... test battery that contains several tests These tests are based on the stimulation oftheauditory system with tones, numbers, syllables, words and sentences Evaluation is made according to the ... stimulus Components ofcentralauditoryprocessingCentralauditoryprocessing occurs prior to language comprehension [9] It consists firstly ofauditory discrimination, which is responsible for the ... parameters [17] The Staggered Spondaic Word Test (SSW) consists of twosyllable spondaic words that are presented simultaneously to each ear [18] This involves the diagnosis ofauditory deficits in attention...
... ambiguous words, the number of its senses, the number of its data instances, the number of feature, andthe percentage of positive sense instances for each data set Assigning the correct labels of ... problem as binary classification where desired texts are positive examples and other texts are negative examples This setting is practical, because ambiguous senses other than the expected sense are ... instances is done by one person and 48.5% of all the labels are checked by another person The percentage of agreement between persons for the assigned labels is 99.0% The average time of assigning...
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... ranges, and standard errors (SEs) of continuous variables of interest (age, LOS, costs) and frequency distributions for categorical variables (e.g., race) Students’ t-tests and chisquare tests were ... differences in mean predicted values assessed with t-tests Results and Discussion Results A total of 126,056 children with a secondary diagnosis of ADHD and 204,176 adolescents with a secondary diagnosis ... were used to assess the statistical significance of differences across study measures between the study groups In addition to descriptive analyses, we conducted multivariable linear regression...
... including the average difference per patient The agreement between absolute values of ScvO2 and SvO2 andthe agreement ofthe changes of these values were assessed by the mean bias and 95% limits of ... Differences between groups Secondary analysis showed that 25 patients presented with a splanchnic source of sepsis and 28 patients presented with a non-splanchnic source of sepsis Thirty patients (15 splanchnic ... the absolute values of ScvO2 and SvO2, substitution ofthe change of ScvO2 for the change of SvO2 in patients with sepsis is therefore undesirable This is in concordance with earlier findings in...
... geographically diverse set of store locations covering several states in the Midwest and southeastern regions ofthe United States The goal of this research was accomplished in three steps: (1) build ... accuracy, learning processes and cognitive biases These studies offer various results that sometimes conflict with each other and are not always generalizable Nevertheless, this section provides clues ... as they related to judgmental adjustments Chapter consists of two parts The first part of Chapter outlines cognitive models of human judgment and task performance A synthesis of these models...
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... the result shows that the gene density in AT-isochores is lower than that of GC-isochores, which is consistent with the results of [17] Other h-values can also be chosen as the threshold of isochores ... structure of A thaliana genome Results and Discussion The z¢ curves, isochore maps and some features ofthe five A thaliana chromosomes Figure shows the z¢ curves for five A thaliana chromosomes As can ... mitochondrial DNA insertion isochore in chromosome II andthe whole chromosome The results for other isochores and chromosomes are listed in supplementary Tables S1 and S2 Table shows that the genes in NOR...
... corresponds to the percentage of genes represented on the array assigned to the same Gene Ontology category The results of this classification showed that the most represented classes ofthe 130 ... in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases, such as Rheumatoid arthritis, SLE and Progressive Systemic Sclerosis in mouse models as well as in humans [38] Moreover, our list included at least ... signature has been observed in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients, suggesting that the overexpression of a specific set of genes can represent the hallmark of in vivo cell exposure to IFNa,...
... process in the focus group was based on a rather small sample andthe method for selecting the factors was not too robust as a large number of tests was completed but the results of only some tests ... important aspects of diabetes treatment for patients its outcomes were discussed in a focus Table Possible sequences for reporting the effects of health care services Level of assessment Level of appraisal ... service, such as Time-Trade-Off, Standard Gamble, and Quality Adjusted Life Years, is discussed controversially because these methods include the preferences ofthe raters and require assumptions which...
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... attractiveness ofthe YB lures may be in the late spring-early summer, when the beetles are dispersing to the shoots Our results andthe profiles of monoterpene composition of Yunnan pines [2, 7] ... used to guide the development of new lures for Tomicus n sp The timing ofthe study also may have affected the negative results ofthe tests with the non-host volatiles While avoiding non-host ... in the aggressive tree-killing behavior observed in the Yunnan province [13, 25, 26] The objectives of this study were to test the attractiveness of two blends of host volatiles for Tomicus n sp...
... all significant factors and age and gender were tested for each model Statistical analysis was performed using SAS(r) 9.1 system software Results The mean scores ofthe three DHP-18 dimensions ... extracted from this database Statistical Analysis All descriptive statistics were presented as means and standard deviations for continuous variables, and as absolute and relative frequencies for categorical ... Percents of missing scores were lower than 10% (6.2%, 6.6% and 2.5% for the BA, DE and PD dimensions, respectively) Percents of missing raw items ofthe PD dimension were always under 5%; those of the...
... to the items and their importance, the wording ofthe questions, the response options andthe timeframe to be assessed At the end ofthe discussion, consensus was reached for all questions The ... This data was processed on-site, presented to the panel and used to stimulate the discussion Finally, the panel was reassembled and discussed all the questions, focusing on different aspects related ... rhinitis and asthma, its appropriateness, usefulness and possible designs, using an on-site televoting system with immediate feedback The audience responses are presented as proportions ofthe respondents...
... and PC levels and ratios On the other hand, we need these kinds of studies to determine the exact role of APC and PC in severe sepsis andthe possible therapeutic role of PC and APC supplementation ... these technical specialties, the half-life of APC is about 15 so just the level of APC is useless without other markers of coagulation and inflammation at the same time for analysis The first studies ... studies were in healthy individuals [9], individuals with brain infarction, and smokers versus nonsmokers [10] The results ofthe studies of APC levels in human sepsis are not all that obvious and...
... analogous mechanisms and ciselements may regulate the expression ofthe corresponding genes The fact that opossum sequences also exhibit similar conservation patterns, as the sequences of eutherian spe- ... Cross-species conservation of individual TFBS positions versus their Cross-species conservation of individual TFBS positions versus their information content Conservation is measured between the ... have their TFBSs conserved across species than others We test this finding outside eutherians by examining conservation rates of TFBSs for those factors for which at least seven instances are...
... in the animal work, participated in the design ofthe study and reviewed the manuscript DC performed the histological evaluation of samples and assisted in data analysis RH conceived ofthe study, ... for each sample and expressed as the mean and SEM ofthe percentage ofthe total treatment area Significance was determined for the three groups by nonparametric ANOVA Results and discussion EP ... alone [38] There are several possible reasons as to why the results of these three studies differ considerably There are variations the lipid composition, the reporter gene delivered, the in vivo...
... the answers to the questions of frequency of falling and rising tunes andthe possibility ofthe correlation between the tunes used andthe grammatical structures ofthe IUs The features synthetized ... understand and use these tones in communication - offer a helping hand in deciding the tone choice as speakers and understanding the message as listeners ORGANISATION OFTHE STUDY The thesis is composed ... in the research while Data Analysis and Discussion Section presents the process of analyzing data collection to reach some initial findings along with discussion sessions concerning the results...