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Dynamics in Human and Primate Societies: Agent-Based Modeling of Social and Spatial Processes pdf
... of losing (and winning) are self-reinforcing, i.e., that losing a fight increases the probability of losing the next fight (even if the opponent is weak) By running the model, several forms of ... according to Collingwood, is that historical processes involve the actions of self-aware individuals—actions based on understandings of history and of other actors, on self-criticism, and on internal ... units in isolation, and evaluating the whole as a linear combination of the units' properties (Lewontin and Levins 1987) A homogeneous, decomposable, and deterministic (or mildly stochastic)...
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The Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Infants and Children Older Than 3 Months of Age: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America pot
... clinician should obtain tracheal aspirates for Gram stain and culture, as well as clinically and epidemiologically guided testing for viral pathogens, including in uenza virus, at the time of initial ... regarding the efficacy of inhaled ribavirin for treatment of RSV CAP in infants Ribavirin has in vitro activity against RSV, but use of this drug for RSV infection is not routinely recommended in ... drug exposure in infected tissues, inadequate drainage of empyema or abscess, or inadequate duration of therapy Increased degree of parenchymal involvement, presence of or increase in pleural fluid,...
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Paper Manufacture in Central and Eastern Europe Before the Introduction of Paper-making Machines pptx
... as ‘grinding-trough’ or as ‘cylinder’, invented in the Zaanland windmills (in the province of Northern Holland) manufacturing coarser paper grades, and later adapted for watermills In the opinion ... introducing into the technique of making paper by hand in Europe and characteristics of European hand-made papers The genuinely European art of making paper by hand developed in Fabriano and ... watermarks in paper still play a prominent part in the prevention of counterfeiting, and reasonably artistic results are gained in watermarked reproductions of the paintings of the old masters, as well...
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Báo cáo khoa học: "Effects of needle clumping in shoots and crowns on the radiative regime of a Norway spruce canopy Alessandro Cescatti" ppsx
... the number of pines and birches in the plot was limited, the stand was treated assuming that spruce is the only tree species tecture and The topographic position and height of each within the experimental ... This question has been addressed in this study by evaluating the consequences of single architectural assumptions on the interception of direct and diffuse radiation, and the clumping interactions ... in time and in space [14, 24] The variation in the vertical pattern of canopy transmittance produced by canopy heterogeneity was interpreted in terms of efficiency of light interception; an interception...
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Báo cáo y học: "Expression of cytokine mRNA and protein in joints and lymphoid organs during the course of rat antigen-induced arthritis" potx
... lack of a wasting syndrome in this model [17] Both inguinal LN and spleen showed an increase of IL-2 mRNA in the acute phase of AIA (Figs 4d and 5d), similar to a significant rise of IFN-γ in the ... protein levels were not determined IL-10 IL-10 mRNA was notably increased at hours and day and then showed significant decreases on days and (Fig 2h) The protein increased hours after induction of ... provide information on the time course and organ distribution of the cytokine profiles Indeed, an extensive study of longitudinal cytokine profiles in RA is complicated by the influence of disease...
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Báo cáo y học: "Open Access Substance abuse and psychiatric co-morbidity as predictors of premature mortality in Swedish drug abusers a prospective longitudinal study 1970 - 2006" docx
... 021), as Information of date and place of death was available for 204 dead persons in the cohort Information of the causes of death was missing in two cases The coding of the 204 deceased individuals ... were collected in a standardized manner Standardized clinical interviews (SWEDATE) and hospital records contained background data and mandatory information on length and intensity of Nyhlén et ... 27 years and the dominant pattern of substance abuse: opiates 37% vs 28%, and amphetamine 31% vs 32% The incidence of injection use was 79% v s 75% In other words, the profile was reasonably...
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Báo cáo y học: " Comparison of ankle-brachial pressure index and pulse wave velocity as markers of cognitive function in a community-dwelling population" potx
... compared as markers of cognitive impairment in a community-dwelling population, and MMSE was used to assess cognitive status The ABI and PWV were measured as indicators of arterial structure and function ... drinking) were obtained from self-questionnaires and interviews The height and weight of subjects were measured, and body mass index (BMI) was calculated Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, ... cognitive decline and ABI might be of clinical value in identifying older people who are at increased risk of cognitive impairment The mechanism leading to the association between ABI and cognitive...
