... the current valueofthe property andthe fromValue or in any other way try to ensure that the move from the first frame to the second frame ofthe animation is smooth For example, suppose we ... corner and a smaller one in the center ofthe right side ofthe window The method takes four floating-point values as CGFloats The first pair specifies thexandy values ofthe lower-left corner of ... for the animator proxy and then using the proxy exactly as you would the window or view The proxy will then animate the state changes for you As you’ll learn, it is amazingly simple to perform...
... disappointed, too The day ofthe Easter egg hunt dawned bright and early Sister, Brother, and dozens of their friends were on the town square waiting for Mayor Honeypot to give the signal for the hunt ... Sister and Brother really excited about Easter This is what it said: “Look,” said Brother “It says the prizes are on display in the window ofthe Beartown General Store.” And were they ever! There ... begin They had bags and baskets of every shape to gather the eggs Brother and Sister were especially well prepared They each had a big basket the better to carry the eggs they would find When the...
... vascular injuries The lower extremity was affected most frequently (61.4%) followed by the upper extremity (38.6%) The most frequently injured vessel was the femoral artery (25%) followed by the brachial ... indirect vascular injury with a rupture ofthe axillary artery caused by a dislocation ofthe shoulder joint was seen The type and pattern of vascular injuries are presented in Table Location of ... inclusion criteria were complete documentation of all required parameters for calculation ofthe severity scores of vascular injuries Presence of any ofthe following factors led to exclusion:...
... Sensitivity and specifity ofthe different methods for evaluation of lymphatic vessel invasion concerning the status of nodal Sensitivity and specifity ofthe different methods for evaluation of lymphatic ... Data were analyzed for both separated groups (larynx, hypopharynx) and overall Results Tumor size (P < 0.001), tumor stage T (larynx P < 0.001; hypopharynx P < 0.05), and grading G (larynx P < ... (L0) The reliablity for nonconformance was kappa = 0.27 The results in the different groups are indicated in table The sensitivity and specificity of L1 regarding the predictive valueof nodal...
... early RA from the study of diagnostic value were included in a prospective study of prognostic factors in early RA Two years of follow-up data were available for 98 of 134 patients Results for ... DMARDs together with very low doses of glucocorticoids (methylprednisolone, mg/day) [21,22] After the first year of therapy, patients were treated according to the criteria ofthe attending physician, ... present in RA sera and therefore an optimal antigenic substrate for the determination of ACPAs We analyzed the sensitivity and specificity of CFFCP1 in a large group of RA patients and other...
... reference typology The first three axes ofthe reference typology are shown in Figures 3A (axes and 2) and 3B (axes and 3) The first axis clearly distinguishes French breeds from African breeds The second ... quantify the efficiency of a marker, we introduce the typological value (TV), which is the contribution ofthe marker to the construction ofthe reference typology Hence, we reply to the following practical ... permits the extraction of common information from separate analyses, in the settingup of a reference typology, andthe comparison of each separate typology to this reference typology Finally, to...
... structurally characterized the pantoate-bound form of nPS using X- ray crystallography, as described below A Solution and refinement ofthe structure using X- ray crystallography B The crystal structure of ... essential for CoA biosynthesis, and functions in fatty acid synthesis and energy metabolism [2] The structure and function of PSs from several prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms have been reviewed recently ... pantoate Furthermore, the pantoate molecule is hydrogen-bonded to other protein residues via networks of water-mediated hydrogen bonds The backbone nitrogen and carbonyl oxygen of Thr29 andthe side...
... in the polarity and ⁄ or flexibility ofthe environment of Trp207 and 29 may significantly affect the intrinsic fluorescence ofthe DK9 variant, the higher the surface exposure and flexibility of their ... would affect both the conformation andthe catalytic activity ofthe thrombin B-chain, thus corroborating the belief of an extraordinary conformational plasticity of this enzyme Experimental procedures ... thrombin samples in the same buffer without urea resulted in recovery (after correction for the dilution factor) ofthe fluorescence in the absence of urea The process was highly cooperative for...
... before-tax return of $5 0r* The present valueof this return (at the market rate of interest) is $50 (r* /r) = $50*1.5 = $75 The cost to the economy of raising $100 of public funds by borrowing from the ... will, by their nature, cause a shift ofthe bour supply curve, and this may tend to increase or decrease the ffects ofthe tax rate increase on the quantity of labour supplied and he quantity of leisure ... benefit in year (known with certainty) RH is net benefit from year onwards if the high price prevails RL is net benefit from year onwards if the low price prevails q is the probability of the...
... with their fixed super-secondary structure of three b-strands and glycosyl residues linked to the N-terminal serines form the next ordered layer ofthe cable structure The surface layer ofthe ... ofthe trypsin-treated PVX Fig FTIR absorbance spectra ofthe intact and trypsin-treated Ru PVX andofthe intact ST mutant preparations in the 1000–4000 cm-1 region, for dry films and after saturation ... films ofthe intact and trypsin-treated Ru PVX andthe intact ST mutant preparations To compare the waterabsorbing capacity ofthe different PVX variants, we measured their FTIR spectra in dry films...
