long term dynamics of aesthetic appreciation

... potential consequences of different disturbance regimes, such as 15burning versus fire exclusion, for long- term forest dynamics is difficult because of the 1 6long lifespan of the trees Simulation ... 1Modeling the Effects of Fire on the Long- Term Dynamics and 2Restoration of Yellow Pine and Oak Forests in the Southern 3Appalachian Mountains ... 8frequency of fire, which formerly was a pervasive disturbance integral to the functioning 9of many ecosystems (Pyne, 1982; Abrams, 1992) The removal of fire permitted the 10successional replacement of

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... evaluate the effects of the different competition regimes created by each of these treatments on the perform- ance of spruce seedlings; (iii) To understand the long- term impacts of vegetation con- ... h = untreated control. Long- term effects of vegetation control treatments 689 Few replicated experiments are available to provide infor- mation on long- term implications of vegetation management ... province-wide scale of oper- ations, magnitude of investment, and constraints on choice of treatment, demand that vegetation management decisions should be driven by long- term vision and must

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 01:21

... tumours were seen in 16% of young and 4% of older patients (p < 0.05) Ninety four percent of young cancer deaths were within 20 months of operation At median follow up of 50 months in the young, ... Department of Surgery University of Kelaniya Medical School, Sri Lanka Full list of author information is available at the end of the article frequency in young patients (usually 0.05) The longest ... in the first twenty months after operation and predictable survival in the medium and longterm: Analysis of survival and prognostic markers KK Chan1,3, B Dassanayake3, R Deen2,3, RE Wickramarachchi3,

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 03:22

... University of Montreal Hospital Centre, Notre-Dame Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada of Montreal Hospital Centre, Notre-Dame Hospital, Department of Radiology, ... http://arthritis-research.com/content/8/1/R21 Research article Vol No Open Access Long term evaluation of disease progression through the quantitative magnetic resonance imaging of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis patients: correlation ... Radiology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 3University of Montreal Hospital Centre, Notre-Dame Hospital, Department of Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University of Montreal, Montreal,

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... affected by rituximab (Table 2) Page of 12 (page number not for citation purposes) Long- term effects of rituximab treatment To evaluate long- term effects of rituximab, we divided the patients ... representative plot of short -term and treatment changes of the B cell expression of CD27 and IgD on B cells in bone marrow from patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving rituximab long- term rheumatoid ... show that rituximab achieves a depletion of IgD+ B cells shortly after the treatment followed by a long- term accumulation of pre-germinal center subsets of B cells in PB Methotrexate/other 13/24**

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... examined the short- and long- term effects of a quality improvement collaborative on patient outcomes, professional performance, and structural aspects of chronic care management of type 2 diabetes ... scores. Table 4 Process measures: professional performance Intermediate outcome indicators (percentage of patients) Baseline Short term (one year follow up) Long term (two years follow up) Intervention ... development of local protocols and shared care agreements between professionals (n = 5); development of local protocols focusing on the prevention of severe complications (n = 4); the communication of

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... al.: Long- term exposure of CdTe quantum dots on PC12 cellular activity and the determination of optimum nontoxic concentrations for biological use Journal of ... inten- sity (arbitrary units) of the dye emission is of the order of ~10 3 while the QDs display ~10 2 .Thus,anyenergy transferred to the dye would be of an order of magni- tude lower and would ... RESEA R C H Open Access Long- term exposure of CdTe quantum dots on PC12 cellular activity and the determination of optimum non-toxic concentrations for biological use

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:22

... This ena- bled us to conduct a detailed analysis of the impact of ICU stay on long- term PTSD symptomology. We found a high overall prevalence of long- term PTSD symptomology, as indicated by the PTSS-10 ... ventions and improve long- term patient care. Hence, it is worth evaluating PTSD in order to elucidate the complex nature of long- term outcomes in this setting [14]. Many survivors of critical illness ... Introduction The aim of this study was to determine the long- term prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomology in patients following secondary peritonitis and to determine whether

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... and Tropamine 60 379 TO CP At end of one year over 50 percent of the alcoholic DUI offenders not using SAAVE dropped out of the program while less than 15 percent of those using SAAVE dropped out ... in not only the short -term amelioration of the reward deficit but also suppression of the antireward system However, in the long term, there is worsening of the underlying neurochemical dysregulations ... in terms of in vivo studies by Chen et al [63] showing a down-regulation of D2 receptor density following a day infusion of the D2 agonist quinpirole [64] Interestingly, continuous infusion of

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:21

... Furthermore, long- term follow-ups of at least two years with parents of pre-school children are nonexistent The aims of the current investigation are to evaluate the long- term, two-year efficacy of the ... 0.35 for parenting and child behavior problems, respectively One of the few limitations of these studies is the lack of long- term controlled outcome investigations This may be primarily due to ... of prevention programs on the incidence of mental disorders is one of the most important research questions for mental health prevention Mental disorders account for 22% of the total burden of

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:21

... the off-diagonal terms of the matrix of coancestry coefficients between females are equal to the corresponding terms of the matrix of rotational coancestry... i.e., a yearly DF of ... probability of sire origins for female phases, the covariance between a female of phase i and her serving sire (sire i) is the sum of the products between the elements of row i of X and the elements of ... trace of a m atrix, i.e., the sum of its diagonal e lements. Then, when sires are related, the weight of relationship s ij between sire i and sire j (> i)ispro- portional to term j of row i of

