... respectively Overall, this means thatthe difference between these two languages is rather small Table reveals the frequency and percentage of metaphor jokes occurring in total and between two languages ... researcher found that context is one ofthe substantial elements that help the reader to understand the stories and interpret the jokes In the stories, we find that there are linguistic and non-linguistic ... in the percentage 2.2 Data Analysis The researcher found there are 50 samples in the selected books of HS as mentioned, in which metaphorical jokes are 37 and metonymical jokes are 13 The metaphor...
... providing ample time for divergent evolution of DnaE and PolC However, despite the rearrangement of some domains and significant divergence at the sequence level, DnaE and PolC have many features in ... PolC and DnaE The ability to bind single-stranded DNA has indeed been demonstrated for theE coli DnaE OB domain [12,16] The very N-terminal region of PolC andthe C-terminal domain of DnaE appear ... we decided to test whether the removal ofthe second half ofthe PolC N-terminus would help to improve the results further Therefore, we took only the fragment ofthe multiple sequence alignment...
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... energyefficiency measures need to be implemented in order to reduce the steam demand and thereby generate a steam surplus large enough to cover the process steam demand ofthe capture process BLGb ... implemented, this increases the amount of hightemperature excess heat (steam) but, generally, decreases the amount (and temperature) of excess heat at lower temperature levels aThe technology pathways ... thermal energy efficiency and implementing these pathways will alter the whole mills energy balance, not only the thermal energy balance, and these changes are evaluated using a European energy...
... supplier to challenge the practice of large, rival suppliers offering these fees and allowances In some cases, a supplier may feel that its rivals use these fees to block their access to retail shelves ... control a large share ofthe relevant market supply to be effective A relative comparison of what is possible under the AMAA versus the Capper-Volstead Act is useful The mandatory nature of marketing ... clear as tothe source ofthe fees—whether they are offered by suppliers or demanded by retailers—because this is often of some question and is critical to whether the effects are likely to be good...
... regulated in the hepatic differentiation system, andthatthe AT-MSCs differentiate into mature hepatocytes Mesencyhmal -to- epithelial transition is the reverse ofthe epithelial–mesenchymal transition ... expression profile typical of mature hepatocytes To validate the results ofthe microarray analysis, we selected several genes expressed in AT-MSCs and 1264 AT-MSC-derived hepatocytes analyzed them ... Japan) The significance of GO term appearance in the up- and downregulated genes (compared with all 12 441 annotated genes) was calculated using the software GO Term Finder adapted tothe acegene...
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... he died ofa fever in Babylon while making the journey home, and his body was embalmed and carried in a magnificent carriage all the way to Alexandria, where he was buried The death of Alexander ... and, as recently as 1998, another draped female figure, the head ofa Macedonian equestrian figure, and other bronze fragments were found near the island of Kalimnos in the Dodecanese Individual ... Piraeus, the port city adjacent to Athens, in 1959 is a spectacular instance where bronze statues seem to have been packed andto have been awaiting shipment when they were unexpectedly buried The...
... femur between January 2002 and 31 December 2007 were identified from the A& E database 234 of these patients represented to A& E on a total of 368 occasions within 1-year of their original presentation ... known falls, 57 fractures, head injures) required acute care because ofa fall A fall may not have been the offending mechanism in all cases—some patients may have sustained pathological fractures ... fracture, one-fifth were admitted because of an event that may have been anticipated andthe risk reduced with measures (i .e referral for falls assessment) instituted at the time of original admission...
... On the other hand, the existence of nonzero solutions for variational inequalities is an important topic of variational inequality theory Recently, several authors discussed the existence of ... implies that (1.5) is true This completes the proof To state our theorems, we recall the following notes andthe well-known conclusions Let X be a normed linear space and let D be a subset of X A ... (3.7) Since X is a reflexive space, we may assume that {wnk } weakly converges to some w without loss of generality It is easy to see that every term ofthe right-hand side in (3.7) tends to 0, which...
... the -layers, crowns ofthe pines andthe gramineae ofthe understorey The trees were planted along an axis NE-SW The leaf area index (LAI) varied between 3.4 and during the measurement season ... et al, 1989) For the understorey PAR reflectance the values at the beginning andthe end ofthe day are not representative because the values ofthe reflected PAR are extremely low (less than ... To estimate the scattered PAR it is necessary to know the PAR reflectance ofthe understorey This PAR reflectance is defined as the ratio between incident PAR and reflected PAR An example of...
