... variances and;.culling, bias Estimates of variances and covariances of M, F and P in lactation 3, fpre were available from bivariate analyses L and L and l llple, J X from MV analyses within L of ... 5, and subsets (for L L and L ,, 12 respectively), and for 4) into 10 groups of 10 herds For the univariate analyses and the analyses using a repeatability model, the standard errors (SE) of ... breeding values, ie an animal model Few (co)variance estimates from AM analyses have been reported; Swalve and Van Vleck (1987) analysed milk yield in lactations 1-3, and Van Vleck and Dong (1988)...
... Univariate and multivariate parameter estimates for milk production traitsusingan animal model I: Description and results of REML analyses Genet Sel Evol, 24, 415-430 Wiggans GR, Misztal I, Van Vleck ... (repeatability covariance matrix table I) was used and model) ; the &dquo;true&dquo; heritabilities for lactation and for lactation were varied A proportion of 10% of the total number of animals available was ... repeatability model on canonical variates was approximately 97% as efficient compared to a multivariate analysis on traits When using the canonical variates there was no advantage of a MV analysis...
... big distance between two adjacent lines When B / L is greater than 0.6, the distance between two adjacent lines becomes smaller and the change of wave energy is slow down versus the change of the ... (2004) [2] and Hieu and Tanimoto (2006) [4] proposed an excellent model named CMED (Coastal Model for Engineering Design) based on the Navier-Stokes equations and VOF method for simulation of waves ... suggests that there is an effective range of water depth at the top of submerged breakwater that can give a good performance of the breakwater in prevention of waves From the results of the first experiment,...
... assumptions of the analytical model as good as possible The stems were chosen in such a way that they span a wide range of antirotation values, based on the analytical model STL-files of the stem ... on a straightforward mechanical model and the principle of virtual work The suitability of the analytical model as a measure for the primary stability was investigated and confirmed for five custom-made ... primary stability of cementless hip stems This analytical approach is based upon the principle of virtual work and a straightforward mechanical model The only input needed is an STL-file of the stem,...
... the foot or shank, showed a mean variability of approximately 2% gait cycle, similar to the accuracies reported in this paper Mansfield and Lyons [32] investigated the possibility ofusing a trunk-mounted ... 0.28 0.26 0.22 0.26 Mean 0.78 0.15 0.56 0.21 Two measures of similarity between the filtered sensor signal and the filtered and scaled kinematic signal for the sock-only and the shod condition ... (r) and the normalised mean absolute difference (nMAD) Discussion This study was designed to establish the possibility ofusing a textile-based transducer to extract the salient features of ankle...
... of the lines Page of 15 carried unique introgressions, with the exception of six pairs of lines (ILL6 and ILL7, ILL43 and ILL44, ILL45 and ILL46, ILL62 and ILL63, ILL67 and ILL68, ILL71 and ILL72), ... characterization of additional genetic determinants of flowering time and other traitsof agronomic and adaptive importance in maize Results Features and coverage of the introgression library The IL was ... for DPS (Table 6) and will not be discussed further Other IL lines showing remarkable flowering phenotypes A limited number ofIL lines, namely ILL4, ILL12, ILL44, ILL51 and ILL63 (Figure 1B),...
... structure of the bone and soft tissue Contours of the face are composed of a balance of hard and soft tissues The mandibular contour along the inferior border depends mainly on the shape of the mandible ... design and manufacturing techniques can be Figure gery, and after the plate patient and implants insertion panoramic radiograph ofremoval n°1, six months after surpanoramic radiograph of patient ... bone segments and anticipation of the size and the form of bone grafts; using these techniques requires the development of reference points so that sectioned portions of the model can be replaced...
... area of cilia loss in fields of view in the electron microscope studies, image files were analyzed using Sigma Scan® image analysis software to trace areas of cell loss and determine the areas of ... site of action of the MMPs and a source of MMPs in this model will be important to determine the mechanism of action of this effect How MMPs are activated in the tissue is another important question ... 3500× (panels micrographs of control Scanning3electronC and D respectively) and MB-treated palates at a magnification of 400× (panels A and B respectively) and Scanning electron micrographs of control...
... Sensitivity = number of TN , number of TN + number of FP and Specificity = number of TP number of TP + number of FN Page of 12 Sensitivity measures the proportion of healthy animals that are identified ... predictive ability is expected if the ad-hoc choice of the parameters is within a sensible range of values Conclusions Two Bayesian regressions (TBA and BTL) and two machine-learning algorithms (RF and ... the manuscript OGR participated in the statistical analyses and editing of the data, development of the software, discussion of the results and drafted the manuscript Both authors read and approved...
... of computations NUMERICAL EXAMPLE To illustrate the formation of the model and mixed model equations, we use an example of observations of the same sex with individuals and 3, the offspring of ... Householder transformations, using complex arithmetic In the Appendix, it is shown how the special structure of A with real l quadrants (L’BL and D) and imaginary quadrants (iL C) and (iL C)’ can be ... to that of Smith and Graser (1986), it can be shown that quantities arising in eqns(11) and (12) can be written in terms of (A* + >’1)- and For example: A!can be found using a sequence of Householder...
