... rule or the same identifier is assigned to all the baseNP rules “+1” and “+4” denote the number of beat POS sequences retained in the first step And “UID+R” means the POS tagging result ofthe given ... the experiments, the training and testing sets are derived from the 25 sections of Wall Street Journal distributed with the Penn Treebank II, andthe definition of baseNP is the same as Ramshaw’s, ... Table summarizes the average performance on both baseNP tagging and POS tagging, each section ofthe whole Penn Treebank was used as the testing data andthe other 24 sections as the training data,...
... lower volume fracturing of some tight gas and conventional reservoirs in the southern part ofthe North Sea and in onshore Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark andthe UK Preliminary indications ... interpretation or use ofthe information contained in this report, or reliance on any views expressed therein This document does not represent the views ofthe European Commission The interpretations ... evaluation The magnitude of potential hazards andthe expected frequency or probability ofthe hazards were categorised on the basis of expert judgement and from analysis of hydraulic fracturing in the...
... downward from there, eventually predicting the location ofthe gap At each node we encounter, the classifier chooses either to recurse into one ofthe child nodes, or to predict the existence of a gap ... Finally, within the VP subtree it should predict the location ofthe gap as the last child ofthe parent VP SBARQ - begin at the first branching node dominating the WH operator, and train a classifier ... to the subcategorization frame of every verb and preposition in the corpus, which is a prerequisite for the methods mentioned above The only previous work we are aware of which addresses the...
... models, the first half ofthe signals was used to train the parameters ofthe classifiers; their performance was then assessed on the second half ofthe data The performance ofthe classifiers was ... estimation Thus, the value ofthe final output is the class with the greatest number of occurrences in this point window ofthe decision stream The number of samples (k), that can be used in the majority ... procedures adhered to the recommendations ofthe European Union andthe NIH Guide for Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, and were approved by the Ethical Committee ofthe Universitat Autònoma...
... T-cell interaction The second novel aspect of this case report is the use of a novel monoclonal antibody to identify eosinophilic infiltration ofthe gut The robust character of this novel antibody ... publication of this case report and accompanying images A copy ofthe written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of this journal Acknowledgements We acknowledge the help of Dr Mike ... antibody (specificity and sensitivity) [4] proved invaluable to the establishment of an appropriate diagnosis by detecting both infiltrating eosinophils andthe presence of eosinophil degranulation...
... transferred into CIA mice to ameliorate the autoimmune process On the basis ofthe previous finding of a differential impact of Th1 and Th2 cells on the function of bone marrow-derived DCs (BMDCs), ... in the regulation of Th cell polarization andthe shaping ofthe immune response Dr Harald Illges (Biotechnology Institute Thurgau, Switzerland) described studies on the K/BxN murine model of ... application also offers comprehensive sorting and formatting of data to prepare for statistical analysis by stand-alone software Conclusion No single animal model of RA, whether it be the conventional...
... responsibility ofthe authors and not necessarily represent the official views ofthe National Institutes of Health Rachel Van Duyne is a predoctoral student in the Microbiology and Immunology Program ofthe ... patient; the effect on the host andthe effect on the virus Finally, many complicating factors can contribute to the altered state of proteins present in the serum, not the least of which is the length ... present, we screened the low abundance fractions ofthe LTNPs for the presence of both p16INK4A and cdk4 Results in Figure 3B indicate the lack of detection of p16INK4A in any ofthe low abundant...
... percentage of individuals at high-risk to examine the impact ofthe frequency ofthe high-risk group on the relationship between the sensitivity, specificity, PPV and NPV Note that the frequency ofthe ... represent 1% ofthe population, have a risk of 30% to develop prostate cancer over the next years The incidence of disease in the population of 60-year-old men is about 2% Thus, the size ofthe ... in the framework ofthe Netherlands Genomics Initiative (NGI) Furthermore, this project was sponsored by the VIDI grant ofthe Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) Page of Author...
... diagnosed, the index date was set to January 1, 2003 for all patients With the exception ofthe definition ofthe index date andthe precise time period for continuous enrollment, the study methods and ... interpreting results [20] The results ofthe 2-part model were combined to predict medical expenses for an individual by multiplying the prediction from each part ofthe model (the probability of ... diagnosis ofthe more prevalent unipolar depression is more reasonable Given that mental health providers made the majority of IDDs, educational efforts to increase the awareness ofthe symptoms and presentation...
... be the most abundant and immunogenic of all VZV gps eliciting both, the formation of neutralizing antibodies andthe mediation of cellular cytotoxicity [10,11] The relative importance ofthe ... format and validated with a number of pre- characterized serum samples These validation data confirmed the seroreactivity ofthe identified marker antigens and revealed the suitability ofthe recombinant ... development and validation of VZV antigens in Line format AL, JH, HN and GJ participated in the design ofthe study AB conceived the study, and participated in its design and coordination and wrote the...
