... reducing sexual transmission of HIV and STIs between 56 men Gay and other homosexually active men have experienced high levels of HIV infection and AIDS, and many are married and have sexual relations ... care to the mother and reduce the likelihood of MTCT of HIV ‘ The core goal of all medical therapy is to bring the patient’s viral load to an undetectable level When that goal is reached, the chance ... information and services concerning HIV when they understand the importance of preventing and managing HIV infection through the use of family planning and dual protection, safe antenatal and delivery...
... contribution ofthe systematic factor andthe regulation to the total timely variation ofthe exposure is 17.24% and, therefore, 82.76% ofthe variation is due to idiosyncratic effects These effects ... disentangle the contributions ofthe systematic factor andofthe regulation One can expect some correlation between the regulatory variables outi (t) and out2i (t) on the one hand, andthe variables ... instance, the duration, andthe weighted sum ofthe positions’ duration is a measure ofthe bank’s exposure to interest rate risk (See, for instance, Sierra and Yeager (2004)) The main problem of these...
... +1 ], (12) 0, otherwise, and where x is the value ofthe explanatory variable (the time distance to the merger, in our case) The values xi denote the “knots” ofthe spline, andthe coefficients, ... ofthe time horizon after the merger Both the inclusion of control variables andthe choice ofthe dependent variable might also affect the results In order to better understand what drives the ... individual bank and local market characteristics andthe complete list of bank mergers in the US The data allow us to track thedynamicsof bank mergers while controlling for the rigidity ofthe deposit...
... affecting the VTA DA neurons These two methods took into account thedynamicsof AMPA and NMDA signals ofthe complete response and not just the maximum, making them more suitable in understanding the ... performed analysis ofthe synaptic response by estimating the areas under the AMPA and NMDA EPSC curves This allows us to better understand thedynamicsofthe synaptic charge transfer and provides ... understand thedynamicsof AMPA and NMDA signals since they took into consideration the whole current response rather than just the peak response With these two methods, we found that there is...
... recorded in stand No The June and July precipitation ofthe actual year is most significant for 100% of trees and for almost 80% of trees in this stand, and only for 10% or 5% of trees the precipitation ... precipitation in August ofthe previous year and July ofthe actual year is significant for all stands In other cases precipitation in July ofthe previous year and June ofthe actual year as well ... stands In other cases precipitation in August ofthe previous year and in the period of June–July ofthe actual year have a positive effect on increments as well as temperatures in March of the...
... Northern Tanzania, and is one of districts in Kilimanjaro region It is the capital ofthe region and has a population of about 230,000 people Most people are employed in the private sector andthe ... who participated The authors also thank the Tanzanian Ministry of Health andthe Regional and District Medical Officers for allowing the study to be conducted, the team of nurses and laboratory ... AIDS Research and Therapy 2006, 3:27 to experience higher rates of prevalence and incidence than men [2-5], and 58% ofthe HIV-infected in the whole country are women [6] There is therefore a need...
... Algorithm n can be estimated by treating the position is fixed Using a grid search, we can obtain the MLE ofthe QTL position from the peak ofthe profile ofthe log-likelihood ratio test statistics ... effects (a1 and a2 from parent P1 and b3 and b4 from parent P2 and four dominant effects (g13, g14, g23 and g34) But these additive and dominant effects are not independent and, therefore, are ... at the first and second QTLs; (12) J ag is the additive × dominant epistatic effect due to the interaction between the substitutions from allele to at the first QTL andthe dominant effect at the...
... analysis ofthe transcriptome and metabolome during ripening of Trincadeira grapes The combined analysis of transcripts and metabolites contributed to the elucidation of many aspects of carbohydrate, ... American Journal of Enology and Viticulture 1992, 129-133 37 Dartiguenave C, Jeandet P, Maujean A: Study ofthe Contribution ofthe Major Organic Acids of Wine to the Buffering Capacity of Wine in ... analysis and functional categorization of Unigenes The mRNA expression profiles of four time points (EL 32, EL 34, EL 35 and EL 36) and two seasons (2007 and 2008) were compared using the Affymetrix...
... introduce yet another large-scale purchaser that will further consolidate the number of buyers Whereas the original design ofthe GFATM placed medicine procurement in the hands of national principal ... and coordinated the study, participated in data cleaning and data analysis, and was the lead author on this paper ED, LS and SM contributed to data analysis and writing ofthe manuscript MK and ... contributed to the writing ofthe manuscript and edited it for important content JH conducted data analysis and contributed to the writing ofthe manuscript All authors read and approved the final...
