... head with an months depression offlattening ofarticular surfacesubchon6 months later, severe flattening ofthe femoral head with an eccentric depression ofthe lateral articular surface associated ... zone) There was no evidence of sepsis in any ofthe specimens analysed, and over the course of this study none ofthe study group presented with evidence of deep sepsis associated with prosthesis ... alcoholism, and there was no relevant occupational or pharmacological history None ofthe patients underwent systemic steroid administration or injection of steroids to the affected joint, and none had...
... in the diagonal of B1 to achieve stability In the second method we alter the diagonal of B1 , with a value k > Changing the diagonal both improves the performance and ensures stability In the ... together with the other methods Despite the fact that our method uses only the 14th order approximation, it is definitely better than these methods, even better than S400 Conclusions As the eigenvectors ... and find the norm of error between samples of corresponding Hermite-Gaussian functions and the eigenvectors First we compare total norms of errors between the Hermite-Gaussian functions and the samples...
... vegetation and the rest of phytocoenosis contributing to the formation ofthe soil environment or onthe contrary, the absence or presence of herbs onthe soil surface is primarily caused by the ... eco-indicator of edaphic conditions Basedonthe observation of phytocoenoses, the soil environment can be described As a typical example we can cite the specification of groups of types of geobiocoenoses ... present Onthe basis of this work project we can conclude that the causation does not lie in the presence of a concrete soil property, but in the heterogeneity of soils in general CONCLUSION This contribution...
... intervention studies focused solely onhipjoint OA and to decide whether they met the recommendations ofthe guidelines highlighted earlier, and also to determine the efficacy of their exercise-therapy ... ofthe Health Related Quality of Life Table Level of evidence for evaluating the efficacy of exercise therapy in the management of osteoarthritis ofthehip Level of evidence Definition Strong ... pain, hip function (self-reported or performance based) , and quality of life Examples of self-reported pain included the VAS; the pain subscale ofthe Harris Hip Score; and/or the pain subscale of...
... factors responsible for the dissolution of lead fragments in synovial fluid are the presence of hyaluronic acid and the ph of synovial fluid [8] Onthe other hand mechanical destruction ofjoint may ... his right hip Radiographs at the time of injury confirmed the presence of bullet around thehipjoint He was managed conservatively at that time Now he was complaining ofhip pain for the last ... Firstly the initial trauma may cause fractures of articular bone, leading to an incongruous and irregular jointsurface Motion of such surfaces against each other may lead to joint destruction Secondly,...
... micrographs ofthe fracture surfaceofthe samples as Fe2O3 addition It is seen from the micrographs that the grain size grows with the increase of Fe2O3 addition Below the 0.25 wt% Fe2O3, the grain ... ofthe multi-component ceramics basedon PZT and the relaxor ferroelectric materials, Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3 and Pb(Mn1/3Nb2/3)O3 The results ofthe thesis will open up prospects for the fabrication ... fabrication of electronic ceramic materials in our country, particularly the feasibility of application of ceramic materials for fabricating ultrasonic sensors, ultrasonic cleaners The layout ofthe thesis:...
... When the pH of solution varies, the dielectric constants of DNA and solution around the SGR change, it brings about the variation of effective dielectric constant Therefore, the optical signals of ... (pH) α The pH-dependence ofthe exciton binding energy is insulated in Fig.4 Fig The pH-dependence ofthe exciton binding energy (16) pH-DEPENDENCE OFTHE OPTICAL BIO-SENSOR 85 IV CONCLUSIONS This ... investigated the environment-dependent properties of biosensor We showed the expression of effective dielectric constant of medium The pH dependence ofthe optical biosensor from DNA and semiconductor...
... 3-linked) The location ofthe Fuc residue can be deduced from the CID MS/MS fragmentation In comparison with the spectrum of iLNO (Fig 1A), the D2b-5 ion has shifted 146 Da to m/z 1037 corresponding ... ion is at m/z 690, this excludes the possibility ofthe other Fuc being at the Gal next to the subterminal GlcNAc The position ofthe second Fuc 3-linked to the internal GlcNAc forming an internal ... from a contaminant (see below), having the same molecular mass with one Fuc in each ofthe 3- and 6-branches Comparison ofthe product-ion spectra ofthe singly and doubly charged molecular ion precursor...
... Infections after total hip replacement are basedonthe bacterial colonisation onthesurface area of an endoprosthesis involving the local tissue and causing an immune reaction [15] The most common ... influence onthe patient´s convenience [16] and the possibility of costs minimization [8, 14] The disadvantage of lacking inspections ofthe sponges can be compensated by daily controlling ofthe canister ... environment in the wound stimulate the proliferation of granulation tissue [2] However, although the V.A.C.-therapy corresponds with the concept of infection treatment with implant/prosthesis...
... for the degree of Master of Arts (TEFL) accept the requirements ofthe College relating to the retention and use of Master of Arts Thesis deposited in the library In terms of these conditions, ... students reduce the reliability ofthe test scores Onthe basis of these results, the author provides some suggestions towards the improvement ofthe test quality The reliability ofthe final achievement ... administration For the reason of convenience and satisfaction, KD20 and KD 21 are often chosen more than the others and are considered the two most common formulae (Alderson J.S et al., 1995) Concerning...
