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... their written informed consent Handedness was determined using a Chinese translation of the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory 29 Such an inventory has been used in two previous Chinese studies 30,31 ... Sensation Seeking Scales 24 were also used in the present protocol Materials and Methods Subjects Considering that most Chinese people are trained to use their right hands as artful ones in their ... than 25 The internal reliability of this inventory is 93 21 Procedures All subjects were requested to bisect eight lines without measuring or folding the paper The lines, drawn in black and oriented...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 08:57

... apoB containing lipoproteins with phosphotungstate (Boehringer Mannheim) Apoliprotein AI (Apo AI) and Apo B were measured using the Beckmann Array 360 (Beckmann Instruments) Genotyping DNA was ... levels in men and we show in this work that similar associations are operating in women, we also looked for a potential gene -to- gene interaction between PPARδ and apoE Allelic variation in apoE ... effect remained significant after correcting for multiparametric testing according to Bonferoni and was seen only in subjects with a BMI below the median In addition, the non-corrected data revealed...

Ngày tải lên: 31/10/2012, 17:03

... Subsequently, an in- depth interview was carried out with each patient, with special attention paid to baseline angina and gastrointestinal symptom intensity and frequency during the 14 days prior to the ... consecutive outpatients with CAD-11 female (23%) and 37 male (77%)-diagnosed with recurrent stable angina-like chest pain refractory to standard anti-angina therapy and without indications for revascularization ... disease requiring therapy with acetylosalicylic acid, both with and without gastrointestinal symptoms, two weeks after Coronary Care Unit discharge In their study, in contrast to our investigation,...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... years to get to this point, and still the outcome is by no means certain But what happened with technology? In 1993, hardly anyone had heard of the Internet: it was something that people in government ... and robots are going to become dramatically more capable and flexible in the coming years and decades What is the likely economic impact of machines or computers that begin to catch up with and ... able to perform many routine jobs? In fact, I think there are good reasons to expect that machines may begin to approach this more specialized level of “intelligence” within a decade or two Since...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... that continues to be analyzed and which is certain to result in innumerable future advances in the fields of genetics, bio-engineering and medicine An especially interesting development in the ... took in 1835 Seward traveled with his family from his home in New York State to the slave state of Virginia.5 As the Sewards cross into Virginia they leave behind the bustling towns and cities to ... similar to, but a little longer than, standard index cards You then wrote your program using pencil and paper, and took your blank cards to a card punch machine at the computing center You inserted...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... obtain funding, and your company starts to grow Who you hire? Engineers, people to work in accounting, human resources, marketing and finance; administrative assistants and people to work in shipping ... waiting in line behind one unlucky bank customer who, failing to insert the cylinder properly, watched it fall to the ground and then roll under his car He then found that when he attempted to get ... which things got started In education in particular, we seem to have hit a ceiling and may actually be seeing some evidence of decline In the United States, the media is replete with a continuing...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... desert They would begin by studying this alien technology and attempting to reverse-engineer it In time, they might begin to tinker with the spacecraft and make it operate in new and different ways ... worldwide decline in manufacturing jobs, even in developing nations.”33 According to the article, even back in 2003, automation was causing significant job loss in Brazil, India and China We cannot ... continuing drive toward paperless documents and seamless communication is likely to eliminate many of these human interface jobs in the coming years The Next “Killer App” Since the beginnings...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... bottom lines are pressured during a downturn, businesses have an even bigger incentive to turn toward job eliminating technologies In many cases, as efficiency continues to increase even during ... relocating a factory to a developing country like China; to workers in the U.S it looks exactly the same as simply building a fully automated factory In other words, service offshoring and factory ... level of spending is not sustainable indefinitely Many analysts have called for China to stimulate its domestic demand in order to help make up for this decline in demand for exports In reality,...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 21:20

... workers to make up for the job losses resulting from automation; they will instead be able to meet any increase in demand primarily by investing in more technology As we saw in Chapter 2, this point ... this) Machines Fully Autonomous Machines Getting Better Machines Becoming Autonomous Time The problem, of course, is that machines are going to get more autonomous You can see this in the graph ... software and offshoring industries India will face exactly the same two retarding forces that are going to hold back China: First, automation is going to invade its offshoring businesses (as well...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 21:20

... whole In the final analysis, it comes down to individual incentives People are primarily motivated to things that they are paid to Making an arms length investment in a country and somehow insuring ... provide anything approaching an adequate income for workers In today’s economy, part time workers often have to string together multiple jobs in order to earn a living wage In general, I think three ... government intervention of this type, free market forces, together with increasing automation, will drive our society toward an unsustainable concentration of income Imagine a modern, industrialized...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 21:20

... entrepreneurs and business owners in the tunnel are responding to the rapidly increasing demand As the number of lights continues to increase, the speed with which panels are updated and the number ... likewise, get back on track and continue climbing If we are somewhere close to the point where the dotted and solid lines diverge, then we are going to see increasing economic impacts, and we will ... increased investment in artificial intelligence-driven productivity tools begins to bear fruit, these tools may be combined with highly educated, but young and inexpensive, offshore workers to...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 21:20

