... begin The infra-red sensor (at the head ofthe hand-held thermometer) is then swept horizontally along the forehead to the hairline (crossing part ofthe course ofthe temporal artery) Keeping the ... control for evaporative cooling ofthe forehead if the patient is sweating If the temperature at the mastoid is greater than the measurement over the temporal artery then the temperature at the ... explained by the fact that during the 'sweep' across the forehead (followed by the 'behind the ear' tap over the mastoid) the temporal artery thermometer records the 'peak' temperature valueofthe completed...
... growth of a subject tree of a given species is assumed to vary as a power function ofthe size ofthe neighbour, and as an inverse power function ofthe distance to the neighbour The net effect of ... height, ns is the number of competitor species, ni is the number of trees of competitor species i in the plot, j is the competitor tree number, s is the subject tree species, t is the subject tree ... fit the conventional and PART indices using the log-normal current diameter function We used the diameter ofthe largest tree of each species – ecosite combination to set the initial valuefor the...
... incidentally to any ofthe breast quadrants appear to be of concern This was also confirmed in the setting of RT for BC; Stovall et al reported that women < 40 years of age who received > Gy of absorbed ... bilateral tumors; one of them developed in-breast recurrence and contralateral invasive carcinoma at the same time, seven years after conservative surgery for DCIS Ofthe eleven contralateral tumors, ... to the control group (32%) The history of previous thoracic irradiation appeared to be the reason of high rate of mastectomy in the lymphoma group, particularly if we take into account that the...
... presents the physics and challenges of RSIL technology The current states ofthe technology are included in the literature review Chapter formulates the theoretical foundation for analyzing the performance ... presents the principles in optics to explain the theoretical spatial resolution of far -field optical systems The Diffraction theory must be adopted to account fortheeffectsof diffraction in the ... direction fall within the geometrical cone formed by straight lines from the edge ofthe aperture to the focal point ofthe objective Consider a case of a circular lens and using the cylindrical coordinate...
... light ofthe expected expeditionary nature of anticipated contingencies The examination of this question was the focus ofthe project entitled TheValue and Impacts of Alternative Fuel Distribution ... with the Army forthe construction ofthe IPDS system between the reservoir and its water treatment plant (Figure 2.5) Radian, the commercial contractor that maintains the IPDS forthe Army at the ... discussed in the previous 25 26 TheValue and Impacts of Alternative Fuel Distribution Concepts chapter But one aspect of such short missions is a second key consideration forthe employment of pipelines...
... Data set one consists of 36 plots of 100 m2 each located in the primary forest ofthe western foothills of Mt Pangasugan, within the forest reserve ofthe Leyte State University (LSU) The plots ... Philippines The second data set consists of 21 plots of 100 m2 each in the southeastern outliers of Mt Pangasugan The area belongs to the “Community Based Forestry Management Area” (CBFMA) ofthe Cienda ... dipterocarp species has been encountered It confirms the assumption that many ofthespecies so far only observed on the western side ofthe mountain range are actually typical speciesofthe coastal...
... photosynthesis of dominant tree speciesof a northern hardwood forest Bot Gaz 149, 203-208 Keever C (1953) Present composition of some stands ofthe former oak-chestnut forest in the southern Blue ... represents the western limit ofthe eastern deciduous forest, and oak species often grow along streams and ravines forming relatively thin bands of "gallery" forests A study ofthe forests in ... to former chestnut-dominated forests has been the subject of several studies, most of which indicate that Quercus species were one ofthe major beneficiaries of this disturbance For example, former...
... present in the Czech Republic for a report on the family Fagaceae, including the genus Quercus L, to be included in the second volume ofthe Flora ofthe Czech Republic After studying the literature ... in Thermophyticum (a region of thermophilous flora and vegetation where non- forest phytocoenoses with speciesofthe submeridional vegetation zone prevail) and along the marginal areas ofthe ... and vegetation ofthe temperate zone within the limits ofthe oceanic climate in Central Europe, ie, a region of deciduous forest) Thespecies are distributed from the lowlands to the higher hills...
... especially considering the dominant presence of a2,3SA-gal receptors in epithelial cell ofthe large intestine The presence of avian type receptors on the tracheal epithelium of ducks is supported by their ... intestine in the bird species (Table 1) We did not observe the presence of either type of receptors in the epithelium of small intestine of 2-weekold ducks However with 3-week-old turkeys, epithelial ... Similar to the 1-day-old birds, the 2-4-week-old birds and layer birds ofthespecies showed strong staining (++ ++) in the tubular cells ofthe kidney (50-60%) forthe avian type receptors The tubular...