... Further studies are also needed to understand the factors contributing tothe differences in the change of waist circumference in HIV-infected and uninfected patients and whether these are attributable ... measurements The dependent variables were waist, hip, and thigh circumferences The independent variables were the study group, BMI at the baseline visit, MACS site, age centered at 50 yrs, and ... understand body shape changes over time, we examined the relationship between these data and longitudinal changes in anthropometry in these three groups over the years following the cross-sectional...
... characteristics are presented in (Table 1) The median age was 63 years (range 46-77) All patients were relapsed patients: patients received a prior therapy, patients received prior treatments and ... evaluations, and physical examinations OS was calculated from the date of FCR treatment tothe date of death from any cause; OS was analyzed by using the Kaplan-Meier method Results Patients characteristics ... baseline and thereafter Safety was assessed by adverse events (AEs), with toxicity grading based on the National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria (version 2), clinical laboratory evaluations,...
... differences The value of ‘F’ statistics (F-ratio) was calculated Table presents the sizes ofthe technical error variance ofthe foot measurements The technical error within the measurements taken ... Distance between the joint ofthe anterior epiphyses ofthe first metatarsal (mt.m), the most prominent part ofthe inner side ofthe ball ofthe foot, andthe joint ofthe anterior epiphyses of ... the medial side (cc.m) ofthe heel All the measurements were taken with the help of standard instruments; anthropometric rod and sliding caliper The information about the age ofthe participants...
... femoral head toa line drawn from the centre ofthe head tothe lateral edge ofthe acetabulum on antero-posterior radiographs ofthe pelvis [25] The acetabular index was measured as described ... intra-observer variation of less than two degrees The centre-edge angle was measured as described by Wiberg, between a vertical line drawn from the centre ofthe Table 1: Demographic details of ... loci andthe presence of DDH and PPA We also explored the effect of genotype on acetabular morphology and severity ofthe conditions Patients and methods Hypothetically, it may be conceived that...
... tumors accompanying lung cancer were in the upper aerodigestive tract, followed by colorectal and cervical malignancies Hsieh et al [8] reported from the same database thatthe order of frequency of ... in character and induced by exercise On examination, the patient was slightly anxious but generally well A mass was noted over the left side of his neck and he stated that this had been present ... cancer is the most reasonable diagnosis in our case because there was no evidence of either mediastinal or cervical lymph node metastasis, andthe tumors from the two sites had different pathological...
... in each sample One ofthe healthy individuals was assigned to determine the value of In all ofthe healthy individuals and patients, assays were done in a triplicate manner and mean values are ... Reverse Transcription kits (Qiagen) The coding regions ofthe hRasGRP4 cDNAs were then amplified by a PCR method using the forward 5'-AGCATGAACAGAAAAGACAGTAAG-3' andthe reverse 5'-TGTCTAGGAATCCGGCTTGGA-3' ... patients, the presence of splice variant was not related to any evaluated clinical features [i .e. , age, disease activity, serum MMP3 levels, disease duration, or therapy treatment] (Table 2) However,...
... dose of an immediate-release stimulant medication, were excluded from the survey, and therefore the results presented may not generalize to these children Overall, this was a large European survey ... the course ofthe day (lunchtime to bedtime) these three relationships were most affected, parents reported that they were affected over the whole time period assessed Compared with the normative ... whether there were any particular times ofthe day (lunchtime to late evening) when they felt that their child's symptoms needed to be better controlled Overall, 47% of parents felt that their...
... as well These PTIME and VNET equations are re-estimated on data generated by each ofthe eight feasible thresholds for Fannie Mae (FNM) The parameters ofthe VNET model at the various price bands ... price change over a "xed interval of time The price change per share of excess demand then estimates ofthe slope ofthe reaction function There are several reasons not to follow this strategy ... plots the response ofthe market reaction curve toa 50% positive or negative shock to each ofthe explanatory "ve factors As can be seen in Fig 6a, a 50% increase the average volume traded within...