... across these firms These insights may assist standard setters and users in understanding the factors influencing firms’ current and future accounting choices, and that allowing flexibility in these ... exercised other reporting choices in a way consistent with a commitment to increased financial reporting transparency This leads to the following hypothesis on the cause of firms providing investment ... This study investigates whether diversity inthe choice of fair value information inthe European investment property industry prior to the mandatory adoption of International Accounting Standard...
... by the amount of virus in breast milk, andthe quality and duration of breastfeeding [23,24] Susceptibility factors, including innate and acquired immune responses inthe child, inthe mother and ... breastfeeding is best for all infants, regardless of their HIV status, andis associated with decreased infant mortality [34] Another advantage of lactation counselling is that simple and consistent infant ... benefit of early cessation of breastfeeding by examining what the women inthe intervention and control groups actually did, we found that the risk of uninfected child mortality to 24 months was increased...
... specialist, experienced widespread pain (above and below the waist and on both sides ofthe body) for months or more, experienced pain inthe past 24 hours, and been in treatment at the enrolling ... were integral to this study and to the development of this manuscript MM, DG, and RG served as clinical reviewers and contributors to the analysis and discussion sections All authors have read and ... pain intensity, subjects were asked to rate their average pain due to FM over the past 24 hours with an 11-point numeric rating scale ranging from (indicating no pain) to 10 (indicating pain...
... present in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, rice and Arabidopsis The products of these genes fall into two distinct clades The corresponding Arabidopsis and rice genes in each clade having extraordinarily ... various mutant lines, with the exception ofthe D1 protein of PSII, which surprisingly was drastically reduced in amount in TAG-11 andthe svr3 single mutants In these plants, D1 is present at ... A total of 570 F2 plants (1140 chromosomes) were examined, andthe number of recombinants is shown under each marker Thepositionof SVR3 (At5g13650) is indicated by the asterisk Inthe gene...
... value of this procedure for the detection and characterization of tumors in regions others than salivary glands So far, neither MRI nor CT was found to be superior inthe prediction ofthe histomorphology ... patients during the years 2000–2004 was n = 179 In order to compare the quality ofthe different scans the investigations had to fulfil the guidelines and technical standards ofthe ACR Interestingly, ... whereas in malignant tumors, forecasting the diagnosis of salivary gland tumors is difficult with any imaging technique [8,11] In summary, the increase inthe number of CT and MRI scans performed in...
... more distally into the membrane pores [7] In most studies, the decrease inthe plasma levels ofthe mediators is either absent or of a minor degree Nevertheless, early clinical studies in septic ... technique include a significant increase inthe patient’s need for re-infusion fluid and a lack of monitoring devices with adequate precision for the high volumes involved Certainly, the risk of discrepancy ... advocated inthe treatment of sepsis comprise a distinctly different concept, since a wider spectrum of substances is targeted for removal Uremic toxins are targeted in ARF, whereas in sepsis pro-inflammatory...
... Quinupristin/dalfopristin Quinuprisitn/dalfoprisitin is a combination of two streptogramins, quinupristin and dalfopristin (in a ratio of 30:70 w/w), that inhibit different sites in protein synthesis Each individual ... such as nafcillin or oxacillin, maintained by vancomycin, and inhibited, even at sub-inhibitory concentrations, by proteinsynthesis inhibitors, including clindamycin, rifampin, and linezolid [36,37] ... enhances binding to the 30s ribosomal subunit, inhibiting protein synthesis and bacterial growth against a broad spectrum of pathogens, including MRSA [55] Tigecycline is approved inthe United...
... any non-normality, for the existence of a major gene Assessing the relative importance ofthe sources of information is useful so as to judge the robustness ofthe model including F data The effects ... complement, the power, which isthe percentage of cases in which H is accepted, when H is true The H model is simulated by model (1! Fixation of alleles in l I parental lines is simulated by taking fp and ... is known concerning the power of this method when only F data are available, which is often the case when developing a synthetic line Furthermore, homozygosity at all loci in parental lines is...
... accrediting agency is responsible, as part of its analysis of an institution under §602.24(f), for ensuring that the institution is complying with the requirements in §668.8(l)(2) when determining the ... implicit inthe definition of a credit hour An institution that is offering asynchronous online courses would need to determine the amount of student work expected in each online course in order ... or other unsupervised student work is not considered in determining the weeks of instructional time in an educational program, such student work would be considered in determining the number of...
... operating inthe European Union by distinguishing the technical properties ofthe installations and their product range Following this proposal, the technically diverse installations inthe EU ... between disc refiners The characteristics ofthe pulp can be affected by increasing the process temperature and, inthe case of refining, by the chemical pre-treatment ofthe wood chips The pulping ... monitoring and developments in them”, and to publish the results ofthe exchange The purpose ofthe information exchange is given in recital 25 ofthe Directive, which states that the development and...
