... controversial, it is generally accepted that measuring fPSA and calculating the percentage of fPSA aids in distinguishing cancer from other benign prostate conditions such as benign prostate hyperplasia, ... phenomenon, the other problem was the lack of calibration against a universal standard In an effort to standardize PSA methods, the World Health Organization (WHO) developed a standard, the WHO (90:10) ... enlargement, inflammation, infection, age, and race If there are no other indicators that suggest cancer, the doctor may recommend repeating DRE (digital rectal examination) and PSA tests regularly...
... mechanisms that determine therate at whicha protein is made and those that determine therate at which it is broken down possess no intrinsic means of making the two equal, then balance between them ... as a matter of logic and our understanding of physical and chemical kinetics The principal conclusion to be drawn from this analysis isthat through the agency of mass action andthe conservation ... such as growing bacterial cultures, even a small persistent imbalance betweenthe rates of synthesis and degradation of proteins is inimical to cellular and organismal life1 Over the past half-century...
... Jeffares et al [17] have recently reviewed the process of intron gain and loss They and others have demonstrated that intron evolution is not a simple stochastic process, andthata number of ... step in understanding their intricate evolution in animals and other eukaryotic taxa Biologists have recently gained access to genomic information from dozens of eukaryotic and hundreds of prokaryotic ... thousands of new introns which, in turn, increased their protein diversity via alternative splicing Yet according to Raible et al., the last common ancestor between vertebrates and annelids had...
... online version of this paper Additional data file shows a comparison ofthe shared interaction ratio for duplicates and random ORF pairs Additional data file shows the semantic distance distributions ... non-duplicates, and confirms the observation that pairs of WGDs share more protein interactions than pairs of SSDs In addition to protein-protein interactions, functional annotations within the GO database ... functions, particularly sugar transporters, and also for those with hydrolase and helicase activities Genes specifying proteins that are involved in binding, particularly nucleic acid binding and transcription...
... student or professor caught plagiarizing might be told to leave and never return Using information from experts is usually OK, as long as where the material came from is identified Any material copied ... word-for-word is supposed to appear inside quotation marks Where people get in trouble is when they try to claim other people's words as their own INTHE NEWS in VOA Special English was written by Nancy ... Punishments for plagiarism differ in schools A high school student might fail the project A college student might fail the class and be suspended for a year In some colleges and universities, a...
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... ootheca transport Ovarian BgVgR mRNA levels appeared high at the beginning ofthe last nymphal instar, steadily declining along the instar, and reaching the lowest values ofthe instar before the ... These included the insects D melanogaster (AAB60217), A gambiae (EAA06264), A aegypti (AAK15810), S invicta (AAP92450) and P americana (BAC02725), andthe vertebrates Anguila japonica (BAB64337), ... (Fig 3D) Increases in protein levels and decreases in mRNA occur towards the last third ofthe last instar nymph, and this is concomitant with the imaginal moult peak of ecdysteroids, whichis produced...
... Furnas S, and McClellan F Literacy, Health, andthe Law: An Exploration ofthe Law andthe Plight of Marginal Readers within the Health Care System: Advocating for Patients and Providers Health ... evaluated to determine whether it is understandable for patients A few tools are available to measure the readability of materials as well as the health literacy ofthe patients Evaluating the ... intended audience • The Suitability Assessment of Materials1 andthe Medicaid Checklist2 assess how readable and understandable education materials are, and also evaluate how well materials stimulate...
... C: The Burden of Disease and Injury in Australia Canberra, Australia: Australian Institute of Health & Welfare; 1999 Felson DT, Naimark A, Anderson J, Kazis L, Castelli W, Meenan RF: The prevalence ... structure have demonstrated that fat mass may be one ofthe determinants that mediate the association between excess body mass and joint abnormalities, such as the reduction in cartilage volume andthe ... of both joint space narrowing and osteophytes is associated with issues of measurement and interpretation We propose thata technique thatis reliable and valid, examines different features of...
... given The scores of each study are given in Tables and Statistical analysis A formal meta-analysis ofthe prospective studies investigating the association between bone mass and risk for cardiovascular ... drafted the manuscript LT participated in interpretation and analysis ofthe data and helped to draft the manuscript WL conceived ofthe Page 15 of 19 hypothesis ofthe manuscript and participated in ... between cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis The following search terms for cardiovascular disease were used: cardiovascular diseases, cerebrovascular diseases and peripheral vascular diseases These...
