... for their guidance and help, without which my research would not be carried out smoothly I would also like to thank Mr Francis Hoon, laboratory officer at vision and machine learning laboratory, ... The authors reported a mean error of 1.63mm for the cortical bone and 2.90mm for the trabecular bone (2) Segmentation of maxilla from traditional CT: • “Automatic bone and tooth detection for CT-based ... junction of the lower border of the ramus with the posterior border • The condyle is a rounded knob by means of which the mandible can make all its movements • The coronoid process is a sharp...
Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 09:32
... professors like me, but we’re a dying breed What are the implications for the economy, for society, and for individuals? The structure of the economy is shifting radically Companies have no choice ... Professor Robert Reich Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley The net result is more personal and familial stress, more willingness on the part of working people to take on whatever work comes ... intellectual property, coupled with a brand name All else, especially its workers, won’t really be “its” workers at all Not even the core “talent” will stick around for long At the level of the...
Ngày tải lên: 02/12/2015, 14:14
Báo cáo y học: "Serologic and PCR testing of persons with chronic fatigue syndrome in the United States shows no association with xenotropic or polytropic murine leukemia virus-related viruses" pot
... unable to concentrate for more than hour a day” [13] We also tested another 14 selfdiagnosed CFS samples from persons having a severity score above 50 or having an unreported CFS severity (unclassified ... cycles of 94°C for 30 s, 50°C for 30 s, 72°C for 45 s for both RNA from 62 μL primary and nested DNA PCR [5,9] RT-PCR; Primer 1154R was plasma used for cDNA synthesis at 42°C for hr with the IScript ... infection with these viruses Acknowledgements This study was sponsored by Cooperative Diagnostics in order to help CFS patients The authors thank Dr Robert Silverman at the Cleveland Clinic for the...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 01:20
Tài liệu Global imbalances and the financial crisis: Link or no link? docx
... C, with A and B not even trading with each other The United States, for instance, has large bilateral deficits vis-à-vis a whole range of countries, not just China or oil exporters In fact, for ... re-established By contrast, for a pure credit economy, with no external gold backing but with only inside money (credit-backed deposits), he had no answer 43 He could identify no forces that would take ... conference G20 reform initiatives: Implications for the future of regulation, co-hosted by the Institute for Global Economics and the IMF, Seoul, Korea, November 11 Warnock, F and V Warnock (2009),...
Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 03:20
OECD Environment Working Papers No. 2: The Health Costs of Inaction with Respect to Air Pollution potx
... Health Costs of Inaction with respect to Air Pollution", OECD 2008 The full report can be accessed from: www.oecd.org/env/workingpapers For more information about this OECD work, please contact the ... increase with increased PM10 concentrations because as pollution worsens, people are more affected and develop more symptoms Moreover, these results are consistent with economic theory, which ... importance of health impacts associated with air pollution in mortality and morbidity terms, this report focuses on air pollution The objective of this report is to provide background information...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 00:20
using options to buy stocks - build wealth with little risk and no capital
... WNK Nokia NOK NOK AC ZOK WIK Nordstrom JWN JWN A ZNZ WNZ Nortel Networks NT NT C ZOO WNT Northrop Grumman NOC NOC C ZOJ WJO Northwest Airlines NWAC NAQ AC ZWW WAW Novell NOVL NKQ A ZNN WNN Nucor ... Oct Jan Aug Sep Nov Feb Aug Sep Dec Mar Sep Sep Oct Jan Apr Sep Oct Nov Feb Sep Oct Dec Mar Oct Oct Nov Jan Apr Oct Nov Feb May Oct Nov Dec Mar Nov Nov Dec Jan Apr Nov Dec Feb May Nov Dec Mar Jun ... security dealers and brokers, it is important to understand that options are not securities Unlike stocks, warrants, or corporate bonds, options are not authorized or issued by any company on its behalf...
