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The main aim of this investigation was to develop a low-cost solution to remove trace metals from the aqueous phase using biochar. This study investigated (i) the effect of giant reed-based biochar produced at varying temperatures in the treatment of aqueous solutions polluted with lead; and (ii) how the production of biochar at different temperatures affected its adsorption capacity for lead from the aqueous phase.

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The increasingly important role played by family firms in China’s fledging capital market calls for a better understanding of how it works and is governed. This study aims to explore how corporate governance issues in family firms are tackled from the perspective of investor protection. The thesis addresses the question by first presenting theoretical models showing the relations among investor protection, family governance, and agency costs in family firms.

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The selection of a wound dressing is crucial for successful wound management. Conventional dressings are preferable for the treatment of simple wounds. However, a bioactive wound dressing that supports wound management and accelerates the healing process is required when it comes to treating non-self-healing wounds. 2-deoxy-D-ribose (2dDR) is a small deoxy sugar that naturally occurs in human body.

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Retrograded starch is known to be resistant to digestion. We used enzyme kinetic experiments to examine how retrogradation of starch affects amylolysis catalysed by porcine pancreatic amylase. Parallel studies employing differential scanning calorimetry, infra red spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and NMR spectroscopy were performed to monitor changes in supramolecular structure of gelatinised starch as it becomes retrograded.

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Thermocouples are one of the most widespread used sensors for temperature measurements in several applications, thanks to their robustness, low cost and ease of installation. However, when used in high temperature environments or in the presence of flames or elevated hot sources, the measurement can be affected, for example, by radiative exchanges to and from the ambient.

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Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) is an intervention designed to help the concerned significant others (CSOs) of people with alcohol problems who are reluctant to seek treatment. It aims to improve the well-being of CSOs and teach them how to change their behavior in order to positively influence the “identified patient” (IP) to seek treatment.

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In this paper, a survey of recent power managing techniques is presented. It provides an insight into how they can be used and orchestrated so that satisfactory performance can be achieved within a given energy budget. Moreover, the advantages and also drawbacks are analyzed to provide users with a good comprehension of power managers for a better choice.

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Due to easy online accessibility of pornography its consumption is popular among adolescents and young adults. Considering recently developed frameworks on the effects of sexual media, we assessed how increased consumption of pornography is associated with the experience of certain aspects of offline and online sexual activity in German medical students.

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This paper is the first study to examine the socioeconomic inequality in cervical cancer screening uptake using concentration indices, in Malawi. Furthermore, it decomposes the concentration index to examine how each factor contributes to the level of inequality in the uptake of cervical cancer screening.

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Economic news we read everyday is probably our main source of economic knowledge.Thus, it has an important role in shaping our public knowledge, attitudes and behavior. Concerned with significance of critical comprehending of economic news, this research is conducted to investigate how writers in economist.com and tuoitre.vn address economic issues as well as discover similarities and differences of English and Vietnamese economic news.

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Dictionary of Marketing (Third edition) provides the user with a comprehensive vocabulary of terms used in marketing. It covers such aspects of the subject as market research, advertising, promotional aids and selling techniques. The main words are explained in simple English, and, where appropriate, examples are given to show how the words are used in context. Quotations are also given from various magazines and journals, which give an idea of how the terms are used in real life.

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Chapter 6 - Cash and internal controls. After completing this chapter, students will be able to: Define internal control and identify its purpose and principles, define cash and cash equivalents and explain how to report them, compute the days’ sales uncollected ratio and use it to assess liquidity,...

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Chapter 9 - Current liabilities. The goals of this chapter are: Describe current and long-term liabilities and their characteristics, identify and describe known current liabilities, explain how to account for contingent liabilities, compute the times interest earned ratio and use it to analyze liabilities,...

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After reading the material in this chapter, you should be able to: Understand the concept of capacity and how important it is to "manage" capacity, explain the impact of economies of scale on the capacity of a firm, understand how to use decision trees to analyze alternatives when faced with the problem of adding capacity, describe the differences in planning capacity between manufacturing firms and service firms.

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After reading the material in this chapter, you should be able to: Describe what MRP is and where it is best applied, understand the source of the information used by the system, demonstrate how to do an MRP “explosion,” explain how order quantities are calculated in MRP systems.

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Chapter 22 - Process cost accounting. In this chapter, the learning objectives are: Discuss the uses of a process cost system and how it compares to a job order system, explain the flow of costs in a process cost system and the journal entries to assign manufacturing costs, Compute equivalent units.

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Lecture Managerial Accounting for the hospitality industry: Chapter 6 - Ratio analysis. Ratio analysis is used to analyze profitability and it is also used to examine, in detail, the asset, liability, and owners’ equity positions of a business. In this chapter you will learn how to compute and analyze the ratios used to evaluate each of these three major components of the basic Accounting Formula.

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In fact, forecasts are basic inputs for many kinds of decisions in business organizations. Consequently, it is important for all managers to be able to understand and use forecasts. Although forecasts are typically developed by the marketing function, the operations function is often called on to assist in forecast development. More important, though, is the reality that operations is a major user of forecasts. Chapter 3 provides important insights on forecasting as well as information on how to develop and monitor forecasts.

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In this chapter you should be able to: Explain what aggregate planning is and how it is useful, identify the variables decision makers have to work with in aggregate planning, describe some of the strategies that can be used for meeting uneven demand.

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Lecture Data communications and computer networks: A business user's approach (8E) - Chapter 10. After reading this chapter, you should be able to: discuss the responsibilities of the Internet Protocol (IP) and how IP can be used to create a connection between networks; identify both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses; discuss the responsibilities of the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and how it can be used to create a reliable, end-to-end network connection;... Please refer to the content of document.

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