tableau and modified nodal formulations

... floodplain forest volume) of the model tree (V T.tree) and of the stand (VT.stand) at the area of Astand Atree = Astand (VT.tree / VT.stand) crown ground plan, Actmax or similarly by the ground ... [47], who analyzed both aboveground and underground systems of 15 large main canopy trees in the same stand and [45, 46] who analyzed shrub and herbaceous layer Standard errors of the appropriate ... ground plan area, Vctact = Actact drt and that corresponding to the maximum crown ground plan area (= stand area), Vstand = Astand drt Ratio of all such volumes and thus also their calculation was...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 14:21

... of Table Tumor and nodal status and clinical stage for the study cohort Tumor Stage concentration of regional metastasis was in level II distribution regardless of laterality Nodal Stage T1 1/53 ... lymphadenopathy and RPLN status via pretreatment PET-CT imaging Materials and methods Institutional Review Board approval was obtained before initiating this retrospective chart review A hundred and one ... evaluating retropharyngeal lymphadenopathy Mean standard uptake values (SUV) and size (in cm) of all FDG avid lesions including primary tumor site and all metastatic lymph nodes were recorded PET-CT...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 03:22

... contributions AKC and ACM conceived and designed the experiments AKC, VCV, SM, RS and SDP performed the experiments AKC, VCV, SM performed data analysis and bioinformatics studies AKC, SM and ACM wrote ... genes was similar and formed a single cluster (Cluster Figure 1) Apoptotic genes BAX, BAK1, TRADD and CASP1 were observed to be significantly up-regulated at 16 and 24 hpi but not at and hpi Signaling ... RNA and microarray Hybridization Total RNA was extracted from the control and infected cells at 4, 8, 16 and 24 hpi using Trizol reagent (Invitrogen Life Technologies, Carlsbad, CA, USA) and...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 01:21

... antiangiogenic and apoptotic effects on human AI PcBra1 cells from localized prostate cancer and metastatic and androgen-dependent (AD) LNCaP and AI C4-2B, DU145 and PC3 prostate cancer cells in vitro and ... radiosensibilizing and chemosensibilizing effects on diverse human cancer cell types, including leukemia and lymphoma cells, multiple myeloma cells and brain, melanoma and epithelial cancer cells (Figures and ... EGFR, erbB2, hedgehog, androgen receptor (AR) and PI3K/Akt, NF-B, Bcl-2, Bcl-xL and TMPRSS2-ERG fusion protein (Figures and 2) [107,108] Curcumin can also cause DNA damage and apoptotic/necrotic...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 14:20

... distort their choice and break this optimality and thus reduce consumer welfare and create a deadweight loss How large is this deadweight loss depends on elasticity of supply and demand for a good ... and health policy b) Restructure R&D investment and subsidies to promote increased development of fruit and vegetable production and distribution Measures to raise domestic supply of fruits and ... targeted fruit and vegetable subsidies will generate higher demand and may increase fruit and vegetable prices for non-subsidized groups This might be more relevant in Canada where fruit and vegetable...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 08:21

... means ± standard deviations, and samples were subjected to multiple analysis of variance The Dunnett-t test was performed to compare the mean between each test group and control group, and the ... LCL with HSPC, cholesterol, DSPE-PEG2000 and DSPE-PEG-MAL, and modified them with an RGD motif The prepared liposomes were processed by a microfluidizer and stored at 4°C The liposomes were stable ... gene transfer and oncolysis of head and neck cancer and melanoma cells by fiber chimeric oncolytic adenoviruses Clin Cancer Res 2006; 12:2869-78 Wang Y, Wang X, Zhang Y, et al RGD -modified polymeric...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 08:57

... and BMI categories on the risk of type DM Total unprocessed meat, red meat and poultry were categorized into groups (lower quartile, second and third quartiles combined, and upper quartile) and ... exercise and sports participation during the previous years and provided information on daily activity such as walking, stair climbing, cycling, household activities and daily commuting to and from ... alcohol consumption and history of hypertension, coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke, and cancer Anthropometric measurements, including weight, height, and circumferences of the waist and hips, were...

Ngày tải lên: 31/10/2012, 16:49

... Kaufman et al 13.2 Benefits and Risks of Genetically Modified Plants A number of positive and negative issues are associated with plant biotechnology and its applications (Ellstrand, 2000; Gadgil, 2000) ... Plants and Foods Derived from GM Plants: Questions and Answers The questions and answers cited below have been prepared by the World Health Organization (WHO) in response to questions and concerns ... consultations organized by FAO and WHO in 2000 and 2001, and the subsequent work of the Codex ad hoc Task Force on Foods Derived from Biotechnology This work has resulted in an improved and harmonized framework...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 05:20

... problem of choosing Q and qb with the utility function rewritten The subscript n stands for normal, the subscript b stands for biological, and the subscript g stands for genetically modified product ... ranges of 4.5% and 9.5% for maize and 1.4% and 3.2% for potatoes (to meet a 1% threshold level) Desquilbet and Bullock (2001) considered the segregation costs at the farm and handling stages ... wedge between the demand prices and supply prices for the conventional and organic products and leads to a sizeable erosion to the returns to land (the fixed factor) At the demand level, the price...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 20:20

... meat, poultry and egg products; for regulating potential agricultural plant pests and noxious weeds; and for the safety and efficacy of animal biologics Within USDA, the Animal and Plant Health ... the modified genetic material in the regulated article and a comparison to an unmodified organism; • a description of the purpose of the introduction; and • steps to control the article and associated ... regulating medical diagnostics and devices, which are outside the scope of this paper ii • • Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), and the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) EPA has...

