using oil to calm breaking waves

... reduces the hazard 3214 Using Oil to Calm Breaking Waves Historically oil was used to calm breaking waves, and was useful to vessels when lowering or hoisting boats in 448 WAVES, BREAKERS AND SURF ... more rapid, causing greater refraction towards the ridge The waves tend to align themselves with the bottom contours Waves on both sides of the ridge have a component of motion toward the ridge ... small quantity sufficed if the oil were made to spread to windward of the vessel Oil increases the surface tension of the water, lessening the tendency for waves to break BREAKERS AND SURF 3215...

Ngày tải lên: 08/05/2016, 10:19

... results, there are several factors that should be taken into account: • Using individual’s wages as an indicator of productivity leads to results that are likely to understate the effects of health ... that the costs of absenteeism due to illness are likely to vary from firm to firm, and state that the costs are likely to be largest at firms where the inventory is perishable They give the example ... illness onto the other employees who are required to work harder or longer hours to meet the shortfall due to their colleague’s illness In the longer run, this situation is unlikely to be tenable,...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 09:20

... credence to the hypothesis that participants tend to prefer major content to be toward the right side of complex pictures These experiments typically investigate which of two complex photographs, ... left -to- right reading direction in English (cf Nachson et al., 1999) and/or the bottom-left -to- top-right scan path hypothesized by Wölfflin (1928) and Gaffron (1950) It may also be related to hemispheric ... variables are possible, however To simplify these analyses, we first recoded the left/right facing factor to reflect whether objects face into or out of the frame, analogous to reflecting either the left-facing...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 17:20

... similar care facility to provide notice to, and obtain written approval or a waiver from, the Office of the Attorney General (attorney general) prior to entering into an agreement to sell, or otherwise ... access to care are unclear 21 22 California State Auditor Report 2011-126 August 2012 Because the coding and the definitions of items changed from year to year and from operator to operator, we ... intends to ensure compliance of all hospitals required to submit community benefit plans to Health Planning, it should consider revising state law to allow Health Planning to assess a penalty to those...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 23:20

... addition of aprotinin or plasminogen activator inhibitor (Pai-1) to the sera of DNase1 KO mice completed chromatolysis to mononucleosomes and even to oligonucleotides (Fig 1C) These experiments ... such as, for example, apoptosis, leading to the nuclear import of DNase1l3 after its release from the rER into the cytoplasm Macrophages of different organs have been shown to express DNase1l3 in ... of incubation at 37 °C] Top panel: serum was stored at )20 °C, thawed to room temperature and analysed directly Bottom panel: identical sera analysed after weeks of storage at °C The addition...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 02:20

... (Predictor) → QoL (Outcome) -0.154 0.078 -0.381, -0.074 0.004 Pain (Mediator) → QoL (Outcome) -0.201 0.119 -0.689, -0.222

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... blunt microdissector According to the size of spinal canal, 15×8×3 ~ 8×5×2 ㎜ size autogenous bone fragment was inserted through the window to compress spinal cord about 25% Autogenous bone fragment ... used Electrical stimulations with V, 25 Hz were done for 20 m in by using of electrical stimulator (Pulse stimulator AM3000, Tokyo Electronic Co., J apan) Cage confinement was applied concurrently ... radiograph was performed to know the size of spinal canal According to the radiograph, the size of bone fragment to insert was determined After surgery, myelogram was carried out to confirm that the...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 17:22

... of research has been dedicated to the role of seedling quality assessment prior to field planting, there is still a need to develop more reliable testing methods to predict field performance after ... difference might be attributed to fine root tolerance to freezing As suggested by McEvoy and McKay [15], the fine roots of certain tree species are more resistant to low temperature stress than ... few studies, related to plant quality indicators have been carried out in hot climates and using Mediterranean species As McKay and White [21] found, the effect of the stock’s planting condition...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 14:21

... Pezeshki et al, 1996) The chain of events leading to stomatal closure and photosynthesis decline is still poorly understood (Dreyer, 1994) Stomatal closure may be induced by root-issued abscisic ... by soil conditions in the pots As such they reveal a large plasticity of Q robur seedlings with respect ance soil of to known acclimation to shade, and resemble those occurring when leaf ontogeny ... content and reduced slightly the photosynthetic capacity of the leaves In general, such responses correspond to the petraea, it induced soil conditions, and a low tolerto limitations in Q rubra seedlings...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 18:21

... This led to standard deviations of up to 40% A further obstacle was, that metabolic activity assays seldom reflect cell cytotoxicity from RT in solid malignancies We used this assay to investigate ... withdrawn in varying protocols to days before irradiation After irradiation the cells were subjected to "immediate plating" for methodological reasons This means that the monolayer had to be trypsinized, ... the combination therapy leads to reduced growth kinetics after irradiation Both factors together may explain the clinically observed survival benefit [9] We chose to test goserelin concentrations...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:21

... DMSO was added to each well with shaking for 10 The absorbance (A) at 570 nm was measured using an enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA) plate reader to quantitate the inhibitory rate The ... of IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-a cytokines in xenografted tumors by immunohistochemistry Carcinoma tissues were dehydrated using a graded series from 75, through 80 and 95, to 100% ethanol Dehydrated ... Table 1) 2.2 Effects of UTI and TAX on MDA-MB-231 cell apoptosis Compared to the control group (1.00), the level of apoptosis increased to 1.84 for the UTI group, 3.90 for the TAX group, and 6.79...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:21

