Tabla de Contenidos: “…Recommendations for Preclinical Renal MRI: A Comprehensive Open-Access Protocol Collection to Improve Training, Reproducibility, and Comparability of Studies -- Animal Models of Renal Pathophysiology and Disease -- Preparation and Monitoring of Small Animals in Renal MRI -- Reversible (Patho-)Physiologically Relevant Test Interventions: Rationale and Examples -- Preparation of Ex Vivo Rodent Phantoms for Developing, Testing, and Training MR Imaging of the Kidney and Other Organs -- Quantitative Assessment of Renal Perfusion and Oxygenation by Invasive Probes: Basic Concepts -- Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Imaging of the Kidney: Basic Concepts and Protocols -- Hardware Considerations for Preclinical Magnetic Resonance of the Kidney -- MRI Mapping of Renal T1: Basic Concept -- MRI Mapping of the Blood Oxygenation Sensitive Parameter T2* in the Kidney: Basic Concept -- Renal Diffusion Weighted Imaging (DWI) for Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC), Intra Voxel Incoherent Motion (IVIM), and Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI): Basic Concept -- Dynamic Contrast Enhancement (DCE)-MRI Derived Renal Perfusion and Filtration: Basic Concepts -- Non-Invasive Renal Perfusion Measurement Using Arterial Spin Labelling (ASL) MRI: Basic Concept -- Renal pH Imaging Using Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (CEST)-MRI: Basic Concepts -- Sodium (23Na) MRI of the Kidney: Basic Concept -- Hyperpolarized Carbon (13C) MRI of the Kidneys: Basic Concepts -- Functional Imaging Using Fluorine (19F) MR Methods: Basic Concepts -- MR Elastography of the Abdomen: Basic Concepts -- Monitoring Renal Hemodynamics and Oxygenation by Invasive Probes: Experimental Protocol -- Essential Practical Steps for MRI of the Kidney in Experimental Research -- Assessment of Renal Volume with MRI: Experimental Protocol -- Experimental Protocols for MRI Mapping of Renal T1 -- Experimental Protocols for MRI Mapping of the Blood Oxygenation Sensitive Parameters T2* and T2 in the Kidney -- Renal MRI Diffusion: Experimental Protocol -- Dynamic Contrast Enhanced (DCE)-MRI Derived Renal Perfusion and Filtration: Experimental Protocol -- Renal Blood Flow Using Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL)-MRI: Experimental Protocol and Principles -- Renal pH Mapping Using Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (CEST)-MRI: Experimental Protocol -- Sodium (23Na) MRI of the Kidney: Experimental Protocol -- Hyperpolarized Carbon (13C) MRI of the Kidney: Experimental Protocol -- Fluorine (19F) MRI for Assessing Inflammatory Cells in the Kidney: Experimental Protocol -- Fluorine (19F) MRI to Measure Renal Oxygen Tension and Blood Volume: Experimental Protocol -- MR Elastography of the Abdomen: Experimental Protocols -- Subsegmentation of the Kidney in Experimental MR Images Using Morphology-Based Regions-of-Interest or Multiple-Layer Concentric Objects -- De-Noising for Improved Parametric MRI of the Kidney: Protocol for Non-Local Means Filtering -- Analysis Protocols for MRI Mapping of Renal T1 -- Analysis Protocols for MRI Mapping of the Blood Oxygenation Sensitive Parameters T2* and T2 in the Kidney -- Analysis of Renal Diffusion Weighted Imaging (DWI) Using Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC) and Intra Voxel Incoherent Motion (IVIM) Models -- Analysis Protocol for Dynamic Contrast Enhanced (DCE)-MRI of Renal Perfusion and Filtration -- Quantitative Analysis of Renal Perfusion by Arterial Spin Labeling -- Analysis Protocol for the Quantification of Renal pH Using Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (CEST)-MRI -- Analysis Protocol for Renal Sodium (23Na) MR Imaging -- Analysis Methods for Hyperpolarized Carbon (13C) MRI of the Kidney -- Data Preparation Protocol for Low Signal-to-Noise Ratio Fluorine-19 MRI…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…A lack of geographical mobility impedes a better allocation of workers to jobs -- Fostering knowledge creation and R&amp -- D to boost innovation -- Innovative activity is concentrated in