... 2.1.1 From Ptolemy to Newton It took humankind until the dawn ofthe New Age to put basic pieces together and to accept proof over belief and superstition The geocentric concept of Claudius Ptolemaeus, ... element was the recognition that the color index is a good indicator ofthe color and thus the temperature of a star The use of photoelectric devices to perform photometry was first pursued in the early ... it is necessary to understand the underlying physics to be able to properly describe the manifold of different processes involved On the other hand there is a story to tell about the current views...
... after birth Results In the present study, no signs of scours, respiratory tract infections or other illnesses were observed in the calves from birth tothe termination ofthe experiment Serum IgG, ... were monitored continuously from birth up to 14 days of age No clinical signs were observed in any one ofthe calves in both groups during the period As was indicated, all of them were from well-managed ... their dams after birth for 30-40 minutes to allow each dam to clean and stimulate its calf During the time, 5001,000 ml of maternal colostrum was hand-milked from each dam and bottle-fed to the...
... admissions tothe MSU, the first admission was used as the index admission case for the purposes of this study The study criteria generated a total of 72 consecutive patients discharged from HSPH tothe ... See table Prior to transfer tothe MSU, the mean length of stay at the HSPH was 7.4 years (SD = 5.8) The majority (59, 82%) were transferred tothe MSU on trial leave to test their suitability ... indicators of outcomes [16,45] Further studies are needed to track and monitor the mental health and criminal outcomes of patients discharged from high and lower levels of security and to compare the...
... suppressor of fused) and the 75 kDa Ci product act as a transcriptional repressor protein On the binding of Hh to Ptc, the inhibitory effect on Smo is released, leading tothe dissociation ofthe microtubule ... seems to be a negative regulator of Hh signalling [27], and a member of SOCS (suppressor of cytokine signalling)-box WD proteins, SWip1, which is one ofthe earliest markers to respond to Shh in the ... seem not to be target genes of Gli2 and Gli3 Fgf10 is elaborated by the mesenchyme overlaying the tips ofthe epithelial buds, and binds and activates Fgfr2 in the epithelium, which then results...
... conservation at the level of embryonic developmentThe grey line represents the classical pattern of early developmental conservation described by von Baer with the earliest stages ofdevelopment ... Reconstruction of Darwin’s Theory Chicago: University of Chicago Press; 1992 Raff RA: The Shape of Life: Genes, Development, and the Evolution of Animal Form Chicago: University of Chicago Press; ... Journal of Biology 2009, 8:65 65.3 Larva Adult Figure Exploring the effects of changes in life history on developmentThe lineages in red show two independent shifts to lecithotrophic development...
... In the mid 1800s, nearly 50% ofthe population was still rural and largely dependent on agriculture and the vagaries ofthe weather Even at the end ofthe 19th century more than a quarter ofthe ... sources of energy We plan to more to harness the drive of private entrepreneurs to exploit renewable and alternative sources of energy; from geothermal power in Kenya to unlocking methane fromthe ... expectancy in the Republic of Korea rose from 54 to 80 and in Thailand from 54 to 692 Since 1970, secondary school enrolment in Botswana has risen from 6% to 82% of boys and girls, in the Republic of Korea...
... hematological disease and wrote the case report ZDP contributed tothe writing and the diagnostic procedures ofthe case report TP analyzed and interpreted the data from our patient regarding the ... for the writing and revision ofthe manuscript All authors contributed equally tothe final draft ofthe manuscript, and read and approved the final manuscript Submit your next manuscript to BioMed ... publication of this case report and any accompanying images A copy ofthe written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of this journal Authors’ contributions AT made the diagnosis of...
... comprised of identification variables, five sociodemographic items, three fromthe FFQ, five fromthe EDE-Q, and two items ofthe PRIME-MD Three questions about the infant were added tothe questionnaire ... and will also be dichotomized to define those undernourished by using the cut-off of -2 Data entry The software Teleform® (Cardiff, Vista, California) was used to create the questionnaire Data ... at the waiting room prior tothe prenatal consultation from June 2006 to April 2007 780 pregnant women were consecutively invited to participate, of whom 68 (8.7%) refused to participate, totaling...
... thus guaranteeing the interest payments tothe international creditor banks They also managed to use the Uruguay Round and the creation ofthe WTO to gain access to nearly all ofthe national markets ... supervisors of an adjustment designed to oblige the debtor countries to reorganize their economies and to pay their creditors The supranational monitoring, by the IMF and the World Bank, ofthe national ... of these is the theory ofthe ‘comparative advantages’ ofthe underdeveloped countries According to this theory, a hyper-free market is required so that the advantages that the countries of the...
