... migrating to more urban areas during this period did not have higher levels of HIV prevalence [30] In addition, the inclusion of men aged 15 to 16 years caused a significant increase in the percent of ... used to construct trends in prevalence or to derive changes in estimates of age-specific incidence over time, are often too costly and complex to conduct frequently [6] Laboratory assays to detect ... selected Prior to each population survey round, all households and their residents were enumerated by local census At round and round 2, all men aged 17 to 54 years and women aged 15 to 44 years resident...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20
... are performed to find the minimum value which corresponds to the most probable si (t) Table summarizes the total number of operations required for detector DI, considering M = 7.4.2 Detector DII ... derivation of the CDF of the additive noise In Section 4, the CDF is used to derive an exact expression for the BEP of M-QAM subject to Nakagami-m fading Section is devoted to the derivation of an ... BEP for I × J-QAM subject to Rayleigh fading (m = 1) and different values of I and J Table 1: Number of real operations required by detector DI to obtain the estimate s(t) of the transmitted symbol...
Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 08:20
Báo cáo khoa hoc:" Lack of association between right-to-left shunt and cerebral ischemia after adjustment for gender and age" ppt
... bolus injection of galactose (Echovist®) via the right antecubital vein followed by a flush injection of mL of normal saline Five seconds after start of the injection, patients had to perform a Valsalva ... results, neither the autoptic study of Hagen et al nor the abovementioned population- based study showed the incidence of PFO to differ significantly between men and women.[11,12,14] Of both previous ... rest to discriminate functional large versus small shunts C-TCD was performed in every case according to our previously published protocol.[2] Except for the choice of contrast medium, our protocol...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 07:20
Contributions of Various Noncovalent Bonds to the Interaction between an Amide and S-Containing Molecules
... And of course the NH group of NMA represents a likely proton source The carbonyl O atom is a prime proton acceptor, as is the N atom One usually thinks of the lone pairs of O as the source of ... from the S lone pairs to the CO p* antibonding orbital Altogether, these interactions add up to a total stabilization energy of more than kcal mol1, the largest of any of the complexes considered ... methyl hydrogen atoms of CH3SH are activated to some extent by the neighboring electronegative S atom The same can be said of the methyl groups of NMA, which are both adjacent to the electron-withdrawing...
Ngày tải lên: 16/12/2012, 15:21
The natural history of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in children: a follow-up study for up to 20 years pptx
... development of NAFLD.42 The main strengths of our study are the inclusion of children with the whole spectrum of NAFLD from simple steatosis to cirrhosis along with the long-term follow-up of up to 20 years ... non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) at 11 years of age, when she presented with a BMI of 26.9 kg/m2, hypercholesterolaemia and hypertriglyceridaemia She was found with grade Gut 2009;58 :153 8 154 4 doi:10.1136/gut.2008.171280 ... fibrosis The progression of liver damage in these patients over a relatively short period of time highlights the importance of 154 1 Hepatology Table Comparison of major variables between patients with...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 10:20
báo cáo hóa học: " Testing a model of association between patient identified problems and responses to global measures of health in low back pain patients: a prospective study" pdf
... Boxplotof to self reported condition of are pooled)months Boxplot of the distribution of task difficulty change scores according to self reported condition of back at 12 months (scores of "Worse" ... frequency of responses (%) to change in condition of back at 12 months with ability to perform a self-selected "usually enjoyed activity" 12 Months Change in condition of back Now able to perform ... the breadth of problems experienced by people with back pain provided the opportunity to explore associations between the different constructs, the • Perception of the performance of usual activities...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20
The A to Z of the Vikings 15 pdf
... political state of affairs According to Snorri Sturluson, Harald’s ambition to become king of the whole of Norway was the result of an ultimatum from Gytha, the daughter of King Erik of the Norwegian ... included Gytha; Ragnhild of Denmark; Svanhild, daughter of Earl Eystein; and Áshild of Ringerike Toward the end of his life, he abdicated the throne of Norway in favor of his son, Erik Blood-Ax ... years later, when the Annals of Fulda record his execution for treason in 852 HAROLD HAREFOOT (c 1 015 1040) Regent of England 1035–1037 and sole king of England from 1037 to 1040 He claimed to...
Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 04:21
Calculus: An Integrated Approach to Functions and their Rates of Change, Preliminary Edition Part 60 ppt
... at each of the 60 payments individually and determine how much each will grow to by the end of the five-year period In other words, we will look at the future value of each of the 60 payments Then ... over $1000 and the trip won’t be a problem After making only four payments she will have put a total of $800 into the vacation account If that total were in the bank for years it would grow to $800(1.05)3 ... value of the 3rd payment = $400(1.005)58 future value of the 4th payment = $400(1.005)57 future value of the 59th payment = $400(1.005)2 future value of the 60th payment = $400(1.005)1 The total...
Ngày tải lên: 05/07/2014, 18:20
Báo cáo vật lý: "Influence of the Silica-to-Surfactant Ratio and the pH of Synthesis on the Characteristics of Mesoporous SBA-15" ppt
... amounts of HCl or the presence of large amounts of C1– ions Therefore, for the partial dehydration of PEO units, the volume of the hydrophilic part of the micelle decreases This leads to an increase ... a strong dependence between SBA -15 formation and the synthesis conditions The images of SBA -15 samples synthesised at a TEOS/TCP ratio of 3 .15 showed more cavities compared to those synthesised ... type of ordered mesoporous material has attracted great attention in the field of catalysis SBA -15 materials possess high surface areas (600 –1,000 m2g–1) and are made up of hexagonal arrays of...
Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 14:20
Báo cáo lâm nghiệp: "Floristic and structural recovery of a laurel forest community after clear-cutting: A 60 years chronosequence on La Palma (Canary Islands)" ppt
... Analysis of some of the canopy variables of the plots Axis I eigenvalue was 0.83 (83% of the cumulative percentage of variance), and axis II eigenvalue was 0.14 (97% of the cumulative percentage of ... area in the 60 YAH sites Values for the total plot showed some stabilization between 25 and 60 years, with an increase of only m2 ha−1 of basal area in 35 years (Fig 3b) Tree density decreased ... important than the production of new suckers, and (iii) the final stage, after 15 25 years, the forest begins to stabilize Soil parameters such as total nitrogen and percentage of organic matter cannot...
Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 16:20
Báo cáo y học: "Assessment of radiographic progression in the spines of patients with ankylosing spondylitis treated with adalimumab for up to 2 years" ppt
... and to assess the inhibition of progression of structural damage in the spine as measured by the mean change in the modified Stoke AS Spine Score (mSASSS) (range to 72) from baseline to years [15] ... progression A minimum cutoff of 1.5 years was chosen to maximize the number of adalimumabtreated patients who could be included for evaluation; because the first 24 weeks of both adalimumab studies ... adalimumab mean of 0.2 and a historical control mean of 1.2, a difference in means of 1.0, with the assumption of a common standard deviation of 2.8 This calculation took into account possible missing...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22
Báo cáo y học: "Metastasis of a cecal adenocarcinoma to the prostate five years after a right hemicolectomy: a case report" pptx
... metastatic to prostate Urology 1993, 41 :150 -152 Schips L, Zigeuner RE, Langner C, Mayer R, Pummer K, Hubmer G: Metastasis of an ascending colon carcinoma in the prostate 10 years after hemicolectomy ... histopathology slides and reviewed all available histology to ensure an accurate diagnosis was made RG aided in the summary of the case from a colorectal perspective MJJ aided in the summary of ... gastrointestinal tumors It is expressed in the nuclei of intestinal cells throughout the intestine from duodenum to rectum [6] Immunohistochemistry has demonstrated 60% to 98% CDX2 expression in primary and...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:21
Báo cáo khoa học: " An Investigation of the Ability of the Glutaraldehyde Test to Distinguish between Acute and Chronic Inflammatory Disease in Horses" ppsx
... and laboratory analysis was collected at the same time either upon arrival at the hospital or the following day Horses having a history of clinical signs of inflammatory disease of total duration ... veulens (A study of the reliability of the glutaraldehyde test to determine the level of gamma globulin in the serum of foals and the suitability of this test in practice for the control of colostrum ... horses, lack of reliability of the GT has been proposed to be caused by generally lower or delayed peaks of concentrations of fibrinogen and immunoglobulin or a different distribution of immunoglobulins...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:21
