In the Pre-Concept Design Phase of EU-DEMO, work package TFV (Tritium – Matter Injection Vacuum) has developed a tritium self-sufficient three-loop fuel cycle architecture. Driven by need to reduce inventory in systems an absolute minimum, this requires continual recirculation gases loops without storage, avoiding hold-ups each process stage giving preference continuous over batch technologies,...

Physical measurement of tumor volume reduction is the most commonly used approach to assess tumor progression and treatment efficacy in mouse tumor models. However, it is relatively insensitive, and often requires long treatment courses to achieve gross physical tumor destruction. As alternatives, several non-invasive imaging methods such as bioluminescence imaging (BLI), fluorescence imaging (...

Wind erosion is considered as one of the main processes of land degradation in different parts of the world. Among the most effective ways to control wind erosion is to cover land surface with natural vegetation area. In this study, 3 replica soil samples were collected, at a depth of 0-3 cm, from various land uses in Dehloran, Ilam Province, Iran. Physical and chemical characteristics of soil ...

Küreselleşen dünyada serbestleşme sürecinin etkisiyle sivil hava taşımacılığı endüstrisinde önemli gelişmeler yaşanmıştır. Serbestleşme havayolu işletmelerinde yapısal dönüşümlere sebep olmasına rağmen, ve özellikle Türkiye’de bu endüstrinin serbestleşmesinin taşıyıcılarının rekabet gücü üzerine etkisi halen tam olarak ortaya konulmamıştır. Bu sebeple çalışmada Türk havacılığında yaşanan ülke e...

concepts are common in accounting because accounting language is a highly specialised ‘dialect’ or variety of a ‘natural’ language (such as English). Such special varieties, characterised mainly, but not exclusively, by specialised terminology, occur where communication serves specific purposes. In the linguistics literature such varieties are referred to (inter alia) as special ‘registers’ (Sa...

Tenofovir (TFV) disoproxil fumarate (TDF) and emtricitabine (FTC), two nucleos(t)ide analogs (NA), are coformulated as an anti-HIV combination tablet for treatment and preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP). TDF/FTC may have effects on the deoxynucleoside triphosphate (dNTP) pool due to their similar structures and similar metabolic pathways. We carried out a comprehensive clinical study to characteriz...

Since the start of the work on the Lean Construction theory and methods in 1993, two major contributions have governed the process as seen from practice. One is Lauri Koskela's understanding of construction as a production, based on the TransformationFlow-Value concept (the TFV-concept), the other is Glenn Ballard and Greg Howell's Last Planner method of production control. These two contributi...

The growing interest in informal and emergent features of organizations has accompanied changes both in the dominant forms of organization and prevailing academic views about how best to think about and research them. It is argued here that currently espoused dichotomous characterizations of both organizations and research approaches are over-simplified and misleading. A review of types of orga...