... the value of large- scale testing data (as compared to observational data) in the development and validation of computer simulations as a vehicle for (1) public education, (2) the validation of ... questionnaire All of these assessments agreedthat large- scale data are needed to improve structural performance and that an LSWTF could be a valuable tool for determining the effects of extreme ... was approved by the Governing Board ofthe National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils ofthe National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the...
... job on a steamboat The writer’s descriptions ofthe narrator’s reactions to the boy who got a job on a steamboat are accurate and create a complete picture ofthe emotions that lead the narrator ... Periodic Table ofthe Elements Prepare the space for work—gather a dictionary, calculator, and extra paper—and then begin: Jason made sure he had sharpened pencils for his practice exam When you ... became a bar-keeper on a boat; four sons ofthe chief merchant, and two sons ofthe county judge, became pilots Pilot wasthe grandest position of all The pilot, even in those days of trivial wages,...
... Additional data files The following additional data files are available with the online version of this article Additional data file contains information on mean values of GC content and divergence for ... Materials and methods, below) to calculate values ofthe nucleotide site based measures of divergence KA and KS Although these results exhibit qualitatively the same patterns as the dN and dS values, ... caveat concerning our conclusions is thatthe recombinational landscape may well differ between D melanogaster and D yakuba, forwhich there is some evidence [32] As described in Materials and...
... -3' (forward), 5'- CAA TAA ACT CCA AAC CAA CCA CAA C TAT AC -3' (reverse), 5'- GTG AGG TTT YGG YGG GGY GTT GTT -3' (forward), 5'- CTA CCT ACA ACC CAC TAC TAC TCA ATC -3' (reverse), 5'- GTG AGG ... rodents and cottontail, and from brains ofa rabbit, rat, and macaque The first round of PCR was performed using primers 5'- ATG GCT GAR GDG GAM KYA GGG A -3' (forward) and 5'- CAA AGT GTC CAT TTG ... from the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada Rabbits and rats were derived from closed colonies maintained by Kitayama Labes (Ina, Nagano, Japan) and Clea Japan (Tokyo, Japan),...
... it wasthe intention ofthe contracting parties thatthe seller will have breached the contract if the goods not actually arrive at destination on theagreed date, or whether the fundamental nature ... these reasons as well, it is necessary thatthe provisions ofthe charter party and the contract of sale be consistent DAT, DAP and DDP - for all modes of transport DAT, DAP and DDP can usually ... practice forthe seller in the contract of sale to give the buyer notice ofthe estimated time ofthe arrival ofthe ship (ETA), and also forthe contract to require the buyer to discharge the...
... to PageRank, again see [Page 98] Another intuitive justification is thata page can have a high PageRank if there are many pages that point to it, or if there are some pages that point to it and ... with the docID thatthe anchor points to It also generates a database of links which are pairs of docIDs The links database is used to compute PageRanks for all the documents The sorter takes the ... in the US and they write an average of 10k per day That works out to be about 850 terabytes Also assume that indexing a terabyte can be done now fora reasonable cost We also assume that the...
... creation and maintenance algorithms assume that all group members know about each other and, therefore, not scale to large groups Scribe builds a multicast tree on top ofa Pastry network, and ... publisher, a root ofa multicast tree, a subscriber to a topic, a node within a multicast tree, and any sensible combination ofthe above Much ofthe scalability and reliability of Scribe and Pastry ... nodes that are part ofa topic’s multicast tree are called forwarders with respect to the topic; they may or may not be subscribers to the topic Each forwarder maintains a children table for the...
... by comparing their peak areas with a calibration curve constructed from peak areas ofa series of standards The peak detection limit was about pmol of retinoid The apparent Km values forthe reduction ... maximum specific activity values for all-trans-retinal (Table 1) and therefore higher maximum specific activity ⁄ Km ratios, which are a measure ofthe catalytic effectiveness ofthe enzymes; the ... hypothesize that an initial tandem duplication of an Rdh ancestor gave rise to a two-gene cluster, whichwas further duplicated, probably as a result ofthe genome duplication events that took place...
... 35% The area for this pilot study wasthe Manonyane administrative district in Roma, where the National University of Lesotho (NUL) is situated The sample was randomly drawn from 215 out ofa total ... study was obtained from the local chiefs and the participants, after detailed explanations were made regarding its purpose The latter participated willingly without any coercion and were assured that ... leaving the elderly as caregivers instead of them being cared for Many elderly people are therefore faced with the dilemma of either living alone or having to take care of very young, orphaned...
... ofthe association and dissociation phases of all binding curves in that dataset (biaeval) The dissociation constant (KD) for each dose– response set was then determined (kd ⁄ ka), and the values ... 0.01) Analysis ofthe dose–response data (Fig 4D) revealed thatthe maximum amount of F508del-mNBD1 bound to Hsc70 at saturating concentration appears to be lower than thatof wt-mNBD1 (Bmaxapp: ... conformations of secretory proteins and target them for proteasomal degradation so as to avoid clogging ofthe secretory pathway In the case ofthe CFTR protein bearing F508del, the major CF-causing...
