... the racial and ethnic groups in Massachusetts, data on the number of cancers and rates by race/ ethnicity, median ages at diagnosis, tumor size and stage at diagnosis by race/ ethnicity, and data ... cancer cases by race/ ethnicity and sex, Massachusetts, 2000-2004 Figure Age-adjusted incidence rates and 95% confidence limits of all cancer sites combined by race/ ethnicity and sex, ... Table Rank and age-adjusted mortality rates for the ten leading causes of cancer deaths by race/ ethnicity, Massachusetts females, 2000-2004 .20 iii Cancer in Massachusetts by Race and Ethnicity,...
Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 23:20
... Bleedings as Alternative to Hysterectomy Andrey Momot, Irina Molchanova, Vitaly Tskhai and Andrey Mamaev Part Chapter 15 Part 197 Hysterectomy Pre-Operative Considerations 223 Hysterectomy: Advances ... uterus, adnexae and other pelvic structures at initiation of a laparoscopic hysterectomy The uterine ligaments and vascular pedicles can be coagulated 20 Hysterectomy and cut by using bipolar ... between subtotal and total abdominal hysterectomy are morbidity and mortality The main short-term and long-term comparative events and complications of subtotal versus total hysterectomy for...
Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 23:20
The Duration of Bank Retail Interest Rates BY Ben R. Craig and Valeriya Dinger ppt
... interest rates across different bank products, with checking account rates and money market deposit account rates being the most inflexible deposit rates, 9 and personal loan and credit card rates ... Caucutt, Ghosh, and Kelton (1999), and Bils and Klenow (2004) In the case of bank retail interest rates, Berger and Hannan (1991), Neumark and Sharpe (1992), Mester and Saunder (1995), and de Graeve ... previous studies of interest rate rigidity (Berger and Hannan, 1991; and Neumark and Sharpe, 1992) and price rigidity (Bils and Klenow, 2004; and Nakamura and Steinsson, 2008), which use data at monthly...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 23:20
Báo cáo hóa học: " SiC Nanowires Synthesized by Rapidly Heating a Mixture of SiO and Arc-Discharge Plasma Pretreated Carbon Black" ppt
... morphology and the detail structure of the nanowires Nanoscale Res Lett (2009) 4:153–156 Fig SEM image and EDX pattern of carbon black after arcdischarge plasma treatment Results and Discussion ... thinner b-SiC nanowire and the outer amorphous silicon oxide wrapping layer Figure shows the SEM and TEM images of the assynthesized nanowires without any other treatments In Fig 4a and b, it can be ... product of SiO2 and the residual carbon To validate the existing of impurities, high-temperature oxidation and hydrofluoric acid (5%) treatment were used to get rid of the residual carbon and SiO2,...
Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 01:20
báo cáo khoa học:" Correlation between adherence rates measured by MEMS and self-reported questionnaires: a meta-analysis" pps
... between adherences measures by MEMS and self reported questionnaires and corresponding 95% confidence intervals by study and pooled type of measures The methods (MEMS and SRQs) collect different sets ... hypertension and demonstrated high concurrent and predictive validity with regard to blood pressure control The items scale and its modified versions: 8- and 5-item scales are relatively simple to use and ... (QUOROM) statement, [11] and were re-verified by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statements, the latter of which is the most recent standard process for...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 01:21
Báo cáo y học: " Systems-level comparison of host responses induced by pandemic and seasonal influenza A H1N1 viruses in primary human type I-like alveolar epithelial cells in vitro" pdf
... involved in the regulation of seasonal-, pandemic- and sharedresponse genes Of the 13 transcription factors regulating genes affected by both seasonal and pandemic viruses, four (IRF1, IRF2, IRF7, ... only Figure Validation of microarray data by real-time PCR Expression of viral M gene and five ZNF genes were assessed after h infection by pdmH1N1 and seasonal H1N1 viruses compared to mock ... epithelium, type I and II alveolar epithelial cells and macrophages are key target cells for pdmH1N1 infection [8] and the most serious complication of pdmH1N1 disease is primary viral pneumonia,...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 11:22
Cambridge.University.Press.Gender.Race.and.the.Writing.of.Empire.Public.Discourse.and.the.Boer.War.Sep.1999.pdf
... Night and the following day, they were ‘‘everyone’’ and ‘‘London’’ and even ‘‘England.’’ They were created as a group by the newspapers, and this chapter examines the mechanism of their creation and ... situations and the assumptions being made about those publics, we arrive at a clearer understanding of imperial ideology’s dependence on hierarchies of race, sex, and class and of the ways in which, hand ... Southern Africa in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries and Gender, Commonwealth, and Empire have been exciting and challenging venues at which to offer my own work and equally important places at...
