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... T, Kariya M, Mandai M, Tsuruta Y, Hamid AA, Fukuhara K, Nanbu K, Takakura K, Fujii S: C-erbB-2 or mutant Ha-ras induced malignant transformation of immortalized human ovarian surface epithelial ... Ziadi S, Amara K, Korbi S: Evidence for a role ofthe Simian Virus 40 in human breast carcinomas Breast Cancer Res Treat 2009, 113:43-58 Yamamoto H, Nakayama T, Murakami H, Hosaka T, Nakamata ... Yang DH, Roland IH, Vanderveer L, Cohen C, Hamilton TC, Godwin AK, Xu XX: Dynamic alterations ofthe extracellular environment of ovarian surface epithelial cells in premalignant transformation,...
... A. A Gramling and S Ramamoorti, Chapter 4, The Institute of Internal Auditors Research Foundation: Altamonte Springs, FL, 9 7129 Arena, M., M Arnaboldi and G Azzone 2006 Internal audit in Italian ... between organizational participants The perceived personal attributes ofthe AC and organizational culture seem to affect the ACs influence on governance outcomes Mat Zain and Subramaniam (2007) Interviews ... Australia and Nava Subramaniam Faculty of Business and Law Deakin University, Victoria, Australia ABSTRACT: This paper reviews the recent European and international literature on i nternal audit independence...
... Discussion As with other anal canal tumors there is often a delay in diagnosis that results in advanced stage disease at the time of presentation Because anorectal melanomas are rare, staging ofthe ... contributed to the analysis and interpretation of data All authors read and approved the final manuscript All authors contributed equally to the final draft ofthe manuscript CIF has given the ... 85:1686-1693 Chang AE, Karnell LH, Menck HR: The National Cancer Data Base report on cutaneous and noncutaneous melanoma: asummaryof 84,836 cases from the past decade The American College of Surgeons...
... the test station onthe day after weaning at the age of approximately five weeks On arrival they were mixed with boars ofthe same age from other herds, andthe animals were remixed according ... groups at any occasion (Table 4) The highest level of SAA in serum was obtained at the first sampling occasion at day after arrival At that time more than 100 mg SAA per L serum was obtained in ... weight gains were calculated 12 after arrival at 49 days of age The other five pigs were recorded as "thin" between day 20 and day 46 after arrival (ranging from 59 to 86 days of age) Two of these...
... best non-invasive technique for thediagnosisof CVT which is considered as a gold standard and can replace invasive conventional cerebral angiography and is used as a leading mean ofdiagnosis ... subacute onset was 35% and chronic onset was 21% In general, the onset characteristics of CVT are varied, but the majority of patients have cubacute onset and our study data was equivalent to the ... brain and lie in the subarachnoid space They pierce the arachnoid mater andthe meningeal layer ofthe dura and drain into the cranial venous sinuses Blood from both brain is drained by cerebral...
... education in Vietnam are the Law on Universalization of Primary Education (1991) andthe Education Law (2005 and 2009) Current Vietnamese law (in particular, the first article ofthe Law on Universalization ... prepare for examinations and other reasons indicates again the importance of examinations in the school system in Vietnam, as discussed earlier in Section Scale of Supplementary Education The ... the coefficients onthe number of brothers and sisters are rather comparable and not appear to indicate any strong pattern of gender bias (Models and 6) Conclusion This paper provides an update...
... serological profiles fall outside of classical patterns Some key advantages and disadvantages of HBV DNA testing are presented in Table Current HBV DNA assays make use of differing technologies and can ... generally be divided into (i) signal amplification assays (liquid phase hybridization, antibody capture approach, branched DNA) and (ii) DNA amplification tests based onthe polymerase chain reaction ... Tsai SL, Chu CM, Liaw YF Determinants for sustained response to lamivudine therapy Hepatology 2003;38 :126 7 -127 3 Tables and Figures Table Advantages and disadvantages of HBV DNA testing Advantages...
... lymphadenopathy and induration and subsequent pustule formation at the injection site; these reactions can persist for as long as months after vaccination BCG vaccination often results in permanent ... is variable and equivocal The concern ofthe public health community about the resurgence and changing nature of TB in the United States prompted a re-evaluation ofthe role of BCG vaccination ... of Montreal (Montreal, Canada) Vaccine Efficacy Reported rates ofthe protective efficacy of BCG vaccines might have been affected by the methods and routes of vaccine administration and by the...
