... years The two deaths recorded were both nonliver related, and none of these two cases had liver biopsy performed at any time DISCUSSION The study is the first to describe the long-term survival of ... general population ofthe same age and sex The two deaths recorded were not liver related, but the inclusion of these two cases among the four cases reaching the outcome of death or liver transplantation ... patients at the time of diagnosis and follow-up liver biopsies in five of these patients Since there are no established guidelines of when to perform a liver biopsy in patients with NAFLD, the decision...
... both the number as the percentage of non- financial measures they use Other companies disclose only the percentage ofnon financial measures they use, while others only disclose the number of non- financial ... on the companies that already used non- financial measures before the crisis As in the other samples the risk of multicollinearity is small Table shows in the case of most ofthe variables there ... conducted The first sample consists of all companies that disclose their use of non- financial performance measures and the second sample consists ofthe observations ofthe companies who use non- financial...
... measures which protect the survival ofthe mother can cause the death ofthe fetus On the other hand, therapies to protect the child may lead to a suboptimal outcome for the mother Because prospective ... College of Cardiology (AHA/ACC),2 the ESC in 2003,3 the Working Group Valvular Heart Disease ofthe ESC,4 the guidelines ofthe German Society of Cardiology (German Society of Cardiology),5,6 and the ... use of OACs is the most effective regimen to prevent valve thrombosis, and therefore is the safest regimen for her, and risks for the mother also jeopardize the baby On the other hand the risk of...
... interval is such that the probability (Bayesian) ofthe true value being outside the interval is percent The width ofthe confidence interval indicates the degree of uncertainty about the estimated probability, ... histologic layers: 1) the urothelium; 2) the suburothelial layer of loose connective tissue called the lamina propria; and 3) the detrusor muscle (muscularis propria) The urothelium in the normal bladder ... timing of instillations or the influence of long-term maintenance therapy Randomized studies supporting the use of maintenance BCG therapy have been conducted, but the panel excluded them because their...
... ÀrCO2 !Starch Ratesof net photosynthesis (rNetPhotosynthesis) were calculated as the average rate of carbon uptake duringthe first half ofthe light phase (n = h): n R rNetPhotosynthesis ¼ xNPSi ... interconversion rates as a function of time of cold exposure, (b) comparison ofthe magnitudes ofthe various interconversion rates, and (c) lineup ofthe accessions with respect to their metabolic acclimation ... terms ofthe absolute values but also in the progression ofthe acclimation process This is an important outcome, as it allows estimation ofthe impact of different metabolic responses on the improvement...
... exampl es ofthe di verse rolesof minerals in energy production In their rolesof growth and maintenance of tissues, minerals contribute to the rigidity ofthe bones and teeth and * The original ... to indicate the net utilization of minerals Absorption of mineral ions is dependent upon numerous factors, including the levels ofthe elements ingested, the age ofthe animal, Ph ofthe intestinal ... series of chemical transformations In 1893, Werner wrote, "If we think ofthe metal ion as the center ofthe whole system, then we can most simply place the mo 1ecul es bound to it at the corners of...
... confirming that the mutation of Tyr186 to Phe186 does not grossly perturb the overall framework ofthe enzyme or the active site The active sites ofthe enzymes are shown in stick format with the sigmaA ... substrates: in the first, a (small) sub population of enzyme binds directly the steroid in the reactive conformation, with the remainder ofthe enzyme binding the unreactive conformation Rescue ofthe unreactive ... re-oxidation ofthe flavin and the formation ofthe hydride-Meisenheimer complex of TNT (C) As for panel B except the spectral changes are recorded over an extended time period and show degradation of the...
... access to the active site substrate binding cleft [76] The functional segregation ofthe insulin and Wnt signaling networks requires either the absence of an exchange between the subsets ofthe cellular ... exclusion ofthe two processes That is, the involvement of GSK3b with the axin–adenomatous polyposis coli complex can reverse (via the action ofthe specific phosphatases associated with the mentioned ... The ability of GSK3b to bind two different proteins with high specificity via the same binding site is mediated by the conformational plasticity ofthe loop formed by residues 285–299 In the nonbound...
... in the proof of Theorem Since the unique questions in are ordered by increasing probability of success, finding the optimal position ofthe common question in the ordering ofthe questions of ... falls in the correspond- bilities of success ofthe unique questions of If the value immediately precedes the value of in the list, then the common question should immediately precede in the optimal ... any other questions in order to minimize the expected length of dialogs The rest ofthe paper examines how the leader can select the questions which minimize the overall expected length of the...
... Schematic representation oftherolesofthe FadD proteins encoded by the DIM + PGL locus in the biosynthesis of DIMs and related compounds in Mycobacterium tuberculosis The role ofthe activation enzymes ... suppress the synthesis of PGL-tb in the mutant strain To examine whether the absence of PGL-tb in the cell envelope ofthe PMM66:pPET1 mutant solely relied on a polar effect on the expression of Rv2949c ... the activation ofthe various intermediates in DIM and PGL biosynthesis has not been analyzed This study was undertaken to dissect therolesof FadD22, FadD26 and FadD29 in the biosynthesis of...
