reachin for the stars

five billion years of solitude  the search for life among the stars   lee billings

five billion years of solitude the search for life among the stars lee billings

Ngày tải lên : 08/06/2014, 08:52
... detected the same planet days before the American announcement; they claimed to have confirmed their discovery some hours before the conference, but Marcy and Butler had beaten them to the podium The ... together the American team never retracted a single world from their tally The Swiss never forgot about the time when Butler led the American charge against them They would keep him far from their ... creatures with the intellectual capacity to discover their genesis and the technological capability to design their fate Creatures that, before their sun went dim, might somehow touch the stars Maybe...
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ETSI WIDEBAND CDMA STANDARD FOR THE UTRA FDD AIR INTERFACE.pdf

ETSI WIDEBAND CDMA STANDARD FOR THE UTRA FDD AIR INTERFACE.pdf

Ngày tải lên : 04/08/2012, 14:24
... within the cell and between cells It is used for transmitting the forward access channel (FACH) for access grant and the paging channel (PCH) for paging, both of which carry control information Information ... the chip rate increased For a chip rate of 0.96 Mcps, the BER performance was close to the computer simulated BER performance with L=1 The performance with 7.68 Mcps spreading became almost the ... Standard for the UTRA FDD Air Interface 19 Figure 14 Average BER Performance with Variable Chip Rate ETSI Wideband CDMA Standard for the UTRA FDD Air Interface 20 5.0 CONCLUSION The framework for the...
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Cambridge.University.Press.Neuroethics.Challenges.for.the.21st.Century.Aug.2007.pdf

Cambridge.University.Press.Neuroethics.Challenges.for.the.21st.Century.Aug.2007.pdf

Ngày tải lên : 21/09/2012, 10:58
... to the dualist view The sciences of the mind have delivered another, or rather a series of others The cognitive sciences – the umbrella term for the disciplines devoted to the study of mental ... neglected, field, they were not able to follow the instruction to grab it Rather than reach behind them for the object, they reached toward the mirror When asked where the object was, they replied ... Hence, too, the need for this book This book is not the very first to reflect upon the ethical issues raised by the neurosciences and by the technologies for intervening in the mind they offer us,...
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Mcgraw Hill 400.Must-Have.Words.For.The.Toefl.

Mcgraw Hill 400.Must-Have.Words.For.The.Toefl.

Ngày tải lên : 05/10/2012, 09:51
... published by ETS, the creators of the TOEFL test 400 Must-Have Words for the TOEFL® is the best book on the market to improve your vocabulary for the TOEFL test Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill ... a result means “therefore,” for this reason.” Nature Several agencies and organizations have intensified their efforts to increase the productivity of land in these countries.They have introduced ... the files and organize the boxes Parts of speech sequence n, sequentially adv TOEFL Prep I Complete each sentence by filling in the blank with the best word from the list Change the form of the...
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Mcgraw Hill English Grammar For The Utterly Confused

Mcgraw Hill English Grammar For The Utterly Confused

Ngày tải lên : 05/10/2012, 09:52
... invite to the dinner party? Answer: She is the subject, the person doing the action Therefore, the sentence should read: “Whom did she finally invite to the dinner party?” ENGLISH GRAMMAR FOR THE UTTERLY ... all! Using the Nominative Case Use the nominative case to show the subject of a verb Father and (I, me) like to shop at flea markets Answer: I is the subject of the sentence Therefore, the pronoun ... accordingly again also besides consequently finally for example furthermore however indeed moreover on the other hand otherwise nevertheless then therefore Parts of Speech Conjunctions Conjunctions...
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Tips for the IELTS Speaking Test

