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... focuses on the learners’ evaluation ofthe ESP programme at Vinh University such as: the time allocation, the topics ofthe ESP reading texts, the length ofthe ESP reading texts, the amount of technical ... programme evaluation as follows: • What is the purpose ofthe evaluation? • Who is the audience for the evaluation? • What principles of procedure should guide the evaluation? • What tools, techniques, ... the information on the learners’ evaluation ofthe ESP for Construction at Vinh university; relating to the time allocated for the learning ESP in the courses, the contents and general evaluation...
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... (rs1799931) These four SNPs yield six haplotypes in the NAT2 gene in the Japanese population, namely NAT2*4, NAT2*5B, NAT2*5E, NAT2*6A, NAT2*7B and NAT2*13 Of these, NAT2*4 is the wild-type haplotype; the ... in the study group Haplotypes and diplotype configurations atthe NAT2 gene Genotyping ofthe four SNP sites atthe NAT2 gene was sufficient for inferrence of haplotypes or diplotype configurations, ... N-acetyltransferase Association between diplotype configurations atthe NAT2 gene and adverse events with co-trimoxazole The association between diplotype configurations atthe NAT2 gene and occurrence of adverse...
... of them being simulated with 000 replications Analysis of simulation results The power ofthe methods was defined as the percentage of replications where the null hypothesis was rejected atthe ... result they give indicates that their algorithm leads to an overestimation ofThe estimation of recombination frequencies between the QTL and the markers leads to unsatisfactory results The majority ... follows that the expectation ofthe regression coefficient = = ) o (b is: is Again, a9 acceptable = or o/ -b is a biased estimator ofthe QTL variance Whether the bias on the size ofthe biasing...
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