... guidelines of the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals) in accordance with the ARVO Statement for the “Use of Animals in Ophthalmic and Vision ... design of the study and performed the statistical analysis HTA conceived of the study, and participated in its design and coordination and helped to draft the manuscript All authors read and approved ... short and thick processes and positive lectin stain For each retina, the mean number of microglial cells Page of from the three fields of each counting position (central or peripheral zone, and...
... Yoshinori Taniguchi and Shigekazu Takeuchi for their generosity and provision of information and to Toshiharu Nomura and Masayasu Okada for their assistance Authors’ contributions YY and IT collected ... [3,5] Based on our experience of diagnostic irradiation and/ or radiotherapy for the treatment of germinomas, and through our review of the literature about the regression of germinomas [2-5], we have ... obtained from the patient for publication of this case report and any accompanying images A copy of the written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of this journal Acknowledgements...
... design of the study and interpretation of in vivo data and writing the manuscript JSE participated in the design of the study and helped to perform the in vivo procedures All authors read and approved ... protected probe fragment bands µg RNA was loaded for each sample and the differences in sample loading were normalized by a factor of the ratio of the housekeeping genes L32 and GAPDH Data Analysis ... transformation of the bilobular nuclei of normal eosinophils into a condensed dark nucleus and by cell shrinkage occurring without rupture of the cell membrane (Figures and 5) The inability of...
... observation for SVM is also useful for support vectors7 of the averaged perceptron We plotted changes of the number of support vectors in the cases of both PASSIVE and M IN in Figure 11 and changes of ... “D”} if k − > j, • and {j, k, “D”} We implemented a parser and a tool for the averaged perceptron in C++ and used them for experiments We wrote the main program of active learning and some additional ... Comparison of M OD S IMPLE and S YN in terms of the number of queries to human annotators ModSimple 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 Number of Queries Figure 12: Changes of number of support...
... a sample of 2,254 adults, age 18 and older Telephone interviews were conducted in English and Spanish by landline (1,351) and cell phone (903, including 410 without a landline phone) For results ... Interviews were conducted in English and Spanish The margin of error for all cell phone owners (n=1,954) is plus or minus 2.6 percentage points, and the margin of error for cell phone owners who go online ... their cell phone, and 55% of all adult cell phone owners use their phones for one or both of these reasons Because 88% of U.S adults now own a cell phone, that works out to 49% of all U.S adults...
... at offering high, scalable performance for online exploration and querying of big data quantities (see the fgigure to the right, below, for a brief presentation of the schema) It is designed for ... harmonizationof processes and automation of each step of the process, i.e.: - Automation of the computation of populations intersecting the different sources (UMZ, Population dentity grid and national ... elaborated and included in the ESPON 2013 database Main sources of data are the Official Statistical Institutes of the respective countries The further development of both formal and informal collaboration...
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... burst forth from nothing a sea of light and radiation, and the elements split and churned and formed into millions of galaxies Thus, with that concreteness which is characteristic of physical proofs, ... beauty and clarity was astounding, and at the same time humbling I remain in awe To Christopher, Richard, then, and all of those above, I issue my thanks for their support and encouragement, andfor ... the physical validity of the Big Bang itself and is irrelevant to our understanding of it Of course, as we go beyond the mere existence of an expanding universe to understand the physical principles...
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... study the verb structures involved before "rather than" With practice and deeper understanding of the verb structures, you will soon learn how to apply the correct form In the meanwhile, try to remember ... 2) Despite the risk of social isiolation,a problem occasionally seen in people who spend too much time at their computer ... meanwhile, try to remember as many as possible the examples given in grammar books or dictionaries for "rather than" ...
... two different lineages of pine and two lineages of fungus in four environments, representing a factorial combination of two different abiotic environments (two different sterile soil types) and ... length) and two full-sib families of its mycorrhizal fungus (132 and 133, measured as the number of roots of the host that are inoculated) under four different environments The height of each ... showed that there were variable outcomes for the same combinations of pine and fungus lineages under different conditions (Figure 2) and that for one of the pine families, this could indeed result...
