... COMPOSITION. The Coordinating Com- 18 mittee shall be composed ofthe directors ofthe cen- 19 ters ofthe Administration 20 ‘‘(3) CHAIRPERSON. The Director ofthe Of- 21 fice shall serve as the Chairperson ... COMPOSITION. The Coordinating Com- 13 mittee shall be composed ofthe official designated 14 under subsection (a) and the directors ofthe centers 15 and offices ofthe Agency 16 ‘‘(3) CHAIRPERSON. The official ... Centers ‘‘(b) PURPOSE. The Director ofthe Office shall— 10 ‘‘(1) report to the Director ofthe Centers for 11 Disease Control and Prevention on the current level 12 ofthe Centers’ activity regarding...
... objectives ofthe report: to explore the range of women’s experience of working throughthe menopause, and to provide recommendations for employers, for women and for those who advise them REVIEW OF ... Ease of taking time off for medical treatment for the menopause The majority ofthe sample (74 percent) reported it was easy for them to take time off for medical treatment for the menopause if ... Satisfaction with the state of cleanliness of toilets The majority ofthe sample (76 percent) was satisfied with the state of cleanliness of toilets in their workplace 80% 76% Percentage of Women 70%...
... church of Jerusalem, orthe Eastern church, as it was then In the time ofthe faithful Helen, the mother ofthe ruler Constantine, throughout the regions known for the traces ofthe Lord's sufferings, ... of true belief, finally deserted the authority ofthe early fathers Apparently, these men, because ofthe purity ofthe air and the sky in which they are born, as a result of which their bodies ... could get in or out There one could see gathered the flower ofthe armed force, orthe wisdom, the nobility, ofthe fame of all of France, dressed in the breastplates and helmets of knights; those...
... those receiving information packets, those sending them, orthe nature ofthe information packets and the function they served The content ofthe packets and the frequency of interactions are ... function ofthe network and the variety (number) of applications that are transported on the network.29 In the demand function, the parameter d measures the strength ofthe complementarity between the ... decreases by s | ds1 | 33 The network’s choice of s maximizes the sum ofthe two profit streams The effect of s on the network profit from 6b b b d s a b 2b b d The profit from 4b b ...
... luciferase reporter enzyme, ofthe vector construct containing the Core promoter reporter, and ofthe three vector constructs in which the Core promoter is preceded by four tandem copies either a DR1-, ... to the responsiveness ofthe Core promoter in the presence of a wild-type DR12 (1DR12Core, Fig 2B) As an independent confirmation ofthe important role ofthe two direct repeat half sites in the ... intrinsic fluorescence ofthe receptor, but, on account ofthe fact that they (as part ofthe fixed a-helix 12) not move in position, their level of fluorescence would not change upon binding of methyl...
... the identification ofthe oral route as a key pathway for the transmission ofthe agents causing 590 naturally acquired TSEs emphasized the need for systematic studies on the pathogenesis of these ... innervating the gut, to the dorsal motor nucleus in the brain, and to the intermediolateral grey column in the thoracic spinal cord, respectively From these sites of initial CNS invasion at the level of ... complex – to the spinal cord, respectively Initial portals of CNS entry were the dorsal motor nucleus ofthe vagus nerve in the brain and the intermediolateral grey column in the spinal cord Subsequently...
... eye ofthe NIH as licensor; the proposal does not argue for the types of independent consulting arrangements or other deals with industry that were problematic for the intramural program in the ... eventually of use to the private sector and hence the public Both of these methods are productive and appropriate of course; however, they neglect certain kinds of activity that the percubator could ... the public to support further biomedical research Irrespective ofthe support mechanism or economic impact, the primary goal ofthe percubator will be to fully engage investigators in long-term...
... eye ofthe NIH as licensor; the proposal does not argue for the types of independent consulting arrangements or other deals with industry that were problematic for the intramural program in the ... eventually of use to the private sector and hence the public Both of these methods are productive and appropriate of course; however, they neglect certain kinds of activity that the percubator could ... the public to support further biomedical research Irrespective ofthe support mechanism or economic impact, the primary goal ofthe percubator will be to fully engage investigators in long-term...
... case for transfer ofthe Igs throughthe same barrier, further indicating that the Ig response was not triggered before the endotoxin infusion The general differences between milk, and each ofthe ... than the BSA molecule IgM, being the largest molecule ofthe Igs, showed the lowest relative transfer throughthe endothelium which supports the speculation that the molecular size influences the ... reflected in the CR of IgM The findings further indicate that the IgM transfer throughthe mammary epithelium was somehow hampered during this time ofthe inflammatory reaction The underlying...