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Báo cáo thú y: "An assessment of soybeans and other vegetable proteins as source of salmonella contamination in pig production" ppsx
... 2002 In this respect attention has also been given to the importance of salmonella contamination of animal feed as being the first link of the animal derived food chain [4,5] A striking example of ... human illnesses in the USA alone since it was introduced into the food chain [7] It is difficult to evaluate the importance of feed as a source of salmonella infection in animals and its subsequent ... that in Poland up to 15.0% and 15.4% of imported lots of soy and rape seed were respectively salmonella contaminated in 2005-2007 Corresponding data for products produced in Poland were 6.3% and...
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Báo cáo y học: " Dynamics of viral replication in blood and lymphoid tissues during SIVmac251 infection of macaques" docx
... quantification in plasma provides important insight into the natural course of HIV infection and is widely used in both acute and chronic infection as a surrogate marker for the evaluation of disease progression ... We investigated viral dissemination in the groups displaying rapid and moderate progression by following the dynamics of viral DNA and 2LTR circles in PBMCs At the set point, as for vRNA in plasma, ... decreases in the number of infected cells/level of viral replication in the GALT and plasma viral load during primary infection with SIV, we hypothesized that the GALT was the principal source of...
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Báo cáo y học: "Mutations in matrix and SP1 repair the packaging specificity of a Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 mutant by reducing the association of Gag with spliced viral RN" ppsx
... (NL4-3 numbering) was found in the matrix (MA) of NLΔSL1-D22, leading to an E42K amino acid change in the protein, and a C1907T substitution was found in the SP1 of NLΔSL1-D14, corresponding to a ... localization or trafficking of Gag, resulting in a change in RNA binding preference Page of 12 measure the packaging efficiency of Y1, Y3, and signal recognition particle (SRP) RNAs, which are the ... studies showing that SL1 deletion led to an increased packaging of spliced viral RNAs into the virion [11,14,34,40,45] The deletion in SL1 increased the amount of spliced mRNA over the amount of genomic...
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Báo cáo y học: " Effect of chloroquine on reducing HIV-1 replication in vitro and the DC-SIGN mediated transfer of virus to CD4+ T-lymphocytes" pdf
... monitoring replication A) day 37 of passage, B) day 77 of passage, C) day 103 of passage, D) day 147 of passage, E) day 183 of passage and F) day 206 of passage Standard deviations are depict in ... of genotypic differences between the CQ and the control passaged virus, including an increased V1V2 charge, a lack of increase in the V3 overall charge, a shortened V4 region and modulation of ... lowering rates of transmission, given the relative inefficiency of infection [35,36] The effect of CQ on DC-SIGN binding in vivo remains to be determined, but if the DC-SIGN binding is indeed reduced...
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Báo cáo y học: "S-100B and neuron-specific enolase as predictors of neurological outcome in patients after cardiac arrest and return of spontaneous circulation: a systematic review" ppt
... be explained by considering S-100B a cause of post-CA brain injury and NSE, an enzyme released from nerve cells, as a result of brain injury: NSE as a marker of brain cell injury increases over ... of NSE in predicting neurological outcomes such as regaining consciousness and returning to independent daily life Assay of serum S-100B level focuses on the process of aggravation of brain injury, ... reported findings Therefore, we emphasize that the time-course change in early phase of serum S-100B and NSE levels would offer a more reliable indication of what is happening in the brain of the...
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Báo cáo y học: " Influence of genetic variations in TLR4 and TIRAP/Mal on the course of sepsis and pneumonia and cytokine release: an observational study in three cohorts" pdf
... decreased ability to induce cytokines is a cause of an altered course of infectious diseases at this point is pure speculation An interesting observation was the lack of differences of cytokine ... significant increase in the risk of severe infections Despite the fact that the number of patients carrying these mutations is low, we found intriguingly low serum levels of proinflammatory cytokines in ... responses of individuals bearing this allele following LPS challenge in vitro [42-44] and in vivo [45] support this lack of association Whether the presence of TLR4 haplotypes containing only the Asp299Gly...
