... of inflammation Due to inflammation, cytokines and chemokines are secreted rapidly and early following injury or infection Interferon-, TNF-, IL-1, and IL-6 are early cytokines produced during ... swine herds in the United States in 1987 and later in Europe in 1990 (Mengeling et al., 1996; Albina, 1997) Since then it has quickly spread throughout major swine producing countries in Asia and ... vitro andin vivo systems Dietary inclusion of MOS in diets for pigs may bring benefits by boosting and maintaining the host‟s diseaseresistance while preventing over-stimulation of the immune...
... within the NBS domain, while the remaining sequences either overlapped the NBS region at the N- or C- terminus, contained the LRR domain, or were located solely within the N- or C- terminal domain ... observed within LRR domains, suggesting that NBS-LRRs in ryegrass are diverse in function [64,67] Phylogenetics of Lolium NBS domain-containing sequences and relationship to genomic location and evolution ... contained 1–33 LRRs (modal at 3), 25 contained or more CC domains, and five sequences contained the NBS-NBS domain (Additional File 4) A further three receptor kinase and NBS-LRR genes contained...
... Topics in Medical Informatics Chapter 1: Knowledge Management Data Mining and Text Mining in Medical Informatics Introduction Knowledge Management, Data Mining, and Text Mining: ... data mining Keywords knowledge management; data mining; text mining Knowledge Management, Data Mining and Text Mining INTRODUCTION The field of biomedical informatics has drawn increasing popularity ... Knowledge Management, Data Mining and Text Mining Most knowledge management, data mining, and text mining techniques involve learning patterns from existing data or information, and are therefore...
... Topics in Medical Informatics Chapter 1: Knowledge Management Data Mining and Text Mining in Medical Informatics Introduction Knowledge Management, Data Mining, and Text Mining: ... data mining Keywords knowledge management; data mining; text mining Knowledge Management, Data Mining and Text Mining INTRODUCTION The field of biomedical informatics has drawn increasing popularity ... Knowledge Management, Data Mining and Text Mining Most knowledge management, data mining, and text mining techniques involve learning patterns from existing data or information, and are therefore...
... developing industry The interfacing of industry and government poultry health production activities can then help to drive both (Bagust, 1999; Information Note on “Veterinary Roles in Health and ... planning by industry and government, through its functioning in laboratory services, disease intelligence and field extension-outreach Second, it can also act as a viable interface for health intelligence ... government and industry representatives is therefore essential for successful design and planning, and also later, when periodically reviewing the unit’s performance in health anddisease control Industry...
... 13.2 Rating assignment 13.2.1 Internal ratings and agency ratings: how they differ? 13.2.2 The assignment of agency ratings 13.2.3 Rating assessment in bank internal rating systems 13.3 Rating quantification ... Risk Managementand Shareholders’ Value in Banking For other titles in the Wiley Finance Series please see www.wiley.com/finance Risk Managementand Shareholders’ Value in Banking From Risk ... directors and senior management; policies and procedures for managing interest rate risk; systems for measuring and monitoring risk, and for internal controls; and information to be provided to supervisory...
... 13.2 Rating assignment 13.2.1 Internal ratings and agency ratings: how they differ? 13.2.2 The assignment of agency ratings 13.2.3 Rating assessment in bank internal rating systems 13.3 Rating quantification ... Risk Managementand Shareholders’ Value in Banking For other titles in the Wiley Finance Series please see www.wiley.com/finance Risk Managementand Shareholders’ Value in Banking From Risk ... directors and senior management; policies and procedures for managing interest rate risk; systems for measuring and monitoring risk, and for internal controls; and information to be provided to supervisory...
... Diurnal changes in the resistance to water flow have been reported, the resistance tending to rise in the afternoon (Nnyamah et al., 1978) Nevertheless, the measuring point of water flow in relation ... instead of the water flow, the resistances were slightly lower but there were no substantial differences in the resistance While the resistance measured in the forenoon was larger than that in ... of the measuring point for water flow was very close to the measuring point for water potential of root- stock In order to keep a steady state, it is considered that the measuring point for water...
... Eliceiri BP, Cheresh DA: The role of alphav integrins during angiogenesis: insights into potential mechanisms of action and clinical development J Clin Invest 1999, 103:1227-1230 Osorio YFJ, Bukulmez ... Arthritis Res Ther 2007, 9:R63 Friedlander M, Brooks PC, Shaffer RW, Kincaid CM, Varner JA, Cheresh DA: Definition of two angiogenic pathways by distinct alpha v integrins Science 1995, 270:1500-1502 ... not observed Further studies in other ethnic groups are necessary to draw definite conclusions Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests References Jacq L,...
