... short term; or c) isaderivativefinancial instrument, exceptforaderivativethatisafinancialguaranteecontractoradesignatedhedginginstrument 2.3.1 Initial measurement Financial assets ... instruments Afinancialinstrumentisacontractthat gives rise to afinancial asset in one company and, simultaneously, afinancial liability or an equity instrument in another company This standard is ... is achieved when the financial information contains all data that could have an impact on decision-making and no significant information is omitted Financial information should also be comparable...
... regard all the “N”s as CE-candidates for SE/OE and all the “P”s as CEcandidates for PR It is possible thata more analytic method is used instead of this simplification task, e.g., by a syntactic ... predicates (Task 2): Our basic idea for the second task is selecting candidates first and finding answers from the candidates later We regard each of noun words as a candidate for SE/OE, and each ... capture all the actual comparison expressions Hence, we build a comparison lexicon as follows: ▪ Comparison Lexicon = Кling U {Additional keywords that are frequently used for actual comparative...
... the role that relationships play when building a sense of workplace camaraderie Please don’t dismiss workplace camaraderie are unimportant or frivolous, because camaraderie isn’t about wasting ... introduce that individual performer into an organizational structure—even if it were an organization of artists working creatively and collaboratively—the demand of organizational infrastructures and ... model and say, That s the right place for me.” Let me give you another example There isa company in semi-rural Pennsylvania called Minitab It’s a large statistical analysis company that runs a...
... indicate that the response performance of the hollow sea urchin-like nanostructures is better than that of the nanocubes and nanoparticle aggregations, and the performance of nanoparticle aggregations ... with a large specific area are composed of many small well-aligned nanorods, and many nanorods/nanorods grainboundaries could be formed The hollow interiors and interspaces between the nanorods can ... ST-0 3A surface analytical instrument (Beijing Analysis Instrument Factory, China) Fig Schematic diagrams of the gas sensor measurement system heated to 600 ◦ C at a rate of ◦ C min−1 in air and...
... measurements AZ, AD and KTG installed and adapted the optical set-up WA participated in the design of the study and performed the statistical analysis FS, AD, EN and MS performed the data analysis ... of a single specimen [20] We then used 47 parts for calculating the PCA and training the LDA and the remaining part for testing This was repeated for all 48 parts so that the predictions for all ... so-called principal components (PC) There are as many PCs as variables, but the advantage isthat only several are necessary to describe a large amount of the variation of the data, while the majority...
... measurements AZ, AD and KTG installed and adapted the optical set-up WA participated in the design of the study and performed the statistical analysis FS, AD, EN and MS performed the data analysis ... of a single specimen [20] We then used 47 parts for calculating the PCA and training the LDA and the remaining part for testing This was repeated for all 48 parts so that the predictions for all ... so-called principal components (PC) There are as many PCs as variables, but the advantage isthat only several are necessary to describe a large amount of the variation of the data, while the majority...
... important new class of porous inorganicorganic hybrid solids with the potential fora significant impact on separation, gas storage, catalysis and biomedicine These materials are formed by assembly ... Similarly, coordinatively unsaturated metal ions in square paddle-wheel or trigonal prism SBUs after the removal of axial terminal ligands act as Lewis acid sites that have high affinity with various ... luminescence that makes them ideal for sensing,109,110 while various MOFs constructed from paramagnetic metals have magnetism suitable for magnetic applications.111-113 2.2 Mesoporous metal-organic frameworks...
... % Create a super user account for each MMS server Create additional data administrators to handle routine administration Assign access controls on the namespace and the administrative areas to ... directories and the metadirectory What is clean directory data? Why isa clean directory an important part of the join strategy? Clean directory data ensure that entries in a directory are unique, ... Designing and Developing a Metadirectory 19 When a new employee is hired at NWTraders Corporation, the HR manager sends an e-mail message to the HR SQL database administrator, the e-mail administrator,...
... data acquisition and analysis, and in manuscript preparation CPW and ELM participated in the study design, data acquisition and analysis, and in manuscript preparation PJE participated in data ... criteria, data extraction and statistical analysis were performed based on a prespecified protocol according to the Cochrane Collabora- Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Data abstraction ... acquisition and in manuscript preparation All authors read and approved the final manuscript Additional files The following Additional files are available online: Additional file Word table that...
... implementation practices and served as a mentor to the teacher WD facilitators had expertise in the theory and practice of WD and classroom behavior management more broadly as well as the interpretation ... effect size is 0.25, compared against total variation in the sample This calculation is based on specification of multivariate means, variances, and covariances from data from prior trials conducted ... facilitators prioritized coaching needs and worked with the teacher to create a professional development plan that specified goals, target areas for mentoring, and coaching strategies and activities...
