... order ofthe sum of two functions is not greater than the larger ofthe orders ofthe two summands, and if the orders ofthe summands andofthe sum are all equal, then 21 the type ofthe sum ... greater than the larger ofthe types ofthe two summands In addition, if one ofthe two functions is of larger growth than the other, then the sum has the same order and type as the function of larger ... analogue of Rolle’s theorem Theorem (Gauss-Lucas Theorem [50, p 8],[57, Theorem 1.2.1]) If p(z) is a non- constant polynomial, then the zeros of p (z) belong in the convex hull ofthe zeros of p(z) The...
... civil wars, genocides, andthe trafficking of drugs, arms and human beings The decline ofthe nation-state is reflected not only in the loss of geopolitical power andthe start of an era of apolarity, ... of its citizens andof its enemies The nation-state’s high points in the role of master of lives were the two world wars ofthe twentieth century Starting from the Cold War, the nationstate’s ... result ofthe First World War, the ideal ofthe nation-state destroyed the multinational Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires, and gave rise to new states in the Balkans andthe Middle East After the...
... kind of software in a server Before the examinations, the person who is in charge of preparing the tests will use the software to mix the test items in the item bank and print out the tests All the ... assessment ofthe test reliability and validity These conclusions are as follows: The test with chosen items is compatible with the aims ofthe courses andthe objectives ofthe syllabus andthe test ... Thus, in this set of numbers, there are two modes, which are and Measures of Dispersion: the standard deviation (sd) andthe range Range is the difference between the highest andthe lowest scores...
... past the land of Isis the home ofthe builders ofthe Pyramids the people ofthe Sphinx Whether these people were the direct descendants ofthe people of destroyed Atlantis, the home ofthe Ancient ... Reincarnation, and to the ideas ofthe complex soul As the survivors of Atlantis are believed to have been the ancestors ofthe Egyptians on the one hand, andofthe Ancient Peruvians on the other the two ... these priests and those of Ancient Greece, for there are tales of offerings being sent to the temples of Greece from the priests of Gaul And it is also related that on the island of Delphos there...
... with theLawsof Hammurabi and other sources The thesis cannot be defended andthe evidence cannot be understood and evaluated otherwise To moderate this detail, I will present the essence ofthe ... Apodictic Laws 51 Opportunity and Date for the Use of Hammurabi’s and Other Cuneiform Laws 91 Part II: The Compositional Logic ofthe Covenant Code 121 Debt-Slavery andthe Seduction of a Maiden ... individual laws here or there and are found throughout its two genres of casuistic and apodictic lawsThe casuistic laws, with the style “if then ,” occupy the central portion ofthe text...
... individual's perception of their position in life in the context ofthe culture and value system of which they live with the relation to their goals, expectations, standards and concerns." This concept ... the influence ofthe duration of pain was studied using results ofthe total sample in regression analysis During their first visit to the clinic, patients were informed about the study andthe ... from the department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery ofthe University Medical Center Groningen The group consisted of 95 patients consecutively consulting the TMD/Orofacial Pain section for their...
... Thanh and Nguyen Van Quang 56 in (1.1) can be strengthened to a.s convergence Moricz [4] introduced the concept of blockwise m-dependence for a sequence of random variables and extended the classical ... properties of independent sequences of random variables remain satisfied for the sequences consisting of independent blocks However, the same problem for sequences of blockwise independent and identically ... distributed random variables and for blockwise martingale differences is not yet studied The main results of this paper are Theorems 3.1, 3.3 Theorem 3.1 establishes the strong law of large numbers...
... help professionals understand their patients' risk, and patients to understand their own risk Broadly these can be aggregated under the headings of perception (influences on how individuals and ... nurse, and even higher rates (32%; in 3) with an intervention [35] The difference between the presence andthe absence of serious illness changed attitudes of smokers towards quitting and therefore ... set of data available for a single topic because the amount or extent of evidence is not available A notable exception is the case of NSAIDs and coxibs, andthe outcomes of gastrointestinal and...
