... evolvesas the integration of many consecutive and interactingprocesses. THE WHEAT BOOK CHAPTER 2 – THE STRUCTURE ANDDEVELOPMENTOFTHE CEREAL PLANT 25 THE STRUCTURE ANDDEVELOPMENTOFTHE CEREAL PLANT Chapter ... (photoperiod). The interaction oftheplant genetics with temperature and photoperiod determines the length ofthe life cycle and the cultivar’s specific adaptation. Understanding thesemechanisms andthe ... EFFICIENCYTim Setter and Peter Carlton The structure ofthe wheat plant described in thischapter is the starting point to understanding the growth and developmentofthe crop, its nutrition andthe reasonsfor...
... served in the army in other parts ofthe Soviet Union said that the language used in the army was Russian. Time in the army, then, had little impact on their proficiency in Tajik. Six of the eight ... other factors that did not fit into the previous sections divided by age. These include the use of Tajik within the community of Lyangar, the role of Khorogh in Tajik exposure, andthe use of ... under the age of 24. Table 19 summarizes the distribution ofthe sample among the proficiency categories. Table 19: Proficiency Levels of Men and Women: Young Generation Gender Limited Professional...
... CD4+CD25+Foxp3+Tregor whetherthey induce the production of these cytokines fromanother population of cells [20].To date, our knowledge about the different types of Th and Tregresponses relates ... tissue of mouse and spleen and thymus of human and mouse [11,37]. Foxp3 is also highly expressed inlymphoid organs, such as the thymus and spleen [49], and its expression within a variety of other ... conservation of syntenybetween the human and zebrafish genomes where the t-bet and foxp3 genes are found. In contrast, there wasno synteny between the human and zebrafish regionscontaining the stat6...
... 'all the present of earth vanished into the future of Heaven, andthe Kingdom ofthe Infinite arose upon the ruins ofthe finite.' The beauty of earth was looked upon as an enchantment ofthe ... became the nursery, in later times, of landscape, animal, and genre painting.CHAPTER III THE NAIVE FEELING AT THE TIME OFTHE CRUSADESIn thedevelopmentand maturing ofthe race, as ofthe individual, ... 24'Let the heavens rejoice and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, andthe fulness thereof.'Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein; then shall all the trees ofthe wood...
... transcended allclasses. The Rise ofthe Middle Class andthe Expansion of HonorAt the beginning ofthe 19th century, the Industrial Revolution was in full swing. The rise of indust ry powered ... merchants, and bankers were some ofthe newer members ofthe middle class (more on this below), and as white-collar work expanded, the new journalists, police officers, and insurance agents joined the ... of manly honor is vividly illuminated against the backdrop of the diverging societies and values ofthe American North and South. And so that is where wewill turn next time. Then we tackle the...
... on their repayment track record andthe quality ofthe systems used to manage them. The promise of repeat loans andthe pressures of group or personal guarantees, and sometimes pledges of movable ... continue to save into their individual accounts as they repay the loan. The group handles the collection of savings and repayments, acts as the interface with the loan officer, and bears group responsibility ... sector developmentand poverty reduction strategies. The assets of RCBs are nearly 4% of those ofthe commercial banking systems, with S&Ls and CUs adding another 2%. The term “rural and micro...
... afinite period of time and then drifts back to the original baseline. The time required for the return of normal operational conditions ofthe biopotential amplifier after the end of the saturating ... filtersacross the inputs degrades the performance ofthe amplifier. This practice loads the input of the amplifier, which substantially lowers input impedance and degrades the CMRR of the differential ... electrodes, andthe sampling frequency is chosen to be 100 times that ofthe high-est spectral component ofthe signal, the optimal value ofthe sampling capacitor wouldresult in the picofarad range...
