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... calculation of renal blood flow and GFR 81 2.1.3 Inulin clearance and the measurement of true GFR 82 2.1.4 Serum Creatinine Clearance and estimated GFR (eGFR) 83 2.2 Hypothesis ... length and renal function, as measured by MDRD eGFR Scatterplots showing the relationship between CDKN2A and renal function, as measured by MDRD eGFR The relationship between WCC at years and DCA ... for eGFR at months Multivariate model outcome for eGFR at year A donor risk classification based on ECD and CDKN2A Rodent GFR experimental documentation Demographics of rodent population for GFR...

Ngày tải lên: 22/12/2014, 21:25

... USA and 95% BK restaurants are owned and operated privately by independent franchisees (Wikipedia, 2013) The name BK becomes global brand and all credits must go to two men are James McLamore and ... tasty, high quality foods Other than that, uniquely-prepared burgers and sandwiches with named Whopper sandwich tailored to customer and Flame-broiled foods with 100% beef are make BK products differentiate ... and ses the influence of regulatory changes - Ineffective advertising and PR campaigns campaigns: BK has launched advertising and PR campaigns that proved to be ineffective Some advertising and...

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Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 23:22

... Netherlands, Austria, Sweden and Malta 78% (Sweden) – 98% (Denmark) Group Italy, Germany, Finland and Ireland 62% (Ireland) – 85% (Germany and Finland) Group Spain, Portugal, Cyprus and Slovenia Estonia, ... availability and take up, reference to other published material and modelling of estimated future availability and demand The methodology used in the study to determine the estimated availability and ... Poland and Slovakia The take up and development of broadband services in Poland been used as a basis for modelling Group countries Brief country profiles, for UK, France, Italy, Slovenia, Poland and...

Ngày tải lên: 21/08/2014, 15:25

... minority and majority classes can be expressed ¯ and x ¯ We can estimate two circles with radius r1 = std(X1 ) and by x r2 = std(X2 ) where X1 and X2 are feature matrices of positive and negative ... i = 1, are numbers of samples in the positive and negative classes, and the covariance matrices of positive and negative classes are denoted by S+ and S− We can see that if n2 n1 in a training ... training and testing positive samples, and circles denote negative ones The solid line, the dashed line, and the dotted line represent the borderlines obtained by LDAImbalance, LDA, and PLS methods...

Ngày tải lên: 30/09/2015, 05:56

... Giant Reed, Reed, and Silver Grass - 144 - Journal of Water and Environment Technology, Vol 7, No 2, 2009 Fig - Carbon and Phosphorus Cycles System Using the Giant Reed MATERIALS AND METHODS Giant ... [day], C0 and Cn (C0 ≠ Cn) are the concentration of phosphorus in culture medium when t=0 and t=n, respectively, and Δt is the time elapsed [day] From this equation, the parameters Imax and Km were ... roots and rhizomes are cropped except for the roots and rhizomes remaining for the next year Thereafter, the giant reeds grow with the rhizome extension, and the giant reed community in the wetland...

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... Mangrove forest level (Bare land and shrub); Agriculture land; 10 Marsh; 11 Shallow sea and sediment; 12 River and sea; 13 Un-classified Conclusions other staff from ION and IFREMER who help us during ... Avicennia); Mangrove forest level (Bare land and shrub); Agriculture land; 10 Fruit tree; 11 Agriculture land after harvest; 12 Marsh; 13 River; 14 Shallow sea and sediment; 15 Sea water 16: Un-classified ... water and shrimp pond: Three inputs are used here NDVI, NDWI and the original SWIR band The process is carried out the following steps: assess NDVI and NDWI identify difference of NDVI and NDWI:...

Ngày tải lên: 22/12/2013, 06:16

... a relationship and interaction with the patient, so that his or her needs, demands, anatomy, and function can be understood and identified Further, it is necessary to explain and visualize what ... placement of implants at the mandibular symphysis reveals an anteroposterior discrepancy between the maxi ll a and the mandible To limit the vestibular offset, and in spite of a sufficient volume ... direction ( Prosthesis by Dr J.-M Gonzalez, Dr P Rajzbaum, and C Laval.) Fig 3-16 Prosthesis replacing the mandibular left second premolar and first and second molars The placement of the implants in...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 15:20

... lagoons, straits and bays, 112 estuaries, canals and thousands of small and big islands scattered along the coast In the land, an interlacing network of rivers, canals, irrigation and hydroelectric ... efficient if and only if both (i) θ* = and (ii) all slacks s i*  s r*  Weakly DEA Efficient: The performance of DMUo is weakly efficient if and only if both (i) θ* =1 and (ii) si* # and/ or s ... (ii) si* # and/ or s r* # for some i and r Where θ is the DEA efficiency score obtained from model and s i and s r are input and out put slacks” (Sherman and Zhu, 2006) The efficiency ratings...

Ngày tải lên: 13/03/2014, 17:40

... the process, and discuss disagreements right awaydo not let them sit s These are standards in consultant work and emphasized over and over by authors in the field Fowler, Sally and Idalene F ... revenue and I recommended further research and added costs only when it was necessary and worth the risk 14 Tomasko, 58 18 Game Changing Strategies Understanding the Lewin's Change Model and researching ... on the industry conditions including barriers and projected market growth, and lastly recommendations based on research and the company's strengths and weaknesses After months of research I recommend...