... iMDsoft, Sassenheim, The Netherlands) and searched the hospital information system forthe following: orders for sputum cultures or performance of a bronchoalveolar lavage for culture, or start of ... look for other infections, and the absence of radiological signs of pulmonary congestion might have resulted in another fluid therapy regimen We did not score forthe clinical relevance ofthe ... JS and MV contributed to the conception and design ofthe study and manuscript revision JK was involved in the design and statistical analysis ofthe study MS conceived and coordinated the study...
... other gene products These approaches, however, have poor sensitivities and specificities since none of them alone is useful forthe majority ofthe BC and none of them is specific for cancer or breast ... from controls by SELDI-TOF They called the serum breast cancer biomarkers as Bc1, Bc2, and Bc3 The present study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of Bc1, Bc2 and Bc3 in the early diagnosis ofthe ... between the malignant and control groups (p=0.006) as well as between the women with benign disease and the control group (p=0.015) Unfortunately again the AUC values were below the 0.70 for Bc1...
... with such concepts as the invisible world, the realm ofthe unconscious and idea of life fields In philosophy, such concepts are termed the ”celestial” realm and the realm of ”nothingness.” The Japanese ... of perceiving, of thinking, of understanding and of interacting spring out ofthe boundaries of ”humanity,” spring out ofthe boundaries of ”nationhood,” and spring out ofthe boundaries ofthe ... According to them, ten of Harold’s foreign words were of Old Norse, the language ofthe Vikings and the precursor of modern Icelandic, and these words were actually used by the Vikings The other twelve...
... from its binding site and thereby elevate the free (effective) concentration ofthe displaced drug (a form of drug interaction) Elevation ofthe free concentration ofthe displaced drug means ... % of body water), and smaller in the obese and the aged The concentration (c) of a solution corresponds to the amount (D) of substance dissolved in a volume (V); thus, c = D/V If the dose of ... Distribution in the Body 23 Ciliated epithelium Nonkeratinized squamous epithelium Epithelium with brush border Keratinized squamous epithelium A External barriers ofthe body Lüllmann,...
... = (x1 , , xn) +) If yn−3 = then the form (4) is similar to the form (3) Thus, by repeating about argument we get the proof ofthe proposition in this case of n ii) The case n is odd Assume that ... are the values in Corollary From Lemma 2, Corollary and Proposition 2, we have Theorem Let µ is the 5−fold convolution ofthe standard Cantor measure, then the lower extreme valueofthe local ... Thanh et al / VNU Journal of Science, Mathematics - Physics 25 (2009) 57-68 65 From (13), (14) and (15), the assertion ofthe corollary follows 2.2 The proof ofthe main theorem Lemma Let x = (x1...
... case the unfairness ofthe terms and the cycle of debt they produced created animosity Farmers kept only small sums of money to purchase essentials at village markets There was some fear of theft, ... costs ofthe current system While none of these solutions is likely to work in the immediate term, each merits further discussion Adoption of a currency board This method has worked for other ... build enough con dence in the riel to suppress the use ofthe U.S dollar and of gold as the prevailing means of exchange and stores ofvalue Cambodia’s Economic Past It is important to know where...
... attributes considered, and the vectors of coefficients to n are attached to the vector of attributes (Z) The assumptions about thedistributionof error terms implicit in the use ofthe CLM impose ... rejected at the 1percent level for two cases while it is inconclusive in the third case Therefore the CLM is may not the appropriate specification forthe estimation Consequently the data are ... aggregating the average WTP over the population ofthe municipality and comparing this figure to the operating and upgrading costs ofthe STP The result of this revealed that the annual taxes the residents...
... consists of three essays that address the issue ofthe business valueof Information Technology (IT) in the context ofthe Internet economy The first essay studies the productivity of IT in the ... have lower extent of digitization due to the restriction ofthe physical nature of their product Therefore, it is hypothesized that IT capital contributes more to the performance of digital dot ... with the exception ofthe constant term, the coefficient estimates will not be affected by using the number of employees instead ofthe total labor cost However, to test the robustness of the...