qualitative analysis of peripheral pulmonary lesions using endobronchial ultrasonography

... economic performance of a commodity system and the participants involved This includes investigation of the structure, conduct and performance of a sub-sector Analysis of the structure of the commodity ... regions, as they are often location-specific An example is provided in Appendix of how the analysis of marketing margins was conducted as part of the Bangladesh study The investigation of technical issues ... certain type of probe) Although often overlooked, presentation of results is an important part of every statistical analysis Well presented results can greatly facilitate the interpretation of statistical...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 00:20

... spotted onto PEI cellulose sheets with lL of nonradioactive tracer (100 lg of 5-FU and 100 lg of uridine for the UP assay mixture; 100 lg of 5-FU and 100 lg of deoxyuridine for the TP assay mixture) ... distilled water, spots were excised using 254 nm UV light The activity was counted after addition of mL of scintillation fluid Evaluation of the enzymatic activity of C29F7.3, F40F8.1, B0001.4, T07C4.1 ... Cary, NC, Characterization of worm UPP-1, UMPK, and UMPS USA) The GenBank accession number of human UPP1 is AAH07348, and that of UMPS is CAG33068 The amino acid sequences of UPP-1 (ZK783.2), C29F7.3,...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 01:20

... a set of DOF using different DIB Zoom……………….…… 73 Figure 32: WCE for a set of DOF using different DIB free inputs in the end….… 73 Figure 33: Predicted inputs with DIB type = [8] and DOF = 2…………… ... errors for a set of different reduced order models using N sim  18 reached as a solution of bilevel problem and it closed loop check 65 Figure 24: WCE for a set of DOF using different ... and the best way of simplification for our example of plant is found, which turns out to be delta input blocking Keywords: analysis of MPC, simplified MPC formulations, analysis of MPC performance...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 22:20

... look resections of high risk patients and if the improvement in the rate of detection of flat lesions in the follow-up may improve the use of additional treatment and the prognosis of these patients ... tool in the diagnosis of potentially evolving flat lesions on the bladder mucosa such as DYS and CIS Moreover, detection of dysplasic lesions that are considered precursors of CIS may play an important ... follow-up of high risk patients Author details Department of Urology, San Gerardo Hospital, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy 2Department of Clinical Pathology, Desio Hospital, University of...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... Patterns of EIAV Are Closer to Those of Influenza than of disorder patterns of HIV/SIV Analysis of Figure reveals that the pattern of the predicted disorder in EIAV matrix protein is closer to that of ... rates of the influenza virus is extremely high causing wellknown difficulties in the development of new vaccines Apparently, the PID rate is a good predictor of the ease of vaccine development of ... behavior of the matrix proteins [3] Conclusion Matrix Disorder of Retroviruses Varies with Nature of the Virus A peculiar finding of this paper is the pattern of predicted disorder of EIAV p15...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... and Feng Journal of Inequalities and Applications 2011, 2011:20 http://www.journalofinequalitiesandapplications.com/content/2011/1/20 Page of 15 Theorem B: Under the hypothesis of Theorem B, if ... illustrate the validity of the present integral inequalities Main results In the rest of the paper we denote the set of real numbers as R, and R+ = [0, ∞) is a subset of R Dom(f) and Im(f) denote ... (τ , t)dτ ] ds}, 0 r Ω(r) = 1 ω(s p−q ) ds, r > Ω -1 is the inverse of Ω, and Ω (∞) = ∞ Proof: The proof for the existence of t can be referred to Remark in [10] We notice (3) obviously holds...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 01:20

... the wire and the behavior of the interface between the nanorods and wire due to the difficulty of the transmission of electrons for TEM analyses In this case, a part of the tungsten wire was fabricated ... to examine the material of the nanorod using the energy filter of the TEM The TEM images and oxygen and tungsten mappings are shown in Figure Nanorods with diameters of about 10 to 20 nm and ... intervals of 0.38 nm in the longer directional axis of the nanorods and in intervals of 0.37 nm in the perpendicular direction to the longer directional axis These interval distances of 0.38 and...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 17:20

... series expansion is of order λ1/2 , the second term is of order 1, the third term is of order 1/λ1/2 , and the kth is term of order (2) The joint characteristic function of the centered random ... (e.g., letting λT (t) be a series of mountains concentrated near i/W) That is, the orderliness effect of the Poisson process is mitigated because of the limitations of the equipment that is used to ... we present a comparison of the computation of the received power when the arrival times of the multipath components are known and when these are assumed to be the points of a homogeneous Poisson...

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 00:20

... from systems of different types, and “out -of- band self-NEXT,” that is, NEXT caused by the out -of- band transmit signals of systems of the same type Alien NEXT is often taken care of by spectral ... knowledge of the channel and of the statistics of noise and interference Since this knowledge is often not available, receiver structures that operate without any kind of side information are of great ... performance analysis of adaptive cancellation has been presented It was shown that adaptation of the canceller coefficients in the absence of the useful far-end signal yields an improvement in terms of...

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 19:20

... will be replicate of input signal considering zero losses Parameters shows dispersion of This paper deals with the analysis of self-phase the input pulse with respect to distance of fiber in the ... factor and BER of the system and numerical analysis of the nonlinear Schrodinger and Figure6 (c) Figure6 (c) shows the broadening of the pulse with equation is done in matlab using the Split ... spectrum of input pulse with dispersion; (c) Pulse broadening plot (with dispersion) C Comparative Analysis of Calculated Parameters Q factor is known as digital SNR and it is defined as ratio of signal...

