... by organizations, nor does it imply anything about the nature of the information revealed or what types of actors will gain from that information Transparency increases due to major initiatives ... just a few examples of how the very factors that create and disseminate information also affect our understanding of the world both by what information they spread and—more importantly—what information ... that others will not launch surprise attacks, they can maintain a lower level of military readiness and avoid miscalculations that can escalate to an accidental war Avoiding such miscalculations...
... searches Relief-Web (a media and NGO repository maintained by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs), the Uppsala Conflict Database Program (a database that contains information ... surveillance, help us in setting priorities for our health programs and in advocating with local and international actors for greater clinical services and increased security for the population at-risk 10 ... comparing the observed mortality rate with the best available estimate of the baseline mortality rate inthe pre-war period, either by subtraction or by modelling a relative risk of dying in the...
... ootheca transport Ovarian BgVgR mRNA levels appeared high at the beginning of the last nymphal instar, steadily declining along the instar, and reaching the lowest values of the instar before the ... obtained from GenBank These included the insects D melanogaster (AAB60217), A gambiae (EAA06264), A aegypti (AAK15810), S invicta (AAP92450) and P americana (BAC02725), and the vertebrates Anguila ... was carried out in parallel as control for genomic contamination BgVgR antibody A 576 basepair DNA fragment (from amino acid 703 to 894) corresponding tothe EGF-like domain of BgVgR (a domain...
... 5¢-GTAACTGTAAGAGAACTGGTCAC-3¢ (Lys70 to Arg), 5¢-GTAACTGTAGCAGAACTGGTCA G-3¢ (Lys70 to Ala), and 5¢-GGTAACTGTATATGAA CTGGTCAG-3¢ (Lys70 to Tyr) The resulting plasmids, pUCYPKR, pUCYPKA, and pUCYPKY, ... catalytic activity was lost inthe mutants, the ligand-binding capability and thus the pentacoordinate nature of the heme was conserved Significantly, typical c-cytochrome a and b maxima not appear ... while absorbance at 500 nm decreased and absorbance at 620 increased slightly (data not shown) Cytochrome P460 expressed in P aeruginosa catalyzed the oxidation of either hydroxylamine or hydrazine,...
... Second, there is no loss of generality in restricting our focus tothe self-adjoint equations Every second-order linear equation can be gauge-transformed into self-adjoint form, and as we saw above, ... z ≤ n} In regard to this simplex, we may inquire as to what is more probable: a selection of points with distinct y coordinates, ora selection of points with distinct x coordinates The answer ... hypergeometric equation Let us also remark — see [5] for the details — that these equations occupy an important place within the canon of classical quantum mechanics, where they correspond to various well-known...
... value of basal area a graphic similar tothe one shown in Figure 5, that corresponds tothe mean basal area calculated from the inventory plots (18 m2 /ha) If the site index curves are overlapped ... for the estimated age The distribution of the age of the dominant strata and the site index within the forest area can be seen in Figure The classification of the forest area in function of the ... shown in Table III can be used to calculate the most likely of the four rot risk classes as a function, for each fixed basal area, of the age and the dominant height of the stand, obtaining for each...
... anaesthetized rats (isoflurane inhalation as induction and then 100 mg/kg of intramuscular ketamine and 15 mg xylazine into the back leg for maintenance) to check the presence of a peritoneal carcinomatosis ... permeability, and may explain why plasmatic cisplatin was about times greater at 41°5 than at 38°C and why platinum content was about twice as great in all organs, including the extra-abdominal organs ... randomized studies have compared heated with non-heated intraperitoneal cisplatin in ovarian carcinoma In previous papers, we reported that intraperitoneal adrenaline increased platinum uptake...
... supplementary information] The progression of densitometric indices was estimated using an endpoint analysis using the first and last CT scans and incorporating Statistical analysis All CT scan analyses ... measure for the assessment of plasma AAT augmentation therapy in individuals with AATD The analytical approach, and the principal technical issues that were addressed, were a logical sequence to ... using the clinical scan protocol Additional quality assurance was achieved using a dedicated Perspex and foam phantom that was scanned prior to site initiation, the first patient scan at each...
... Denmark Authors’ contributions All the authors participated in planning of the study EJ coordinated the data collection AK was responsible for the design, didthe data analyses, and drafted the ... non-fear avoidance, and the medium group had a profile similar to that of the total population (Table 4) Associations between theSTarT Screening Back Tool and catastrophising The catastrophising ... entered into Epidata (The EpiData Association, Odense, Denmark), corrected when necessary and transmitted to STATA 10.1 (StataCorp, Texas, USA) for the analyses Results Study Population A total of...