... at onset of myositis was similar for PM and DM, at 50.4 versus 49 years, respectively The median duration of disease at data capture was three years for PM and DM A similar proportion of patients ... HLA-DRB1*07 and DQA1*02 were protective factors for PM and, by contrast, were risk factors for DM Strong pairwise LD was demonstrated between HLA-DRB1*03, DQA1*05 and DQB1*02, and also between DRB1*07 and ... additional independent effect of DRB1*03 and DQB1*02 For DM, the strongest risk factor was DQB1*02, after accounting for DQA1*05 and DRB1*03 This was confirmed using forwards and backwards stepwise...
... Each paw was graded according to the severity and extent of erythema and swelling of periarticular soft tissues, and the enlargement and distortion of the joints [32] Clinical score ranged from ... included standard dilutions and positive and negative reaction controls mRNA levels of each gene of interest andof the ribosomal protein RP29, chosen as a housekeeping gene, were determined for each ... contributions MK performed all in vivo and molecular studies and drafted the manuscript DM performed molecular studies and drafted the manuscript AB and SS performed molecular studies and statistical...
... intraclass correlation coefficient (1.1) of 0.71 for the PANSS general subscale, andof 0.86 for both symptom and function GAF scores (for details, see Ringen et al 2007b) Some of the variables frequently ... categories of daily, weekly, monthly or occasional/no use within each interval, based on the possibility ofdifferent use patterns andofdifferences in the pathophysiological influence of substances ... number of units and non-alcoholic substance use by number of incidents Different non-alcoholic substances were asked for specifically and the use was quantified by totaling the number of incidents...
... between the supporters of the program: the VCH, VANDU and the PHS The hard-line approach of the PHS was in direct contravention of the wishes of VCH and VANDU both of which formally registered their ... programs For example, the monthly statistics form for needle distribution from the VCH carries an official "performance target" of 90% written at the top of the form The separation of syringe ... instance Policy makers and professionals are often complicit in all of this, insisting on an exchange to somehow make addicts accountable and forcing points of contact with professionals who sometimes...
... http://www.sepsisforum.org References Anonymous: Practice parameters for hemodynamic support of sepsis in adult patients in sepsis Task Force of the American College of Critical Care Medicine, Society of Critical ... dopamine in 31% of patients, whereas the same targets were achieved in 93% of patients with norepinephrine (P < 0.001) Of 11 patients who did not respond to dopamine and remained hypotensive and oliguric, ... Larcan A: Comparison of norepinephrine and dobutamine to epinephrine for hemodynamics, lactate metabolism, and gastric tonometric variables in septic shock: a prospective, randomized study Intensive...
... in January 2002 For more information about ISF, see: http://www.sepsisforum.org References 10 11 12 13 14 Task Force of the American College of Critical Care Medicine Society of Critical Care ... improved outcome for the patients treated with norepinephrine, that study was a nonrandomized observational study, and the results must therefore be treated with caution As Drs Sharma and Dellinger ... indicate that routine administration of dopamine is necessary to ‘protect the kidneys’, and indeed the use of renal doses of dopamine has recently been challenged [8] and can no longer be recommended...
... analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication Author details MRC Centre for Medical Molecular Virology, Division of ... segment of sequence EU981678 is not shown as it includes a repeat within the XMRV sequence which is not covered by the much shorter EU981810 sequence and is therefore redundant for purposes of alignment ... integrates into the chromosomal DNA of prostate tumour tissues [7,8] Such integration of the cDNA copy of genomic viral RNA to form the provirus is essential for retroviruses to establish productive...
... advanced age and comorbid disease and the authors postulate that reasons for their contrary findings centre around different end Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Dr Chalela and colleagues ... symptoms as it was for later scans, which is relevant for thrombolysis However Donnan and Dewey [10] point out that 11% of patients were unable to undergo MRI and the practicalities of intubated patients ... sedation Of these, 62.4% required morphine before tracheostomy while 32.5% required morphine post-tracheostomy Equivalent values were 44.4% versus 9.4% for midazolam and 34.2% versus 15.4% for propofol...