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Predicting habitat suitability in temperate seagrass ecosystems
Limnol. Oceanogr., 54(6), 2009, 2018-2024 | DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.6.2018
ABSTRACT: The worldwide observed dramatic decline of seagrasses has typically been attributed to multiple stressors such as eutrophication, disease, sedimentation, and toxicity even... | __label__POS | 0.877709 |
Constructive neutral evolution: exploring evolutionary theory’s curious disconnect Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, 9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Biochemical Science Division, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
Biology Direct 2012, 7 :35 doi:10.1186/1745-6150-7-35Abs... | __label__POS | 0.764515 |
If you are like millions of other Americans, you made money peddling products on eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) Latest News about eBay last year. Many earned enough to enjoy a night on the town. Others collected enough to go on their dream vacation. Still others made a living selling widgets at the online auction site.
Regardless... | __label__POS | 0.659601 |
The FWSA offers a small grant of £250 for postgraduate members who wish to organise workshops, seminars or conferences. This money can be used for a variety of purposes, including paying speakers’ costs, providing refreshments, or hiring facilities, and it can be used alongside other awards (applicants are encouraged t... | __label__POS | 0.698447 |
JTS Torah Commentary Parashat Va–Ethannan
Shabbat Nahamu
Deuteronomy 3:23–7:11
August 5, 2006 11 Av 5766
This week's commentary was written by Rabbi Marc Wolf,
Senior Director of Community Development, JTS Reenacting a historical moment through liturgy and deed is a forte of Judaism. Our calendar year overflows with ho... | __label__POS | 0.896886 |
It's not only the schools: Some doctors are taking issue with Flamin' Hot Cheetos because they are leading to unnecessary emergency room visits.
Several school districts in New Mexico, California and Illinois have made the move to ban the snacks from their campuses because they lack nutritional value, and research sugg... | __label__POS | 0.559879 |
CONTEXT: Graves' disease (GD) is a systemic autoimmune syndrome comprising manifestations in thyroid and orbital connective tissue. The link between these two tissues in GD eludes our understanding. Patients with GD have increased frequency of circulating monocyte lineage cells known as fibrocytes. These fibrocytes inf... | __label__POS | 0.914123 |
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . October 12th, 2006
Needlestick Injuries - Majority of needlestick injuries can be prevented
Blood Banking - New York Blood Center experiencing blood shortage
Bone Marrow Transplantation - Veto cells may be used for tolerance induction without graft-versus-host disease
Busi... | __label__POS | 0.781367 |
Treating Stress Failure Injuries In Young Athletes Volume 15 - Issue 7 - July 2002 3888 reads 0 comments Start Page: 56Is the term “overuse injuries” really appropriate? After all, many so-called “overuse” injuries of the lower extremity are unilateral. In most cases, the right foot is used just as much as the left foo... | __label__POS | 0.87872 |
Xanat Flores-Cervantes, D., Reddy, C.M., Gschwend, P.M., Inferring black carbon concentrations in coastal seawater by observing pyrene fluorescence losses. , Env. Sci. and Technol., 2009; v43, 4864-4870.Black carbon (BC), the soot and char formed during incomplete combustion of fossil and biomass fuels, is ubiquitous, ... | __label__POS | 0.787565 |
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ABSTRACT- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency guidance for ecological risk assessments stipulates the use of highly conservative food web model estimates for intake. Compounds such as DDT and its related byproducts, are highly lipophilic, resulting in the potential fo... | __label__POS | 0.877802 |
Fungal and Fumonisins Contamination in Argentine Maize (Zea mays L.) Silo Bags J. Agric. Food Chem. In Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Vol. 57, No. 7. (3 March 2009), pp. 2778-2781, doi:10.1021/jf803609c Key: citeulike:11920331Formatted Citation Show HTML Likes (beta) Abstract Fumonisins in maize (Zea mays ... | __label__POS | 0.60985 |
The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) is an independent policy and research center, affiliated with the World Bank, dedicated to advancing financial access for the world’s poor.
