... 3.2) and/ or having a > 1.2 unit improvement in their DAS28 The PPV of the administrative data -based effectiveness algorithm was 75%, andthe NPV was 90% The sensitivity of the effectiveness algorithm ... compensated for these injections and other procedures and likely under-reported them For this reason, our effectiveness algorithm may perform better when there is a financial incentive to code these ... used only to capture the DAS28, the CDAI and other clinical characteristics measured at the baseline and outcome VARA visits; all other data used forthe analysis were from the administrative claims...
... predenatured at 95°C for 10 min, then 55°C for 30 The particles coupled with streptavidin were added into the hybridization mixtures and incubated at 37°C for 10 and enriched in the bottom of the tube with ... the pH of the mixture to 9.1 under stirring The NaHTe solution prepared in the first step was added to the reaction mixture under N protection The resultant mixture was stirred for about 20 and ... hybridization assay on the basis of the cutoff value Detection of HPV-16 with QDs and superparamagnetic nanoparticle -based hybridization The rationale of QDs and superparamagnetic nanoparticle -based hybridization...
... between the number of the true-ball candidates andthe used ball sizes in the ball size filter 61 3.13 Relation between the number of all the candidates andthe used ball sizes in the ball ... of the ball from the two images taken at the same time forthe same goalmouth Once the world coordinate of the ball is known, thealgorithm can decide whether there is a goal Comparing with the ... particle-filter -based algorithm to track the ball in BSV In their algorithm, the ball is considered as an ellipse with four parameters, the center position andthe lengths of the major and minor axes, i.e the...
... optical power, the more photoelectrons per pixel will be generated, and hence the higher the signal-to-noise ratio and therefore the accuracy of the range measurements On the other hand, the power ... to the random noise andthe other due to the motion compensation error The variance due to the additive noise is derived from the locally estimated noise standard deviation in the depth image and ... p=1 (13) Therefore, each of the motion hypotheses forthe block in the central frame is assigned a reliability measure, which depends on the compensation error andthe similarity of the current...
... computational cost and a short delay Thealgorithm proposed here answers all these requirements: on one hand, it is highly accurate and robust, and on the other hand, simple, efficient, and adequate for real-time ... statistics, such as the mean or the variance, and not the features themselves, are used forthe discrimination The major differences between the different studies lie in the exact classification algorithm, ... ratio the low energy ratio, defined as the ratio between the spectral energy below 70 Hz andthe total energy, andthe high energy ratio, defined as the ratio between the energy above 11 KHz and the...
... median filter and decision -based median filter The median filter and Lin’s algorithm cause blur in the images and not remove the degradations (Figures 2(c) and 2(d)–Figures 6(c) and 6(d)) The Gonzalez ... Gonzalez adaptive algorithm removes the strip lines and drop lines but the edges are not preserved properly (Figures 2(d) and 3(d)) and this algorithm acts very poorly on the blotches and band noises ... Figure 1(b) shows the block diagram of the proposed algorithm implemented in video sequences Gonzalez adaptive length filter, decision -based median filter, andthe proposed algorithmThe formulas used...
... for homogeneous regions and, in theory, robust, hence it is the best appropriate candidate to be used forthe purpose As known in previous sections, to keep the evolution of curves, both u+ and ... within the narrowband are obtained from the original image Moreover a compound image is composed of u+ , u− , andthe region of narrowband as shown in Figure Let τ denote the width of the narrowband, ... instead of the extensions of u+ and u− Because the smoothing operator will blur the boundaries of objects, the contours or edges of the diffused images will become more and more blurry as the evolution...
... licensed for prophylaxis and therapy of HAE and hopefully are reducing the morbidity and mortality in this disorder These therapies and home care concepts are providing freedom for work, travel, and ... manuscript is the 2010 International Consensus Algorithmforthe Diagnosis, Therapy and Management of Hereditary Angioedema that was agreed to at that conference and this was further circulated for review ... by USA FDA October th, 2009 for therapy of HAE events and licensed in many other countries for many years Cetor® from Sanquin has been available in The Netherlands for some time [35,53] Berinert®,...
... between the Greater Manchester NHS Trusts andthe University of Manchester and is part of the National Institute for Health Research The authors are members of the Patient Theme of CLAHRC for Greater ... patients in their everyday lives, compared to a sense of normality and well-being for themselves andfor others (see Figure patient-focused outcomes) 2) Illness management and types of work The scope ... in everyday life These include the formal and informal, visible and invisible work that is involved in the engagement, sense-making, and appraisal of illnessrelated practices; they are done both...
... of all OSCC of the head and neck worldwide [7] but the most accurate and consistent study for OSMF and OSCC, in which viral integration andthe expression of viral oncogenes (E6 and E7) have been ... (HC-II) and approved by the US food and drug administration (FDA) The performance characteristics of HC-II assay andthe PCR for detection of HPV DNA have been compared in cervical lesions and results ... OSCC the HPV DNA positivity were 32.4% by the PCR and 31.5% by the HC-II test Therefore, the study concluded that slight difference was found between the positivity rate of HR HPV infection of the...
