... both the reliability and validity of these measures [34-36] The aim of this study was to determine both the intra and inter-rater reliability ofthe measurement of toe systolic pressureandthe ... sclerosis, causes the hardening and incompressibility of arteries which can affect the accuracy of ABIs [17,18] The hardening ofthe artery is due to to the stiffening ofthe elastic layer ofthe arterial ... limit ofthe confidence interval ofthe ICC of 0.67 when compared to rater A and C The lower limit ofthe confidence interval ofthe ICC was below 0.70 for both intra and inter-rater reliability of...
... use the top ofthe first wave just to see the second wave It just lifted up right in front of you And everything was in motion the boat andthe buoys—everything I remember just sitting out there ... figured it was the same one he had seen from the air and set a course that soon put them within earshot of what seemed the loneliest bell on the face ofthe planet The tiny man-made island was laden ... place? Sets of waves appeared to the northeast ofthe buoy Sharp approached the edge ofthe apparent surf zone on pins and needles “We came up real slow,” he says today “We had no idea if there would...
... ofthe focus) The wavefronts have a thickness of about mm and propagate in the direction ofthe focal point at a velocityof approx 1500 m/s After having passed through the focal point, the wavefronts ... as they are considered to be one ofthe major causes of pain and possible tissue damage The amplitude ofthe shock wave can be changed by varying the amount of electric energy The spatial pressure ... the physician can adjust the focus ofthe shock wave to the centre ofthe X-ray with a sure and quick hand Multifunctional Workstation The MINILITH® developed by STORZ MEDICAL is the result of...
... allowing flexibility ofthe gorge for entrance and binding of substrates or inhibitors and exit of reaction products The carboxylic groups of E202 and E450, the hydroxyl group of Y133 and water molecules ... solvent, and it remained active Pressure inactivation of HuAChE and its mutants To test the hypothesis of several intermediates along thepressure denaturation process, pressure inactivation of wild-type ... is the hydrodynamic volume ofthe protein and subscripts P and refer to values at pressure P and at atmospheric pressure, respectively [23] ANS fluorescence after pressure exposure of AChE in the...
... and angular frequency The wavefield (either the scalar pressure wavefield or the pressurevelocity wavefields) is denoted by the vector u andthe source by b (Marfurt; 1984) The dimension ofthe ... from the dramatic increase ofthe number of unknowns in the equation 32 The computational cost ofthe LU decomposition depends on the numerical bandwidth ofthe matrix, the dimension ofthe matrix ... involves only thepressure wavefield andthe optimized discretization criterion of grid points per wavelength The time and memory costs ofthe FD and P2-DG methods are ofthe same order in the two-layer...
... υa , and ξ are the volume, the crystal density, theacousticwave velocity, andthe deformation potential constant, respectively ε0 is the electronic constant; χ0 and χ∞ are the static and high ... In Eq (27) the signs (±) in the sub-script of ω± correspond to the signs in front of (±) the root andthe sings (±) in the superscript of ω± correspond to the other sign pairs → → These signs ... q0 being thewave number for which the resonance is satisfied;υa (υ0 ) is the group velocityoftheacoustic (optical) phonon;τa τ0 , are electronic decrease constant oftheacousticand optical...
... acoustic waves is asymptotic to the Rayleigh wavevelocityofthe Si substrate as the product of jh approaches zero and decreases to the Rayleigh velocityofthe Ge layer as the product of jh increases ... for the first four modes of surface acoustic waves in the case that the Ge/Si(0 1) system is in absence of initial stresses It is noted that the phase velocity for the first mode ofthe surface acoustic ... substrate as the product of jh approaches the cut-off frequency and decrease to the transverse velocityofthe Ge layer as the product of jh increases to infinity The phase velocity shifts for the first...
... andpressure effects ofthe four proteins, and summarized in Table In both thermal andpressure unfolding, the Tm, Pm, DGT and DGP values for CPY are higher than those of proCPY, regardless ofthe ... properties ofthe precursor form (proCPY) Fig Pressure- induced changes ofthe centre ofthe spectral mass of (A) proCPY (d) and Dgly proCPY (s) at 25 °C (B) CPY (d) and Dgly CPY (s) at 25 °C, and (C) ... for the native state, andofthe denatured state, respectively The correlation coefficient ofthe fitting was 0.999 or higher in all cases DH and DS were determined from Eqn (2) and DGT and...
... Frequency of occurrence ofthe impossibility to measure kr with the transient mode ofthe HPFM (negative correlation between flow and pressure) as a function ofthe growth substrate andthe state of ... sufficient) Then the hydraulic conductance ofthe shoot was measured with the dynamic mode Leaves were then removed andthe same procedure was applied to the defoliated stem The hydraulic conductance of ... calculated The slope ofthe regression between recorded water flow (the sum of both) andpressure would then be reduced Measurement of hydraulic conductance with the HPFM We also met cases where the...