Tips for the IELTS Speaking Test

Ngày tải lên : 08/10/2012, 09:06
... who has influenced you Say how long you have known them them, why they were special, how they differ from the other family members, and how they influenced you Describe a story, book, or movie ... is your topic The question in the exam may be Describe a teacher who has influenced you Say where different! you met them, what subjects they taught, why they were special and how they influenced ... your country Compare the experience of your parents What changes are coming? The topic in Part is related to the topic in Part So if, for example, Part was about a teacher, then Part might be about...
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Báo cáo y học: " Derivation and preliminary validation of an administrative claims-based algorithm for the effectiveness of medications for rheumatoid arthritis"

Báo cáo y học: " Derivation and preliminary validation of an administrative claims-based algorithm for the effectiveness of medications for rheumatoid arthritis"

Ngày tải lên : 25/10/2012, 10:45
... used only to capture the DAS28, the CDAI and other clinical characteristics measured at the baseline and outcome VARA visits; all other data used for the analysis were from the administrative claims ... months) after the index date If there was no VARA visit at year, then these treatment episodes were excluded as there was no clinical gold standard with which to compare the algorithm’s performance ... that account for the within-person variance by widening the confidence intervals of the PPV, NPV, Se and Sp, but leave the point estimates unchanged For all treatment episodes where there was discordance...
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Báo cáo khoa học: "Medical treatment for the terminally ill: the ‘risk of unacceptable badness’"

Báo cáo khoa học: "Medical treatment for the terminally ill: the ‘risk of unacceptable badness’"

Ngày tải lên : 25/10/2012, 10:45
... issues to patients and their families [11] It is not uncommon for physicians to ask loaded questions in their quest for end-of-life decisions For example, ‘This is your grandmother’s 17th transfer ... revitalize the patient population of ICU patients who will die no matter what treatment is rendered them Medically inappropriate care causes pain, suffering, and discomfort The fundamental maxim for these ... technically futile Under the current rules, the only test of futility is that embodied by the question, ‘Will this treatment result in sustained life?’ If the answer is ‘yes’, then virtually any treatment...
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Báo cáo y học: "Enhancement of the Click Chemistry for the Inverse Diels Alder Technology by Functionalization of Amide-Based Monomers"

Báo cáo y học: "Enhancement of the Click Chemistry for the Inverse Diels Alder Technology by Functionalization of Amide-Based Monomers"

Ngày tải lên : 25/10/2012, 11:00
... [15] The synthesis of the tetrazine dicarbonic acid derivate was performed as described by [15] The synthesis procedure of the corresponding dansyl derivative was carried out according to the ... of the dansyl derivative and the N-ethyl-diisoproylamine and the dansyl sulfamidoethylamine to the tetrazine product linked with 5-dansyl sulfamidoethylcarboxamide-2-yl For the syntheses of the ... dimethyl-1,2,4,5-tetrazine-3,6-dicarboxylate The first highly active part of the construct, allows the ligation of e.g carrier molecules on the desired side of the molecule The second dienophile on the other side with lower...
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Báo cáo y học: "Clinical Strategy for the Management of Solid Pseudopapillary Tumor of the Pancreas: Aggressive or Less"

Báo cáo y học: "Clinical Strategy for the Management of Solid Pseudopapillary Tumor of the Pancreas: Aggressive or Less"

Ngày tải lên : 25/10/2012, 11:40
... of the pancreas and the mass with preserving the rim of the head and tail portion can be achieved However, for the patient in whom the mass was located within the head of the pancreas, given the ... attempted for three SPT patients in whom the mass was located in the portion of body or tail of the pancreas For tumors of SPT located in the neck and body of the pancreas, resection of the midportion ... routinely performed to rule out pancreatic malignancy Otherwise, for the patients with pancreatic malignancies, a radical surgery should be the reasonable option for curative therapy Aside from the distal...
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Báo cáo y học: "Endoscopic Facet Debridement for the treatment of facet arthritic pain – a novel new technique

Báo cáo y học: "Endoscopic Facet Debridement for the treatment of facet arthritic pain – a novel new technique