well-established sectors but not diversified enough -- References…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Overall political and administrative culture and structure -- Power structure: How power is organised or shared in the country -- Geopolitical situation and international/ cross-border relations: All types of relationships, based on formal agreements or not, between countries -- Legalistic versus non-legalistic system: The level of government support for digital government issues and current regulations and digital rights maturity -- Political continuity and stability: The current political situation and the potential sustainability of the system in place and whether significant events could prevent the implementation and functioning of policies -- Local territories: The activity (and sometimes the whole system) in each area that serves a local population -- Concentration versus dispersion of functions within institutions in charge of digitalisation as a tool to advance the maturity of digital government: Relationship between the various levels of the central body or the single and hierarchical structure... -- Procurement versus commissioning of goods and services: The level of agility and dynamic of involvement of private stakeholders in the process of acquiring digital goods and services -- Dimension 2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Effects of Substitution of Natural Gas for Coal on Atmospheric CO2 Concentration Forecast by Naoki Ishigami -- 25. The Kyoto Protocol and the Future Role of Coal. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Presentation of the Sectoral Case Studies -- 2.1 Iron and steel case study -- Sector overview by Alain Rajotte, OECD Secretariat -- Issuing a Permit for a Steel Plant on the Basis of BAT-Driven Emission Limit Values: A Swedish Example by Hans Lannerblom (Swedish EPA), Kjell Lundström (SSAB Oxelösund Ltd -- 2.2 Metal finishing case study -- Sector overview by Geertjan Smits, TEBODIN, the Netherlands -- Issuing Permits for SMEs of the Metal Finishing Industry: A Dutch Example by Stephan Daamen (Dutch Water Board), Hans Du Mortier (Association for Surface Finishing Techniques) -- 2.3 Oil refining case study -- Sector overview by Christine Hemming, Chrysalis Environment Consulting, United Kingdom -- Issuing Permits for Oil Refineries According to the "Concentration Bubble" Concept: A Belgian Example by Philemon Berckmoes, Esso Benelux -- 2.4 Pulp and paper case study -- Sector overview by David Halliburton, Environment Canada -- Issuing Permits for Pulp and Paper Plants in a More Sensitive Environment: A Canadian Example by Ian Mackenzie, Alberta’s Standards Specialist, Canada -- 2.5 Outcome of the case study presentations -- 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The design of property transaction taxes should minimise welfare costs and ensure that residential mobility is not impeded -- Countries could consider taxing capital gains on main residences above a high threshold and all gains on secondary homes to enhance efficiency and equity -- Countries should consider limiting or phasing out mortgage interest relief on owner-occupied housing -- Taxing net rental income at marginal personal or capital income tax rates and strengthening reporting requirements support efficiency and equity -- The inheritance or estate tax treatment of housing could allow for deferral and payment by instalments, but should avoid exemptions that concentrate the benefits among top wealth households -- Tax avoidance and evasion can be addressed through increased transparency and detection efforts, and removing incentives to use corporate structures and trusts -- 3.3.2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…6.3 ZCL and Public Profiles6.4 When to Use ZCL; Chapter 7 The ZigBee Networking Layer; 7.1 ZigBee and IEEE 802.15.4; 7.2 Forming, Joining, and Rejoining ZigBee Networks; 7.3 ZigBee Address Assignment; 7.4 ZigBee Packet Routing; 7.5 ZigBee Over-the-Air Frames; 7.6 ZigBee Stack Profiles; Chapter 8 Commissioning ZigBee Networks; 8.1 Commissioning Overview; 8.2 The Commissioning