... contribute indirectly to learning since they do not lead directly to the obtaining, storing, retrieving, and using of language.” (Rubin & Wenden, 1987:23-27). 12characteristics of learning ... of this method. Being aware of these drawbacks, the researcher took careful steps in carrying out the research survey (the specific process of compiling, piloting, recompiling and delivering ... knowing or guessing the meaning of words in context. Zoubir-Shaw and Oxford (1995) found that males reported more often than females that “not knowing the meaning of a word impeded their thinking...
... comparing the consistency between the new design and a routine control selection design in a large case -control study that was incorporated into a nationwide mortality survey in China in 1989–1991. ... used in this study, as in clinical trials,7–10 to evaluate the equiva-lence of the two case -control studies in assessing the risk of cancer deaths due to smoking. We first defined a range of ... hazards of tobacco use on smoking-related cancer deaths in Chinese adult men. We also offer specific suggestions that we believe are useful in choosing controls within the framework of the...
... gained by using windings to generate all the fluxes instead of relying on permanent magnets. Luttrell et. al. [1] used a synchronous motor that is inverter-fed off a DC bus in the award-winning ... contents of the control loop is the subject of the remaining chapters of Part I. Chapter 2 Choosing a Motion Control Technology 2 Part I. Motion Control Chapter 2. Choosing a Motion Control ... deceleration in each direction must be invariant, requiring an invariant load. The problem of control with a changing torque load or inertial load will be discussed in Chapter 4. Chapter 3 The State of...
... manifest in the past and present of Alaska Native foodways. The first paper, ‘Outpost Gardening in Interior Alaska’ examines the historical dimensions of cropping by Athabascan peoples as a part of ... washed out the gardens, limiting production to about 1000 lbs. These low numbers continue through the final 3 reports; teacher Sue Price in 1965 attributes the lack of interest in gardening to ... says in 1967 that there’s just a general lack of interest in gardening in Beaver. 1.6.3 Fort Yukon 1941-1958 As mentioned in the introductory section on agriculture in Alaska, the people of...
... renewed interest in examining the indications for BCG vaccination in theUnited States included consideration of the wide range of vaccine efficacies deter-mined by clinical trials and estimated in ... should continue to be included in ongoing testing programs if their skin-testresults are <5 mm induration. Those vaccinees who have positive tuberculin skin-testreactions (≥5 mm of induration) ... preventing pulmonary TB in adoles-cents and adults. These studies also were not useful in determining a) the efficacy of BCG vaccine in HCWs or b) the effects on efficacy of the vaccine strain administered6...
... proximalregion of mouse chromosome 5 [14,15]. Fgl2 is a member of the fibrinogen family, which includes tenascin, cyto-toxin, and fibrinogen [16–18]. Fibrinogen-like proteinfamily members all contain fibrinogen-related ... thepivotal role of fgl2 in a murine model for murine hepatitisvirus strain 3 (MHV-3) induced fulminant hepatic failure[21,22]. Administration of neutralizing antibodies againstfgl2 conferred ... development of a normal fetus and in regulatingimmune responses within the intestine. Induction of fgl2 in macrophages in response to viruses results in theproduction of a potent coagulant activity...
... refinery depending on whether it has been modified since the adoption of the NSPS. The U.S. EPA is in the process of revising and updating NSPS standards. For example, in 2006 U.S. EPA finalized ... the Petroleum Refining Industry Name Subpart Effective Date CONTROL TECHNOLOGY GUIDELINES (CTGs) Storage of Petroleum Liquids in Fixed Roof Tanks 1977 Refinery Vacuum Producing Systems, Wastewater ... requirements VOC: Install floating roofs in fixed roof tanks; install domed fixed roof on external floating roof tank; replace vapor-mounted primary seal with a liquid-mounted primary seal; install...
... Researchers in the experimental group received train-ing in the PRECEDE model before patients wereincluded in the study. This specific training involvedtwo steps: first they were instructed about ... mmHg),indicating that our results cannot be compared.However, on comparing the increase in the proportion of patients with metabolic controlin the PRECEDE modelobtained in our study with those of ... Confidence Interval; ACE: Inhibitors of angiotensin converting enzyme; ARB: Inhibitors of the Renin Angiotensin II receptor; CHD: Coronary Heart Disease; AMI:Acute myocardial infarction.Salinero-Fort...
... decrease in the voting power of controlling shareholders (see Figure 1 and Table 2). Starting around year +3, however, there is an upward trend in voting power. Interestingly, controlling shareholders ... shareholders in the main sample of unifying firms, and in the control sample of firms that chose to maintain their dual share structure. Looking at the pre-unification period, it appears that controlling ... did not change their voting power much. Table 2 reports an absolute increase of about two percentage points in the voting power of controlling shareholders in unifying firms between year -2...
... Totalprotein extracts were obtained as described in experimental proce-dures. A single band of about 53 kDa was detected in liver and lungindicating that the amount of p53 protein was significantly increased ... b-carotene or vitamin A [29].Moreover, in lung of rats injected with high-dose of vitamin A over a period of 5 days, the overexpression of c-Jun, produced a significant increase in the cyclin D1expression, ... ratsthan in controls, while the amount of c-Jun was significantlylower in chronic vitamin A-deficiency as compared tocontrols. In hypervitaminosis the amount of p53 wassignificantly lower than in controls,...
... industry who continue with their linear thinking and limited perspective will continue making wrong decisions. This is both dangerous and increasingly serious. Building a facsimile of a company, ... wargaming to hone our strategic thinking. A once -in- three-years away day is not enough! If we do not create new tools we will see the business casualty rate increase.Those in charge of industry ... this the increased demand for fuel, housing and medicine, plus the spread of disease, and we have another human disaster in the making. It is insuffi cient to solve sin-gular problems in a random...
... are built in major regions, northeast China, east China, south China, north China, southeast China, and southwest China. Currently, there are discussions about necessity of building independent ... feature of economic growth in Taihu River Basin is the rapid growth of TVEs. Most of TVEs are of chemical industry, paper-making industry, electroplating industry and other heavy pollution industries. ... a priority in the development of environmental management system in China. In 1972, water pollution in Dalian Bay (city) caused more than tens of thousands of loss of marine output every...