Their next five-year strategic direction lays out five priority themes, desired outcomes, and activities against each priority. The... | __label__POS | 0.801736 |
BACKGROUND: Class I evidence for surgical effectiveness in refractory temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) in 2001 led to an American Academy of Neurology practice parameter in 2003 recommending "referral to a surgical epilepsy center on failing appropriate trials of first-line antiepileptic drugs." We examined whether this le... | __label__POS | 0.510759 |
Climatologists regularly issue confident warnings about impending atmospheric disasters. The secret of their wizardry: sophisticated computer models, which are no more than mathematical representations of the world's climate and the conditions that scientists think may contribute to a specific phenomenon like, say, ozo... | __label__POS | 0.879245 |
My wife and I attended that blessed event recently: the child-free dinner party. Even when your children are out of sight, however, they aren't out of mind, as when our hostess invoked Christ's admonition: Unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. How, she asked, are y... | __label__POS | 0.781427 |
Watch for pot holes as temperatures rise | Transportation Temperatures are forecasted to rise above freezing for Southwest Indiana later this week, increasing the likelihood that potholes will form. When the Indiana Department of Transportation is not clearing snow, ice or storm debris, crews are focused on maintaining... | __label__POS | 0.526477 |
Workflow Management Systems + Swarm Intelligence = Dynamic Task Assignment for Emergency Management Applications Business Process Management (2007), pp. 125-140, doi:10.1007/978-3-540-75183-0_10 Key: citeulike:1682305Formatted Citation Show HTML Likes (beta) Abstract The assignment of tasks to human performers is a cri... | __label__POS | 0.535373 |
Epidemiology of HIV among Youth HIV and Minority Youth Minority youth have been disproportionately affected by HIV since the beginning of the epidemic and they continue to bear the brunt of the epidemic. According to the CDC, in 2004, Black/African American youth aged 13-19 accounted for 73% of all AIDS cases among you... | __label__POS | 0.514452 |
CLIMATE TECHNOLOGY
INITIATIVE INDUSTRY JOINT SEMINAR ON SUCCESSFUL CASES OF TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER IN ASIAN COUNTRIES:
The Climate Technology Initiative (CTI) Industry Joint Seminar on Successful Cases of Technology Transfer in Asian Countries took place from 7-8 March 2007, at the Intercontinental Hotel, Nehru Place, New... | __label__POS | 0.779347 |
The FSA’s new policy on assessment of enforcement penalties for corrupt and fraudulent acts is now in force and applies to conduct occurring after 6 March 2010. It is expected to lead to a three-fold increase in the level of financial penalties. For example, individuals involved in market abuse cases could receive a mi... | __label__POS | 0.794373 |
18 July 2011 14:06:05 Infrastructure-as-a-Service appears to be ready to step out of the shadow of its bigger cousin SaaS, as a recent In-Stat report predicted significant gains for the cloud computing segment in the near future.
According to the market research firm, the overall public cloud computing market is expect... | __label__POS | 0.643561 |
Effect of Iron Supplementation on Development of Iron Deficiency Anemia in Breastfed Infants
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 07/05/2012
Gokcay G et al. – Nutrition might be more important than iron supplementation in preventing iron deficiency anemia during infancy.
This trial aimed to investigate the effect of iron su... | __label__POS | 0.662848 |
The BRAFT1799A mutation is the most common genetic alteration in papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTC). It is also found in a subset of papillary microcarcinomas, consistent with a role in tumor initiation. PTCs with BRAFT1799A are often invasive and present at a more advanced stage. BRAFT1799A is found with high prevalen... | __label__POS | 0.881804 |
Code of Ethics for Pharmacists PREAMBLE Pharmacists are health professionals who assist individuals in making the best use of medications. This Code, prepared and supported by pharmacists, is intended to state publicly the principles that form the fundamental basis of the roles and responsibilities of pharmacists. Thes... | __label__POS | 0.689916 |
Elevating the urban agenda and dealing with the fastest urbanization rates in history must start by forging the most effective alliances between private, public and social interests, around shared values to address urban core challenges and build solutions. This is the essence of the World Urban Campaign, a catalytic a... | __label__POS | 0.745239 |
The Budget and Finance Committee ("Committee") of the Board of Directors (the "Board") of the Illinois Health Information Exchange Authority ("Authority"), pursuant to notice duly given, held its Inaugural Meeting at 12:00 p.m. on May 19, 2011, at the offices of the Office of Health Information Technology ("OHIT"), Sta... | __label__POS | 0.584314 |
Poverty estimates in India are derived from the household consumer expenditure data collected by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) every fifth year. The Planning Commission updates the poverty line for the year 1973-74 according to relevant prices indices. It identifies the expenditure group from the NSSO ... | __label__POS | 0.730279 |
As a follow-up to last month’s post, one of the more interesting outcomes of the ONC-led health IT initiatives is not just the coalescence around HL7 standards, but the central role the HL7 Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) has been accorded among interoperability strategy. While there are necessary supporting stand... | __label__POS | 0.737281 |
Creating Undergraduate Internships for Non-LIS Students in Academic Libraries Abstract This paper provides a framework for creating undergraduate internships in academic libraries, specifically those offered in collaboration with subject-based academic departments at universities where no degrees in library science are... | __label__POS | 0.544464 |
Cargill Dow recently completed a plastics plant in Blair, NE, that will consume 14 million bushels of corn a year once the plant reaches full-scale operation.
