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... or risk assessment Meta -Analysis The technique of quantitatively combining, synthesizing, and summarizing data and results from different studies is known as meta -analysis (Putzrath and Ginevan ... most other metals in the soil (Darland and Inskeep 1997; Jones et al 1997) Darland and Inskeep (1997) found that arsenate (AsO4) transport through sand containing free iron oxides was very slow ... movement of As Arsenates (As( V)) are more toxic and more mobile in the soil than arsenites (As( III)) (McGeehan 1996) Some aquatic organisms and soil bacteria can reduce As( V) to As( III), increasing...

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Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 05:22

... two groups: ASI in advanced CRC (a measurable tumor burden) and ASI in suspected minimal residual CRC (patients had undergone complete resection for primary tumor or metastasis disease without ... Statistical Analysis With regards to ASI in advanced CRC, a post hoc explorative analysis was performed to calculate the overall response rate of ASI as well as the clinical benefit rate, based on ... the Meta -analysis of ASI in suspected minimal residual CRC, the overall quality of each study was assessed in accordance with the Jadad format[14] A grading scheme (A, B, and C) is used to classify...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... of lung function, gas exchange and DLCO% a nd 6MWD on the 3rd , 6th and 12th month We conducted meta -analysis from six RCTs regarding lung function, gas exchange and DLCO% and 6MWD on the 3rd ... the content of the study Authors' contributions: BD and WH carried out to study design and RCTs assessment WH, RWW and BD carried out data analysis and manuscript writing QYT, YGJ, YGL, JHZ and ... our meta -analysis demonstrated that LVRS can increase PaO2 and decrease PaCO2 appreciably With respect to 6MWD, we concluded that LVRS can obviously increase exercise capacity on the 6th and...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... polymorphism in our meta -analysis For the association between CYP1A1 exon7 gene polymorphism and lung cancer risk, a significant assocation was found in Asians, Caucasians, lung SCC and Female population, ... among East Asians,~5% among Caucasians and ~15% among other population In addition, in our meta -analysis the between-study heterogeneity was existed in overall population, the subgroup of Asian and ... categorized as Asian, Caucasian, and mixed Histological type of lung cancer was divided to lung squamous carcinoma (SCC), adenocarcinoma (AC) and small cell lung cancer (SCLC) in our meta- analysis...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:21

... "RCHOP", and "R-CVP." Study selection The articles were analyzed and relevant literature was further evaluated Published and unpublished data as well as ASH abstracts were reviewed No attempt was made ... lymphoma, and no data for previously treated and relapsed patients on RCVP Finally, it was unfortunate that for the second analysis only age, sex, and stage were reported as demographic and clinical ... demographics and clinical characteristics were expressed as proportions and compared across treatments using 2-tailed Chi-squared tests Treatment efficacy was expressed as proportions of CR, PR and CR+PR,...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 22:20

... QSG has five different versions in ADB-H and eight in ADB-H, we use NDCG@5 and NDCG@8 for ADB-H and ADB-S as the performance measure, respectively 4.1.2 4.1.2.1 Baseline Random Model The Random ... and MRRw for Random using 100 random permutations of integers from to 10 4.2.2 Result and Discussion Table 4.8 compares our new systems (Fusion-H and Fusion-S) with the Baseline (Baseline-H and ... music structure analysis and segmentation have been studied for years, and many methods have been proposed [PMK10] It has become a regular task, known as the “Structural Segmentation” task, in MIREX...

Ngày tải lên: 22/09/2015, 15:18

... opportunity to pursue audio research and work on various aspects of music analysis, which has led to this dissertation Through his ideas, support and enthusiastic supervision, he is in many ways ... chroma-based representations for audio thumbnailing In WASPAA, 2001 [5] J.P Bello, G Monti, and M Sandler Techniques for automatic music transcription In ISMIR, 2000 [6] F Carreras, M Leman, and ... four beats to a measure Rhythm can be perceived as a combination of strong and weak beats A strong beat usually corresponds to the first and third quarter note in a measure and the weak beat...

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2015, 22:30

... analysis will be run A Click the Analyze menu > Run Analysis command or the Run Analysis button, to bring up the Set Analysis Cases to Run form as shown in Figure 28 Figure 28 Set Analysis Cases ... the Assign menu > Frame/Cable > Releases/Partial Fixity command to bring up the Assign Frame Releases form and make sure that the Moment 33 (Major) check boxes for both the Start and End Releases ... Run Analysis command or the Run Analysis button, and then click the Run Now button on the Set Analysis Cases to Run form F When the analysis is complete, click the OK button to close the analysis...