... hand andthe developmental complexity of organisms on the other, although the reasons for the abundance of intron sequences and their functions in higher organisms are not fully understood The ... reviews Our understanding ofthe cellular function of ncRNAs has expanded far beyond the initial notion of their being intermediates and accessories in protein biosynthesis The size of ncRNA molecules ... first, the transcribed, but nontranslated, part ofthe genome; second, the length and number of introns in protein-coding genes; third, the number and complexity of cis-control elements and the...
... degradation ofthe QDs without the presence ofthe PC12 cells, we carried out a number of experiments to analyse theeffectof co-incubating the QDs with only the cell culture medium (Figure and 6) ... the toxic effects induced by the QDs; however the localisation ofthe QDs and their final destination must also play a role as there are variations in the impact that the different QD sizes and ... recombination of photons, the difference in QYs indicate the highly effective capping qualities ofthe gelatine To examine the quantity of gelatine on the QD surface we analysed the QDs using thermogravimetric...
... component ofthe health system strengthening agenda, in view ofthe inevitability ofthe need for long term and coordinated care for the chronic diseases (whether they are infectious such as AIDS or non- infectious ... countries that the MDGs must take into account the prevention and control of non- communicable diseases, evidence is emerging that non- communicable diseases hold back the attainment of some ofthe MDGs ... to speak ofthe socio-economic impact of NCDs andthe developmental challenges they face at the MDG Summit in September 2010; and 3) the UN Secretary General will submit a Report on the global...
... Materials and methods Study design A systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs focusing on theeffectof CPAP and NPPV in the treatment of ACPE was undertaken The methodological approach included the ... regarding the methods of implementation and technical characteristics ofthe ventilation devices (Table 3) and regarding the definition and adequacy of criteria for ETI (Table 3) The analysis of safety ... patients to the intervention by covering the control panel ofthe ventilator Almost none ofthe studies reported or commented on blinding strategies Most of them reported on strategies for standardization...
... changes at the level ofthe mucosa ofthe gastrointestinal tract In mice, the presence or absence of nutrients within the gut lumen has a major influence on the size and function ofthe gut mucosal ... differentially influence circulating cytokine profiles andthe expression of mRNA of SOCS proteins, ofthe GHR andof IGF-I The present study demonstrates that the choice of nutrition route in sepsis may influence ... Provision of nutrition increased mRNA ofthe GHR andof IGF-I • These findings suggest that provision of nutrition andthe route of delivery of nutrition in sepsis can influence circulatory and cellular...
... polypeptide synthesis is only one aspect ofthe control ofthe tryptophan pathway Besides these, there are two other levels of control that affect the amount of tryptophan synthesis within the cell The ... of these is feed-back inhibition which influences the activity ofthe first two reactions [22], and thereby the amount of metabolites flowing through the pathway The second is the formation of ... the catalytic efficiency ofthe various reactions In complexes, the product of one reaction can be used directly by the next enzyme andthe concentration ofthe substrate in the vicinity of the...
... interact with the strength ofthe audit committee because both the audit firm andthe audit committee are components ofthe firm’s corporate governance system (Cohen et al., 2004) It might be the case ... background in either accounting or finance Further, the audit committee met only once a year, together with senior members of management as well as the vice president of internal audit andthe independent ... not shown, we also include each ofthe background variables as a control variable in the models reported in the results None ofthe variables are significant andthe reported results are unaffected...
... Article 6bis ofthe Paris Convention, the Article 16 ofthe TRIPs Agreement, the Article andofthe Trade mark Directive, Article and 52 ofthe Community Trade mark Regulation, Article 75 ofthe Vietnamese ... goods or services and, at the same time, creates a link between the consumers andthe 28 The High Court of Justice of England and Wales in which the decision on the case at the first instance ... parts ofthe dissertation For instances, the historical review ofthe development ofthe well-known trademark doctrine through the terms and their amendment in the international conventions and...
... the food stocks, andthe mood ofthe garrison The tactics ofthe Daily Mail captured the attention ofthe nation; the newspaper dramatized the situation ofthe town by emphasizing the danger that ... beginning ofthe New Journalism at the same time as it marks the beginning ofthe end ofthe New Imperialism The coincidence of these occasions arises from the nature ofthe South African War J A ... examine both the role ofthe press in the formation of public opinion about imperialism andthe role ofthe press in the formation ofthe concept of public opinion itself Mafeking Night marks the powerful...