... it," I argued "From the moment they came in sight of the hills of Sparta till they reentered the house and climbed to the porch where they used to sleep to the song of the maples, they would be ... and when the keeper of the palace came from his royal chamber to conduct them about, and set in motion the unseen agencies by which the books were delivered from the stack to the reader, the element ... homestead (4) In BACK-TRAILERS FROM THE MIDDLE BORDER, the fourth and last of the series, I record the removal of my family to the East, a reversal of the family progress As the lives of Richard Garland,...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 05:20
... On the other hand, since the method uses an air quality model to estimate the dispersion function, the accuracy of the estimated emissions will depend on the ability of the model to reproduce the ... difference in the emission factors of VOCs for LDVs and HDVs The emission factors calculated in this study are generally higher compared to the results of the other studies around the world Only the emission ... Comparison with the other studies in the world shows that the emission factors of NOx for MC in this study is not different with the study in Taiwan [17, 18] Similarly, the emission factors of NOx...
Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 16:20
From Privilege to Competition - Unlocking Private-Led Growth in the Middle East and North Africa pot
... reflect the views of the Executive Directors of The World Bank or the governments they represent The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work The boundaries, colors, ... countries of the region, this could be the tax authority, the customs, or the land administration In others it could be the licensing and inspection agencies These Reforms Entail the Following ... regarding the terms used because it departs somewhat from the standard recommendations in this area A lexicon of the most important terms used in the report is therefore necessary to clarify what they...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 10:20
Báo cáo khoa học: The crystal structure of the tryptophan synthase b2 subunit from the hyperthermophile Pyrococcus furiosus Investigation of stabilization factors pot
... summarized in Table The total score of the b subunit from the hyperthermophile clearly shows higher stability than that from the mesophile All of the score terms contribute to the higher stabilization ... of Pfb2 is higher, 115 °C The dimeric forms strongly contribute to the higher thermal stability in the case of the b subunits from both mesophiles and hyperthermophiles The unusual stability of ... might be due to the differences in the structures of the b2 subunit alone and the a2b2 complex, although the complex structure from P furiosus has not yet been solved Active site The X-ray crystal...
Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 14:20
Báo cáo hóa học: " EQ-5D visual analog scale and utility index values in individuals with diabetes and at risk for diabetes: Findings from the Study to Help Improve Early evaluation and management of risk factors Leading to Diabetes (SHIELD)" potx
... using data from the Study to Help Improve Early evaluation and management of risk factors Leading to Diabetes (SHIELD) This investigation will ascertain whether the burden of having risk factors ... surgery to clear arteries) These risk factors were derived from the literature, national guidelines, and expert opinion as modifiable or treatable risk factors for the future development and/or ... the conception, design and coordination of the SHIELD study and helped to draft the manuscript KF performed the statistical analysis and drafted the manuscript All authors read and approved the...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20
Báo cáo y học: "ACR70-disease activity score remission achievement from switches between all the available biological agents in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review of the literature" doc
... measures The introduction of anti-TNFα marked the beginning of a new era in the treatment of RA Nonetheless, the efficacy of each biological agent is not similar in all patients, underlying the need ... 'clinical trials phase IV' We searched even in the abstract databases of both the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) and the ACR from 1996 to the present in order to identify unpublished ... exclusion criteria, and their methodological quality was graded according to the levels of evidence of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (Oxford, UK) [3] The language of the paper was not restricted...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22
Bacterial α2-macroglobulins: colonization factors acquired by horizontal gene transfer from the metazoan genome? pdf
... challenge from invasive microorganisms exploiting the new niche provided by the interstitial spaces and body cavities The more derived role of the complement factors, together with their extra ... well illustrated by the two species of Helicobacter, one exploiting the acidic stomach and the other the very different environment of the liver: only the latter has a bact-α2M The H hepaticus genome ... related genes that appear to be transferred from one to the other, it is believed that the direction is overwhelmingly from the eukaryote to the bacterium The failure to find phylogenetic evidence...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 20:20
Báo cáo khoa hoc:" Multiple microvessels extending from the coronary arteries to the left ventricle in a middle aged female presenting with ischaemic chest pain: a case report" doc
... vasodilator therapy, with good effect Given the variable arterial structure of these channels and their intramural location (exposed therefore to the pulsatile flow within the cardiac cycle), the rationale ... failed to visualize the entire length of the communications joining the coronary arteries to the cavity of the left ventricle The right coronary artery was also affected by the same phenomenon, ... which due to their rarity, have appeared sporadically over the last 25 years [7] Said and van der Werf, nonetheless, recently gathered information on 20 cases collated from across the Netherlands...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 10:22
báo cáo khoa học: " From GWAS to the clinic: risk factors for intracranial aneurysms" pdf
... were initially used These studies are hypothesisbased and genes are selected on the basis of their known function and the assumption that they are involved in the development of the disease (so-called ... risk factors for rupture of aneurysms For presence of aneurysms, atherosclerosis, a familial pre pon erance and polycystic kidney disease are the main d risk factors On the other hand, only the ... aneurysms remains rather meager, and hopes are high that genetic research will further increase our understanding of such risk factors Genetic factors for subarachnoid hemorrhage: insights from genome-wide...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 12:20
Báo cáo y học: " Subjective memory complaints, vascular risk factors and psychological distress in the middle-aged: a cross-sectional study" pptx
