... size ofthe small labs might be related to comparative advantage E.g the price advantages ofthe small labs might be due to advantages of specialization Small labs generally offer a limited package ... studies at the same speed asthein vivo part ofthestudyand their capacity to this currently would depend on the availability ofthe methods andthe ease of set up A final consideration regarding ... capacity figures very low We have summarized the average and maximum testing capacity in appendix The ratio ofthe maximum capacity to the average capacity available is about 2.5 Again, this indicates...
... national and industrial laboratories in Britain, America and Germany were crucial in stabilizing practices and raising confidence in them Through the inter-war period, committees and international ... distance to a tenth ofa foot Assuming ‘that the distinctness with which a given piece of writing may be read varies inversely asthe square ofthe distance and directly asthe illumination ofthe ... labelled the obtaining of an indication of light intensity as inferior to a measurement, in contrast to Airy’s notion/measure equivalence ofa quarter-century earlier Measurement to Langley and...
... pKIMP-UAUC Random gene libraries are introduced into this strain andthe ability ofa cell harboring an individual library member to form a colony on minimal agar media lacking added phenylalanine and ... constraints, such as packing interactions and polar/nonpolar patterning, on functional sequences Genetic selection of CM libraries has been an invaluable tool inthe engineering of drastically ... chorismate mutase–prephenate dehydratase and chorismate mutase–prephenate dehydratase were deleted Monofunctional versions ofthe dehydratase andthe dehydrogenase are provided by plasmid pKIMP-UAUC...
... 2B and 4B) was found This activity was 10 higher than in other cases which may indicate patients in metastasis stage Analysis of results demonstrated that in part ofthe studied blood samples of ... contributions AM, AS, AJ participated inthestudy design, carried out the molecular genetic studies and performed data analysis AJ has been involved in coordination ofthestudyand drafting the manuscript ... and Statistical analysis Real time PCR data was assembled using the LightCycler computer application software 4.05 dedicated for the LightCycler 2.0 All data was analyzed using the Statistica...
... living at home so that data on survival and living arrangements one year after the baseline visit were available for all (Figure 1) The main characteristics ofthe participants at the baseline ... made The latter was investigated by using the BADL scale and was defined as any decline inthe BADL score at follow-up as compared to baseline If the older participant or his/her caregiver was ... analyses and sample size calculations In order to reject the null-hypothesis that a poor overall QOL as well asa poor HRQOL at baseline assessment were not associated withthe occurrence of any of the...
... analysis and interpretation of data, and drafting and revising the manuscript GTO contributed to study design, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data, and drafting and revising the ... the manuscript KRL contributed to study design, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data, and drafting and revising the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript ... contractile state of ASM that may be associated with airway hyperresponsiveness, which is a defining characteristic of asthma The goal of this study was to test the hypothesis that the minimal airway...
... research/ethics committee as this was an observational study looking at plasma DNA, a new variable measured from blood samples that were taken as part of standard clinical practice All blood samples ... than a combination of neuroimaging techniques and clinical assessment Plasma DNA could not, however, differentiate between cerebral infarction and haemorrhage, suggesting that a wide range of insults ... myocardial infarction [11] and trauma [12] In addition, the plasma DNA concentration in trauma patients is directly related to the severity of injury [12] Furthermore, the plasma DNA concentration...
... Juglar himself states that a commercial panic is always a financial panic, asa falling away ofthe metallic reserve indicates its breaking out; and I have only translated that portion dealing with ... expect the enactment of laws to raise the price of farm products, and to lower the price ofall that the farmer has to buy But the farmers vote asthe manufacturers and other active classes ofthe ... is the reiteration and sequence ofthe same points _(faits)_ under varying circumstances, at all times, inall countries and under all governments," and also this table showing allthe panics and...
... containing e anda 1-factor avoiding e, then G has a k-factor containing e anda k-factor avoiding e for every k ∈ {1, 2, , r − 1} Proof Let F and Fe be two 1-factors of G containing e and avoiding ... Hence the statement is valid in this case Case 2: Assume that r = 2m is even In view of Theorem 1, G has all regular even factors containing e or avoiding e, respectively Since G has a 1-factor avoiding ... the edges ux, vx, wy, zy, three parallel edges between u and v, three parallel edges between w and z and two parallel edges e and e connecting x and y Then G is a 4-regular graph, and G has a...
... began to feel severe right foot pain without any trigger events Although treatment, including physiotherapy and NSAID administration, was initiated in another clinic, the pain and swelling of ... disease, are associated with bone pain [20], andthe osteoclastic bone resorption was suggested to be critical to the pain, andthe inflammation occurred adjacent to bone through an activation of ... events Although treatment, including physiotherapy and NSAID administration, was initiated in another clinic, the pain in his ankle progressively worsened and he demonstrated gait disturbance A physical...
... correlation of baseline Ham-D and key outcome measures, covarying baseline Ham-D scores inthe repeated measure analysis has the mathematical effect similar to covarying the outcome measure with ... designed thestudyand wrote the protocol JP and LC participated in data analysis, interpretation, and manuscript writing SY participated in data collection All authors read and approved the final manuscript ... for analysis • The Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM -A) [47] The Ham -A is a 14 item clinician-rated measure, which assesses symptoms of anxiety The Ham -A was administered at allstudy visits The...
