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... rater versus the mean value ofthe other raters andthe mean ofthe raters versus the speech recognition system The correlation is negative forthe latter because the scales forthe evaluations ... “very low”) Forthe LE group, five raters were asked to use the total range from toandto set for “very good substitute speech” instead of “very good normal speech.” Forthe four raters ofthe OC ... group andthe three other raters forthe OC group Forthe comparison between the automatic speech recognition system andthe expert ratings, the mean rating of all human raters was taken into account...
... screening the primary andthe secondary pools The presence ofthe gene of interest was conrmed by PCR on the BAC DNA Forthe three BAC clones identied using PCR systemsand BAC forthe Texas ... mapped to BTA29q22 (see Figs and 2) DISCUSSION Problems encountered forthe assignment andthe design of specic primer pairs for VIL1 and LDHA can be explained by the fact that these genes belong to ... I) for 30 s and 72 C for 30 s, andto a nal extension step of 2.3 Sequencing The sequencing reactions were performed on the PCR products directly using a Dye Terminator kit (Perkin Elmer) For...
... trying to select or find a chiropractor to refer to, one would ask the questions ofthe chiropractor based on the characteristics listed in Table to ascertain whether the chiropractor fits these ... chiropractors and practitioners andthe various treatments and modalities used The aim of this commentary is to provide a quick reference guide for non-chiropractors to use in the selection of or ... contributions tothe content ofthe final manuscript All ofthe authors participated in the editing and revisions ofthe multiple drafts that existed between the initial and final draft All authors read and...
... refers tothe ith voxel ofthe region and n tothe total number of voxels ofthe corresponding region Statistical analysis The values are presented as their mean ± SD The relationships of VTEIT ... in charge ofthe chemistry in the platform DL is a pharmacist in charge ofthe chemistry in the platform FL is an engineer in charge ofthe PET camera IF is a professor of physiology and was a ... relative to ZEEP [8] The same approach was used to compare VAatten to VL in the part ofthe study performed at different PEEP levels The resulting predicted values of VTEIT and VL were henceforth...
... the total phenotypic variance was calculated vector of fixed effects including the overall mean andthe Table 1: Total number of pairs and average of sampled pairs for relationship k k FDCa totale ... predicted from the estimation based on the phenotypes and genotypes forthe rest ofthe population in the estimation set For each comparison, we correlated the predicted value of an animal in the validation ... SNP information In model 2, the variance due to additive genetic effects was increased to 25%, andthe variance due to family effects was decreased to 7% ofthe total phenotypic variance The model...
... difficult for them to identify the meaning of, to understand the use ofandto remember the words belonging to technical terms In fact, the students’ problems always haunt the teachers, which urge them ... Presenting The main aim of presenting vocabulary is to introduce the meaning, the form and appropriate usage There are quite a lot of methods and techniques to present the form and meaning of vocabulary ... answers from the students the teachers wrote them on the boards and explained tothe students and then got them into practice The students seemed more excited when they took part in a game to practice...
... measuring the absorbance ofthe cultures periodically The bacteria grow exponentially forthe first days due tothe presence of dissolved oxygen in the medium The shift into the first stage of non-replicating ... levels of resistance to these two compounds However, due tothe non-essentiality ofthe corA gene andthe bactericidal effect ofthe compounds, we suggest that CorA is not the actual target and ... Vasan Sambandamurthy and Dr Thomas Dick, forthe opportunity to work in the Tuberculosis Unit ofthe Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases (NITD) I would also like to thank them for their full...
... or not, the interest ofthe class andthe teacher, the place in which the work is being carried out, the nature andthe content ofthe listening text itself If one of these is forgotten, the whole ... Literature review To provide a theoretical background tothe study, this chapter is devoted tothe reexamination ofthe concepts most relevant tothe thesis’s topic Firstly, an account ofthe theory on ... experience, andthe youngest just has over two years Most ofthe teachers at UFFP are aware ofthe important role ofthe ability to listen to spoken English Therefore, they have done much to improve the...
... accessibility and affordability of fruits and vegetables? – On which areas related to nutrition, physical activity, the development of tools forthe analysis of related disorders, and consumer ... andto cooperate with similar fora at national level At the same time, the Platform can create input for integrating the responses tothe obesity challenge into a wide range of EU policies The ... and sedentariness andthe role of sport in the context of education and as a means of restoring the balance" http://europa.eu.int/comm/sport/documents/lotpaderborn.pdf these include dietary therapy...
