... evidence inthe literature supports the idea that continuing anticancer treatments as maintenance therapy in patients in remission or with stable disease may prolong the disease-free interval [8] There ... chemotherapy in August 2001, radiation therapy was administered to the right breast In January 2002, after CT, the patient presented with a single metastatic lesion (diameter, 1.4 cm) inthe right ... of the hepatic lesion within six months The complete response was affirmed by magnetic resonance imaging in December 2003 (Figure 2) On completion of the chemotherapy regimen, the patient continued...
... brain Normal brain and fundamentals of CT interpretation The brain normal grey/white matter differentiation should be examined, remembering that the fatty content of the myelin-containing white matter ... CT brain scan was performed after the weekend on the third day after admission (Figure 2) Discussion CT scanning of the brain is invariably performed inthe evaluation of patients presenting with ... thrombus within this vessel and indicates the likely development of an extensive MCA infarction There may be secondary oedema causing mass effect inthe acute phase of infarction Similarly, the normal...
... cases were spindle shaped cells positive for aSMA but negative for desmin Inthe remaining 12 cases no spindle shaped cells positive for either aSMA or desmin were found which finding indicate that ... muscle of the bronchial wall, staining for desmin; scale bar = 0.05 mm E: Staining for vimentin from a case in which no a-SMA or desmin positive spindle shaped cells were found Positive staining pattern ... two were inthe lowest staining category (a), and one inthe intermediate (b) Page of 11 available stainings for desmin, 17 cases were spindle shaped cells positive both for a-SMA and desmin, and...
... pneumonia lungs Few of these Lin- PCs migrated into the airspaces (approximately 3.1% of all the cells remaining inthe lung), therefore approximately 14.6% of the initially infused Lin- PCs homed to ... for the rapid clearance of Lin- PCs from the circulation Inthe pneumonia model, however, the clearance of LinPCs from the circulation at hours following infusion decreased (Figure 2) Interestingly, ... repair These findings showed firstly that very few progenitor cells migrate into the airspaces to participate in airspace inflammation but the majority of cells remain inthe lung tissues where they...
... due to the interference from Vietnamese as in Vietnamese there are no rules in attaching an affix into word Another type of errors is errors in lexical item The students fail in choosing the right ... have the meanings of the full form As in these compounds, the meaning of the compound's components contributes to the meaning of the whole compounds And developing a basic rule of compound interpretation ... Thus, however the term ‘word’ is defined there are some items inthe language which are called words but they are not covered by the definition And despite the difficulties in defining what ‘a...
... deal the basic problems or ideas from other disciplines which are in some or the other manner linked to the machine they are designing The student should have the knowledge of the manufacturing ... of the program: Introduction to Engineering project, Machine design project, Manufacturing engineering project and Capstone project This paper introduced the teaching and learning of Machine ... evolution Two key themes of the engineering design process are teamwork and design Since students are working in small groups, encourage them to think about the steps of the engineering design process...
... use the computer, the analyst, having defined the finite element model, inputs the information into the computer This information may include the position of the element nodal coordinates, the ... solution including the nodal displacements and reactions is thus obtained (The determination of internal forces is discussed in Chapter in connection with the bar element.) We then introduce the principle ... the historical background The modern development of the finite element method began inthe 1940s inthe field of structural engineering with the work by Hrennikoff [1] in 1941 and McHenry [2] in...
... of the contribution of other factors involved in speaking 1.3 Cultural factors inthe teaching and learning of speaking skills in classrooms 1.3.1 What cultural factors influence on the teaching ... with others The concept include a group’s way of thinking, feeling, and acting, and fixed patterns for doing certain things According to Thompson (1990:132), the pattern meaning embodied in symbolic ... effectively However, inthe thesis, the researcher wants to find out the attitudes, as well as the cultural awareness in teaching and learning spoken English of the teachers and the students of 10...
... results of the process of studying the theoretical background, then working out the real difficulties inlearningthe English listening skill inthe Asemlink center based on the theory Finally, ... listening, speaking, reading and writing As an English teacher, with her own knowledge and experience in teaching, the author finds interested in studying the difficulties inlearningthe listening ... Study of teaching and learningthe English listening skill inthe Asemlink center in Vinh city 3.2.3.1 The aim of the study The study has been done in order to get the information about the difficulties...
... in conversations in “ Wuthering Heights” The frequency of occurrence of positive politeness strategies in “Wuthering Heights” can be summed up inthe following table : Positive Frequency of Positive ... politeness strategy, in general, positive politeness strategies, in particular, in teaching and learning English Nowadays, all nations inthe world have been integrating inthe globalizing trend As a ... asking, demanding, begging, etc), convivial (e.g, offering, inviting, greeting, etc), collaborative (e.g, asserting, reporting, announcing, instructing, etc) and conflictive (e.g, threatening,...
