... tree affectsstrength and stiffness. Furthermore, therelationships between the strength and stiffness and between some growth char-acteristics and strength and stiffness areshown. ... and uniformproperties. The great variability between individual trees, as well as within and between stands, indicates that there is largepotential for more efficient and ... 1996.Original articleBending properties of Norway spruce timber. Comparison between fast- and slow-grown stands and influence of radial position of sawn timberI. Robert Kliger*Mikael...
... Cantonese ~t~, the Mandarin also includes the fruits Cantonese refers to as ~I~ (gaml) and ~(caang2). On the other hand, the Cantonese ~ semantically covers the Mandarin ~ (go, walk) and ~ (row). ... prototype, called CPC, for translation between Cantonese and Putonghua (i.e., Mandarin), both Cantonese-to-Putonghua and Putonghua-to-Cantonese. Input and output sentences are in pinyins or ... rewarding and more feasible. The present paper discusses the design and implementation of dialect MT systems at pinyin and character levels, with special attention on the Chinese Mandarin and Cantonese....
... proteins switch between autophagy and apoptosis is very uncertain. We canunderstand the interrelationship between them by themitochondria, which may function as a switch between apoptosis and autophagy. ... stimu-lates autophagy and involves an interaction withhVps34, and another that inhibits autophagy and involves an interaction with Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL. Accord-ingly, overexpression of Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL disrupts ... mechanisms of apoptosis and autophagy aredifferent, and involve fundamentally distinct sets ofregulatory and executioner molecules [7–9]. Thecrosstalk between apoptosis and autophagy is thereforecomplex...
... cross-sectional analysis of characteristics of HIV-infected adults initiating ART between 2002 and 2009 in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania and in the International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDSConsortium. ... antiretroviral therapy in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania between 2002 and 2009. Journal of the International AIDSSociety 2011 14:46.Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: ... generalprototypical ART scale-up clinics staffed and stocked bynational ministries of health and implementing partnersof the Global Fund and PEPFAR and should be fairlyrepresentative of clinics...
... Rissanen8 and Harri Sintonen2Address: 1National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, Helsinki, Finland, 2University of Helsinki, Finland, 3Academy of Finland, 4HUCH, ... determine a) thedifferences in the 15D score and dimensions between patients and population controls, and b) the differences between the baseline and admission measurementswithin the patient ... missing values.c Between patients and population controlsd Between the patients who completed the questionnaires (baseline and admission, n = 133) and those excluded (n = 64)Health and Quality...
... reported by children and parents: a comparisonbetween students and child psychiatricoutpatients. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:136.Jozefiak et al. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes ... study, comparing QoL between psychia-tric outpatients and regular students recruited from thesame catchment area and during comparable time inter-vals and matched for sex and age , we found ... Outpatients and students matched by age, sex and levels of emotional and behavioural problemsAge-group 8 - 9.5 years 10 - 11.5 years 12 - 13.5 years 14 - 15.5 years Total pairsMatched on sex and ageGirls...
... during stage 3 and 4. The expiratory trigger(cycling-off) increased in PSV by 158 ± 103 (msec) and 258 ± 87 (msec) durin g stage 1 and stages 3 and 4,Table 2 Sleep architecture and fragmentation ... nighttime period recordings. However, one majordifference between our study and the Cabello study isTable 3 Comparison of sleep quality between theventilatory modesPSV NAVA pStage 1, % 7.5 ... mechanically ventilated patients: comparison between NAVA and PSV modesStéphane Delisle1,2,3*, Paul Ouellet3,4,5, Patrick Bellemare1, Jean-Pierre Tétrault3 and Pierre Arsenault3AbstractBackground:...
... series. MS and AC(1): the means sensitivity and the average first-order autocorrelation of the tree-ring series. AV. RW (20) and AV. STDEV (20): theaverage ring width and average standard deviation ... reveal the forest structure during Roman and Medieval times in Western Europe: a comparisonbetween archaeological and actual oak ring series (Quercus robur and Quercus petraea)Kristof HANECAa*, ... forests and woodlands [9, 21, 26]. Already during Romantimes the original vegetation in Western Europe was convertedon a large scale. Forests were cleared and converted to arableland and pastures,...
... target vol-umes and in other various critical structures in coplanar and non coplanar field IMRT.MethodsPatients Between July 2004 and April 2005, 7 consecutive patients(3 males and 4 females) ... values for each organ with their standard devia-tion. No difference was noted between CF and NCF for theipsilateral and controlateral lenses, brainstem, temporo-mandibular joints, inner ears or ... organ at risk is represented. D1%, Dmean and Dmax are the 1% of organ volume doses, mean dose and maximum dose respectively. Mean dose values and standard deviation are shown.Mean dose volume...
... oversight and m onitoring and evaluation, poor alignment between GHI and donor pro-grammes and national and s ubnational level priorities, and implementation problems including delays and con-fusion, ... theGlobal Fund grant, and in Zambia roles and responsibil-ities were ill-defined between the NAC, MoH, otherministries and CSOs, andbetween va rious subnationalstructures and actors [30,31]. ... Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine, specialisation within the health system has inhib-ited interaction between different parts of the system, and between health and non -health departments [47]. Ukrai-nian and...
... thelabor contraction we notice the opposite (between 40 s and 80 s): large areas of significance with CWCF and smaller oneswith WLCC.The comparisonbetween CWCF and WLCC figures indi-cates that during ... aspect between pregnancy and labor bursts is clear and as shown in Figure 2:in labor (Figures 2(a) and 2(b) right) there are more high-frequency components than during pregnancy (Figures 2(a) and ... pointing left, means Vb8 leads Vb7).Table 2: Comparisonbetween mean (± standard deviation) ofWPS at different frequency bands for 25 pregnancy bursts and 25labor bursts.Pregnancy Labor0 <...