... Sections 2.2 to 2.4 2.2—Floor and footing design 2.2.1 Foundations Refer to Appendix A for recommendations andconsiderationsrelatedtothedesignandconstructionoftankfoundations 2.2.2 Membrane ... length of 12 in (300 mm) 372R-10 ACI COMMITTEE REPORT The bending effects due to thermal and shrinkage differences between the floor andthe wall or the roof, andthe effects of wall thermal and ... at the lowest part ofthe structure, unless the structure has been designed to withstand the pressure imposed by a groundwater level to, or slightly above, the elevation ofthe valves The use of...
... PA (t) and call the polynomial part of pA (t) It is easy to see that PA (t) is a polynomial of degree n − (More generally, the degree of PA,λ(t) is one less than the number of values of i for ... (3) follows from (5) and (6) Remark It is possible to avoid the use of complex analysis and give a purely formal power series proof ofthe theorem We indicate here how this can be done We work ... polytopes, and Fourier–Dedekind sums, to appear in J Number Theory [GJ] I P Goulden and D M Jackson, Combinatorial Enumeration, Wiley, New York, 1983 [I] M I Israilov, Numbers of solutions of...
... competitive inhibitor ofthe T7 RNA polymerase, was most probably due tothe absence ofthe lac operator dowstream ofthe T7 promoter To overcome this problem, a derivative ofthe pDest 17 plasmid, ... 205 and 215 nm, indicating that Rv1399c is composed of 22% of a-helices, 25% of b-strand and 39% of random coil The catalytic triad is located at the bottom of a small ˚ ˚ pocket, 20 A length and ... by the serine alcoholate The shape ofthe titration curve ofthe catalytic histidine shows an apparent pKa value ofthe essential histidine estimated to 4.1 (Fig 2C) This acidic pKa shift of the...
... Germany The experiment, established in 1950, consisted of 32 half-sib families of Q robur planted in an unreplicated design Investigations into the association between the progress of flushing and ... individual μ is the overall vessel area; g is the effect of genoi as random; ij e is the normally and independently distributed random deviation of genotype i, with a mean of zero Differences ... (Longman and Coutts, 1974), and has been shown to produce earlywood vessels with larger lumen areas in ash (Doley and Leyton, 1968) The fact that IAA is also known to inhibit the emergence of buds...
... promoting factor to offset challenges encountered during implementation The lack of clear designation of what the innovation and team members needed permitted the team to adapt the innovation tothe Page ... motivation, further analysis ofthe SMA beyond the promoting and hindering factors associated with the decision to implement was necessary for guidance to tailor and adjust the innovation tothe local ... in the most general terms Similarly, specific barriers, especially factors other than those relatedtothe individual professional (e.g., factors relatedtothe patient, the healthcare team, the...
... promoting factor to offset challenges encountered during implementation The lack of clear designation of what the innovation and team members needed permitted the team to adapt the innovation tothe Page ... motivation, further analysis ofthe SMA beyond the promoting and hindering factors associated with the decision to implement was necessary for guidance to tailor and adjust the innovation tothe local ... in the most general terms Similarly, specific barriers, especially factors other than those relatedtothe individual professional (e.g., factors relatedtothe patient, the healthcare team, the...
... group I, was lost in parallel with the loss of photosynthetic activity in the ancestor of apicomplexans Given this scenario andthe existence of ylmG in non-photosynthetic bacteria, it is suggested ... leaf cells andthe basal part of expanding leaf cells ofthe wild type (WT) andthe AtYLMG1-1 knockdown line (AS#1) are shown Bars = 10 μm (E) Localization of FtsZ in the wild type andthe AtYLMG1-1 ... similar to those in the wild type In the basal part of expanding leaf ofthe antisense line, chloroplasts were pale and smaller than those ofthe wild type (Figure 3D) We compared the localization of...
... CHAPTER CUT COSTS AND INCREASE PROFITS for andthedesign decisions you need to make We show you how to conduct and monitor long-term clinical trials and, finally, how to review the results so you ... for study design is to list each ofthe study objectives, then backtrack tothe data needed to perform the necessary calculations With price tags well into the millions, clinical studies today are ... wait for the data,” is the act of a child, not of a mature manager Often, those in upper management cannot understand the delay Yet the tale ofthe ever-befuddled Bumbling Pharmaceutical and Device...
