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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

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2015, 23:08

... 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

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2022, 10:11

... 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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... assistants.In terms of theoretical implications, using AI in English writing raises questions about the impact on human creativity and the authenticity of content The rise of AI-generated content brings ... improve their overall writing proficiency.In terms of theoretical implications, using AI in English writing raises questions about the impact on human creativity and the authenticity of content The ... a mix of multiple choice and open-ended questions that reflect the respondents' views on specific topics The initial section focused on the writing patterns of these students in relation to AI,

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... appreciation 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: The concept of segmented ... working conditions and economic fate These working and economic conditions constitute the objective face of the class formation Second, the presence of class also manifests itself in terms of some ... have rigorously analyzed the impact of education on earnings Nonetheless, the ongoing controversy in the literature indicates Trang 13that the issue of education’s contribution to earnings has not

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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

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 23:20

... Z is the ratio by weight of filler to the rubber hydrocarbon in the vulcanisate, whilst a and b are constants The higher the Qf/Qg values, the lower the extent of the interaction between the ... groups facilitate the curing reaction of NR compounds Trang 6Figure 1: The effect of organoclay loading on scorch time of NR and ENR of the organoclay-filled ENR compared to those of the NR nanocomposites ... presence of isolated double bonds in ENR 50 will reduce the formation of intermolecular sulphide links This will increase the efficiency of the vulcanisation process of ENR, which results in the higher

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 14:20

... 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

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 17:22

... 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 ... and 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 parent ... 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 year caused the sum of the sizes of all

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

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 04:20

... identified in the responder and non-responder groups Responder Non-responder Trang 7The present study examined the effects of a standard clinical infliximab therapy protocol on the serum proteome of RA ... None of the patients had achieved a 'good' response at T12 (Table 1), but patients 13, 16, 18, and 23 had all achieved a 'moderate' response on the basis of these criteria Moreover, one of these ... 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

... erroneous pedigree infor-mation on the 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 negative contributions were obtained, the most negative contribution was set to zero and was recalculated until all contributions were non-negative Next, these continuous contributions per ... using Sonesson and Meuwissen [4]: where is a vector of proportional contributions of (n) selection candidates to the next generation, so that contri-butions of males within equals 1/2 and contribu-tions

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 13:21

... wavelength of 234 nm 54 Figure 4.1 A structure unit of isoflavones The antioxidant activity of the isoflavone is affected by the number and position of hydroxyl groups 58 Figure 4.2 Structures of ... 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 Trang 9SUMMARY Secondary ... estradiol-induced expression of progesterone receptors, which is one of the common side effects of estradiol, in MCF-7 cells and partially suppressed their expression in the BG-1 cells Thus, glyceollins

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

... Investigating the effects of chloride ions on TCE degradation by ZVI + The effect of pH on TCE degradation in the presence of chloride ions + The effect of chloride concentrations on TCE degradation The ... 4.2.1 The 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 5 CONCLUSIONS ... degradation and iron corrosion In addition, pH also involves the precipitation of iron hydroxides on the iron surface due to the reduction of water Long term observation showed that the higher pH, the

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 ... because of such positive relationships The strength of the personal bonds Trang 29could develop the relationship between employees of a supplier and the customers The long term interpersonal relationship ... collection method is better than all others, the interview is one of the most important sources of information (Yin 2003) because of deeper understanding made as discussion on the subject Therefore,

Ngày tải lên: 02/08/2017, 21:27

... 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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