... semisynthetic macrolide is structurally similar to erythromycin (Fig 6) but has an oxirane ring instead ofthe methyl ofthe lactone ring Furthermore, in TAO all erythromycin hydroxyl groups are ... spiral rotation of 180° ofthe 3¢ end ofthe A-site tRNA, performed in conjunction with peptide bond formation, andthe shift ofthe acceptor stems ofthe tRNA Sovereign motions of structural ... the outer shell ofthe symmetryrelated region plays a role in the transmission of signals between the ribosomal features facilitating the two ends ofthe biosynthetic process: the entry ofthe amino...
... used are identical to those we previously reported [15,21,33] The degenerate primers RXR -F1 and RXR -R1 (Table 1) were used for the first PCR of cDNA of RXR, andthe RXR -F2 and RXR -R1 primers were ... same way, the 5¢-RACE for RXR was executed with RXR-RR1, andthe 3¢-RACE for RXR was executed with RXR-RF1 Each RACE reaction was followed by a nested PCR using RXR-RR2 (68 °C) and RXR-RF2 (68 ... two forward primers for 3¢-RACE, were designed (Table 1) The 5¢-RACE for EcR was performed by PCR with the primer EcR-RR1, andthe 3¢-RACE for EcR was performed with the primer EcR-RF1, according...
... particular, Professor Alfred Rappaport of Northwestern University (cofounder of ALCAR) and Joel Stern (of Stern Stewart & Co.) were among the first to extend the Miller-Modigliani entity valuation formula ... analyze historical performance, forecast free cash flows, estimate the appropriate opportunity cost of capital, identify sources of value, and interpret results As a further aid to the practitioner, ... estimated present valueof stock options represented 45 percent ofthe median pay package for chief executive officers of public corporations Over the same period, boards of directors had come under increased...
... Su-SLec and STF Other characteristic features of duck viruses were their low affinity for fucosylated sialyloligosaccharides SLea and SLex, nearly equal affinity for sulfated and non-sulfated sialyloligosaccharides, ... oligosaccharides were synthesized as described previously [45-47] Viruses The majority of viruses in the study were from the repository ofthe Influenza Division, CDC, USA; some isolates were from the ... described in the Methods and were expressed in μM of sialic acid Higher values of constants correspond to lower binding affinities The data were averaged from sets of experiments Standard errors did...
... aspect of EM efficacy Efficacy of EM for critical care and procedures Efficacy of EM for efficiency or cost of care Efficacy of EM for public health and preventive medicine Efficacy of EM for radiology ... radiology (i.e., accuracy of reading films, etc.) Efficacy of EM for trauma and airway management Efficacy of EM for using ultrasound Efficacy of EM faculty Efficacy of EM residencies Overviews and ... provide critical care and perform selected invasive procedures EM and care rendered in EDs offer many efficiencies and cost-effectiveness of care delivery within the broader healthcare system EM and...
... are group of approximately 20 proteins that consist of a type of intermediate filament and are differentially expressed in epithelia of various sites The cytokeratins most often used are CK7 and ... (3) lack of association between the levels of expression of nuclear transcription factors andthe state of differentiation ofthe tumor [28] For example, in the study described here, 114 of 118 ... adenocarcinomas and found a lack of CDX2 reactivity in 14 (28%) of 50 poorly differentiated tumors They concluded that CDX2 expression decreases with tumor differentiation Other series, however, failed...
... particular, Professor Alfred Rappaport of Northwestern University (cofounder of ALCAR) and Joel Stern (of Stern Stewart & Co.) were among the first to extend the Miller-Modigliani entity valuation formula ... analyze historical performance, forecast free cash flows, estimate the appropriate opportunity cost of capital, identify sources of value, and interpret results As a further aid to the practitioner, ... estimated present valueof stock options represented 45 percent ofthe median pay package for chief executive officers of public corporations Over the same period, boards of directors had come under increased...
... Thnorng Moul Chhnieng Chunhchoat Chap Dai Bach Bat Pralay Khmer Name xxxxxxxxxxxxxx day xxx night Fishing Period xxxxxxxxx day + night 1–5 1 1 gear, fishers gear, fishers ... distant from their owners’ houses Farmers are usually not present to prevent others fishing on their land or to prevent theft of aquacultured fish Increasing the yield from the fishery is a technically ... Traps accounted for about 43% ofthe effort and 47% ofthe weight of catches, and three categories of gear (traps, hook and line, and covering nets) accounted for about 82% ofthe total effort...
... Norway spruce forests ofthe French Permanent Plot Network for the Monitoring of Forest Ecosystems network (RENECOFOR) The ecological conditions varied from low-elevation stands with mesic and ... maximum or minimum monthly temperature (Tmax and Tmin from November to the previous growing season (t-1) to October ofthe year in which the ring was formed) as regressors The period of analysis ... 0.681 for total ring, earlywood and latewood, respectively The high values observed for silver r indicate a strong dependence of current growth on the previous year’s growth The number of pointer...
... present study can be verified for other R/ RF-ratios occurring under overstorey canopies and other tree species, the further development of growth models will benefit from integrating the effect ... spectral composition ofthe radiation below the canopy In particular the ratio ofthe red components of radiation to those ofthe far red (R/ FR-ratio) is altered below the crowns ofthe canopy trees ... II, figure 3a) The differences in the relative growth rates between the two parts ofthe growing season andthe effects ofthe shade treatments were particularly pronounced for oak (figure 3a–c)...