... their identities in a variety of ways, in a variety of social spaces and without the political rhetoric ofthe West The Western project of liberating the "sexually repressed" communities ofthe ... anatomically possible form ofsexual stimulation and gratification Hardly any of these practices have ever become the question ofsexual identity politics The differences in patterns ofsexual expression ... from private and commercial sources was closed In July 1991, 47 tonnes of gold from the reserve assets ofthe Reserve Bank of India was shipped to the vaults ofthe Bank of England in a dramatic...
... inhaled and deposited in the terminal alveoli of another person The likelihood of this is a function ofthe concentration of droplet nuclei containing viable bacilli andthe quantity of infected ... dealing with the case where the infected individuals remain in the exposed class until they either catch multiple infections or die In the steady state ofthe system of equations (2), we have the trivial ... governed by the threshold b0 When g = 0, we have the turning value cq andthe ‘break-point’ P- governing the dynamics, originating the hysteresis-like effect [19] Thedynamicsof MTB transmission...
... coincidence of this point with the rest ofthe curve provides further support for the plausibility of VNET as a measure of market depth The rest ofthe points depict the average, unconditional levels of ... anonymity of these `insidersa, the price impact of a trade, and thus the depth ofthe market, is determined by the assumed probability of confronting an informed agent In the extreme case of a public ... tested in the various formulations for VNET are: SPREAD"log(ASK/BID) at the "nal trade ofthe price-duration NUMBER "the log ofthe number of trades during the price-duration VOLUME "the log of the...
... importance of delayed activities andthe fluctuating nature of overhead levels The effects ofthe context of a delay in terms ofthe timing ofthe delay and degree of suspension should be therefore ... about the project such as the shortest duration, the critical path(s), andthe float (Kim and de la Garza, 2003) The application of CPM has been more widespread with the aids of scheduling software ... rests on whether the delay event was foreseeable at the time of bidding and was beyond the control of both the owner and contractor (Zack, 2000) As such, they are those for which the contractor...
... concentration The vision ofthe candles, oil lamps, the hordes of monks, the cold granite floor, the huge images of Buddhas, the ringing bells, the clash of cymbals, andthe reverberations ofthe gongs, ... told?’ said the midwife, meaning the father (3 – 4) 24 After this, the point of view changes to the father ofthe child The switch from the narrator to other points of view is rather rapid and confusing ... transcriptions andthe use of different levels of Singapore-Malayan English The introduction provides the rationale for the selecting of novels andthe theoretical basis for the discussion ofthe text...
... Most of them seemed too closed, to be friendly and warmhearted, and welcome us They told us everything they did in Vietnam and they thought about Vietnam in their travels Therefore, they helped ... about Vietnam tourism, what they hope and what they see? Then, teachers and students may know clearly about the fact of tourism in Vietnam It will help students have the right acknowledge about ... see, there is a vacation for the Western countries at this time Therefore, they spend more time and money for travelling, and for relaxing in some Southern Eastern Asian countries: Thailand,...
... network There is a flow of resources within the network Points of Difference: • SN theorist (and early marketing researchers) seek to describe individual actors and their relations/patterns of connections ... buyers and sellers improve the likelihood of a transaction? – How does the value of information moderate the effect of social structure on relationship outcomes? • Typical Methods – Surveys and ... thought and practice? • • How does the marketing perspective compare to the sociological perspective? What are the three key perspectives of SNT that have influence marketing theory and practice?...
... as the principle ofthe figurative synthesis, i.e., ofthe forms of intuition; space and time are themselves conceived as synthetic unities, and spontaneity, the absolute synthetic activity ofthe ... must be the transcendental synthesis of imagination This synthesis is an action ofthe understanding on the sensibility; and is its first application – and thereby the ground of all its other applications ... that “logic, then, has for its presupposition the science of appearing spirit, which contains and presents the necessity and, accordingly, the demonstration ofthe truth ofthe standpoint that...
... guesses on the dynamical behaviour of real sandpile surfaces Finally, we present as an example ofthe use of these equations, a study ofthedynamicsof aeolian sand ripples [216] 11.3 Case A: the Edwards–Wilkinson ... and ρ, where the transfer between the species occurs only in the presence ofthe flowing grains and is therefore relevant to the regime of continuous avalanching when the duration ofthe avalanches ... despite the gusting ofthe wind The stoss slope ofthe ripple lies in the range 8◦ – 10◦ [227] The lee slope is composed of a short straight section near the crest at an angle of about 30◦ –34◦ to the...
... The new structuralist argument rests, therefore, on the contentions that the intermediation ofthe formal sector is not full and that informal sector resources, and not the other components of ... significant in the case of Kenya and Rwanda It is negative but not significant in the case of Zimbabwe, positive and statistically insignificant in the cases of Morocco and Tanzania We turn now to the subject ... restructure the debate on financial liberalization and to articulate the arguments against the financial liberalization theory It puts into focus some ofthe worries, criticisms and limitations of the...