a critical review about the current experimental and analytical techniques to characterise the material with particular emphasis on alternative methodologies
... Of the cases, 90% are squamous cell carcinomas, while the rest are melanoma, adenocarcinoma, basal cell carcinoma and sarcoma [7] Nodal metastasis in vulva cancer is the main prognostic factor, ... external iliac region and groin in distal vaginal cancers, and obturatory fossa and external iliac region in proximal vaginal cancers, are consistent with our previous knowledge [70] Paradoxial conditions ... in the paraaortic area, 11% in the common iliac, 71% in the external iliac, and 9% in the parametrial area in a study including stage IA-IIA cases [36] Martinez Palones found in his study with...
... phrases organizational transformation and transformational changes For example, King defined organizational transformation as, 'a planned change designed to significantly improve overall organizational ... training and leadership behavior modeling to bring about significant cultural change and quality and financial gains In contrast tothe number of transformational strategies originating in manufacturing, ... Scalability of evaluation may increase, i.e., be scaled up, division-wide and organization-wide, to aggregate impacts and interactions of multiple interventions Alternatively, the evaluation may...
... phrases organizational transformation and transformational changes For example, King defined organizational transformation as, 'a planned change designed to significantly improve overall organizational ... training and leadership behavior modeling to bring about significant cultural change and quality and financial gains In contrast tothe number of transformational strategies originating in manufacturing, ... Scalability of evaluation may increase, i.e., be scaled up, division-wide and organization-wide, to aggregate impacts and interactions of multiple interventions Alternatively, the evaluation may...
... be established as follows: A1 A2 An A1 a1 /a1 a1 /a2 a1 /an A2 a2 /a1 a2 /a2 a2 /an An an /a1 an /a2 an/an 149 where ai/aj = aj/ai for all i, j = 1, 2,, n (ai/aj expressed in another ... that matrix The following is a brief summary of the mathematical theory of the AHP, as reference to Saaty and Vargas (1991) and Harker (1989) The matrix of pair-wise comparisons A = (aij) can be ... ventilation and poor indoor privacy) At this point, the actors must make a judgement to sway towards either natural ventilation or privacy The AHP allows the inclusion of both situations The second...
... greenery area in the site In daylight factor, other constituting components in the measurement include the total area and reflectance of interior surfaces, the total area and average visibility transmittance ... Secondly, thermal performance, due tothe general higher thermal performance of 1-Room and 2-Room in comparison with larger flat types, it may be reasonable to make a causal link to rationalise the ... strategies, namely natural ventilation, thermal comfort and daylighting performance, is rather weak and insignificant in comparison tothe relationship between energy consumption and social affluence...
... certification purposes The Construction phase assessment is intended to provide a relatively factual assessment based on performance indicators available at the end of the construction and commissioning ... Percentage of storm water and sanitary water harvested and treated/used on site and off site (new criterion) Level of generating occupants familiarity & appreciation to onsite water conservation ... socio-economics and architectural design that can influence building environmental performance (Chapter 3, Chapter and Part III) To address the solution tothe above fragmentation, the thesis, based...
... Reasonsto Adopt Environmental Design' has identif that the intellectual reason, the practical reason, ied the technical reason, the economic reason, andthe pedagogical reason are the five reasons ... places, they had easy access to plant food and water Small animals that came to drink and feed there were easy prey The humans had only to protect themselves from attack from predatory animals ... environmental concerns are merely additional values assigned tothe conventional architectural practice, and thus the practice of sustainable architecture is all about providing and adding in a...
... of autonomy The claim that participants could validly report physical addiction to nicotine was based onthe observation that “When asked what exactly it was they were addicted to, participants ... they have only been exposed to secondhand smoke This leads tothe paradoxical conclusion that one can lose autonomy over a behavior (in this case, Table The Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (adapted ... could the diagnosis be made 13 days following the first inhalation? And how could other symptoms required to make the diagnosis (e.g., withdrawal, tolerance, preoccupation withthe substance, continued...
... unexpected Retail sales in the daylit area of the store are higher than the area without skylights, and other Wal-Mart stores in the area “ The sales pressure [sales per square foot] was significantly ... calm and ready to go back into the fray (Heschong Mahone Group 1999) David Peterson (2001), the Director of Operations at Mesa Public Schools in Arizona, said that fewer problems are associated ... daylighting by starting witha partially daylit store The Target store in Fullerton, California, had approximately one-third of the store under skylights after a 1992 renovation According to a...
... dry animal for a lactating animal Buff-Die: One of the buffaloes dies andthe farmer has to buy a lactating buffalo To this, he takes a loan from the milkman Pay-Straw: The farm does not have access ... (winter) wheat and sugarcane are the main crops in the irrigated zone (Mustard, cotton, and pulses in non-irrigated land) The irrigated land is found mostly onthe eastern, northern and some parts of ... some baseline information Rural Haryana was divided into two major areas, irrigated and rainfed Farms in the Irrigated Area About 90 percent of the dairy farms in the irrigated zones have one or...