... in the interval i k, andthe interval k + j In the case of Rule d, the matching is called a bipartition, andthe interval i k is called the head of bipartition, andthe interval k + j is the ... Table R andthe use of vg We examine the action of the Second Dynamic-Programming algorithm in the Rule d loop, for fixed j and fixed i
... occurred before domestication and not among the domestic breeds Unfortunately, due to the lack of information on the mutation and recombination rates, as well as the effective population size for these ... Vpop2 are the variance in repeat number for population and population 2, respectively [10] The lnRH test is based on the calculation of the logarithm of the ratio of H for each locus for a pair ... In Flux, and N-EURO-CAD (North European Cattle Diversity) The projects were funded by the Academy of Finland, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in Finland, the Nordic Gene Bank for Farm...
... project the triangular elements onto uniform grids using the adaptive integral method [46]-[49] The resulting algorithm has the memory requirement proportional to O(N) andthe operation count forthe ... forthe Green’s function for fast evaluation of the MoM matrix elements andthe computation of the radiation patterns Finally, a patch antenna is analyzed to demonstrate the accuracy of thealgorithm ... + εr surface wave pole located on the real axis of the complex k ρ plane, andthe symbol Res denotes the residues of the integrand at the pole k ρ = k ρρ Forthe single-layer Green’s function...
... (Chrysomelidae) Their synthesis has been previously described [31-33] Forthe purpose of the present study the thioglycosides used were selected and grouped based on their differences in the aglycone ... 21-26] Among these, thioglycosides are important to consider because they are not hydrolysed by β-glucosidases in the intestine and can be administered orally [27] Therefore, the aim of the present ... and I represent the readings after or before addition each thioglucoside, respectively For I, the readings Int J Med Sci 2007, from 2-5 sec were averaged; andfor A, readings from sec after the...
... demand points and allocates the demand points to the facilities The objective is to minimize the total demand-weighted distance between the demand points andthe facilities The following formulation ... improve the performance on some problems by slowing down convergence We made no effort to customize thealgorithm to the problems on hand, and used the same formulas forthe population size andthe ... and approximately half of the Galvão and Koerkel problems are solved optimally The average gap between the best solution found andthe optimum is 0.05% forthe Galvão problems and 0.10% for the...
... that system in the flash disk For proper operation, the image forthe ASDM GUI andthe image that runs on the chassis need to be downloaded and installed together in lock step The following configurations ... Protection and Security Service Integration Design forthe Next Generation WAN Edge v2.0 38 OL-11727-01 Design and Implementation iACL and Logging on the Cisco 7304 andthe 7301 Platforms On the Cisco ... processes” the iACL; once on the cipher text packet and then again on the clear text packet The line in the iACL that permits the encapsulating mGRE tunnel (which is sourced and destined to and from...
... costs, Taylor and Singleton (1993) propose that the stronger the community, the less need there is for institutions that manage behavior (and their costs) or for outside forces to enforce and coerce ... inefficiency for some other entity that is forced to behave to accommodate the manager andthe target (See, for example, the case of iodized salt discussed in P2 in the section "A Conceptual Framework for ... education and then reinforced through the good feelings that come from, for example, playing ball Cell combines the issues of cells andThe members of cells.2, 5, and are motivated to comply with the...
... party and all the risks and rewards of the asset have been substantially transferred Cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and at banks, demand deposits and other ... the notes thereto forthe year ended December 31, 2010 and, on a voluntary basis, 2009 Comparative information and main changes in the consolidation scope The main events andchanges in the consolidation ... the wireless business, mostly in the expansion of coverage and on 3G and GSM network capacity, and on the wireline business, network and plant upgrades and investment in broadband accounted for...
... standards for research quality and objectivity Alternative Futures and Army Force Planning Implications forthe Future Force Era Brian Nichiporuk Prepared forthe United States Army Approved for ... 9/11, much of the dynamism and change occurring at the start of the 21st century is favorable forthe United States and its security interests The spread of information technologies and their positive ... were relatively fixed and their demands upon the Army easily identified Despite the emergence of Al Qaeda as a potent worldwide force, both the scope andthe duration of the war on terrorism remain...
... (Burke and Gaughran, 2006) concepts from the literature In the feedback process, the opinions of the industrialists and academics were obtained based on their knowledge and experience Methodology for ... process for developing new products for a company, whether it is an upgrade of an existing product or a new concept (either forthe company or forthe customer) It includes all activities from the ... to h The participants were given an explanation regarding the purpose of the feedback, the purpose of the conceptual model, some background of the research that lead to the development of the...