Ngày tải lên: 23/04/2014, 16:02
langford’s starting photography the guide to great images with digital or film
... After photographing the file is stored on a memory card held within the camera For more details on how sensors work, see page 44 Unlike with film, there are no chemical steps involved in using ... that you cannot adjust for correct exposure New, or young, photographers often start for all lighting conditions, nor choose between with a low-cost, entry-level digital compact deep or limited ... tones in beach and snow scenes are recorded correctly (see Figure 8.16) Figure 8.13 Portrait mode Figure 8.15 Night Portrait mode Portrait Designed for Night Portrait You should portraits producing...
Ngày tải lên: 01/06/2014, 10:31
Báo cáo hóa học: "Distress or no distress, that''''s the question: A cutoff point for distress in a working population" pptx
... classify cases for research purposes "Cutoff scores are used in a wide variety of settings to divide a score scale or other set of data into two or more categories, with inferences made or actions ... are not stressed) is 0.1 or less This means that employees who score above the chosen cutoff score are far more likely to report sick compared with employees who score under the cutoff score ... stressor Stressors can be the common cause for distress and depression or anxiety Under less favorable conditions, distress might be a precursor for more serious psychiatric disorders On the other...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20
báo cáo hóa học:" Two levels above and one level below pedicle screw fixation for the treatment of unstable thoracolumbar fracture with partial or intact neurology" pot
... at the thoracolumbar junction where compressive forces act more anteriorly, whereas in the more lordotic middle and lower lumbar spine where the compressive forces act more posteriorly, no implant ... inferior endplate of the vertebra caudad to the fracture Progression was considered to be absent, minor, or major Minor pro- Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Orthopaedic ... instability criteria of kyphotic deformity of more than 20° and /or vertebral body height loss of more than 50 compared to vertebra below The senior author (KJC) performed all surgeries At surgery,...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20
báo cáo hóa học:" Alendronate (ALN) combined with Osteoprotegerin (OPG) significantly improves mechanical properties of long bone than the single use of ALN or OPG in the ovariectomized rats" pdf
... (ALN, 4-amino-1-hydroxybutylidene bisphosphonate) is an amino bisphosphonate that has been developed for the treatment of osteolytic bone disorders such as giant cell tumor and osteoporosis In ... Ras-MEK-ERK pathway, which is important in maintaining normal osteoclast function [22] Small GTPases, such as Ras, Rho and Rac, are important for maintaining osteoclasts morphology and activity and ... haemopoietic precursors and stimulates their bone resorptive activities [12,13] OPG is a soluble decoy receptor for RANKL, it inhibits osteoclast differentiation and bone resorption via direct...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20
báo cáo hóa học:" Alendronate (ALN) combined with Osteoprotegerin (OPG) significantly improves mechanical properties of long bone than the single use of ALN or OPG in the ovariectomized rats" pot
... (ALN, 4-amino-1-hydroxybutylidene bisphosphonate) is an amino bisphosphonate that has been developed for the treatment of osteolytic bone disorders such as giant cell tumor and osteoporosis In ... Ras-MEK-ERK pathway, which is important in maintaining normal osteoclast function [22] Small GTPases, such as Ras, Rho and Rac, are important for maintaining osteoclasts morphology and activity and ... haemopoietic precursors and stimulates their bone resorptive activities [12,13] OPG is a soluble decoy receptor for RANKL, it inhibits osteoclast differentiation and bone resorption via direct...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 07:20
Goldman Sachs: Risk M anagement and the Residential Mortgage pdf
... aspects of each mortgage originator before the firm began purchasing loans for securitization As a result of these reviews, we determined not to business with dozens of originators and suspended ... RMBS, Goldman Sachs often purchased the underlying loans from banks and other lenders In other cases, Goldman Sachs acted as an underwriter for securitizations of the loans of mortgage originators ... must be short the risk (i.e., hoping to benefit from a decrease in the value of the referenced assets) Goldman Sachs has not been a significant participant in the market for originating mortgages...
Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 17:20
Báo cáo y học: "Subcutaneous Immunoglobulin-G Replacement Therapy with Preparations Currently Available in the United States for Intravenous or Intramuscular Use: Reasons and Regimens" docx
... are not followed by these types of adverse events Overall, for these patients, the requirement for frequent selfdosing results in less overall disease-related morbidity or interference with normal ... established by the World Health Organization Seven patients were diagnosed with selective IgG antibody deficiency after presenting with recurrent infections and failure to respond with, and /or to maintain, ... by the patients and not seem to cause excessive local swelling or discomfort We have seen no incidents of local injury or tissue breakdown with that solution In most cases, within a few hours...
Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 20:23
Báo cáo y học: "A 64-week, multicenter, open-label study of aripiprazole effectiveness in the management of patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder in a general psychiatric outpatient setting" pptx
... intervention, organic, neurological, cardiovascular diseases, or if they had a history of drug or alcohol abuse within the last 12 weeks Other exclusion criteria were pregnant or breastfeeding women, or ... they not provide a measure of overall effectiveness (that is, whether or not the treatment works in real-world clinical practice) [1,2] Effectiveness is a more global measure that considers not ... therapy within weeks prior to the screening visit; and those with a known allergic reaction to any antipsychotic medication (including but not limited to haloperidol, chlorpromazine, thioridazine,...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21
Báo cáo khoa học: "Greenhouse production of nectarines for early harvest in France: a cultivation system with shallow rest or no rest" pps
... recorded as ’burst’ or ’not burst’ on Results Growth capacity of leaf buds (Fig 1) For all considered treatments, the registered MTB values never reached the ’peak’ values generally recorded for ... peach 00! trees under normal cultivation conditions (>700 h) With the treatment, there is one of two possibilities: either a ’peak’ value occurred but was not recorded, for lack of suitable sampling ... dormancy seemed easy to overcome, even with the H, experimental conditions which did not lead to any problems at the agronomic level (good fruit yield) There is no definite conclusion that no...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 02:21
Báo cáo y học: " Change in level of productivity in the treatment of schizophrenia with olanzapine or other antipsychotics" ppsx
... treatment discontinuation for any cause is associated with better functional outcomes for patients with schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder, or schizoaffective disorder J Clin Psychiatry 2007, ... 3.5 ** Productivity Level score which encompassed work for pay as well as useful nonpaid activity such as volunteer work or being a student, thus possibly being more sensitive to change than ... Productivity level was assessed by study investigators on a 5-point scale, with scale scores corresponding to how often functional activities can be performed: 1, no useful functioning; 2, > 0% to ≤25% of...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:22
Báo cáo y học: " Positive end-expiratory pressure or no positive end-expiratory pressure: is that the question to be asked" docx
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 19:22
the partnership; the making of goldman sachs (2008)
... from Goldman Sachs, Arthur Sachs was a director of Woolworth, but to the firm’s surprise, Woolworth did not elect a successor director from the firm For forty years Goldman Sachs did no business with ... tirades.”23 Nor did Howard Sachs s service overseas with the TwentySixth Division, nor Paul Sachs s service in the field with the Red Cross, nor the Liberty Bond sales by other members of the firm Nor did ... Kleinworts’ warning that Goldman Sachs would be blacklisted in the City of London, nor the Bank of England’s forbidding Kleinwort to any foreign exchange business with Gold man Sachs The split within...
Ngày tải lên: 30/10/2014, 17:00
the last holdouts- goldman sachs and lazard freres
... a strong case at Goldman for leaving things as they were To Go or Not to Go Corzine actively advocated an initial public offering for Goldman in 1996, but the partners could not be convinced ... Gates New York: Oxford University Press, 2000 ——— 100 Years of Wall Street New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000 ——— Wall Street: A History New York: Oxford University Press, 1997 Grayson, Theodore Leaders ... phenomenon In 1968, Congress reacted by passing the Williams Act, requiring any company buying percent or more of another’s stock to register the purchase with the 302 The Last Holdouts: Goldman...
Ngày tải lên: 01/03/2015, 15:29