... implications among these alternative of small business finance is a growing of small business finance For example, the impact ofthe U.S ofthe early 1990s and the effect ofthe consolidation ofthe banking ... academics in the nature and behavior ofthe financial At the core of this issue are questions about the type of financing need and receive at various stages of their growth, the nature ofthe private ... value of information ofthe relationship obtained through the relationship) as the measure of its strength Most ofthe studies specified the duration The results of some ofthe studies also suggested...
... Uptake of [3H]cGMP in the absence of ATP but in the presence ofthe nonhydrolysable ATP analogue, ATP-c-S, was less than 5% ofthe uptake in the presence of ATP The amount of [3H]cGMP taken up by these ... compared using an F-test on the ratio ofthe variance associated with the reduction in degrees of freedom to the variance ofthe fit with the smaller number of degrees of freedom [33], VR ¼ ðSSE2 ... ofthe form: U¼ ðU0 À Unoninh Þ Â ICni 50 þ Unoninh ; ICni þ Ini 50 ¼ ni ¼ ð3Þ where I is the concentration ofthe inhibitor, IC50 is the inhibitor concentration producing 50% inhibition of the...
... groups of aesthetic responses, which play three distinct roles in mathematical inquiry The most recognized and public ofthe three rolesofthe aesthetic is the evaluative; it concerns the aesthetic ... triangles: The aesthetics of mathematical discovery The International Journal of Computers for Mathematics Learning, 7(1), 45–63 Sinclair, N (2002b) Mindful of beauty: Therolesofthe aesthetic in the ... exclusively These three types of aesthetic responses capture the range of ways in which mathematicians have described the aesthetic dimension of their practices while suggesting theroles they might...
... consideration the inherent similarity in the basic vocabulary of several different branches of science Several fields of science could be grouped together on the basis of their having a large number of ... represent the probability that the target equivalent Wk and the Group N have occurred together The joint frequency measure ofthe combined occurrence ofthe target equivalent Wk and the Group ... occur The probability measures of each target equivalent of a multiple meaning word are then correlated with the context to obtain a figure of merit which allows the selection of one ofthe target...
... spectra ofthe plasma plume for He/ N2͑3%͒ ͑flow rate of l/min͒ the pulse width ofthe discharge current, which is about 100 ns.6 Therefore, duringthe discharge current pulses, the concentration of ... the simulated spectrum of rotational temperature of 300 K gives a good fit to the measured spectrum Therefore, the gas temperature ofthe plasma plume is at room temperature E The role of UV The ... at an adjustable distance x2 from the thin wire Since the diameter ofthe thin wire is much smaller than that ofthe nozzle, the influence ofthe thin wire on the gas flow dynamic is expected to...
... he became the ‘Mahatma’ ´ ˇ 22.4 Vaclav Havel and Alexander Dubcek toast the resignation ofthe ruling politburo on the stage ofthe Magic Lantern theatre in Prague, headquarters ofthe Velvet ... could be the sole basis ofthe defence policies of states Such claims need to be tested by a rigorous examination ofthe record The chapters of this book are intended to add to the body of general ... background ofthe carnage ofthe First World War, President Woodrow Wilson spoke in 1918 ofthe great game, now forever discredited, ofthe balance of power’.6 He oVered a vision of a world...
... debates, the computational theory of mind, vagueness, the sociology of cognitive science, and the metaphysics and aesthetics of video games Mark Colyvan is Professor of Philosophy at the University of ... the rest ofthe book I give indications for further reading along the way. THE LAW OF NON- CONTRADICTION The classic source of much thought about contradiction comes from Aristotles Book ofthe ... Silbert Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy at Smith College, Professor in the graduate faculty of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Professorial Fellow at the University...
... represents the standard deviation ofthe original signal x(i) Results Our objective in this study was the investigation of changes in the complexity ofthe central respiratory network ofthe piglets during ... tracings duringthe LCR in a 10 days old piglet Typical tracings duringthe LCR in a 10 days old piglet Example ofthe events undergoing duringthe LCR After the stimulus, swallowing is visible on the ... sec the entropy ofthe breaths return to values comparable to those before the stimulus application We used the analysis of variance (ANOVA) to compare the significance ofthe differences in the...
... matrix To that end, the columns marked ψ show the coefficient of variation, which is the ratio ofthe standard deviation ofthe mean of a feature versus the mean variability ofthe feature overall, ... the motor point ofthe ECRB muscle ofthe test limb was identified as the area over the muscle surface where the lowest possible electrical stimulus produced a muscle twitch The location ofthe ... number of samples assigned to each target class; in the case of Table these are MUPTs, in the remaining tables these are muscles The value at the foot ofthe “Per-class accuracy” column is simply the...