... part ofthe annual ring, was also determined However, the number of latewood vessels per unit area was determined at the border ofthe annual ring RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Statistical analysis ofthe ... used as a junction between the juvenile and the mature wood in oak Due to the value ofthe determination coefficient R the diameter ofthe , vessel lumen is preferable asthe indicator In the case ... Heli&jadnr;ska-Raczkowska and Fabisiak, 1991) .An improved understanding ofthe laws governing changes in structural features of wood in the function of wood cross- section radii, as well asthe relationship between these...
... ray ofthe dislocated elbow was not performed in view ofthe pain and the obvious clinical appearance confirming the diagnosis A check x-ray following the reduction confirmed relocation ofthe ... dynamic structures -the muscles crossing the elbow joint [6] Recent studies continue to develop our understanding ofthe role and importance ofthe primary and secondary stabilizers ofthe elbow Disruption ... structures include the complex bony architecture and softtissue stabilizers The static soft-tissue stabilizers consist ofthe anterior and posterior joint capsule and both medial and lateral collateral...
... the head and neck ofthe pancreas There was no evidence of local invasion A biopsy ofthe pancreatic mass was taken The patient’s postoperative course was uneventful and he was discharged five ... scan), with the plasmacytomas occurring either de novo or secondary to another extramedullary plasmacytoma The most frequent sites of extramedullary plasmacytomas are the nasal fossae and other ... other extramedullary plasmacytomas In our patient, the diagnosis of multiple myeloma was made immediately following the diagnosis ofthe plasmacytoma ofthe pancreas The typical presentation of...
... was indicated The upper lobe bronchus ofthe right lung was completely obliterated while the anterior and posterior segments ofthe upper lobe were destroyed In addition, one ofthe cysts in the ... and multiple lesions neighboring the former, some of which were cystic and the others solid (the largest was cm in diameter) In addition, a cm lesion was revealed in the superior segment ofthe ... tomography in the posterior segment ofthe upper lobe ofthe right lung and multiple lesions neighboring the former, some of which were cystic and others solid (largest was cm in diameter) blood transfusion,...
... computer The disadvantages of this approach are that the application has to arrange for the data in the cookie to be transmitted over the Web as part of every HTTP request so that the Web server can ... rendered as HTML to allow them to operate correctly in any HTML-compliant browser Microsoft has also extended many ofthe standard HTML controls as well, allowing you to manipulate them in your ... Microsoft SQL Server database The cache is easily programmable by using code In the latest release ofthe NET Framework supplied with Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft has further enhanced ASP.NET...
... the LVTS was running The participants in the sample consist of members ofthe LVTS and the Bank of Canada For the purposes of this study we exclude the Bank of Canada since it does not send any ... true since the Bank of Canada is also a participant in the LVTS and acts as a drain of liquidity in Tranche Specifically, the Bank of Canada receives payments on behalf of various other systems ... the LVTS using the normalized BCL vectors for each bank This approach is based on the premise that money flows out of a bank in the proportions given by the BCLs the bank has with the other banks...
... between the claim ofthe senior tranche and the sum ofthe claims ofthe senior and mezzanine tranches, the holders ofthe mezzanine tranche get the entire excess ofthe return over the claim ofthe ... senior tranche and share it according to the shares ofthe mezzanine tranche that they holds If the return on the mortgage portfolio exceeds the sum ofthe claims ofthe senior and mezzanine tranches, ... the return on the mortgage portfolio falls short ofthe claims ofthe senior and mezzanine tranches, the holders ofthe equity tranche not receive anything Otherwise they receive the excess of...
... capacitation of spermatozoa, fertilization, preimplantation development, and transport ofthe preimplantation embryos to the uterus The movement ofthe embryo through the oviduct to the uterus ... between the cumulus cell matrix and the tips ofthe cilia is necessary to move the complex over the surface ofthe infundibulum [45,72] The cumulus matrix attaches the complex to the infundibulum, and ... in the rat [204], it is another example of a smoke toxicant that can accumulate in reproductive organs and which, in laboratory animals, can adversely affect reproduction [205] While many of the...
... features, then elimination thereof As a proxy of feature quality, we use the weight assigned to the feature by the SVM - BOOL model based on the training data Thus, to get the performance with ... there is no evidence for the relevance ofthe frequency composition ofthe text for perspective classification, for all levels of venue- and topic-control, from the tightest (PBA debates) to the ... percentage ofthe available words to obtain the same classification accuracy as with the full feature set, even in high-accuracy cases such as PBA and BL The effectiveness of a small subset of features...
... notices ofthe miracles in general, thehealingofthe lame and the paralytic, ofthe maimed and the dumb, and the raising ofthe dead not only did they include several discourses, such asthe reply ... though not in the older Greek Codices.' There will then remain the specifying of Arabia asthe home ofthe Magi, the phrase [Greek: kathezomenos] used of John on the banks ofthe Jordan, the two unparallelled ... affinities in the phrase quoted from the charge to the Seventy (Luke x 19), in the verse Luke xi 52, in the account ofthe answer to the rich young man, ofthe institution ofthe Lord's Supper, of the...
