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... regression estimation methods discussed in this study with numerical examples This thesis focuses on small samples, multiply censored samples, and samples with outliers The proposed linear regression ... regression estimation methods for the Weibull distribution to deal with harsh data conditions such as small samples, highly censored samples, and/or samples with outliers Several simple methods ... positions, has been described in Section 1.3.1 The LSE method can also be treated as a special case of the linear order statistics estimation methods 21 Chapter Introduction LSE is less discussed...

Ngày tải lên: 12/09/2015, 08:19

... cancer cases by culture and bacteriological tests (Gram-negative, oxidase, catalase, and urease test–positive spiral, curved rods) using biopsy specimens before gastric resection Pepsinogens I and ... pylori-related gastric atrophy Further investigation of the association requires much larger studies, as well as confirmatory biological studies with histological assessment Acknowledgments The authors are ... bias, odds ratios (ORs) adjusted for sex and age with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated using logistic regression analysis The Hardy- Weinberg equilibrium was examined for discrepancy...

Ngày tải lên: 31/10/2012, 15:37

... unlike 13 She is always under and it is affecting her health a relax b pressure c work d study 14 My sister I always our respect for our grandparents and our parents a show b express c give ... last two centuries b Social scientists say that this is one of the important changes from a traditional society to a modern society c Before the 19th century, families were usually large d After ... boys are obedient and hard-working, sometimes they are very mischievous 36 Men s responsibility is to work to support his family 37 We always try to help our parents with the household chores...

Ngày tải lên: 13/09/2013, 18:10

... Exercises and to eliminate redundant use cases ! List use cases by actors and actions (10 minutes) Remove similar use cases from similar actors Remove similar use cases from similar actions Final ... Organizing Use Cases and Usage Scenarios Exercise 1: Organizing Use Cases by Actors ! Organize use cases by actors (10 minutes) Work in groups assigned by the instructor Group use cases by identical actors ... Final use cases Activity 6.1: Organizing Use Cases and Usage Scenarios Exercise 4: Analyze Usage Scenarios In this activity, you will analyze the activities within usage scenarios to determine...

Ngày tải lên: 18/10/2013, 18:15

... itself is usually stored under /usr/src/linux If this book leaves you thirsting for details of how processes, shared memory, and system devices work, you can always learn straight from the source ... /usr/include/bits, /usr/include/asm, and /usr/include/linux For instance, the numerical values of signals (described in Section 3.3, “Signals,” in Chapter 3, “Processes”) are defined in /usr/include/bits/signum.h ... programmers, the most important are these: (1) User commands (2) System calls (3) Standard library functions (8) System/administrative commands The numbers denote man page sections Linux s man pages...

Ngày tải lên: 21/01/2014, 07:20

... set {M, i, s, p}, consisting of the four distinct letters M, i, s, and p 12.3 Subsets From a given set S we may form new sets, called subsets of S For example, the set consisting of those positive ... of mathematical abjects: sets of numbers, sets of curves, sets of geometric figures, and SO on In many applications it is convenient to deal with sets in which nothing special is assumed about ... collections of sets as follows: Let be a nonempty class? of sets The union of a11 the sets in is t T O help simplify the language, we cal1 a collection of sets a class Capital script letters d, g,...

Ngày tải lên: 12/06/2014, 16:19

... present strains were found at 31sites (detailed substitution data not shown) Among these was an essential substitution of the second binding site, N52 3S This substitution (N52 3S) was seen in seven ... strains (3), with branch lengths scaled under the SRDT model Reference strains are shown in italic type Analysis of pairwise distances, substitutions of the second binding site, and selective pressure ... hypothesis was assessed using bootstrap analysis of 100 ML iterations The SR model assumes the same rate of evolution in all branches (i.e., a molecular clock), and the SRDT model is an SR model that...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20

... fraction These results suggest that UL7 is in fact a mitochondrial protein in infected cells Discussion The essentiality of HSV-1 UL7 in viral replication in cell cultures has been controversial (Roizman ... release of finally enveloped virions from cells [5] Consistently, the release defects of viruses have been observed with UL7 deletion mutant viruses of HSV-1 (this study) and BHV-1 [6] These results ... mitochondrial membrane The result that UL7 interacts with ANT2 in infected cells suggests that UL7 is a mitochondrial viral protein in infected cells To test this hypothesis, COS-7 cells were transfected...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... tensors,” Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, vol 203, no 1, pp 278–288, 1996 S Ding, “Estimates of weighted integrals for differential forms,” Journal of Mathematical Analysis and ... ball with the same center as B and with diam ρB ρ diam B We not distinguish balls from cubes throughout this paper The n-dimensional Lebesgue measure of a set E ⊆ Rn is denoted by |E| We call ... diam B du for all ball B ⊂ Ω Choosing m 1 /s s αλ1 B | w1 dx |G u − G u αλ s, B,w1 s/ αλ3 r − du t,B λ w1 t,B Since 1/t B αλ w1 /s st/ t s t s /st dx 3.2 α /s 1,B λ w1 α /s 1,B , then m < s From Lemma...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 17:20

... oscillator is selected whenever SCS1:SCS2 = 00 Because the SCS bits are cleared on Reset, the FOSC2 setting also changes the default oscillator mode on Reset Regardless of the setting of FOSC2, INTRC ... device Reset unless Two-Speed Start-up is enabled (see Section 24.4 “Two-Speed Start-up” for details) In this mode, the OSTS bit is set (see Section 2.7.1 “Oscillator Control Register”) DS39762A-page ... Control PLL Postscaler T1OSO T1OSC T1OSCEN Enable Oscillator FOSC2:FOSC0 OSCCON EC, HS, ECPLL, HSPLL Secondary Oscillator T1OSI OSCTUNE(1) PLL/Prescaler/Postscaler INTRC Source MUX Sleep Peripherals...