... Calculation ofthe cellular concentration ofthe solutes In a side experiment on unstressed plants, measured the osmotic pressureof single cells ofthe different parts ofthe root (TRA, TRPA and LRA) ... osmometer [12] andthe osmotic pressureofthe sap of these tissue parts with a vapour pressure osmometer (Wescor 5500) The ratio between cell osmotic pressureand tissue sap osmotic pressure yielded ... contributions to the osmotic pressure similar everywhere in the root system? iii) What are the effects of a potassium deficiency on the distribution ofthe solutes in the different parts ofthe root...
... in the design ofthe study, and collected the data during the experiments BL and PG analysed the data and performed the statistical analysis VD participated in the design andthe coordination of ... inspiratory pause to obtain the value ofthe inspiratory plateau airway pressure (Pins) and a 10 s expiratory pause to obtain the end-expiratory airway pressure (Pexp) The value of Crs was obtained by ... level of PaO2 was obtained at a PEEP of 20 and 15 cm H2O Because one ofthe goals of PEEP is to reach an arterial saturation greater than 90% at the lowest possible FiO2, the monitoring of arterial...
... minutes after the PEEP change and just before the EELV measurement to avoid any influence ofthe step change in Fio2 required for the nitrogen wash-out/washin test At the time ofthe EELV measurement, ... N; 26.0, 23.6, and 20.2 ml/kg PBW in group P; and 23.4, 20.6, and 17.2 ml/kg PBW in group S The effect ofthe stepwise reduction in PEEP on the change in EELV in each patient in the three study ... arterial oxygenation FRC is defined as the relaxed equilibrium volume ofthe lungs when there is no muscle activity and no pressure difference between alveoli andthe atmosphere [13] FRC is determined...
... that the cell density ofthe internal region was higher than that ofthe outer region, and that some ofthepressure caused by ablation during the second and subsequent steps could escape into the ... total of 15 elapsed Using the same device, the multi-step method involved expanding onetenth ofthe length ofthe electrode tines at first step, andthe current was delivered until power roll-off ... roll-off occurred At the second step, immediately following roll-off, twotenths ofthe length ofthe tines was expanded and a current was supplied With stepwise expansion ofthe tines, the ablation was...
... Figure Correlation between change in EELV and change in dynamic compliance Data are presented as the difference between the lowest PEEP level (5 cmH2O) and 10 or 15 cmH2O PEEP Patients in group ... P had a primary lung disorder, and those in group S had a secondary lung disorder EELV, end-expiratory lung volume; PEEP, positive end-expiratory pressure Page of (page number not for citation ... Pao2/Fio2 ratio in different types of lung conditions at three PEEP levels Patients in group N had normal lungs, those in group P had a primary lung disorder, and those in group S had a secondary...
... to the diet, but according to the pH ofthe anterior part ofthe stomach differences are expected in relation to the nature ofthe phosphate salt (Velasco et al., 2001) As a component of these ... The objective ofthe present study was to evaluate the effects of several aqueous magnesium, potassium, and phosphorus on survival, growth, and molting interval of L.vannamei at salinity 2‰ The ... until the next molting cycle Duration ofthe molting cycle depends on the species and age ofthe shrimp Molting frequency on white shrimp decreased along with increasing the size of shrimp The...
... = k Where, the quantity δ is infinitesimal and appears due to the assumption of an adiabatic interaction ofthe electromagnetic wave (EMW) In Eq (8), the first term on the right-hand side is ... are along the 0z axis, the electromagnatic field of laser wave will polarize parallels the z axis and its strength is expressed as a vector potenal A(t) = Ωc E0 cos(Ωt) (c is the light velocity, ... ,qz ) is the creation operator and annihilation operator of an confined acoustic (optical) phonon for state |m1 , m2 , qz , m1 , m2 are the index confined The electron- confined acousticand optical...
... child of Union punishes its mother from within and threatens its father, too, ‘‘across the water’’ () The ‘‘legacy’’ () of force and violence, the poem suggests, is more ofthe same: the crossing ... suspicious – not ofthe fact of conquest the poem describes, but ofthe sexualized and gendered binary it superimposes on the colonial relation, andof its attendant use of rape as a metaphor of imperial ... concerns of theorists and critics working in a wide variety of specific contexts – the creation of otherness as a material agent of imperial rule, the place of language as a site of both domination and...
... the food stocks, andthe mood ofthe garrison The tactics ofthe Daily Mail captured the attention ofthe nation; the newspaper dramatized the situation ofthe town by emphasizing the danger that ... examine both the role ofthe press in the formation of public opinion about imperialism andthe role ofthe press in the formation ofthe concept of public opinion itself Mafeking Night marks the powerful ... powerful beginning ofthe New Journalism at the same time as it marks the beginning ofthe end ofthe New Imperialism The coincidence of these occasions arises from the nature ofthe South African...