According to Pat Gruber, chief technology officer for Cargill Dow, the plant will begin production in 2002, creating biodegradable plates, forks, spoons, cups, c... | __label__POS | 0.750735 |
Type of Document Dissertation Author Zarpentine, Christopher R. Author's Email Address czarpent@fsu.edu URN etd-04042011-163715 Title The Fragmentation of Moral Psychology: Reason, Emotion, Motivation and Moral Judgment in Ethics and Science Degree Doctor of Philosophy Department Philosophy, Department of Advisory Comm... | __label__POS | 0.542665 |
Do Flu Vaccines Even Work? Tom Jefferson, an epidemiologist with the prestigious Cochrane Collaboration, explains that we don’t really know what protection, if any, flu vaccines offer. So what should people do to prevent the flu?
If they want to base it on good evidence, they should wash their hands. | __label__POS | 0.501435 |
This past week, I have learned that too many people I know or have know of – are dying of cigarettes.
Yes. That's right. Not lung cancer. Or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – COPD. Those are symptoms.
Their cause?
Smoking cigarettes.
"Mary's life ended all too soon. The cause of death was cigarettes, which first ... | __label__POS | 0.619568 |
Saccharin Removed from EPA’s Hazardous Substance List The EPA has officially removed saccharin and its salts from their list of hazardous constituents and commercial chemical products. In a December 14, 2010 release, the EPA stated that saccharin is no longer considered a potential hazard to human health. Other substan... | __label__POS | 0.972715 |
Great idea!
I heard at the end of a talk by Thich Nhat Hanh earlier this week, which he gave in Vietnam, a woman asked if we are mindful in everything we do, do we need to meditate? Thich Nhat Hanh told her that those who have a high level of mindfulness, constant mindfulness in everything they do, don't need to sit in... | __label__POS | 0.966415 |
Your firmer and flatter abdomen will enhance your body contour as a result of Abdominoplasty. Wearing certain styles of clothing will be easier and comfortable. You will be more confident about your appearance.
The incisions from the procedure will heal and fade over time. However, one needs to understand that the inci... | __label__POS | 0.998137 |
International Bottled Water Assn. delivers bottled water to Hurricane Sandy victims
The International Bottled Water Assn. (IBWA) is working with its member bottlers to deliver critical supplies of bottled water to victims of Hurricane Sandy.
As with past disasters, IBWA member bottlers began preparing to provide substa... | __label__POS | 0.804235 |
ITFC is designed to maintain children and youth in family settings in the community who otherwise may have been placed into institutional settings. ITFC offers intensified services for foster youth who need extra structure and support not available in other foster settings. Additional support is given to foster familie... | __label__POS | 0.503981 |
Curriculum Summary: Course of Study The program offers a firm foundation in biomedical sciences, epidemiology and biostatistics. The program trains research scientists who are interested in the following areas of cellular and molecular biology: nutritional biochemistry, cardiovascular biology, gene regulation, cell-env... | __label__POS | 0.789499 |
Steven Lasser, M.D. has recently received his certification from the FAA to perform aviation medical exams.An Aviation Medical Examiner (AME), in the United States and other countries, is a physician designated by the local aviation authority to perform physical examinations and issue aviation medical certificates.Phys... | __label__POS | 0.582053 |
Erikson Institute Psychodynamic Psychopharmacology: Addressing the Underlying Causes of Treatment Resistance Psychiatry has benefited from an increasingly evidence-based perspective and a proliferation of safer, more tolerable, and perhaps more effective treatments during the last two years. Despite these advances, how... | __label__POS | 0.99501 |
Many women and even men have great desire for looking beautiful, fresh and strikingly attractive. However, having an oily skin can lead to several problems. People with oily skin normally have persistent shining face. This kind of skin is advantageous in that it retains a youthful look for a long time. However, oily sk... | __label__POS | 0.586068 |
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of a completely soluble fiber on fasting and postprandial hormone levels, respiratory quotient (RQ) and subjective ratings of satiety during a controlled weight-loss program.
