... tolerance for four freshwater fish species using the CTMaximum method and (2) whether or not prior exposure to sublethal concentrations of nominated chemicals affects the CTMaximum values ofthefour ... concentrations of endosulfan, chlorpyrifos, or phenol at the same temperature for a period of 10 to14 d for the CTM tests Corresponding controls for each chemical also were maintained at the same temperature ... Endosulfan, an organochlorine pesticide, is a central nervous system poison Chlorpyrifos, an organophosphorus compound, acts as an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, altering the behavior of organisms...
... visitors to the region told of finding candle stubs set at the edge ofthe caves and bright scraps of cloth tied to nearby tree branches, tokens of gratitude for the curative powers ofthe caves’ ... screening (in Lenin’s words) the most important of all the arts.” Now the “new Russians” are transforming Soviet cinema space into their own “places of worship”: furniture stores, auto showcases, ... located on the Black Sea, the sea ofthe Argonauts and Ulysses’s wanderings Above it rise the peaks ofthe Northern Caucasus, where Zeus’s eagle picked away for centuries at Prometheus’s liver...
... are on the order ofthe “noise” of normal sway The SLIP-FALLS platform and accompanying technologies allow the examination of postural control at the edge of psychophysical detection of movement ... not only ofthe main effects ofthe factors but also of their combined interactions Since we have unequal sample sizes, to satisfy the orthogonality ofthe MANOVA decomposition, the general linear ... adaptive alternative forced choice (2AFC) protocol [16], the acceleration thresholds for detecting an anterior-posterior, horizontal translation ofthe platform at displacements of mm, mm, and 16...
... performed according to the Student’s t test The probability values of P < 0.05 were considered as significant Acknowledgements This work was financially supported by the Major Research plan ofthe ... High level of Bax can translocate to the outer mitochondrial membrane (OMM) and insert into the OMM Then, Bax forms oligomers that are thought to be important in the formation ofthe mitochondrial ... Page of 10 A A1 B C D E Figure TEM micrographs of BEL-7402 exposed for 24 h to the different MNPs (A) TEM micrographs of cell endocytosis; (A1) the enlargement ofthe rectangular areas on the corresponding...
... the simulation The analytical models of Verrier et al [14] and Chevalet [3] will then be described, each corresponding to a different choice of hypotheses for the algebraic formalization ofthe ... that under the hypothesis of a very large number of independent identical loci, the oligogenic model and the Gaussian theory agree closely These first results validate the use ofthe ’full-finite’ ... with the theory, ofthe relationships between mates and inbreeding induced in the offspring and ofthe changing variance of gene effects due to genetic drift and faster or slower fixation of alleles...
... times to C57BL/6 and therefore have a more homogenous genetic background Some ofthe specifics of our experimental system may therefore account for the lack of a requirement for MCP-1 and CCR2 However, ... and the inability of CCR2deficient mice to clear the organism normally [28,29] Consequently, the persistence of Aspergillus organisms in the airway may have altered the fibrotic response Other ... some previous reports showing important roles for MCP-1 or CCR2 in other models of allergic asthma [25,27,33] Although the precise explanation of these differences is not clear, there are several...
... gives the log-odds ratio corresponding to the probability that individual i selects profile B given the value of x, p and z for profile B as compared to profile A x is a vector of difference scores ... attributes or if they were largely ignored or deemed irrelevant by respondents in the pilot surveys (eg level of effort to comply, whether or not the intervention is in current use) Levels for each ... whether or not the patient has a criminal record; and parental status [26] The study team considered using labels (for interventions or for the condition or problem being targeted) as a 'short-hand'...
... sale of other products The principal advantages of diversification are the lessening of risk and the opportunity for increased profit Risk is minimized when the rise and fall of sales becomes more ... find new business opportunities There is no point in investing in the development of new products or services if the demand for them won’t be high enough to support the cost The budget spent to ... the correct information available to you at all times is often the key to a successful business, and technology can much ofthe necessary work for you It can collect, process, store, and report...
... accept the division ofthe corpus that is imposed on them by the names of authors ( the work of Racine”) orthe titles of works (Phedre or B&&ice) To take as one’s object of study the literary or ... only the material production but also the symbolic production ofthe work, i.e the production ofthe value ofthe work, or, which amounts to the same thing of belief in the value ofthe work It therefore ... one ofthe prerequisites for the constitution of a rigorous science of art, because belief in the value ofthe work, uhich is one ofthe major obstacles to the constitution of a science of artistic...
... and therefore free for general use While the advice and information in this book is believed to be true and accurate at the date of going to press, neither the authors nor the editors nor the ... Second, according to the force constancy theory [24], changing the stiffness ofthe virtual wall supporting the texture could affect the thresholds because ofthe specific algorithm used in the experiment ... innervate the Ruffini corpuscle, the SA2 afferents account for 15% ofthe primary afferent fibers ofthe median nerve innervating the human hand; however, immunofluorescence ofthe mechanoreceptors...