... discontinuation requires confirmation by entry ofthe physician's unique password Two levels of password are available A prescribing clinician has access to entry, storage, alteration and discontinuation ... discontinuation ofall prescriptions as well as being able to log the administration of drugs Nursing staff may also enter and discontinue prescriptions, but these are highlighted on the MAR as requiring ... allergies are clearly indicated The start date, prescription and administration times are shown The cross hatched areas indicate a period before the prescription was written and/ or after it has been...
... motif and those containing the Y712C mutation The MFI Index value was calculated for each ofthe samples The results indicate that allofthe Env CD mutants maintained at least WT levels of surface ... Y795S/LL799HQ/Y802SRP - 5’CCTGACTCCAAGACTGTTGGTGATTCCACCAAGATTTGAGGGCTTCC3’, LL814AAFP - 5’GC TGTTAACGCGGCCAATGCCAATGCCACAGC3’, LL814AARP - 5’GGCATTGGCCGCGT TAACAGCACTATTC3’, LL855AAFP - 5’GGGCTTGGAAAGGATTGCGGCATAAGATGGG3’, ... plasma membrane occurred inthe absence ofallofthe conserved Y and LL motifs inthe CD, arguing against a critical role for them in outward transport ofthe protein Plasma membrane location alone...
... mapping approaches was as follows Inthe bivariate QTL mapping approach, the power of detecting a QTL affecting trait (B1) or the power of detecting a QTL affecting trait (B2) was computed as ... can have the effect of reducing power and increasing sampling variances of estimates of parameters of interest The simulation study indicated that it is particularly beneficial to a joint analysis ... univariate testing procedure, each trait was analyzed separately andthe null hypothesis “there is no QTL affecting the trait” was tested against the hypothesis “there is a QTL affecting the trait”...
... marine coating in particular Basing on the data collecting from survey questionnaires, interview, analysis the actual market (primary data) and gathering all information about the coating industry, ... coating (PC) and marine coating (MC) in Vietnam are currently driven by leading foreign-based companies In comparison withthe market of Southeast Asian market as well as Asia region, the market ... certain strong points ofthe company as asserting stable quality ofthe products This is shown inthe top place of marine coatings and third place of protective inthe market This quality standard...
... students inthe Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences in Univerisiti Malaya in Kuala Lumpur the capital of Malaysia Research QuestionsThe general aim of this studyas well asareviewof available ... workers in India and Malaysia, they concluded: After all, inthe New Economy, the question of gender and class inequalities remains just as valid in assessing sustainability, replicability, and indigenization ... modern day Singapore, andthe islands of Dinding and Province Wellesley) andthe increased demands for labor on rubber plantations as well as tin mines during the colonial era (between the nineteenth...
... territorial and internal waters, including all west–east straits inthe Kara Sea as well asthe Dmitrii Laptev andthe Sannikov Straits, which were claimed as historic waters The USA claimed that the ... the Environmental Edict, as well asthe title ofthe Edict itself, indicate that ‘marine areas adjacent to the northern coast’ are to be included, perhaps also encompassing the high seas.66 All ... inthe west are the western entrances to the Novaya Zemlya straits andthe meridian running from Mys Zhelaniya northward, andinthe east, inthe Bering Strait, by the parallel 66° N and the...
... 5¢-GGTAGAGAATGGAGCGGATG-3¢ and rVRL-1– 1205R: 5¢-ACCAAGTAGCAGGCGAAGTT-3¢ to obtain fragment B with 656 bp; VRL-1/1061F: 5¢-ACTCGGTGC TGGAGATCATC-3¢ and VRL-1/1897R: 5¢-TGAGAAG GACGTAGGCCAAC-3¢ ... Biotech AG PCR was performed with rat brain, N18TG2 and F-11 cDNA as template Two microlitres RT reaction was used in 25 lL PCR amplifications using Taq-DNA-Polymerase (Invitrogen) after heating the ... origin (mouse neuroblastoma) (Fig 4) As controls, rat brain and F-11 cDNA were used On a 6% polyacrylamide gel fragments A, B and D of F-11 cells again separated into two bands The slower migrating...
... dimension was calculated asthe mean ofthe ratings of items that pertained to that dimension, after the score of each dimension was transformed linearly to a 0–100 point scale, with 100 indicating the ... Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2007, 5:65 Background Retinoblastoma (RB) is a malignant tumor affecting the retina and is the most common intraocular malignancy in children Inthe Netherlands, ... to the statistical analysis and revised the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements The authors thank allthe RB survivors and their parents for their indispensable...
... dimension was calculated asthe mean ofthe ratings of items that pertained to that dimension, after the score of each dimension was transformed linearly to a 0–100 point scale, with 100 indicating the ... Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2007, 5:65 Background Retinoblastoma (RB) is a malignant tumor affecting the retina and is the most common intraocular malignancy in children Inthe Netherlands, ... to the statistical analysis and revised the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements The authors thank allthe RB survivors and their parents for their indispensable...