... The role of bioimpedance in RF ablation H.P Schwan of the University of Pennsylvania was among the first to experimentally measure the conductance and dielectric constant of soft tissues and cell ... organ level, modeling usually consists of integrating tissue level models with one another and with a 27 representation of the geometry of the organ that is being modeled Tissue level models can ... equivalent model in cross networks of resistor and capacitor Kunii et al (1998) made used of a lumped element circuit model with an increasing branch of resistor and capacitor in series in modeling of...
... 2000b; Melab and Talbi, 2001), which are parallel implementation of GAs PGAs can provide considerable gains in terms of performance and scalability and they can be implemented on networks of heterogeneous ... 2.6 Comparison of the performance of IGA on the diabetes data 44 2.7 Comparison of the performance of IGAs on the wine data 46 2.8 Comparison of the performance of IGAs on the cancer data ... many possible types of cooperation among a group of agents to boost their capability Classifier agents can exchange information on new attributes and classes If available, they can also exchange...
... corroborates the model and how our model, on its part, will enrich the relevant literature Figure The Development and Evolutionof Dominant Logic in an Innovation Project 5.1 Development of Dominant Logic ... decision making (Allen and Panian 1982) and thus the dominant logic of the project managers is influenced by the dominant logic of the large corporation Generally, the dominant logic of a corporation ... development and evolutionof dominant logic 3.3 Identification of Dominant Logic Our approach for the measurement of dominant logic is derived from Obloj et al (2010)’s integrative model where dominant...
... results of (1) the quantitative (A) and qualitative (B) ratings of similarity between students’ performances and the corresponding teachers’ models, and (2) the user experience of the dance students ... number of sequences performed of the dance figure The model that eventually will be stored as reference model consists ofan array of values, one for each timestamp (see Figure 6) Because the median ... Xbox360, Dance Central and Dance Evolution for Kinect, etc.) Most of these systems use a fixed, built-in vocabulary of dance moves and music Another major downside to most of these commercial products...
... mixed model for group-specific power spectra provides an estimate of group-specific model parameters and their asymptotic gaussian variances and covariances suitable for a discriminant analysis and ... reduced reflectance in the NIR and SWIR regions of the spectrum Analysis of vegetation spectra 519 Figure Summary of F-ratio tests of significance of the variance of the reflectance associated ... existence of significant fine detail differences [32] An analysis ofan a priori defined waveband conjectured to represent a feature of interest is recommended for pursuit of this detail In the...
... typically static representations of network interactions and describe an average state of network assembly The dynamic, spontaneous assembly and disassembly of network components that occurs over ... additional file A key advantage ofusingan agent-based model like the BIS_2010 (the current version of the BIS) is that it integrates experimental results from a wide range of studies, compiling them ... software The RepastJ toolbar will appear and one must click on the folder on the left A “Load Model panel will appear, and in the “Demo Models” list one must scroll down and choose “Other Models”,...
... Methanosarcina acetivorans Cyanobacteria Nup43 Cyanobacteria P30 Proteobacteria Cyanobacteria Rae1 Methanosarcina acetivorans Cyanobacteria Rfbp Methanosarcina barkeri, Methanosarcina acetivorans ... Nup214 Nup50 Rae1 Rae1 Nup54 RanBP1 RanBP1 Nup62 RanBP8 Nup93 Nydsp7 RanGAP1 Rae1 Sec13R RanGAP1 Sec13R RanBP1 RanBP8 RanGAP1 Sec13R Senp2 (d) (e) RanGap1 (f) Ubc9 RanGap1 Nup358 Ubc9 Nup98 Rae1 ... musculus, D melanogaster, S pombe and A thaliana), Relative evolutionary average distance to a given species minus the average distance to any species Relative evolutionary rates of several NPC and NPCa...
... Aarthi, Daniel and Siva, thank you a lot for working towards the chip design and fabrication It was a nice time to get a chance to know each other and work together Johnathan and Nillhan it was ... field, which made my many wrong calculation right, many doubts clear and many exams to pass together! Thanks for the proof-reading of my thesis and for your patience and support Thanks SINGAPORE! v ... atoms precisely in a plane parallel to the surface of the chip and bring it near to a microoptics for detection and manipulation using a two- photon transition A two- photon transition scheme for...
... An evaluation of land use development Rengarajan processes for the Knowledge Based Urban Satyanarain Development (KBUD) using agent based modelling 2014 An evaluation of land use development ... Based Urban Development (KBUD) using agent based modelling RENGARAJAN SATYANARAIN (B.TECH, INDIA) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN URBAN PLANNING DEPARTMENT OF REAL ... COMPARISON OF THE TWO MAJOR PLANNING METHODS IN URBAN PLANNING LITERATURE 58 TABLE 3.1 COMPONENTS OF MIXED LAND-USE DESIGNS 70 TABLE 3.2 CLASSIFICATION OF PARTICIPANTS OF KBUD BY...
... years and has saved many lives, while having improved the quality of lives of thousands of other patients Paradoxically, the advent of reliable transplantation techniques created the issue of organ ... would like to thank A/Prof Mahesh Choolani and Dr Jerry Chan for supporting the completion of my work, and the writing of this thesis Most importantly, I would like to thank my family: My parents, ... result of neointimal hyperplasia These failings highlight the importance of (1) provision of a blood compatible surface, (2) establishment and maintenance ofan endothelial lining and (3) mechanical...