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 15:20

... medical conditions which might be confounders include: 1) diseases of the central nervous system such as Alzheimer 's disease, cerebrovascular diseases, Parkinson 's disease, etc., 2) endocrine disorders ... the first admission was used Scales for apathy Scales for directly assessing apathy were not included in the database Thus, the investigators retrieved some associated items from the GDS and the ... large sample sizes (such as population-based or national surveys) is supported by the results of this study The investigation of the effect on apathy of SSRI users in all age groups will also be...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... 95°C Analysis of the forward and reverse sequences was performed on an ABI Prism 3100 Genetic Analyzer (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA) Results Clinical data Suspicion or diagnosis of ... of genetic analyses in families is the precocious identification of asymptomatic gene carriers In this relative the p62/SQSTM1 disease-associated mutation was also present in individuals younger ... all these treated subjects cTotal bone scintigraphy was not performed on this subject; the skeletal extent of PDB is on the basis of X-ray evaluations bone biopsy showed the presence of an osteogenic...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20

... considered positive samples Statistical Statistical analysis pg Values are expressed as means ± standard error (SE) Differences in the cell growth assay were determined by one-way analysis of ... AdipoRs expression, on survival was assessed by the Cox proportional hazards model (multivariate analysis) using backward-LR methods All statistical analyses were performed using the computer software ... lymphatic invasion, venous invasion, lymphatic metastasis, peritoneal dissemination, hematogenous metastasis, or tumor stages between the groups Forty-six (69.7%) of 66 male patients were categorized...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:21

... diagnosis when no abscess was seen in the spleen, and the cross-sectioned tissue appeared grossly homogeneous Pathological evaluation was consistent with acquired systemic AA amyloidosis, which was ... spleen as seen through a left subcostal incision Figure Gross spleen The grossly enlarged spleen cut along the short axis with no evidence of abscess formation Page of Roll et al Journal of Medical ... of Surgery, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, USA 5Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, USA Authors’ contributions GRR contributed to the surgical...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 03:20

... soles of feet typical of pustular psoScaly pustular lesions on soles of feet typical of pustular psoriasis months after starting treatment Her current dose of prednisolone is 10 mg od Discussion We ... scaly pustular lesions on her palms and soles typical of pustular psoriasis (Fig 1) She ceased etanercept temporarily and her skin improved markedly but her arthritis worsened On restarting etanercept, ... non-scarring scabs The extent of cutaneous disease is determined by a number of host factors including age, intercurrent illness, immune status and presence of preexisting skin disease Disseminated...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 21:22

... T cells cultured with NK cells to the expression by CD4+ T cells cultured alone Statistical analysis All results are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation Statistical comparisons between ... patients' disease status changed to remission (P = 0.02) Figure Serial gene expression measurements of natural killer cells in active Beh et' s disease Serial gene expression measurements of interleukin-12 ... surements were statistically evaluated by the Wilcoxon t test Results Clinical features of Beh et' s disease patients Phosphorylation status of signal transducer and activator of transduction The phosphorylated...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 12:20

... antibodies is of major importance as 4E10 binds and neutralizes virtually all HIV-1 viruses regardless of their subtype [3] Besides, the 4E10 epitope is conserved in all HIV-1 viruses and thus is crucial ... databases under following accession numbers: FN432725-FN432728 Pseudovirus neutralization assay Pseudovirus neutralization assays were conducted using Mabs and autologous patient plasma as previously ... this sequence The V3 epitope seems to be less accessible on the later viruses In contrast, the LLP2 epitope is more exposed on the later viruses than on the earlier viruses A study by Lu et al showed...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:22

... Dulbecco s minimal essential medium supplemented with 10% (v/v) fetal calf serum (FCS), 40 U/ml penicillin, 40 μg/ml streptomycin, 20 mM glucose and minimal essential medium nonessential amino acids ... effect (results not shown) In this setting of recently integrated proviruses, Vorinostat has no additional effect over the already strong effect of TNFa These results not necessarily mean that all ... BD FACSDiva Software v6.1.2 (BD biosciences, San Jose, CA) Cell populations were defined based on forward/sideward scattering Results from different assays were corrected for between-session variation...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 01:21

... Charlson Index [13] Severity was assessed with the Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score [14] Patients were assessed with the SIRS criteria at the time of admission [15] Severe sepsis ... sepsis, and patients with severe sepsis These sepsis patients were in the mild end of the sepsis spectrum and had low SOFA scores and a low mortality rate Sixtyseven of the patients were classified ... infected patients without SIRS, patients with sepsis, and patients with severe sepsis (Table 3; Figure 1) When all infected patients (infection without SIRS, sepsis, and severe sepsis) as a group were...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20