... priority in Sub- Saharan Africa, yet the probability of a 65-year-old woman developing cancer in Sub- Saharan Africa is only 20 percent lower than in Western Europe Factors affecting cancer incidence ... 2005 Africa and other regions, followed by a comparison of these mortality indicators for subregions within Sub- Saharan Africa Sub- Saharan Africa Relative to Other, Less Developed Regions Sub- Saharan ... experienced uninterrupted increases in life expectancy, in Sub- Saharan Africa life expectancy peaked in the early 1990s at 50 years, and has since fallen back by almost years Declines in infant mortality...
Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 09:20
... for in nite families In this section we use equation (2) to compute the generating function encompassing W (n) (t, q) for all n, where W (n) is an in nite family of Coxeter groups which grows in ... q) = − qn − t exp(x; q) 1−t x→x 1−q Theorem explains why the factor − t exp(x; q) naturally appears in the denominator in all of these generating functions The paper is structured as follows ... specified, then n(w) is determined by the formula in the proposition for any w, using induction on l(w): choose any s ∈ Des(w), and then w = ws · s is the unique decomposition in W {s} · W{s} , so n(w)...
Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 06:20
Báo cáo sinh học: "Genetic variability of age and weight at puberty, ovulation rate and embryo survival in gilts and relations with production traits" pot
... Groeneveld E (1993) Estimating (co)variances for joint genetic evaluations In: Proc EC Seminar on Application of Mixed Linear Models in the Prediction of Genetic Merit in Pigs (E Groeneveld, ed), ... generalized computing procedure for setting up and solving mixed linear models J Dairy Sci 73, 513-531 Haley CS, Lee GJ (1992) Genetic factors contributing to variation in litter size in British Large ... marginal means were computed using BLUP (best linear unbiased prediction; Henderson, 1973) methodology applied to an individual animal model The model was a seven-trait animal model including...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 18:22
báo cáo khoa học: " Can differences in phosphorus uptake kinetics explain the distribution of cattail and sawgrass in the Florida Everglades?" potx
... uncertainty associated with estimating Cmin for high-P acclimated plants was relatively large The Cmin values presented for these conditions are therefore uncertain and should be interpreted accordingly ... significant interactions in the ANOVA (table 2) Across treatments the half saturation constants were approximately 70% higher in Cladium than in Typha, indicating that Cladium overall has a lower affinity ... plants were growing and taking up P at μg l-1 The depletion methodology used in this study, which included spiking with P to relatively high levels, may have resulted in the build-up of internal pools...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 03:21
HPA axis responses to laboratory psychosocial stress in healthy elderly adults, younger adults, and children: impact of age and gender ppt
... Wilkinson, C.W., Peskind, E.R., Raskind, M.A., 1997 Decreased hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis sensitivity to cortisol feedback inhibition in human aging Neuroendocrinology 65 (1), 79–90 Wilkinson, ... Murray, S.R., Colasurdo, E.A., Raskind, M.A., Peskind, E.R., 2001 Human glucocorticoid feedback inhibition is reduced in older individuals: evening study J Clin Endocrinol Metab 86 (2), 545–550 ... successful aging Psychoneuroendocrinology 20, 711–725 Seeman, T.E., Singer, B., Wilkinson, C.W., McEwen, B., 2001 Gender differences in age-related changes in HPA axis reactivity Psychoneuroendocrinology...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 14:20
Báo cáo hóa học: " The transfer from survey (map-like) to route representations into Virtual Reality Mazes: effect of age and cerebral lesion" doc
... right and left turns in order to navigate into the VR mazes and find the exit point All Mazes lack any kind of landmark, except for a sun shining in the sky at a fixed point Mountains surround all ... homogeneous decline, normal age-related cognitive decline mainly affects information processing speed, attention, ability to inhibit irrelevant or distracting information and working memory capacity ... abilities in traumatic brain injury subjects [30] They found that patients were impaired in the VR task, as well as they were during way-finding real life situations, due to an inability to form, remember...
Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20
Báo cáo lâm nghiệp: "Preliminary study on phloemogenesis in Norway spruce: influence of age and selected environmental factors" ppsx
... sampling was performed in weekly intervals In our research, the start of the formation of new early phloem cells was observed at the beginning of April In Slovenia, new cells started to appear in ... cells in the cambial zone doubled at the very beginning of the vegetation period, which was considered the beginning of cambial activity The trees in the Czech Republic manifested this increase ... chosen Samples in the form of microcores were taken in regular weekly intervals The microcores (cylinders of 1.8 mm in diameter and 1.5 cm in length) were taken by means of a specialized increment...
Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 10:21
Báo cáo y học: "Acute atomoxetine treatment of younger and older children with ADHD: A meta-analysis of tolerability and efficacy" ppsx
... CGIADHD-S were administered at each visit, while the CPRSR:S was administered at baseline and again at the final acute treatment visit in all studies Study Design In studies [12,13,19], the subjects were ... weeks In of the studies [12,19] subjects assigned to ATX received 0.8 mg/kg/day in the morning for days, after which the dose was increased to 1.2 mg/ kg/day These subjects were maintained on ... support the current guidelines of monitoring children clinically while on ATX treatment without obtaining baseline or ongoing laboratory or ECG evaluations unless a specific clinical presentation is...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:21
Báo cáo khoa học: Does different orientation of the methoxy groups of ubiquinone-10 in the reaction centre of Rhodobacter sphaeroides cause different binding at QA and QB? potx
... stretching vibration of QA by 60 cm)1 [10,11], indicating strong asymmetric binding of UQ10 at the QA site, in contrast to symmetric, weaker binding of UQ10 at the QB site [12,13] To explain the ... but strong binding to His M219 at QA (Fig 5), and His L190 at QB combined with electrostatic interactions with the Fe2+ ion and with further amino-acid side chains in the QA binding niche (e.g ... binding sites However, there are a large variety of contradicting conformations in the different structural models: in refs [1,2] one methoxy group is shown within the plane of the quinone ring...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 21:20
Death at the Ballpark A Comprehensive Study of Game-Related Fatalities of Players, Other Personnel and Spectators in Amateur and Professional Baseball, 1862–2007 potx
... found 11 in 1905, 19 in 1906, 13 in 1907, 42 in 1908, 32 in 1909, 53 in 1910, 29 in 1911, 14 in 1912, 24 in 1913, 27 in 1914, and 20 in 1915.2 Subsequent studies confirmed what Dr Coughlin had discovered ... was struck in the head during the second inning of a game in Dresden, OH, on August 6, 1904 He continued to Beaning Fatalities 21 play, getting two hits and driving in the winning run In his hotel ... outstanding prospect in the St Louis Cardinals organization In 1933 he was playing second base for the Springfield (MO) Cardinals in the Class A Western League In the top half of the second inning...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 22:20
báo cáo khoa học: " Spatial distribution of transcript changes in the maize primary root elongation zone at low water potential" docx
... ABA inhibit root growth at high Ψw [30,31] Thus, the growth-inhibiting ability of ABA must be diminished at low Ψw while permitting the growthmaintaining functions of ABA to operate Accordingly, ... transcription factor that interacts with the OSVP1 protein to induce gene expression in rice [36], which increased in C2 and in C2/3 Rice TRAB1 is expressed in roots and is inducible by ABA [36] ... hormone The stress-enhanced expression of a SINAT5like transcript may link auxin to growth maintenance in region Change in an ethylene-binding like protein is suggested to help control the shape...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 05:20
Báo cáo y học: "Distribution of airway narrowing responses across generations and at branching points, assessed in vitro by anatomical optical coherence tomography" docx
... narrowing by the cannula insert In addition to assessing differences in airway narrowing between generations, this study also determined whether there were local inhomogeneities in narrowing at ... the intrinsic properties of the airway alone Our findings suggest that peripherally, airways become intrinsically more responsive to cholinergic stimulation, broadly confirming earlier reports in ... manually tracing the airway lumen involved some interpolation due to the opening of the side branch mouth No differences in airway narrowing were observed at branching versus non branching sites...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:20
Báo cáo sinh học: "Geographic distribution of haplotype diversity at the bovine casein locus" pdf
... Bos indicus, increasing the variability in a southern European hybridisation zone [7,10,25] Finally, surprising low linkage disequilibrium (LD) was observed between the casein genes, resulting in ... CSN3 are indicated Indicine and African bovine breeds were used as comparative groups and were not included in the geographic analysis (without LO/LT values) 246 O.C Jann et al Bovine casein haplotype ... separate domestication and subsequent introgressions of indicine genes into taurine populations in Africa [27] and the Near East [25] produced higher genetic diversity within the hybridisation zones...
Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 13:22
Precluding and reducing solutions to credit risk at Quang Trung branch of Vietnam Bank of Investment and Development.doc
... specializing in exploiting information and upgrading equipments Exploiting information is done at once with storing and securing customers’ information e Analyzing information After having necessary information, ... work with them in dealing with big loan in specific industries It will have a part in enhancing appraising quality, shortening time, enhancing lending effectiveness and minimizing credit risks ... cutting down the repairing and replacing costs Group 4: Group of symbols related to handling information of finance and accounting - Insufficiently prepare financial data or slowly submit financial...
Ngày tải lên: 27/10/2012, 16:49
Techniques for developing content reading skills for the third year students at the university of odonto and stomatology
... understanding the concepts of reading, content reading, reading comprehension and reading in ESP teaching and learning 2) identifying some problems in teaching reading English in Medicine at Odonto ... reading is categorized into intensive reading, extensive reading, skimming and scanning In terms of intensive reading, Francoise Grellet defined that “Intensive reading means reading short texts to ... meanings - drawing inferences about the meaning of a word in context - finding answers to questions answered explicitly or in paraphrase - weaving together ideas in the content - drawing inferences...
Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 14:50
An investigation into the reality of teaching and learning speaking skills to the 2nd year non-major english students at pre-intermediate level of proficiency at hanoi university of industry
... Pre-Intermediate level of Proficiency at your University? A Difficult and boring C Interesting and stimulating B Difficult but interesting D Easy and boring What are your difficulties in teaching ... “An investigation into the Reality of Teaching and Learning English Speaking to the 2nd year non-major English students at Hanoi University of Industry” Your assistance in completing the following ... Different Activities in Teaching Speaking 39 3.1.3 Activating Students to Work in Different Stages of Speaking 41 3.2 Training Students to Become Efficient Speakers 42 3.2.1 Making Students Aware...
Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 14:50
A STUDY ON THE RELIABILITY OF THE FINAL ACHIEVEMENT COMPUTER-BASED MCQS TEST 1 FOR THE 4TH SEMESTER NON - ENGLISH MAJORS AT HANOI UNIVERSITY OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY
... about progress Encouraging students Finding out about learning difficulties Finding out about achievement Placing students Selecting student Finding out about proficiency In general, a language ... is mainly targeted to further develop students essential business communication skill of speaking such as making presentations, taking parts in meetings, negotiating, telephoning and using English ... final computer-based MCQs test Table Main points in the grammar section Table Main points in the vocabulary section Table Topics in reading section Table Items in the functional language sections...
Ngày tải lên: 10/04/2013, 14:46
Effect of urban emissions on the horizontal distribution of metal concentration in sediments in the vicinity of Asian large cities
... 2.4 0.54 22 Discussion Most gasoline were unleaded in 1980 in Japan, in 2001 in the Philippines and in 2001 in Vietnam The core sample analysis of the sediment in Tokyo Bay shows the peak concentration ... for the samples in the Philippines due to small number of samples, lead and zinc concentrations were higher in roadside deposits than those in sediments in the receiving watersheds in the case of ... obtained metal concentrations in the sediments in the Philippines were compared with those in other Asian countries using the same method and instruments The measurement of metal content in roadside...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 09:08
Prediction of deformation and hygro-thermal stresses distribution in PEM fuel cell vehicle using threedimensional CFD model
... three critical interfaces that must remain properly intermingled for optimum MEA performance: platinum/carbon interface (for electron transport and catalyst support); platinum/Nafion interface (for ... components remains, in most cases, insufficiently understood Lengthy required testing times, lack of understanding of most degradation mechanisms, and the difficulty of performing in- situ, non-destructive ... 40,000 hrs of operation whilst maintaining a tolerance to fuel impurities in the reformate feed Durability is one of the most critical remaining issues impeding successful commercialization of...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 14:58
Potential biogas production from sewage sludge: A case study of the sewage treatment plant at Kwame Nkrumah university of science and technology, Ghana
... corresponding increase in digester size The high cost of implementing such plants is compensated for by the reduction in the pathogen levels as the sludge stays in the digester longer The business-as-usual ... and policy studies including analysis of energy access in developing countries E-mail address: abeeku@brewhammond.com ISSN 2076-2895 (Print), ISSN 2076-2909 (Online) ©2010 International Energy ... treatment plant The main sewage pipes connecting facilities on the university campus feed the main pumping station at the entrance of the treatment plant At the main pumping station, solid materials...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 16:11