... that the frequency ofthe use ofthe speech act of refusal by the Australian NSs of English was different from that by the VLEs Although the VLEs andthe Australian NSs of English employed the ... competence, the speech act of refusal to invitation andthe rationale ofthe study The chapter ends with information on the structure ofthe thesis Chapter reviews previous studies on the speech act of ... provided the background and theoretical framework for the present study The specific issues ofthe study, including the aims, the research questions ofthe study, the data collection method, the data...
... reads: Where the love of man is, there is also the love of art He founded the science of gynecology was honored in all lands and died with the benediction of mankind The first surgeon ofthe ages ... including the iron cross from Germany, the order ofthe knights ofthe legion of honor from France, and he was also honored by the governments of Italy, Spain, and Portugal He was an honorary member of ... monarchs such as the Empress of France, Scotland’s Duchess of Hamilton, andthe Empress of Austria He served as president ofthe American Medical Association in 1876, president ofthe International...
... proteins, and an Ile in the 15RCOX [22,31] To determine the role of residue 349 in the specificities ofthe two P homomalla variants, a Val349Ile mutant ofthe 15S-COX and an Ile349Val mutant ofthe ... Swissprot on the basis of three-dimensional data of mammalian COX isozymes (data not shown), reveals that the other 16 residues lie outside ofthe active site and mostly on the surface ofthe catalytic ... form the disulphide bonds The residues that are different between the novel COX andthe 15R-COX are dispersed along the polypeptide chain with most of them located in the C-terminal half of the...
... 3.2 Comparisonof daily versus thermodynamic constants diurnal and N is the number of diurnal observations The number of points, n, for each daytime period in which I was recorded to assess i the ... outside ofthe general cluster of points The specific conditions of those days were investigated in detail and were found to result from rain night The effects of nighttime recharge in general and ... here and in the previous study may involve the length and timing ofthe present study (266 d through an entire growing season) versus that in the previous study (50 d in the early part of a growing...
... quality of dental care; the development, validation and standardisation of an index for the assessment of restorative care Thesis University of Amsterdam: The Netherlands; 1997 National Institute of ... monitoring ofthe general and oral health status of patients The main purpose of ROEs is to prevent the onset of oral diseases and/ or prevent further progression This allows the introduction of preventive ... Flow diagram ofthe progress through different steps ofthetrial Flow diagram ofthe progress through different steps ofthetrial Authors' contributions All authors declare that they have no...
... minutes after the PEEP change and just before the EELV measurement to avoid any influence ofthe step change in Fio2 required for the nitrogen wash-out/washin test At the time ofthe EELV measurement, ... 15, 10, and cmH2O PEEP were 40.9, 37.1, and 31.3 ml/kg PBW, respectively, in group N; 26.0, 23.6, and 20.2 ml/kg PBW in group P; and 23.4, 20.6, and 17.2 ml/kg PBW in group S The effect ofthe stepwise ... (0, 5, and 10 cmH2O) In their study, at a PEEP of cmH2O the measured EELV values were 2.5 l and 1.5 l in the postoperative and ALI groups, respectively We found comparable EELV data for the similarly...
... d m ice Figure Thecomparisonof cytokines and antibody levels Thecomparisonof cytokines and antibody levels The mean values of systemic and local concentrations of cytokines and IgE antibody ... responsiveness On the other hand, In the case of route of administration and chemical component of allergen in CPG-based immunotherapy, considering other reports studding on other allergic conditions ... compare the potentials of I.N and S.C administrations of CpG/allergen in mouse model of asthma In order to compare the effects of different administration route of CpG, we selected a number of immunological...
... Figure Correlation between change in EELV and change in dynamic compliance Data are presented as the difference between the lowest PEEP level (5 cmH2O) and 10 or 15 cmH2O PEEP Patients in group ... Pao2/Fio2 ratio in different types of lung conditions at three PEEP levels Patients in group N had normal lungs, those in group P had a primary lung disorder, and those in group S had a secondary ... P had a primary lung disorder, and those in group S had a secondary lung disorder EELV, end-expiratory lung volume; PEEP, positive end-expiratory pressure Page of (page number not for citation...
... squared deviations of every point from the mean ofthe cluster, or by squaring the distance between the cluster means and dividing that by the sum ofthe reciprocals ofthe number of points within ... between the two groups.6 The group average method the distance between groups is the average ofthe distances between all pairs of observations in the two groups.6 It takes the average of all the ... training set) and determines how often the rule correctly classifies these observations Therefore, the classification procedure is based on the known class membership of each ofthe samples in the data...
