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... Stone Tool Traditions in the Contact Era Stone Tool Traditions in the Contact Era Edited by CHARLES R COBB THE U NIVERSIT Y OF ALABAMA PRESS Tuscaloosa and London To dad and the memory ... identifying changes in the organization of lithic technology in the Contact era With the subtle technological changes that were occurring in the early Contact era, we may ¤nd that indirect lines ... and other enterprises continued their trade in a wide variety of pelts in Canada well into the twentieth century Deerskins became a major trade item in the 1700s and into the 1800s in the southeastern...

... candidate genes that are already established in the literature Thus, the CGC application is a helpful tool for finding candidate genes associated with experimentally induced arthritis in rat Materials ... QTLs in rat were obtained from the RatMap database [7] These data were originally collected from experimentally induced inflammatory arthritis in rat strains susceptible to the following inducing ... Selecting keywords and running the application The querying process in this application is divided into four steps: finding a QTL of interest, displaying the rat/human Available online http:/ /arthritis- research.com/content/7/3/R485...

... summary format for each review and ensures the accuracy of the information Analysis and synthesis We analyse, summarise, and report separately the results of all relevant comparisons within each ... directed at professionals, consumers, and organizations in a systematic way This paper describes the methods for developing and populating the Rx for Change database and highlights key content and the ... significance of the database for healthcare policy makers, researchers, professionals, and consumers Methods Design and procedure Our goal for the Rx for Change database is to provide an overall synthesis...

... showed the accumulation of Ca/Sb precipitates in the vacuoles of the stigma cells as well as in the intracellular spaces between them The stigmatic surface is the main place for signal exchange ... precipitates The spectrum of the material reveals peaks for Ca and Sb The strong decrease of the Ca2+ pool in the pistil at the last stages of pistil development coincides with the degradation of the ... 3-fold in comparison with that found in stage A more detailed analysis of the changes in the olive pistil Ca2+ pool was performed using the separated parts of the pistil: stigma with style and ovary...

... changes in individual intensive care units.” Indeed, physicians want to improve their delivery of care, but often lack an understanding of the basic theories that are necessary for their quality improvement ... their affilitations with the following organizations: RJW is affiliated with the VA National Quality Scholars Program; RSD with the VA National Quality Scholars Program and the Geriatric Research ... Education and Clinical Center, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System; and EWE with the Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, VA Tenessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN, USA...

... intensive care Intensive Care Med 2002, 28: 38-43 Jones C, Humphris G, Griffiths RD: Preliminary validation of the ICUM tool for assessing memory of the intensive care experience Clin Intensive Care ... original, English language version of the instrument is available in full in the report by Jones and coworkers [10].) Analysis of the Intensive Care Unit Memory questionnaire To examine the extent ... administration Flow diagram of patient enrolment and questionnaire administration ICU, intensive care unit; ICUM, Intensive Care Memory (tool) was used in the study (see Appendix 1) (Note that the...

... RNA silencing of these mammalian viral proteins in their natural vertebrate target hosts [9-11] Others have shown that the VA non-coding RNAs of adenovirus can down regulate RNA silencing in mammalian ... mammalian cells [12] However, one must bear in mind that the double strand nature of the siRNAs can results in an interferon-mediated activation of the JAK/STAT (Janus kinase/signal transducer and ... the cytoplasm aided by Exportin Once the pre-miRNA has reached the cytoplasm, Dicer cleaves the pre-miRNA to generate the miRNA duplex The miRNA duplex is subsequently unwound by RNA helicase and...

... a 2:1 split sample approach (2/3 training data, 1/3 validation data) The total fluid administered during the second 24hour period in the ICU was selected as the outcome variable Using Bayesware ... data A Bayesian network was generated between physiological variables obtained during the first 24 hours in the ICU and the total amount of fluid given on the second day in the ICU (maintenance ... factors are based on a Gaussian approximation In that situation, the Bayes factor is calculated with the same numbers used to calculate a p value [6] The formula is as follows: [7] Bayes factor =...

... potential barriers and facilitators during interviews Implementation barriers Implementation facilitators Lack of knowledge concerning delirium Patient data management system Inavailability of the assessment ... implement the CAMICU above the ICDSC because of the higher sensitivity and specificity, and because the CAM -ICU is translated and validated in Dutch [18] The CAM -ICU is an easy to perform assessment tool ... first aim of our study was to evaluate our strategy for the implementation of the CAM -ICU Therefore, the compliance with scoring of the CAM -ICU, the interrater reliability, and improvement in delirium...

... EVALUATION OF THE IRISPLEX DNA-BASED EYE COLOR PREDICTION TOOL IN THE UNITED STATES A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Purdue University by Gina M Dembinski In Partial Fulfillment of the ... August 2013 Evaluation of the IrisPlex DNA-Based Eye Color Prediction Tool in the United States Major Professor: Christine J Picard DNA phenotyping is a rapidly developing area of research in forensic ... developed DNA-based phenotyping assay that predicts eye color, called IrisPlex, as an informative forensic tool to be used within the United States IrisPlex includes an assay of six eye color informative...