Ngày tải lên : 26/10/2012, 09:32
... 121 the skin at the entry site A guide wire is inserted down to the facet joint and then secured into the joint surface A dilation system is inserted over the guide wire and used to dilate the ... during the study with a range of to 14mm The various sizes were utilized to determine the minimal size needed to achieve the procedure Through the final dilation portal, pituitaries are then used ... complete the denuding of the joint surface to insure that the complete capsular region was removed Once the joint is completely denuded of capsular tissue, the dilation system is removed and the site...
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Báo cáo y học: "Endoscopic thoracic laminoforaminoplasty for the treatment of thoracic radiculopathy: report of 12 case"

Báo cáo y học: "Endoscopic thoracic laminoforaminoplasty for the treatment of thoracic radiculopathy: report of 12 case"

Ngày tải lên : 26/10/2012, 09:57
... laminoforaminoplasty, should decrease the risk of major adverse events, allow for same day hospital discharge, and decrease the need for postoperative analgesia and immobility [5] [6] In the current ... and all patients were discharged the day of surgery Additionally, there was no need for thoracotomy, unlike other surgical approaches At the same time, reports in the literature suggest similar ... the VAS and Oswestry, respectively and the Individual patient data is presented in Table Utilizing the Student’s t-Test, the data was separated into pre and post surgical scores Even though the...
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Báo cáo y học: "Thioglycosides as inhibitors of hSGLT1 and hSGLT2: Potential therapeutic agents for the control of hyperglycemia in diabetes"

Báo cáo y học: "Thioglycosides as inhibitors of hSGLT1 and hSGLT2: Potential therapeutic agents for the control of hyperglycemia in diabetes"

Ngày tải lên : 26/10/2012, 10:04
... (Chrysomelidae) Their synthesis has been previously described [31-33] For the purpose of the present study the thioglycosides used were selected and grouped based on their differences in the aglycone ... SGLT2 The clinical application of these thioglycosides, however, needs to be further analyzed Nonetheless, our findings provide the foundation for future studies with the objective to determine the ... system, in the distal segment of the tubule Inhibition of glucose reabsorption in the kidney, mediated by the SGLT cotransport system, represents a promising therapeutic target for the control...
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Báo cáo y học: "Foundation for the Community Control of Hereditary Diseases, Budapest, Hungary"

Báo cáo y học: "Foundation for the Community Control of Hereditary Diseases, Budapest, Hungary"

Ngày tải lên : 02/11/2012, 11:12
... abnormalities not represent a single pathological entity and therefore there is no single strategy for their prevention Conflict of interest The author has declared that no conflict of interest exists ... and other international bodies have excluded this approach from the term “prevention” In Hungary about 20% of major congenital abnormalities (8.7% in the total group) were terminated after the ... prevented by these methods Previously the selective abortion, i.e termination of pregnancy after the prenatal diagnosis of severe fetal defects was also named as secondary prevention Recently the WHO...
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 Báo cáo y học: "Comparison of a Two-Lead, Computerized, Resting ECG Signal Analysis Device, the MultiFunction-CardioGramsm or MCG (a.k.a. 3DMP), to Quantitative Coronary Angiography for the Detection of Relevant Coronary Artery Stenosis (70%)

Báo cáo y học: "Comparison of a Two-Lead, Computerized, Resting ECG Signal Analysis Device, the MultiFunction-CardioGramsm or MCG (a.k.a. 3DMP), to Quantitative Coronary Angiography for the Detection of Relevant Coronary Artery Stenosis (70%)

Ngày tải lên : 03/11/2012, 10:58
... according to whether the patients had prior revascularization The boundaries of the box are Tukey’s hinges The median is identified by the line inside the box The length of the box is the interquartile ... measured by the MCG device The resulting mathematically integrated patterns of the abnormal indexes are then compared for their degree of abnormality to the abnormal index patterns in the reference ... stenosis according to sex and age groups The boundaries of the box are Tukey’s hinges The median is identified by the line inside the box The length of the box is the interquartile range (IQR) computed...
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