... T., Wada, Y., Awaya, J., Kurono, M & Takahashi, N (1991) Calculated two-dimensional sugar map of pyridylaminated oligosaccharides: elucidation ofthe jack bean a- mannosidase digestion pathway of ... ofthe demannosylation on the GU co-ordinates in the 2D map based on the diagram ofthe partial unit contribution (UC) values, which were calculated on the basis of accumulated GU data from the ... amide-silica columns On the basis of these data, we conclude that glycan C is an analog of glycan B1 that lacks only the a1 –3-linked fucose residue ESI-MS analysis showed thatthe molecular mass of glycan...
... indicated that CarB is responsible for all desaturation steps ofthe pathway Lack of mutants whose end product is any ofthe partially desaturated intermediates was interpreted as an indication of ... using the primers 5¢-ATGAGCGACATTAAGAA ATCTG-3¢ and 5¢-CTAATTCGCAGCAATGACAAG-3¢ The PCR was performed using 500 nm of each primer, 150 lm dNTPs and unit of PhusionÔ High-Fidelity DNA Polymerase ... the carB allele was amplified with primers 5¢-CAGCTTGCTCACAAT CATCC-3¢ and 5¢-CTCATTCCAAGCCCGAGAAAC-3¢ The 4.5-kb product was purified with the GFXÔ PCR DNA and Gel Band Purification Kits GFX (Amersham...
... and loading apparatus The system was prepared for analysis in dark field using circular polarized light with incident white light Several levels of loading were uniaxially applied The material ... B A Figure Isochromatic patterns for axial loadings of 15, 30 and 45kg C To determine the value ofthe isochromatic fringe at the border, on the hole surface, the image ofthe isochromatic pattern ... detail The model was loaded elastically in order to verify the magnitude ofthe theoretical stress concentration factor Kt and compare it with the values determined experimentally and also values...
... believe was secondary to the injury and not due to the vascular deficit, because the period of compromise was minimal, and it would have occurred later after reperfusion Page of (page number not for ... wrote the manuscript Both authors read and approved the final manuscript References Peterson CA and Peterson HA: Analysis ofthe incidence of injuries to the epiphyseal growth plate J Trauma 1972, ... bearing under physiotherapy supervision At last review, year post injury; there was no deformity, instability or leg length discrepancy Radiographs at this point demonstrated healing ofthe fracture...
... participated in the analysis and interpretation ofthe data MW participated in the design ofthe study and the statistical analysis HG and EB participated in the design ofthe study and coordinated the ... important advancements forthe interpretation ofthe questionnaire scores and enhance its usefulness for clinical and research applications Page ofThe primary aim ofthe current study was therefore ... subscale ofthe HADS would classify 24.5% ofthe sample as depressed The parallel test reliability of DESC-I and -II was r = 93 (p < 01) The correlation with the depression subscale ofthe HADS was...
... know thatthe capacitance (stated in terms ofthe amount of charge (Q) stored at a given voltage drop (across the capacitor)) ofa capacitor is given by (1) (Note that: the SI unit of capacitance ... is the farad; farad = coulomb per volt; typical capacitances are measured in microfarads or picofarads) 5.2.1 The Virtual Capacitor To implement the law of Coulomb, a TinyOS application was developed ... environment Castalia [10] was created out ofthe need to have a simulator designed for WSN research It has advanced and accurate radio and wireless channel models Castalia is built on OMNeT++, a framework...
... PDP, the primary form, accountsfor 3% to 5% of all cases of HOA [2] Secondary HOA, also called pulmonary HOA, is associated with underlying cardiopulmonary diseases and malignancies PDP was first ... secondary HOA and chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases Consent Written informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this case report and any accompanying images A copy ofthe ... oral paracetamol with a regular follow-up Conclusion The diagnosis of PDP is based on the combination of digital clubbing, periostitis and pachyderma with the Akrout et al Journal of Medical Case...
... Abstract and Applied Analysis, vol 2008, Article ID 653243, pages, 2008 30 T Sun and H Xi, “Global asymptotic stability ofa family of difference equations,” Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, ... of Theory, Zavod, za c udˇ benike i nastavna sredstva, Beograd, Serbia, 1993 z S Stevi´ , “Behavior ofthe positive solutions ofthe generalized Beddington-Holt equation,” c PanAmerican Mathematical ... Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, vol 233, no 2, pp 790–798, 1999 18 K S Berenhaut and S Stevi´ , The behaviour ofthe positive solutions ofthe difference equation c xn A xn−2...
... fluence based pencil beam algorithm was used for all dose calculations Eventually, a cumulative dose plan was calculated, taking into account 50 Gy forthe breast plan and an additional 16 Gy forthe ... Eventually, a cumulative dose plan was calculated incorporating both the 3D-conformal breast and boost plan, taking into account 50 Gy forthe breast plan and an additional 16 Gy forthe boost plan ... Although the use of cardiac shielding was not specifically analysed as a part ofthe current study, it could be regarded as a first and rather safe step towards partial breast irradiation in...