a consideration of positive potential and the dark side

... felt the scene was alive, and so was I Progress has come to be defined as the ability to read data as data: the ability to read data as data and not noise 10 In the last century, there was no way ... wonder if the RepRap a self-replicating machine at all After all, machines have made other machines since, well, the dawn of mechanics A lathe could be used to make parts for another lathe, what’s ... decided what was data and what was not data He focused on a particular pattern that no one had seen before The design challenge we are facing now is similar: that of reading the flowing reality of our...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 20:20

... would increase volume without increasing alveolar size and surface area, because the area strain of the pleural surface, to which subpleural alveolar walls are anchored, must scale with tidal volume ... alveoli and alveolar ducts? To answer these questions one would have to access the dark side of the lung, in other words, the lung interior, and define the architecture of parenchyma that is not Page ... Critical Care Vol 11 No Oeckler and Hubmayr colleagues equate the presence of alveolar deformation in the pleural plane with alveolar instability and injury The authors defend this assumption...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:20

... brain and lie in the subarachnoid space They pierce the arachnoid mater and the meningeal layer of the dura and drain into the cranial venous sinuses Blood from both brain is drained by cerebral ... non-invasive technique for the diagnosis of CVT which is considered as a gold standard and can replace invasive conventional cerebral angiography and is used as a leading mean of diagnosis in case ... subacute onset was 35% and chronic onset was 21% In general, the onset characteristics of CVT are varied, but the majority of patients have cubacute onset and our study data was equivalent to the...

Ngày tải lên: 21/10/2014, 21:52

... States, the internationalization of accounting standards may lead to a change in the language of accounting • The growth of outsourcing and an upsurge in the offshoring of services and manufacturing ... CAE of a global defense and aerospace company that buys parts from around the world said that vendor quality and standards are of primary concern to all global companies She said that when she assesses ... impacting internal audit today and in the future As organizations expand to take advantage of global markets and supply chains, internal audit faces a burgeoning need for its services A majority...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 04:20

... statistical analysis and drafting the manuscript DG participated in the data acquisition and drafting the manuscript JvB and JB participated in drafting the manuscript All authors read and approved the ... values, arterial oxygenation, and dynamic compliance Materials and methods The study population consisted of a convenient sample of 45 sedated and mechanically ventilated patients For all patients, ... unrestricted grant from GE Healtcare Authors' contributions IB carried out the data acquisition, analysis, statistical analysis, and participated in drafting the manuscript DRM participated in the statistical...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:23

... disorder, and those in group S had a secondary lung disorder Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation EELV, end-expiratory lung volume; FiO2, inspired oxygen fraction; Pao2, arterial oxygen ... PEEP, positive end-expiratory pressure Figure Correlation between change in EELV and change in dynamic compliance Data are presented as the difference between the lowest PEEP level (5 cmH2O) and ... Critical Care Vol 13 No Bikker et al Figure Pao2/Fio2 ratio in different types of lung conditions at three PEEP levels Patients in group N had normal lungs, those in group P had a primary lung...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:21

... globalization and meanwhile the local government should take measures to combat culture assimilation and sweat workshops This essay is extremely long (338 words instead of the advised 250-265) It has a sound ... that globalization does come with some adverse effects Despite that fact, benefits created by it far outweigh the disadvantages Overall, I am convinced that we should further promote globalization ... your position is clearly expressed, the information is well-organized, and structure-wise the sentences are fine The vocabulary is impressive and there were only a few grammatical errors (see comments...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 14:44

... languages, the grammar and vocabulary of the 4.3 CONCLUSION language are motivated to the utmost However, the linguistic First of all, the pragmatic meaning of these forms is not strategies are not the ... even in relatively small and then we described, analyzed and made a constrastive analysis to businesses, such as a fishing shop (boat rod and parrot can I help clarify the similarities and differences ... conversation practice Native speakers of English and Vietnamese conduct them 3.4 analysis in which both qualitative and quantitative methods is chosen as the first language and Vietnamese serves as...

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:22

... of language Naturally the readers will notice grammatical errors and the number of errors in a paper They judge whether the errors make the meaning of the essay difficult to understand They also ... Body Paragraphs The essay will also be judged on the use of language Naturally the readers will notice grammatical errors and the number of errors in a paper They judge whether the errors make the ... businesses, and schools are three areas that need good leaders Choose one of these three areas and describe the most important qualities of a leader in that area Explain why these qualities are important,...

Ngày tải lên: 23/01/2014, 06:20

... phonology of languages Universal alphabets Logical relations of the parts of speech The vocabulary and the grammar of languages Distinctions between languages and dialects Mixed languages and jargons ... Eurafrica, Austafrica, Asia, America, Oceanica Causes and consequences of the migrations of races and nations a The Eurafrican Race.—Types of the white race Its first home Early migrations The South ... Subdivisions of Races Theories of monogenism and polygenism Doctrine of “geographical provinces” or “areas of characterization.” The continental areas at the date of man’s appearance on the earth Eurafrica,...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 05:20

... Tryal and carry, in hand-to-hand conflict, the barricades of water-casks and bales of matting which the slaves had built across the deck There was no hanging back, and even a mite of a midshipman ... and Peru, and incidentally recaptured a Spanish ship which was in the hands of the slaves who formed her cargo This was all in the day's work and happened at the island of Santa Maria, not far ... Batavia in 1799 and Captain James Devereux of Salem learned that a charter was offered for one of these annual voyages After a deal of Yankee dickering with the hard-headed Dutchmen, a bargain...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 01:20

