... 43–52, Karl-Franzens-Univ Graz, Graz, Austria, 2004 21 L C˘ dariu and V Radu, A Hyers-Ulam-Rassias stability theorem for a quartic functional equation,” a Automation Computers and Applied Mathematics, ... M Rassias, “On approximation of approximately linear mappings by linear mappings,” Journal of Functional Analysis, vol 46, no 1, pp 126–130, 1982 J M Rassias, “Solution of a problem of Ulam,” ... transformations,” Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, vol 57, pp 223–237, 1951 Z Gajda, “On stability of additive mappings,” International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, vol...
... 5'ATGAGCTCATGGCAAGTAAAGGAGAAGAAC-3', and Reverse: 5'-CGGGATCCGAGCTCTTAGAGTTCGTCGTGTTTG-3' The amplified fragment was cloned in the forward orientation in VA/pCAMBIA1391Z, as obtained above, at ... mutants [VA(AC2M), VA(AC4M) and VA(AC2MAC4M)] of VA/ToLCV constructs in tomato plants (A) Total DNA was isolated from the tomato leaves agroinfiltrated with VIGS, VA(AC2M), VA(AC4M) and VA(AC2MAC4M) ... replicated in plants like tomato, tobacco (Nicotiana xanthii), Arabidopsis thaliana and rice (Oryza sativa, variety Pusa Basmati) We also show that the mutation in either AC2 or AC4 gene, present within...
... once a week or two weeks from June to December 13 in 2000, the average T-BOD concentration at Ekiminami of Saina River was as high as 10mg/L In addition, the average T-BOD loading at the same point ... Fujiwara T., Ohtoshi K., Ishikawa R and Ikebe M (2002) Runoff characteristics of pollutants from a small river basin during a rising stage of river flow, Advances in Asian Environmental Engineering, ... by alkalinity, Alkalinity: Titration method (*2320 B) Analytical methods are numbered in Standard Methods for the examination of water and wastewater - 185 - Journal of Water and Environment...
... 182 CHAPTER 26 ■ EVALUATING VARIABLES INA FLAT FILE If you no longer need this account, please let us know so we can remove it System Administration Note in particular the shell variables (ENVIRONMENT, ... is run and the message is sent Likewise, each escape sequence \\ evaluates to a single backslash that causes the following special character to be escaped so that it is treated as plain text ... processes each line of the file using the eval statement, which causes the variables to be replaced with their string values The expanded line is assigned to the variable place_holder so that it can...
... (5¢-GAT AAAACCACACCTGTAGTAGCTG-3¢) and MCAD 116 5A G (5¢-CCTGTAGAAAGACTAATGAGGGATG CC-3¢) (mutagenic substitutions are shown in bold), and the antisense primer (5¢-GTAACGCCAGGGTTTTCCCA GTCAC-3¢) ... 548–556 15 Ikeda Y, Okamura-Ikeda K & Tanaka K (1985) Purification and characterization of short-chain, mediumchain, and long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenases from rat liver mitochondria: isolation of ... studied in rat MCAD, where the arginine was mutated to alanine, lysine, glutamine and glutamic acid The authors found that the lysine mutant exhibited significantly reduced activity, whereas the...
... while HDL-c increased markedly These variations were statistically significant in the most advanced age classes, especially in centenarians and may be caused by diverse determinants, such as body ... APURSO A, C OLACICCO AM, R ESTA F et al Serum Lp (a) is high in Healthy Centenarians The rd International Symposium: Multiple risk factors in cardiovascular disease Vascular and organ Protection Abstract ... the longevity, another main characteristic is represented by the body weight maintained within the normal range ADL and IADL tests suggest that nonagenarians and centenarians are the two groups...
... of carrying sand away from the shelters ina 10-min observation for each focal (‘digging alone’) In the evening of the same day, a large male and female was added, who accepted the focal individual ... cooperative breeding ina given habitat For example, it has been postulated that high juvenile and adult survival may create a surplus of individuals ina given habitat, rendering delayed dispersal more ... Helping behaviour was assessed as the average of two tests digging sand away from two pot halves when living as a subordinate with a dominant pair (white, ‘digging group’) minus the average of two...
... identity and year variance components plus the residual variance), indicating significant variation between individuals in average breeding performance Breeding success declined linearly with year in ... for individual identity and year in each A GLMM was also similarly used to test whether the probability of individuals changing site (binary variable) increased in the years approaching death ... declined sharply E94 The American Naturalist Statistical Analyses Testing for Within-Individual Declines in Performance and Factors Associated with These Declines Within-individual declines in...
