... condition to be not safe enough in patients affected by important alterations ofthe cardiovascular function [ 10] Another characteristic ofthe patients with end-stage heart disease is represented ... in the cardiosurgical patient, and also to find a correlation betweenthe respiratory gas exchange modifications andthe preoperative function ofthe left ventricle On the basis ofthe results ... before entering the operating room Monitoring ofthe patients The main data on the general characteristics ofthe patients (age, weight, preoperative LVEF, preoperative therapy) are reported in Table...
... Two ofthe questions in this questionnaire related to the teaching of literacy Thefirstof these questions asked teachers of Prep to Year children to indicate whether their approach to the teaching ... ability to read and write; that is, to convert the written text to the spoken word and vice versa Under this view the acquisition of literacy is defined in terms of acquiring the ability to both comprehend ... Commission on Reading ofthe National Academy of Education, and while conducted under the aegis ofthe funding body, the content ofthe report clearly reflected the views ofthe joint authors The...
... different anthropometrical measurements to assess obesity and this, in addition to the age ofthe cohort being studied, has influenced the strength ofthe correlation between ED and obesity The International ... hypogonadal state, the deposition of visceral fat ensues, contributing to central obesity In this pathological state, aromatase activity is increased, resulting in the metabolism of testosterone to E2, ... approximately 43% of men with MetS had ED andthe severity of ED increased with the components ofthe MetS [84] Interestingly, the severity of ED was positively associated with both MetS and IR...
... or the other mutants, indicating that in addition to the electrostatic effect, which leads to low rates at low ionic strength, another nonelectrostatic factor, e.g altered structure ofthe complex, ... analysis was based on the transition state theory of Eyring [37] The interpretation ofthe activation parameters in Table depends on whether the reaction is diffusionlimited or activation-limited ... what follows we summarize the expected contributions of binding and electron transfer to DHà and DSà and estimate their relative importance in the light ofthe data in Table The contributions to...
... on the Union ofthe Thistle andthe Rose to welcome this second English Margaret to Scotland But the time was not yet ripe for any real union ofthe Thistle andthe Rose Peace continued till the ... prepared the way for the acceptance ofthe Celtic theory in the beginning ofthe eighteenth, and when philologists asserted that the Scottish Highlanders were a different race from the Scottish Lowlanders, ... hopes by the birth ofthe late king in 124 1 The deaths of two ofthe guardians added to the difficulties ofthe situation, and it was with something like relief that the Scots heard that Eric of Norway,...
... model assumes that the 50- fold excess of DNA nearly saturates the protein prior to the addition of pre-RNA It further assumes that either the dissociation of bound DNA is slow or the 400 fold excess ... The data are therefore consistent with the hypothesis that both nucleic acid substrates not bind the same discrete binding site, but suggest that I-AniI contains either two discrete, or overlapping ... least 10 times the rate of self-splicing at the optimal concentration of Mg2+ [ 30] it would seem most likely that the maturase activity consists primarily of an RNA binding site but not a catalytic...
... exuding moisture Absolute moisture content 90% 25 80% 70% 20 60% 15 on ati ur at rs ou p Va 20 10 s es pr 50% 40% 30% 20% 10 10% 10 20 30 Air temperature in °C Relation between air humidity and temperature ... andthe humidity ofthe surrounding air This accounts for the balance in humidity that will always exist betweenthe humidity ofthe air separating individual sheets of paper in a stack andthe ... absorbed the maximum amount of moisture it can contain at a specific temperature Relative humidity, then, isthe proportion of absolute moisture content in relation to the highest possible moisture...
... groups of subjects relate to the fact that in Romania the elderly are not aware of their low level of health information and are resistant to changing their unhealthy habits The results ofthe study ... youth and you that you cannot be healthy after the age of 50 (“it’s pointless for the elderly to go to the doctor because he can t give them back their health/youth”) A similarity betweenthe ... Great Britain, Sweden, Austria, Latvia and Romania It is financed by the European Union and covers a period of two years ( 200 7- 200 9) The starting pointof this project was the idea that the local...
... mku and σku are the mean andthe variance of a block of size k ofthe uth user On the other hand, the Lilliefors test [23] is used in statistics to test whether an observed sample distribution is ... attainable rates in the case of Best Channel strategy leads to the computation ofthe variance ofthe blocks (the evaluation ofthe mean ofthe blocks is straightforward), which comes down to ... indicates the fact that the user only gets the channel if his instantaneous SNR isthe highest among all the users In contrast to the uncorrelated channel, we include the time through the subindex...