Ngày tải lên: 21/09/2012, 10:54
The chart below shows the amount of leisure time enjoyed by men and women of different employment status
Ngày tải lên: 04/10/2012, 10:02
Comparative decolorizing efficiency of textile dye by mesophilic and thermophilic anaerobic treatments
... temperatures were at 35oC and 55oC Samples were taken every hours during the treatment period and measured for decrease in color by spectrophotometer at 470 and 598 nm for MO and RB4, respectively ... 35OC (■) and 55OC (□) 300 350 400 450 500 Wavelength 550 600 650 Figure - Wavelength scanning of untreated (■) and treated (□) RB4 and apparent color Inhibition by temperature increase and presence ... microorganisms by textile dye and its intermediates has been reported Young (2004) reported that VFAs accumulation was mainly in the form of acetate and propionate with traces of iso-butyric, n-butyric and...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 09:38
Salts Transport in Alkali Soil Reclamation by Gypsum and Prediction of Na Leaching in Field in China
... Water and Environment Technology, Vol 7, No 2, 2009 concentration and a high ESP (Quirk and Schofield, 1955) In recent years, the air, water and soil in China have been polluted by economic and ... a column were investigated by using a tensiometer and a four-electrode sensor, and the amounts of these salts in soil and leachate were measured by ICP-MS Moreover, by taking the water balance ... application rates of 0.5 wt% and 1.0 wt% Alkali soil and gypsum were mixed uniformly and were packed in an acrylic ring with an outer diameter of 60 mm, inner diameter of 50 mm, and height of...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 09:38
Impact of pH on Anaerobic Substrate Uptake by PAOs and GAOs in an EBPR Activated Sludge Process Analyzed by MAR-FISH
... between and or The effect of pH on the anaerobic uptake of radio-labeled acetate by Candidatus ‘Accumulibacter phosphatis’ and Candidatus ‘Competibacter phosphatis’ was examined by MAR-FISH, and ... the method described by Andreasen and Nielsen(1997) and Lee et al (1999) The cover slip was immersed in Hypercoat Emulsion LM1(Amersham Bioscience Inc.) at 43oC for sec, and dried The cover slip ... exposure times were hrs (Candidatus ‘Competibacter phosphatis’ for the first and second experiments and Candidatus ‘Accumulibacter phosphatis’ for the - 217 - Journal of Water and Environment Technology,...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 09:38
Control of Membrane Fouling by Coagulant and Coagulant Aid Addition in Membrane Bioreactor Systems
... carbohydrate removals by PSI-025 (45 mg Fe/L and 12 mg Si/L) and PSI-100 (45 mg Fe/L and 49.5 mg Si/L) additions The standard deviations were calculated from samples Protein and carbohydrate removals ... intermittently operated by keeping it on for 1.5 h and off for 0.5 h The membranes were washed (physical washing by tap water while wiping the membrane with hand or chemical washing by submerging the ... polysilicate and Fe(III) was used in this study Behaviors of these materials on biopolymer (protein and carbohydrate) removal and fouling reduction were investigated by conducting batch and long-term...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 10:15
The effect of EGR rates on NOX and smoke emissions of an IDI diesel engine fuelled with Jatropha biodiesel blends
... NOX and smoke emission by 36% and 31%, respectively Through all of these results and observations, it is could be concluded that blending JBD with DF up to 20% (by volume) along with EGR rates ... Journal of Energy and Environment (IJEE), Volume 2, Issue 3, 2011, pp.477-490 481 Results and discussion The results and discussion based on the effect of EGR rates on engine performance and emission ... JBD blends and DF with various EGR rates The torque output was decreased and deteriorated, when EGR was operated In fact, the torque losses are considerable with increasing EGR rates, and more...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 16:11
UNIT 9: BY LAND AND BY SEA
... 11 hitchhike /’hItS,haIk/ verb [intransitive] to travel by asking other people to take you in their car, by standing on the side of a road and holding out your thumb or a sign: giang xe You should ... chụp hình I’ll stand over here, and you can take the picture 22 get lost: not knowing where you are or how to get to where you want to go: bị lạc They decided to drive to New York and ended up getting ... airplane, or between the shelves of a supermarket: lối hai hàng ghế 27 hand luggage /hAnd ’lVgIdZ/ noun [uncount] bags and suitcases that you can keep with you on an airplane: CARRYON luggage:...
Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 00:15
Biogeochemical Variability of Vietnamese Coastal Waters Influenced by Natural and Anthropogenic Processes
... Brunei Indonesia Malaysia The Philippines All land and water areas km inland from MHWM and areas inundated by tides any time of the year Administrative and selected environmental units District boundaries ... for land and sea resources and space by various stake holders that result in conflicts and the degradation of coastal ecosystems Further challenges to the coasts come from: (1) erosion and siltation ... Influenced by Natural and Anthropogenic Processes hydrodynamic conditions This is best seen in the distribution of chlorophyll and primary productivity in the East Sea (Bien Dong) (Figures and 2)...
Ngày tải lên: 27/10/2013, 14:15
A study on ambiguity caused by ellipsis and substitution in english = nghiên cứu về sự mập mờ về nghĩa gây ra do phép tỉnh lược và phép thay thế trong tiếng anh luận văn tốt nghiệp đại học
... understanding about ellipsis and substitution and their ambiguity In addition, the study is implemented with the hope to make a little contribution to solve ambiguity caused by ellipsis and substitution ... circumstances ellipsis and substitution usually cause ambiguity? What are the main types of ambiguity caused by ellipsis and substitution? How to avoid ambiguity caused by ellipsis and substitution? ... ambiguity caused by ellipsis and substitution through exercises Chapter 3: Findings and discussion This chapter presents some major findings about ambiguity which is caused by ellipsis and substitution...
Ngày tải lên: 14/12/2013, 00:41
Tài liệu Management by objectives and the Balanced Scorecard: will Rome fall again? doc
... done by using the measurement focus of the Scorecard for the following critical management processes (Kaplan and Norton, 1996b): • clarify and translate vision and strategy; • communicate and ... objectives and measures; • plan, set targets, and align strategic initiatives; • enhance strategic feedback and learning; • link measures with rewards Similarities and differences between MBO and the ... Inc., pp 1-20 David Dinesh and Elaine Palmer Management by objectives and the Balanced Scorecard: will Rome fall again? Management Decision 36/6 [1998] 363–369 Landau, M and Stout, R (1979), “To...
Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 12:20
LISTENING DIFFICULTIES PERCEIVED BY TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN USING THE NEW ENGLISH TEXTBOOK FOR GRADE 10 AT QUE VO II UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL IN BAC NINH
... questionnaire, interview and classroom observation The comments and perceptions made by teachers and students in response to the questionnaires were consolidated and categorized by the researcher The ... disruptive and threatening process” (Hutchinson and Hutchinson 1996: 316) The textbook writers utilized more communicative and learner-centered approaches, an emphasis on oral and aural skills, and ... to the students’ lives, needs, and interests and when the students themselves are actively engaged in creating, understanding, and connecting to knowledge (McCombs and Whistler, 1997) Students...
Ngày tải lên: 05/02/2014, 22:02