... the development ofthe meaning of “land”, the history ofthe land concessions, from the first beginnings to the present, rights and powers in the management and use of land, andthe process of ... context ofthe management and use of forest and land resources in the midst ofthe transition process of economic development ofthe country Changes in the meaning of “land” in Laos “Land ofthe ... crops and it is one ofthe ten top export commodities of Thailand The area of rubber production has expanded from the South to the Eastern region, the Northeast andthe North In the Northeast,...
... Mwabu and others 1993), and drinking water (Brockerhoff and Derose 1996, Lee and others 1997) The main conclusions ofthe study are as follows Although the social fund improved the quality of school ... contamination in the old system for ofthe 15 projects where samples could be taken, and in the new system for ofthe 14 projects where samples were taken Samples from both the old andthe new systems ... is empty) The two probabilities on the right-hand sideofthe equation can be estimated using the fraction ofthe eligible group that received treatment andthe fraction that did not The last...
... is the primary cause of facial lesions (mouth, lips, and eyes) in humans The widespread use of acyclovir and nucleoside analogues has led to emergence of HSV strains that are resistant to these ... temperature, the mixture was acidified with diluted hydrochloric acid (1:3), andthe precipitate was filtered and recrystallized from DMF and water A mixture ofthe acids 3a–k and 4a–c (1 mmol), and phosphorus ... emergence of drug-resistant HSV strains [5] The discovery of new non-nucleoside anti-HSV-1 agents with different mechanisms of action could offer an additional strategy against drug resistance of viruses...
... 65 the Huber formula and measuring the lengths and middle diameters of logs andthe logs were extracted by skidders (Fig 3) Furthermore, the processes of forest harvesting systems progress in the ... animals duction andthe relations between them in the Hyrcanian Forests of Iran during the last 20 years MATERIALS AND METHODS Areas under Study Located in the northern part of Iran, the study areas ... per load and one end of timbers was dragged along the ground (Fig. 2) Thevolumeof logs was gauged based on The total squared timber volume produced from 1989 to 2008 in the three northern provinces...
... tumor-oncogenesis The three key features of apoptosis and cell survival are related to inciting the signal transduction pathways ofthe bcl-2 family of genes andthe ICE family of proteases These components ... Carcinosarcomas ofthe female genital tract A pathologic study of 29 metastatic tumors: further evidence for the dominant role for the epithelial component andthe conversion theory of histogenesis ... demographic and clinico-pathological data to the immunohistochemical expression ofthe biological markers studied The stage ofthe disease (Table and Figure 2) indicates the proportion of subjects...
... investigating the epidemiology of DEV in unvaccinated duck flocks The consistency ratio ofthe positive number of ICS to the positive number of ELISA is 85.37% and that ofthe negative number of ICS to the ... negative number of ELISA is 82.61% b The consistency ratio ofthe positive number of ICS to the positive number of NT is 19.51% and that ofthe negative number of ICS to the negative number of NT is ... as the first and second antibody, respectively The arrowhead indicates the position of recombinant UL51 protein (about 34 kDa) Specificity, sensitivity and stability ofthe ICS test All of the...
... provides the skills managers need to: Identify and select the corporate strategies and individual projects that add value to their firm Forecast the funding requirements of their company, and devise ... (WACC) is the average rate of return required by all ofthe company’s investors (stockholders and creditors) - 16 What factors affect the weighted average cost of capital? Capital structure (the ... (OTC) Markets In the old days, securities were kept in a safe behind the counter, and passed “over the counter” when they were sold Now the OTC market is the equivalent of a computer bulletin...
... indicate the possibility of domain adaptation, andthe portability ofthe training methods ofthe parsers Since the parsers listed in Section have programs for the training 10 Some ofthe parser ... GENIA We therefore only input GENIA as the training data for the retraining of dependency parsers For the other parsers, we input the concatenation of WSJ and GENIA for the retraining, while the reranker ... (precision/recall/f-score) potential of a parser Effectiveness ofthe parser ensemble is also attested by the fact that it resulted in larger improvements Further investigation ofthe sources of these improvements...
... Ballesteros and Nivre (2012), andthe EasyFirst parser of Goldberg and Elhadad (2010) with the features therein Since these parsers cannot choose their own tags, automatically predicted segments and ... them where they can occur in the lattice We assume a function C(a) = assigning a unit cost to every operation a ∈ A, and define the cost of a sequence a1 , , am as the sum ofthe costs of all operations ... (“in”/IN), H ( the /DEF), CL (“shadow”/NN), FL ( of /POSS), HM (”they”/PRN) Note that morphological segmentation is not the inverse of concatenation For instance, the overt definite article H andthe possessor...