Ngày tải lên: 09/07/2014, 08:08

... matrices of the calculated and measured doses Evaluation of plan optimization was performed by means of Dose Volumes Histograms (DVHs) calculated by CC and PB and comparison of dose profiles of the ... intersection of the profiles with the borders of the CTV shows, that the CTV is covered by the 95% isodose in both cases with decreasing sizes of the CTV (2 cm3 to 256 cm3) The shape of the MC profiles ... of a clinical lesion that is typically spherical http://www.ro-journal.com/content/1/1/45 Evaluation The evaluation of the accuracy of dose calculation was performed by comparison of dose profiles...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:21

... of the implementation process or are specific to the parent QI initiative The study was very large, yielding thousands of pages of qualitative data It would not be possible to integrate all of ... another example of the complexity of the role of the EHR in clinical situations Given the documented importance of provider-patient interaction [37-39], more research into the role of EHRs in facilitating ... quality of care offered by the EHR However, they expressed serious concerns about the EHR’s potential interference with the provider-patient relationship, and were keenly aware of the time cost of using...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... Australian Bureau of Statistics: National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing: summary of results Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics; 2008 QSR: NVivo qualitative data analysis software QSR ... was then coded independently using NVivo8 qualitative data analysis software [15] by two raters (DC, RR), one of whom (RR) had not been involved in the development of the coding system Discrepancies ... research suggests that the majority of members of the community who experience an episode of depression not receive professional help at the time of the onset of the illness and that the delay...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:21

... methods of qualitative content analysis comprising code identification, category saturation, and theme generation A database management and computer software system for qualitative data analysis ... to HealthRelated Quality of Life following liver transplantation: a qualitative analysis of the perspectives of pediatric patients and their parents Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:150 ... study and the qualitative research concept of saturation appeared to be achieved based on standards of qualitative rigor [15] While comparative trends with a larger representative sample of fathers...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 01:22

... Cite this article as: Thomas et al.: Resilience of refugees displaced in the developing world: a qualitative analysis of strengths and struggles of urban refugees in Nepal Conflict and Health ... weight of their unmet expectations, are the daily stressors they encounter A frequently mentioned issue was that of finding and keeping housing, financial dependence on UNHCR assistance, and lack of ... repeatedly mentioned as a significant source of support, and the majority of photographs taken during the Photovoice exercise were those Page of 11 of participants’ children Parenthood helps to...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 15:21

... Table II Accuracy of the estimates of the mixed HMM as a function of the level of response to infection, high (H) or moderate (M), number of samples per cow (T), percentage of cows with at least ... and probability of correct classication (PCC) as a function of the level of response to infection, high (H) or moderate (M) responders, number of samples per cow (T), percentage of cows with at ... the reported median time of rst occurrence of mastitis, i.e two to three months [6] 2.8.2 Evaluation of the accuracy of the estimates The estimates ^ti ; r2 ; r2 ; r2 ; aị of the parameters lti...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 13:21

... computing and his installation of Stan in Linux server I also thank other colleagues of mine for their encouragement v Baoguang Han STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF CLINICAL TRIAL DATA USING MONTE CARLO METHODS ... examples of allocation probabilities of BCM in trials that mimic LOTS 82 Figure 4.2 Comparison of the distributions of various re-randomization tests 90 Figure 4.3 Comparison of the ... modelling of the correlation is important to address the issue of dependent censoring of the non-terminal event by the terminal event [2-4] It also can allow modelling of the influence of the nonterminal...

Ngày tải lên: 24/08/2014, 11:40

... coupled with MudPIT analysis, which is one of the major goals of my thesis work V Rtr1 and Its Link With Histones As mentioned above, the phosphorylation state of the CTD of RNAPII plays an important ... allowing me to use your ChemiDoc and thermocycler v TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES viii LIST OF FIGURES ix LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS x INTRODUCTION I Chromatin ... Mechanism of lysine methylation and acetylation Model of the coupling of histone modification and transcription 13 Set2 binds to the S2,S5-P double phosphorylated CTD of RNAPII during...

Ngày tải lên: 24/08/2014, 11:58

... the qualitative research method, the design of the semi-structured interviews and the process of data collection and data analysis using a thematic analysis approach Chapter Nine presents an analysis ... sub-indices using computed means 172 Figure 6.3: A comparison of the level of compliance with the SCGC between large and small firms using computed means 174 Figure 6.4: A comparison of the level of compliance ... to conduct because of: (i) the diversity of skills required (e.g., quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis skills; (ii) multiplicity of data required (e.g., qualitative and quantitative...

Ngày tải lên: 22/12/2014, 22:03

... bone A stress analysis of effect of different types of restorative materials (Sevimay et al., 2005a) indicated that the use of more rigid or resilient material for the superstructure of an implant-supported ... presence of a bone defect of various shapes and dimensions The results of this analysis suggested that slight conical resorption might partially be the result of biomechanical adaptation of bone ... bridge-supporting implants and nature teeth using 2-D FEA It was showed that about 70% of the total vertical load of 100 N and 72% of total horizontal load of 25 N was taken by the titanium implant,...

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