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... Fung and Hsieh (2002) and Mitchell and Pulvino (2001) who investigated the performance characteristics of trend-following and risk-arbitrage strategies, respectively More recently, Agarwal and ... supervisor, Prof Alexander McNeil, for his guidance and help on my master thesis I would like to thank also my co-supervisors and colleagues Valerie ChavezDemoulin, Bernhard Brabec and Michael Heintze ... size The 99% VaR and ES estimates are 2.89% and 3.31%, respectively The VaR and ES estimates are all driven by the annualised volatility estimate It is obtained by taking the standard deviation...

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... in the back of this handbook OAPA Handbook COURSE-Based Review and Assessment • UMass Amherst 47 48 OAPA Handbook COURSE-Based Review and Assessment • UMass Amherst Sources and Resources This section ... be used to guide curricular revisions and improvements OAPA Handbook COURSE-Based Review and Assessment • UMass Amherst OAPA Handbook COURSE-Based Review and Assessment • UMass Amherst Chapter ... this handbook… Assessment is the systematic collection and analysis of information to improve student learning OAPA Handbook COURSE-Based Review and Assessment • UMass Amherst Assessment and Grading...

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... Human and Environment Human and Environment Human and Environment Environmental protection in construction Environmental Technology Water supply technology Human and Environment Human and Environment ... the standard value, it must be "living dead" with the mission and values of this standard, not deviate, not be violated, even in cases the most restrictive So they follow common sense, and business ... important to have enough confidence and desire for what you have chosen, have loyalty to their values and pursue If we betray those values, the standard of his own life and career will be a lot of risk...

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... combination of sensitivity and specificity is optimal [21] The best cut off points for the IPAQ and the CFS-AQ were determined by calculating and computing sensitivity and specificity at Page of ... collected all data and built up the database, designed and performed the statistical analysis and wrote the manuscript HK contributed to the development of the study design and advised about the ... Do the IPAQ and the CFS-AQ assess activity pattern better than the API? The hypothesis was that the CFS-AQ would show a higher validity than the IPAQ and the API Methods Subjects and procedure...

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... literature and previous researches Understanding and practicing disease prevention Ratio of Khmer understanding correctly about diabetes symptoms, risk factors, disease consequences, how to prevent disease ... still a burden to economic and society However, the disease can be prevented and managed to have treatment, if it is consulted and treated early Moreover, a balance diet and proper exercises can ... communication and education Level-1 prevention is to reduce the prevalence of diabetes It is also to change the behaviors and to have early detection of the disease to reduce complications, fatality and...

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... data point was first standardized by subtracting the mean of the data set from each data point and then dividing by the standard deviation of the data set Standardized and raw data for the secondary ... secondary optimization to a standardized form, clustered the standardized data, and generated a heat map The heat map allows many data sets to be clustered, visualized, and compared with each other ... program code 96DS:150, and the standard control option Transfected cells were split into plates for recovery, resulting in × 104 cells/well Cells were counted and collected at 24 and 48 h following...

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... Branch, 2013) The amount of sand and mud flowing through Hoa Binh is 63.5 tons, turbidity = 1,180g/m3; capacity of sand and mud Ro = 2,010 kg/s The amount of sand and mud in months of the rainy ... analysis and evaluation, the monitoring parameters exceed standards in the dry season: high organic matter and low dissolved oxygen cause anaerobic process and create characteristic stench of H2S and ... protection, the disposal and treatment of sewage, and industrial effluents Water has sources and supplies, economic, social, and political characteristics which make it a unique and challenging natural...

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... Health and Safety homepage Back to Hazards, Health and Safety homepage Workplace health and safety explained What does it all mean? In simple terms, workplace health and safety aims to promote and ... procedures (includes training and supervision) Use personal protective clothing and equipment Back Back to Hazards, Health and Safety homepage Back to Hazards, Health and Safety homepage Be sun ... Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 Occupational Safety and Health Regulations 1996 They are also supported by codes of practice and guidance notes These laws tell the employer and the employee...

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... a UV monitor and collect fractions using a fraction collector and subject to the appropriate carbohydrate and antibody analyses 3.6 Analysis of Mucins Methods for the detection and analysis of ... hexose and sialic acid; membrane-based methods such as slot-blotting and staining with periodic acid-Schiff reagent; antibodies and lectins or coating methods such as the glycan detection method and ... serine proteases and esterases, including acetylcholinesterase, and should therefore be handled in a fume cupboard with extreme care! DFP is supplied in 1-g vials with a septum, and prior to dilution,...

