... variable, SWITCH, denoting the prospective switching status ofthe firm, is coded one if the firm changed auditors inthe year following the issuance ofthe opinion, zero otherwise Prospective ... that ofthe estimation sample in all respects, bearing out the reasonable in- sample performance ofthe model V Sensitivity Analyses Other Reasons for Switching The sample of switchers inthe above ... switching and issuing qualified audit opinions A smaller number of studies concentratespecifically on opinion shopping by examining the relation between switching and the subsequent audit opinion These...
... is the carpometacarpal joint ofthe thumb (✽ inthe figure) The joints ofthe fingers, however, are monaxial Pivot joint (e.g radio-ulnar joint) Saddle joint (e.g carpometacarpal joint ofthe ... lines of orientation are used, e.g., the parasternal line, the midclavicular line, the anterior axillary line, the umbilical-pelvic line By means of these lines, the heart and the position of ... improvement in anatomic study over drawings alone The majority ofthe specimens depicted inthe atlas were prepared by the authors either inthe Dept of Anatomy in Erlangen, Germany, or inthe Dept of...
... experiments described herein In using such information or methods they should be mindful of their own safety and the safety of others, including parties for whom they have a professional responsibility ... Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia; ... Professor of Family Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia; Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine,...
... 142] In addition, the N-terminal portion cleaved from profilaggrin is a calcium binding domain, which enters the nucleus of keratinocytes and is thought to be involved in regulating the terminal ... approach inthe technology of patch testing, taking into account the parameter of optimal penetration and delivery of allergens through the skin The allergens are incorporated in hydrophilic gels The ... ofthe more prominent pioneers inthe field of patch testing, continuing and expanding Jadassohns clinical and experimental work In many textbooks or papers, patch testing is often quoted as the...
... to the superior sagittal sinus – the vein of Trolard), the Sylvian vein (draining downwards inthe Sylvian issure to the sphenoparietal sinus) and the angular or inferior anastomotic vein (draining ... near the level ofthe posterior clinoids to become the PCAs he PComA and PCA join at the lateral margin ofthe interpeduncular cistern, thus completing the circle of Willis and connecting the ... circulation It begins at the loor ofthe anterior cranial fossa at the crista galli and extends back inthe midline, increasing progressively in size, until it reaches the level ofthe internal occipital...
... [15] As RBM3, when present, was expressed in > 75% ofthe cells, predominantly inthe nuclei and in varying intensities, only the intensity ofthe staining was accounted for and denoted a score ... Examples of immunohistochemical staining are shown in Figure 1A-D and the staining distribution in primary tumours vs metastases in Figure 1E-F Interestingly, and in line with previous in vitro ... Distribution of clinicopathological parameters inthe cohort The distribution of patient- and tumour characteristics inthe full cohort is shown in Table In line with the relatively high median age of...
... coordination, drafted the manuscript, participated inthe sequence alignment, and read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests ... F has a unique fixed point inthe set X1 = {h Î X : d(f, h) < ∞} Let T be the fixed point of F Then, T is the unique mapping with T(2a) = 4T(a), for all a ∈ A such that there exists C Î (0, ∞) ... define a mapping F: X ® X by (h)(a) = h(2a) for all a ∈ A By the same reasoning as inthe proof of Theorem 2.2, F is strictly contractive on X It follows from (3.5) that d( f , f ) ≤ By Theorem...
... line) and ofthe PTCDI-C7 thin film fabricated on an indium-tin oxide (ITO) substrate using the spin coating method (dashed line), in which the same method of sample preparation as that for the ... structure in terms ofthe perylene-ring-stretching vibration, although proper π-π stacking exhibiting a large Stokes shift and peak broadening inthe spectra ofthe thin film structures remained How ... obtained significantly high-emission intensity from the PTCDI-C7 thin films in spite ofthe lack ofthe TIP enhancement effect Inthe comparison with those ofthe absorption and PL spectra, the...
... 3a), the forward electric field suppresses the recombination ofthe injected electrons in TiO2 with the holes inthe polymer at the D/A interface When the electrons transfer from TiO2 to the polymer ... shown in Figure This important result indicates that the increase inthe photocurrent density under a higher incident light intensity is due to the increase in exciton density rather than the increase ... suppress the recombination of injected electrons in TiO2 with holes inthe highest-occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) ofthe polymer by accelerating their separation at the polymer/TiO2 interface...
... both ofthe initial and final states ofthe recombination change at the transition ofthe trion state Inthe case of exciton recombination, the final state is always the vacuum state ofthe quantum ... F increases by h/2e Figure shows the intensity ofthe trion peak as a function of F The intensity ofthe biexciton peak is approximately the same The intensity decreases discontinuously at the ... the flux penetrating the ring of radius R The strength ofthe Coulomb potential against the kinetic energy increases with R/aB , where aB = 4πħ2 /m e e2 is the effective Bohr radius R/aB ≳ in...
