... the SPSS 13.0 software Results Characteristics ofthe patients Characteristics ofthe patients at the time of diagnosis are listed in Table The median age of these patients was 70 (60–84) years ... Coso D, Bardou VJ, Stoppa AM, Braud AC, Bouabdallah R, Sainty D, Mozziconacci MJ, Lafage M, Damaj G, Blaise D, Gastaut JA, Maraninchi D: The benefit of induction chemotherapy in patients age > or ... years Cancer 2004, 101:325-331 Alymara V, Tzouvara E, Vartholomatos G, Chaidos A, Tsiara S, Bourantas KL: A single- center, retrospective study of management Page of (page number not for citation...
... immunohistochemical study of 84 cases Am J Surg Pathol 1995, 19:859-72 21 Sakurai H, Hasegawa T, Watanabe S, Suzuki K, Asamura H, Tsuchiya R: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor ofthe lung European Journal of ... imaging ofa plasma cell granuloma J Thorac Imaging 1994, 9:116-119 19 Takeda S, Onishi Y, Kawamura T, Maeda H: Clinical spectrum of pulmonary inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor Interact Cardio ... seems to have a prognostic value [5] Page of Either medical, radiation or surgical therapy has been used for PIP Corticosteroid therapy has been proposed in the case of inoperable patients, for concurrent...
... Merla E, Capparella V, Callea V, Cangialosi C, Grasso M, Rossini F, Galli M, Catalano L, Zamagni E, Petrucci MT, De stefano V, Ceccarelli M, Ambrosini MT, Avonto I, Falco P, Ciccone G, Liberati AM, ... Grzegorz SN, Morie AG, Angela D, Martha QL, Suzanne H, Rafael F, John AL, Robert AK, Philip RG, Thomas EW: Combination therapy with thalidomide and dexamethasone in patients with newly diagnosed multiple ... treatment of MM with no planned ASCT show the CR/VGPR rates of 50- 80% with a PFS of years [3-5] The CR/VGPR rates in our patients were also high that might be associated with a 200 mg/day) Aspirin...
... instance, compared with a repeated-measures analysis of variance) is that each patient is part ofthe analysis, irrespective ofthe number of repeated measurements performed for that patient; that is, ... analysis is an extended linear regression analysis taking into account the fact that the same patients are measured over time The advantage of generalized estimating equation analysis (for instance, ... function and chest X-ray characteristics during CMV, patients are classified either as having DAD or SAD DAD patients primarily had oxygenation disturbances necessitating high plateau pressures and a...
... suggests that C paradoxa PsbU has a higher homology with the red algal protein than with the cyanobacterial one The C paradoxa thylakoid membranes also contained a band cross-reacted with anti-(R-PsbQ¢), ... Chloroplast DNA Cyanidium caldarium Chloroplast DNA Bacillariophyceae (diatoms) Thalassiosira pseudonana Nuclear DNA Chloroplast DNA Odontella sinensis Chloroplast DNA Prasinophyceae Mesostigma viride ... merolae Based on this they pointed out that the evolutionary history ofthe water oxidation domain in the red algae may be more complex as biochemical data suggests that the red alga C caldarium has...
... through medial axis transformation [44], and the use of Isomaps [54] and Laplacian Eigenmaps [55] for transforming a 3D representation into a poseinvariant graph for extracting kinematics Several surveys ... 5) The accuracy of sagittal and frontal plane knee joint angles calculated from experiments was within the scope ofthe accuracy estimated from the theoretical calculations (accuracyexperimental: ... joints ofthe articulated body Small movements at the joint are allowed and penalized in least-squares terms As a result a more anatomically correct matching suitable for biomechanical applications...
... 2002:369-386 Mathers CD, Mafat D, Inoue M, Rao C, Lopez AD: Counting the dead and what they died of: an assessment ofthe global status of cause of death data Bulletin ofthe World Health Organization ... application of standardized approaches for all countries in any given category of data availability, has vastly improved the cross- population comparability of disease and injury quantification, at ... Critiques ofthe approach, and particularly ofthe methods used to assess the severity weightings for disabling health states, have led to fundamental changes in the way that health state valuations are...
... Development ofthe anther of Annona squamosa L Annals of Botany 1981, 48:885-893 Tsou CH, David J: Comparative development of aseptate and septate anthers of Annonaceae American Journal of Botany 2003, ... evolutionof angiosperms Sinauer Associates Incorporated, Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA; 2005 Doyle JA, Le Thomas A: Cladistic analysis and pollen evolution in Annonaceae Acta Botanica Gallica 1994, ... Methods Plant material The research was performed on adult A cherimola, cv Campas trees of located in a field cultivar collection at the EE la Mayora CSIC, Málaga, Spain To study the relationship...
... K., Nagae Y., Nakamura S and Baba Y (2003) Removal of nitrate anion by carbonaceous materials prepared from bamboo and coconut shell, J Chem Eng Japan, 36(4), 511-515 Maeda M., Ihara H and Ota T ... Silica sand (Saturated) (Unsaturated) Andisol (Saturated) (Unsaturated) 0.5 0 10 12 14 16 Mixture ratio of hand warmer contents (%) 10 Silica sand (Saturated) (Unsaturated) Andisol (Saturated) ... reduction of peak concentration and the retardation of peak time with the increase ofthe amount of HWCs while there is a slight change ofthe peak concentration in Andisol (Fig (b)) except forthe more...