Ngày tải lên: 13/03/2014, 21:59

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 03:20

... References Authors' contributions H L K and M.W.C did the conception and design of the clinical study; H L K., B T and W S treated and evaluated patients; G D and J M provided study materials; S ... M processed samples and analyzed immune responses; H.L.K, S K-S, J N H, R H., and S N did data analysis and interpretation H.L.K, J N H and S K-S did statistical analysis and wrote the manuscript ... safety and feasibility data supporting the combination of MVA-5T4 vaccine and IL2 for patients with metastatic RCC The treatment regimen was associated with induction of 5T4-specific humoral and...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 15:20

... authentic (Nat) L1 gene plasmids (pcDNA3HPV6b Nat L1 and pcDNA3BPV1 Nat L1) and two codon modified (Mod) L1 gene plasmids (pcDNA3HPV6b Mod L1, and pcDNA3BPV1 Mod L1) were used in the experiments ... contributions XW and BL conducted experiments together XW wrote the manuscript KNZ designed and coordinated the research efforts and edited the manuscript All co-authors read and approved the ... favors translation of PV authentic and codon -modified L1 genes [18] In conclusion, we established a methylcellulose culture system in the mouse primary KCs and demonstrated that methylcellulose...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20

... transportation, network, and structural analysis, image reconstruction, ecology, elasticity and optimization, and it has been extended and generalized in many directions The ideas and techniques of ... sets Our results extend and improve the recent result of Li et al [26], Matsushita and Takahashi [35], Takahashi et al [43], Nakajo and Takahashi [41] and Shehu [45] and others Preliminaries ... convex and smooth Banach space and let {xn } and {yn } be two sequences of E If φ(xn , yn ) → and either {xn } or {yn } is bounded, then xn − yn → Lemma 2.3 [48] Let E be a Banach space and f...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20

... authentic (Nat) L1 gene plasmids (pcDNA3HPV6b Nat L1 and pcDNA3BPV1 Nat L1) and two codon modified (Mod) L1 gene plasmids (pcDNA3HPV6b Mod L1, and pcDNA3BPV1 Mod L1) were used in the experiments ... contributions XW and BL conducted experiments together XW wrote the manuscript KNZ designed and coordinated the research efforts and edited the manuscript All co-authors read and approved the ... favors translation of PV authentic and codon -modified L1 genes [18] In conclusion, we established a methylcellulose culture system in the mouse primary KCs and demonstrated that methylcellulose...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... transportation, network, and structural analysis, image reconstruction, ecology, elasticity and optimization, and it has been extended and generalized in many directions The ideas and techniques of ... sets Our results extend and improve the recent result of Li et al [26], Matsushita and Takahashi [35], Takahashi et al [43], Nakajo and Takahashi [41] and Shehu [45] and others Preliminaries ... convex and smooth Banach space and let {xn } and {yn } be two sequences of E If φ(xn , yn ) → and either {xn } or {yn } is bounded, then xn − yn → Lemma 2.3 [48] Let E be a Banach space and f...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... structures and underlying functions, and correlated levels of time and space which have to be covered by GMP EM [4] The VDI [2] provides planning and implementation criteria for GMP EM and forms ... each GMP monitoring, design and data analyses should be based on appropriate scales of space and time, and the quality and quantity of data should be representative and interpretable Criteria ... Distribution of the corn borer (O nubilalis) in Brandenburg between 2005 and 2007 Mapping is based on data handed over by Dr Werner Kratz, Landesumweltamt Brandenburg Figure Ecoregions of Europe calculated...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... continuous and monotone mapping and j : C ® ℝ be a lower semicontinuous and convex function Assume that Saewan and Kumam Fixed Point Theory and Applications 2011, 2011:104 http://www.fixedpointtheoryandapplications.com/content/2011/1/104 ... uniformly convex and uniformly smooth Banach space: let x0 Î C, x1 = C1 x0, C1 = C and Saewan and Kumam Fixed Point Theory and Applications 2011, 2011:104 http://www.fixedpointtheoryandapplications.com/content/2011/1/104 ... sets Our results extend and improve the recent result of Li et al [26], Matsushita and Takahashi [35], Takahashi et al [43], Nakajo and Takahashi [41] and Shehu [45] and others Preliminaries...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 21:20

... with both unmodified and modified alumina samples Figure displays the FTIR spectra obtained for the thin film (a) and nanoporous (b) alumina surfaces The spectral peaks at 1,260 cm-1 and 2,800 ... The wetting properties of unmodified thin film and nanoporous alumina surfaces were used as a reference Both unmodified alumina surfaces were wetted completely by water and, thus, they were hydrophilic ... various HMDS -modified alumina surfaces (a) three times (4-h) HMDS modified thin film alumina surface, (b) one time (4-h) HMDS -modified nanoporous alumina surface, (c) three times (4-h) HMDS-modified...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 01:20

... Chang et al [30], Qin et al [7], Takahashi and Zembayashi [33], Wattanawitoon and Kumam [14], Zegeye [41] and Saewan and Kumam [40], we introduce a new modified block hybrid projection algorithm ... duality mapping of E and 1is the p-uniformly convexity c constant of E Lemma 2.4 (Kamimura and Takahashi [19]) Let E be a uniformly convex and smooth Banach space and let {xn} and {yn} be two sequences ... in Blum and Oettli [1] Motivated by Combettes and Hirstoaga [2] in a Hilbert space and Takahashi and Zembayashi [33] in a Banach space, Zhang [48] obtained the following lemma Saewan and Kumam...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 01:20