DESIGN: In a five-week prospective, randomized, double-blind study, a 3.3 MJ (800 kcal)/d diet was provided du... | __label__POS | 0.603305 |
S-1792 Supplemental aid to districts with significant enrollment growth.
NJEA supports S-1792 (Sweeney). The bill would provide a supplemental appropriation of more than $4 million from Property Tax Relief to the Department of Education to provide additional state aid to school districts that have experienced significa... | __label__POS | 0.710316 |
Why is Population Important? The health of our planet and all its people depends on how we manage our resources. The more people who live on the planet, the more resources we need.
Because our resources are limited and the population is increasing, we need to manage our resources carefully and fairly.
© All copyright i... | __label__POS | 0.625659 |
Angora Fire The Angora Fire in South Lake Tahoe began in June, 2007, destroyed 254 homes, caused $140 million in property damage, and scorched 3,100 acres. This project, a collaboration among the photography area of the Art Department, the University of Nevada Reno's Academy for the Environment, and the Center for Land... | __label__POS | 0.857837 |
The Brain, the Will and the Law This project aims to explore the extent to which a three-way collaboration between philosophers, lawyers and neuroscientists can shed light on questions concerning free will, responsibility and punishment.
Recently there has been a huge amount of academic debate about, and public and leg... | __label__POS | 0.93619 |
Pollen Allergies June 11, 2011
Pollen is one of the leading causes of seasonal allergies around the home. Each spring, summer, and fall, tiny pollen particles are released from trees, weeds, and grasses, causing seasonal rhinitis, commonly referred to as hay fever (nasal/sinus allergies). While many other allergens can... | __label__POS | 0.891943 |
Sports Medicine
Our Certified Athletic Trainers (ATC) are highly trained professionals with diverse educational and experiential backgrounds. The National Athletic Trainers' Association Board of Certification (NATABOC) and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Division of Professional Licensure credential them. The compreh... | __label__POS | 0.907077 |
Globalization, inequality, and the legal services industry
Abstract
Borrowing from sociology, this paper uses a 'commodity analysis approach' to discuss key developments in the legal services industry. The paper argues that globalization may lead to considerable restructuring in the legal business. These changes seem t... | __label__POS | 0.924016 |
The Scottish Government has published a Climate Change Bill which sets mandatory targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions in Scotland by 80% by 2050. Following a significant campaign from Friends of the Earth and other environmental groups it has also proposed annual targets. We welcome this as an opportunity for Scotla... | __label__POS | 0.649624 |
Southwestern Deserts September, 2004
Regional Report Start Vegetable Transplants Sow seeds indoors to ready cool-season veggies for transplant in October. Start cabbage family crops, such as cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, and brussels sprouts. Use sterile containers and potting mix to inhibit damping off disease... | __label__POS | 0.619162 |
We Care - Healthcare Construction Held To A Higher Level In healthcare construction, owners, administration, medical staff, physicians, patients and visitors often have differing viewpoints from which they measure the success of a project. Still, all are critical stakeholders in each and every project and are deserving... | __label__POS | 0.669317 |
Why Do We Need Probation?
The unprecedented growth in the nation's prison population has placed a heavy economic burden on taxpayers in terms of the cost to build, maintain and operate prisons. According to the United States Justice Department, over 2 million Americans are behind bars. This represents nearly six times ... | __label__POS | 0.999998 |
BACKGROUND: A bidirectional relationship between migraine and depression suggests a neurobiological link. Adverse experiences, particularly childhood maltreatment, may alter neurobiological systems, and predispose to a multiplicity of adult chronic disorders. Our objective is to determine, within a headache clinic popu... | __label__POS | 0.83864 |
Value realized from an acquisition depends on how well the newly combined company identifies, manages, and executes on synergy opportunities. Successful integrations follow a sequence of coordinated steps to identify, prioritize, execute, and track the drivers of value across the integration continuum. This framework h... | __label__POS | 0.998508 |
This book is part of the series Integrated Sustainable Waste Management - A Set of Five Tools for Decision-makers - Experiences from the Urban Waste Expertise Programme (1995 - 2001 )
It introduces the concept of Integrated Sustainable Waste Management (ISWM). ISWM provides an analytic framework for the assessment of w... | __label__POS | 0.648656 |
The 130 million existing homes in the US are responsible for nearly a quarter of our greenhouse gas emissions. Yet, if all new homes were built to net zero energy it would reduce our emissions by zero. Mitigation and adaptation really do start at home.