... (2) Adsorption of activated carbon It is indicated from Fig that reactors with zero valent iron and activated carbon are the most efficient .The main reason may be the abundant acidic groups or alkaline ... alkaline groups existing in the surface of activated carbon The groups not only have adsorption capacity, but also have catalytic action for oxidation-reduction reactions (3) Ion exchange and adsorption ... special adsorption for COD The use of reactor IV gives similar removal efficiency as reactor I After days, results indicated that modified bentonite was easily saturated and disabled as a reaction...
... be applied for other porous materials with the grain diameter of 0.1-0.6 mm (ii) The filling height of sand samples and the immersion depth ofthe capillary tube at the initial state had a great ... that, except for sand samples, the present method can also be applied for other porous materials with the grain diameter of 0.1-0.6 mm For porous media with smaller grain diameters, the adaptability ... amount of test samples The present method can provide an important basis for analyzing the heat transfer process of BHEs in a sand-based aquifer, and also be applied for other porous materials with...
... students in FOFL; HUT has not yet been done Therefore, the objectives of this research is to consider the advantages and disadvantages they meet when learning EEE as well as the main reason why they ... necessary information, the results were analyzed and evaluated And finally, the researcher plotted information in diagram and explained in the report Questionnaire survey is really useful for collecting ... Faculty of Foreign Language Ha Noi University of Technology The Situation of Learning English for Electrical Engineering of D06k52 Students in Faculty of Foreign Language, Ha Noi University of...
... class of software had shipped, and players like Microsoft and Intel had jumped in to develop standards-based client software as part of their larger vision of using the Internet as an alternative ... section, the true cost of an IPT network with quality of service, billing mechanisms, and all the other paraphernalia ofthe traditional PSTN added in may well be greater than the cost of today's ... scale, as well as driving the research and development that will enable them to maintain a competitive advantage in enhanced applications Moreover, early entrants have had considerable say in the...
... Journal of Macroeconomics, 19, 781-802 18 Appendix A Data and model specifications Data sources All data are taken from KVARTS database, Statistics Norway We use quarterly data, and the estimation ... better than the random walk at forecasting the exchange rate at all horizons The pure PPP model performs worst of all the three models at all horizons, and can therefore not outperform any other ... significant information about the relationship forthe data sample that is available The final choice therefore parsimoniously encompasses the unrestricted model and is not dominated by any other...
... AAA AB AEF AFB AGM ATM ATO ATACMS ATFLIR AWACS BDA C2 C4 CAFMS CAS CAOC CAP CCIP Antiaircraft Artillery Air Base Air Expeditionary Force Air Force Base Air-to-Ground Missile Air Tasking Message ... at the nametags and unit patches on their flight suits It has not always been that way On the contrary, the Air Force and Navy have come a long way since the days ofthe Vietnam War and its early ... the realm of doctrine, there was an emergent Navy acceptance ofthe value of strategic air campaigns and the idea that naval air forces must become more influential players in them As Admiral Owens...
... membrane-buried negative charges that are essential for binding the ion and also forthe rotational mechanism ofthe ring The c ring of I tartaricus has 11 negative charges that are equally distributed ... reference-free averages generated by translational and rotational alignment ofsingle c rings showed the same stoichiometry (Fig 2D,E) From both the raw data and averages of c rings, it was clear that they ... with a total of 22 transmembrane helices This value is identical to the value obtained forthe other Na+ F1F0 ATP synthases Additionally, the size oftheA woodii ˚ c rings (approximately 58 A by...
... undergraduate students The goal of each volume is to encapsulate the current state of knowledge in a particular area of finance so that the reader can quickly achieve a mastery of that special area ... describe the current state of financial research and practice in a particular area of finance The essays in each volume are intended for practicing finance professionals, graduate students, and advanced ... by the downfall of Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) in 1998 All of these events raised fears ofa global economic meltdown Also notable at the end of 1998 was the creation ofthe financial...
... nasal or non-nasal and the place of consonant in syllable Based on these features, Vietnamese consonants can be arranged as Table 2.3 Table 2.3: Arrangement of Vietnamese consonants articulate ... distinguish signal The tone has the same function as a phoneme, it always assigns for syllable and its influence cover the entire of syllable The tones make Vietnamese language have a musical characteristic; ... punctuation As a matter of fact, punctuation marks are just the visible sign ofthe structure ofa language, for which intonation acts as the echo, the acoustic trait that should help the listener...
... Human Brain After the human lineage split from the lineage leading to chimpanzees, there was no appreciable increase in brain size The cranial capacity of early australopithecines, such as Australopithecus ... derived aspects ofthe organization ofthe human orbitofrontal cortex was also the result of Van Essen’s (2005) comparison with macaques The overall layout ofthe cortical areas is much the same ... primitive traits, such as a small braincase, large canines, large molars, and certain remnants of arboreal specializations One ofthe most important events in human evolution was the splitting of the...
... with the ARVO Statement forthe Use of Animals in Ophthalmic and Vision Research and the Intramural Animal Care and Use program ofthe National Institutes of Health (NIH) 2287 G Wistow et al cN-crystallin ... advanced color vision) when compared with other mammals A change in the ancient role of cN may be one part ofa suite of molecular adaptations in the eye in the human lineage In addition to the ... Hngtrap1, ATGAACCGA GTGAACTCCATCCAC; Hngtrap2, ACTTCTTCCGCTG GAACAGCCACA The resultant clones were sequenced in-house, using the CEQ2000 system (Beckman Coulter, Fullerton, CA, USA) All use of animals...