... better way, they should have seen it themselves years ago and if they didn't they must be an idiot Since they didn't see it and they can't be an idiot, there must not be a b e t t e r way They may ... 'Why can't you serve to his backhand for a change.' Such a s t a t e m e n t is likely to increase the probability of serves to the forehand or double faults to the backhand and directionality of ... to the empirical level If, however, one ofthe participants finds a 84 flaw in the other's thinking and then overgeneralizes and thinks 'What an idiot That d o e s n ' t logically follow How can...
... Shiga, Japan) The DNA insert in each plasmid construct was verified by sequencing Establishment of stable transfectants and the luciferase assay An aliquot of 0.4 lg of each plasmid was transfected ... markedly decreased, which was followed by an accumulation of LacCer and the appearance of another GSL (Fig 6A, asterisk) Based on the HPLC elution time (Fig 6B, asterisk), it seems that the newly ... luciferase activity ofthe culture medium was measured as described in Experimental procedures The relative luciferase activity was determined from the ratio ofthe activity in the transfectant...
... up, of course, the great mass ofthe race On the other hand, the best class of Negroes did not know the higher class of white people, and based their suspicion and hatred upon the acts ofthe ... great many of them were buying homes on the instalment plan 16 The crimes ofthe mob include robbery as well as murder In a number of cases the property of innocent and unoffending people was taken ... blacks There could be no better visible evidence ofthe increasing separation ofthe races, and ofthe determination ofthe white man to make the Negro "keep his place," than the evolution of the...
... clearings, many of them temporary but an increasing number permanent By 3500 BC much ofthe chalkland of southern and eastern England was open, while much ofthe rest of Britain was a mosaic of clearings ... England and only remained as a major element in the forests ofthe eastern Scottish Highlands, where as many as 40 per cent ofthe trees were pines The birch too was in retreat and only made an ... southern Britain, where they accounted for as many as onetenth ofthe forest trees The forest: predominant tree species at the beginning ofthe neolithic montane grassland and hazel open shrubland...
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... 6, 7) An analytical solution was provided by Penman [108] for the case of wet surfaces (i.e gw = gb) and Monteith [91] further included the effect of stomatal conductance, leading to the classical ... describing both the canopy space and the space above the canopy For the horizontal direction x, the equation of instantaneous momentum balance of a small fixed volume dx.dy.dz can be written (e.g ... and other biogenic gases) content ofthe air Heat and gas contents ofthe air are called scalars because they are characterised by a single variable, either temperature or gas concentration The...
... the last years ofthe study, the levels were above 10 grains/m3 for 80 to 90% ofthe time.4 A study by Stach and colleagues calculated the amount of Ambrosia pollen in the Poznan area of Poland ... practices can influence the types of plants that are able to survive and proliferate in an area The expansion of ragweed has been attributed to changes in agricultural practice In their study of ragweed ... ofthe projected rise in temperature A number of studies addressing plant and animal phenophases (recurrence of annual phenomena such as plant budding) have been performed Polar areas or areas...
... the southern part ofthe Black Forest (Kalbelescheuer and Haldenhof, near Freiburg, F.R.G.) Collection and freeze-drying of needle samples well as metatrolite analyses bed elsewhere (Einig and ... (1980-1983; based on dry weight) differ significantly in the levels of starch, TP and F26BP, in that class II needles show a decrease in starch, compared to increased amounts of TP and F26BP In contrast, ... the assumption that the changes in pool sizes observed for F6P and TP also occur in the cytosol of our needle mesophyll cells, all these observations can easily be explained by the scheme shown...
... understanding of regulatory mechanisms of bone mineralization and Pi homeostasis, and in assessment of therapeutic aspects of human bone/Pi-associated disorders Additional material Page of Additional ... mineralization and maintenance ofthe Pi balance Aberration ofthe Phex-SIBLINGs system leads to remarkable elevation in FGF23 [46-49], and it is now evident that increased levels of FGF23, ASARM and MEPE ... mineralization The hydroxyapatite plates (HP in panel 1) are seen in each panel (on the top in panels 2-4) For the cortical region ofthe central part ofthe tibia, X-TR values of 8~10 and 4~5 were...
... inducers of trichothecene production in wheat By analysing the temporal changes in polyamine levels and the expression ofthe genes for their biosynthesis in relation to the biosynthesis ofthe trichothecene ... blight of wheat Error bars are the standard error ofthe mean n = individual heads (ODC) and an isoform of arginine decarboxylase designated as ADC2 (see below) showed a significant increase following ... Importantly, trichothecenes such as DON are toxic to animals and humans when present in feed and food products, respectively [6] Because ofthe undesirable effects of DON on human and animal...