... "evidence-based" practice We focus particularly on child-parent attachment (and relationship quality more broadly) because it has attracted the most attention and debate Early psychosocial and caregiving ... we are better positioned to evaluate the degree to which the animal data provide a template for, and may be translated to, human development That may be attributed to several factors One is the ... discriminating attachment and, indeed, all of the attachment measures (e.g., the Strange Situation) are conducted onthe assumption that there is an attachment relationship between the child and his/her...
... who are too ill or not have the necessary literacy skills to participate alone, proxies can tend to base their assessment on their impression of the patient, rather than the actual situation [40,41] ... lead to changes in family dynamics and impact on their relationships with parents, siblings, and significant others [12,13,19] The long-term psychosocial impact of cancer and its treatment Although ... use with AYA cancer survivors is warranted Acknowledgements The authors gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Brooke Kelehear, Amy Anderson, and Sze Lin Yoong in the preparation of this manuscript...
... excel in these contests are not allowed to pass unnoticed ; newspapers, periodicals, almanacs and magazines vie with each other in chronicling the fullest particulars regarding victors and vanquished, ... thought that the part he took in the race injured a small vessel at the heart: previous to that he had been a particularly strong muscular man Eleven years after the Boat-Race he was suddenly taken ... cent, tothe remaining varieties of pulmonary affections I have looked over several Reports onthe health of the navy, and find from them that among sailors the disorders of the chest occasion about...
... linked to formation of an iron-peroxy adduct prone to fragmentation [266] A similar paradigm also appears to apply tothe nal step in aromatase (CYP19)-catalyzed biotransformation of androgens to ... radical rearrangements [98,312] Onthe other hand, the timing of radical rearrangement (radical clocks) may depend critically onthe tightness of the radical cage andthe ensemble of steric and ... Corina, D & Akhtar, M (1996) The mechanism of the acyl-carbon bond cleavage reaction catalyzed by recombinant sterol 1 4a- demethylase of Candida albicans (other names are: lanosterol 1 4a- demethylase,...
... M, Natsukawa S, Shaura K, Koizumi Y, Kasuga Y, Hanaoka T, Tsugane S Association of Helicobacter pylori infection and environmental factors in non-cardia gastric cancer in Japan Gastric Cancer ... Matsuura A, Nakamura T, Shirai M, Nakamura S, Inuzuka K, Tominaga S Protective factor against progression from atrophic gastritis to gastric cancer data from a cohort study in Japan Int J Cancer ... 309-314 Ito LS, Inoue M, Tajima K, Yamamura Y, Kodera Y, Hirose K, Takezaki T, Hamajima N, Kuroishi T, Tominaga S Dietary factors andthe risk of gastric cancer among Japanese women: a comparison between...
... research have a major advantage over those located at a distance:13 11 Acs et al used a database of innovations prepared by the US Small Business Administration in 1982 The database contains ... invention and innovation wTxhus innovation and Pareto optimality are fundamentally incompatible Žibid., p Metcalfe offers the evolutionary approach as an alternativeto justifying the case for ... the fact that participation in basic research is essential if one is to obtain access to national and international networks of experts and information Fifthly, basic research may be especially...
... expression of hematopoietic transcription factors GATA-1 and GATA-2 was observed from days and of differentiation, coincident withthe onset of CD34 and SCL expression on days and 4, respectively Additionally, ... have indicated that the placenta acts as an additional extramedullary hematopoietic organ during embryonic and fetal development [52,53] Hematopoietic precursors found in the human placenta can ... hematopoietic compartment using a CD34+ hESC-derived starting population has been considered as a potential AIDS therapy, and as a way to alleviate secondary effects produced by anti-retroviral...
... clear cell and squamous cell carcinoma, nuclear grading takes precedence; and 3) adenocarcinomas with squamous differentiation are graded according tothe nuclear grade of the glandular component ... extrauterine disease Consequently, only 35 (24%) of those assigned as clinical stage II disease actually had a carcinoma that had spread tothe cervix alone The transition from clinical staging to ... metastatic tumor is made by the operating surgeon Acknowledgments: The author thanks Drs Catherine Abendroth and Timothy Leonard for their criticalreviewand Amanda Smith for her excellent assistance...
... 2005 Authentication paper Authentication paper Authentication paper Authentication paper Authentication paper Authentication paper Authentication paper Authentication paper (comparing isotopes) Authentication ... interpretation decisions were applied as thereview was designed to make the best use of all available data andto present the data in a standardised form • The authors understand that combining all ... plant non-digestible carbohydrates, β-carotene and sulphur Given the reasonable amount of available data, andthe hazards of conducting analyses on small datasets, it was deemed inappropriate to...
... compare their separation properties and performance in membrane reactor systems in particular for natural gas reforming andthe water gas shift reactions The preparation, characterization and ... alloy membranes have attracted a great deal of attention largely because they are commercially available These membranes exist in a variety of compositions and can be made into large-scale continuous ... mean the rate of permeation should be comparable tothe rate of catalytic reaction Another important feature is the stability and durability of the membrane For hydrogen production and purification,...