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What isthe normal range? In addition, how can it be that if there is ANY prostate
specific antigen in the blood that there is no ... cancer.
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PSA is a protein produced by the cells of the prostate gland. The most frequently
used PSA - prostate-specific antigen test - isthe total PSA, which measures the
sum of the free PSA andthe ... with the ARCHITECT i2000
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comparison
method. Differences between test and comparison methods were estimated at 2.5, 4.0, and 10.0
ng/mL (2.5, 4.0, and 10.0 àg/L) for tPSA and 15%, 20%, and...
... to recall their initial state, and the
judgement is based on their present state and working
backwards. Any measure of change that reflects the unbi-
ased difference betweenthe final and initial ... correlations with the initial state, supporting this
hypothesis.
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and 2
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assessments was
up to a year, which is far larger than the timeframes used
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What istherelationshipbetweenthe minimally important
difference and health state utility values? The case of the SF-6D
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Table 5 displays the Pearson’s correlation coefficients and their p-values for the paired variable in each time region. The
null hypothesis is that the correlation is equal to zero. The alternative ... 2, 2009
THE RELATIONSHIPBETWEEN DEFAULT
RISK AND INTEREST RATES: AN EMPIRICAL
STUDY
RESEARCH INSIGHT
ABSTRACT
Understanding therelationshipbetween credit and interest rate risk is critical...
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ABSTRACT
The relationshipbetweenthe consumer acceptability ... differences. These irregular trends in the
interaction among panelists could mean that the panelists did not distinguish
differences among treatments or that no perceivable differences existed among
the ... Logistic regression is very similar to multiple linear regression. The
only major difference in the analyses isthe nature of the response variable. In
multiple linear regression, the response is...
... Because of this reason, the research
focuses on understanding the value of the corporate culture, in particular,
understanding therelationshipbetweenthe corporate culture andthe innovation ... Firstly, whatis
corporate culture? Andwhatisthe innovation of management accounting? Secondly,
what istherelationshipbetweenthe corporate culture andthe use of management
accounting ... therelationshipbetween corporate culture andthe use
of management accounting innovations. Moreover, this survey also focuses on the
purpose and role of this relationship.
To conduct this...
... policy-maker would wish
to return inflation to the target rate. There is no clear
link betweenthe length of the horizon that is relevant
for the NRR, andthe preferences of the inflation targeter
over ... definition. Furthermore, we argue that there is
a difference between thinking about what real interest rate
is neutral over the medium run, andwhat real interest rate is
neutral at the current ... inflation,
the inflation target, and an estimate of the output gap, then
we can solve for the term that is required to make this
equation hold at each point in time. This term is equal to the
NRR plus the...
... of landscape. There are three reasons to
believe that this is not a problem. First, the existing literature and our own results find that the
cross-sectional relationshipbetween landscape and ... obesity and either of the landscape variables. This confirms our prior that dealing with
men and women separately is important. In light of this, it is surprising that none of the studies
discussed ... movers. The key is that Plantinga and Bernell study nlsy79 respondents between
1996 and 2000, rather than between 1988 and 1994 as we do. This is crucial because at that later
stage in their lives...
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is there a role for touching in the aesthetic
division of labour, which is indisputably domi-
nated by the seeing and hearing that seem to
safeguard the distance betweenthe work of
art and ... nominalism and idealism about
the relationshipbetween a musical work‚
and its tokens or performances‚, the contro-
versy between ctionalism and realism, etc.);
(c) questions concerning thepsychology ... meaning, the link between
music and text, the distinction between struc-
ture and content, the controversy between
representationalism and expressivism, etc.);
(e) problems regarding the understanding...
... M. Siika-
aho and R. Suihkonen for construction of the Cel7A mutant, and for
the purification of the wild-type andthe mutant protein. K. Rautajoki
is thanked for the help with the fluorescence ... Cel7A and all of them
are situated in the catalytic domain; five of them are buried
and four are situated in the active site tunnel, stacking
against the cellulose chain. The fluorescence emission
maximum ... change the pH optimum,
and at the same time improve the thermostability at the
new pH optimum. Whether these changes can be achieved
by a rational design or by directed evolution approaches is
an...
... acknowledge and welcome the comments and discussion of participants in
the Social Security Workshop held jointly with the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social
Affairs andthe Viet Nam Academy of Social ... retire because earned income by others in the household isshared and replaces the
earnings of elderly people, or whether this is a reflection of the characteristics of the elderly person being less
ble ... entitled to other provision and how
could this be paid for? How much additional poverty reduction at what costs is achieved if the age requirement
is lowered to 70 and to 65? How do the costs and coverage...
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attributes. The tourist is satisfied if the total experience compared to the expectation results
in gratification feeling; and he is dissatisfied if the comparison results in the feeling of
displeasure ...
positive effect with the satisfaction of the current visit to the same destination, and then the
feeling of satisfaction in the current visit affect intention to revisit in the future.
A recent ... the outcome of the
comparison between expectations and experiences, the difference between expectation and
perceived performance, andthe “fit” between tourist expectations and host destination...
... design and
development; data collection, data management and analyses; interpretation of
results andthe preparation of this thesis.
This PhD research program andthe study presented in this thesis ... depression and health 30
2.7 The association between stress and depression 33
2.7.1 Conceptualising stress 33
2.7.2 The association between stress and depression 34
2.8 The association betweensocial ... depression among adults in this community
in central Vietnam?
2. Whatisthe nature and extent of the association between SES and
depression among Vietnamese adults? Isthe socioeconomic-depression...