the use and misuse of extreme value models in practice

... cause for these shortcomings; however, the use of commercial kits and their appropriate application in a clinical setting involves a rather complex chain of constituencies and events The factors ... disconnected the highly regulated and good laboratory practices of the manufacturer and the assumptions of the client clinician are numerous The goal of the present review is to identify the principal links ... achieve the goal of improving the quality of patient care through the use of autoantibody testing and analysis The matrix of manufacturing and application of autoantibody diagnostic kits (Fig 1) The...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:23

... pertinent for the following reasons Firstly, the population of the UK is ageing in terms of both the increase in the average (median) age of the population and the increase in the number and ... impede the adoption of use of digital home technologies These included the technology being complex for most household users; a lack of incentive for internet Investigating the Adoption, Use and ...  Computer integration in the form of computer use as part of daily routine In terms of the application of MATH, Zhang & Maruping (2008) with the aim of understanding the adoption of any technology...

Ngày tải lên: 11/10/2014, 04:00

... NRG and the Call 133 136 THE ORIGIN OF THE CALL 137 THE CONTROL OF THE CALL 139 DEVELOPING THE CALL AND THE MAGIC OF THE YAWN 141 THE PITCH OF THE CALL 143 131 xiii xiv Contents The Dynamics of ... edition of The Use and Training of the Human Voice reflects over forty good years of teaching, training, performing, and research, during which time I've been the fortunate beneficiary of the most ... Duality of Breathing and Posture The function of breathing determines the structure of posture at the very same time that the function ofposture determines the structure ofbreathing! Voice and speech...

Ngày tải lên: 14/04/2016, 18:42

... responsibility of ABC in company, and developing and sustaining the ABC database The first factor is the developing of policies and standards involve to the non – interest expenses‟ management accounting ... research‟s findings In qualitative work, writing the research report is an extension of data analysis because writing is another way of making sense of the data by synthesizing and summarizing them ... method in the context of Savina Based on the interview, the desiring of implementing ABC is supported by the stages of improvement of cost recording system – due to the fact that the direct and indirect...

Ngày tải lên: 13/03/2014, 14:20

... more of its n o u n phrase arguments, rather than simply asking for a comparison of its noun phrase referent(s) against values in specified fields of the physical data file For example, the students ... among domain entities involve hierarchical decompositions The domain-specific d/ctlon~ry file contains s o m e standard terms (articles, ordinals, etc.) and also both root words and inflections ... BITED > bit TRY TRIED > As shown in Figure i, the English-language processor of LDC achieves domain independence by restricting itself to (a) a domain-independent linguistically-motivated phrase-structure...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 19:21

... from the king; one the Bank of Scotland, in 1695; the other, the Royal Bank of Scotland, in 1727 These two banks have branches in most of the principal towns of Scotland; but as they never obtained ... of the Indias The Company next acquired the privilege of farming all the taxes and the whole revenue of the kingdom; and presently bought out the mint, and the right of coinage, lor a sum of money ... governments Coins are worn and wasted by circulation; they are clipped by the avaricious; and by these means their real, sinks below their nominal value The History of Banks/7 At the beginning of the...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 07:20

... definitely the case for tetracycline, ampicillin, and sulfa drug use in both countries, and ceftiofur and apramycin use in Canada, and enrofloxacin use in Vietnam Frequent usage of agents in the ... in Vietnam and nitrofurantoin in Canada also was associated with resistance Other factors may include the distribution of serotypes and pathotypes between the two countries, and differences in ... médecine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, Canada Introduction Escherichia coli is an important cause of a wide range of diseases in production animals and humans worldwide, including pigs In...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 06:20

... discussed Training of staf at RAHCHCMC in the use of molecular techniques for the detection of FMD and the sequencing of FMD isolates Training of RAHC-HCMC staff in FMD serology using cell culture ... enabling better control of disease and help reduce loss of livestock and so productivity Executive Summary The main focus of this reporting period was to commence the project, begin the training of ... workshop information and the lectures were used to run workshops for the field veterinarians in the South and Centre of Vietnam and this information was then transferred to Dr Hoa and the staff...

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 12:20

... are continuing to provide support and training to other laboratories in the network The project has highlighted the need for training of field veterinarians in the collection of data and how ... Program The project highlighted the need to have coordination between the laboratory and the field staff in the control of FMD and in understanding the serosurveillance data post-vaccination and ... outbreaks The pilot zones were established in provinces near the borders of Vietnam to study serotypes circulating in Vietnam and to determine their origin The number and quality of samples increased...

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 12:20

... collected intermittently from the other northern province in the project, Quang Ninh The central provinces of Kom Tum and Quang Nam provided samples for all but the 3rd round In the southern provinces ... the ELISA and the field strain (and with knowledge of the antigen used in the vaccine) It appears that the serotypes contained in the vaccines may vary despite the name staying the same This ... laboratories in the network The project has highlighted the need for training of field veterinarians in the collection of data and how to ensure the correct information is obtained from the farmer The...

