... method. Differences between test and comparison methods were estimated at 2.5, 4.0, and 10.0 ng/mL (2.5, 4.0, and 10.0 àg/L) for tPSA and 15%, 20%, and 25% for percentage of fPSA. Relative differences ... total PSA level between 4 ng/ml and 10 ng/ml. A PSA level of 4 to 10 ng/ml is considered slightly elevated levels between 10 and 20 ng/ml are considered moderately elevated; and anything above ... diagnosis and treatment of any and all medical conditions.I add a link with details of this subject http://www.labtestsonline.org.uk/ understanding/analytes/psa/test.htmlIntermethod Differences...
... {2, 6}, {4, 5, 8}is both atomicand unsplitable. Our bijection will be concerned with atomic partitionsthat are splitable and unsplitable partitions that are not atomic. In other words, we ... symmetric functions ind exed by unsplitable partitions . Can and Sagan raised the qu estion of finding a bijection betweenatomic partitions and unsplitable partitions. In this paper, we provide such ... noncommutativevariables, Bergeron and Zabrocki found a free generating set consisting of power sumsymmetric functions indexed by atomic partitions. On the other hand, Bergeron,Reutenauer, Rosas, and Zabrocki studied...
... literature inclu des Ball (1999 and 2002), Svensson (2000), Taylor (1999), McCal-lum and Nelso n (1999 and 200 0), and Galí and Monacelli (2005). Taylor (2000 and 2001)presents an interesting ... interest rates and exchange rates. Authors such as Calvo (2001),Calvo and Reinhart (2001 and 2002) and Eichengreen (2005) have insistedthat there are a number of important diÔerences between advanced ... (2003=100)Thailand (2003=100)Source: IMF.45ECBWorking Paper Series No. 548November 2005 by Smets (1997), Smets and Wouters (1999), Kim and Roubini (2000) and Cushman and Zha (1997), a...
... These were classified intosegments exhibiting copy number gain, normal copy number and copy number loss. For each tumor sample,the average and standard deviation of the segment inten- Rose et ... expression was com-pared between AA patients having copy number gain ver-sus those with normal copy number, and those havingcopy number loss versus those with normal copy number. This analysis ... use, distribution, and reproduction inany medium, provided the original work is properly cited.ResearchCopy numberand gene expression differences between African American and Caucasian American...
... (h,q)-Euler numbers and generating functions do not seem to be natural extension of Eulernumbers and polynomials. By this reason, we consider the natural q-extension of Eulernumbers and polynomials. ... by Enwhen weexpand the one on the left. These numbers are classical and important in mathematics and in various places like analysis, number theory. Frobenius extended such numbers asEnto ... Inequalities and ApplicationsVolume 2007, Article ID 86052, 22 pagesdoi:10.1155/2007/86052Research ArticleSome Relationships between the Analogs ofEuler Numbers and PolynomialsC. S. Ryoo, T. Kim, and...
... throughout:R and C denote the real and complex number fields, and N is the set of nonnegative integers. z denotes the complex conjugate of z ∈ C.(· )and (·) represent the imaginary and real part ... right-hand side, the limits limn→∞Rn and limn→∞xnex-ist and X= limn→∞xn> 0. For t he sums on the right, since∞n=0Rnis convergent and {1/xn}∞−1is positive and decreasing, ... (2.5)arein2wfor all λ ∈ C and M is said to be in the limit-circle (LC)case, see Atkinson [11] a nd Hinton and Lewis [6]. Note that in the limit-circle (LC)case,the defect numbers are equal and the limit-point...
... overweight and obesity, increased waist circumference, and low fat-free mass in smoking groups. (a) Prevalence of overweight and obesity based on rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-specific body mass ... smoking groups for prevalence of (a) overweight and obesity based on body mass index (P < 0.05), (b) overweight and obesity based on body fat (P < 0.05), and (c) increased waist circumference ... current and ex-smokers, which sug-gests the existence of a threshold below which smoking doesFigure 2Prevalence of overweight and obesity, increased waist circumference, and low fat-free mass...
... dramatic breakthroughs in our understanding of RNA interference [7] and miRNAs [8], the numberand variety of known RNA genes has grown dramatically, and we expect that it will be many more ... up and down for many years to come.AcknowledgementsWe thank Carl Kingsford for helpful comments and suggestions on the manuscript. MP and SLS were supported in part by grants R01-LM006845 and ... Complementary endeavours. Nature 1995, 377:285-286.12. Antequera F, Bird A: Number of CpG islands and genes in human and mouse. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1993, 90:11995-11999.13. Fields C, Adams...
... on the EDF model and its performance, see Crosbie and Bohn (2004), Dwyer and Korablev (2007), and Dwyer and Qu (2007). 12 between credit spreads and interest rates (level and slope) differ ... correlation between default rate and nominal interest rates, a moderate positive correlation between default rates and real interest rate, and a strong positive correlation between default rate and ... et al. (2001), and Lin and Curtillet (2007). We also find positive correlations between slopes and default rates, and significant positive correlations between changes in slopes and default rates....
... The differences between the BAD and the no BAD group with regard to skin tags and a funnel-shaped anus were highly significant (table 8). Table 8: Types and frequencies of CAF in 807 and ... (p=0.006). Table 9: Types and frequencies of symptoms and signs specified by patients with BAD and individuals without BAD. Nominations are presented since participants stand a chance to tick ... fissures, thrombosed external haemorrhoids, and pruritus ani (table 6). Table 6: Types and frequencies of BAD in 539 patients. Comparison of types and frequencies of BAD in patients with one...
... 3541U. Adhikari and S. Scheiner DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201200412Contributions of Various Noncovalent Bonds to theInteraction between an Amide and S-Containing MoleculesUpendra Adhikari and Steve Scheiner*[a]1. ... NH···S and CH···S H-bonds. Somewhat higher in energy is configuration 2f withonly one primary source of stability, a CH···O H-bond, buta short and strong one, with R(H···O) =2.28 and E(2) ... theCH3SCH3/NMA heterodimer. Large blue numbers represent binding energies, in kcalmolÀ1.Distances in and angles in degrees.Table 2. Total interaction energy DE and NBO second-order perturbationenergy...
... evaluated cheesesas taste and aroma. Using texture profile analysis methodology, Creamer and Olson (1982) and Charalambides et al. (1995) found significant differences infirmness and crumbliness after ... (Meilgaard et al. 1991).Flavor terms and references were obtained from standards selected to refer-ence terms of Cheddar cheese flavor language (Murray and Delahunty 2000) and the Cheddar cheese lexicon ... al.2004). For aroma, no significant difference was found between 7- and TABLE 4.MEAN SCORES FOR CONSUMER ACCEPTABILITY (n = 140) OF CHEDDAR CHEESESAGED 7, 9 AND 12 MONTHS*Cheese ripening period...