... early stage Since then a large amount of statistical anda small amount of analytical work has gone forward Those who have made the principal efforts to explain Kuznets cycles, Matthews and Abramovitz, ... inflations, and so on This is the reason why we shall deal with postwar cycles separately and try, as far as possible, to work out fundamentals from prewar material, although sources of facts and ... combinations, which means that it is possible to produce the bushel of wheat either with, say, a certain quantity of land anda certain quantity of labor or with more land and less labor or less land...
... business and social world, negotiation is also a rather complex task and its success is dependent on a variety of factors Weak information processing capacities and capabilities, cognitive biases, and ... initial strategiesfor negotiators: avoidance, accommodation, competition, and collaboration Following standard English language, strategies refer to long-term, high level plan to achieve a goal; ... showcasing an “I not really care” attitude of negotiator This may happen in a situation when it may not worth the time and effort fora party to negotiate; or a party has very strong/weak alternative...
... intonation to Vietnamese EFL learners The pronunciation mistakes made by people learning to speak a foreign language are almost always carry-overs from their native languages Through acomparison ... used as the native language and English as the target language The Vietnamese word structure and the Vietnamese tones, intonation Generally, there are two aspects in Vietnamese that make the language ... statements, grammatical subordination Fourth, intonation can signal to the listener what is to be taken as “new” information and what is already “given”, can suggest where the speaker is indicating...
... estimate distributions obtained for each gene on each array when performing RMA analysis Normalization ensures that the median standard error across all arrays is for each gene Problematic chips are ... incubated with anti-IRF9 IgGs (Santa Cruz, CA, USA, antibody 10793) as primary antibody and anti-rabbit Alexa Fluor 680 (Invitrogen) as secondary antibody, and analysed by flow cytometry using a FACSCalibur ... signaling through a novel mechanism involving nuclear accumulation of interferon regulatory factor J Virol 83, 2178–2187 Nakao K, Nakata K, Yamashita M, Tamada Y, Hamasaki K, Ishikawa H, Kato...
... production rate to [LaH] and pH, the accuracy of latter input values is also of major importance Therefore, an adequate calculation method for the actual values of [LaH] and pH at each time point during ... is assumed that the medium also contains a strong acid AH, allowing to manipulate the initial medium with dissociation constants KLaH and KBuH In combination with the associated charge and mass ... proposed relations (14) and (15) enables to calculate [LaH] and pH values starting from increasing (experimentally measured) LaHtot values In contrast to Eqs (7) and (8), all parameters in relations...
... experimental andtheoretical data will demonstrate that the theoretical model is reliable and valid The parameters for the theoretical model that are needed to generate data (and thus compare with ... equation easier to analyze), and as a result, the accuracy decreases, or these papers introduce additional variables (to account for specific scattering effects) to increase accuracy, but as a ... of all this, a very good match exists between the experimental data and values generated from the theoretical model, and thus, the theoretical model appears to be valid Atheoretical model that...
... intonation to Vietnamese EFL learners The pronunciation mistakes made by people learning to speak a foreign language are almost always carry-overs from their native languages Through acomparison ... used as the native language and English as the target language The Vietnamese word structure and the Vietnamese tones, intonation Generally, there are two aspects in Vietnamese that make the language ... statements, grammatical subordination Fourth, intonation can signal to the listener what is to be taken as “new” information and what is already “given”, can suggest where the speaker is indicating...
... potentials of advanced techniques and planning capabilities Limited investigations on SIB in breast and on bilateral breast irradiation are available in literature Hurkmans et al, Singla et al and ... and targets localizaBeam arrangements, isocentre position and targets localization for IMRT and RapidArc For RapidArc, two arcs, rotating in opposite directions, are delivered in sequence, each ... flash tool in RapidArc RapidArc was investigated for synchronous bilateral breast cancer and compared to fixed beam IMRT RapidArc produced plans of high quality Pre-treatment quality assurance...
... of both a random part, varying in direction and magnitude from fraction to fraction, anda systematic part, which is invariant over the treatment period The systematic and random uncertainty should ... Vidakovic S, Jans HS, Alexander A, Sloboda RS: Post-implant computed tomography-magnetic resonance prostate image registration using feature line parallelization and normalized mutual information ... KR, Takai Y, Mitsuya M, Nemoto K, Ogawa Y, Yamada S: Evaluation of inter- and intrafraction organ motion during intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for localized prostate cancer measured...
