... Vector r The position vector r of a particle is defined as a vector whose tail is at a reference point (usually the origin O) and its tip is at the particle at point P Example: The position vector ... -2) Displacement Vector r r For a particle that changes postion vector from r1 to r2 we define the displacement r r r r vector ∆r as follows: ∆r = r2 − r1 r r The position vectors r1 and r2 are ... velocity (or more simply the velocity) as the limit: t t + Δt r r ∆r dr r v = lim = ∆t dt ∆t → (4 - 4) If we allow the time interval ∆t to shrink to zero, the following things happen: r r r Vector r2...
... addition, for each study participant, a short questionnaire was completed by a counsellor or doctor on the same day that an informed consent was obtained Questions were aimed at identifying factors ... Thus, there is an urgent need for access to affordable pediatric formulations for the developing world In the multivariate model, the only significant risk factor for treatment failure after 24 ... cohort This finding supports the importance of viral load measurement as a routine monitoring tool for ART In our previous 12-month study, being an orphan was found to be a greater risk for virological...
... relationships For example, the connectivity of old growth forests must be maintained to protect corridors that constitute critical habitat for certain wildlife species In such a case, it is important ... either a twocut system with a preparatory-removal cut cycle, or a three- cut system with a preparatory-establishment-removal cut cycle, which progress from windward to leeward Under the three- cut ... for one stand The treatment regime for one stand can be summarized as, “cut the fifth strip in period three. ” To formulate land accounting constraints, which require at most one treatment for...
... representation of the perforated plate distributor, orifice spacing = 10mm, plate thickness = 3mm, orifice diameter = 0.5mm, number of orifice = 225 32 Image taken for calibration to obtain real ... NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 2004 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I wish to record with genuine appreciation my indebtedness to my supervisor, Associate Professor Wang Chi-Hwa for his valuable advice and excellent ... at partial aeration and uniform aeration using PIV technique 1.2 Organization of thesis This thesis is organized to address the study of hydrodynamics in two- and threephase bubble column and...
... 1,076 Two hundred forty nine patients (23% of those included in the analysis) had either percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) (188 or 17.3%) or coronary artery bypass grafting (61 or 5.7%) for ... valid for a general population of CAD patients MCG performed very well in the group who had either prior PCI or prior CABG (Table 4) Despite the fact that in 188 patients with a prior PCI history ... with a history of prior CABG, the a priori pre-test risk of coronary stenosis was 46% In this group, MCG correctly identified 92% as either having relevant stenosis or not, and if the score was...
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... authors and readers, this journal provides supporting information supplied by the authors Such materials are peer-reviewed and may be re-organized for online delivery, but are not copy-edited or ... Asp synthesis) for AT1, GPT activity for AT2 and AGT activity for AT3 1878 FEBS Journal 277 (2010) 1876–1885 ª 2010 The Authors Journal compilation ª 2010 FEBS M Kameya et al Three aminotransferases ... the T litoralis AGT, e.g Thr108 in the T litoralis AGT is supposed to serve to the specificity for Ala [27], but this residue is replaced by Lys105 in AT3 (Fig S2, see Supporting information)...
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... b) Cyst Score P re-papillary Score Untreated Papillary Score Cyst Score Solid Score Rapa Pre-papillary Sc ore Untreated Papillary Score Solid Score Rapa 100% 140 120 80% % o f Total Score p er ... total score per kidney for the A/J untreated cohorts and 2634% for the C57BL/6 untreated cohorts Solid lesions contributed 7-14% to the total score per kidney for the A/J untreated cohorts and ... in TSC tumor models; these include a MEK1/2 inhibitor (CI-1040) [70] and a dual PI3K/mTOR inhibitor (NVP-BEZ-235) [71] Drugs for which combination with mTOR inhibitor treatment is more effective...
... thoracolumbar junction where compressive forces act more anteriorly, whereas in the more lordotic middle and lower lumbar spine where the compressive forces act more posteriorly, no implant failure occurred ... instability criteria of kyphotic deformity of more than 20° and /or vertebral body height loss of more than 50 compared to vertebra below The senior author (KJC) performed all surgeries At surgery, ... [4] also reported that segmental transpedicular fixation two levels above the kyphosis should be used at the thoracolumbar junction where compressive forces act more anteriorly Therefore we prefer...
... however are too dangerous for use in human vaccines (because of the inflammatory responses they invoke), and for many vaccines adjuvants are unnecessary, because the killed organisms themselves have ... mechanism of this adjuvant effect is understood for inflammatory responses of the adaptive immune system, which are invoked by a family of receptors (TLRs) that are expressed by innate immune cells ... vaccines, once solved, will answer some important outstanding questions about how innate immune responses fine-tune adaptive ones Miranda Robertson, Editor editorial@jbiol.com References Doherty PC,...
... significantly worse outcome than patients with short interruption [15] As shown in Figure 4, cohorts with no major treatment interruption were more likely to have a better local control than cohorts with ... mg/m2 or days at 1000 mg/m2 in week and or (Zurich) or over days at 1000 mg/m2 in the first week of each RT series (Montreal) MMC was given as a bolus twice (10 mg/m2) during week and oror once ... showed favorable results or a significant improvement in local control for patients without prolonged unplanned interruption [8,10,11] In accordance with our observations, Weber et al reported that...
... observed in these lines, for example, for liver lipogenesis (Saadoun and Leclercq, 1987) or for implicated in the control of lipid metabolism like insulin or thyroid hor(Simon and Leclercq, 1982; ... between lines for abdominal fat proportion increased in both sexes until 63 d of age, then the difference remained constant At all ages genetic difference for abdominal fat proportion was more pronounced ... extraction by chloroform-methanol (2-1) Phospholipid proportion was determined by measuring the phosphorus content of lipids (BIPEA, 1976) using the mean content of 40 mg phosphorus per g phospholipids...
... However, for bulky tumors, the advantage of chemotherapy is overshadowed by the potential for tumor bleeding and gastric perforation Most studies have revealed a rather low incidence of severe haemorrhage ... administration of chemotherapy in group II, three patients (one patient after first cycle and two after two cycles) developed gastric perforation and two patients (after first cycle) gastrointestinal ... date of last follow-up or death from any cause Relapse-free survival was calculated from the date of surgery for group I or complete remission for group II to the date of tumor relapse defined by...
... presentation A 75-year-old man with a clinical history of recurrent pancreatitis (more than two episodes of acute pancreatitis) without risk factors (for example, no previous alcohol abuse, gallstones, ... arrows) each other; the minor papilla are above, the major duodenal papilla below In PD, the dorsal pancreatic section drains into the minor duodenal papilla through the major pancreatic duct; the ... the major duodenal papilla (hepatopancreatic ampulla); the accessory pancreatic duct (Santorini's duct) extends through the head of the pancreas, crosses Wirsung's duct and ends at the minor duodenal...