... function for two or more groups display DIF In the case of determining cut points for passing a subtest, as is the case for the MEAMS, a formal test of the validity of the cut point is the absence of ... required to ascertain the validity of the instrument in different diagnostic groups Finally, the use of DIF as a basis for analysing bias in cut points is recommended as a routine assessment where ... sub-tests each of which has a 'pass score' (Table 2) A screening score of either (fail) or (pass) is assigned to each subtest These subtests are sensitive to the functioning of different areas of brain,...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20
... cows is not surprising Often this type of asymmetry is caused by the wear of the milking machine or the fact that quarters have been dried off after a case of a case of mastitis [11] Similarly, ... an increased risk of mastitis [17] as these udders have an increased tendency to become soiled and hence populated by bacteria Therefore the reason for the observed falling prevalence of cows ... prevalence of cows with deep udder shape over the course of the lactation As shown in figure the occurrence of deep udder shape remained constant for first and second parity cows but decreased for third...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:21
A study of linguistic features of intructions for use of foodstuffs in english and vietnamese
... manufacturing of companies Therefore, “A Study of Linguistic Features of Instructions for Use of Foodstuffs in English and 1.1 RATIONALE Vietnamese” is the title of the master thesis I wish to perform ... Conditions; Business Name and Address; Place of Origin; Instruction for Use; Presentation 2.2.1.5 Aims of the Instruction for Use of Foodstuff It is clear that the instruction for use would be impossible ... or reasonably expected to be 2.2.2.1 Definitions ingested by humans” [61] 2.2.2.2 Word Classes 2.2.1.2 Definitions of Instructions for Use of Foodstuff Instructions for use are activities of directing...
Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:23
Tài liệu Some Pre-Analysis Techniques of Remote Sensing Images for Land-Use in Mekong Delta docx
... of interesting areas that were used for determining the training sites of the classified images in the laboratory Methods and Results 3.1 Enhancement of Image Resolution using IHS/ RGB Transformation ... Remote sensing images Preliminary analysis Definition of training areas Field trips Supervised classification Post-classification Ground truth Accuracy assessment Maps of status of landuse Figure ... by paddy field one The final result was presented in Figure Table 1: List of training areas for superior classification of remote sensing images Tra Vinh Ca Mau Aquaculture land Natural forest...
Ngày tải lên: 22/12/2013, 06:16
báo cáo hóa học: " Beyond platinum: synthesis, characterization, and in vitro toxicity of Cu(II)-releasing polymer nanoparticles for potential use as a drug delivery vector" ppt
... Release of Cu under various reaction conditions (A) Initial release data simulating endosome/lysosome pH conditions, (B) release as a function of buffering species, (C) release as a function of added ... increased upon the introduction of an appropriate competing ligand, such as chloride (Figure 3C) The identity of the competing ligand that was added also influenced the rate of Cu release as was ... effect of competing ligands on Cu release with the idea that the underlying principles governing release could be used in the design/optimization of this class of delivery vectors Release of Cu...
Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 02:20
The use of the Internet tool as an assistance for first-year non-major students at Namdinh University of Technology Education in basic English self-study
... use of the Internet tool as an assistance for first-year non-major students at Namdinh University of Technology Education (NUTE) in basic English self-study That is the students use of web-based ... facilitates the use of the specific language in an authentic setting - can be used to acquire information from language resources for a variety of purposes - serves as a medium for experiencing ... range of gender The third one lies in the fact that the application of web-based listening activities was experimented in such a short period of time (four weeks) As such, it was impossible for...
Ngày tải lên: 04/08/2015, 09:41
Use of formic acid formates as hydrogen source for reactions
... study, potassium formate was used as an additive and the effect of molar ratio for formic acid : formate was investigated The reduction of aldehydes and ketones to corresponding alcohols was investigated ... production of -valerolactone, a sustainable liquid for carbon-based chemicals for energy, from biomass-derived levulinic acid and formic acid was reported The use of formic acid as the hydrogen ... system as an additive, for example, triethylamine was added to enhance formic 12 acid decomposition with the optimum molar ratio for formic acid/amine of 2.5/1 [38] However, the addition of triethylamine...
Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 10:15
Development of a Regional Risk Management Framework for APEC Economies for use in the Control and Prevention of Introduced Marine Pests
... introduction of marine pests Little practical information on measures to prevent introductions Lack of knowledge in what individual countries are doing Need to have information on what measures ... framework for leaders’ consideration Identify focal points in Economies Establish legislative and/or policy basis for IMP management Components of common requirements and timeline Guidance for ... Pests Consultants’ Recommendations IMP to be a standing item for MRCWG Comprehensive assessments of the situation International fora collaboration Regional communication /technical support...
Ngày tải lên: 28/10/2013, 11:15
Tài liệu USE OF INTERPRETERS FOR NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING PERSONS pdf
... AMENDMENTS TO RULES FOR USE OF INTERPRETERS FOR NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING PERSONS It is hereby ordered that Rule I (B) Definitions be amended to provide for the addition of the classification of ‘‘Conditionally ... courts of the State of Georgia shall agree in writing to comply with the Code of Professional Responsibility for Court Interpreters AMENDMENTS TO RULES FOR USE OF INTERPRETERS D The presence of ... The court proceedings (for example: the nature of the charge or the type of case before the court, the purpose of the proceedings and function of the court, the rights of a party or criminal...
Ngày tải lên: 10/12/2013, 05:15
Tài liệu Security Agreement and Pledge For Use with Letter of Credit pptx
... released This Credit Application is made as of _(date) at (city), _(state) Name of Applicant FOR CORPORATIONS ONLY: THE PRESIDENT OR CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OR ANY VICE PRESIDENT AND ONE OF ... Secretary TITLE Chief Financial Officer Assistant Secretary PRINT NAME Assistant Treasurer TITLE BANK USE ONLY Sales Officer’s Name Phone ( ) Business Site Inspection Performed By (print name and title) ... OF THE FOLLOWING, SECRETARY, ASSISTANT SECRETARY, PROPRIETORS, THE OWNER(S).ASSISTANT FOR PARTNERSHIPS, ALL GENERAL PARTNERS FOR SOLE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OR FOR LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES,...
Ngày tải lên: 20/12/2013, 17:15
Tài liệu FUZZY CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS ON LANDSAT IMAGES FOR DETECTION OF WASTE AREAS: A COMPARISON pdf
... unsupervised classification algorithms for the detection of waste areas using LANDSAT TM images It is worth of noting that the 30 meters spatial resolution of the Landsat-TM sensor makes the process of detecting ... combination of bands 5, and which is of great efficacy for the aims of our analysis In Figures and the set of bands 5, and are depicted respectively for the month of May 1994 and March 1997 The fusion of ... Marco Vecchio, near Caserta (Italy), and the specific goal was the discrimination and monitoring of caves and wasting areas present in the scene In our case we use only six out of the seven available...
Ngày tải lên: 16/01/2014, 16:33
A study of using english songs as a type of supplementary material in teaching listening for first year non major students of english at phuong dong university
... before That is the reason why it is very difficult for the teacher to design suitable tasks for such a class as the challenging tasks that are suitable for better students are too complicated for ... column of marks seven and eight is higher in class A However, the comparison of the modes reveal that the class B seems to be better than class A as its modes of six is higher than the one of class ... now always offer a quick and enormous information about the author of the song, the root of it and even the words of the song So there are no reasons for not making advantage of such a useful and...
Ngày tải lên: 29/01/2014, 10:33
Recommendations for Use of Antiretroviral Drugs in Pregnant HIV-1-Infected Women for Maternal Health and Interventions to Reduce Perinatal HIV Transmission in the United States pdf
... lopinavir/ritonavir, because of increased information on safety in pregnancy - Darunavir moved from insufficient data to recommend use to an alternative protease inhibitor for use in antiretroviral-naive ... Outcome: o Addition of a new table—Table 7– Results of Studies Assessing Association Between Antiretroviral Regimens and Preterm Delivery—that summarizes the results of studies assessing the association ... women, include assessment of HIV disease status and need for antiretroviral therapy (ART) for their own health (AII) • Choose an ART regimen for HIV-infected women of childbearing age based on consideration...
Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 13:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Alternative splicing: regulation of HIV-1 multiplication as a target for therapeutic action docx
... was only found to be used in this strain and up to now, this is the only case of an additional exon used in only one given HIV-1 strain (Fig 4A) [19,24–26] Binding of SR proteins downstream of ... phase of HIV-1 gene expression, the five 3¢ss (A3, A4c, A4a, A4b and A5) located in a small central part of the viral RNA are used for production of the completely spliced tat, rev and nef mRNAs ... Action of SR proteins as positive regulators (B) Action of hnRNP proteins as negative regulators Fig Recognition of a weak 3¢ss of the HIV precursors The upper panel shows that the binding of U2...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 09:22
Báo cáo khoa học: The modulation of metal bio-availability as a therapeutic strategy for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease pptx
... occurs because of an imbalance in the activity of tau kinases and phosphatases [3] One particular tau kinase pertinent to metal dyshomeostasis in AD is glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK3) GSK3 has recently ... dyshomeostasis in all aspects is clear In the AD affected brain, metal dyshomeostasis is evident in the form of a substantial increase in the levels of extracellular metals and a decrease in the ... target of the activated protein kinase pathways was GSK3 By contributing to an increase in GSK3 phosphorylation, this metal mediated effect therefore decreased potential phosphorylation of tau...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 10:20
Coaching Standardized Patients For Use in the Assessment of Clinical Competence pot
... clinical skills assessments of third-year medical students at the University of California, San Diego The case of Maria Gomez2 is based on a real patient in the clinical practice of the case author, ... Latina who has come to the doctor’s of ce because of stomach pains that she has had for the past days; a friend had told her it might be a bladder infection Maria is a college student who has started ... as well as a separate case summary and an abridged checklist, both of which are intended for use by the candidates when auditioning for the part of this patient.3 In Appendix B are a number of...
Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 16:20
optimisation of artemia biomass production in salt ponds in vietnam and use as feed ingredient in local aquaculture
... value of different forms of Artemia biomass was reported by Brands et al (1995), live Artemia biomass can be used as a complete replacement of trash fish (fresh or cooked) for nursing of penaeid ... different forms of Artemia biomass was assessed as a replacement, total or partial, of other traditional aquaculture feeds used in Vietnam This strategy was performed for a variety of cultured ... with the amount of biomass feeding, growth of nursed shrimps displayed an increasing trend with the amount of biomass feeding Moreover, the two forms of processed Artemia biomass, frozen and...
Ngày tải lên: 13/03/2014, 18:58
Investigation of au and in as solvents for the growth of silicon nanowires on si(1 1 1)
... explain the formation of smaller droplets in the case of gold than in the case of indium on a bare silicon surface, i.e after desorption step for indium Without desorption step, indium forms smaller ... was accomplished by means of an electron beam evaporator The pre-structuring of substrates was performed by focused ion beam (FIB) treatment with 30 kV Ga+ ions Distances, widths and depths of ... oxidized substrate as well as on the surface tension of the liquid metal alloys has been presented Silicon nanowires have been grown via VLS mechanism with the use of gold and indium as solvent Indium...
Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 15:17
Guidelines for Use of Personal Protective Equipment by Law Enforcement Personnel During A Terrorist Chemical Agent Incident potx
... appropriateness of these masks for use by law enforcement officers In addition, these masks are intended for escape purposes only and therefore are not intended for prolonged use such as performing perimeter ... perform the roles of law enforcement officers The first and utmost task for the safety of responding law enforcement officers is early recognition of the event for what it is First responding officers ... covering (mask face suitability for use by officers on the perimeter of piece) that forms a a chemical incident Many escape masks are complete seal with the disposable, one-time use only masks that...
Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 14:20
How To Make Use Of Usenet For File Sharing
... megabit connection, but for the vast majority of users this isn’t a problem at all Easynews (www.easynews.com) While Easynews hasn’t been around for quite as long as Astraweb, it does bring some ... (news.astraweb.com) Astraweb is one of the most popular NSPs It’s well priced ($11/month as of this writing if you sign up for their special offer) and offers unlimited downloads as fast as your Internet connection ... were ways of communicating One way was Usenet While usability was very primitive by today’s standards, it still allowed users to share text and images as well as other small files Jumping forward...
Ngày tải lên: 18/03/2014, 21:49