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... good tests and theoretical ideas on test reliability and validity as well as achievement tests Chapter 3- The study is the main part of the thesis showing the context of the study and the detailed ... chapter, the writer has presented a brief literature review that sets the ground for the thesis Due to the limited time and the volumn of this thesis, the writer wishes to focus only on evaluating the ... there are two modes, which are and Measures of Dispersion: the standard deviation (sd) and the range Range is the difference between the highest and the lowest scores Range = 8-0 = - 26 - Standard...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 15:05

... cultivated There are two small streams on the upper part of the hill and the streams flow together from 47 m above sea level The water in the stream is the leachate from the grove and it flows ... periphery of the Seto Inland Sea The location of the research area and the distribution of the citrus groves in Matsuyama region are shown in Fig Matsuyama is situated in Shikoku Island in the southwestern ... 2002) The leachate from the grove, water in the streams, and water in the reservoir were collected periodically about once a week, and the onsite conditions such as weather, flow rate, and water...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 10:17

... assumed the tasks of identifying the potential for the outbreak of conflicts and of their prevention, settling and dealing with their aftermaths The development of democratic institutions and the ... academic and policy discussions on the matter 20 Disclaimer: For the present report and assessment, use has been made of the replies in the form in which they were received Neither the author nor the ... expertise and best practice and delivered opinions on the functioning of the telecoms market in the EU Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 00:20

... the NOESY and TOCSY (not shown) spectra of the two domains permitted the full sequence-specific assignments, the identification of the spin systems and the assignment of 398 and 252 of the NOESY ... Cd7MT-1 and, knowing the appearance of the starting points, it was of interest to know to what extent they would change in the presence of copper(I) the two domains Therefore, the lack of the second ... dichroic bands developed at 248 and 300 nm, respectively, and one negative band at 275 nm The addition of Cu(I) to Zn3bMT-1 shifted the positive dichroic band at 248 to 260 nm A second positive band...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 09:20

... the tide 1% and storm wave 9B simulation (Fig 8), indicating that the waves are the dominant transport mechanism However, the tidal currents modify the transport patterns In the interior of the ... refraction and breaking on the ebb shoal produced strong and complex currents For both fair-weather and storm waves, a strong south directed flow was produced on the chanel Nam Trieu and easthern ... moved to a deltaic formation off the tip of the south shoal Both storm and fairweather waves eroded the top of the ebb shoal and deposited material along its north and western perimeter Acknowledgements...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 15:20

... with the stance phase foot and continuing up to the hip, across the pelvis, and down the swing limb, and the chain involves at least 12 degrees of freedom at the joints and scores of muscles The ... mechanisms behind the observed changes With this background in mind, there is a need to document the motor pattern changes that occur in the gait of the elderly and to determine whether those changes are ... one-for-one and is the reason for the low variance in the summation of the hip and knee moments."J4 The covariance between the hip and knee moments is a measure of this synergistic trade-off and has...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 19:21

... Finland, France, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, and the UK are explored in more detail It should be noted that due to the concerns about the accuracy of the HP filter towards the end of data ... from those predicted by the area-wide data.” 54 I The Netherlands 10.00 8.00 6.00 ECB Rate 4.00 Netherlands 2.00 0.00 -2.00 Another core euro area country, the Netherlands, has had an average ... France, and the Netherlands The implications of these differences were investigated specifically for each country, with references to how the data align with other observed trends and studies The...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 13:20

... recombinant adenovirus type (Ad5) that encodes the p35 subunit of IL-12 in the E1 region and the p40 subunit in the E3 region of the Ad5 virus genome The DL70-3 control Ad5 vector is a replication ... animals, of mice receiving the combination therapy had complete resolution of their tumors As the TRAMP-C1 cells used in tumor formation were weaned off their androgen-dependency, these results suggest ... 0.35%) and Ad5IL-12 + RU486 (1.64 ± 0.36%) treatment groups in comparison to all the other treatment groups including the PBS (2.26 ± 0.27%) and DL70-3 (1.98% ± 0.18%) controls Together, these...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... confirmed that both the seasonal changes in mood and behavior and the experienced illumination indoors contributed independently to the HRQoL, since both the GSS (t = -8.70, P < 0.001) and the illumination ... with the seasonal pattern is equal between southern and northern parts of Europe for example [26] Variations in the key circadian clock genes and in their regulation through the feedback the principal ... mood and behavior or with the illumination levels To that end, first, a multivariate regression model using the indexed sum score on the 15D and another model using the categorized sum score on the...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... scores for the DQOL and the D-39S and higher scores for the RAND-12 # PHC: physical health composite; MHC: mental health composite the RAND-12 the discriminative ability of the DQOL and the D-39S ... of the DQOL against the D-39S and the RAND-12 In general, domain scores of the DQOL were moderately correlated with the D-39S (except sexual functioning) and the RAND-12 PHC and MHC, with Pearson's ... is further derived by summing three domain scores and lineally transforming to a 1–100 scale Other HRQOL measures: the D-39S and the RAND-12 We collected other HRQOL measures to validate the DQOL,...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... patients and their caregivers These tools would be applied to evaluate the quality of life of patients andcaregivers’ burden care in managing and caring Alzheimer’s patients programs .The thesis ... the patient and should spend most of their time to look after patients, especially the spouses of the patients were more psychologically vulnerable than other groups and theybare themselves higher ... basing on the evaluation of whether the patients or caregivers which was only from 35% to 52.9% depending on the severity of the disease compared to the point of the best quality of life The more...