Cluster; 8.3 Example 1: Simple Commissioning; 8.4 Example 2: Commercial Commissioning; 8.5 Example 3: Custom Commissioning; Chapter 9 ZigBee Gateways; 9.1 A UART ZigBee Gateway; 9.2 The Data Concentrator Problem…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…4.6 Optimizing Polymer Concentration for Optimized AFP-Film Thickness4.7 Explosive Vapor Preconcentration and Delivery; 4.7.1 Adsorption/Desorption Zone 40; 4.7.2 Equilibrium Zone 46; 4.7.3 Chromatography Zone 52; 4.7.4 Preconditioning Zone 60; 4.7.5 Sensing Zone 42; 4.8 Future Directions and Conclusions; References; 5 Photonic Liquid Crystal Fiber Sensors for Safety and Security Monitoring; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Materials and Experimental Setups; 5.3 Principle of Operation; 5.3.1 Mechanism of Propagation in a PLCF; 5.3.2 LC Arrangement in PCF; 5.4 Tuning Possibility; 5.4.1 Thermal Tuning…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3 Benchmark Model: An Extended Krugman (1980) Model4 The Proximity-Concentration Hypothesis; 4.1 Homogeneous Firms; 4.1.1 A Symmetric Model; 4.1.2 Country Asymmetries; 4.1.3 Evidence; 4.2 Firm Heterogeneity; 4.3 Greenfield FDI versus Mergers and Acquisitions; 5 Vertical Expansion; 5.1 A Factor-Proportions Model of Vertical FDI; 5.2 Vertical FDI and Wage Inequality; 5.3 Vertical FDI and Firm Heterogeneity; 5.4 Vertical FDI: Empirical Evidence; 6 MultiCountry Models; 6.1 Locations as Substitutes; 6.2 Locations as Complements; 7 Multinational Firm Boundaries; 7.1 Transaction-Cost Approaches…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; 12.3 Where and when?; 12.4 Metal concentrations and land divisions; 12.5 Farming intensification?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Phase II Temperature and Concentration Studies; 7.1.3. Phase III Mechanical Energy Studies…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Segura Electrochemistry-High Resolution Mass Spectrometry to Study Oxidation Products of Trimethoprim Reprinted from: Environments 2018, 5, 18, doi: 10.3390/environments5010018 . 4 -- Xinbo Tian and Antoine Trzcinski Effects of Physico-Chemical Post-Treatments on the Semi-Continuous Anaerobic Digestion of Sewage Sludge Reprinted from: Environments 2017, 4, 49, doi: 10.3390/environments4030049 . 22 -- Martin Pip ́ıˇska, Martin Valica, Denisa Partelov ́a, Miroslav Horn ́ık, Juraj Lesny and ́ Stanislav Hostin Removal of Synthetic Dyes by Dried Biomass of Freshwater Moss Vesicularia Dubyana: A Batch Biosorption Study Reprinted from: Environments 2018, 5, 10, doi: 10.3390/environments5010010 . 34 -- Pedro Cisterna Biological Treatment by Active Sludge with High Biomass Concentration at Laboratory Scale for Mixed Inflow of Sunflower Oil and Saccharose Reprinted from: Environments 2017, 4, 69, doi: 10.3390/environments4040069 . 46 -- Milan Gomboˇs, Andrej Tall, Branislav Kandra, Lucia Balejˇc ́ıkov ́a and Dana Pavelkov ́a Geometric Factor as the Characteristics of the Three-Dimensional Process of Volume Changes of Heavy Soils Reprinted from: Environments 2018, 5, 45, doi: 10.3390/environments5040045 . 59 -- Natalia Junakova, Magdalena Balintova, Roman Vodiˇcka and Jozef Junak Prediction of Reservoir Sediment Quality Based on Erosion Processes in Watershed Using Mathematical Modelling Reprinted from: Environments 2018, 5, 6, doi: 10.3390/environments5010006 69 -- Simona Jursov ́a, Dorota Burchart-Korol, Pavl ́ına Pustˇejovsk ́a, Jerzy Korol and Agata Blaut Greenhouse Gas Emission Assessment from Electricity Production in the Czech Republic Reprinted from: Environments 2018, 5, 17, doi: 10.3390/environments5010017 . 81 -- Martina Zele ˇn ́akov ́a, Rastislav Fijko, Daniel Constantin Diaconu and Iveta Reme ˇn ́akov ́a Environmental Impact of Small Hydro Power Plant-A Case Study Reprinted from: Environments 2018, 5, 12, doi: 10.3390/environments5010012 . 91 -- Vlasta Ondrejka Harbulakova, Martina Zelenakova, Pavol Purcz and Adrian Olejnik Selection of the Best Alternative of Heating System by Environmental Impact Assessment-Case Study Reprinted from: Environments 2018, 5, 19, doi: 10.3390/environments5020019 . 