... result of thelearning process depends on the final product By contrast, inthe process approach the focus of teaching and learning is placed on the process of writing rather than the final product ... are interested in writing tasks, other 32 have a positive attitude towards these writing tasks when considering them as suitable ones However, the number of students finding the writing tasks in ... join Half of the informants share the same point that their writing skill is improved when learning writing with activities given by teachers The finding also reveals that the majority of the...
... (F2) In class, I underline the new words inthe reading text or write down the new words in a notebook Then I ask the teacher for the meaning and write down the meaning; sometimes look up the ... questionnaires • Analyzing data from questionnaires • Indentifying emerging themes inthe questionnaires • Formulating and revising the interview questions • Interviewing a group of informants 45 CHAPTER ... difficult they found the passage In general, whether the differences are biological or the product of socialization, findings in L2 learning support the notion that there are differences in how...
... teaching methods are being used by the interviewed teachers, including the GrammarTranslation method, the Direct Method, the Audio-Lingual Method, and the Communicative Approach (CLT), in which ... focus on learningthe rules of grammar, and their application in translation passages from one language into the other In this method, very little teaching is done inthe target language Instead, ... benefit from themethod is that translation is the easiest way of explaining meanings or words and phrases from one language into another Any other method of explaining vocabulary items inthe second...
... intramolecular stacking of thymine residues brings the two C(5)ẳC(6) bonds in close proximity, thereby increasing the probability of their attack by MnO4 and decreasing the effect of thenegative phosphate ... the kinetics of nucleotide oxidation does not affect the intrinsic rate of the reaction and is due solely to the screening of thenegative charge on the phosphate group, thereby diminishing the ... clearly inthe footprints obtained even at 13 C and the lowest oxidant dose applied and inthe absence of MgCl2 Inthe footprints from reactions carried out inthe presence of 10 mm MgCl2, all these...
... contribute to enhancing and innovating learning and teaching opportunities by supporting learning and professional development in a lifelong learning continuum; by contributing to equity and inclusion; ... 56% in Finland); and 31% use the Internet for reading online newspapers and magazines (ranging from 18% in Poland to 64% in Denmark and Finland) (Eurostat 2009 data) The usefulness of the Internet ... questions Learning 2.0 – Innovating Innovations in informal formal Education & Training ICT-enabled Learning Communities • Can new ICT-enabled communities benefit • What is the potential of Learning...
... dialogue system inthe in- car domain, with the ability to use dialogue policies derived from machine learning and also to perform online learning through interaction We described the scenarios, ... interface between the learnt policies for C OMMUNICATOR and the in- car baseline system 5.2 Mapping between COMMUNICATOR and the In- car Domains There are main problems to be dealt with here: Intention ... but the issue arises of how we could transfer this policy to new domains – for example the in- car domain Inthe in- car scenarios the genre of “information seeking” is central For example the...
... belonging within the school community They need to find a place for themselves in their interactions with others How they are accepted by others inthe group will affect their ability to find a ... demonstrate the following: • initial reluctance to join in interactions with others • growing willingness to be included in interactions • eye contact • responding with gestures • responding to requests ... out the finer points of the language For example, they can distinguish between ‘he’ and ‘she’, and begin to use the definite or indefinite article correctly They are still more interested in communicating...
... example During this initial training either the worker accepts lower wages while investing time in training (in which case the worker bears the costs) or the employer absorbs the costs inthe form ... Training Sector The private education and training sector is growing, not only inthe United States and other industrial economies but also in low-income countries, including many in Africa Inthe ... Lifelong Learning 76 Policy Options for Financing Learning beyond the Core Competencies 79 Policy Options for Financing Training and Nontraditional Learning 92 Financing Lifelong Learning...
... more, there are two possibilities: either providing more training data, or considering more features To investigate the effect of the size of the training data we have computedthelearning curves ... 1: Learning curve for the C4.5 classifier The curve is interesting, showing that after only 1% of the training set (1961 instances) C4.5 can already 119 The results show that the model trained ... the three classifiers Figure shows the C4.5 learning curve for the overall experiment on nouns and pronouns; thelearning curves for the other two classifiers are similar, and not included in the...
... its nine windows lit The participant was instructed to memorize the position of the illuminated windows In 36 subsequent presentations of the house, one of the windows was illuminated and the ... 2004) Therefore, the increase in N100 component amplitude in this study was corresponding to the results which demonstrated the improve working memory induced by Centella asiatica Based on these ... and the participant decided whether or not this matched one of the lighted windows inthe original presentation The participant made their response by pressing the ‘yes’ or ‘no’ response button...