... scores as a 'diagnostic tool' related to each individual treatment decision rather than being part of a collaborative data collection For example, they could add rectal temperature and other parameters ... to collect valid data at the herd level They perceive the collection of the data in and of itself as the basis for taking relevant action at the farm They may skip the process of systematic analysis ... scoring a cow and initiating a metritis treatment), would you please elaborate on that specific situation?' Data Analysis The qualitative analysis is based on a phenomenographic approach; that is a...
... teaching approaches: the oral-situational approach, the notional-functional approach, and the communicative approach, which are based on the three above language theories, respectively According to ... (2005), the oral-situational approach is based on a behaviorist learning theory, that is, it assumes that language learning is habit formation and over learning Grammatical structures are carefully ... smooth And they may learn linguistic forms naturally Hence, the task-based teaching is useful in that it creates opportunities for learners to use language as a tool rather than as an object to satisfy...
... Transactions, vol 92, 1983, p 3.1086 [29] Arash Nemati, Shahram Khalilarya, Samad Jafarmadar, Hassan Khatamnejhad, Vahid Fathi Numerical parametric investigation of a gasoline fuelled partially-premixed ... EGR at part load operation does not have considerable effect on the amount of heat release rate As shown in Figure 9, accumulated heat releases in the adiabatic case is larger than the other cases ... EGR cases are the same Also at adiabatic case for 400°CA and 420°CA, these regions more spread out in the main chamber and the values of local peak temperature in cylinder are higher than those...
... membranes tothe action of AP1 An important determinant of the susceptibility of membranes to a- AMPs is the packing characteristics of the individual membrane lipids [44] To evaluate the nature ... molecule (A) according to Eqn (2): A NC 2ị where N is Avogadros number (Table 1) The ability of AP1 to spread on an aqueous surface and to form a stable monolayer was investigated The barriers of the ... multicellular organisms Nature 415, 389395 43 Sospedra P, Espina M, Gomara MJ, Alsina MA, Haro I & Mestres C (2001) Study at the air water interface of a hepatitis A N-acetylated and C-amidated synthetic...
... existing data management offices and databases that could support ocean acidification observational and research data The FOARAM Act also calls for an “Ocean Acidification Information Exchange” that ... surface waters has already been observed in the Canada Basin of the Arctic Ocean (Bates et al., 2009; Yamamoto-Kawai et al., 2009) Persistent undersaturation of surface waters with respect to aragonite ... delineates ambitious priorities and goals for the National Ocean Acidification Program The FOARAM Act calls for the development of a detailed, 10-year strategic plan for the National Ocean Acidification...
... and easily, at the cost of having to run the preprocessor again to create the input tothe math solver The ability to make quick changes tothe scenario also enables exploratory analyses and quick-reaction ... weapons The target laydown contains the same information as the shooter laydown in addition toa value and a unit area for each target The values of the targets are used to assess which missions to ... preventing the shooters from attacking dead targets (which also may lead to an overestimation of the damage to targeted systems) This too was not a limitation tothe IOF Allocator but rather of the...
... indicate whether it’s empty or not The cart has a sad face when it’s empty, but as soon as something is added it changes toa happy face The happy and sad faces have universal meaning, and the ... audience The best way to approach invisible communication is to ask the client a lot of questions about the audience, and the project brief and goals The project team can then use the answers to make ... 'His story is the American story – values from the heartland, a middle-class upbringing in a strong family, hard work and education as the means of getting ahead, and the conviction that a life...
... used as a way to check the effectiveness of treatment and other barriers, rather than as tool for managing water quality on a day -to- day basis Because of the limitations of looking for either ... re Water table Surfa c e run Adapted from a CSIRO Land and Water diagram Evaporation Transpiration off Groundwater to lakes and streams Deep seepage Ocean Groundwater to ocean The water cycle ... problems arise The first step is to look systematically at all the potential hazards tothe water supply from the catchment tothe consumer’s tap (ie what might happen and how) A hazard could be anything...
... r2 r ■ To find the area of a parallelogram, use the formula A = bh h b ■ To find the area of a rectangle, use the formula A = lw w l ■ To find the area of a square, use the formula A = s2 or A = ᎏ2ᎏd ... formula V = r2h h r S URFACE A REA The surface area of an object measures the combined area of each of its faces The total surface area of a rectangular solid is double the sum of the area of the ... sides are equal to each other B C AB = BC = CD = DA m A = m∠B = m∠C = m∠D A D D IAGONALS In all parallelograms, diagonals cut each other in two equal halves ■ In a rectangle, diagonals are the same...
