... temporal nonstationarities can be regarded as a fading process that may signficantly diminish the performance of any blind source separation algorithm Spatial nonstationarity has to be taken into account ... Subband-dependent signal subspace dimension Generalizing the examplein Figure to an arbitrary number of wavelet basis in the dictionary obtained, we obtain a set of wavelet basis βl for each ... generalize for any sampling rate The choice of another sampling rate may render another basis to perform better than symlets One can argue that resampling the data to match a specific wavelet basis may...
... G, d'ArminioMonforte A, Vandamme AM, Moroni M: Increasing prevalence of non-clade B HIV-1 strains in heterosexual men and women, as monitored by analysis of reverse transcriptase and protease ... Leoncini F, Vinattieri A, Incandela L, Valensin PE, Zazzi M: Detection of genotypically drug-resistant HIV-1 variants and non-B subtypes in recently infected antiretroviral-naive adults in Italy AIDS ... Calcaterra S, Dianzani F, Antinori A, Capobianchi MR: Cell membrane proteins and quasispecies compartmentalization of CSF and plasma HIV-1 from aids patients with neurological disorders Infect...
... They found that an increase in property tax rate will cause the total -of- tax housing price, capital price and wage rate to increase, whereas, the net -of- tax housing price and land rent fall When ... production and consumption activities are ina specific form of Cobb-Douglas This specific formulation has the advantageous to analyze analytically the local non-traded capitals and natural amenity’s ... types of local taxes: a producer tax on the traded good anda vi consumer tax on the non-traded good We label the former as a value-added tax (VAT) and the latter as an ad valorem property tax (APT)...
... the application domain, creating a target data set, data cleansing and preprocessing, data reduction and projection, choosing data mining task, choosing data mining algorithm, data mining, interpreting ... contexts to abstract the data into useful information (Palace, 1996) The five major components of data mining are: extraction and transformation of data, data storage and management, data access provisions, ... gain, milk fat content and intramuscular fat in bovine (Polineni et al., 2006) This database is based on data from other databases such as INRA BOVMAP11 and USDA-MARC (Kappes et al., 1997) and...
... [29] Arash Nemati, Shahram Khalilarya, Samad Jafarmadar, Hassan Khatamnejhad, Vahid Fathi Numerical parametric investigation ofa gasoline fuelled partially-premixed compression-ignition engine International ... also worked as a Professor and Head of department in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vidya Vikas Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh, India He has 14 years of teaching and research ... respectively in adiabatic case than baseline and it is the best result of insulation of an IDI dieselengine The indicated power increased at the adiabatic case 30% and 22.5% in part and full loads respectively...
... demographic impact of HIV/AIDS in South Africa: National and provincial indicators for 2006 Cape Town: Centre for Actuarial Research, South African Medical Research Council and Actuarial Society of ... Demographic, baseline and on-treatment characteristics of female and male patients with any health-related quality of life data Variable Total Female Male P-value Number 295 219 76 - Age (years) ... socio-demographic and clinical factors and HRQoL, and allowed for inferences to be made about causal relationships Limitations to the study included possible selection bias and information bias related...
... female and male animals of different lines raised on a fattening farm of the southern region of GDR, and from 461 A. I boars ofa breeding station Each sample (2.0 ml) was incubated at 37 °C for ... Landrace of GDR The increased local use of an aberrant boar in artificial insemination can lead to higher frequency, as could be observed in the present study ina local herd of fattening pigs was ... from a local herd which had been studied However, it is remarkable that this type of aberration was found only in A. I boars of the Landrace Among 62 Landrace animals analysed, boars showed a heterozygote...
... changes in rats after unilateral 6OHDA lesioning and dopaminergic neuron grafting Some of the dynamic and static parameters were altered in rats with 6-OHDA-induced lesions including paw contact ... Wageningen, The Netherlands) before 6-OHDAlesioning or sham operation The rats that had received 6OHDA were evaluated again weeks after 6-OHDA injection and at weeks after transplantation or injection ... engrafting ES-derived dopaminergic neurons Max area The size of the print area at maximal contact of all four paws during floor contact was smaller in rats weeks after 6-OHDA-lesioning than in...
... sequences in axial and sagittal planes; T1- and T2-weighted imaging fat- Figure Axial mammography shows a subcutaneous oval mass with a smooth and sharp margin on the right breast, and another smaller ... violet-red plaques, and the surrounding skin may Most DFSPs are typically small and superficial and diagnosis may be suspected on the basis of the tumor’s clinical appearance and pathologic examination ... case of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans on the breast ofa Chinese man Diagnostic work-up comprised clinical examination, mammography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and diagnosis was proved...
... living in Cameroon, central Africa [13] (and Calattini et al., in preparation) andin one person with frequent contacts with Macaca fascicularis ina temple in Bali, Indonesia [14] Foamy viruses are ... http://www.retrovirology.com/content/3/1/23 for several days with regular passages and were examined carefully for the appearance ofa cytopathic effect Giant cell formation and syncitia were first observed for the T1 sample after days ... demonstrating that SFVs are present in the saliva of infected macaques and baboons [2,28] and that oral tissues are important site for FV replication in African green monkeys and macaques [27]...