If we are capable of destroying the planet… | __label__POS | 0.981762 |
This 1-hour module describes key competency areas and strategies for supervisors of staff, particularly in the areas of supporting and instructing staff, so that excellence is achieved in the workplace. Participants will also learn about the different roles supervisors play in their interactions with their staff.
The h... | __label__POS | 0.998987 |
You know the feeling: Faced with many of your favorite dishes and beverages, you overindulged. Now you facing the consequences. Heartburn.
Perhaps prompted by television ads about their effectiveness, or the advice of a friend, you reach for an over-the-counter antacid. But is this the best way to handle your heartburn... | __label__POS | 0.893205 |
…”Recent research has uncovered a trend called ‘boomer bummers,’” notes Michelle Edelman, boomer expert and president of NYCA, a Solana Beach, Calif.-based integrated marketing and ad agency. “As [older] boomers pass into the typical retirement ages — as they get their AARP cards and turn milestones — they start to get... | __label__POS | 0.681077 |
Subjective Attributes of Depression, Part 2: The Contribution of Self-Perceived Disability to Depression Following Stroke Abstract This study aimed to evaluate the factors leading to depression following stroke and amputation according to the patients own self-report. Method: Twenty-seven stroke patients and partners, ... | __label__POS | 0.906247 |
Abstract Recent advances in nanotechnology have yielded materials and structures that offer great potential for improving the sensitivity, selectivity, stability, and speed of next-generation chemical gas sensors. To fabricate practical devices, the “bottom-up” approach of producing nanoscale sensing elements must be i... | __label__POS | 0.776889 |
Producer Profiles KSU Arinagata - Koperasi Serba Usaha Arinagata Farmers in the area had been severely affected by the previous armed conflict in the Aceh province, prompting most to leave their farms for years, only returning recently after the signing of a peace agreement in 2005. As a result, some farmers are still ... | __label__POS | 0.944908 |
Are judicial rulings based solely on laws and facts? Legal formalism holds that judges apply legal reasons to the facts of a case in a rational, mechanical, and deliberative manner. In contrast, legal realists argue that the rational application of legal reasons does not sufficiently explain the decisions of judges and... | __label__POS | 0.987717 |
Sort: publication date | titles A - Z Page: | 1 | Ethical Maturity in the Helping Professions provides a comprehensive overview of the most influential ideas in ethical thinking across the ages. It explores the ethical challenges through an interdisciplinary approach and presents a brand new model for becoming ethicall... | __label__POS | 0.92036 |
Reproductive Health Practice Adaptations This document is part of the network’s series of practice adaptations developed by clinicians working in HCH projects.
This document contains the client education and pregnancy counseling protocols for the San Francisco Department of Public Health, posted with permission.
Healin... | __label__POS | 0.866708 |
The University of Massachusetts Amherst Center for Research on Families’ Tay Gavin Erickson Lecture Series Presenting: Judith Crowell, MD Professor and Director of Training, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Stony Brook University, Senior Scientist, Judge Baker Children's Center, Harvard Medical School
“ Influences of C... | __label__POS | 0.519679 |
2. knowledge integration A program that states it could achieve anything but you do not get anything new out of it.
Knowledge integration is a program at the University of Waterloo.
1. knowledge integration The practice of combining knowledge across disciplinary boundaries and collaborating with diverse specialists in ... | __label__POS | 0.949103 |
THE REMARKABLE progress made in the control of epilepsy during the past five years has been due, in a large measure, to a handful of drugs with anticonvulsant action. Many of these drugs, such as trimethadione (Tridione)* and phenacemide (Phenurone), have potentially serious side-effects.† A few deaths have been attrib... | __label__POS | 0.617707 |
Q: I've suffered from depression for years, and at least twice have come close to committing suicide. Many factors made me hold back. For the past six years, the longest period since I first sought help, I've been on anti-depressant medication and receive regular therapy.