... significant bias in the response, the error will serve to reduce the observed estimate of the association The similar results found in the exploratory and confirmatory datasets strengthen the validity ... affect the results The presence of hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia were determined by the prescription of medication for these conditions There may therefore be undetected individuals with these ... qualifications Five vascular risk factors were able to be considered; the presence of obesity, diabetes, whether the person was a current smoker and whether the individual was currently being...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:22
Báo cáo y học: "Texture analysis of cartilage T2 maps: individuals with risk factors for OA have higher and more heterogeneous knee cartilage MR T2 compared to normal controls - data from the osteoarthritis initiative" pptx
... 97% The reproducibility results for the mean cartilage T2 and the GLCM texture analysis are listed in Table The mean T2 values had RMS CVs ranging from 0.85% in the lateral femur to 2% in the ... exclude potential chemical shift artifacts or fluid from the region of interest, the user simultaneously examined the T2 map and the first echo of the multi-slice multi-echo (MSME) sequence (in neighboring ... this study were the medial femur, medial tibia, and the average of all compartments The medial femur and medial tibia were chosen based on the following rationale: the medial side of the knee is...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:20
Báo cáo khoa học: "Isolation of Aspergillus spp. from the respiratory tract in critically ill patients: risk factors, clinical presentation and outcome" potx
... to the ICU and once a week thereafter Other samples of peripheral blood or from other infectious foci were obtained at the discretion of the attending physician Samples were processed by the ... if therapy is not promptly initiated then patients may die from the disease Amphotericin B deoxycholate was the only therapeutic option in the past and was the antifungal agent used in series ... (1.8) NS Radiation therapy Chemotherapy Risk factors during ICU stay Arterial catheter 31 (86.1) 74 (70.4) 498 (69.1) NS Venous catheter 36 (100) 104 (99.0) 711 (98.6) NS Urinary catheter 36 (100)...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 22:21
Báo cáo y học: " Do infants fed directly from the breast have improved appetite regulation and slower growth during early childhood compared with infants fed from a bottle" pps
... infant at the breast all of the time The BTL-HM group was compromised of children who were fed human milk (non-exclusive included) and whose mothers stated they fed the infant at the breast from most ... reported breastfeeding whether they typically breastfed from the breast in the first three months of life, “All of the time” (ex: never used a bottle on average days), “Most of the time” (ex: 0-1 bottles ... of the time” Based on these responses, the DIRECT BF group was comprised of children who were fed human milk exclusively for the first three months of life and whose mothers stated they fed the...
Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 08:20
An Analysis of Cultural Factors in the Textbook English 12 from the Perspective of English as an International Language = Phân tích các yếu tố văn hóa trong sác
... METHODOLOGY The chapter describes the practical aspect of the study including the employing a tool to collect data, the techniques of gathering and describing the data to achieve the purpose of the study ... and on the reality of the 23 Vietnamese context All these discussions, arguments, and the reality of the context are presented in Chapters 1, of the thesis The third category is implied from McKay's ... Discussion presents the results from the data collected and a discussion of the findings PART III is Conclusion and Recommendations It presents the recommendations drawn from the findings of the study...
Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2015, 09:22
Going to mecca chinese travel accounts of the middle east from the republican period (1911 1949
... Abstract Focusing on the Chinese Muslims‟ travel accounts to the Middle East during the Republican China(1911-1949), this thesis studies the images of the Middle East from the view of Chinese ... chapter two examines the reason why they went to the Middle East at that time and what advantages made the travel available Chapter three compares the images of Middle East from the view of two different ... feelings toward their faith as well as how they coordinated their belief and the discourse of the nation-state In order to offer the social background and cultural factors impacting the travel, chapter...
Ngày tải lên: 02/10/2015, 17:14
Cambridge.University.Press.Bioarchaeology.Interpreting.Behavior.from.the.Human.Skeleton.Feb.1999.pdf
... been the case with the Maghreb, the Levant or the northern shore of the Mediterranean The Great Eurasian Plain The low-lying land that stretches almost without interruption from Britain to the ... belt This is the belt that stretches from Iberia and the Maghreb in the west to the Himalayas in the east Any Eurasian population to the north must have dispersed from this area Its southerly position ... Rusa and Rucervus These deer died out at the end of the Villafranchian, or the early Pleistocene in the case of the Middle East In Japan, Nipponicervus survived to the end of the Pleistocene In...
Ngày tải lên: 21/09/2012, 10:46
Báo cáo y học: " Self-reported sickness absence as a risk marker of future disability pension. Prospective findings from the DWECS/DREAM study 1990-2004"
... reduce the generalizability of the results, and the findings may therefore not apply to the general population The present study and the study by Gjesdal and Bratberg [10] are to our knowledge the ... for these analyses Methodological issues The DWECS/DREAM study provides data from a large representative sample of the Danish working population Further, selection bias is minimized from the ... disability pensioned, emigrated or died They were excluded from the study, as they were no longer under risk of disability pension in the follow-up period from 1994 through 2004 This left a total...
Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 10:03
Báo cáo y học: " Polysaccharides from the root of Angelica sinensis protect bone marrow and gastrointestinal tissues against the cytotoxicity of cyclophosphamide in mice
... action of CY in the stomach in this study was due to the activation of p53 and therefore leading to the suppression of the c-Myc/ODC pathway All these findings could explain the mechanism of ... restore their normal immune response (Fig 1) The present findings suggest that AP has immunostimulatory effect which can accelerate the recovery from leukopenia induced by CY and thereby shortens the ... drives the cell cycle from G0 to G1 [27] Furthermore, c-Myc is known to induce the transcriptional activity of ODC gene [29], which is involved in polyamine synthesis It is likely that the cell...
Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2012, 10:19
Báo cáo y học: "introduction to special issue on Eye and Zoonosis – from the guest editors"
... Coherence Tomography in ocular toxoplasmosis • Usefulness of vitrectomy in the treatment of ocular toxoplasmosis • Update on the treatment of ocular toxoplasmosis We hope that this special issue will ... provides researchers with timely update on various topics in this important field Conflict of Interest The authors have declared that no conflict of interest exists http://www.medsci.org ...
Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 11:11