... members is to ensure the safety ofthe participants in the trials Their secondary responsibility is to ensure the integrity ofthe trials: the investigators, the regulatory agency, andthe sponsor ... responsibility ofthe project leader drawing on the expertise of all the members ofthedesign team THE PEOPLE YOU DON’T NEED Too often throughout the ’80s, andthe ’90s, and even today, downsizing ... aspect ofthe study (including the software andthe hardware), she is responsible for notifying the clinical research monitor.12 12 The presence of a site coordinator does not relieve the CRM of the...
... that of establishing the breadth ofthe claim, is one of give and take, the emphasis ofthe “give” being to recruit as many patients as possible, the “take” being based on the recognition that there ... monitoring and maintaining the quality ofthe data Determined the necessary sample size and other aspects ofthe experimental design (See Chapter 6.) PART I PLAN • Specified how exceptions tothe ... nonsmokers, or on the basis of some other important cofactor, then you will want to randomize separately within each ofthe distinct groups The rationale is exactly the same as discussed in the preceding...
... addition tothedesign team To maintain the validity of a fractional factorial design one has to be able to assume that the effect of Treatment A is the same at all levels ofthe cofactor and in ... description ofthe experimental design, including the extent ofthe blinding andthe method(s) to be employed to ensure the blinding is sustained throughout the course ofthe trials Sample size Method of ... medical history, and social history data INITIAL SUBMISSION TOTHE REGULATORY AGENCY Not surprisingly, the form ofthe protocol or investigational plan to be submitted tothe regulatory agency...
... Whether or not you submit a CANDA, you will still need to provide the regulatory agency with access tothe database if requested and provide the agency with the details ofthe software used in the ... need to be addressed in the report; the flow diagram provides readers with a clear picture ofthe progress of all participants in the trial, from the time they are randomized until the end of their ... during thedesign process and only the numbers remain to be filled in during the analysis phase It is our reports that should determine the nature ofthe data we collect By preparing the form of the...
... from the investigator’s point of view, you know that a hotline needs to be part ofthe data entry process Ever have the experience of being told to call back the next day because the person on the ... before the program is turned over tothe testing group to repeat the entire process The purpose of testing is twofold The first purpose is to ensure the program does what it is supposed to do: ... “no” to all questions But they had neglected the possibility of missing data If the examining physician omitted to record whether or not the patient had diabetes, and checked “no” to all the other...
... ROLES OFTHE MONITORS Most ofthe duties, if not all the responsibility, for monitoring the trials will fall upon the shoulders ofthe medical monitor andthe clinical research monitors, or CRMs The ... entry software Transfer of data from the investigator to central storage Transfer of samples from investigator to external laboratory andof data from external laboratory to central storage Physician ... 5, and sometimes 7) Backups are made on the evenings of days 1, 2, and On the night of day 4, the backup of day is sent to a remote location andthe cycle is restarted; the backups of days and...
... want to correct for cofactors The second part of Table 15.5 reveals the statistically significant relation of survival tothe Karnofsky Index, which is a measure ofthe overall status ofthe cancer ... report both the arithmetic mean ofthe sample andthe standard error ofthe mean, for example 59.3 ± 0.55 years, along with the sample size, n = 350 If the data take the form of a time to an event, ... Obviously, the results of sites 20 and 21 are the same, but are they the same as at the other sites? And what of site 15 with its extraordinarily large number of responses in the control group Can the...
... interval One then takes the antilogarithms ofthe boundaries ofthe confidence interval and uses these to obtain a confidence interval for the means ofthe original observations The drawback ofthe preceding ... feels the need to return or, at the other extreme, is too sick to come into the physician’s of ce Noncompliant patients are also likely to skip visits You need to analyze the data to ensure that the ... percentage ofthe measurement, then a nonsymmetric interval is called for One first takes the logarithms ofthe observations, computes the mean and standard error ofthe logarithms and determines...
... generally unsatisfactory because they force you to adapt your study to their software, thus violating the first rule of trial designto let your reports determine the data to be collected AcceliantTM ... you to find the specific pieces of data you want, without having to look at extra records On top of that, C-ISAM uses techniques to compress the keys for efficient index storage and processing The ... corresponding to each case report form (CRF) and automatically extracts data into SAS for analysis It’s easy to create custom views combining data from multiple CRFs, to query the data online, andto create...
... scope ofthe study Part B is divided into three chapters; chapter both reviewed some previous studies relatedtothe research area ofthe thesis and provides theoretical background tothe concerning ... ofthe study The survey was conducted at TUEBA The population was not large, only 300 Accounting students who were at pre-intermediate level of English Only errors relatedtothe uses of DO and ... Structure ofthe thesis The thesis consists of three main parts: Part A, B and C Part A is an introduction that gives a rationale behind the study It also presents the aims, objectives, the significance...
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