... changing the distribution of interface states and the electron occupation on them In some cases, even the concentration of the adsorbed gas ions can be measured from the change of potential barrier ... NO x concentration presumably due to the consumption of available sites at GB for the NO x molecule adsorption In this context, a slow increase of the Table Response and recovery times of the ... adsorption of oxidizing NO x gas, i.e., the anionic adsorption of NO x molecules, Fig Variation of resistance as the sample temperature is varied in normal air condition and in the ambience of 30...
... expanders 3.8 Degradation of the structure of the negative plates The second aim of this work was to investigate the in¯uence of expanders on the energetic and skeleton structures of NAM andon ... Journal of Power Sources 113 (2003) 335±344 on the activity and stability of the expander(s) used, on temperature, andon the battery type (VRLAB or ¯ooded) Because of the speci®c conditions of EV ... Changes in NAM structure on cycling The aim of this work was to investigate the in¯uence of expanders on the energetic and skeleton structures of NAM andon the degradation which occurs when negative...
... Separation was based on the great density of bristles on the pronota in females and/ or bigger frontal projection typical for males Separation of sexes of living, hand-held beetles was done using ... variability of trees, all logs were taken from one tree Rearing was performed at a stable temperature of about 24°C and in the conditions of a long day (15 hours) Estimation of the effect of sub-sterilizing ... however We can conclude the doses of 15 and 30 Gy not have a significantly negative effect on the behaviour of irradiated males in the preparation of entry holes and the creation of mating chambers...
... carbohydrate and fat utilization on the basis of nonprotein RQ (i.e without the use of isotopes) can lead to errors if the rates of gluconeogenesis and ketogenesis are changing [34] Conclusion The ... evaluation (Wilcoxon's test: paired for within groups and nonpaired for between groups) The distribution of values is described by medians and interquartile ranges For easier interpretation of the ... effects of both insulin and glucose on endogenous glucose production are altered in critically ill patients This would lead to an underestimation of the rate of total glucose utilization of up...
... (T )∆H and ∆Tad (T )∆H depend on temperature and ∆H (Equations 1.5 and 1.9, respectively) and are usually studied and reported as functions of temperature for a given ∆H, or as functions of ∆H ... magnetoresistance, ionic conductivity, and a multitude of dielectric properties, which are of great importance in microelectronics and telecommunication Because of the flexibility of bond angles inherent ... purity 99.99% and annealed at 920oC in 120 hours under Ar gas condition 20 Thesis Vu Thi Huong Figure 1.9 The dependence of magnetization M on temperature of I1 system and the variation of entropy...
... identify clinical variables that were good predictors of age of illness onset To assess the effects of age of onset separately from influences of current age and duration of illness, binary regression ... variables were not controlled a priori, and thus it was not possible to determine the effects of the medications on some aspects of cognition and the clinical course of the disease Conclusions In summary, ... illness onset To evaluate the relationship between age of illness onset and these clinical characteristics, a series of correlational analyses (Spearman’s rho) was conducted The age of onset for...
... development of analytical methods, data analysis, and manuscript preparation J-PR contributed to the conception and design of the study, clinical investigation, interpretation of data, data analysis, and ... data collection, data analysis, and manuscript preparation LS contributed to the data collection, data analysis, and manuscript preparation AS contributed to the conception and design of the study, ... distribution of severity factors Finally the characteristic of being a monocentric trial can be considered both a limitation but also an advantage due to reduction of variability of care Conclusion...
... about the transmission of sexual orientation (Patterson 5-6) Due to incomplete research an answer is still unknown to why children become homosexual It is known that the influenceof parents is unlikely, ... sexual orientation was unrelated to the amount of time the children spent living with their homosexual parents, a result that would seem to be at odds with many versions of environmental theories ... percentage of children of heterosexual parents were homosexual He found out that 9% of the children of heterosexual parents polled were homosexual This further supported his theory that parent influence...
... assessment of the quality of the evidence, the risks and benefits of treatments, and the impact of implementation onclinical care pathways by practitioners and those determining healthcare policy Clinical ... development as a major clinical application But over twenty years later, only five of these promising advances were in licensed clinical use and only one of them had had a major impact on current medical ... journals and for October 2008 for the specialist medical journals early stages ofclinical testing; all journals, with the exception of ophthalmology, consist of at least 50% earlyand efficacy...
... treatment, ammonium concentrations in taproot and nitrate concentrations in leaves remained below the detection threshold of the colorimetric method 3.3 Numeration of bacteria The number of total ... activities of mungbean subjected to waterlogging, Plant Sci 163 (2002) 117–123 [2] Arnon D.F., Ammonium and nitrate nutrition of barley at different seasons in relation to hydrogen ion concentrations, ... Albers B.P., Janiesch P., Influenceof NO3 and + NH4 nutrition on fermentation, nitrate reductase activity and adenylate energy charge of roots of Carex pseudocyperus L and Carex sylvatica Huds...