... identified on the basis ofthe outputs ofthe monitoring campaigns using the worldwide most advanced statistical tools as Chemical Mass Balance (CMB) and/ or the Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF) ... prominent forums for discussing the latest scientific developments, applications and implications for policy and other users An important feature ofthe conference is that it brings together scientists ... which is located downtown in the Plateau Longchamp, a vast landscaped park situated near the upper end of La Canebière. The main objective of this campaign is to inter compare the different source...
... understanding ofand accommodate the target's MOAs andthe trade-off of free choice and externalities The potential for success ofthe three sets of tools is derived from the target's assessment of ... Dickson (1992) discusses the invisible hand of competition that constrains the self-interest ofthe firm and forces the firm to serve the interests of customers so that the value of behavior opportunities ... compensate forthe cost ofthe risk, when it is too high, law often is needed because the manager is unable to compensate forthe risk premium The goals ofthe manager should be to reduce the perception...
... criteria being used in the selection process The aims ofthe criteria used in the checklists are to optimise the comfort and productivity of office workers andto minimise their risk of suffering musculoskeletal ... (adjustable by fore -and- aft movement ofthe backrest) is the horizontal distance, measured from the front edge tothe foremost point ofthe backrest on the centre line ofthe seat's width The minimum ... depth is the horizontal distance, measured from the front edge tothe foremost point ofthe backrest on the centre line ofthe seat's width The value of this dimension is based on the buttock to inside...
... by factors interfering with the reaction between the endotoxins andthe LAL As a consequence, the suitability ofthe regents and materials used andthe product itself has to be established The ... produced in the reaction ofthe lysate in the presence of endotoxin The system consists of LAL reagents and endotoxin controls in the form of a single-use polystyrene cartridges The cartridges ... intervals before transferring it tothe optical chambers The portable spectrophotometer then monitors the change in the optical density and calculates the endotoxin level based on the resulting...
... to denote the vector of d V T AU after changing dj V T AU and dk V T AU , then n σ i B di V T AU ≤ i n σ i B di V T AU 2.23 i After limited steps, we obtain thethe left-hand side of 2.18 For ... andthe pair Q, A is observable In practice, it is hard to solve the ARE , and there is no general method unless the system matrices are special and there are some methods and algorithms to solve ... researchers to evaluate the bounds and trace bounds forthe solution ofthe ARE 6–12 In addition, from 2, , we know that an interpretation of tr K is that tr K /n is the average value ofthe optimal cost...
... into the quartz tube for h at 500°C, in order to remove the presence of any oxygen on the surface ofthe alloy hydride catalysts Hydrogen flow was stopped and then furnace was heated up tothe ... band), mainly due to defects [20] is also observed Raman spectra for SWNTs show the presence of RBM, at 388.9 cm–1, in addition tothe G- and Dbands The increase in the intensity of D-band for ... spectra ofthe alloy-filled MWNTs (Fig 2a) showed the presence of Zr, Cr, Fe and Ni; the constituents ofthe alloy, with a composition comparable to that ofthe initial alloy used forthe preparation...
... the use of performance assessments in their own work They are assessing the effects of their teaching on the learning of candidates and using their findings to strengthen their own practice They ... expected to meet professional standards forthe subjects that they plan to teach as these have been defined in standards for students in P–12 schools and standards forthe preparation of teachers Candidates ... D S The NCATE standards are the basis forthe assessment ofthe unit conducted by the Board of Examiners team The standards are divided into two sections, candidate performance (Standards and...
... variation and ICCs across the three repeated trials within the one session ranged from to 22% and 0.83 to 0.98 respectively for maximum force, to 32% and 0.65 to 0.92 for peak pressure, andto 27% and ... single session The intra-session CVs forthe seven analysed regions ranged from to 22% for maximum force, to 32% for peak pressure andto 27% for average pressure The midfoot and lesser toe regions ... MPJ345, MPJ2, andthe lesser toes (ICCs between 0.69 and 0.71) and good forthe total area, heel, midfoot, MPJ1 andthe hallux (ICCs between 0.77 and 0.88) (Table 6) When using the mean of three measurements,...
... inhibitors have been demonstrated to attenuate the synthesis of inflammatory cytokines and MMPs [17] SB 203580 [19-21] and VX-745 [22] are both potent inhibitors of p38α and β but not γ or δ The ... 0.05) between the vehicle and drug treatment groups contributes tothe development and maintenance of neuropathic pain by inducing the synthesis of inflammatory cytokines and other neuroactive ... of Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals during the performance of these studies and received 100% of their compensation from the company Authors' contributions KKB, SAH and EBH performed all of the...