... Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, andthe defense Intelligence Community iii iv Assessmentofthe Content, Design, and Dissemination ... Hamilton Purpose ofthe Report This report summarizes RAND’s independent assessmentofthe design, content, and dissemination ofthe RWC, which was conducted between January and August 2011 The RWC is ... populations xi xii Assessmentofthe Content, Design, and Dissemination ofthe Real Warriors Campaign Identify the strengths ofthe design, content, and dissemination strategies used by the RWC and which...
... intraductal papillary carcinoma ofthebileductand revealed no stromal invasiveness (Figure 3B, 3C) The tumor was 14.0 × 13.0 cm-sized and involved the distal portion ofthe left intrahepatic duct ... intrahepatic ductand B4 No additional intraductal tumor was found in the right intrahepatic and extrahepatic bileduct Resection margins ofthe proximal bileductand hepatic parenchyma were free of tumor ... mucin and multiple the transected specimen (A) reveals a cystic dilatation ofthe intrahepatic bileThe macroscopic appearance of papillary tumors ducts with The macroscopic appearance ofthe transected...
... A rare combination of an endocrine tumour ofthe common bileductand a follicular lymphoma ofthe ampulla of Vater: a case report and review ofthe literature World Journal of Surgical Oncology ... in drafting and revising the manuscript AT participated in gathering the data and drafted the manuscript EK performed the appropriate histological analysis ofthe surgical specimens and provided ... depicting the dilatation and abrupt stenosis ofthe CBD, close to the ampulla of Vater (arrow) Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) demonstrated the duodenal ampulla of Vater thickened andthe CBD...
... 15, April 14 1 7The Department ofthe Navy Science and Technology Corporate Board is composed ofthe Vice Chief of Naval Operations, the Assistant Commandant ofthe Marine Corps, andthe Assistant ... operations 8The Department ofthe Navy Science and Technology Corporate Board is composed ofthe Vice Chief of Naval Operations, the Assistant Commandant ofthe Marine Corps, andthe Assistant ... committed to the FNCs), and (2) Discovery and Invention (D&I), to which is allocated the remainder of ONR’s 6.2 budget and all of its 6.1 budget For the purposes of this review the D&I effort ofthe MCS&T...
... intermediate [11] The sum of these ndings points at theinvolvementof more than one active oxidant in the diverse types of P450-catalyzed substrate processing [1215] The goal ofthe present perspective ... which small alterations in the environment can cause drastic changes in the reactivity ofthe active species [76] Further support in favour ofthe idea oftheinvolvementof a high-valent iron-oxene ... those ofthe gross molecular motions of many enzyme-bound substrates and depending on the stereochemical specicities ofthe compounds to be acted upon [16,17] Reduction of ferric P450 to the ferrous...
... partridges and wolves) and a very rich diversity of flower The first HSR proposal dates back to the end ofthe eighties, and soon after the opposition in the Susa Valley started In 2011, the new ... villas, churches and abbeys, castles and fortresses, which attract thousands of tourists every year At the time ofthe Romans, the alpine crossovers ofthe valley acquired strategic and military ... go from one end ofthe country to the other, taking real advantage ofthe high speed (they tend to use the air services instead) A study commissioned by the Mountain Community ofthe Susa Valley...
... stewardship ofthe advanced thermionics research and development program andofthe technical progress ofthe program The NRC accepted the charge of performing this assessmentThe statement of task ... coordinated, and conducted by the AFRL OVERVIEW ANDASSESSMENTOFTHE DTRA THERMIONICS PROGRAM The present DTRA thermionics program consists of three major elements, namely the nuclear power in-core thermionic ... Academy of Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health ofthe public The Institute acts under the responsibility...
... petitioned the court to rehear the case andthe final outcome of these and had yet to be determined at the time of this report’s publication In 2007, EPA’s Office of Water (OW) initiated the aforementioned ... scope of production activities within the state From coal to oil and gas production and other forms of energy development, Wyoming is one ofthe nation’s leading providers of domestic fuels Most of ... current air quality standards and oil and gas production on the rise, these and other air quality impacts are growing areas of concern within Region (and nationally) • Per the report’s estimating methodology...
... from the councils ofthe National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, andthe Institute of Medicine The members ofthe committee responsible for the report were chosen for their ... use the print version of this publication as the authoritative version for attribution INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND 10 pose protection ofthe submarginal lands ofthe southern Everglades andthe ... summarized the hydrology ofthe predrainage system in South Florida The USGS and SFWMD developed an understanding ofthe interactions ofthe Everglades, the surficial aquifer system, andthe canals,...
... ofthe System of Implementing the MCH Services The Health workers assessed the implementation ofthe health services in terms ofthe adequacy of budget and supplies, adequacy ofthe workers and ... availing ofthe health services, the highest response was lack of medicines and health facilities This could be the wishes ofthe mothers who were not convinced ofthe adequacy ofthe MCH services and ... time to go to the health centers This may result to the lack of knowledge ofthe mothers ofthe potential dangers of not seeking professional health services during their pregnancy andthe detrimental...