Ngày tải lên: 06/09/2012, 15:56

... review the results of a basic static analysis (and maybe also dynamic analysis, at least for mode shapes) to verify that your model is behaving as you intend SAP2000 has extensive online help ... 41 Assigning shell sections 47 Assigning frame end releases 48 10 Defining static load cases .51 11 Assigning frame static loads 53 12 Assigning ... loads 61 13 Assigning joint static loads .63 14 Assigning joint masses 67 15 Assigning diaphragm constraints 70 16 Static and dynamic analysis (not pushover)...

Ngày tải lên: 06/09/2012, 15:56

... with ideal and realistic transistor models: (a) lowpass biquad filter, (b) bandpass biquad filter, (c) 7th-order Chebyshev lowpass ladder filter, and (d) 6th-order Chebyshev bandpass filter ... thoroughly analyzed under parasitic emitter and base resistances, finite beta, Early effect, and area mismatches The results are used to predict the nonideal lowpass and bandpass biquadratic filter ... filten with ided and redistic transistor models: (a) lowpass biquad filter, (b) bandpas biquad filter, (c)7th-order Cheby- shev lowpass ladder filter, and (d) 6th-order Chebyshev bandpass filter CHAPTER...

Ngày tải lên: 06/11/2012, 10:35

... (i.e., B-frames) and half-pixel motion prediction MPEG-2 was developed as a joint work of both the ISO/IEC and ITU-T organizations and was completed in 1994 [52] It was designed as a superset of ... applications and to provide tools for object-based coding of natural and synthetic audio and video [49] MPEG-4 includes properties such as object-based coding, synthetic content, and interactivity ... estimation of the classical model (3.49) and the modified model (3.53) for (a) frame and( b) frame in CIF Foreman sequence 59 25 Bitrate R(z) and its estimation based on (3.57) for (a) frame and (b) frame...

Ngày tải lên: 06/11/2012, 10:45

... question As a quasi-science, security analysis has its limitations, yet it provides a reasonable framework for comparing and contrasting investment opportunities As a result, security analysis ... Security Analysis No Profit Guarantee Day-to-Day Trading and Security Analysis Herd Psychology and Security Analysis Momentum Investors Game Theory and Security Analysis The Premise of Security Analysis ... Australia, and Asia, Wiley is globally committed to developing and marketing print and electronic products and services for our customers’ professional and personal knowledge and understanding The...

Ngày tải lên: 07/12/2012, 14:43

... data collection method, instruments as well as process of data collection and data analysis IV Data analysis and discussion This focuses on presenting, analyzing and discussing the results obtained ... heart rate whereas the behavioral aspects may be assessed by direct observation On the other hand, the cognitive aspects of attitude are generally measured by interviews, survey and other reporting ... did you last see your favourite T Vprogramme ? How often you see your favourite T V programme ? Students can move round the classroom asking as many classmates as possible these questions and fill...

Ngày tải lên: 12/04/2013, 16:19

... underlying assumptions and implicit arguments 85 Introduction Assumptions Activity: Identify the underlying assumptions Identifying hidden assumptions Implicit assumptions used as reasons Activity: ... when making an analysis This is a misunderstanding of the term As we saw above, critical evaluation means identifying positive as well as negative aspects, what works as well as what does not ... such as similarities and differences, absence and presence, order and sequence; using recognition of pattern in order to compare and contrast items and to predict possible outcomes; sorting and...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2013, 14:07

... and published extensively Dr Rizk was the postgraduate and research coordinator in the school of Engineering and Industrial Design, UWS Dr Rizk has acted as reviewer for papers for National and ... design technique based on a suitable choice of rotor geometrical parameters to maximize torque and power factor in synchronous reluctance motors II Finite-element analysis and measurements” Energy ... inductances and the performance of one such machine is also given when driven as a variable speed drive References [1] Lawrenson, P.J and Agu, L.A Theory and Performance of Polyphase Reluctance...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 16:30

... the input sequence and the current and previous values of the unit impulse response are added, whereas in Equation (2.54) the previous values of the output and present and past values of the input ... input δ(n), we have x(0)h(n) as the response due to x(0)δ(n) because we have assumed that the system is linear Assuming that the system is time-invariant as well as linear, we get the output ... − k) and x(k) and we multiply the samples of h(n − k) and x(k) at each value of k and add the products For our example, we show the summation of the product when n = −2 in Figure 2.4d, and show...

Ngày tải lên: 29/09/2013, 21:20

... can be categorized into Direct measures and Indirect measures Direct measures of the software process include measurement of cost and effort applied Direct measures of a product include Lines ... System Analysis and Design? System development can generally be thought of having two major components: systems analysis and systems design.In System Analysis more emphasis is given to understanding ... what are systems and what is system analysis and design So let us take a case in which we’ll apply the concepts we have learned in the chapter The case would be referred to as and where necessary...

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