... regions within the Arachis genome as being involved in controlling diseaseresistanceIn particular, clustering of the candidate genes and QTLs suggests that the upper region of LG and the lower ... RWP, JP, and MP also participated in marker development and genotyping MCM participated in genotyping and did the linkage and QTL analysis APF participated in bioassays RV participated in the marker ... RGA-RFLP and two SCAR markers In total, 35 sequence confirmed candidate diseaseresistance genes were mapped, 21 being homologs to NBS-encoding genes and 14 homologs to other genes involved in plant...
... paraffin-embedded, and sections of μm were prepared and stained with hematoxylin/eosin (H/E) and Trichrome staining (Elastica-vanGieson) The degree of lung fibrosis was determined according to ... tg bleomycin bleomycin Cathepsin K Cathepsin K actin Actin D Lung tissue E BAL supernatant WT Cath K tg WT Cath K tg bleomycin bleomycin Cathepsin K Cathepsin K actin actin wild-type F 0d 7d ... mRNA and protein levels both in wild-type mice andin transgenic mice A more precise understanding of the factors governing cathepsin K regulation in vivo would be particularly important in view...
... not found in the cases of clinical mastitis At the herd visit, penicillin resistance against S aureus was found in 8.8% of the subclinically infected quarters in conventional farming andin 14.1% ... subclinically infected quarters in organic farming Østerås et al reported 11.4% resistance against penicillin G for S aureus in subclinically infected quarters [43] Other studies investigating ... conventional and organic farming a, b Associations between calving interval and management, season, breeding management, and parity When calving interval was assessed in the separate models for...
... R., King, R., & Bailes, J (2000) The value relevance of accounting information during a financial crisis: Thailand and the 1997 decline in the value of the baht Journal of International Financial ... Earnings managementand economic crises in the Brazilian capital market Although, as mentioned before, the inherent subjectivity implied in earnings management concept and the limitations of using ... entity and, whether by the omission (in- al), using the permissibility in selecting accounting principles for recognition and measurement of elements (assets, liabilities, and revenues and expenses)...
... correspond to more earnings smoothing EMAgg is an aggregate earnings management measure, obtained by transforming the individual earnings management scores into percentage ranks and averaging these percentage ... correspond to more earnings smoothing EMAgg is an aggregate earnings management measure, obtained by transforming the individual earnings management scores into percentage ranks and averaging these percentage ... better job in constraining earnings managementin public firms domiciled in strong investor protection countries This study examines (1) whether Big audit firms provide a constraint on earnings management...
... reduction in the level of earnings managementIn contrast, we find little evidence that the independence and financial expertise of audit committees constrain the level of earnings management, and ... accounting principles (GAAP) provides managers with considerable ability to manipulate accounting earnings Thus, the practice of management using judgment in financial reporting andin structuring ... mainly focus on incentives of earnings managementand consequences of such behavior 2.1.1 Incentives of earnings management Various incentives can induce managers to manipulate earnings Some incentives...
... Kiengiang and Vinhlong In these culture systems, fish are being stocked with very high density, over-feeding and bad water quality management This can lead to outbreak and spread of infectious diseases ... being applied to treat infectious diseases such as bacterial diseases Among these, enforxacin and flofenicol are the two common antimicrobials using to treat bacterial diseases in snakehead and ... propagation of climbing perch (Anabas testudineus) became more popular in the MD, farming of climbing perch was more developed in Haugiang, Longxuyen, Cantho andin some other provinces in the recent...
... radioactive wastes, including: solutions containing radionuclides generated during the diagnosis and treatment of diseases such as urine, excrement, and rinse water containing the radioactive instruments ... dust and gas also emits carcinogenic dioxins For this reason the world organizations have recommended not continuing using technology incinerators to handle infectious medical waste, instead using ... equipment, supplies, packaging, basic chemicals implement processes and instruments, sorting garbage Especially should organize training and retraining of staff working in infection control at the...
... rivers and lakes; increases in rainfall and rainfall intensity in some areas with reversal in other areas; lengthening of growing seasons; and precipitation of flowering of trees, emergence of insects, ... Researches in the world There are thousands of researches in the world in association with GIS application and forest management Including, "The use of remote sensing and GIS methods for mapping land ... Division, 2013): - The rainfall regime change could cause severe flooding in the rainy season erosion and landslides, and drought in the dry season, resulting in difficulties in supplying water - Climate...
... origins in manufacturing 3.2 It is important to identify how the interviewees within the case studies identified, perceived and described Lean in order to both place the remaining findings into ... being realistic about the timescales involved in making changes and embedding the process; engaging staff and helping them to understand how the Lean approach may impact upon the organisation and; ... mapping was the main one used 3.9 In sum, there was a difference between the actual type of Lean thinking considered and used in the public service sector and that used in manufacturing In manufacturing,...