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 13:22

... The Long- Term Benefits of Finance Transformation A report prepared by CFO Research Services in collaboration with Concur Releasing Resources to Support Growth The Long- Term Benefits of Finance ... ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [...]... basis of this section of the report OCTOBER 2007 12 Releasing Resources to Support Growth The Long- Term Benefits of Finance Transformation ... Reduction of risk, error—and, of course, cost—is a clear rationale for back-office automation and other transaction-processing improvement efforts The results of this study... Percentage of

Ngày tải lên: 05/11/2014, 23:28

... pollution is of significance in determining the long- term performance of municipal solid waste management system. Previously, a large number of studies focused on the optimization of municipal ... Number of defined time periods; Number of local waste collection centers; Number of regional waste distribution centers; Number of waste treatment plants; Number of disposal facilities; Number of ... determining the optimal configuration of waste management system is developed by Galante et al. [12]. In order to optimize the tradeoff of total cost and environmental impact, a combination of

Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 10:17

... Review of Work 213 6.2 Summary of Findings 215 6.2.1 Long- term Behavior of FRP-Strengthened RC Beams under Sustained Loading 215 6.2.2 Effect of Cyclic Loading on Long- Term Behavior of FRP-Strengthened ... Behavior of FRP Laminate (Holmes and Just 1983) Fig 5.9 Effect of Weathering on Long- Term Serviceability Fig 5.10 Effect of GFRP Type on Long- Term Serviceability Fig 5.11 Effect of ... LONG- TERM BEHAVIOR OF FRP-STRENGTHENED RC BEAMS MITHUN KUMAR SAHA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 2006 LONG- TERM BEHAVIOR OF FRP-STRENGTHENED RC BEAMS MITHUN

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 18:17

... burden of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) HIV and AIDS 1.2 The interrelationship of STIs and AIDS 1.3 Determinants of transmission of STIs, HIV and AIDS 1.4 Sex workers as a source of transmission ... DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF MEDICINE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY, OCCUPATIONAL AND FAMILY MEDICINE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 2003 i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am most grateful to my supervisors, Professor ... Description of the intervention Measurement of program effects Statistical analysis Results 4.1 81 Effects of condom promotion program for vaginal sex 81 4.1.1 Outcome evaluation 81 4.1.1.1 Long- term

Ngày tải lên: 17/09/2015, 17:20

... PEDIATRIC/CRANIOFACIAL Long- Term Comparison of the Results of Four Techniques Used for Bilateral Cleft Nose Repair: A Single Surgeon’s ... columella The advent of presurgical nasoalveolar molding enabled elongation of the columella and molding of the protruded premaxilla preoperatively After the introduction of nasoalveolar molding, ... projection and nasolabial angle of these four techniques of primary bilateral cleft rhinoplasty This retrospective study, designed to investigate the long- term effect of nasoalveolar molding and

Ngày tải lên: 08/01/2017, 21:04

... the adhesion of aluminum pucks for pull-off tests and a close-up of a prepared surface 66 3.32 Prepared areas for the adhesion of aluminum pucks for pull-off tests and a close-up of a prepared ... failure in concrete substrate 70 3.44 Failure Modes of Pull-off Tests from 2003 and 2011 71 3.45 Histogram of Pull-off Test Strength 74 3.46 PDF of Pull-off test results 74 3.47 Areas removed are highlighted ... THESIS EVALUATING THE LONG- TERM DURABILITY OF FIBER REINFORCED POLYMERS VIA FIELD ASSESSMENTS OF REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES Submitted by Douglas Gregory Allen Department of Civil and Environmental

Ngày tải lên: 12/05/2017, 22:38

... differences are most often attributed to variations in age of participants, time range of *Correspondence: johannes.f.sigurdson@ntnu.no Faculty of? ?Medicine, Norwegian University of? ?Science and Technology, ... Norway Full list of author information is available at the end of the article measurement and classification of bullying Olweus and Limber [8] defines bullying or victimization in terms of being bullied, ... sum of depressive symptoms and high levels of total, internalizing and critical symptoms, increased risk of having received help for mental health problems, and reduced functioning because of

Ngày tải lên: 14/01/2020, 20:09

... participants with the images of car exteriors spanning a long period of time The specific usage of historic views of design-oriented objects such as cars should provide a sensitive test of how the design ... discussion In the present studies, we investigated long- term dynamics of design properties To be able to assess a long time period, we used b Residuals of the production numbers (all brands) production ... psychological perspective, it is of relevance which specific processes such dynamics might trigger First of all, from the data basis provided by Study 1, we recognize long- term cycles of design properties...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 17:20

... the control of the CAG promoter, followed by several cloning sites including a SwaI site, polyadenylation signal sequence of the Pgk gene, and a portion of the multiple cloning site of pMCS5 XhoI–EcoRI-digested ... pSA-bgeo; Dr Izumo Saito (Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Japan) for providing pCAG-Cre; Dr Ikuo Yana (Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Japan) for help in performing ... that are required for immunological isolation of ECs [23,24] to prevent proliferation of tsA58T Ag-expressing non-ECs Results and Discussion Generation of a transgenic mouse line carrying the CAG-bgeo-tsA58T...

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