101 -- Wen-Tien Tsai Overview of Green Building Material (GBM) Policies and Guidelines with Relevance to Indoor Air Quality Management in Taiwan Reprinted from: Environments 2018, 5, 4, doi: 10.3390/environments5010004 117 -- Magdalena Penkała, Paweł Ogrodnik and Wioletta Rogula-Kozłowska Particulate Matter from the Road Surface Abrasion as a Problem of Non-Exhaust Emission Control Reprinted from: Environments 2018, 5, 9, doi: 10.3390/environments5010009 127 -- Marek Kov ́aˇc and Alena Siˇc ́akov ́a Pervious Concrete as an Environmental Solution for Pavements: Focus on Key Properties Reprinted from: Environments 2018, 5, 11, doi: 10.3390/environments5010011 . 140.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The White Slave Trade: Its Causes, and the Best Means of Preventing It, 1899 -- 23. The Concentration Camps in South Africa, 1901 -- 24. Why We Women Want Votes, 1906 -- 25. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Alharbi, Arpan Desai, Chow-Yen-Desmond Sim and Ajay Poddar -- Design and Analysis of Wideband Flexible Self-Isolating MIMO Antennas for Sub-6 GHz 5G and WLAN Smartphone Terminals Yousef Azizi, Mohammad Soleimani, Seyed Hasan Sedighy and Ladislau Matekovits -- Low-Cost, Low-Profile Wide-Band Radar Cross Section Reduction Using Dual-Concentric Phase Gradient Modulated Surface Jianlin Huang, Guiting Dong, Jing Cai, Han Li and Gui Liu -- A Quad-Port Dual-Band MIMO Antenna Array for 5G Smartphone Applications…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Comparative Dosimetry of Radon in Mines and Homes -- Copyright -- Preface -- CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE -- ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY -- ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Contents -- Summary and Recommendations -- RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS -- REFERENCES -- 1 Introduction -- CONCENTRATION, EXPOSURE, AND DOSE -- RISK ASSESSMENT FOR INDOOR RADON -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 2 Assessment of Exposure to the Decay Products of 222Rn in Mines and Homes -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- MEASUREMENT METHODS -- EXPOSURE TO RADON PROGENY -- Mine Atmospheres -- Indoor Atmospheres -- REFERENCES -- 3 Extrapolation of Doses and Risk per Unit Exposure from Mines to Homes -- INTRODUCTION -- REPRESENTATIVE EXPOSURE CONDITIONS -- Radon Progeny Aerosols -- BREATHING RATES AND CALCULATION OF DOSE PER UNIT EXPOSURE -- COMPARATIVE DOSES FROM RADON PROGENY IN MINES AND HOMES -- Target Cells in Bronchial Epithelium -- LOCALIZED VERSUS REGIONAL DOSES -- INFLUENCE OF MODELING UNCERTAINTIES -- DOSES TO ADULT FEMALES -- DOSES TO CHILDREN AND INFANTS -- VARIABILITY OF THE DOSE CONVERSION COEFFICIENT IN HOMES -- EFFECTS OF AIRWAY DISEASE ON DOSE -- COMPARATIVE DOSES FROM RADON AND THORON PROGENY -- SUMMARY OF DOSIMETRIC RISK EXTRAPOLATION FACTORS -- REFERENCES -- 4 Other Considerations -- BIOLOGICAL FACTORS -- GENDER -- AGE, GROWTH, AND INJURY IN RELATION TO CELL PROLIFERATION -- AGE -- CELL PROLIFERATION -- DOSE RATE, FRACTIONATION, AND DURATION OF EXPOSURE -- TISSUE DAMAGE -- CIGARETTE SMOKING -- REFERENCES -- 5 Dosimetry and Dosimetric Models for Inhaled Radon and Progeny -- SOME PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF RADON AND RADON PROGENY -- MORPHOMETRIC MODELS OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT -- HEAD AIRWAY MORPHOMETRY -- TRACHEOBRONCHIAL AIRWAY MORPHOMETRY -- RESPIRATORY AIRWAY MORPHOMETRY -- DEPOSITION MODELS OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Le système bancaire est de taille importante et concentré -- Politiques macroéconomiques et financières -- Une politique monétaire porteuse de stabilité et de croissance -- Graphique 9. …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Indices d'Herfindahl-Hirschman de la concentration industrielle -- Performances économiques et structure industrielle -- Graphique 17. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…CI2-SI1 (concentrator-CAS) -- 2.4.4. CI3 (data concentrator to the smart grid devices) -- 2.4.5. …”