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... association, we used the mean pain threshold betweenthe first and second trials andthe left and right side The distributions of all variables were examined Means and standard deviations (SDs) were calculated ... rheumatoid arthritis; SD = standard deviation inflamed joints The strength of association between CRP and pain threshold decreased as the distance between RAaffected joints andthe site of pain threshold ... settings and in the clinic Future studies are needed to better understand the mechanisms of pain in RA, guide the development of multidisciplinary treatment approaches and test the efficacy of these...
... Considering the correlation between Tregs and outcome, at least in septic patients, we evaluated the relation between these cells and severity Indeed, there was an inverse correlation betweenthe percentage ... we observed for the Treg counts, there were no differences between septic and non-septic shock patients, or between survivors and non-survivors There was no correlation betweenthe percentages ... were characterized by the expression of CD4 and CD25 andthe lack of expression of CD127 We also characterized the number of monocytes and NK cells based upon the expression of the usual markers...
... interference There always exist some similarities betweenthe mother tongue andthe target language For the similar part, the learner may transfer concepts from the mother tongue into the target ... get the permission for attending Although the teachers and their students were aware of being observed, they did not know the purpose of the study or in other words, the information andthe data ... quickly synthesized to identify any unexpected outcomes Then, the recordings were transcribed The data were exchanged and compared betweenthe researcher and her associate As the number of the interview...
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... at the bulls’ disposal At the end of the individual control period, the bulls were slaughtered at either 15 or 19 months of age at the INRA centre of Theix (Puy de Dôme) The different samples and ... (generation G1 ) born between 1988 and 1994 from 210 G0 dams andthe 60 G0 sires After weaning at 32 weeks of age, the bull calves entered the fattening station and were allowed to adapt to the testing ... collected at the slaughterhouse allowed the determination of dressing percentage, the conformation andthe composition of the carcasses The carcass composition was estimated after the 6th rib...
... [27,28] Data analysis The primary endpoint of the study was the comparison in baseline cortisol betweenthe two groups of patients Because we expected different demographics betweenthe two groups (that ... Conservatively, the interquartile range was ± standard deviation Thus the standard deviation was approximately half the interquartile range Assuming at least a 10% increase in the mean cortisol in the group ... IL1b/IL10 and TNFa/IL10 but a similar ratio of IL6/IL10, findings supported by other studies [14,19] The differences observed between our study results and other studies may be explained by the timing...
... grow quickly and others not That is, the variation in the dependent variables comes from both the time series andthe cross-sections, and some pooling of data is necessary to address the questions ... data, and note significant deviations betweenthe PWT 6.0 and PWT 5.6 results The PWT 6.0 data contain more observations than the PWT 5.6 data, but when matched with the data for other variables the ... and liberalization, on the one hand, and growth and growth volatility, on the other, were tradeoffs in democracies We explore briefly both lines of inquiry as a guide to further research 13 The...
... importance, the exact nature of therelationshipbetween credit and interest rate risk is not quite clear For example, consider therelationshipbetween default and interest rate If the economy ... slow the economy Therefore, we may conjecture that therelationshipbetween default risk and interest rates is sensitive to some measure of where the economy is in the business cycle and/ or other ... literature studies therelationshipbetween credit spreads and interest rate The papers addressing therelationshipbetween default and interest rates are relatively scarce and results can be...
... consecutive months The presentation of the sample was the same as for each of the training sessions Each plate had a three-digit random number The panelists were provided with unsalted crackers and ambient ... three-digit random numbers and served under identical conditions to the trained descriptive testing Consumers ranked the three cheeses in their order of preference, and then evaluated them using ... (yeasty and salty) and then on panelists’ treatment interaction (whey, brothy, nutty, cowy and earthy) When the interaction plots among panelists revealed a large amount of variation among panelists...
... On the other hand, Ballmer has reduced a level of management to manage more easily and efficiently Microsoft structure is less flat therefore, the span of control is narrower andthe gap between ... just about technology It’s also about improving the way the company handles relationships with customers and others in the technology industry” Further, specific manifestations of culture are people ... work well, entrepreneurial style and spirit, good judgment and consensus building skills…etc Therelationshipbetween an organization’s structure and culture andthe effects on business performance:...
... performance and thus stock price decreases is not conducive to stockholder theory and implies that in agency theory there is a conflict of interest betweenthe CEO andthe shareholders they represent Other ... in the null and alternative forms Statistical analysis allows the researcher to either accept or reject the null hypotheses The null and alternative hypotheses for this study are: H01 (null) There ... stockholder theory and agency theory as the foundation for its approach and consequently is limited by the theory itself According to Veliyath and Bishop (1995), agency theory predicts that there is...
... companies rather than bonds The paper has two objectives The first is to examine therelationshipbetween credit default swap spreads and bond yields The second is to examine therelationshipbetween ... less than the swap rate The second part of the paper looks at therelationshipbetween credit default swap spreads and credit ratings Some previous research has looked at therelationshipbetween ... is betweenthe Treasury rate andthe swap rate 16 C The Benchmark Risk-Free Rate To investigate the benchmark risk-free rate further we examined the statistics of r − rT and r − rS where r is the...
... health In Bound (1991) and Stern (1990) reporting errors are SG modelled as a relationshipbetween H andthe wage rate rather than the labour market status S In the Netherlands the unemployment benefits, ... quarter of the century in the United States and in the Netherlands, Sweden and Germany This coincides with an increase in both access to andthe generosity of publicly provided social insurance and ... fi• (S) and Xi• as extra regressors in (4) and (5) The random effects of the resulting equation (4) (and (5)) includes the term ηµi The first part of table 1a includes the results for the control...
... in the presence of this group of osmolytes Interestingly, there is a linear relationshipbetween DDGD° and Dlog(kcat ⁄ Km) in the presence of methylamines and sugar However, the slopes of the ... force for the folding is the unfavourable interaction betweenthe osmolyte andthe peptide backbone, and (b) the total contribution of side chains to the stability of the native state, which may ... reactions of the enzyme–substrate, enzyme–intermediate and enzyme–product complexes [29] On the other hand, kcat ⁄ Km is an apparent second-order rate constant that refers to the properties andthe reaction...
... reason, the research focuses on understanding the value of the corporate culture, in particular, understanding therelationshipbetweenthe corporate culture andthe innovation of management accounting ... company Therefore, this research aims to: i Systematize the basic issues of corporate culture andthe management accounting innovation ii Understand what is therelationshipbetweenthe corporate ... receive the enthusiastic supports from all managers, chief accountant and other accounting staff who are involved in the survey conducted in this thesis Although therelationshipbetween me and those...
... wellknown and more reliable Therefore, the company guarantees shareholders’ profit from their investment From these benefits, it can be said that there is a relationshipbetween CSR and sustainability ... managers and staffs volunteer activities in local community, it helps closer therelationshipbetween company and people in the community, between people and people By any action company takes, the ... to figure out therelationshipbetween CSR implementation andthe development of five selected company in Ha Noi from the viewpoint of 20 managers and employees of these companies Between two research...
... respectively, the disappearance of the NOS–Fe(III)–ImH complex andthe appearance of the high-spin NOS–Fe(III) species The calculated kinetic constants kobs were plotted against the ligand concentration and ... [23,28] and might involve an intermediate and transient ternary complex betweenthe protein, ImH andthe l-Arg analogue [23] The konapp and koff app values are thus apparent association and dissociation ... bulge betweenthe two heme propionates in contact with the heme andthe side chain of a conserved valine (V338) The decrease of the affinity of homo-l-Arg and homoNOHA compared with l-Arg and NOHA...