... quality traits in the Tiameslan line applying both ML – via a Quasi Newton algorithm – (MLQN) and Bayesian – via a GS algorithm – (Bayesian-GS) methods All traits Likelihood and Bayesian analyses ... variance and the remaining part was assigned to error variance The same starting values were used in the three chains for the other parameters, i.e zero for polygenic and major gene additive and ... per chain, so that a total of 300 samples were available per trait Monte Carlo standard errors were low for all trait × parameter combinations Independence of the samples was tested by an analysis -of- variance...
... Schemes of split injection and single injection 24 Figure The computational meshes at 3oBTDC 24 Figure Comparison of calculated and measured cylinder pressure and heat 26 release rate in case of single ... good and acceptable The soot model is also calibrated against the experimental data Kazakov and Foster [47] pointed out that the most sensitive parameters affecting prediction of soot mass are ... Effects of Split Injection, Oxygen Enriched Air, and Heavy EGR Rate on Soot Emissions inaDieselEngine Nguyen Le Duy Khai A Dissertation Submitted to the Department of Mechanical Engineering and...
... operation” and some of these include introducing an ‘internal’ market by making departments more financially autonomous, using ‘managerial’ approaches in, for example, staff appraisal and training, ... students and staff • Having curricula and programs that are ‘global’ in nature andin perspectives • Conducting research that has a ‘global’ focus and impact • Being locally and internationally connected ... a global brand like Coca Cola and Levi’s and being ‘global’ as a brand In both instances, these arise out of the processes of globalization In the case of global brands such as Coca Cola, there...
... kumar Raju, Sankaranarayanan and Karthik Raja for motivating me in all research endeavors and other aspects of my life Last but not least, my fellow confederate and close pal, Dr.Vedharaj Sivasankaralingam ... Vallinayagam R, Vedharaj S, Yang WM, Raghavan V, Saravanan CG, Lee PS, Chua KJE, Chou SK Investigation of evaporation andengine characteristics of pine oil biofuel fumigated in the inlet manifold ... feasibility inadiesel engine, besides the engine operating and design parameters For any research work on the synthesis, characterization and utilization of alternate fuels inadiesel engine, an in- depth...
... Vichit-Vadakan N, Vajanapoom N, Ostro B, Thach TQ, Chau PYK, et al 2010 Part Public health andair pollution in Asia (PAPA): a combined analysis of four studies ofair pollution and mortality Res ... Vos T, Flaxman AD, Danaei G, Shibuya K, Adair-Rohani H, et al 2012 A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, ... kg) backpack containing all sampling equipment while engaged in normal daily 106 activities Participants were also trained on the proper removal and placement of backpacks during 107 periods of...
... are a way to group actors and to have them to behave ina similar way For example, you can group some actors to be collidable Then you can define a rule that a special object (a ball, for example) ... first part of the book as you remake Space Invader and add new tools to your arsenal Part spices things up with more complex features and projects in GameSalad In Chapters and 7, you create a fully ... a characteristic of the item and its value So what does this mean in GameSalad? Let’s say that you have an actor called Ball It can be moveable (yes or no), it has a height and width, a color,...
... habit of getting out and exercising in the cold fresh morning air is formed and good habits if formed in town invariably insures health and happiness It is said that a well balanced variety of tasks ... journals have too much of the professional air about them and the person starting with fowls finds himself in deep water as far as understanding what a great many articles are about Too many of ... Air Drainage Air drainage is as important as water (d) drainage Avoid a location that allows cold, damp air to settle around the poultry building (e) Convenience Locate the poultry house in as...
... which is in fact a typical exampleof intraspecies interactions, can be mathematically translated into a set of coupled differential equations, as presented in Eqs (1) and (2) The Nicolaı et al model ... growth and production kinetics is small Therefore, since the medium and associated initial pH is not a variable in the case study presented in this paper, lmax and pmax can be reasonably assumed ... is gaining more and more attention for process evaluation, optimisation and design (Walls and Scott, 1997) For mathematical models to be of use in the specific subareas of food fermentation and...
... instrument was deemed appropriate, useful, and applicable for both males and females ranging in age from 9–15 years of African American and Caucasian American origins and from varying socioeconomic backgrounds ... increasing in complexity, differentiation, and specialization, as well as hierarchical integration and organization Indicators measuring levels of planning for participation, interference with and prevention ... American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Pediatric asthma promoting best practices: Guide for managing asthma in children [http://www.aaaai.org/members/ resources/initiatives/pediatricasthmaguidelines/default.stm]...
... as the standard reference grid for all spatial statistic data in Austria Hence, we have a direct spatial link between our BINATS test areas anda wide range of socioeconomic and agronomic statistics, ... types, climatic conditions and management regimes ofa country; (2) baseline data necessary for detecting changes in the abundance and diversity of plants and animals as well as in habitat structures ... -Grassland cover -Average annual temperature -Average annual precipitation Spatial layers of these variables were intersected with our sample grid ina geographic information system [GIS], and...