... is based on the levels of assessment and appraisal as shown in Table The appraisal of health care services presumes that preferences can be measured and can be made available tothe policy and ... for each of the four factors Second, several pairs of factor levels were presented tothe participants to assess the weight of the factors For that, the participants had to express the importance ... In fact, there is a whole spectrum of explanatory and pragmatic trials [5] The second level of reporting is related tothe appraisal of the effect of the health service Appraisal means that an...
... kg−1) A total amount of about 700 kg artificial sediment was prepared for the experiments in the annular flume and half of the sediment was spiked with the abovedescribed PAHs This approach was ... environmental parameters) instrumental chemical analyses ranged from 52% to 74% After introducing sediment into the annular flume, it was carefully overlaid by water and consolidated for days according ... biological endpoints were analysed at the end of the experiment to assess the impact of the flood event and associated re-suspension of contaminants on the test organism and to identify suitable...
... illustrates the pattern of the tag similar toa classical barcode (designed with a bigger size to take into account the bad quality of the image sensors) Two numbered areas have been symmetrically added ... characters contrast with their background as they are designed to be read easily; (ii) characters appear in clusters at a limited distance around a virtual line Usually, the orientation of these ... selecting an area of interest in the image The selected part of the image is then recognized and translated, with the translation displayed on a wearable screen or synthesized in an audio message Their...
... simulator and injecting traffic from the simulator into the live network after the traffic has been subject to appropriate delays and losses Due tothe header added in ns-2 emulation, the Ethernet maximum ... and to maintain their own gateways, the WAP clients also have to be configured to switch gateways to access various secure WAP applications The latter, like having to switch ISPs when accessing ... WAP 1.x, a content encoding approach is used at the WAP gateway to compress the data Although WAP 2.0 is an evolutional step forward, by adopting the HTTP/TCP/IP stack, it also has some disadvantages...
... essential communications and analytical tools to capture that data and incorporate it into a financial and valuation model that forms the basis for a successful investment strategy For example, the ... performance, and the markets’ take on both It is a rich and robust way to analyze all the important aspects of both the real economy (the G and E part) and the financial economy (M) so that our analysis ... approach” to determining value simply because you have a market factor the price—in the valuation equation As a result, that noncompany-specific market factor distracts from the task at hand—what is the...
... pellet diet (Purina Rodent Laboratory Chow; Ralston Purina, USA) were given ad libitum The rats were acclimatized for days prior tothe start of the experiments and randomly allocated to five groups ... once per week at the same time during the day After the stabilization of the animals in o a warm box at 37 C for 15 min, the tail systolic blood pressure was measured with a non-invasive blood ... method Angiotensin I and II were measured with a rat angiotensin I and II EIA kits (Phoenix Pharmaceuticals, USA) according tothe manufacturer’s instructions Urine was assayed for creatinine by a...
... Thai BL, Takayasu K, Takayama T, Kosuge T, Gunvén P, Yamazaki S, Hasegawa H, Ozaki H: Preoperative portal embolization to increase safety of major hepatectomy for hilar bile duct carcinoma: a ... Muto T, Ikari T, Yanagisawa A, Kato Y: Proliferative activity of intrahepatic colorectal metastases after preoperative hemihepatic portal vein embolization Hepatology 2001, 34:267-272 Wakabayashi ... metastases is more rapid than that of the liver parenchyma Br J Surg 1999, 86:784-788 Kokudo N, Tada K, Seki M, Ohta H, Azekura K, Ueno M, Ohta K, Yamaguchi T, Matsubara T, Takahashi T, Nakajima...
... had a plateau to nearly same level at 21 days (Figure 2c) Caspase-3 values peaked at 24–48 hours before falling to near baseline levels at 21 days after the first chemotherapy with nearly similar ... statistically Non-parametric tests were applied to assess the other variables Patient baseline characteristics, the treatment regimen, and molecular markers were each assessed for an association ... combinations compared to standard treatments Whether or not trends observed in this study are significant and whether these can be used to tailor chemotherapy (our ultimate aim) awaits larger trials...
... Yoshihara Y, Nakamura H, Obata K, Yamada H, Hayakawa T, Fujikawa K, Okada Y: Matrix metalloproteinases and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases in synovial fluids from patients with rheumatoid arthritis ... manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript 14 15 Acknowledgements The authors thank Ms Marie Désy for statistical analysis The work was supported by a grant from the Canadian Arthritis ... Momohara S, Kashiwazaki S, Inoue K, Saito S, Nakagawa T: Elastase from polymorphonuclear leukocyte in articular cartilage and synovial fluids of patients with rheumatoid arthritis Clin Rheumatol...