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... time and effort on the part ofthe investigator, which makes them unsuitable for use in clinical testing in which throughput and cost are the final arbiters of routine use Although these technologies ... Decreasing the amount of time allowed for incubation also allows the researcher to minimize non-specific binding, as the high-affinity interactions occur more quickly than low-affinity binding The chip ... accurately predict the presence of cancer in 95% ofthe patients tested, including 18 of 21 men inthe diagnostic grey zone of PSA Interestingly, among the benign sera that were incorrectly classified...
... evaluation of lexical association measures, mainly forthe following reasons: the instability of precision values obtained from the rst few percent ofthe data inthe SLs; the lack of signicant ... obtain condence intervals forthe true precision values ofthe bestperforming AM (frequency), given our 10% sample The upper and lower bounds ofthe 95% condence intervals are shown as thin lines ... different from the baseline obtained by random selection In contrast to our expectation stated at the beginning of this section, the performance of and relative to the other AMs is not better for high-frequency...
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... secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions inthe examination of policy matters pertaining to the health ofthe public The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the ... councils ofthe National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine The members ofthe committee responsible forthe report were chosen for their special ... recognizes the superior achievements of engineers Dr William A Wulf is president ofthe National Academy of Engineering The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences...
... well-being ofthe animals being transported are necessary forthe quality ofthe research and the welfare ofthe animals The lack of clear guidelines that cover all species can cause confusion for individuals ... by the Academy, the Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the ... Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions inthe examination of policy matters pertaining to the...
... received the MSc degree in electronic engineering in 1984 from Minsk Radio Engineering Institute and the PhD degree in electronic engineering in 1999 from the Institute of Electronics ofthe National ... too many neurons inthe hidden layer This eliminates much ofthe trial and error in finding the optimal number of neurons to include inthe hidden layer When using the classifiers, the hold-out method ... gradients) during the hit, and another N points forthe first 7.2 (60% ofthe recovery period) after the hit The characteristics ofthe response are mainly determined by the type of gas and its...
... requests for online medical advice Acting with professionalism Being forthcoming about their employment, credentials and conflicts of interest Being aware that information they post online may ... disseminate information and forge meaningful professional relationships However, these benefits must occur within the proper framework of professional ethics, and physicians need information on the ... information on the importance of maintaining the same professional and ethical standards in their online activity or communications using other forms of electronic media The FSMB has developed this...
... frequently in rehabilitation engineering, for example, inthe control of neural prostheses [49] and inthe design of an intelligent wheelchair guidance system [50] For our experiments, the number of inputs ... considering other features and expanding the scope of swallowing events for training The ultimate application of such a classifier might be a wearable detection/ intervention system forthe management ... observation of swallow initiation In this manner, the time code on the analog video corresponded to the time index ofthe digital recording ofthe vibration signal Methods Representation of swallowing...
... with the patient after being fully informed about the natural history ofthe disease and the pros and cons ofthe main surgical options There are no guidelines regarding the timing of surgery In ... polyposis, the wish to have children, the risk of developing desmoids and possibly the site ofthe mutation inthe APC gene The final decision lies with the patient after being fully informed about the ... depends on the age ofthe patient, the severity of rectal polyposis, the wish to have children, the risk of developing desmoids and possibly the site ofthe mutation inthe APC gene The final decision...
... demand prices However, inthe case of inputs, the valuation of nonincremental and incremental inputs is the reverse ofthe case for outputs For nonincremental inputs, that is, for input supplies that ... different degrees of nonincremental and incremental effects for both outputs and inputs Part ofthe process of forecasting involves analyzing these effects forthe main project outputs and inputs B Identification ... manufacturing value-added index, can be used for deflating purposes The resulting real cost ofGUIDELINESFORTHE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF PROJECTS 39 foreign borrowing provides the minimum rate of return...
... separate guidelines) Page 11 Algorithm forthe Empirical treatment of suspected sepsis of unknown origin Page 12-15 Vancomycin and Gentamicin dosing / monitoring and calculation of GFR These guidelines ... present, including central lines and Hickman lines and labelled stating which line they were taken from Appropriate antibiotic therapy should be administered, within one hour for inpatients and within ... first line therapy Antibiotics are only part ofthe management of a patient with an infection Further details about the management and investigation of sepsis can be found at the Surviving sepsis...
... imaging, and a biopsy or aspiration ofthe abnormal skin or soft tissue lesion inthe hope of increasing the recovery ofthe offending pathogen and directing pathogen-specific antimicrobial therapy ... penicillin [137, 138] Because 5% of strains of C perfringens are clindamycin resistant, the combination of penicillin plus clindamycin is the recommended antibiotic treatment [137, 138] The value of ... 8.2%, and in Spain 18.3% [115, 116] Some of these strains are also clindamycin resistant Interestingly, inthe United States, no resistance to clindamycin was found from invasive strains of group...
... Programme while developing these guidelinesTheguidelines were developed with contributions from: • the Expanded Review Panel in defining the scope oftheguidelines and in reviewing the evidence retrieval ... caregivers for administration, which minimizes the risk of errors End of dose pain: pain occurring when theblood level ofthe medicine falls below the minimal effective analgesic level towards the ... antidepressants ofthe class of serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors for persisting neuropathic pain in children > 10 • Gabapentin for persisting neuropathic pain in children • Ketamine as...
... we obtain the existence of a mapping c : G → Y such that the following hold i c is a fixed point of J, that is, c x F x, c η x ∀x ∈ G , 4.13 The mapping c is the unique fixed point of J inthe set ... Proceedings ofthe National Academy of Sciences ofthe United States of America, vol 27, no 4, pp 222–224, 1941 T Aoki, “On the stability ofthe linear transformation in Banach spaces,” Journal ofthe ... also the recent articles of Forti 16, 17 , for supplementary details On the other hand, in 18–25 , a fixed point method was proposed, by showing that many theorems concerning the stability of Cauchy,...
... selection indices by in ating genetic parameters [14, 20, 37] or by decreasing the weight of familial information vs the weight of individual information [11, 20, 34, 41] or by including penalties for ... reminds the statement of Bijma et al [2] for inbreeding: “by using these (optimized) procedures, breeding organizations can make the same ∆G as they at present whilst reducing the rate of inbreeding ... approach for saving the future Anyhow, inthe long term, kinship and inbreeding are certain to accumulate This fact will in uence selection procedures increasingly For instance, even with the approach...
... government inthe theory of coordination failure in economic development Major theoretical implication ofthe findings is that there is a strong need forthe government to take the lead in ensuring ... capacities across infrastructure planning and delivery, explaining the effects of these constraints, and illuminating the potential scope for reform in policy and planning for infrastructure development ... developing countries As developing countries increase their integration into the world economy, these countries are facing new issues They are “behind -the- borders” issues, including the role of infrastructure...
... within novel viralgenomes Often the linear order of genes within thegenomesof related viruses is maintained Thus, the spacing and orientation of specific genes can be predicted inthegenomes ... All HV The degree of degeneracy, ie the number of individual primers inthe pool, is given in parentheses indicates the reliance on a specified subset of sequences for determination ofthe 3' ... primers The degree of degeneracy, ie the number of individual primers inthe pool, is given in parentheses Bias indicates the reliance on a specified subset of sequences for determination of the...