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... Trang 1NONPARAMETRIC MODELING OF THE EFFECTSOF AIR POLLUTION ON PUBLIC HEALTH PENG QIAO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 2005 Trang 2NONPARAMETRIC MODELING OF THE EFFECTSOF AIR POLLUTION ON PUBLIC ... regression analysis is to understand how the conditionaldistribution of a univariate response Y given a vector X of p predictors depends on thevalue of X If the conditional distribution of Y |X ... mentioned in the thesis Trang 23on air pollution The database includes various cause-mortality counts, weather tions and air pollution data for the 108 largest cities in the United States for the

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... themiddleHeiheRiverBasin.Thus,themiddleHeiheRiverisoneof theidealregionsintheinlandaridareatodemonstratethe relation-shipbetweensocietyandtheenvironment.Theimpactsofhuman activitiesontheecosysteminthemiddleHeiheRiverBasinarestill ... parame-tersˇ1,ˇ2andˇ3definetheshapeofthefunctionalrelationship betweeneconomic growthandenvironmentalquality(Table1) (Songetal.,2008),andtheshapecanvarydependingonselection ofthestudyperiod,thestudyarea,andindicatorsofthe ... low,thereductionintheannualflowbetweenthetwolocationsis broadlyrelatedtotheannualwaterabstractionandconsumption alongthemiddlereachoftheHeiheRiver(Nianetal.,2013).In thispaper,thedifferenceintheannualrunoffvolumewastakento

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... investigation The two-component solution explained a total of 46% the variance, with component 1 contributing 28,6%, and component 2 contributing 17,2% Two components were consequently constructed on the ... components for further investigation The two-component solution explained a total of 45,1% the variance, with component 1contributing 26,2%, and component 2 contributing 18,8% The first component, ... activities of people [*]) Only one item [*] in this component was removed from consideration as its removal increased the magnitude of the Cronbach Alpha Trang 8coefficient The second component,

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... of the presence of these additional roles of education is in fact not contrary to the basic assumptions of the human capital theory Segmented Labor Markets and Education: Trang 25 among nonwhites ... education and its effects on earnings Probably, the cause of this attraction was not only the development of a famous theory Rather, as many observers mention, especially the second half of 20" ... advanced through on-the-job training Thus, as the majority of the cost of such training is put on the employer, the payoff period for this investment is an increasing function of the length of worker

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... versus the (T − Tm)2 [16] The values of δγ as a function of NiO content are shown in Table 1 The parameter δγ increased with increasing NiO content, confirming that the addition of NiO promoted the ... substitution of the Ni ions at the B site may result in breaking the long-range ordering, resulting in a reduction of the ferroelectric behavior with the transition becoming more diffuse [23] Further, ... content, the structure of the composites became more heterogeneous This may contribute to the diffuse phase transition of the samples From Figure 4, the increase of loss tangent with NiO content

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... hydrocarbon in the vulcanisate, whilst a and b are constants. The higher the Q f /Q g values, the lower the extent of the interaction between the filler and the matrix. 2.5 Measurement of Tensile ... are in concordance with the XRD patterns and confirmed a better dispersion of the organoclay in the case of ENR 50 Figure... Comparison of the Effects of Organoclay Loading ... which the sulphur and amine-groups of the organoclay and of chain opening reaction of epoxy group in ENR 50 that participated in the vulcanisation reaction. This leads to a lowering of the scorch

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... on the top of the layer, while the tubes were closed by the presence of a layer of titania on the bottom of the structure Here in, we discuss the influence of different electrolyte compositions ... anodisation, deionised water rinse They were then dried in a nitrogen stream The anodisation A schematic representation of the anodisation setup is shown in Figure 1 The concentrations (0.5, ... were open on the top [Fig (6b)] of the layer, while the tubes were closed by the presence of a layer of titania on the bottom of the structure [Fig (6c)] Figure 6: FESEM micrograph of (a) top

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... agents, concurrent infections, vaccination against other diseases and husbandry practices in the manifestation of the disease. This study was performed to determine the effects of suppression of humoral ... whether the MDV infection enhanced pathogenicity of ALV-J or not. However, the effects of the MDV infection might be similar in both treatment group because most of the chickens had MDV infection ... horizontal infection with other ALV subgroups often leads to immune non-shedders, the consequences of similar infections with ALV-J can vary between egg-type and meat-type birds. Infection of egg-type

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... factor) on each of the following variables: (1) position on the parent shoot of the most proximal offspring shoot, (2) diameter of the thickest offspring shoot, (3) length of the longest offspring ... 3, the position of the most basal offspring shoot depended on the tree concerned. 3.2. Offspring shoots The size of offspring shoots tended to be highest for the most distal positions on the ... since none of the treatments applied here affected the position of the most proximal branches on shoots. On the other hand, some kinds of traumas acting on a parent shoot at specific periods of the

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 00:22

... largest on the weight of the root systems of both species (figure 3b, table II) The roots of seedlings grown at the highest density were only about one third the weight of those grown at the widest ... operations The size and arrange-ment of the cells in trays has an important influence on seedling size and must be matched to the species growth rate and the length of the production period The ... in the second and third experiments The interaction between cell volume and growing density on the growth of Douglas-fir seedlings was inves-tigated in the fourth experiment Finally, the effects

