... motives This is because we must take ourselves as free for practical purposes, and to take ourselves as free we must suppose it is possible to act on moral principles 34 David Cummiskey follows Korsgaard s ... is sometimes translated as ‘worth’ and sometimes as ‘value’ This varies from translator to translator and also varies between different passages rendered by the same translator.1 ‘Wert’ does ... conduct for themselves and all others’.49 In some passages, H J Paton sounds as if he endorses reading ‘humanity’ as ‘good will’, but this is only because of a looseness in his use of the term ‘good...
... trap mass spectrometer that has MS/MS and MS/MS/MS capabilities The QTrap ion source was operated in positive ESI mode, and MRM transition mode was used for sample analysis For the common-use pharmaceuticals, ... voltage–4,000 volts (V); nebulizer gas pressure–40 pounds per square inch gauge (psig); heater gas pressure–40 psig; collision gas pressure–6 psig; auxiliary source gas pressure–40psig; and source temperature–450 ... chemicals using the yeast estrogen screen An estrogenic response was observed in POCIS samples from both sites, whereas SPMD samples exhibited little to no estrogenicity This indicates that the...
... and cytokine-stimulated cells, as described previously [28] The first strand of cDNA was synthesized from lg of total RNA using MMLV reverse transcriptase (Promega, Madison, WI, USA) and oligo(dT) ... blotting and measurements of luciferase activity were examined for statistical significance using Student s t test All values are means ± SD (n = 3) 7398 Acknowledgments The study was supported ... endogenous IL-1b transcript level, we used primary cultures of human fibroblasts These cells are a good model to study inflammatory processes, because, in contrast to HepG2 cells, expression of...
... investigated using receiver-operating characteristics (ROC) analysis, and the diagnostic accuracy was assessed from the area under the ROC curves (AUCs) A p
... authorities have access permissions on resources Authorities are distinguished into users and groups Users can be members of one or more groups Furthermore authorities can have permissions to use features ... features of the system That way it is possible to individually configure the spectrum of functions someone can effectively use Resources are distinguished by documents and repositories Repositories ... from field research, a second processes and annotates the raw data and a third team performs statistical analysis In this example every group has the need to share resources with others while keeping...
... nervous responses could accumulate to produce symptoms of cybersickness Scope in this Issue This issue presents several approaches to evaluate the effects of incoming stimulus on cardiovascular systems ... Biosignals associated with Presence and Cybersickness Mismatch between the visual and vestibular systems can disturb the autonomic nervous regulation and lead to symptoms of motion sickness [5] ... cybersicknes should be addressed Referring to neuroscientific models [4-6], the influences of vestibularautonomic responses and ocular-autonomic responses on motion sickness has been suggested...
... regression analysis because of this absence of assumptions and obtained the same results as in the ordinal regression Ordinal regression is easier to interpret than multinomial regression analysis ... tables) Discussion The aim of this study was to assess the relationships between changes in quality of life, menopausal status and physical activity Change in global quality of life is more associated ... baseline or follow-up, or the period between these survey timings Statistical analysis Baseline and follow-up characteristics were tabulated (mean and standard deviations) or as proportions and...
... stress status using the Stoney formula [13-15] A Young s modulus and Poisson ratio of 130 GPa [16,17] and 0.28 [16,17], respectively, were assumed for the (100) Si wafer Results and discussion ... bonds It should be noticed that crater formation could also be favoured by intrinsic stresses The sample stress as measured by MT was always compressive, as found by others [25-27], with values of ... measured in the as-deposited ones Other findings suggest that annealing causes stress relieve in hydrogenated amorphous Si/Ge MLs [30] Should there be changes in these samples, it is very likely...
... investigated schemes is described in this section Section presents the results for the different range definitions and the different MPEFEC rates and modulation schemes Section discusses other work ... of 80 samples is chosen This corresponds with at most 20 tables, since tables are received every seconds or slower (sampling occurs every 0.5 seconds) A window of 80 samples corresponds with ... mobile broadband access element is investigated for systems beyond IMT-2000 in [11, 12]; UMTS cell ranges are calculated based on simulations results All these papers however not present actual...
... Proposition 2.8, it follows that s ≤ s ≤ s μ-a.e., ε s ≤ s ≤ s μ-a.e., ε (3.5) and thus |s − s |∞ ≤ |s − s |∞ = ε Fix x ∈ Ω\A and let i ∈ {1, ,n} such that x ∈ ε Ai \A Now, if s( x) ... for integrable functions, and generalize the Orlicz spaces of σ-additive measures defined on σ-algebras of sets As in the previous sections, Ω is a nonempty set and Ꮽ is an algebra in ᏼ(Ω) Let ... N s1 ∗ (t) − s2 ∗ (t) dμ ≤ [0,+∞) s1 (t) − s2 (t) N dμ (4.3) Since [0,+∞) N s1 (t) − s2 (t) dμ = Ω N s1 − s2 dν, (4.4) we get s − s N ≤ Ω dν ≤ s1 − s2 s1 − s2 N Lemma 4.6 Let (sn ) be a sequence...