... expansionary in the other countries: Austria, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Spain andthe Netherlands 40 ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTOFTHE EURO AREA The agreement reached on the Stability and Growth Pact by the European ... increasing the rate of growth of Italian economy on the one hand and measures to support household disposable income on the other (see Box 1.4) Neither ofthe two coalitions proposes a sharp reduction ... from the CPB for the Netherlands and Paavo Suni at ETLA for Finland Other Institutes provided comments, and Ray Barrell from NIESR drafted the note 11 C.f footnote 11 ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTOF THE...
... partridges and wolves) and a very rich diversity of flower The first HSR proposal dates back to the end ofthe eighties, and soon after the opposition in the Susa Valley started In 2011, the new ... villas, churches and abbeys, castles and fortresses, which attract thousands of tourists every year At the time ofthe Romans, the alpine crossovers ofthe valley acquired strategic and military ... go from one end ofthe country to the other, taking real advantage ofthe high speed (they tend to use the air services instead) A study commissioned by the Mountain Community ofthe Susa Valley...
... ) and where Dt denotes the annual growth rate ofthe demand for bank i loans, St the annual growth rate ofthe supply of bank loans and Qt the annual growth rate ofthe observed amount of ... (21), the growth rate ofthe amount of loans exchanged in the market corresponds to the minimum ofthe loan supply and demand growth rates In other words, a demand (supply) regime takes place if the ... demand and supply growth rates andthe corresponding probabilities of each regime Recall that the growth rate ofthe quantity of loans exchanged in the market corresponds to the minimum of the...
... Board ofthe National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils ofthe National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, andthe Institute of Medicine The members ... unavoidable The additional year can be used to more fully weigh the benefits, costs, and risks Introduction SCOPE OFTHE REPORT This is the interim report ofthe Committee on the Future ofthe Tropical ... science and operations, examines the longevity and current state of its instruments, and presents a broad summary ofthe research and operational achievements of TRMM to date 25 26 ASSESSMENTOF THE...
... minimization ofthe difference between experimental time course data andthe corresponding values predicted by the solution ofthe differential equations derived from a mathematical model ofthe kinetic ... extreme modulations of enzyme activities In particular, in the combinations involving the decrease of glyoxalase II activity the effect is equivalent to the modulation ofthe other parameters alone, ... (15 lg of total parasite protein) andthe formation of SDL-GSH or SDL-TSH was followed at 240 nm The concentration of these compounds was determined using a e240 of 2.86 mm)1ặcm)1 [37] and 6.5...
... Assessmentofthe Budget 2010 Economic and Fiscal Outlook The Parliament of Canada Act mandates the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) to provide independent analysis to the Senate and House ... Senate and House of Commons on the state ofthe nation’s finances, government estimates and trends in the national economy The following note provides an assessmentofthe economic and fiscal outlook ... enhances the independence and, therefore, the credibility ofthe Government’s fiscal projections, the Government’s established practice of not providing the assumptions used by the Department of Finance...
... survey ofthe land involving Lao authorities (district, village, and sometime province), the owner ofthe land andthe company, the company offered an amount of money for the compensation ofthe land ... affected by the Project Loss of land and access to land The 33 villages impacted by the Project were found to have lost 83% of their agricultural lands This major loss of land, andthe loss of access ... workers to site at the charge ofthe workers for some villages; The use of brokers for the recruitment of workers, and associated cost of these practices for the workers At the level ofthe household...
... in reason ofthe magnitude of its hardening exponent and strength coefficient On the other hand, the decrease ofthe stress concentration factor Kσ after yielding andthe increase ofthe strain ... values well below to the values observed in the other directions, these results allow to assume the hypothesis that the material inside the component and in the neighbourhood ofthe notch develop ... determine the magnitude ofthe theoretical stress concentration factor Kt as well as the pattern ofthe stress distribution The photoelastic model ofthe plate with a central hole was made of a polymer...
... and extend our understanding ofthe impact of respiratory disease symptoms on sleep impact and quality Given the prevalence of sleep problems in patients with asthma or COPD andthe absence of ... severe) and exacerbations during the previous month At baseline, the COPD patients reported whether they used oxygen andthe number of "bad days" due to their disease during the previous week The ... on the IRT analyses, CASIS item responses represented good coverage ofthe concept sleep impairment based on a review ofthe category threshold parameters The IRT analyses ofthe COPD and the...
... in the presence of dUTP, the sense strand and anti-sense strand will contain 36 and 26 uracil residues, respectively The dual-labeled probe used for detection of heterologous competitor RNA (and ... cleavage of product DNA amplified from the target template The half-life of heat-labile UNG has been estimated to be minutes at 40°C [13] thus making the use of this enzyme feasible for both PCR and ... real-time PCR and RTPCR offers significant advantages over standard PCR and RT-PCR for detection of DNA or RNA in terms of reduced sample handling, the time required for analysis and analytical...