Ngày tải lên: 25/07/2014, 11:36

... of the HF and the NF diet fed groups (p < 0.01, Figs 11 and 12) NPY immunoreactivity of the ARC and the SCN was denser in the HF than in the same areas of the NF diet fed groups (Fig 13) In the ... immunoreactivity of the ARC and the SCN between the HF and NF diet fed groups (p < 0.01, Figs 14 and 15) Discussion The present study was aimed to understand the changes of Changes in orexin-A and neuropeptide ... observed in the LHA, and they were 13 to 30 µm in size and multipolar to fusiform in shape (Fig 11) On the other hand, the NPY-IR cells were to 10 µm in size and mainly oval in shape in the ARC (Fig...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 18:20

... respectively)) and the dry mass of the main stem (DMshoot) at the end of the experiment, the dry mass of the main stem at the start of the experiment and after 50 days was estimated using the following ... more then the aboveground biomass and branch biomass more than the biomass of the main stem, root-shoot-ratio and branch-stemratio of the beech seedlings under the nets were lower then the related ... likely that the growth responses in branching of oak where caused by the slight changes in the R/FR-ratio under the green nets The question whether the reduction of the R/FR-ratio under the green...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 01:21

... P abies and P cembra are well related to precipitation variations (figure 3) The lowest values (-1.18 and -1.49 MPa, respectively) occurred at the end of the MWDP, the highest (-0.52 and -0.60 ... of these species to water deficit Differences between Larch #1 and #2 probably due to the position of the probes in the stem This may occur using except for two days after the end of the ... in the other two evergreen species Small variations in Ψpd and Ψm both in P abies and P cembra over the season are due to the high frequency of precipitation but also showed that they...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 04:20

... with strain was in evidence at the surface of the fungal plasmalemma as well as in the vacuoles The plasmalemmal activity was detected when the hyphae were close to the roots, while it was nearly ... cells and polysaccharidic fibrillar material, reacting in the PATAg test, can be observed between both organisms (Fig 3, x 25 000) These fibrils reacted positively in the Swift test indicating the ... 445, the fungal sheath was well established and compact (Fig 1, x 3200) The typical one-layer Hartig net was well developed With strain 270, most of the hyphae were still some distance from the...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 04:20

... inflammatory states and to stimulate prostaglandin (PG)E2 and leukotriene production development of radiographic and clinical OA of the knees, hands and lumbar spine Running did not accelerate the development ... COX activity, inhibited the development of cartilage lesions and subchondral bone resorption by reducing the synthesis of MMP-13 and cathepsin K, as well as other enzymes and growth factors that ... The mean age at assessment was 31 years (range 26–40 years) and the mean BMI was 23 kg/m2 (range 18–40 kg/m2) Fifty-five women had radiographic changes in their index knee, and 34 fulfilled the...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20

... the tide 1% and storm wave 9B simulation (Fig 8), indicating that the waves are the dominant transport mechanism However, the tidal currents modify the transport patterns In the interior of the ... refraction and breaking on the ebb shoal produced strong and complex currents For both fair-weather and storm waves, a strong south directed flow was produced on the chanel Nam Trieu and easthern ... moved to a deltaic formation off the tip of the south shoal Both storm and fairweather waves eroded the top of the ebb shoal and deposited material along its north and western perimeter Acknowledgements...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 17:23

... contributions YA, JT, and TW performed the bisphosphonate treatment and several examinations of the patients and carried out the follow-up of the patients for more than 30 months KI performed the bisphosphonate ... scintigraph (C) of the both feet before treatment The radiograph shows regional osteoporotic changes in the phalanges, metatarsals, and tarsals of the right foot compared with the normal, left ... improvement of pain and regional osteoporosis change after the initiation of bisphosphonate treatment and the ineffectiveness of the previous treatment (including physiotherapy and NSAID administration...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:22

... the link provided At the URL linked within the email message, participants also received access to the PDF version of the systematic review, the published abstract of the review, as well as the ... participants, and time of observation was coded to estimate the differences between groups in scores at the average of the two baseline observations, and then the change from baseline to the post-intervention ... provided the intervention and assisted in draft of the manuscript DC, SH, RC, LO, KD, SM, and SH consulted on the intervention as it was designed and provided, and participated in review of the manuscript...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21