... crustacean, flesh and offal of fish and other animals They can be feed on gains, nuts, seeds, fruits, algae, tender leaves and stems of aquatic plans (Nandlal and Pickering, 2005) Nevertheless, the optimal ... river and raised pigs, some of them were also officers and had their own business at home Farmers told that, the farming of prawns quite easy and had not to care almost the time, therefore, they ... describe the farming systems of prawn in the rice field in the study areas; To analyze technical and financial aspects ofthe farming systems and farmers‟ perceptions on the farming of prawn; and...
... the food stocks, andthe mood ofthe garrison The tactics ofthe Daily Mail captured the attention ofthe nation; the newspaper dramatized the situation ofthe town by emphasizing the danger that ... examine both the role ofthe press in the formation of public opinion about imperialism andthe role ofthe press in the formation ofthe concept of public opinion itself Mafeking Night marks the powerful ... powerful beginning ofthe New Journalism at the same time as it marks the beginning ofthe end ofthe New Imperialism The coincidence of these occasions arises from the nature ofthe South African...
... of individual, hand-to-hand combat Grand strategy, on the other hand, remained the preserve of Tiw.11 In India, too, much the same phenomenon was apparent in the role of Indra, the chief ofthe ... the mainstream of legal analysis, largely as a result ofthe crumbling of older conceptions of legitimacy andthe rise of new aspirations for democracy andthe self-determination of peoples The ... testimony both to the warlike character ofthe Greeks and to their feeling of cultural unity, the cities ofthe Amphictyonic League of Delphi agreed that, in the event of war, the combatant states...
... creating and advancing liquidity to producers; along the circuit, the financial system governs the supply and demand of funds and, at the end ofthe process, it determines the condition for the closure ... institutions and strengthen the complementarity between the formal andthe informal sectors The poorest people of rural and urban societies live beyond the frontier of formal finance, or outside the formal ... conceptualization and recent evidence CTF clarifies the role ofthe financial system in the functioning of a monetary market economy of production At the start ofthe circuit process, the financial...
... zero even at the 95% level in Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK andthe US Moreover, while in some countries, (including Finland, the UK andthe US) residential ... also for these countries the existence of cointegration could not be rejected We therefore specify the VAR models in the level ofthe variables Nevertheless, we neither impose the number of cointegrating ... to offset the macro economic effects ofthe collapse ofthe bubble).2 Of course, it is by no means clear that central banks are better able to judge the appropriate level of asset prices and the...
... kinds: + The change of consumer-demand modal, market andthe attitude to the availability and diversity of goods + The pressure of reducing cost + The development of Information technology + The pressure ... learning and expanding With their experiences, they have learned the value of offering quality services In the way of growing, they have also open branches to establish a worldwide presence These ... The Association has the role of coordinating the activities ofthe members in order to protect the interests ofthe members and improve the position of Vietnam in the international freight forwarding...
... the amount consumed in lians (50g/lian) per unit of time A lian is the unit of weight in China equivalent to 50 g The reproducibility and validity ofthe FFQ was assessed in a random sample of ... For other participants the average ofthe baseline and follow-up FFQ data were used in the analyses The average daily intake of individual food items (g/day) was combined to compute intake of red ... knowledge there are no other reports of a direct link between poultry consumption and risk of diabetes or of interactions between poultry consumption and BMI andthe risk of type DM Red meat consumption...
... than the level of HLA-DR in the cell lysates (5ul of a in 10 dilution, from x 106 PBMC) The shed HLA-DR therefore seemed to represent a small fraction ofthe total HLA-DR ofthe cell, however the ... for the therapy of septic patients with GM-CSF as these trials have already begun [18;19;30;31] Our findings are also relevant Int J Med Sci 2004 1(3): 126-136 132 to the understanding ofthe ... express HLA-DR on their surface [3] To assess the relative contribution of shed to total HLA-DR, the sHLA-DR in the plasma was compared to the total HLA-DR present in cell The level in the plasma (40ul...
... where the consequences of infection can be very severe, while the risk of living with one’s beloved cat is practically nill References Angulo FJ, Glaser CA, Juranek DD et al Caring for pets of immunocompromised ... with the human immunodeficiency virus Clin Infect Dis.1994;18:14-24 Han K, Shin DW, Lee TY, et al Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection and risk factors associated with seropositivity of ... women in Korea J Parasitol 2008; 94: 963-965 Grant S and Olsen CW Preventing zoonotic diseases in immunocompromised persons: the role of physicians and veterinarians Emerg Infect Dis 1999; 5: 159-163...