... to the activity ofthe wild-type AMPK complexes measured in the absence ofAMP (the activity ofthe wild-type complex without AMP is set to 1) (C) The activity ofthe wild-type and mutated AMPK ... Table Effect ofthe mutations in the AMPK c3 gene on theAMP dependence ofthe enzyme Fold stimulation reflects the activation ofthe corresponding AMPK complexes by 200 lM AMP relative to the basal ... been shown to bind the allosteric activator ofthe kinase, AMP, whereas the two pairs of CBS domains both bind one molecule ofAMP [20] In terms ofthe structure of AMPK, the b-subunit has been...
... = connect(sd, (struct sockaddr *) &server, sizeof(server)); if(rc != 0) { printf( "The server is dead!\n"); exit(0); } else if(rc == 0) printf( "The server is not vulnerable!\n"); close(sd); exit(0); ... printf("\t\tUnix Version DoS for Pi3web\n"); printf("\t\tby Angelo Rosiello\n\n"); write(sd, packet, strlen(packet)); //Caput! printf("Malformed packet sent!\n"); close(sd); printf("Checking if the server...
... Garzone) Every versionofthe documents in any ofthe official languages ofthe issuing international agency is supposed to have the same meaning as other versions, and after ratification, is of legal ... 247), or for the discovery of ‘mismatches’ between the TT and the ST on the same three levels 2.1.2 Operation ofthe model A key concept in the operation of House’s model is the context of situation ... statement of function ofthe ST is made, including the ideational and interpersonal component of that function A similar profile and statement of function is made ofthe TT The TT profile is compared...
... for most ofthe companies in the dataset, this study first uses the number of employees as a proxy for the labor input The total labor cost can be thought of as a product ofthe number of employees ... it as one ofthe output metrics In fact, 30% ofthe dot com companies in the sample not have a positive gross profit, which excludes them from the regression using gross profit as the dependent ... Basically these tests are a series of F-tests of a group of linear restrictions that some of or all the 26 regression coefficients are the same between two subsets ofthe data The Fstatistics and the...
... which is equivalent to the lower bound on the size of S ∧ S that we claimed We move on now to one ofthe more technical aspects ofthe theory of Bourgain systems, the notion of regularity Definition ... We now proceed to develop the basic theory of Bourgain systems For the most part this parallels the theory of Bohr sets as given in several ofthe papers cited earlier The following lemmas all ... d(f, Z) ε The reader may care to recall the definitions of d(f, Z) and of fZ at this point: they are given at the start of Section QUANTITATIVE IDEMPOTENT THEOREM 1037 The main result of this section...
... look at the visual aspect ofthe EDM by exploring all ofthe components ofthe Designer, followed by an internal look at the EDM by digging into the code and components that make up the EDM The Designer ... names is one ofthe biggest requested enhancements for 4.0 In the previous versionof EF, the Entity Set Name and the Entity Name properties were both the same For example, if you mapped the Person ... Figure 2-1 The Add New Item dialog In the list of Installed Templates on the left side ofthe dialog, select the Data node This will list all the Data object templates, among them the ADO.NET...
... questionnaire in 89.5% ofthe sample, it was the father in 4.57% ofthe sample, and it was someone else in 6.28% ofthe sample Distribution of all participants in terms of gender and age group ... years It was the mother who answered the questionnaire in 92.52% ofthe sample, and it was the father in 7.48% ofthe sample No parent in the patient group refused to participate in the study, ... Score, the mean is computed as the sum ofthe items divided by the number of items answered in the Emotional, Social, and School Functioning Subscales The sequential validation procedure of the...
... using the SF-36 The personal mean score, where the imputed value of a missing item is the mean ofthe non-missing items ofthe same scale, has been recommended for use with the SF-36 [15,16] Other ... to the SF-36 questionnaire were tested as predictor variables The variables related to the SF-36 were the number of items ofthe questionnaire missing (in addition to the item analyzed) and the ... including the score for the scale to which the missing item belongs calculated without the missing item All the variables tested, except the last which was selected to address the “MNAR hypothesis”...
... Score (15 items), the mean is computed as the sum ofthe items divided by the number of items answered in the Emotional, Social, and School Functioning Scales The adaptation ofthe PedsQL™ 4.0 ... Scores are computed as the sum ofthe items divided by the number of items answered (this accounts for missing data) If more than 50% ofthe items in the scale are missing, the Scale Score is not ... significant they are not highly predictive of one another Our results also indicate that the Argentinean Spanish versionofthe PedsQL™ 4.0 has good discriminant validity The Argentinean Spanish version...
... Profile (SIP) Discussion During the process of translating the English versionof IKHOAM into Hausa, the meanings of all items were retained in the back translation ofthe reconciled Hausa version ... knees Validity The mean score ofthe participants on the English versionof IKHOAM was 82.16 ± 14.58 and their mean score on the Hausa versionof IKHOAM was 84.81 ± 15.18 [Table 1] The mean pain ... Hausa versionof IKHOAM indicate that the Hausa version is internally consistent though there is a weak correlation between parts and The Cronbach's alpha ofthe three parts ofthe Hausa version...