... curve c is the critical state of which the pump can supply water under the outlet pressure ofthe pump station determined after the first optimization In the process of practical operation, the pump ... to the pressure ofthe control node after the hydraulic calculation, H c, j , H c, j max refer to the minimum and maximum allowable pressure ofthe control node, HJk,j is the pressure ofthe ... optimization is 3.84%, so the water supply requirement can be satisfied Fig.4 - The Outlet Flow for Each Pump Station ofthe First and Second Optimization CONCLUSION The purpose of optimal operation...
... superposition of both conformations can be seen in Fig 5C It is obvious that the NMR based structure determinationofthe bound conformation ofthe pentapeptide agrees with that obtained in the crystal ... [19] They report a significant contribution of Arg4 to binding by analyzing thesurfaceofthe residues covered by the protein They also see an interaction ofthe C-terminal part RPAP with thesurface ... Most of these contacts are with the binding cavity in the Fv domain However, there are significant additional contacts to the bottom ofthe next Fab (cf Figure 10) Thesurface covered by the nonbinding...
... ‘‘pollution filter’’ basedonthe lower two quartiles ofthe CO and C2Cl4 mixing ratios was employed to mitigate the effect of pollution Figure shows the CO mixing ratios as a function of latitude ... alcohol These relationships were maintained even in the UT (8 – 12 km) region ofthe atmosphere We note that that the slopes of these lines are lower in the MBL for methanol and acetone and higher ... simulation ofthe potential contribution of observed acetaldehyde concentrations to formaldehyde and PAN formation Solid lines correspond to model runs that simulate observed acetaldehyde concentrations,...
... not shown) There was also a single nonsense mutation leading to insertion ofthe TAA stop codon in exon of one ofthe vaspin A chain genes of V a zinnikeri (data not shown) These four clones are ... in the venom of these snakes because no neurotoxic envenomation has ever been reported in the Clermont-Ferrand region (Gabriel Montpied Hospital, personal communication) The expression of these ... with five exons separated by four introns (Table 3) Exons 3, and the 5¢ part of exon encode the mature protein; exon encodes the 5¢-UTR, and exon and part of exon encode the signal peptide The 110...
... onthe activity ofthe activated different foils From the absolute photon fluxes, we have constructed the bremsstrahlung energy spectrum basedonthe unfolding technique in combination with the ... the bombarding electron The slowing down of electrons due to ionization losses leads to reduction ofthe high energy part in relation to low-energy radiation The shape ofthe obtained bremsstrahlung ... detection efficiencies at the photopeak energy The average activity ofthe activation foils served as photon flux to which the foils were exposed The relation between the average photon flux,...
... distinguished basedonthe probability distribution law. The first group that consists of bicarbonate and calcium ions is characterized by sub‐normal distribution. The second one that consists ... comparing the average values of ions concentration with the corresponding values at mean (Table 3). At the mean value, bicarbonate and calcium ion concentrations are the highest among ... Fig. 9. Frequency distribution of Ca ions in dry season of Holocene aquifer. Magnesium (Mg2+) ions Apart from the two samples without Mg2+, similarly to calcium ions, the concentration of magnesium ions varies from 2.38 to 1053.69 mg/l. ...
... by the evolution of specialized gene functions, as well as by the creation and loss of different exons Both the emergence of additional genomic copies by gene duplication and retrotransposition, ... unknown whether the dual function of PUF60 on transcription and splicing is coupled as in the case ofthe CAPER proteins or whether PUF60 affects independently the transcrip- U2AF diversity tion and ... sequence termination if it contained an in-frame stop codon within an internal exon For the predicted patterns of splicing, there is redundance in the number of accessions shown because ofthe fragmented...
... which d is the dimensionality (the number of input features) in the problem As can be seen in (2), this factor drops out in the construction ofthe discriminant through the application ofthe natural ... matrix To that end, the columns marked ψ show the coefficient of variation, which is the ratio ofthe standard deviation ofthe mean of a feature versus the mean variability ofthe feature overall, ... specificity ofthe classifier; the overall accuracy ofthe classifier is simply the sum ofthe per-class accuracy values divided by the number of classifications made The bottom ofthe table displays...
... difference between the two studied groups, basedon MSCOH In association with the selection of WT features in Section 3.3.1, we further consider synchronization mea- sures in the Theta and Alpha ... to 60% The most consistent result across the different brain regions, for WT, occurred for the Theta and Alpha bands with the exception ofthe score over the right temporal brain region which ... features A majority vote function applied onthe classification outcomes of selected biomarkers This decision function selects the class label basedon which ofthe available classes (epileptic...
... years instead of three) The present study shows that the precision ofthe measure is more dependent onthe precision ofthe readers than onthe radiographic view selected Although the three views ... mm) basedonthe combination of pelvic or oblique views, as compared with 48% of patients identified as progressors basedonthe pelvic view alone Using the pelvic or hip AP view, or combining one ... measurement The selection of one trained reader is preferable to using several readers in a trial Furthermore, the better the precision ofthe reader, the fewer the patients required for the trial...