I have no current plans to do myself in and don... | __label__POS | 0.673104 |
April 2, 2009 Causation in the Third Restatement In the final panel of today, David Robertson (Texas) and Joe Sanders (Houston) discussed Causation in the Third Restatement. The panel was moderated by Wendy Parker (Wake Forest). Don Cowan (Ellis & Winters) and Steve Gold (Rutgers) provided commentary.
Robertson present... | __label__POS | 0.705304 |
Author: Anthony PymElectronic: ISBN: 020386929X 9780203869291 Pages: 200 Price: U.S. $ 40.95Hardback: ISBN: 0415553628 9780415553629 Pages: 200 Price: U.S. $ 140.00Paperback: ISBN: 0415553636 9780415553636 Pages: 200 Price: U.S. $ 40.95Abstract:
Exploring Translation Theories presents a comprehensive analysis of the ke... | __label__POS | 0.960573 |
1. Scope
1.1 This test method covers the determination of the energy required to rupture coatings applied to pipe under specified conditions of impact from a falling weight.
1.2 This test method may involve hazardous operations and equipment. This test method does not purport to address all of the safety problems assoc... | __label__POS | 0.635072 |
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Abdominal Organ Transplant Unit, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION:
Since August 2010, The Brazilian National Transplantation System has allowed performance of liver transplantation (OLT) for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) beyond the Milan criteria (MC) wh... | __label__POS | 0.599519 |
Restrooms, dumpsters and drain lines are among areas foodservice operators need to pay extra close attention to on hot summer days. Recent record temperatures have made foodservice venues a haven for people dodging the heat. However, higher temperatures can mean more than just oppressive heat and humidity—they can also... | __label__POS | 0.743646 |
Bribery Newsflash: Serious Fraud Office revises bribery policies
10 October 2012
The UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO)
has revised its policies on facilitation payments, business
expenditure (hospitality) and corporate self-reporting, it was
announced yesterday. This follows the removal last week of the
previous guidance... | __label__POS | 0.975355 |
Evaluation of Shared Lane Markings
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND
Shared lane markings (also referred to as sharrows ) help convey to motorists and bicyclists that they must share the roads on which they are operating. The purpose of the markings is to create improved conditions for bicyclists by clarifying where t... | __label__POS | 0.717639 |
TSEM9220 - Ownership and income tax: legal background: joint ownership - tenants in common Property is held in the name of A and B. A and B are the legal owners.
In a tenancy in common, A and B are each entitled to a specific share in the property. The shares in which the property is owned may or may not be equal. For ... | __label__POS | 0.587439 |
Spatial-temporal complexity of continental intraplate seismicity: insights from geodynamic modeling and implications for seismic hazard estimation
Qingsong Li
Continental intraplate seismicity seems often episodic, clustered, and migrating. The observed seismicity shows both spatial clustering in seismic zones and scat... | __label__POS | 0.857806 |
If we set our refrigerator thermostat to keep the contents at a reasonable temperature in summer, liquids turn to ice overnight in winter. This has happened with every fridge we have owned. Why doesn't the thermostat react only to the temperature inside the refrigerator? Does something similar occur in electric ovens?
... | __label__POS | 0.953803 |
The disinfection function consists in making materials and premises healthy in terms of bacterial contamination. This is a crucial challenge for the industries, for those who work there and for the protection of the final product and, therefore, for the consumer. An effective and regular disinfection significantly decr... | __label__POS | 0.658795 |
Purpose: This study aimed to compare the marginal fit of 2 kinds of metal-ceramic crowns—crowns cast from commercially pure titanium and Procera titanium crowns. Materials and Methods: Ten copings of each type were prepared, veneered with low-fusing porcelain, and bonded with glass-ionomer cement. Marginal fit was asse... | __label__POS | 0.525839 |
What is the President's $20 million ADAP Initiative? On June 23, 2004, President Bush announced immediate availability of an additional $20
million in drug therapies for ten states with AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP)
waiting lists as of June 21, 2004. The ten states eligible to participate in this program
are: Ala... | __label__POS | 0.774974 |
State of the World's Forests report 2009 The 2009 edition of the biennial “State of the World's Forests” report was published by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Monday 16 March 2009.
