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The team also states the action level in numerical terms and verifies that the proposed measurement methods have adequate sensitivity to meet the stated action levels. Finally, the team develops a decision rule expressed as an if... then statement that links the parameter of interest, the scale of decision-making, the action level, and the alternative action. 

The second type of method-of-use claims relates to methods of using the invention. In terms of pharmaceuticals, method-of-use claims typically relate to the use of a particular drug in the treatment of specific diseases or conditions. FDA approval of a new drug is linked to specific therapeutic uses, and therefore these types of method claims provide important protection for the innovator. These claims are important because they provide patent protection that is in addition to any composition-of-matter claims that may be applicable. Method-of-treatment claims are particularly important for compounds that are already subject to composition-of-matter claims or for which composition-of-matter claims are not available. For example, an inventor may discover that a previously known compound possesses unreported and unexpected antiinflammatory properties. The inventor may not obtain composition-of-matter protection for the compound itself because the compound is contained in the literature and therefore does not meet the novelty requirement for patentability. However, the inventor may instead obtain a method-of-use claim based on the unexpected anti-inflammatory properties because a compound s unexpected properties may be enough to support patentability. 

The dual site-bond description (DD) of disordered stmctures [3] allows a proper modeling of the porous structure. In the context of this treatment, two kinds of alternately intercormected void entities are thought to conform the porous network, i.e. the sites (cavities) and the bonds (capillaries, necks). C bonds meet into a site and each bond is the link between two sites. Thus a twofold distribution of sites and bonds is required to construct a porous network. For simplicity, the size of each entity can be measured in terms of a quantity, R, defined as follows for sites, considered as hollow spheres, R is the radius of the sphere while for bonds, idealized as hollow cylinders open at both ends, R is the radius of the cylinder. Under the DD scheme, FgfR) andFg(R)are the size distribution density functions, for sites and bonds respectively, on a number of elements basis and normalized so that the probabilities to find a site or a bond having a size R or smaller are ... 

As stressed above, it is not always possible to establish a clear cut between basic (or fundamental ) and applied research. Also, the timing aspect (short-, medium-and long-term) is intimately linked to the way research instruments are operated. Discussions at science-meets-policy events (Scott et al 2005) have highlighted that policy makers often assume that the science community exists to support policy, while researchers are upset if their research is labelled as applied . Furthermore, scientists often tend to focus on remaining uncertainties (and the next research grant) rather than on offering solutions or stating what they know with some certainty. 

The organic sector has an excellent record of socially responsible business practice in all links of the chain, organic production meets our social requirements in terms of environment, animal welfare and biodiversity, and plays a pioneering role for the entire agrifood complex. (Ministerie vanLandbouw, Natuurbeheeren Visserij, 2000). 

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Table 5.1 classifies how chemical regimes meet in the climate system. We see that almost normal conditions occur and extreme low and high temperatures border the climate system. The chemistry described in the following chapters concerns almost these normal conditions of the climate system. We focus on the troposphere and the interfaces. For example, aqueous phase chemistry in cloud droplets does not differ principally from surface water chemistry (aquatic chemistry) and much soil chemistry does not differ from aerosol chemistry (colloidal chemistry). Plant chemistry, however, is different and only by using the generic terms (Chapter 2.2.2.S) of inorganic interfacial chemistry can we link it. The chemistry of the atmosphere is widely described (Seinfeld and Pandis 1998, Wameck 1999, Finlay-son-Pitts and Pitts 2000, Wayne 2000, Brasseur et al. 2003) and the branches in atmospheric chemistry are well defined (Fig. 5.2). 

The existence of event ports as well as state data would appear to make the ET interface more complicated than its TT equivalent. However, Kopetz (1998) recognised that to meet some timing requirements it is necessary to coordinate the execution of linked subsystems. He terms these interfaces phase-sensitive. To acquire this sensitivity, the time-triggered schedules in each subsystem must be coordinated, which therefore necessitates a common time base. That is, some notion of global time must exist in the system. With an ET interface, this coordination can be achieved though the events themselves and hence no global time base is needed for the architecture itself. 

FRNs can have additional features, such as flbors, which specify minimum levels below which the coupon cannot fall caps, which specify maximum rates and calls, which specify possible redemption dates before maturity. Perpetual FRNs also exist. As in other markets, borrowers frequently issue floating notes with specific, even esoteric, terms to meet particular requirements or customer demands. For example. Citibank issued a series of U.S. dollar—denominated FRNs indexed to the Euribor rate and another set of notes whose day count was linked to a specified LIBOR range. 

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