... ˆi and provide this sequence to the amplitude limiter Then we calculate the s limiter error estimate based on the input andthe output ofthe limiter function and an improved estimate ofthe ... discussed the effects of a DDST based training on the signal PP and PAPR distributions We demonstrated that the PP and PAPR distributions ofthe DDST based training have longer tails and therefore there ... transmission, the PAPR ofthe transmitted sequence is defined after the Tx pulse-shape filter The PP we see in the filter output depends on the maximum amplitude ofthe input symbols and on a portion of the...
... corresponds to the ratio of cyclic prefix time and useful OFDM symbol time, Ndata (44 in our measurements) is the number of OFDM data symbols, NOFDM (47 in our measurements) is the total number of OFDM ... to the signal after the training signal generation These attenuation factors are thus part ofthe estimated channel Because ofthe transmit power normalization, the frequency responses ofthe ... function ofthe wireless channel and does not depend on the AMC schemes used in the measurements Consider the mutual information of an AWGN channel with the SNR ρ: I = log2 {1 + ρ}, (3) In theory,...
... renal lengthand height on the transverse plane When the "C"-sign ofthe renal crest was clearly visible, the renal lengthand height were measured H: height, W: width Fig Determination of renal length ... influenced by the echocardiographic angle (plane), breathing patterns of animals, degree of interference by other organs (e.g liver and spleen), andthe skills ofthe practitioner, although the high-quality ... left kidney and 0.50 ± 0.07 cm in the right kidney, respectively The means of RI of both kidneys were 0.52 ± 0.05 in the left kidney and 0.55 ± 0.05 in the right kidney Comparison of renal dimensions...
... Journal of Surgical Oncology 2008, 6:98 Introduction Advances in the management of colon cancer over the past decades have resulted in an improvement ofthe prognosis ofthe disease The proportion of ... Total 37 55 92 Other open questions include the timing of treatment (neoadjuvant treatment for locally advanced cancer), the duration of therapy and whether there is a real possibility of stratifying ... resection [1] Further, the prognosis ofthe patients undergone left hemicolectomy (splenic flexure of colon, descending colon and most part of sigma colon) was not different from that ofthe patients...
... confirms the adequacy of indications ofthe procedures and plans made More even than the concern about the pituitary function, we observe the maximum dose considered safe in the optic pathways and often ... defined as HR, and to consider it in the definition of HC Choi et al observed HR in 35 ofthe 42 patients (83.3%) andthe mean duration between RS and HR was 6.8 months In our report, 22 ofthe 28 patients ... surgery The objectives of radiotherapy are the control of tumor growth and/ or the normalization of hormonal secretion, the maintenance of pituitary function and preservation of neurological function,...
... addition of plasma and thrombin to the cells The question of optimal core diameter and minimal cellularity has been addressed [29,30] The diameter of 0.6, 1, or mm defines the density on the glass ... histologic core of a colon adenocarcinoma Compare cellular density and thickness of tissue between cytologic and histologic core RR (response rate), on the other hand with increased risk of progression ... different Clots of tumor cells are quickly formed with plasma/thrombin and often fixed only during the day for some hours The inlay cassette is then processed the same night on the fixation/staining...
... be important to overcome the reduced affinity ofthe binding between imatinib and TK due to the acquisition of new mutations and to avoid the problem of an up-regulation of efflux transporters ... define the activity and safety profile of this drug and its role in the treatment of GIST patients When these data are available, an interesting clinical evaluation may focus on the combination of ... to the first PET scans died before the third scan All the other therapeutic regimens showed a reduction of FDG SUV value after treatment administration, except the nilotinib and imatinib Page of...
... In order to promote the regeneration ofthe periodontium the appropriate positioning of cells capable of synthesizing collagen, cementum and bone is required The procedure of guided tissue regeneration ... rate and viability of cells was assessed by means ofthe non-radioactive and non toxic Alamar Blue (AB) assay The purpose ofthe present investigation was to determine the biological effects of ... for HGF and PDLF, AB solution was added directly in a final concentration of 10% andthe plate was further incubated Optical density ofthe plate was measured at a wavelength of 560/20 and 620/40...