... we translated our Taiwanese versionofthe DQOL back to an English version [25] and compared the semantics ofthe translated English version to the original English version We also invited seven ... items ofthe extant Chinese version form Canada [9], but explicitly modified syntax of individual item For example, we replaced an item " " ofthe extant Chinese version from Canada by the item ... For example, Pearson's correlation coefficients ofthe satisfaction domain ofthe DQOL with diabetes control and energy/mobility ofthe D-39S were all 0.57, which were larger than with the other...
... 100% 0% > 10 Cutoff point A score > points in the sum ofthe 10 items ofthe DN4 questionnaire resulted in the best discriminant cut-off point for the overall sample Cut-off point in the DN4 questionnaire ... Sensitivity 100% 0% > 10 Cutoff point A score > points in the sum ofthe 10 items ofthe DN4 questionnaire resulted in the best discriminant cut-off point for the sample after excluding patients ... Sensitivity 100% 0% > 10 Cutoff point A score > points in the sum ofthe 10 items ofthe DN4 questionnaire resulted in the best discriminant cut-off point for the sample after excluding patients...
... in any ofthe 44 items in the Brazilian sample The analysis ofthe pooled international data indicated the need of item refinement, which resulted in a 38-item version to be tested in the field ... raises the question of whether these similarities remain or not in other different cultures The demonstration of cultural invariance ofthe core attitudes to aging could lead to the possibility of ... of items in the Brazilian dataset Results Demographics Table describes the socio-demographic characteristics of both the Brazilian and the international samples Note that the international sample...
... means of convenience samples from the Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Centers at two public hospitals ofthe city A total of 190 families of Brazilian children between the ages of and 18 years, of ... individuals off treatment Therefore, the occurrence of illness implied limitations and difficulties The analysis ofthe Corrected Item-Total Correlation proved the satisfactory homogeneity ofthe instrument ... with cancer regards the small size ofthe sample stemming from the low prevalence ofthe illness [23,24,33,34] In order to broaden this convenience sample, the study encompassed the two largest childhood...
... recognise the limitations ofthe work performed in terms ofthe methodology and analytic strategies used, the performance ofthe French ECOHIS and the extent ofthe validation tests In terms ofthe ... providing the English language versionofthe ECOHIS and collaborating with us in the validation ofthe French versionofthe scale In addition, the authors would like to acknowledge the financial ... Table shows the results of descriptive analyses ofthe sociodemographic information for the community-based and clinic-based samples The mean age ofthe 94 subjects in the clinic-based sample was...
... dimension in the ICF The ICF use a five-point scale for their qualifiers and the clinical checklists This supports the use ofthe NFAS-5 The NFAS-5 had lower levels of missing data than the NFAS-4 ... designed the study, performed some ofthe statistical analysis, drafted the manuscript and coordinated the study PG participated in the planning and design ofthe study, interpretation ofthe results ... and the quality of their responses may decrease [10] Previous research has shown that the greater the number of response options, the more reliable the scale is likely to be [11] Simulations of...
... versionofthe KOOS questionnaire None ofthe patients reported problems with the items ofthe KOOS questionnaire Patients We used five patient groups with different stages of OA ofthe knee ofthe ... measurement error of a score, expressed in the unit of measurement ofthe instrument [19] The SEM was calculated as the square root ofthe sum ofthe between administration variance and the residual ... instruments The formulation ofthe hypotheses was based on the starting point that there is a clear distinction between the subscales ofthe KOOS questionnaire We defined the construct validity of the...
... aspects ofthe attribute to be measured or the content ofthe variables matches the name which it has been given [20] The criterion validity is defined as the correlation of a scale with some other ... in the interpretation ofthe data and discussion ofthe findings All authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements The authors acknowledge the help and contribution of professor ... translation compared the back translation with the original English versionof questionnaire Finally, the backward translation of English OIDP was verified with the original developers ofthe OIDP at...
... functioning [20] The newly developed MMQL-UK (PF) was then compared with the shortened and anglicised versionofthe MMQLUK (CF) This paper concentrates specifically on the validation ofthe MMQL-UK ... report Background The measurement of health-related quality of life (HRQL) is increasingly becoming part ofthe overall assessment of a patient's health both in the clinical and the research setting, ... and their healthy peers The MMQL-UK (CF) was used as the basis for the development of an adult form (MMQL-UK (PF)) Methods Before wider administration ofthe MMQL-UK (PF) could take place, the...
... argued that the similarities found across the national samples were high regardless ofthe different composition of samples and adoption ofthe resident language ofthe participants Further investigation ... estimates Measurement model ofthe two factor versionofthe MDAS Measurement model ofthe two factor versionofthe MDAS with standardized parameter estimates between the groups on Anticipatory ... recognition of mental health problems in primary care The questionnaires The questionnaire consisted ofthe participants' demographic profile, dental attendance patterns and the Chinese versions of the...