... in the world and forms the backbone ofthe economy of China The productivity of China's manufacturing industry was 35.30% ofthe gross domestic product and approximately 78.68% pertaining to ... according to their objective quality fromthe highest tothe lowest It's possible to say in this case that one good is "better" than another Vertical differentiation is a property ofthe supplied ... industry to estimate quality ofthe imported goods from each country The quality of variety ch at time t is defined using the estimated parameters: (6) 15 From equation (6), we see that the quality of...
... would lead to an enhancement ofthe image and the status ofthe subject24 • Further, the image of 'cooking and sewing' and the concern over the name ofthe subject and the use of other terminology ... behalf ofthe Thesis Examination Committee that the thesis be accepted in fulfillment ofthe conditions for the award ofthe degree of Doctor of Philosophy Abstract Two perceptions ofthe marginality ... emerged from a series of annual conferences held at Lake Placid from 1899 to 1908 The reforms from America were the result of two factors: a recognition ofthe failure ofthe earlier forms of home...
... stages of decentralization: the first stage involves the decentralization of functions fromthe center tothe regions and the second stage is from region tothe woredas The primary objectives ofthe ... foreign aid tothe health sector Therefore, the findings of this study will help Ethiopian health sector and the donors to examine the role and problems of foreign aid to health sector and to find ... implementation and all the sources of finance in the implementations of HSDPs are beyond the capacity ofthe researcher due to a limited time Therefore, this research is limited tothe role of development...
... within the modernizing imperial family of man I attend to narrative structure, and tothe kind of stories that get told and retold about the Irish, so as to reveal both the regularity of English ... state of Irish society Because efforts to legitimate English rule in Ireland so often involve disputed rights to land and property, the relation of fathers to sons, of mothers to daughters, and of ... child of Union punishes its mother from within and threatens its father, too, ‘‘across the water’’ () The ‘‘legacy’’ () of force and violence, the poem suggests, is more ofthe same: the crossing...
... such as the port of entry, the names ofthe importer and exporter, a detailed description ofthe goods, the quantity ofthe goods, the value ofthe goods, the currency, and the country of origin ... market ofthe company’s products is North Vietnam The area’s consumption accounted for up to 87% ofthe total sales ofthe company in 2011 The Central Vietnam and the others took up the last 13% of ... clarify matters Furthermore, descriptive analysis is also made use of through looking at the history and developmentofthe company Through results ofthe analysis fromthe data, the author point...
... just be too busy to document what they know due tothe complexity ofthe task and the time that it takes to complete it There is also the possibility that social actors might be unwilling to articulate ... Schultze, 1998) There is therefore an imperative to capture the ontological and epistemological perspectives of IS developers if the product of their development efforts are to be fully understood IMS’s ... unwilling to articulate how they go about their business simply because in so doing they run the risk of making themselves dispensable As indicated, the reluctance of users to express their knowledge...
... Winchester’s The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making ofthe Oxford English Dictionary For an excellent history ofthedevelopmentofthe dictionary see Winchester’s The ... so that they will be able to recognize them when they “dangle,” or to teach them in order to expand the range of structures their students can use in their writing And they must be aware of current ... two other interpretations tothe word First, they use it to refer tothe knowledge that a speaker or writer of a language must have in order to be able to use the language at all Second, they...
... contribution ofthe systematic factor and the regulation tothe total timely variation ofthe exposure is 17.24% and, therefore, 82.76% ofthe variation is due to idiosyncratic effects These effects ... however the explanatory power, measured by the R2 , is relatively low (4.08% compared tothe R2 ofthe corresponding within- regression of 30.48%), for the other banking groups (apart fromthe regression ... due to changes in the systematic component ofthe exposure to interest rate risk μ(t) or whether the composition of banks in the sample (α(t) − α(t − 1)) has changed, or whether changes in the...
... fraction ofthe price you would expect to pay a reputable breeder But, the cost of adoption is only a small fraction ofthe total cost of dog ownership According to a 2008 survey by the APPA the average ... nervous, they’ll think there is something to be nervous about This can make them tense, and increases the risk of hostility when they meet Allow one dog at a time to walk over tothe other, and let them ... approach the other dog in his own time You can expect them to sniff each other’s bottom when they meet; try to avoid tangling their leashes so you still have control over their heads If there is...