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... mammary gland, defined by antibodies to cytokeratins J Cell Sci 75, 17–33 Kiernan, J A (1990) Histological and Histochemical Methods: Theory and Practice, Pergamon, Oxford, UK Andrew, S M and Jasani, ... M and Milton, J D (1986) Lectin Methods and Protocols, Humana, Totowa, NJ Liener, I E., Sharon, N., and Goldstein, I J (1998) The Lectins: Properties, Functions, and Applications in Biology and ... system and the anal glands c Columnar cells elaborating abundant mucin, e.g., gastric foveolar epithelium and endocervical epithelium d Classical goblet cells, e.g., within intestinal and bronchial...

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... greater sample volume, and superior washing) For quantitation and comparison across blots, a standard in the same buffer as samples should be titrated for use as a standard curve, and samples should ... detection of mucins, and two of the more popular are the anthrone assay (as both a manual and an automated procedure) (10) and the PAS reaction (11) In addition, manual and automated assays have ... using a standard curve fitted using an appropriate line of best fit; programs are available to interface with microplate readers and isotope counters that store data and compute standard curves...

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... gut, secretory status, and disease Also other macromolecules present in the mucus, e.g., negatively charged nucleic acids and cell surface components, will bind the dye, and it has yet to be shown ... and held together by bolts tightened by hand Millipore filter paper to act as a backing for the mucosa during sectioning and subsequent manipulation of the section 2.2 Histological Staining and ... layer will be greatly reduced and discontinuous Careful handling of the cryostat sections on the slide during fixing and staining is important because excessive washing and so on can remove mucus...

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... PhosphorImager The identification of mucin precursors and mature mucins using polypeptide-specific antisera and SDS-PAGE is elaborated in Chapters 20 and 21, and in several references (1,4–11) The precursor ... Strous, G J and Dekker, J (1992) Mucin-type glycoproteins Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 27, 57–92 Van Klinken, B J W., Dekker, J., Büller, H A., and Einerhand, A W C (1995) Mucin gene structure and expression ... Einerhand, A W C., and Dekker, J (1995) Biosynthesis of intestinal mucins: MUC1, MUC2, MUC3, and more Biochem Soc Trans 23, 814–818 11 Van Klinken, B J W., Einerhand, A W C., Büller, H A., and Dekker,...

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... a small gel, use 1.6 g of agarose and 160 mL of buffer, and for a large gel, use 2.8 g of agarose and 280 mL of buffer Leave to cool before pouring (hand hot) and insert well-forming comb (see ... are 1.5 mm thick and cm wide There is a compromise between band broadness and amount of sample to be loaded Larger amounts of sample tend to yield poorer quality data; i.e., the bands become more ... by agarose gel electrophoresis and Western blots of the gels can be probed with lectins and antibodies Using this methodology, we have shown that with pooling and rechromatography it is possible...

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... Kadler, K E., and Chapman J A (1985) Mica sandwhich technique for preparing macromolecules for rotary shadowing J Ultrastruct Res 91, 66–76 14 Kawahara K and Tanford C (1966) Viscosity and density ... (Fullerton, CA) SW 40Ti swing-out rotor, and finally unloading and analysis of the tube contents Measure out 18 mL of M GuHCl into one chamber of the gradient maker and an equal volume of M GuHCl into ... into 0.5-mL fractions, and these were analyzed for reactivity with antisera for the MUC5AC (᭹) and MUC5B (᭺) mucins The MUC5B mucin is more polydisperse than the MUC5AC mucin and has molecules of...

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... 114 Yan and Packer chromatography, and leads to a significantly lower recovery of all the amino acids, especially serine and threonine Strong acid, high temperature, and short time acid ... at least for pump and column equilibration with the initial composition of the mobile phase Figures and show typical chromatograms of the separation of amino acid standards and hydrolyzed bovine ... samples and Dr Andrew Gooley and Prof Keith Williams for their support References Yan, J X., Wilkins, M R., Ou, K., Gooley, A A., Williams, K L., Sanchez, J.-C., Golaz, O., Pasquali, C., and Hochstrasser,...

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... Notes and 8) and the length of sequence obtained is dependent on the number and distribution of proline residues Proline cleaves with reduced efficiency in Edman sequencing (Fig 1, vessel 1), and ... I., Kirk, M., Barnes, S., Lowary, T L., and Hart, G W (1996) Selective detection and site-analysis of O-GlcNAc-modified glycopeptides by β-elimination and tandem electrospray mass spectrometry Anal ... PerSeptive Biosystems and Beckman supply this product Quantitation of glycopeptides is quite difficult, and we recommend that 10% of the sample be first sequenced using the standard program prior...

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