Ngày tải lên: 18/03/2014, 02:20

... such as the PCR [4–14] and nucleic acid sequence-based amplification (NASBA) assays [15,16], and microarrays of cDNA [17] and oligonucleotides [18] These methods are both quick and easy to use, while ... a particular set may exceed the minimum values required of a, b and c and, in fact, have values A, B and G, where A ‡ a, B ‡ b and G ‡ c While these values contribute to the fitness of a set, ... are unique to the serotype and host-blind with the most changes possible Table Human-blind sequences present simultaneously in all DENV-1 and DENV-2 genomes DENV-3 and DENV-4 are not included,...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 11:20

... BDNF and NT-3 derived from different culture passages, NGF concentration in different NSC culture passages and CSF aspirated from studied rats, relative latency and amplitude of SEP and the sum and ... present in the culture supernatants and CSF Briefly, 100 μL of sample and standards were added to plates that were pre-coated with monoclonal anti-NGF Page of 10 and allowed to react for 1.5 h at ... min, and finally 95°C for 15 s, 60°C to 95°C for 30 s, and 95°C for 15 s Quantification of the gene of interest was accomplished by measuring the threshold cycles and comparing them to the standard...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... have examined their impact in Ethiopia [10], and in Uganda, Mozambique and Zambia [11,12], and research findings are forthcoming from studies in Malawi and other countries[13] This paper examines ... conceived the study and its design MM and JH conducted interviews jointly, and worked together on transcribing and analysing data collected They jointly developed an outline for the paper and wrote the ... in the form of training and financial support for materials and meetings, for many new initiatives that may improve the ART programme and ensure greater quality of care and treatment Despite the...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... increasing efficiency and improving access and affordability [32] In a pilot in Rwanda, the demand for physician time in providing HIV care and treatment was reduce by 76% by expanding the role of ... graduation and public sector entry rate by twenty percentage points Reducing attrition and increasing graduation and public sector entry rate by 2010 for clinical officers, nurses, and midwives ... officers, nurses, and midwives These cadres account for 80% of current clinical staff and 75% of employment targets We forecasted HRH supply under current conditions and then estimated the effect...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... femoral neck fracture and two for femoral component loosening These occurred in two female and three male patients In the multi-variable regression model, only T-score and body mass index showed ... (VAS) pain scores on regular days and on worst days, UCLA activity scores, complications, and failures were prospectively recorded for all patients Anteroposterior and lateral radiographs were also ... mass index, and the size of the femoral component were treated as numerical variables; T-score was treated as a categorical variable and grouped into three categories: T≥0, > T > -1.5, and T≤ -1.5;...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 07:20

... Page of where f, X and Y are as described in (1) and (2), h describes an incomplete and noisy observation model, and both w and v are uncorrelated white noises of the system and measurement model, ... (5) where Wim and WiC are the corresponding weights to calculate, respectively, the mean and covariance of the state The transformed mean and covariance are then fed into the standard Kalman ... identifiability analysis and the parameter estimation, 12 of these parameters have been assumed to be unknown (see Table 1) and initialized to random numbers between zero and one (7) We start with...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 22:20

... factors ζ(h) and ξ(h) are added to allow Ω(d) to Page of 11 reflect a practical setup, and they can be estimated by statistical results via experiments With the inclusion of ζ(h) and ξ(h) into ... probability that two randomly selected stations with a known distance can communicate in K or less hops with omnidirectional antennas has been analyzed by Chandler [17] Bettestetter and Eberspacher, ... A(O2 ), and (b) dS locates in C (O2 ) and A(O2 ) have Pr(S + dS) = Pr(S)Pr(dS) In the following subsections, we calculate P r (dS) based on three conditions, which are d > R, 1+α R < d < R, and αR...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 22:20

... space, and A1, A2, M1 and M2 be the same as in Theorem 3.5, and let T be a -Lipschitz continuous mapping Assume that Ω ∩ F(T) ≠ ∅, {a n } and {b n } are sequences in [0, 1] and satisfy the Chen and ... Banach space, and A1, A2, M1 and M2 be the same as in Theorem 3.4, and let T be a -Lipschitz continuous mapping Assume that Ω ∩ F(T) ≠ ∅, {an} and {bn} are sequences in [0, 1] and satisfy the ... constants, and (x*, y*) Î E × E Then (x*, y*) is a solution of the problem (2.1) if and only if Chen and Wan Journal of Inequalities and Applications 2011, 2011:49 http://www.journalofinequalitiesandapplications.com/content/2011/1/49...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 00:20

... y2 ≥ ∪ R, Y R2 and K y1 , y2 ∈ R2 : y2 > y1 R2 , and let 4.13 12 Journal of Inequalities and Applications Then, for any x ∈ U, F x K F x , Suppose that x, y 0, 0, Lipschitz at x, and for any x ... Nakayama, and T Tanino, Theory of Multiobjective Optimization, vol 176 of Mathematics in Science and Engineering, Academic Press, Orlando, Fla, USA, 1985 12 R B Holmes, Geometric Functional Analysis and ... vol 319 of Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, Springer, Berlin, Germany, 1989 14 J.-P Aubin and I Ekeland, Applied Nonlinear Analysis, Pure and Applied Mathematics, John Wiley...

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