... 0, j The number of matchings ina tree In this section, we turn to the number of matchings ina graph This is also known as the Hosoya index, or the Z-index in mathematical chemistry For a rooted ... ∈ Zm } ⊂ D Proof of Theorem For (x, y) ∈ Z2 , take (x, 1) and (1, y) in D and multiply them m We remark that the trees in our construction have maximum degree 3, so that for any integer m > 0, ... An interesting paper of Wagner [5] looks at the number of independent sets modulo m Wagner showed that the proportion of trees on n vertices with the number of independent sets...
... and three mentioned an interval of months They also mentioned that the timing of appointments would vary with the needs ofthe patient Duration of maintenance care program Aim ofthe maintenance ... contributions LTM and MH collected and anlayzed the data and wrote the first draft, supervised by CLY All authors read an approved ofthe final manuscript Additional material Additional file List ofthe ... treatment on clinical findings only, such as palpation? Interestingly, this was the case in only ofthe scenarios It therefore looks as if the group of Danish chiropractors took notice of their patients'...
... ineffective inthe DNA attraction DNA binding is then dependent onthe fractional surface densities ofthe divalent and monovalent cations, which can compete for the mica surface and DNA neutralizations ... account inthe interpretation ofthe data Research Objectives The main aim of this thesis is to investigate the conformational response of DNA to various experimental conditions In particular, we have ... towards understanding the physical and chemical phenomena that are important inthe condensation of DNA In this thesis, we seek to uncover the behavior of single stranded and double stranded DNA...
... known as PYCARD, which consists of an N-terminal PYD domain anda C-terminal caspase activation and recruitment domain (CARD) that is necessary for the binding of caspase-1 to the inflammasome (Martinon ... research and for helping me with the intra-tracheal influenza infection Dr Maria Papathanasopoulos (University ofthe Witwatersrand, South Africa), Associate Professor Tham Foong Yee (National Institute ... caspases in apoptosis and are known as initiator caspases A phylogenetically distinct group of 13 caspases (caspase-1, caspase-4, caspase-5, caspase-11 and caspase-12) activates crucial mediators...
... exist AC A zero value of ζ is associated with the appearance ofa static incremental mode of deformation arising at a point when the underlying configuration ofthe half-space/layer combination ... Inthe preceding sections we have analyzed the combined effect ofa uniform initial stress and finite deformation onthe propagation of harmonic waves of infinitesimal amplitude ina half-space ... layer and surface at critical values ofthe initial stress, deformation and material parameters The ED analysis conducted here determines the point of bifurcation (or buckling) initiation, and...
... expands, the correct denotational relationship is maintained by expanding the image inthe table using the ~-expression, and then finding the corresponding element inthe model If the element inthe ... to a model has been augmented with a table that contains each ~-expression andthe ima6e of its denotation inthe current stage ofthe dynamic model When the domain ofthe ~-expression expands, ... that was the denotation ofthe h-expression was not expanded inthe same way as the image in this table, a new element corresponding to the expanded image is added to the model This table allows...
... the attacks onthe United States on 11 September 2001, the Bush administration seemed to say that it is Andinthe wake ofthe attacks on London in July of 2005, Tony Blair has indicated that the ... understand their relationship in terms of what they share and not in terms of what separates them, since their separation is inthe service ofa common set of principles The powers are all involved ... arrange the institutions that are principally involved in bringing the principles ofthe rule of law to realization In fact, the Commonwealth constitution is just one example of institutional arrangement...
... the attacks onthe United States on 11 September 2001, the Bush administration seemed to say that it is Andinthe wake ofthe attacks on London in July of 2005, Tony Blair has indicated that the ... understand their relationship in terms of what they share and not in terms of what separates them, since their separation is inthe service ofa common set of principles The powers are all involved ... arrange the institutions that are principally involved in bringing the principles ofthe rule of law to realization In fact, the Commonwealth constitution is just one example of institutional arrangement...
... Grief andthe Sacred Art of Ritual Janet Shaw Rogers 129 Section III Alternative Art Forms, Programs, and Stories of Art and Healing Chapter 14 The Painters Deborah Koff-Chapin, Carol McIntyre, and ... Debra Mier, Laura Thomae, Carol McNamee, Sandra Baughman, Laura Kiser, Janet Feldman, Tio (the alter ego), Sandra Walsh, Thomas D Moore, Penny Allport, Lisa M Wayman, Ina Albert, and Hernando A ... logical relationship, andthe feelings may come all at once in an inexplicable ball of raw emotion You may hear complaints of fatigue, exhaustion, lack of energy, pain, or inability to sleep All of...