... consider the remaining cases Separation of the sets considered in the remaining cases follows from Theorem 2.6 So, we must show that this separation is strict Thus we assume that the sets K0 and ... It is obvious that BA (X) = ∅ Since BA (X) contains an operator satisfying the conditions of Theorem 5.4, then A possesses an invariant subspace in X, we will consider the case when this is not ... discontinuous, and let B1 and SY be the unit ball and unit sphere from Y , respectively We will consider the following conditions Let G ⊆ D( f ) be a bounded subset and (i) there exists a subspace...
... both IEEE and IEC standards development, and has taught power system workshops and seminars throughout the world Surya Santoso is Assistant Professor with Department of Electrical and Computer ... characteristics (iii) Voltage sag characterizing and assessment to identify the cause of the voltage sags (transmission or distribution) and to characterize the events for classification and analysis ... analyses can be very useful to identify excessive harmonic distortion on power systems as a function of system characteristics (resonance conditions) and load characteristics Transient analysis...
... T2-weighted, and diffusion sequences to detect hyperacute lesions and small-vessel disease, which are also related to increased risk of CHS As mentioned in the Diagnosis section, CVR can also be assessed ... factors most commonly considered to increase this risk, and in this section we discuss the most interesting preventive strategies There is a consensus that the most important risk factors are severely ... measures before the procedure, we will discuss the assessment of CVR as the primary measure and we will also examine the usefulness of assessing the supra-aortic trunks and the circle of Willis...
... pedagogical suggestions for Vietnamese learners of English 3 Scope of the study The study is about comparing and contrasting the requests made by ENS and VNS ; and discuss some common politeness strategies ... (VNS) and the latter for English Native Speakers (ENS) Each version consists of five situations which have 33 discourses totally 30 questionnaire responses by VNS and 30 questionnaire responses ... strategies employed by VNS Obviously, the directness is lessened when the social status of the VNS requestees is higher than the requesters The requesttees’ lower and equal status is suitable reason...
... world S feels X Directives make the world fits words S wants X Commissives make the world fits words S intends X The usefulness of speech acts analysis is illustrating the kinds of things we can ... types Direction of fit S = Speaker X = Situation Declarations words change the world S causes X Representatives makes words fits the world S believes X Expressives makes words fits the world S ... presenting research questions, research participants, research procedure, data collection, as well as methods of analysis Chapter 4: Results and discussion, this chapter presents the results gained...
... processes of tree mortality in the stand CONCLUSIONS Processes of increment and loss of fir and beech indicated a progressive process of changes in species composition expressed by increased proportion ... Acer pseudoplatanus 60 Fagus sylvatica and other broadleaves Abies alba 10 Acer pseudoplatanus 80 63 Abies alba Living trees (trees/ha) Abies alba Fagus sylvatica and other broadleaves Species 1.8 ... Mountains, but in spite of the growing up stage, it was similar to increments in other Carpathian stands as well as in some sample plots in Badin, Dobročský prales (Korpeľ 1995), and Peručica reserves...
... nodes of first and second shoots and subtracting the numbers of dead nodes of each of these shoots) 841 Table I Mean squares (MS) and Fisher s F-test for the effect of progeny (seven levels) after ... abscission affects stem straightness only in the short term In all Nothofagus species so far studied, branching is predominantly pseudomonopodial and most external signs of terminal bud abscission ... bud abscission and dieback and a high frequency of shoots with two GUs would reach a larger size than those with larger main-stem shoots but higher abscission and dieback rates Specific trees might...
... overweight is a well-established risk factor of many chronic diseases, such as diabetes, hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases [2] Survivors of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia ... circulation should be faster and its levels (and bioavailability) should be lower [10] This is in discrepancy with higher incidence of overweight status in such patients Because the plasma levels of soluble ... Correlations between the variables were calculated using Pearson correlation The P values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant The statistical analyses were performed using the Statistica software...
... disulfides cross-link coat protein dimers to one another in the PP7 capsid, there exists no cross-link between the two subunits of the dimer itself Thus, pentamers and hexamers should be the largest ... occurs only at higher temperatures, thus accounting for the disparity between measurements of capsid and soluble protein loss Alternatively, at temperatures where capsid disassembly is induced, single-chain ... capsid Capsid stability was assessed by measuring the quantity of intact VLP and soluble protein remaining after incubation at different temperatures (see Materials and Methods for details) Briefly,...
... reduction in scores was used as the definition of response [19] One trial defined response as T-DSM-IV -S less than 40% of baseline scores [30] There was no significant difference in response rates between ... trials One study used a cross-over design As study results may be affected by a carry-over effect, we also conducted a sensitivity analysis excluding the cross-over trial Results Study characteristics ... analysis Study eligibility Outcomes studied were ADHDRS-IV Parent: Inv and Turgay DSM-IV-Based Child and Adolescent Behavior Disorders Screening and Rating Scale (T-DSM-IV -S) scores [22,23] The standardized...