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Báo cáo sinh học: " Further insights of the variance component method for detecting QTL in livestock and aquacultural species: relaxing the assumption of additive effects" pptx
... when increasing the family size in excess of 50 individuals per family (Tab IV) Finally, similar power was obtained whether or not the QTL was detected including or not including dominance in the ... obtained with or without including dominance This has also been found in models involving dominance and inbreeding in which relatively large shifts in position have been observed when including ... irrespectively, of whether the true underlying model involves dominance In this investigation we obtained similar power for detecting the QTL using or not explicitly using dominance effects in the model of...
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the linguistic devices making wittiness in english and vietnamese humourous stories a study of contrastive discourse analysis = các phương tiện ngôn ngữ tạo nên sự dí dỏm trong truyện hài anh-việt
... example: The same evening I went ashore The first landing in any new country is very interesting (Brown & Yule, 1983: 47) Based on landing in the previous discourse, it is easy to interpret the utterance: ... Meaning And Reading, Sebastian Lobner (2002: 49) defined metonymy as a term „that primarily refers to object of a certain kind is used to refer instead to things that belong to objects of this kind‟ ... unequally In the past, there were a lot of studies about the humour of scholars, humorists, philosophers and psychologists, dating back as far as Plato, Socrates and Aristotle, to Darwin and Freud, Eastman...
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The linguistic devices making wittiness in English and Vietnamese humourous stories a study of contrastive discourse analysis
... unequally In the past, there were a lot of studies about the humour of scholars, humorists, philosophers and psychologists, dating back as far as Plato, Socrates and Aristotle, to Darwin and Freud, Eastman ... the closings of the stories and played the substantial role in making laughter The implicatures of the opening and the body is the only cause and condition for the closings and the lessons of morality ... investigates the figure of speech as linguistic devices making the wittiness and then help us to understand/explain why people laugh when reading EHS and VHS - The role of context in the HS, then readers...
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Chinese multinational construction firms in international and domestic markets a re examination of the eclectic paradigm
... (Han and Ofori, 2001), is fostering Chinese CMNCs to play an increasingly important role in the internationalization process of China In fact, China's construction enterprises have been increasingly ... markets in developing countries have become increasingly attractive and contractors from developing countries, for example China, Brazil and Turkey, have also been increasingly involved in the international ... international construction industry Although the increasing involvement of Chinese contractors in the international market and the fast growing construction sector in China have received some attention,...
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Báo cáo khoa học: "Bench-to-bedside review: Oxygen debt and its metabolic correlates as quantifiers of the severity of hemorrhagic and posttraumatic shock" pptx
... However, as the O2D accumulates the likelihood of cellular injury increases, with reduction in cellular membrane integrity and consequent cell swelling as intracellular water increases Later in the ... critical quantity of R1 was given (at least 30% of the SBV), but the initial rate of recovery from the hemorrhage-induced O2D level was increased proportionately to the increase in R1 This relationship ... Rixen and Siegel Figure Probability of death as a function of oxygen debt (a) Regression-derived relation of Kaplan–Meier probability of death as a function of increasing oxygen debt (O2D) in a...
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Opportunities in the total support service sector as part of oursourcing industry in VietNam a case study of Sodexho
... interview method to analyze the case study as well as to gain more in- depth knowledge about this issue by consulting with executives from different companies In- depth interview: As in- depth interview ... outsourcing Offshoring can be defined as relocation of business processes (including production/manufacturing) to a lower cost location, usually overseas Offshoring can be seen in the context of either ... possibilities of trade in services, India is a country leading in this domain Another definitions: In the book ―Manging the outsourcing relationship‖, outsourcing is defined as the contracting of any...
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Bank and Nonbank Financial Institutions as Providers of LongTerm Finance
... 117 118 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AS PROVIDERS OF LONG-TERM FINANCE an increased demand for long-term assets Merely establishing asset management institutions and assuming that managers will invest ... the overall volume of such investments, has been increasing In many cases, the SWF domestic investments have provided financing in social and physical infrastructure, which are of strategic importance ... primarily in liquid assets In recent years, however, they have increasingly invested in alternative assets and asset classes with a longer investment time horizon Dyck and Morse (2011) assembled...
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