... regardless of whether zinc or cadmium is bound to them and also regardless ofthe existence ofthe second domain The assigned peaks ofthe a-domain were integrated and their consistency with the published ... dimethyl formamide) The cysteine residues were incorporated as their pentafluorphenylesters Before coupling ofthe protected amino acids, the Fmoc groups were removed from the last amino acid ofthe ... number of NOEs Therefore, we expected the structures ofthe newly identified Cu(I)-containing domains to be more rigid and distinct from their Zn(II)-containing forms The spectra of both the only...
... dimension in the ICF The ICF use a five- point scale for their qualifiers and the clinical checklists This supports the use ofthe NFAS-5 The NFAS-5 had lower levels of missing data than the NFAS-4 ... with the original four- point scale or a fivepoint scale The aim of this study was to compare the original fourpoint with the new five- point scale version by evaluating validity ofthe NFAS in a population ... designed the study, performed some ofthe statistical analysis, drafted the manuscript and coordinated the study PG participated in the planning and design ofthe study, interpretation ofthe results...
... for three SPT patients in whom the mass was located in the portion of body or tail ofthe pancreas For tumors of SPT located in the neck and body ofthe pancreas, resection ofthe midportion of ... ofthe pancreas and the mass with preserving the rim ofthe head and tail portion can be achieved However, for the patient in whom the mass was located within the head ofthe pancreas, given the ... median age of 39 years, which is significantly older than in the other reported series.7 Literatures showed the head and tail ofthe pancreas were the preferential sites ofthe occurrence of SPT.3,7,10,14,15,16...
... large inventory of normalized mathematical indexes of abnormality It is the pattern of these mathematical indexes of abnormality, obtained from analysis of multiple cardiac cycles ofthe resting ... coronary stenosis according to whether the patients had prior revascularization The boundaries ofthe box are Tukey’s hinges The median is identified by the line inside the box The length ofthe ... PCI or prior CABG (Table 4) Despite the fact that in 188 patients with a prior PCI history there was a low a priori pre-test risk of coronary stenosis of 28%, MCG correctly identified 89% of these...
... fellow-authors The circumstances ofthe origin of this 'poetomachia' are far from clear, and those who have written on the topic, except of late, have not helped to make them clearer The origin ofthe ... personages and in the theory upon which they are conceived Ben Jonson had theories about poetry and the drama, and he was neither chary in talking of them nor in experimenting with them in his plays ... actors and the elder Kno'well first in the dramatis personae, that Shakespeare took that particular part The order of a list of Elizabethan players was generally that of their importance or priority...
... with thethree linear terms in the model of performance slope Each hypothesis was supported in this way either in the model of performance slope or in the model of performance trend; however, the ... is the unweighted, uncorrected correlation; ñ is the estimated true correlation T is the T-statistic for the test of differences between the subgroups The results ofthe meta-analyses support the ... sample—to test these hypotheses Together, thethree studies provide complementary evidence supporting the hypotheses The set of results has implications for theory, research on dynamic performance,...
... Report and Resume instantiate extended versions ofthe Document class Here, the Factory Method is called in the constructor ofthe Document base class Code in project: DoFactory.GangOfFour.Factory.RealWorld ... in project: DoFactory.GangOfFour.Factory.Structural Real-world sample code The real-world code demonstrates the Factory method offering flexibility in creating different documents The derived ... high level of control over the assembly ofthe objects Code in project: DoFactory.GangOfFour.Builder.Structural Real-world sample code The real-world code demonstates the Builder pattern in which...
... ofthe country [had been] cleared of food in order to hamper the movements ofthe commandos,’’ therefore ‘‘it was the duty ofthe British, as a civilized people, to form camps of refuge for the ... crowning horror and worst outrage of all was not the violation of Dutch women by English soldiers, but the exposure of these unfortunate white women to the loathly horror of compulsory intercourse ... Doyle devoted much more attention to the camps – they were an important part of his defense ofthe sexual honor ofthe British soldier First Doyle gave his version ofthe origin ofthe camps: ‘‘Considerable...
... any discourse of ends orthe end, will speak unapologetically ofthe end of theodicy ‘For an ethical sensibility the justification ofthe neighbour’s pain is the source of all immorality’ (us ... response to this return ofthe refuted is twofold On the one hand, it attests to the saying ofthe said, to the fact that the self-contradictory nature ofthe thesis (the said) does not exhaust ... the fact that the object of respect remains the moral law, the universality of which tells against the asymmetry ofthe ethical relation where it would have to be a matter of my respect for the...