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... thousand babies, andthe average age among adults living in the area (as a proxy for the demand for health care).16 The first column of Table shows the mean across all areas and years andthe standard ... particular, always statistically 22 Recall that there is one year’s lag between the MMR decision andthe data collection and nearly a two-year lag between the parental decision onthe other vaccines ... last two years of data portion of lone parents, number of GPs, and average age of adults, has not been uniform across areas 19 The second specification adds education to the regression Educational...
... favour dominance of nitrogen fixing cyanabacteria andthe spread of aquatic weeds such as water hyacinth (Eichornia Crassipes) Water hyacinth infestation has chocked water ways and landings thereby ... the water surface The major algae blooming zone onthe Kenyan side ofthe lake is in the Nyanza Gulf that encompasses Kisumu municipality and is mainly dominated by the blue and green algae The ... Presented at the Regional Concept Workshop on Lake Victoria Environmental Project 8th-10th September, Arusha, Tanzania, 2003 Reytheon, T A. , Moorhouse, T and MaNabb, T The abundance and Distribution of...
... business and accounting And in the United States, the internationalization of accounting standards may lead to a change in the language of accounting • The growth of outsourcing and an upsurge in the ... globalization1 as a significant and growing trend impacting internal audit today and in the future As organizations expand to take advantage of global markets and supply chains, internal audit faces ... and other key trading-partner areas Internal Audit 2 012 14 • The CAE ofa global defense and aerospace company that buys parts from around the world said that vendor quality and standards are of...
... content, and teachings ofand views onthe concept Also stressed were the inner intention ofthe aesthetic message, andthe nature ofthe human encounter with the intentional aesthetic message ... prevalence of an “always-acting” aesthetic results in the “always-aesthetic experience” of aeV This has happened at the same time as the use and meaning ofthe other words connecting with aesthetics ... music and singing have become a dimension of social intercourse and life, rather than an intra-personal encounter with a sonic event VI … and aestheticIV and aestheticV – the present phase On the...
... disappearance ofthe author and style; in link through the disappearance ofthe image in the icon; in network through the disappearance of cable in mobile and satellite - towards the disappearance ... dyne.org, Jaromil andthe expertise of Aymeric Mansoux, andthe strong conceptual ethnographic focus on ways of organizing and linking to policy and research by Bronac Ferran, Matt Ratto and Patrick ... oneself a way out on either categories of Sein/be or Tun/become/ act: The material constitution ofthe we is the doing Onthe one hand the doing is a practical negation, because it negates and...
... cross-sectional schematic ofa fully transparent, bottom gated nanowire transistor The femtosecond laser pulses focus onthe ITO source and drain area and scans along the edge ofthe source and drain pads ... Famtosecond Laser Anneal and I-V Measurement The laser annealing source was a Ti:Sapphire laser operating at 800 nm The laser pulse duration was 50 fs andthe repetition rate was kHz Laser transmitted ... has a photon energy above the band gap ofthe nanowire The most prominent effects of laser annealing were the improvement ofthecurrent saturation andthe positive shift ofthe threshold voltage...
... incision approach If one accepts that the muscle enzyme values are meaningful parameters, then this could mean on one hand that the degree of trauma associated with minimally invasive and standard ... design and coordination and drafted the manuscript AM participated in the study and analyses ofthe study MSS participated in the design ofthe study and performed the statistical analysis PS participated ... than in the standard posterolateral group and concluded that there was a reduced post-operative inflammatory reaction in the minimally invasive approach group In contrast the observation of smaller...
... during the past decades Author Period of observation Region No of strains Candida Candida Candida Candida Candida albicans tropicalis parapsilosis glabrata krusei Other Candida SENTRY Worldwide ... Kontoyiannis D, Jiang Y, Raad I: The changing epidemiology of invasive candidiasis: candida glabrata and Candida krusei as the leading causes of candidemia in hematologic malignancy Cancer 2008, 112: 2493-2499 ... of colonization and/ or ofthe combination of less specific risk factors [51] Colonization-based assessment ofthe risk of invasive candidiasis Documentation of increasing amounts of Candida spp...
... Naïve EFFICACY TESTING sows each received ml of vaccine Table 2: Summaryof ELISA results on pre- and post- (approximately 1.5 x 1010 bacteria) at and12 weeks vaccination sera samples of gestation ... F4/STa/STb F4/ Paa/STa/STb/LT/EAST1 F4/Paa/STb/LT/EAST1 F4/STa/STb/EAST1 F4/STa/STb/Aero F5/Paa/STa OBJECTIVES F4/Paa/STb/LT/EAST1 MATERIAL AND METHODS E coli strains (n=18 from pre-weaning and ... Vietnam 2National E coli Reference Laboratory, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Epsom, VIC 3554, Australia 3The South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), Adelaide...