... were performed for all categorical data and Mann-Whitney U-Tests for ordinal data that were not normally distributed to apply parametric tests Dried Blood Spot (DBS) testing for hepatitis C When ... subjective and qualitative Statistical Analyses Data analysis was conducted on intention to treat basis The primary hypothesis was tested using chi-square for comparison of rates of sero-conversion and ... nominate an independent informant to provide collateral information, and nominate a locator who can assist in tracing the subject at follow-up (5) stable place of residence (defined as having a...
... ANOVA one-way analysis of variance Asc ascorbic acid AST aspartate aminotransferase AuNP gold nanoparticle BBB bloodbrain barrier BCEC brain capillary endothelial cells BSA bovine serum albumin ... Pey, Dr MANDEL Alex, Ms NAM Wan Chern, Ms Napsiah Binte Suyod, Dr NAYAK Tapas Ranjan, Ms NG Sek Eng, Ms Nor Hazliza Binte Mohamad, Ms OH Tang Booy, Ms PANT Aakanksha, Dr PRIYANKAR Paira, Dr REN ... Singapore, for offering the consultation on histopathological analysis i I would like to thank the Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore, for granting me the scholarship that allowed...
... undesirable release profile of drugs For nanoparticle and microparticle, a burst release at an early stage together with a very short release course is the major weakness Xie and Wang reported that ... Supercritical CO2 foaming isa very friendly technique for fabricating growth factor loaded scaffolds as the operating parameters are favourable to growth factors, avoiding the need for use of organic ... Growth factors Growth factor refers to a naturally occurring protein capable of stimulating cellular proliferation and cellular differentiation Growth factors are important for regulating a variety...
... defect configuration (Rebecca and Wozney, 2001) A study by Takaoka et al demonstrated that there isa lack of bone healing when HAp is used alone as a carrier for BMP-2 (Takaoka et al., 1988) The ... microscope and compared after day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8, respectively Chapter 43 3.3.6 Statistical analysis All the data were statistically analyzed to express the mean ± standard deviation (S.D.) and ... regeneration isa complicated research topic as it involves material fabrication, tissue regeneration and animal experiments Presently HAp nanoparticles were more like a release adjuvant, but in a...
... residual contents (ppm) A peak area for DCM (=Absorbance x time) was obtained for each sample Subsequently, the peak areas for all samples were compared with a calibration curve and the corresponding ... dilution as the secondary antibody for 60 at 37 ºC An avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex (Vector Laboratories, Burlingame, California) was applied at 1:300 dilution for 60 at 37 ºC Peroxidase activity ... time Another important reason isthat HAp can compensate the pH change caused by the degradation by-products of PLGA For the case of F1, no HAp is agglomerated into that scaffold and the acidic...
... For group A, lane 1: native pT7T3D-PacI DNA; lane 2: DNA released from scaffold A1 ; lane 3: DNA released from scaffold A2 ; lane 4: DNA released from scaffold A3 For groups B and C, lane 1: native ... characteristic peaks of HAp nanoparticles (data not shown) Furthermore, no obvious peak exists at about 2θ = 20° which is the characteristic peak of chitosan This observation shows that HAp nanoparticles ... release DNA for quantitative analysis Briefly, chitosanase was dissolved in PBS to form 91 Chapter a working solution of mg/L Subsequently, adequate chitosanase solution was applied to each sample...
... mature, forming healthy bone tissue HAp is an osteoconductive material in nature For this reason, variable HAp nanoparticle contents are incorporated in the samples of each group (A, B, and C) ... incorporated into the scaffolds in three ways (i.e coating of naked DNA or DNA/chitosan nanoparticles on scaffolds after fiber fabrication by dripping, and encapsulation of DNA/chitosan nanoparticles ... The detailed description of animal model construction and subsequent characterizations can be found in Chapter (Section 4.3.2) 2.5 Statistical analysis All the data were statistically analyzed...
... Laboratories, California, US) at a constant voltage (60V) for 100 minutes with native plasmid DNA as control and high DNA mass laddar (Invitrogen Corporation, Maryland, US) as marker A Bio Imaging system, ... water phase of extraction; Wsample is the weight of each foam sample used for EE analysis; Wplasmid, WPLGA and Wchitosan are the weights of plasmid DNA, PLGA and chitosan used in the foam fabrication ... from F0, F1 and F2 (a) and electrophoretic mobility analysis of native DNA and in vitro samples released after days and 30 days (b) All samples were performed on a 1.0% agarose gel and stained with...
... triplicate (Nie and Wang, 2007; Li et al., 2003) 8.2.12 Statistic analysis All data are presented as mean ± S.D throughout this study Statistical analysis of the experimental data was performed and α < ... functionalized foams appeared to be favorable for loading DNA and displayed sustained release of DNA, possibly due to a balance of electrostatic interaction and hydrophilic interaction between DNA and the ... biomaterials, to make it a suitable carrier for DNA Chapter 178 8.4 Conclusions In this study, PLGA porous foams were functionalized with K4 and K20 The adsorption capacity and release behavior...