Báo cáo khoa học: "Combining information from surveys of several species to estimate the probability of freedom from Echinococcus multilocularis in Sweden, Finland and mainland Norway" docx
... Sweden) Pert(0.08, 0.09, 0.099) Meat inspection of pigs Probability of detecting lesions at slaughter Probability of submitting a sample to laboratory Pert(0.01, 0.1, 0.2) Pert(0.1, 0.2, 0.3) Probability ... establishment Probability of introduction by dogs to Sweden Pert(0.13, 0.45, 0.64) Probability of introduction by dogs to Norway 0.5 × Pert(0.13, 0.45, 0.64) Probability of introduction by dogs to Finland ... × Pert(0.13, 0.45, 0.64) Probability of introduction by wildlife to Finland Probability of an infected dog excreting eggs 0.5 × 0.75 × Pert(0.13, 0.45, 0.64) Pert(0.42, 0.6, 1) Probability of...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:22
Báo cáo y học: " Analysis of the replication of HIV-1 forced to use tRNAMet(i) supports a link between primer selection, translation and encapsidation" ppsx
... the selection of tRNALys,3 [12-14] However, alteration of the PBS to be complementary to a number of different tRNAs allows these primers to be selected for reverse transcription [151 7] Previous ... results of these studies demonstrate that alteration of the PBS to be complementary to tRNAMet(i), in contrast to viruses with a PBS complementary to tRNAMet(e), resulted in reduced production of ... infectivity of viruses with the PBS complementary to tRNAMet(i) is that the total amount of tRNAMet(i)in cells is limiting relative to tRNAMet(e) To address this issue, we compared the amounts of tRNAMet(i)...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 09:20
Báo cáo y học: " Interactions Between Estrogen- and Ah-Receptor Signalling Pathways in Primary Culture of Salmon Hepatocytes Exposed to Nonylphenol and 3,3'''',4,4''''-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (Congener 77)" ppsx
... Hepatology 2007, 6:2 http://www.comparative-hepatology.com/content/6/1/2 (A) ER 150 0 a a 12 h 24 h 48 h 72 h 1250 1200 ER (% of control) ER (% of control) 150 0 (B) ER a 900 600 b bc 300 bc 1000 ... (% of control) Control 2500 c 40 1.0 800 200 ab 60 [PCB-77, μM] 1000 b 80 Control AhRR (% of control) a 100 300 CYP1A1 (% of control) PCB-77 alone + μM NP (B) AhR a AhR (% of control) AhR (% of ... M: Inhibitory aryl hydrocarbon receptorestrogen receptor alpha cross-talk and mechanisms of action Chem Res Toxicol 2003, 16:807-816 Ohtake F, Takeyama K, Matsumoto T, Kitagawa H, Yamamoto Y, Nohara...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:20
Báo cáo y học: "Reconstruction and flux analysis of coupling between metabolic pathways of astrocytes and neurons: application to cerebral hypoxia" pps
... cytosolic malic enzyme of astrocytes is 0.06 whereas that through the mitochondrial one in neurons is zero, supporting the physiological findings The ratio of the rates of total TCA cycle to total ... metabolism of the astrocytes that monitors the activity of the cycle In other words, although no perturbation was applied to neurons, astrocytic oxygen deprivation led to the cessation of the uptake of ... rate of glycolysis to mitochondria Following this logic, the glycerol-3-phosphate shuttle was proposed to be active in astrocytes [31], which is validated by the presence of cytosolic and mitochondrial...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:21
Báo cáo sinh học: " Use of covariances between predicted breeding values to assess the genetic correlation between expressions of a trait in 2 environments" ppsx
... 48 to 243% of its value when w as w varies from - 3.39 (divergent selection from the top and bottom 5% of the population) to 0.83 (selection from the top 10% of the population) Sample sizes to ... Use of small numbers of sires per contemporary group can lead to considerable underestimation of the expected value of Corr(£1 £2 ) if off-diagonal elements are not considered Prediction of expected ... from the upper 10% and 15 000 animals from the bottom 80% of the Û distribution with a uniformly distributed over the interval 0.5 to l l 0.995 AS7: 10 000 animals from the upper 10% of the Û distribution...
Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 19:22
Decision making in sports an investigation of 12 to 19 years old basketball players in singapore
... and Hogarth’s experiment, it was observed that decision makers tend to focus on the number of successes, rather than the probability Due to a host of factors, this leads to a bias of attention against ... Network of Ergonomics Societies (SEANES), July 9-12, 2012, Langkawi, Malaysia This paper corresponds to Chapter of this thesis • Paper 3: An analysis of the effects of ageing on human physical performance ... limitations of expert decision making Wickens (1992a) listed some of the main benefits and biases as shown below Benefits • Cue sampling: Due to their huge amount of experience, experts are able to identify...
Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 11:10