... a standard form [30], as shown in Figure w(k) ∈ R p1 and z(k) ∈ Rm1 are the exogenous p1 inputs and m1 outputs (to control), whereas u(k) ∈ R p2 and y(k) ∈ Rm2 are the p2 control and m2 measure ... where xk and y k are associated to AZ as in Proposition 26 Proof Lemmas 21 and 27 can be used in the same way they are used to compute the derivative ∂H/∂Z and ∂|λk |/∂Z in Propositions 20 and 26 ... the two closedloop measures are used, as a natural extension to the openloop case Definition 30 (Closed-Loop Sensitivity-Based Error) A measure of the closed-loop sensitivity-based transfer function...
... makes use of 21 The bands used in the first classifier as well as the 21 bands used in the second classifier correspond to the frequency response of auditory neurons of the human ear Choice of only ... is a lowpass function and is the conjugate mirror filter of ψ(t), which is a highpass function As the approximate range of the fundamental frequency of the voiced speech is between 60 and 500 Hz ... pathology These 21 bands cover the frequency range from to 7.7 KHz The bandwidths at lower critical-bands are narrower and they progressively increase as the center frequency increases EURASIP Journal...
... Fluorescence emission was recorded at 460 and 580 nm After a 20 sec baseline reading, 0.1 ml of PBS containing 10 µM of the compound investigated was added, and the fluorescence signal was recorder for ... biosynthesis of chrysomelidial and salicin These substances are synthesized and secreted as part of a defense mechanism used by larvae of beetles (Chrysomelidae) Their synthesis has been previously ... (A) and CHO cells expressing hSGLT2 (B) was determined by IC50 assessment Different concentrations of thioglycoside I and VII in log scale were plotted against [14C]AMG uptake as percentage of...
... series of canals Incoming water enters through ostia, passes through choanocyte chambers, and exits through the osculum Bacteria are filtered from incoming water, and large volumes of water can pass ... reasons why sponges are a model laboratory organism to explore the biological consequences of environmental pollution For the purposes of ease of set-up, freshwater sponges represent a cost- and ... 1) the effects of chemicals on sponge growth, and 2) the effects of pollutant concentration on sponge growth The choice of chemicals will be at the discretion of the instructor and research team,...
... quite as independent of Hegel asof Kant, of Vico asof Spinoza Of course he has made use of the best of Hegel, just as every thinker makes use of his predecessors and is in his turn made use of ... verisimilar andof naturalism–Critique of ideas in art, of art as thesis, andof the typical–Critique of the symbol andof the allegory–Critique of the theory of artistic and literary categories–Errors ... else The doctrine of the concept andof the organism of the concepts, of definition, of system, of philosophy, andof the various sciences, and the like, will fill the place of these and will constitute...
... absence of style, of objective and subjective, of classic and romantic, of simple and ornate, of proper and metaphorical, of the fourteen forms of metaphor, of the figures of word andof sentence, and ... quite as independent of Hegel asof Kant, of Vico asof Spinoza Of course he has made use of the best of Hegel, just as every thinker makes use of his predecessors and is in his turn made use of ... HISTORICISM AND INTELLECTUALISM IN AESTHETIC Critique of the verisimilar andof naturalism Critique of ideas in art, of art as thesis, andof the typical Critique of the symbol andof the allegory...
... AMERICA Indicatorsof Social and Economic Well-Being March 2011 Prepared by U S Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration and Executive Office of the President Office of Management ... policy on women and girls In support of the Council on Women and Girls, the Office of Management and Budget and the Economics and Statistics Administration within the Department of Commerce worked ... have a college or a master’s degree Women are also working more and the number of women and men in the labor force has nearly equalized in recent years As women’s work has increased, their earnings...
... AMERICA Indicatorsof Social and Economic Well-Being March 2011 Prepared by U S Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration and Executive Office of the President Office of Management ... policy on women and girls In support of the Council on Women and Girls, the Office of Management and Budget and the Economics and Statistics Administration within the Department of Commerce worked ... have a college or a master’s degree Women are also working more and the number of women and men in the labor force has nearly equalized in recent years As women’s work has increased, their earnings...
... proteins ASYMMETRIC LEAVES1 (AS1 ) and AS2 and the chromatin-remodeling factor HIRA AS1 and AS2 form a repressor complex that binds directly to two DNA motif sites that flank the enhancer element of ... proteins such as CTCF may have acquired additional functions with increased complexity of the genome (reviewed in [4]) In yeast (S cerevisiae), which has a haploid genome size of 13 megabases, the ... thaliana, binding of the ASYMMETRIC LEAVES1 (AS1 ) -AS2 complex at two specific DNA sites flanking the enhancer is required to silence the expression of the BP gene Recruitment of the histone chaperone...
... this type of asymmetry is caused by the wear of the milking machine or the fact that quarters have been dried off after a case of a case of mastitis [11] Similarly, the higher prevalence of young ... applicability and validity of the findings on a greater sample of herds by testing the effect of observer and time (lactation stage and parity) This study was an investigation of the possible influence of ... course of the lactation The prevalence of cows with warts on the teats was generally high, and increased to 80% over the lactation, as demonstrated in figure Effect of parity with no effect of lactation...