... self-reported health status and QOL in general adult populations A meta-analysis by Smith, Avis, and Assmann [23] showed that variation in QOL is explained by several life domains that are affected ... scores pertaining to various life domains can be combined so as to obtain an overall (general) QOL score For instance, it has been argued that an overall QOL score could be obtained by averaging the ... function and using a mean and variance adjusted weighted-least squares estimation method (WLSMV) suitable for ordinal data [60] Model fit was evaluated with several global fit indices, and by comparing...
... consisted of a two-factor ANOVA for continuous variables, chi-square tests for categorical variables and Wilcoxon-Mann-Witney test for non-parametric variables Statistical significance was set at p < ... design, interpretation of results, and manuscript preparation All authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements We thank C Arasaratnam, H Cheung and B Lakhani for their assistance ... final two minutes One participant rested in all three intervals, two participants rested during two intervals, and the remaining four participants rested only during one interval (which was always...
... waste lands (Mahadevappa 1999) Parthenium weed has also spread into Trinidad, Guyana, Jamaica, Nepal, Israel, South Korea, Taiwan, North Vietnam, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, southern China, certain ... to certain Pacific Islands, to India, Pakistan, and Australia It has spread at an alarming rate achieving the status of a major weed within a relatively short period of time (Adkins & Navie 2006; ... that the major parthenium weed infestation areas in Australia are in the sub-coastal regions of central Queensland, where annual rainfall ranges between 500 and 700 mm with a dominant summer incidence...
... Tussilago farfara L and Salix caprea L., whereas the open patches in the centre are overgrown with clonally spreading grasses, mainly Calamagrostis arundinacea (L.) Roth As the area had been used as ... used analysis of covariance with provenance as a categorical predictor and environmental variables as continuous covariates RESULTS As shown in Fig 1, the distributions of all environmental variables ... was to clarify to what extent the spatial variation of environment a ects growth and adaptive traits ina provenance trial, and whether blocking can efficiently handle this variation MATERIALS AND...
... high natural variability of volatiles in oak wood within and between individual trees must be taken into consideration Moreover, experimental practices such as sampling, storage and preparation ... mixed stands of Q petraea and Q robur The sampled stand covers approximately with a total of 286 standing trees It consists of three ecological zones: a small valley, a plateau and a regular intermediate ... the actual values, were used 2.3.3 Spatial analysis We have used the SGS software [11] The spatial structure of continuous quantitative traits can be analysed by applying a distance 315 measure...
... values for within ring area components with cambial age (A) EA; (B) LA All family mean values for EA increased after ring and reached a plateau between rings and After ring 7, family average tended ... followed an oscillating pattern of variation In their study of families of radiata pine established in several sites in New Zealand, Cown and Ball [8] also measured average ring density and determined ... references are available describing changes with cambial age in radiata pine Cown [9] summarized several studies regarding the effect of growth rate on the density of radiata pine, saying that there...
... beech stand, and stand biomass increased by about 10% each year (unpublished data) An increase in soil respiration ina young slash pine plantation has been ascribed to an increase in root biomass ... exhibited pronounced seasonal variations with minimal values in winter and high values in early summer Interannual variation of soil respiration 501 Table I Stand and climate characteristics of the ... was now to investigate both seasonal and interannual variability of soil respiration The ability of an empirical model using soil temperature and soil water content as driving variables to predict...
... recalculated using additional information on flowering synchronization among mating clones based on formulas: where PO is an index of phenological overlap of i i-th clone acting as male (Askew and ... contribution obtained from a one-way ANOVA and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) of pollen and seed cone production (Zuk, 1989) was investigated using a maleness index proposed by Lloyd ... to investigate trade-offs between male and female allocation This was done following partitioning variance and covariance components cones RESULTS = Phenology The phenograms of male and female...
... irregular concentric bands on a comparatively dark background (figs 4A, B) These bands were paratracheal axial parenchyma of the confluent type In general, band spacing varied gradually, increasing ... Seasonal variations in the cambial anatomy of Tectona grandis (Verbenaceae) Nord J Bot 1, 535-542 Rogers S (1981) Seasonal variation in radial growth and phloem activity in Terminalia ivorensis A ... the wood layers that were defined by variations in band spacing were made in each trunk sections (on the polished areas), because a small local variation of band spacing could at first pass unnoticed...
... Pharmaceuticals, Osaka, Japan) was used for saturation (30 at 37°C) After two washes, sera (diluted 1/50) were added and the plates were incubated for 12 hours at 4°C After washing, alkaline phosphatase ... isolated from 0.5 ml anticoagulated peripheral blood, from 187 RA patients and 158 healthy individuals, by using DNA QuickII DNA purification kit (Dainippon Pharmaceuticals, Osaka, Japan) FcγR polymorphisms ... coordinated the statistical analysis YM, TY and YK performed GPI ELISA TH participated in clinical assessment TS participated in the full design and coordination of the study, and DG, SI and AT participated...