... accession of C myriocarpus, of C metuliferus, of C africanus, of C zeyheri, of C dipsaceus, of C prophetarum, of C meeusei, of C anguria, of C ficifolius andof Cucumis spp.) Among the C melo ... locus studied and, therefore, restricts the necessity of sequencing the complete locus but only regions around the polymorphism In our case, these reasons together with the low number of different ... melting and annealing PCR products with the DNA ofthe reference genotype (cultivar Védrantais) A black arrow on the top left of each image indicates the position of homoduplex DNA Arrows on the...
... cases Generated data andthe LacI family The sensitivity and false positive rate ofthe set of predicted SDPs andthe MI-based distance between the gold standard andthe predicted groupings are ... shown in [20], and reflects proximity of two distributions, in our case, the gold standard andthe predicted grouping of sequences In the case of generated families we have the standard of truth given ... ofthe derived predictions for the LacI family applying the Mann-Whitney test to distances ofthe predicted SDPs to the functional site ofthe protein compared to all amino acid resudues of the...
... pollen, and on the other hand immunoreactivity to 14 and 17 kDa sugar beet pollen proteins For the 14 kDa protein, it was possible to inhibit the immunoreactivity by preincubation with the profilin ... protein identification (#) The Mascot Best ion score (i.e the highest score of a single peptide), andthe significance ofthe database search (C.I = the confidence interval) calculated by the GPS ... used for cloning and recombinant expression ofthe allergens The allergens are registered in the Allergen Nomenclature Official list of allergens http://www.allergen.org andthe protein sequence...
... this hypothesis is the log-likelihood ratio (LR) ofthe reduced to the full model, i.e., LR1 = −2[ln L(Ω , Θ, Ψ) − ln L(Ω , Θ, Ψ)], (5) where the tildes and hats denote the MLEs ofthe unknown ... Churchill and Doerge [29] Although the two hypotheses (4 and 6) can be used to test the existence of a QTL in association with a genotyped marker, they have a different focus The null hypothesis of ... 0.5 and q = 0.6, respectively, and there is a positive value of linkage disequilibrium (D = 0.08) between the marker andthe QTL Using these allele frequencies and linkage disequilibrium, the...
... Goodman, the originator ofthe DAWBA, copies of which were made available especially for this study No funding source had any role in the analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing ofthe ... between clinical and standardised assessments in the studies reviewed in the introduction, and so does not invalidate the main conclusion ofthe study Instead, the study found evidence of considerable ... artefacts, which offer alternative explanations ofthe results Firstly, the high levels of agreement in concordant cases could reflect joint over -identification by the clinician andthe SDQ This...
... Schematic presentation ofthe possible variations in the DNA methylation status of a genomic locus andthe conclusions that could be drawn from this information Plus and minus signs indicate hyperand ... However, the points raised are likely to be valid for other types of tumors For all these, the addition of appropriate cancer-free control materials to the screening panels might help in theidentification ... epigenetic patterns in normal and affected cells [2,3,20] The methods and processes are at hand for specific and sensitive screening approaches to aid DNA marker identification In this Correspondence,...
... and on the EAF plasmid PerA is homologue to an AraC family of bacteria regulators and activate the expression ofthe down stream gene perC The production of PerC can increase the expression of ... as those of serotype O26:H11 (Mills and Payne 1995) The growth of E coli O157:H7 is stimulated by the presence of heme and hemoglobin, andthe lysis of erythrocytes by one or more ofthe hemolysins ... investigate and understand the pathogenesis of EPEC and EHEC Approaches for understanding the pathogenesis of EPEC and EHEC, which involves studying the molecular and cellular basis of microbial...
... 2003) that highlight the presence of cancer in the body They can be compounds secreted by the tumour itself or a result of a specific response ofthe body to the presence of cancer Generally, ... determine the degree of tumour progression in HCC Staging is based on the size, number and distribution ofthe primary lesion and also on the presence of vascular invasion, lymph node involvement and ... HCC, where the dearth of symptoms at the early stage ofthe disease results in detection of cancer only when at an advanced stage (Usatoff and Habib, 2002) Another is the paucity of curative...
... section include: the coastal and island area, the delta area, the mountainous and midland area andthe urban area 2.2.1 The coastal and island area The coastal and island area of Vietnam can be ... determine the impacts of climate change, risks and damage caused by the impact of climate change, the adaptability andthe vulnerability ofthe sectors andofthe community These tools consist of an ... capability ofthe objects to the risks andthe vulnerability of objects) are part ofthe input information for theidentificationof adaptation solutions Other input information include: objectives and...