... the case with Chinese characters, that graph is type (3), [ + P, +S] . But the graph stands for the meaning of the word only by virtue of standing for the sound of the ... < *mjing, and thereby to resolve the ambiguity. This is the origin of the modern graph :g. The unaugmented graph til 0 was then left to stand only for the word k'ou ... determina-tive" for the latter, a phonetic determinative. The twin devices of semantic and phonetic determination characterize the third stage of the development of the Chinese script....
... preliminary, theyshouldnotbeusedasanestimationoftheMID.How-ever, they do indicate that an MID of 1/2 SD should beachievable for the TRIM-Weight. The developmentof a PRO is an iterative process and asinglePROmaytrulyneverbevalidatedforallpossi-ble ... and known group validity were also metwith the exception ofthe domain of Daily Life (proven in an ad hoc analysis) as well as the 1/2 standard deviationthreshold for the MID.Conclusion: The ... (HRQoL). The main chal-lenge in understanding these impacts is the absence of aconceptual and psychometrical ly sound treatment-speci-fic measure to assess the full range of key impacts of anti-obesity...
... on the manuscript. WG contributed to the design of the study and commented on the manuscript. DK con-tributed to the design ofthe study and commented on the manuscript. All authors read and ... small levels of change. The results of comparisons with other instruments and knee-related questions are evidence for the validity of the KQoL-26. The high level of correlation with the LysholmKnee ... reflect the different categories of symptoms in the form of a linear association, the highest and lowest KQoL-26 scores being for patients having symptoms none of the time and all ofthe time...
... conceptualisation and design of the original web-based survey. FJS, SES and FP assessed the quality ofthe data collected and participated in the design ofthe validation study andthedevelopmentof the statistical ... Eigenvalue >1. The first four Eigenvalues were 6.9, 2.2,1.3 and 1.1. Using the knick-criterium, the drop in Eigen-values after 6.9 andthe "knick" in the plot after the secondEigenvalue ... of depression were positivelyassociated with a more negative appraisal of insulin ther-apy [18]. Further research into the role of negative affectin patients' perceptions of insulin therapy...
... design and coordination of the study and helped to draft the manuscript. RD participatedin the design and coordination ofthe study. XL contrib-uted statistical analysis and helped to draft the ... participated; the participant wasrequired to be the primary caregiver ofthe child, and hadto be willing to participate throughout the course of the study and to complete the questionnaires at Weeks 0 and 2. The ... as the evaluation ofthe responsiveness and sensitivity of WE-CARE to changes over time, and in the incorporation of WE-CARE into routine clinical assess-ments and trials to improve understanding...
... studiesreliably.Another relevant issue regarding the findings ofthe AAQvalidation is the construct similarity between the interna-tional sample andthe Brazilian one. The three factors pro-posed by the ... indicate that the per-ception of aging did not differ significantly between the two samples and raises the question of whether these sim-ilarities remain or not in other different cultures. The demonstration ... ComparisonsBioMed CentralPage 1 of 10(page number not for citation purposes)Health and Quality of Life OutcomesOpen AccessResearch Development and validation ofthe Brazilian version ofthe Attitudes to...
... importantly, superiority of onetype of therapy over another could not be distinguished, and therefore that the specific choice of therapy was diffi-cult to justify over another type of treatment. This ... the benefit of varioustypes of physical therapies.Evolution of physical rehabilitationHistorically, the management of stroke survivors involvedbed-rest and convalescence, reminiscent ofthe ... of the 'magic' in the hands ofthe individual therapist mightbe the ability to engage the patient and direct appropriateattention to task.It is apparent then, that focused guided rehabilitationefforts,...
... on the team provided expertise and took part extensively in the decisions throughout the process ofdevelopmentand finalisation ofthe questionnaire. They gave their approval at each ofthe ... correlated with the items ofthe DEQ (range: -0.05-0.83), indicating the concurrent validity ofthe IDEEL (Table 3). The strength ofthe associations between the IDEEL dimensions and DEQ items ... completed the pilot version and were questioned regarding their general impressions ofthe questionnaire; its comprehensiveness; the clarity ofthe instructions, items and response choices; and their...