... stakeholders Plans for cultural and local adaptations made during these preparatory months, were reported in written form tothe main coordination centre Inthe months before thestart of the intervention, ... face -to- face meeting in November 2007 and finilised by the beginning of 2008 (Table 1) In January 2008, a central training was organised in one of the coordinating centers to finetune all intervention ... training(s) in each intervention centre Reporting the plans for cultural and local adaptation in written form tothe coordination centers Preparation of local intervention adaptation and implementation...
... trait models Therefore, the application of CF is of interest to take G × E into account for example in international breeding value estimation, orto investigate the importance of G × E In applications ... variance components were calculated back from the polynomial scale tothe original scale per replicate and then averaged across replicates ASREML [4] was used for all analyses For all situations ... a Standard deviations are given as a subscript Environmental parameters used in models and are calculated inthe same way, leading tothe same correlation between simulated herd effects and calculated...
... innocent as a shitty day, can rapidly spiral into a break-up and words said inthe heat of such a row are not easily taken back That’s what happened to Georgie and me *** I used to work inthe theatre ... head!” That’s hard That’s all hard But notthe actual break-up, that’s easy It’s the day after the break-up that’s hard, and the next day and the next and however many days after that (perhaps ... Seat) I attempted to create a scenario whereby the effects that the incorporation of ii digital interactivity into both the narrative and the form of a novel might affect the work and the relationships...
... pinholes inthe membrane, or delaminating between the polymer membrane and gas diffusion layers [6-10] Therefore, in order to acquire a complete understanding of these damage mechanisms inthe membrane ... membrane hydration and avoidance of water flooding inthe cathode catalyst layer and /or gas diffusion layer [2] Water management is related with air supply tothe cathode and is one of the crucial ... of a planar ambient air-breathing PEM fuel cell that incorporates the significant physical processes and the key parameters affecting fuel cell performance The following assumptions are made:...
... expands, the correct denotational relationship is maintained by expanding the image inthe table using the ~-expression, and then finding the corresponding element inthe model If the element inthe ... that was the denotation of the h-expression was not expanded inthe same way as the image in this table, a new element corresponding tothe expanded image is added tothe model This table allows ... identified as being denoted by "John" tonot include talking, or vice versa If such an expansion were made, the inconsistency would exist only inthe evaluation of that particular formula, and notin the...
... onefactor-at -a- time analysis Such an approach can be a suitable, simple, option for an analysis where the varied factors are independent of each other However, energy market parameters are not independent ... I-III, a capital recovery factor of 0.1 was used as a base case15 The same capital recovery factor was used for all investments considered, since a more detailed modelling of individual capital recovery ... of the pathways? In what way these characteristics and factors influence the potential? The work performed in order to answer the research questions in theme is based on previous, detailed work...
... is about law or legal order, including international legal order, not just about the values inherent inthe law of a particular legal order or family of legal orders Moreover, I want to claim ... from each other, sometimes quite dramatically, inthe way they arrange the institutions that are principally involved in bringing the principles of the rule of law to realization In fact, the Commonwealth ... judiciary.19 Instead, it looks toa kind of justice located within the law, justice inthe administration of the law Authority and not truth makes law But one who wants to be an authority has to accept...
... is about law or legal order, including international legal order, not just about the values inherent inthe law of a particular legal order or family of legal orders Moreover, I want to claim ... from each other, sometimes quite dramatically, inthe way they arrange the institutions that are principally involved in bringing the principles of the rule of law to realization In fact, the Commonwealth ... judiciary.19 Instead, it looks toa kind of justice located within the law, justice inthe administration of the law Authority and not truth makes law But one who wants to be an authority has to accept...
... turning to advantage As soon as the captain and naval men had gained the quarterdeck they threw off the lashings of the guns, and had all in readiness for running them in and taking them aft tothe ... on the 5th of August the fleet again put to sea, the king and the Prince of Hesse Darmstadt accompanying it The winds were contrary, and it was not till the 11th that they anchored in Altea Bay, ... shaking ceased, and a minute later the light line was hauled tight There was a low cheer inthe boats, and then up went the rope ladder A minute or two later there was a hail from the top "'All...