... enrolled onto HAART and increasing survival among these patients, there is a growing need to understand the impact of HAART use onthe quality of lives of HIVinfected individuals [4-8] There is a sizeable ... http://www.jiasociety.org/content/12/1/5 interpreted the data, and drafted the manuscript LM assisted with the statistical analysis and interpretation ofthe data, and helped to draft the manuscript RW conceived ofthe study, participated ... describes the demographic and baseline characteristics ofthe 295 patients with any HRQoL data The average age ofthe cohort was 34 years (standard deviation: 4) and 74% of patients were female (n...
... The goal of labelled counting is to establish a relation between the cardinality ofthe sets of hands andthe cardinality ofthe decks For example, when dealing with labelled graphs, Dk is the ... fn−1 By way of illustration, let us mention that this point of view leads immediately to the interpretation ofthe nth Fibonacci number as the cardinality ofthe set of compositions of n by {1, ... denote the cardinality ofthe set of hands of weight n and size l, and set zn h(y, z) = hnl y l n! nl The exponential formula of labelled counting is an identity that relates the above generating...
... distribution ofthe age ofthe dominant strata andthe site index within the forest area can be seen in Figure The classification ofthe forest area in function ofthe stand age andthe site index ... to calculate the most likely ofthe four rot risk classes as a function, for each fixed basal area, ofthe age andthe dominant height ofthe stand, obtaining for each value of basal area a graphic ... number of pairs of samples ua and ua + d which distance from each other is within the distance lag centred at d, and z(ua ) and z(ua +d) are the values that the variable z takes at samplesua and ua...
... and social service organizations had been automating and streamlining themselves along with the manufacturing sector andtherestofthe economy No one could convincingly explain why the statistics ... Capital Evaluation" at an obscure session ofthe annual meeting ofthe American Statistical Association in December 1959,1 had been intrigued by the impact of stock prices oncapital investment and ... forward a $40 billion package of loan guarantees for congressional approval As dramatic as that gesture was, within days it became clear that politically the bailout didn't have a prayer Americans...
... which are already prominent in this book Australia and New Zealand are particularly interesting in how they developed after adopting market-opening reforms and gradually increasing ties with Asia, ... safety net that is at its core It is argued that unconstrained risk taking increases the concentration ofincomeand wealth The purpose ofthe welfare state is to lessen that incomeand wealth concentration, ... that was pervasive at the end ofthe war Just as the exceptional demand to rebuild the Continent never placed a large call onthe safety netofthe welfare state, the similar rapid growth of Japan...
... today Much oftheincome concentration of those days reflected interest, dividends, andcapital gains from that wealth, rather than wage and salary differentials.* In contrast, theincome concentration ... mainly in China and India, have yet to make the transition This movement of workers into the marketplace reduced world wages, inflation, inflation expectations, andinterest rates, and accordingly ... that either policy actions or central bank anti-inflationary credibility played the leading role inthe fall of long-term interest rates inthe past one to two decades That decline (and the conundrum)...
... States, remains the financial capitalofthe world London's restoration of its nineteenth-century dominance of international markets began in 1986 with the "Big Bang" that significantly deregulated ... such as China's National Bureau of Statistics and Germany's Federal Statistical Office, as well as central banks Professionals at dozens of organizations, associations, and companies responded ... buy a car, say, or a company The market value of stock andthe liabilities of nonfinancial corporations and governments is the source of investments and hence the creation of liabilities by banks...
... and BE analyzed and interpreted the patient data and were major contributors in writing the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare ... journal Authors’ contributions TK analyzed and interpreted the patient data and was a major contributor in writing the manuscript JR analyzed the patient data and contributed in writing the manuscript ... [2] The Bethesda assay was not immediately available in our case andthe lack of another bypass agent inthe setting of severe bleeding from the upper airways led us to the decision to administer...
... and BE analyzed and interpreted the patient data and were major contributors in writing the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare ... journal Authors’ contributions TK analyzed and interpreted the patient data and was a major contributor in writing the manuscript JR analyzed the patient data and contributed in writing the manuscript ... [2] The Bethesda assay was not immediately available in our case andthe lack of another bypass agent inthe setting of severe bleeding from the upper airways led us to the decision to administer...
... contributions FA, ST genotyped the population samples AM analyzed the data and wrote the paper DC, DA, JF and PA enrolled the participants and contributed to writing the paper Acknowledgements These ... difference was statistically borderline (p = 0.04) and clinically marginal (around 5% lower) and therefore this association is not clinically of great consequence and probably obtained by hazard Moreover, ... Heitland A, Maronde E: Cooperative activation of lipolysis by protein kinase Aand protein kinase C pathways in 3T3-L1 adipocytes Endocrinology 2004, 145:4940-4947 Martinez-Botas J, Anderson JB,...