... indicate both the state ofthe learner’s knowledge andofthe ways inwhichthe second language is being learned “Error” in English language teaching isa mark ofa learner’s transitional competence ... Definition of errors The term “error” isusedina variety of ways in linguistics and language teaching theory Inthe early 1970s, research into “error” has demonstrated that learner errors indicate ... hesitation and too many pauses to cause barriers or a breakdown in communication (Crystal, 1977; Bryne, 1988 & Nation, 1991) In language teaching and learning, there is no dining that fact that both accuracy...
... estimates are also in line with the CBO’s estimates for the years 2014–16 The patterns of GDP growth rates andofthe three main financial balances in this baseline case that is, the negative ofthe ... provisions ofthe American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2013, the law that averted or delayed most tax increases and spending cuts contained inthe so-called “fiscal cliff.” This lastminute agreement allowed ... thatis slightly smaller than the increase that we assumed for the baseline simulation, plus a small increase inthe direct taxation in 2013 An increase of real government purchases of final goods...
... tobacco to minors and outlawing cigarette vending machines, and to the demise ofthe Marlboro Man and Camel Joe and to surreptitious paid cigarette advertising in movies made for kids I am now proud ... Thedifferencebetween courageous and crazy is often and RJ Reynolds It was a lost cause, and everyone thought I was crazy for doing it (including me) But, as Jimmy Stewart memorably said in ... proud to have been one ofa small group of men and women who took on a lost cause and brought about one ofthe most profound societal changes inthe history of this country – the eradication of toxic...
... correlation between default rateand lagged 2-year real interest rate They argue that interest rate level isthe basis of cost of capital When the interest rateis high, the firm must generate ... relationship between default rateand real interest rates Longstaff and Schwartz (1995) develop a simple approach to valuing risky corporate debt that incorporates both default and interest rate ... 1971–1995, there was a moderate, significant positive correlation between default rates and real interest rate, anda strong positive correlation between default rateand lagged 2-year real interest rate...
... more than kcal molÀ1, the largest of any ofthe complexes considered herein There is another minimum, b, almost a mirror image ofthe first, that contains very similar interactions, anda binding ... U Adhikari and S Scheiner a number of different noncovalent interactions, but the E(2) values of all of them are only around 0.52 kcal molÀ1 The comparison ofthe complexes of NMA with CH3SH and ... 1.7 kcal molÀ1 than their global minimum The only other minimum identified by Iwaoka et al is rather similar to their global minimum, also seeming to contain a CH···O and SS···O pair of interactions...
... (Murray and Delahunty 2000; Drake et al 2001), andthe majority of them had greater than 100 h of training regarding the evaluation of dairy products Food and chemical references as well as cheese ... (horizontal) are major determinants of variation inthe three maturation levels of Cheddar cheese It is apparent from the taste data that Cheddar cheeses betweenand 12 months of aging can be differentiated ... as a defect in Cheddar cheese (Suriyaphan et al 2001) The sensory term “fruity” was excluded from the data after the initial statistical analysis of taste attributes (during training) because of...
... methodology Included in this chapter is an explanation ofthe sample design andthe statistical procedures usedinthe analysis The study findings and analysis are presented in Chapter 4, while Chapter ... CEO age and tenure and CEO shareholdings were used as measures of CEO compensation while ROE was adapted as a measure of firm performance Theresultsofthe analysis of variance (ANOVA) indicated ... among shareholders, inthe media and academia, and has experienced pressure inthe legislature and economic arenas The literature suggests there are many and varied reasons for the interest in executive...
... to the mass ofthe amino acid residue at that position inthe sequence An additional relative molecular mass increment of 162 Da reveals thata hexose is attached to the corresponding amino acid ... indicating a DP of < 12 Inthe Glg2p-forming cells, the by far dominant oligosaccharide peak eluted between DP and DP ofa maltodextrin standard This compound ispresentinthe oligosaccharide pattern ... level ofa relatively small maltodextrin is increased more than threefold that, as judged from HPAEC, has a DP of approximately It is remarkable thatthe size of this maltodextrin is significantly...
... 4.4 Corporate Bond Yield Spreads Aaa Aa A Baa Aaa Aa A Baa Aaa Aa A Baa 2231 2232 The Journal of Finance Table II Regressions of Changes in Corporate Bond Yield Spreads on Changes in Treasury Yields ... ~medium-term Aaa-rated bonds! and 4.2 basis points ~long-term Baa-rated bonds! This relationship is weak for Aaa-rated bonds ~it is statistically insignificant for long-maturity and medium-maturity Aaarated ... Short Aaa Aa A Baa Aaa Aa A Baa Aaa Aa A Baa 38 91 98 66 38 98 120 119 25 90 122 122 2.7 1.0 4.1 4.8 5.6 11.5 17.9 20.1 2.0 10.4 15.8 21.6 The Journal of Finance Mean SPREAD Panel C Finance Sector...