... selection obtained in each line was made by analysis of variance, mixed model, lines being considered as a fixed factor and replicates as a random factor Estimates of heritabilities and genetic and phenotypic ... correlations for both traits in the base population were obtained by analysis of variancecovariance of full-sib families The expected response to selection for each trait separately (AG AG and ... egg laying exceeded those for adult weight, as was expected because of the greater value for the phenotypic variance of the family means for egg laying than for the phenotypic variance of the adult...
... atrium (RA) and left atrium (LA) through a transseptal approach to the mitral valve Creation of a cryoablation lesion set for atrial fibrillation ablation: combination of pulmonary vein isolation ... return An aortic cross-clamp was placed and cardiac arrest was achieved by cold blood antegrade cardioplegia Snaring down the vena cavas, the right atrium was opened longitudinally A retrograde cardioplegic ... isolation (dashed lines) andablation of the left and right isthmus (solid lines) (SVC = superior vena cava; IVC = inferior vena cava.) Page of atrium was closed and the aortic cross clamp was released...
... has changed my management of low back pain Triaging patient with low back pain after history taking and physical exam in uncomplicated, radicular and complicated back pain instead of making an ... diagnostic and therapeutic approach and encouragement of physical activity While quality guidelines are becoming increasingly available, implementation of their recommendations remains a daunting ... Radiography for low back pain: a randomised controlled trial and observational study in primary care Br J Gen Pract 2002, 52(479):469-474 Espeland A, Baerheim A, Albrektsen G, Korsbrekke K, Larsen...
... has changed my management of low back pain Triaging patient with low back pain after history taking and physical exam in uncomplicated, radicular and complicated back pain instead of making an ... diagnostic and therapeutic approach and encouragement of physical activity While quality guidelines are becoming increasingly available, implementation of their recommendations remains a daunting ... Radiography for low back pain: a randomised controlled trial and observational study in primary care Br J Gen Pract 2002, 52(479):469-474 Espeland A, Baerheim A, Albrektsen G, Korsbrekke K, Larsen...
... to a simulated data set produced by the SIMAGE package [1] The data set is a simple comparison of two biological states on ten arrays, with dye-balance A number of data quality, normalisation and ... and elimination of data did not improve the false positive rate and greatly increased the false negative rate However, most approaches performed well, and it is encouraging that widely available ... a direct comparison between different biological samples from situation Aand B with a dye balance SIMAGE assumes a common variance for all genes, something which may not be true for real data...
... incoming messages at the typical rate of native-speaker interactions 6 All of these factors combine to make speaking in a second or foreign language a formidable task for language learners Sharing ... of speaking in language teaching programs, Difficulties in and constraints on learning to speak a foreign language, and Factors affecting students’ participation in speaking activities Chapter ... Publication 10 Cross, D (1992) A Practical Handbook of Language Teaching Great Britain: Prentice Hall International 11 Canale, M and Swain, M (1980) Approaches to Communicative Competence Singapore:...
... UWB is a technology for transmitting data spread over a large bandwidth (usually larger than 500 MHz) that shares among users UWB was traditionally applied in non-cooperative radar imaging Most ... increasing demands of high data transmission rate and reliable communication quality, channel estimation has become a necessary part in the OFDM system For example, the digital video broadcasting ... propagation and the small scale propagation The signal variations due to path loss or shadowing occur over relatively large distances, this variation is referred to as the large scale propagation...
... more than 30 research projects on solar radiation and solar thermal technology funded by national and international organizations As a result, he has published more than 50 original research papers ... international journals and book chapters and obtained one patent He has been recognized for successful development and implementation of solar dryers in Thailand and the development of solar radiation ... Polycarbonate plates Solar modules and fans Labour costs for constructions Auxiliary heater system Repair and maintenance cost Gas consumption: - Amount of LPG for operating - Price of LPG for...
... [7] Zhang W, Chen L, Sun F et al Second-law analysis and optimization forcombined Brayton and inverse Brayton cycles Int J Ambient Energy, 2007, 28(1): 15-26 [8] Alabdoadaim M A, Agnew B, Alaktiwi ... Rankine cycle is added as one bottom cycle Zhang et al [11] performed exergy analysis of the combined Brayton and two parallel inverse Brayton cycles in 2009 Alabdoadaim et al [10] also revealed ... Alaktiwi A Examination of the performance envelope of combined Rankine, Brayton and two parallel inverse Brayton cycles Proc IMechE Part A: Part A, J Power and Energy, 2004, 218 (A6 ): 377-386 [9] Alabdoadaim...