... mentioning that the class of mappings which are asymptotically nonexpansive inthe intermediate sense contains properly the class of asymptotically nonexpansive mappings Recall that T is said ... 1.5 The class of asymptotically nonexpansive mappings was introduced by Goebel and Kirk as a generalization ofthe class of nonexpansive mappings T is said to be asymptotically nonexpansive inthe ... Fixed Point Theory and Applications Let T : C → C be a mapping In this paper, we denote the fixed point set of T by F T Recall that T is said to be uniformly L-Lipschitzian if there exists a constant...
... cartilage and bone, causing subsequent joint destruction One hallmark ofthe pannus is hyperangiogenesis [2] Previous studies have indicated that the risk of developing the disease in siblings of affected ... genome scan of our laboratory could not be totally explained by the findings ofthe ITGAV linkage; hence, with the overtransmission observed inthe TDT, the allele sharing expected for the affected ... factors that remain to be discovered Since the association evidence is modest, no genetic testing would be clinically indicated Instead, the clinical relevance ofthe finding is likely to come...
... Asporin gene expression in human discs in vivo andin vitro Inthe second part of our study of asporin andthe intervertebral disc, asporin gene expression was evaluated in human disc tissue andin ... immunolocalization of asporin inthe human disc The objectives ofthe present study, therefore, were to determine the localization patterns of asporin within the human and sand rat intervertebral disc, and ... out a complete analysis ofthe localization of asporin inthe aging/degenerating lumbar spine ofthe sand rat; we look forward to this future analysis Conclusions Inthe discs of Caucasian subjects...
... antiinflammatory properties of vitamin D [46] Implication ofthe hypothesis There is an inter-relationship between vitamin D metabolism, HAART therapy and immunity Impaired vitamin D metabolism in ... no competing interests Authors' contributions ACB wrote the paper CM, RC, RMR, EvE, LL and LK participated in developing the hypothesis and collaborated inthe writing and reviewing ofthe article ... pre-vitamin D is converted by solar ultraviolet B radiation inthe skin into vitamin D Skin pigmentation is a known risk factor for hypovitaminosis D since melanin, responsible for the skin pigmentation,...
... diamorphine), route of administration (oral, IV and IM), and dose, compared to pre-randomisation baseline measures The prescription and supervised injection of diamorphine (and methadone) allows the ... efficacy of heroin prescribing – in short – we need more heroin trials? Underlying this isthe NL and JS are the Chief Investigators, and NM isthe Trial Co-ordinator and Co-investigator These three ... heroin doses), thereby limiting the interpretation of two ofthe three published RCTs There are many reasons why patients may continue regular heroin injecting during their methadone treatment These...
... between staining for Tenascin C and a-SMA inall subjects Increasing degree of staining is indicated by categories ac and a-d Number inthe circles indicate number of subjects The estimate for the correlation ... epithelium; Tn-C (b): staining present as in Tn-C (a) andinthe stroma underneath the basement membrane; Tn-C (c): staining present as in Tn-C (b) andinthe wider area ofthe connective tissue ... studies in normal developing human lung the expressions of Tn-C protein and mRNA were increased during early developmental stages, and decreasing inthe end of gestation [23] Inthe normal adult...
... parasympathetic) andof cardiac muscarinic receptors [16] Furthermore, succinylcholine increases plasma noradrenaline (norepinephrine) concentrations, resulting in cardiovascular effects Finally, the histamine-releasing ... histamine-releasing properties of muscle relaxants are well known, and succinylcholine has the strongest histaminereleasing effect ofall such agents Candidates to replace succinylcholine for intubation include ... replacement for succinylcholine inthe ICU; therefore, in my opinion, succinylcholine is obsolete Competing interests None declared References Alternatives to succinylcholine Given the profile described...
... understanding ofthe mechanisms contributing to AF inthe ICU Nevertheless, the impact of such findings remains elusive from a therapeutic point of view Abbreviations AF, atrial fibrillation; ICU, intensive ... adjustment and propensity score use, supraventricular arrhythmia did not increase the risk of hospital death [15] Interestingly, inthe study by Meierhenrich and colleagues the mortality in septic ... Care 2010, 14:R108 Issac TT, Dokainish H, Lakkis NM: Role of inflammation in initiation and perpetuation of atrial fibrillation: a systematic review ofthe published data J Am Coll Cardiol 2007,...
... responding in kind, s/he is resisting the initial exercise of power; if s/he chooses to remain silent, s/he is submitting to the exercise of power In either case, the addressee’s actions are made in ... utterance The latter is signalled through a number of linguistic and non-linguistic resources In terms of linguistic resources, the speaker’s use of I’m going to miss you, a variant ofthe conventionalised ... aggravating or attacking face This brings us to the second aspect of my definition that I wish to highlight: the importance of face in theorising impoliteness, and what the concept entails In the...