... easy to imagine a scenario in which technology reached a certain point, but then slowed dramatically or even halted before getting to the really amazing things advanced artificial intelligence and ... Recent articles in the press59 have pointed out that machines currently exhibit “insectlevel” intelligence In other words, if we were to set out to build a broadly intelligent machine today, we’d ... sledgehammer to that engine Our job is to tune it, and even re-engineer it if necessary, so that it will continue to power prosperity indefinitely Copyrighted Material – Paperback/Kindle available @...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 21:20

... between QTc interval and albuterol levels Recorded QTc interval and (R)-, (S)- and total albuterol levels and are shown in (a), (b) and (c) respectively (R)-, (S)- and total albuterol levels in subjects ... obtained from Medical Isotopes, Inc., Pelham, NH) as internal standard In brief, the samples were 60-min post-initial test 51 (21-69) 60 (31-78) Total rac-albuterol utilisation in preceding 24 ... function and QTc interval in patients with acute severe asthma and COPD in the emergency department International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4:30 Submit your manuscript to a journal and benefit...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 03:20

... abnormalities in patients with FMS seen in rheumatological clinics, compared with patients with rheumatoid arthritis and normal controls Since fibromyalgia is associated with mood disorders and it has ... patients with FMS To test this possibility the patients with FMS were subdivided into three subgroups, one consisting of those with a concurrent MDD (N = 13), and one with those without such a history ... sociotropy and autonomy Sociotropy refers to dependent traits, characterized by an intense need for love, approval and being esteemed by others Autonomy is defined as an excessive personal demand for...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... containing 10% (v/v) heat-inactivated fetal bovine serum (Gibco, Grand Island, NY), penicillin (100 U/mL) and streptomycin (100 mg/mL), and they were maintained in a 37°C humidified incubator supplying ... Figure Apoptosis induction by isoproterenol or propranolol in combination with irradiation in BGC-823 and SGC-7901 cells There was an increasing rate of apoptosis in gastric cancer cell lines in response ... activation by inhibiting InBa kinase activation, thereby suppressing NF-κB-regulated antiapoptotic and metastatic gene expression, up-regulating apoptosis, and inhibiting invasion J Biol Chem...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... observed in patients with UA, including BAFF levels that were higher than in healthy donors, elevated IgG in 55% of the patients, and elevated levels of immunoglobulin FLCs in 22% (compared with 0% in ... three receptors of BAFF: B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) and TACI (transmembrane activator and CAML [calcium modulator and cyclophilin ligand] interactor) [10] APRIL levels are elevated in synovial ... activating factor of the tumor necrosis factor family (BAFF) values are expressed in nanograms per milliliter, total immunoglobulin values in grams per liter, and free light chain of immunoglobulins...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... creatinine 1.1mg/dL (N: 0.3 to 1.0), and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) 31mg/dL (N: to 22) Her chest infection and dehydration were successfully treated with third generation cephalosporins and intravenous ... alkaline urine (pH > 7) Urine and blood tests were performed to confirm the diagnosis and distinguish between proximal and distal renal tubular acidosis (Table 1) She started to receive intravenous ... hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis with respiratory alkalosis and normal anion gap during her neonatal period associated with recurrent infection, failure to thrive and renal nephrocalcinosis The presence of...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:21

... using the insulin analogues, aspart and lispro, instead of human regular insulin [11,12,16] Unfortunately, in our patient, intracutaneous testing of insulin lispro, insulin aspart, and insulin ... penfill© (human insulin, m-cresol, glycerol) Insuman rapid© (human insulin, m-cresol) Berlinsulin H normal© (human insulin, phenol, protamine, glycerol) Insulin Novo semilente© (porcine insulin, methyl-4-hydroxybenzoate, ... U/ml), and elevated IgG antibodies against porcine insulin (12.4 ratio; normal value,

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 21:22

... Subsequently, an in- depth interview was carried out with each patient, with special attention paid to baseline angina and gastrointestinal symptom intensity and frequency during the 14 days prior to the ... consecutive outpatients with CAD-11 female (23%) and 37 male (77%)-diagnosed with recurrent stable angina-like chest pain refractory to standard anti-angina therapy and without indications for revascularization ... disease requiring therapy with acetylosalicylic acid, both with and without gastrointestinal symptoms, two weeks after Coronary Care Unit discharge In their study, in contrast to our investigation,...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:20

... IVb to a IIa pattern, but the remaining five patients had a similar or worsened histopathologic picture with increment in the chronicity index Using the BILAG index, the same five individuals with ... Autoantibodies to Creactive protein (CRP) and other acute-phase proteins in systemic autoimmune diseases Clin Exp Immunol 1998, 113:327-332 Minatani M, Aotsuka S, Satoh T: Autoantibodies against ... and revealed bioactivities in vitro and in vivo regarding elimination of immune complexes [43], interaction with the complement system [14,44,45], affinity for different Fcγ receptors [46], and...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 11:22