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 12:20

... throughout the course of this project Nevertheless, it was clearly evident that continued training and support of field veterinarians and the greater integration and coordination of “lab-to-field” and ... over the duration of the project Achieved 2.5 Determine the efficacy of the FMD vaccine in protecting against FMD isolates circulating in Vietnam Comparison of FMD genotypes to vaccine Results of ... vaccine recommendations, made based on the serotyping and genotyping of Vietnamese FMDV field isolates have already resulted in improved vaccine strategies in the field and during the course of...

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 12:20

... Determine the efficacy of the FMD vaccine in protecting against FMD isolates circulating in Vietnam Comparison of FMD genotypes to vaccine Results of sero-surveillance Hold information and training ... working together to carry out surveillance and testing 1.1 Train field veterinary staff in outbreak investigation for the investigation of cases of FMD on farms, including record keeping, sampling ... vaccine application strategies Completing these objectives will improve the diagnostic capability of the Veterinary laboratories in Vietnam and the training of DAH veterinarians in disease investigation...

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 12:20

... knowledge and skill in disease prevention, knowledge on the selection of the right vaccine and improving the efficacy of vaccination 5.3 Capacity Building Training and education of field veterinarians ... vaccine application strategies Completing these objectives will improve the diagnostic capability of the Veterinary laboratories in Vietnam and the training of DAH veterinarians in disease investigation ... supplying training for AI Training in data analysis by DAH staff is also an area that needs further input 7.2 Options The government of Vietnam is looking at increasing the support to DAH and has increased...

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 12:20

... presence in the country since 2006 Their presence in the market has reflected the significantly emerging of the country and increasingly important investment destination for the region and global ... foreign invested capital with more recently seeing the emerging of the other forms also Even though the investors are looking forward to the forming of REITs for the easier, more efficient and smooth ... measure the value of foreign diversification in a period of increased volatility and greater uncertainty The study is done in both local currencies and US dollar and finds that five of the six...

Ngày tải lên: 13/07/2014, 21:09

... conceived and prepared the manuscript MSM and OMF participated in the design of the study All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they have ... perspiration, pallor, and nausea [13,14] The treatment of glomus jugulare tumors presents the surgeon with a significant management problem Because the neoplasm originates in the region of the jugular ... hemorrhage, bruit, and the presence of a middle ear mass Significant ear pain is uncommon Involvement of the inner ear produces vertigo and sensorineural hearing loss [11] Cranial nerve involvement...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 03:22

... combines the primary constructs of four theories of behavior that have been applied in many health contexts over the past 30 years [21] These include the Theory of Reasoned Action, the Theory of ... parties involved [28] Methodological advances have been made in analyzing dyadic data to determine the relative influence of two individuals on each other in the clinical decision-making process, and ... to increase shared decision-making The field of psychology has developed a large body of theoretical and empirical work devoted to conceptualizing and testing the determinants of behavior and...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21

... time looking at 'Identifying Determinants of Practice' (8/17; 47%) and 'Designing the Intervention' (6/17; 35%) The levels of confidence in carrying out, with the use of NorthStar, the ten tasks ... the standard help system used with Windows 95 and above This choice gives the tool a familiar Windows interface and provides a range of off -the- shelf functionality The software for running Windows ... definitions or explanations in the glossary, examples or illustrations Print: Selecting 'Print' in the browser or from the Windows Help system will print the contents of the main NorthStar window...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:22

... an increasing need for distinguishing the varieties reliably, establishing their purity, and fingerprinting released varieties, hybrids and the parental lines of castor bean germplasm held in ... assisting in the breeding and improvement of varieties [5] The SSR markers of castor bean are, however, very limited to date because the de novo development of SSRs is a costly and time consuming ... by using PRIMER3 The remaining sequences contained either too little DNA sequence flanking the SSR loci or the sequences were inappropriate for primer modeling Three hundred and seventynine primer...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 11:21

... combines the primary constructs of four theories of behavior that have been applied in many health contexts over the past 30 years [21] These include the Theory of Reasoned Action, the Theory of ... parties involved [28] Methodological advances have been made in analyzing dyadic data to determine the relative influence of two individuals on each other in the clinical decision-making process, and ... to increase shared decision-making The field of psychology has developed a large body of theoretical and empirical work devoted to conceptualizing and testing the determinants of behavior and...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:20

... embedded in paraffin, stained with hematoxylin and eosin, and then observed by microscopy at 200 × magnification According to the myocardial lesions, including cell necrosis and cellular infiltration, ... fibrosis was noted in the interstitium There were no necrotic lesions or signs of cell infiltration in the hearts of uninfected control mice Expression of c-Fos oncogene protein in VMC mice A few ... overexpressed in the hippocampal neurons of the patients with Alzheimer’s disease [9] In rat models of myocardial stunning (MS), the expression of Fos protein increased apparently Therefore, Fos...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 01:22