... goodnessof-fit of TIMP-1, lactic acid, and SOFA scores as criterion variables and mortality as the response variable Relative risk and 95% confidence intervals were calculated as measurements of the ... levels of TIMP-1, reduced Figure and SOFA score as predictors of mortality Receiver operation characteristic analysis using TIMP-1, lactic acid, and SOFA score as predictors of mortality The areas ... specificity into collagenases (MMP-1, -8, and -13), gelatinases (MMP-2 and -9), stromelysins (MMP-3, 10, -11), elastases (MMP-7 and -12), and membrane-type (MT-MMPs, MMP-14, -15, -16, and -17) MMPs have...
... gardens often assumed to (and ought to) be inclusive? Can we posit community gardens to be necessarily both spaces of inclusions and exclusions, and why? Instead of reifying the simple (and almost ... systems of government through community Exclusion, then, emerges as the “outcome of a mismatch between the norms, aspirations, and communication through threads of social power and control, and the ... framework of this thesis 2.2 Urban community gardens as research space 2.2.1 Community gardens: spaces of inclusions and community bonding There has been a long and rich history of practices associated...
... measure and control agitation, airflow, temperature, pressure, pH, DO, and foam In some cases, it can also include instruments to analyze the concentrations of CO2 and O2 in the off-gas The measurements ... possible to assess the bacterial concentration by turbidity measurement, and in such cases, the packed cell volume can be an alternative Other methods, such as dry cell mass measurements and cell ... biomass concentration at these time points, and the yield and maintenance coefficients, and to choose the desired growth rate (Mset) As a rough assumption, a yield coefficient YX/S of 0.5 and...
... of forced labor conditions on the plantations was not a focus of the Verité study A brief summary of the nature of relations between the union and the workers is offered here, as background and ... Exploratory Assessment of Living and Working Conditions, with Special Attention to Forced Labor 11 Tapping rubber trees The clearing of land, breeding in the nursery, and the weeding and pruning of fields ... Liberia: An Exploratory Assessment of Living and Working Conditions, with Special Attention to Forced Labor 20 increased the team‟s understanding of the composition of the community and functioned to...
... vescalin and ellagic acid content and the percentage of vescalin, castalin, roburin A and C on the one hand and the percentage of vescalagin and vescalagin/castalagin ratio on the other hand The ... composed of Ordovician red sandstone The mean elevation of the stand is 140 m The stand is included in a continuous forest of 700 ha, consisting mostly of naturally regenerated stands of sessile and ... castalin, is mostly the result of an increase in roburin A-E, grandinin and vescalagin, whereas the castalagin content increases more slowly Roburin A-E, grandinin and vescalagin contents rose...
... One of the main objectives of this study was to test the validity of this assumption of coherence in decline Testing of the hypothesis of stock regulation at the basin scale The results of this ... recapture rates of tagged salmon from the East coast of Sweden and the north coast of Finland The level of synchrony reported in this study also corresponds to the proportion of significant correlations ... (Thompson and Page 1989; Quinn and Niebauer 1995; Pyper and Peterman 1998; Beaugrand and Reid 2003), or to compute new numbers of degrees of freedom before conducting the tests of association...
... point was measured by Microtrac (9320HRA (X-100); Nikkiso, Tokyo) and composition ofsediment was classified based on the standard of The Japanese Geotechnical Society (JGS 0051-2000) as follows; ... of particle size ofsediment from each sampling point Gerba et al (1977) mentioned that their sediment was largely composed of organic mud and sand, while the sediment sample taken at St.F was ... composition of silt and clay The low recovery rate was also because of the inhibition of nucleic acids extraction and PCR by humic substances extracted from sediment by high pH as Tsai and Olson...
... concentration of oxyHb with time was utilized as a measure of the rate of oxidation of oxyHb RESULTS The effect of pH on the auto-oxidation of cross-linked Hb was studied The rate of decrease of the ... The rate of oxidation was increased in the presence of the LPSs of both the smooth and rough E coli, but the rate of oxidation in the presence of the LPS of smooth E coli was much faster than ... coli was a lag phase of 10 minutes both in the presence and absence of EDTA The lag phase was followed by a very rapid second phase only in the absence of EDTA Significantly, this lag phase was not...
... ZEA and AFB1 intoxication when a case of mycotoxicosis is suspected Haptoglobin is a positive APP, and it is increased in the blood plasma by bacterial infectious diseases and viral diseases, and ... Mass Specrtometry System (SELDI-TOF/MS; Ciphergen Biosystems, USA) for determining the mass peaks (time of flight) at a laser intensity of 215 and a detected ion sensitivity of All the data was ... mass peak was collected by SELDI-TOF/MS analysis The concentrated fraction of the protein was separated by 12% SDS-PAGE at 80 volts and it was visualized by Coomassie-blue staining [37] The band...
... difference of total protein in EDTAplasma and serum Serum sodium was measured with an ion-selective electrode,1 serum chloride was measured with a colorimetric method,2 and plasma lactate was measured ... valuable in assessment of the cardiovascular status Increased levels indicate that excessive amount of fibrin is formed within the vascular system as a result of disseminated intra-vascular coagulation ... was essential in the classification of surgically and medically treated cases To handle collinearity, a correlation analysis of the various explanatory variables was performed for surgically and...