The report summarizes the outlook for forests and forestry in each region, examines past trends and projected demograph... | __label__POS | 0.652103 |
To determine whether elastic compression alters the venous hemodynamics in the postphlebitic limb, we measured venous pressure patterns in 11 postphlebitic limbs with and without elastic compression stockings. Following cannulation of a dorsal vein of the foot, the patients underwent measurements of basal resting press... | __label__POS | 0.526969 |
11/08/2009Aids 2010 24 (1): 17-25 Abstract Objective: Resistance to raltegravir is associated with three genetic pathways defined
bythemutations Y143R/C, Q148H/R/K orN155Hin integrase, which also infer a viral
fitness cost. Additionally, the three major HIV-1 drug-targeted enzymes protease,
reverse transcriptase and in... | __label__POS | 0.924636 |
Dilapidations & Terminal Lease Issues Langleybury offers professional advice in respect of disrepair claims during or at the end of the lease term, including the negotiation of the settlement in accordance with current RICS guidance protocols and current legislation. We can assist by ensuring the claim is fair and real... | __label__POS | 0.923348 |
Physical therapy services, owing to their inherent nature, have often been found to be elusive while billing for medical reimbursement. Unless medically deemed fit, these services cannot be billed for reimbursement. Consequently, physicians are apprehensive of undertaking certain services that might deprive them of rei... | __label__POS | 0.543087 |
India has been free of polio for over one year. This is a remarkable accomplishment, considering that just 30 years ago the country recorded 200,000 cases of the disease annually, or one every three minutes. With polio endemic in two neighboring countries, Pakistan and Afghanistan, and in the more distant Nigeria (figu... | __label__POS | 0.656897 |
The cellular response to O2 (oxygen) is a central process in animal cells and figures prominently in the pathophysiology of several diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, and stroke. This process is coordinated by the HIF (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor) and its regulator, the pVHL (Von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppr... | __label__POS | 0.909147 |
[show abstract] [hide abstract]ABSTRACT: We describe a touchscreen method that satisfies a proposed 'wish-list' of desirables for a cognitive testing method for assessing rodent models of schizophrenia. A number of tests relevant to schizophrenia research are described which are currently being developed and validated ... | __label__POS | 0.844072 |
OBJECTIVE: This study retrospectively examined the occurrence of bipolar disorder in patients with prelingual deafness who were hospitalized for a psychiatric disorder. METHOD: The hospital charts since 1983 of all psychiatrically admitted deaf patients were retrospectively evaluated for diagnoses by using DSM-IV crite... | __label__POS | 0.820874 |
Central AFRITAC (AFC) Launches the Senior Budget Officers' Forum Posted by Abdoulahi Mfombouot, Resident Adviser on Public Expenditure Management, Central AFRITAC
As the first initiative of this type in the subregion, the Forum of Senior Budget Officers of Central AFRITAC member States held its first meeting in Brazzav... | __label__POS | 0.54589 |
Money managers are rewarded for increasing the value of assets under management,and predominantly so in the mutual fund industry. This gives the manager an implicitincentive to exploit the well-documented positive fund-flows to relative-performancerelationship by manipulating her risk exposure. In a dynamic asset alloc... | __label__POS | 0.848465 |
Richard Wagner Payment Breakdown Subsidy Program Total Payments 1995-2012 Total USDA - Subsidies$777,571 Subtotal, Farming Subsidies $622,195 Subtotal, Conservation Programs $44,960 Subtotal, Disaster Payments $110,416
Commodity subsidy breakdown Subsidy Program Total Payments 1995-2012 Subtotal, Farming Subsidies$622,... | __label__POS | 0.756034 |
Schools School leaders establish a seamless link between accreditation and school improvement using accreditation as a dynamic catalyst for the continuous improvement process. School Accreditation can be used by individual institutions, both public and private, and educational service agencies.
School leaders engaged i... | __label__POS | 0.892856 |
Herbal Remedies for Addiction
An addiction is a physical or mental need for a substance, commonly alcohol, nicotine, or other drugs.
Herbalists often recommend blood-cleansing herbs to remove the addictive substances from the body quickly. Anti-addictive herbs include wild oats, skullcap, and sarsaparilla. Adding relax... | __label__POS | 0.920038 |
Volume 6, Issue 9 (October 2009)
This paper discusses the use of x-ray absorption as a technique for measuring fluid transport in cementitious systems. First, the paper describes how a material’s x-ray attenuation spectrum can be combined with composite modeling concepts to determine the extent of moisture movement (we... | __label__POS | 0.535816 |
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