... atoms, then, lead to the first local buckling ofthe HX structure at the prominent edge ofthe cross-section ofthe Type I nanowire Continuing, the local buckling ofthe HX structure induces the ... shown in Table Generally speaking, the ratio ofthe numbers of surface atoms to the total number of atoms increases as the width ofthe nanowire decreases The relaxation ofthe surface atoms increases ... during the tensile process They explain that the growth ofthe single atom chain results from the bond breakage at the junction ofthe chain and the amorphous bulk Moreover, they also propose a mechanics-based...
... oxygen incorporation into CNTs On the other hand, the amination of OCNT gave rise to a reduction inthe intensity of CO and CO2 peaks due to the decrease inthe surface oxygen groups at the expense ... expense ofthe newly formed amine groups These TPD results suggest that there is indeed interaction between the acidic oxygen groups ofthe OCNT and the ethylenediamine inthe production of ACNT ... difference of about 0.15 is similar in all cases, indicating that the amount of FePc at the surface of each CNT is the same The anchoring ofthe Fe complex at the CNT surface was also evidenced by the...
... of 12 treatment of tumor in these organs, therefore these results may improve the feasibility of reducing the dosage and intensifying the tumor tissues targeting ability of DTX In addition, in ... for min, and aliquots of 20 μL were injected into the HPLC system The concentrations of DTX in tissue samples were determined by the HPLC method as same as the analysis ofthe mice plasma samples ... × Co The C o and C i were the drug concentrations inthe plasma outside the dialysis bags and the dialysate inside the dialysis bags (ng/mL) 0.5 and 5.2 means the volume ofthe solution inside...
... generated inthe graphene film [15,17] When a strain exists in a graphene film, the tension Ts in Equation can be deduced as Ts = ESε = EWhε The zeropoint displacement uncertainty ofthe strained ... = K have been shown in Figure Quantum squeezing is achievable inthe region log R < at T = K As shown in Figure 3, the applied strain increases the R values because ofthe increased fundamental ... lowering the temperature to K can dramatically decrease the R values The lower the temperature, the larger the quality factor Q, which makes the squeezing effects stronger In contrast to the previous...
... fragment of a chromosome not incorporated into one ofthe daughter nuclei during cell Figure Changes inthe surviving fractions ofthe TiO2-treated HeLa cells with histidine The concentration ofthe ... supervised the work and participated inthe discussion ofthe results and in revising the manuscript JC participated inthe discussion ofthe results All authors read and approved the final manuscript ... the X-Z and Y-Z profiles measured along the lines marked inthe main image, showing the 3D distributions of TiO2 nanoparticles and nuclei Figure Micrograph ofthe micronuclei ofthe HeLa cells Cultured...
... refer to the real spin Inthe table, only the sign in front of e2/h is shown The symmetry ofthe valence orbital is indicated inthe parentheses, which is either, s (normal gap) or p (inverted ... and K -points are projected onto the edge Inthe armchair edge, the helical modes at finite t2 are absorbed inthe bulk Dirac spectrum in this limit Inthe zigzag edge, on the contrary, the helical ... partner [18] The lattice version of BHZ model acquires four gap-closing points shown in Table 1, if one allows the original mass parameter Δ to vary beyond the vicinity of Δ = The new gap closing occurs...
... supervision of AB SMS was adviser ofthe thesis The authors have had regular scientific meeting and discussions during the work All Authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The ... on the shear stresses Thus, by increasing the tube inclinations axial buoyancy forces augments and the higher value ofthe average shear stress is observed This is more evident inthe case of ... shows the geometry ofthe considered problem The physical properties ofthe fluid are assumed constant except for the density inthe body force, which varies linearly with the temperature (Boussinesq’s...
... nanofluid injection tank and the tank has titanium coating due to the corrosion ofthe tank wall Since the size ofthe nanofluid injection tank is much smaller than the SITs, the wall coating ... surface ofthe SIT by pressurized nitrogen and the floater with sealing the pipe line connecting the SIT and nanofluids injection tank Following a LOCA, the pressure inside the RCS decreases below the ... was proposed in this paper with analyzing the FRs ofthe candidates suggested inthe previous researches on the basis ofthe principles of AD and TRIZ tools Following the analysis of conventional...
... corresponding to thermal activation the position ofthe bottom ofthe lowest two-dimensional subband inthe electron channel The linear ansatz in Equation 23 and especially the constant of proportionality ... by the change inthe barrier strength In contrast, at the high drain voltage the drain current below vG = grows strongly with decreasing barrier strength The drain current does not reach the thermal ... falls of much smoother with increasing negative vG As can be gathered from Figure this effect is seen in experiments as well We attribute it to the weakening ofthe tunneling barrier with increasing...