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... 'moderate' response on the basis of these criteria. Moreover, one of these individuals (10618) actually had an increase in the CRP level despite a reduction of 2.5 in the DAS28. We elected ... data on the systemic effects of this intervention. The results demon- strate the feasibility of this broad-based discovery approach, but they also point out the inherent difficulties in reconciling ... about the changes that occur in the serum proteome in the context of targeted thera- peutic interventions such as infliximab. Since serum is one of the most complex biological fluids, depletion of

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 13:22

... efficiency of conservation decisions. In this article, we analyze the effect of missing parent or wrong sire information on the amount of diversity conserved when OCS is applied as a conservation strategy ... studies on the same herd found different values for wrong parent information because of differences in methodology. Little is known on the effects of erroneous pedigree infor- mation on the efficiency ... simulations to investigate the effect of these two types of errors on minimizing kinship. Our findings show that a low percentage of wrong parent information reduces the effect of optimal contributions.

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... Characterization of KODES and KODE Glyceryl Esters 47 3.4 Discussion 50 3.5 Conclusion 55 CHAPTER THE EFFECTS OF FUNGAL STRESS ON THE ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY OF GERMINATING BLACK SOYBEANS 4.1 Introduction ... 6.3.1 Chromatographic Fractionation of Durian Seed Extracts 132 6.3.2 Extraction and Structural Elucidation of OPCs 133 6.3.3 Determination of the Degree of Polymerization Procyanidins by Thiolysis ... 139 Quantification of OPCs in Durian Seed using Normal Phase HPLC 141 6.3.5 Fungal Effect on the Germination of Durian Seeds 6.4 Conclusion CHAPTER CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 142 144 147

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 14:02

... quantity The effect of RNAi was only observed on the gene expression level and there was no alteration noticed on the phenotype or the pest movement This is due to the presence of the other sugar ... 3.1.1 Clone and sub-clone of Ap_ST1 in litmus 28i 33 3.1.2 Synthesis and preparation of dsRNAs 36 3.1.3 The stability of dsRNA 37 3.2 Bioassay 38 3 2.1 Effects of dsRNA on the expression level ... using RNAi in the honey bee indicates a correlation between the expression level of the gene SID-1 and the knock down of the target gene (Aronstein et al., 2006) The study of the three ortholog

Ngày tải lên: 08/11/2015, 00:04

... by the developmental stage of the soybean (Glycine max Merrill) pods they feed on These effects of the soybean on the stink bugs could represent a selection pressure leading to the ability of these ... soybean pests The action of these insecticides differs from the traditional concepts in that they do not poison the pest Rather these compounds kill by causing a disease, in the case of Bacillus ... feed and to improve the nutrition of the human population The reasons for poor production in Vietnam have been clearly identified One of the most significant is the fact that the varieties grown

Ngày tải lên: 06/01/2016, 15:14

... Structure of the study This thesis consists of five chapters Chapter 1 introduces the study by providing the context of the research, the statement of the problem, the aim and research questions, the ... from the central theme Then, they write their ideas on these branches When they recognize other related ideas, they draw a new branch Finally, they continue until their minds run out of ideas The ... writes the sub-concepts on the sides of the board After discussing with them to choose the sub-words focusing on the lesson, he/she writes down the key concept Lines and arrows are used to link the

Ngày tải lên: 27/04/2016, 11:29

... effect of pH on TCE degradation 31 4.2.2 The effects of chloride concentrations on TCE degradation 38 4.2.3 Conclusion about the effect of chloride on TCE degradation .40 CONCLUSIONS ... solution pH 4.2.2 The effects of chloride concentrations on TCE degradation The amount of chloride ions in the solution has great influence on TCE degradation From the range of to 40 mM NaCl, the ... to enhancement of iron corrosion rate than those in the solutions containing iron only Do prove this assumption, another experiment about the corrosion of iron in the solution containing 20 mM

Ngày tải lên: 13/05/2016, 10:16

... interpersonal relationship and the attractiveness of alternatives The overall purpose of this research is to develop a conceptual foundation of customer retention, with the use of the concepts of switching ... end-user or consumers are their oriented-object However, there is a lack of research in the areas of evaluation of B2B customer retention in product sector in Vietnam Therefore, the purpose of this ... INTRODUCTION 1.1 Rational of the study Infrastructure construction is one of top interests in Vietnam as well as other countries in the world Moreover, with high growing rate of urbanization and

Ngày tải lên: 02/08/2017, 21:27

... above-mentioned results, the differences in the composition among the bacterial communities might account for the differences in the performance among the MFCs The correlation between the composition of ... not only well-responding but also stable over time Among the parameters affecting the operation of a MFC, the bacterial consortium in the anode is one important factor The relationship between the ... biosensor monitoring the quality of wastewater, including real-time monitoring, spontaneous response, rapid warning, easy operation, easy interpretation of data, and longer usage The operation of a

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... scenarios of reduction of air pollution levels, or in the assessment of new air quality directives, or in projects aiming at calculating the external monetary costs of air pollution or the benefits of ... exposure in the target population, the estimates of the epidemiology exposure-response function and the observed baseline frequency of the health outcome in the population. The uncertainties in the data ... on a routine basis for decision making and evaluating the economic consequences of the impact of air pollution on health 42-45 . The key value of APHEIS lies in serving as a bridge between the...

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