... 24 h after the treatment, total mRNAs were isolated using mL TRIzol reagent according to the protocol provided by the manufacturer 20 μL mRNA was reverse transcripted into cDNA and the amount of ... possibly due to its inhibitory effect on the translocation of protein kinase C from the cytoplasm to the membrane and consequent down-regulation of MEK/ERK/c-Jun pathway, thereby causing the decline ... involves many extremely complicate regulatory factors, its treatment is often difficult Therefore, the objective of the study is to explore various cytokines’ mechanisms and relationship in regulating...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:21

... flow monitors were digitized by a DT 2801-A analog to digital converter board (Data Translation, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) in a Dell 425E personal computer Software was custom written using ... hepatic arterial oxygen delivery to total hepatic DO2 (hepatic DO2 ratio) = [HAFI × SaO2/(HAFI × SaO2 + PVFI × SpO2)] × 100% The protocol was approved by the Laboratory Animal Care Committee of ... these differences might be related to differential maturation of adrenoceptors and functional immaturity of the receptor mechanisms in newborns [11,12], as well as to differences in the ultrastructure...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:21

... proportional to each one-minute decrease in arrival time; proportional to each increase by 1.33 kPa (10 mm Hg); cCPR performed in the period from November 2003 to April 2006 (period 1: January 2000 to ... compared groups: first monitored rhythm, location of arrest, witnessed arrest, etiology of arrest, gender, age, time to initiation of CPR, and initial petCO2 (Tables to 3) The initial, average, ... aValue proportional to each one-minute decrease in arrival time; bValues proportional to each increase by 1.33 kPa (10 mm Hg); cCPR performed in the period from November 2003 to April 2006 (period...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... deepest gratitude to my mentor, Dr Stuart Warden for his guidance and support I am very grateful to Dr Warden for all he has taught me and for allowing me to learn and contribute to many studies ... the effect most relevant to tendinopathy is the regulation of inflammation Prior to examining the effects of inflammatory mediators in tendinopathy, it is important to understand their synthesis ... inflammatory mediators Cytokines assosicated with inflammation, specifically interleukins (IL) and tumor necrosis factors (TNF), have also been investigated in tendinopathies These cytokines...

Ngày tải lên: 24/08/2014, 09:15

... NADPH:protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase Photosynthetic photon flux density Photosystem I Photosystem II Photochemical quenching Non-photochemical quenching Respiratory burst oxidase homolog Red chlorophyll ... the mitochondria during photosynthesis and photorespiration, respectively (Foyer and Noctor, 2003) In the absence of photosynthesis (either in the dark, or in non-photosynthetic tissues), mitochondria ... lead to mutations, as well as to changes in cytosine methylation, which in turn affects gene expression (Halliwell, 2006) As observed in mammalian mitochondria, the lack of protective histones...

Ngày tải lên: 28/11/2015, 13:46

... not attempt to explain the factors that affect customer loyalty Namely, tourist loyalty to the products or destinations may not be enough to explain why and how they are willing to revisit or ... for factor inclusion, and a factor loading of 0.40 was used as the benchmark to include items in a factor Then, the included items within a factor were calculated to create a composite factor All ... destination managers should give attention to tourists’ relaxation, family togetherness, and safety & fun in order to appeal to tourists’ internal motives to travel The unique measurements and discriminant...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2016, 16:57

... seawater in the simulators The simulators were operated for 30 days prior to the oil spill Fuel oil C was spilled into O simulator at day 0, whereas no spill was occurred in C simulator Fig shows dissolved ... natural tidal flat Fuel oil C (1 L m-2) was spilled onto a tidal flat simulator (O simulator) Another simulator was operated as a control without any oil spill (C simulator) Vertical profiles ... simulators 500 400 300 200 100 -100 -200 -300 -400 -500 -15 -10 -5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 Fig Effect of oil spill on ORP in C and O simulators C simulator (1cm) C simulator (5cm) O simulator...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 08:40

... they would like to cross off and others they would like to expand on According to Walters (1983) ways of organizing brainstorming comprises pyramid brainstorming, from to individual to the whole ... practical strategies to help students to write successfully For the reasons as above, the author has decided to choose the topic An Investigation into the Effects of Brainstorming and Giving a ... skills Thus, it is necessary to carry out an investigation into the prewriting activities, specially, into brainstorming and giving a text as a model to find out ways to make students writing better...

Ngày tải lên: 18/12/2013, 10:08

... place, leads to only a 0.1 to 0.8 gigaton increase in the land sink in 2100 (compare 0.6 to 0.9 gigatons in Figure 5) and a cumulative 2000-2100 increase of carbon uptake of 13 to 40 gigatons of carbon, ... pathway is created in which NO reacts with HO2 to form NO2 and to reform OH Ultraviolet light then decomposes NO2 to produce O atoms (which attach to O2 to form O3) and reform NO Hence NOx (the sum ... either by donating its O atom (e.g., to CO to form CO2 and H) or by removing H (e.g., from CH4 to form CH3 and H2O) The H and CH3 formed in these ways attach rapidly to O2 to form hydroperoxy (HO2)...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 22:20