... schematically), the pools of their ovarian I-specific piRNAs (short wavy lines) are different The approximate ratios of I-specific piRNAs in the ovaries of I and R mothers, in 0-2 hour embryos, and in the ... R ovarian libraries [5] In the RSF females, the number of I-specific piRNAs is just half that of their I mother as a result of ‘dilution’ ofthe inducer genome by the R genome lacking functional ... generating the 5’ end of a sense Ago3-associated piRNA The mature sense piRNA is capable of guiding cleavage ofthe antisense transposon transcript, thus creating additional copies ofthe original...
... support - Other 2009 supplementary budget - Support for low-income households - Support for SMEs and self-employed - Support for employment - Local government support - Green growth and other ... to measure the contributions ofthe fiscal stimulus package to the recovery of Korean economy from the GFC to discuss how the fiscal stance is redirected toward the pre-crisis state of fiscal ... package were concentrated before 2009 Q4 On the other hand, equal or more credit could be given to the outperformed trade sector in the pervious periods 19 III Impact of Fiscal Stimulus Package,...
... Trade and theGreen Economy Trade is considered one ofthe main drivers ofthe world economy.5 According to a recent UNEP report examining various trends worldwide, the sum of world exports of goods ... number of important obstacles remain, such as the lack ofor weak regulatory frameworks and enforcement mechanisms Thus there is a role for law and regulation to play in the implementation of these ... replacement ofthe former; and the economic and commercial implications ofthe adoption ofthegreen economy as a main policy goal, especially regarding the fear ofgreen protectionism and new green...
... Cavitation: The formation and collapse of gas pockets or bubbles on the blade of an impeller orthe gate of a valve; collapse of these pockets or bubbles drives water with such force that it ... Available Chlorine: A measure ofthe amount of chlorine available in chlorinated lime, hypochlorite compounds, and other materials used as a source of chlorine when compared with that of liquid or gaseous ... Confidential Statement of Formula (CSF): A list ofthe ingredients in a new pesticide or chemical formulation The list is submitted at the time for application for registration or change in formulation B...
... ofthe country [had been] cleared of food in order to hamper the movements ofthe commandos,’’ therefore ‘‘it was the duty ofthe British, as a civilized people, to form camps of refuge for the ... Doyle devoted much more attention to the camps – they were an important part of his defense ofthe sexual honor ofthe British soldier First Doyle gave his version ofthe origin ofthe camps: ‘‘Considerable ... reverence for women was a crucial part ofthe honor ofthe British gentleman and ofthe British soldier, whether gentleman by rank or not But by the turn ofthe century women were agitating for the...
... sub-algorithm such as Brent’s method (see above) Storage is of order N There are two major families of algorithms for multidimensional minimization with calculation of first derivatives Both families ... minimization sub-algorithm, which can itself either use, or not use, the derivative information, as you see fit (depending on the relative effort of computing the function and of its gradient vector) We not ... using only the function, but not always enough so as to compensate for the additional calculations of derivatives We can easily construct examples favoring one approach or favoring the other However,...
... c−a (10.1.4) Then the next bracketing segment will either be of length w + z relative to the current one, or else of length − w If we want to minimize the worst case possibility, then we will ... guess and then increasing the stepsize at each step either by a constant factor, or else by the result of a parabolic extrapolation ofthe preceding points that is designed to take us to the extrapolated ... like × 10−8 (for float) or 10−15 (for double) Not so! In general, the shape of your function f(x) near b will be given by Taylor’s theorem f(x) ≈ f(b) + f (b)(x − b)2 (10.1.1) The second term...
... is the point with the very least function value found so far (or the most recent one in case of a tie); w is the point with the second least function value; v is the previous value of w; u is the ... the value already evaluated only by an amount of order the roundoff error Therefore in the code below you will find several tests and modifications of a potential new point, imposing this restriction ... ? a-x : b-x)); The above conditions determine the acceptability ofthe parabolic fit Here we take the golden section step into the larger ofthe two segments else { d=p/q; Take the parabolic step...
... roundoff error This leads us to use derivative information only as follows: The sign ofthe derivative at the central point ofthe bracketing triplet (a, b, c) indicates uniquely whether the next ... in the interval (a, b) or in the interval (b, c) The value of this derivative and ofthe derivative at the second-best-so-far point are extrapolated to zero by the secant method (inverse linear ... integrate up to the function value and don’t accurately point the way to the minimum, usually because of roundoff errors, sometimes because of truncation error in the method of derivative evaluation...
... for each vector direction.) The downhill simplex method now takes a series of steps, most steps just moving the point ofthe simplex where the function is largest (“highest point”) throughthe ... -dimensional volume If any point of a nondegenerate simplex is taken as the origin, then the N other points define vector directions that span the N -dimensional vector space In one-dimensional minimization, ... beginning ofthe step, here a tetrahedron, is shown, top The simplex at the end ofthe step can be any one of (a) a reflection away from the high point, (b) a reflection and expansion away from the high...