... the 1970s all of these activities came to an end owing to social and economic transformations carried out at that time This has had an influenceon the accumulation of fuel, and consequently caused ... a growing risk of fires For historic reasons this area is an island of forest vegetation in the area surrounding Palencia and is of ecological importance as it is a conjunction of a basophyle ... E., Influenceof heat on seed germination of Cistus laurifolius and Cistus laclanifer, Int J Wildland Fire (1992) 15-20 [37] Valbuena L., Trabaud L., Comparison between the soil seed banks of...
... response to light Of course, it also depends on other factors, such as seed availability, dispersal and germination of these seeds, competition and allelopathy processes, or edaphic conditions ... regeneration of these species (Ducrey and Labbé, 1985) The study of the seedlings in relation to the intensity of regeneration fellings gave us preliminary information about light response of the ... possible and would depend on the morphological and photosynthetic plasticity of the species studied Photosynthetic plasticity and shade adaptation Bazzaz and Carlson (1982) introduced the notion of...
... decision support, the increasing availability and sophistication of information technology in clinical settings, the increasing pace of publication of new studies on the evaluation of CCDSSs, and ... test ordering and interpretation, and acute care management The timing of this update and separation into types of application were auspicious considering the maturation of the field of computerized ... http://www.implementationscience.com/content/5/1/12 Page of Table Name and position of decisions makers for each of the six clinical application areas Clinical Application Area Decision-maker Primary preventive care Rolf Sebaldt Position Director,...
... decision support, the increasing availability and sophistication of information technology in clinical settings, the increasing pace of publication of new studies on the evaluation of CCDSSs, and ... test ordering and interpretation, and acute care management The timing of this update and separation into types of application were auspicious considering the maturation of the field of computerized ... http://www.implementationscience.com/content/5/1/12 Page of Table Name and position of decisions makers for each of the six clinical application areas Clinical Application Area Decision-maker Primary preventive care Rolf Sebaldt Position Director,...
... initial denaturation step of at 95°C; (ii) 30 cycles, with cycle consisting ofof denaturation at 95°C, of annealing at 55°C, andof extension at 72°C; and (iii) a final extension step of at 60°C Using ... (ii) 35 cycles, with cycle consisting of 30 s of denaturation at 94°C, 30 s of annealing at 62°C, and 50 s of extension at 72°C; and (iii) a final extension step of at 72°C PCR was performed ... maturation and protection against cancer and viral infections All these factors could contribute to pathologic effects of other viral infections like CMV as a result of HHV6 reactivation [39], and...
... homing, mobilization and migration Conclusion The major conclusion of our study is that, in our model of hypoxic pulmonary artery remodeling without endothelial disruption, the adhesive bone marrow-derived ... hypoxic condition housing as described below The early dynamic distribution of infused radiolabeled MSCs was performed using hypoxic rats and compared to control rats The long-term distribution of ... matched control rats Finally, hypoxic rats and control rats were also sacrificed for DNA extraction and hypoxic rats and control rats were sacrificed for pulmonary enzymatic digestion and culture...
... islands of low flow may mimic the coexistence of a high carbon dioxide gap with normal or even high-flow oxygenation [6] As mentioned by Dubin and coworkers [1], impaired villous microcirculation ... further confirmed by Dubin and collaborators during anaemic hypoxia, and results were presented recently at the 15th Annual Congress of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, in Barcelona ... study from confirming that ∆PCO2 fails to mirror intestinal tissue dysoxia and that blood flow is the main determinant of ∆PCO2 Tonometry is clearly a useful method for monitoring perfusion, but...
... Authors' contributions PM, AR and LP were the principal investigators and led the conceptual design of the design and the manuscript preparation MG made contributions to the acquisition of data and ... evolution in PaO2 and changes in IAP PP reduced the true pulmonary shunt (P < 0.05 by ANOVA) without any influenceof the kind of support Effects of prone position and support on hemodynamic and ... position after hour of steady-state conventional mechanical ventilation Then the following two periods of PP were randomized: hours of PP on the moulded foam mattress, and hours of PP on the...
... disturbance, in terms of sleep evaluation method, publication year, type of ICU, age of patients, number of patients and duration of stay The impact of sleep disturbance on patients Jones and colleagues ... behaviours and reactions with more desirable ones through biofeedback and positive or negative reinforcement [52] Two conditions are important for the selection of guidelines of behaviour modification: ... and the number of alarms of hemodynamic monitoring in the surgical ICU Noise reduction strategies included cutting down the intensity of the alarm sound and talking, and switching off the phone,...