... from the OSCE participating States Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, ... findings based 1) on the review and presentation of major international legal provisions related to the subject; 2) on the examination and assessment of the efficiency, the advantages and disadvantages ... Human Rights (where applicable) and other relevant international standards such as Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 00:20

... to have appealed to his imagination, and he has conceived an ideal figure for her character The exquisite oval of the face, the delicate features, and the beautiful hair make this one of the ... consider her fond of hunting, and she became the special patroness of the chase and other sylvan sports Her favorite haunts were groves and lakes, and she blessed the increase of field and meadow ... way and enters the chamber of the sick and lonely, so Diana was said to watch with the sick and help the unfortunate The pale, white light of the moon is a natural symbol of purity, hence Diana...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 13:20

... cut the matter short by saying, two ideas They would say, that the subject and predicate are both of them names of ideas; the idea of gold, for instance, and the idea of yellow; and that what takes ... conception, and the like? Probably all these would have been placed by the Aristotelian school in the categories of actio and passio; and the relation of such of them as are active, to their objects, and ... White, also, is a name of a thing, or rather of things Whiteness, again, is the name of a quality or attribute of those things Man is a name of many things; humanity is a name of an attribute of...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 13:20

... RTCCSROTCRMEYPELCGa a9 a10, a3 b2 > a3 b4 > a7 a6 ⁄ a3 b2b3 > a6 ⁄ a3 b4 > a6 b4, a3 b2 a3 b2 >> a4 b2, a3 b4 a3 b2 >> a7 > a4 b2, a3 b4 a3 ⁄ b2, a7 > a4 ⁄ b2 a1 b1cd, a3 b4, a4 b2 a4 b2, a1 b1cd a4 b2, a1 b1cd a4 b2, a1 b1cd ... GCCSYPPCFATNSDYCa GCCSDPRCNYDHPEICa Target a1 b1cd a1 b1cd a1 b1cd a1 b1cd a1 b1cd a1 b1cd a1 b1cd >> a7 a7 , a1 b1 > a3 b2 a3 b2 >> a7 a3 b2 >> a7 a7 > a3 b2 a3 b4, a3 b2; a7 a3 b4 a3 a7b4, a3 a5b4 GCCSDORCNYDHPcICa ... (nAChRs) belong to the a and aA families On the basis of the number of residues between the second and third cysteines and on the spacing between the third and fourth cysteines in the mature a- conotoxins,...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 11:20

... between the amide nitrogen atoms of the drug and the N3 and O2 atoms of A and T base pairs, respectively, clearly cataloging the structure to class I As the additional bulky NH2 group of GC base pairs ... amidinium end The contact area of the Nt amidinium end (NAE) was investigated by evaluating the interaction energies and hydrogen positions of the end fragment and the bases of base pair T8 -A2 5 ... calculations of the interaction between (A) the amidinium end and bases A2 5, T8 and G9; and (B) the guanidinium end and bases A5 , T28 and A6 Intermolecular geometry constraint according to the crystal structure...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 22:20

... except that lane is a sample spiked with c-3FLAG standard indicated by the arrow marked ‘c std’ Lane 2, lysate sample alone Note that a separation between c-3FLAG standard and e-CTF-3FLAG was achieved ... 5¢-GGGGGGCCAT GGCGACAGTGATCGTC-3¢; reverse, 3FLAG HindIII creating the plasmid c-3FLAG standard Finally, the primer pairs forward, 5¢-GGGGGGCCATGGTGATGCTGA AGAAGAACAG-3¢ and reverse 3FLAG HindIII ... C101-3FLAG, c-3FLAG and e-3FLAG standards as molecular mass markers, the FLAG-reactive band migrating below C101-3FLAG is calculated to be a protein resulting from the expected a- secretase cleavage...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 23:20

... thousand babies, and the average age among adults living in the area (as a proxy for the demand for health care).16 The first column of Table shows the mean across all areas and years and the standard ... time Analysis of this data allows us to confirm that there was, at the peak of the controversy, a negative education gradient in the uptake of the MMR after controlling for a range of other potentially ... qualifications is associated with a lower decline in uptake However that the authors measure the educational attainment of the economically active population rather than that of the adult population...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 14:20

... so arranged the gladiatorial spectacle as to make the funeral service pass off quite pleasantly For that age of intellect was also an age of blood; the era of art and luxury was also an era of ... again the third time, and they prophesied also Then went Saul to Ramah, and he said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold they be at Naioth And Saul went thither, and the Spirit of ... all the beauty of paintings, all the grace of statues, all the grandeur of cathedrals are as nothing compared to the painting of that inner picture, the chiseling of that inner manhood, the adornment...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 05:25

... prevalence of an “always-acting” aesthetic results in the “always-aesthetic experience” of aeV This has happened at the same time as the use and meaning of the other words connecting with aesthetics ... has a long way to go In the Age of Enlightenment, then, we witness the renaissance of the word ‘aesthetics’ We find that there was a gradual change in the nobleman’s ways of looking at art and ... content, and teachings of and views on the concept Also stressed were the inner intention of the aesthetic message, and the nature of the human encounter with the intentional aesthetic message If the...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 13:20