmission of Tuberculosis in a Large Prison Population...

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