... ≥ and so T Pm t ∗ L t ∗ Dn2 t ∗ LT t ∗ Pm tT Pm t ∗ L t ∗ L Tt ∗ P m tTT ≥ Pm t ∗ L t ∗ P n t ∗ P n t ∗ L Tt ∗ P m tT Pm t ∗ L t ∗ Pn tT ∗ Pm t ∗ L t ∗ Pn tT ≥ 2.27 This completes the ... attractive inequality as follows A1 t ∗ AT t •A ≥ A1 2 α3 −1/2, then t ∗ AT t •A3 t ∗ AT tt ∗ AT t • A2 t ∗ AT t • A3 t ∗ AT t A2 t ∗ AT t • A3 t ∗ AT t • A1 t ∗ AT t 3.14 Acknowledgments The ... αA t B t βB tT A t , 3.3 on using Theorem 2.5 we can easily obtain that T Pm t ∗ L t ∗ L Tt ∗ P m t α2 A t ∗ AT t • B t ∗ BT t αβ A t ∗ BT t • B t ∗ AT t αβ B t ∗ AT t • A t ∗ BT t 3.4 β2 B t...
... data collection, in the statistical analysis, in the writing ofthe manuscript and interpretation ofthe results TG helped in data collection and interpretation ofthe results KM helped in data ... perpetrators and both victim and perpetrators) but in our study we allowed comorbidity to investigate more formally whether there is statistical interaction between victims and perpetrators If the ... collection, contributed to the statistical analyses and interpretation ofthe results GL made critical comments and helped in the interpretation ofthe results RA made critical comments and helped...
... (Impagantiello et al., 200 1; Sasaki et al., 200 3) Currently, there exists evidence from different groups with respect to thepointof action of Spry on the RasERK pathway, these being at thepointof ... details, they both support the same hypothesis that the Spry2-Grb2 interaction is essential for the inhibitory effect of Spry2 on ERK phosphorylation, and that its pointof action is upstream of Ras ... of Spry 1.6.6.1 Upstream of Ras There are at least two independent reports that indicate that Spry interacts with the adaptor protein Grb2 upstream of Ras, and that this interaction is essential...
... Hypothesis In view ofthe complicated nature ofthe interrelationships betweenthe three indispensables, the focus of this work is to study the intervention of plants in the conflicts between ... about 1 50 habitants living at the mouth ofthe Singapore River With the establishment ofthe trading post, the population increased to about 500 0 in 1819 Subsequently, with the decline of trade ... Figure 13 The correlation analysis ofthe temperatures measured behind the different plants andthe temperatures measured at the weather station during the nighttime at the western orientation ...
... Note that it is not proved that the sample-paths couple and this is not necessary for the proof ofthe TPS that it happens Indeed round i, it is proved by induction on i that LPi is consistent ... initial state ofthe simulation is known andis used to initialize LP1 During thefirst run, the other initial states are chosen at random or with some heuristics Simulations ofthe time intervals ... parallel The ending states of each simulation are computed at the end ofthe simulation ofthe time intervals and they are compared to the initial state we have previously used These points must be...
... or the end ofthe tears After one year isthe ceremony ofthefirst anniversary ofthe relative's death and after two years isthe ceremony ofthe end of mourning VN White clothes for bride traditional ... display flags, and there are parades - July 27th - This is a day that everyone isthe citizen of Vietnam has to remember the contribution of each veteran Christmas Day - Dec 25th - This isthe ... then they give them lucky-money! - They also go out, most of places that they want to visit are many pagodas - Feb 14th - Sweethearts present chocolates, roses and greeting cards together - Husband...
... articulates the relevance of discourse theory to the interface of law and accounting Consequently, the thesis investigates the formation and discursive enunciation of standpoints of political identities ... creation ofthe CC The Act contained no explicit purpose statement, although the long title ofthe Commerce Act 1986 stated, “This is an Act to promote competition in markets in New Zealand” The ... 1999 (MIT, 200 0d, p 60) : Operator Number of Lines Percentage of Total Telecom 1, 800 ,00 0 98.3% CLEAR 10, 0000. 5% TelstraSaturn 22, 500 1.2% Please note that TelstraSaturn and CLEAR subsequently merged...