... diagnosis and treatment of any and all medical conditions I add a link with details of this subject http://www.labtestsonline.org.uk/ understanding/analytes/psa/test.html Intermethod Differences in ... for Clinical Pathology Abstract Serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) assays differ in calibration and response to different PSA forms We examined intermethod differences in total PSA (tPSA) and ... method Differences between test and comparison methods were estimated at 2.5, 4.0, and 10.0 ng/mL (2.5, 4.0, and 10.0 µg/L) for tPSA and 15%, 20%, and 25% for percentage of fPSA Relative differences...
... firm performance in the U.S airline industry may aid those seeking to invest in the industry as well as forward looking investment decisions by various groups interested in the U.S airline industry ... the existing body of literature in the area of executive compensation and firm performance by examining the relationship between CEO compensation and firm performance in a sample of firms in the ... environment of the industry The airline industry is very labor intensive Coupled with strong airline labor unions, airline industry employees have significant bargaining power and the industry has...
... including stock price, the index and trading volume, are stationary and co-integrated Therefore, it becomes necessary to conduct various prior tests of integration and cointegration In so doing, ... relationship between trading volume and price volatility Using GMM and Original least square regression method (OLS), Wang and Yau (2000) continued paying attention to the interesting relationship in futures ... The index fell as low as 239.69 points in February 2009 Since then, the index rose nearly 2.6 times to 530 points at the beginning of 2010 As being affected by the changes of the world finance and...
... Pakistan [15] Mean and standard deviation (SD) of energy, protein, selected minerals (Ca, Fe, Page of Zn) and vitamins (A and C) were determined from dietary intake data The vitamins and minerals selected ... cereals, legumes and other plant foods bind zinc and inhibit its absorption [41] Factors found mainly in plant foods including phosphorus, flavonoids, oxalates and soy protein can also inhibit iron ... protein intake Similarly, in the normal weight and underweight BMI categories, adequate energy and protein intake were reported for 64 and 22, and 47 and 17%, respectively Similarly, for minerals...
... glycine, l-alanine, l-proline, l-lysine, l-serine, b-alanine, taurine, sarcosine, dimethylglycine, glycine betaine, trimethylamine N-oxide, and cytidine 2¢-3¢ cyclic monophosphate were also obtained ... & Fink AL (2001) Trimethylamine-Noxide-induced folding of a-synuclein FEBS Lett 509, 31–35 Meng F, Park Y & Zhou H (2001) Role of proline, glycerol, and heparin as protein folding aids during ... (glycine, alanine, proline, serine, lysine, b-alanine and taurine) that have no significant effects on both DGD° and kcat (b) Class II represents methylamines (sarco- Functional stability and activity...
... mutation necessarily being located in the binding interface We selected eight amino acid residues in sTF for individual cysteine replacement and used the cysteines as handles to which we attached ... map in more detail the interaction area between sTF and FXa in the quaternary complex than previously carried out This will also allow a comparison of the binding interface between sTF and FXa in ... domain of FXa is involved in binding to the C-terminal domain of sTF As we found that FXa is bound next to the Gla domain of FVIIa, it is highly likely that the Gla domains of FVIIa and FXa interact...
... lecturer in the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, UBA, and is currently working as JTP in Latin American Social Geography and Resources and Society She is a teaching mentor in the School of Training and ... applying an integrated approach comprising of qualitative and quantitative methodologies; (e) integrating the views from a wide range of scientific disciplines in an interdisciplinary and international ... liberalised in Latin America and the need for foreign investment has increased greatly In this scenario of growing Spanish investment, there is also an increase in partnerships, joint-ventures and trade...
... polity In the intervening years, in Wts and starts, in innumerable ways, and at different levels of intensity, these biologically informed methods became institutionalized within China in various forms ... seemingly inside China, some seemingly Introduction 23 outside A particularly stimulating source has been Professor Lin Mingming of Hainan University Lin and I Wrst met at Hainan University in ... overlapping normalizing discourses and practicalities (both new and old)—not just those pertaining to gender, ability, and biology, but also discourses pertaining to nationality, social standing,...
... to perform the Ashworth test including positioning and instructing of the patient was about minutes The instrumented rotation measurements were performed by an experimenter [KS] who was blind to ... an increase in stiffness from within the interior of the muscle cell was found in spastic muscle tissue and which is believed to originate from altered strain properties of intracellular proteins ... single trial by minimizing the quadratic difference (error function) between the recorded and simulated ankle torque Parameter estimation and analysis were performed in Matlab (The Mathworks Inc.,...
... analyzing left hand posteroanterior (PA) radiogram using TW3 [3] method All radiograms were taken after obtaining an informed consent from patients and their parents and explaining them the purpose ... conception and design of data, analysis and interpretation of data, drafting the manuscript and revising it critically, SWS has contributed in conception and design of data, drafting the manuscript and ... scoliosis and without scoliosis were grouped into group1 and group2, respectively All patients selected for this study had an age between minimum and maximum 16 years for girls, and minimum and maximum...
... competence and skill of the staff of an organization to give confidence and trust to the clients - Empathy: the intimacy with the clients and understanding of their individuals’ feelings and problems Inheriting ... determination, security and expectations In online education structure, there are more factors of transparency and communication influencing students’ satisfaction and enhancing the learning process ... functionality, integrity In 1990, Gronroos also gave six elements of service quality including: professionalism and skills, attitude and behavior, accessibility and flexibility, reliability and trustworthiness,...
... between M + V and M – V and P + V and P – V respectively (Fig 1) The thinned pine stand (P + V) and the weeded meadow (M – V) exhibited comparable and maximal beech RGRd In the dense pine stand ... seedling growth [15, 29] In the thinned pine plot (P + V) seedlings diameter RGR was twice that in P – V Light availability for the beech seedlings was considerably increased by the thinning, and ... seedlings develops mainly in the upper soil layer [10], water competition by the ground vegetation would be considerably stronger in the meadow than in the thinned pine stand if the differences in...
... (training of field observers, field observations, conversion into Arc/Info format, free disposal of data), Centre Interrégional Informatique de Lorraine (data encoding and validation, mapping) and ... remains nevertheless very interesting; it helps testing and upscaling the results from a few research sites and allows defining critical thresholds and mapping zones at risk [20, 21, 22] In order ... relation to site and stand factors in the French Mountains, in: Landmann G., Bonneau M (Eds.), Forest decline and atmospheric deposition effects in the French Mountains, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg,...
... rabbits were placed in the supine position and surgery was performed on the left knee After shaving and sterile prepping of the lower limb, an anteromedial arthrotomy was performed in the left knee ... Previously, we determined the standard L*, a* and b* values and the standard spectral reflectance ratio of intact articular cartilage in Japanese white rabbits (Figure 1) As a coincidence index for the ... respect to intact cartilage, the spectral reflectance percentage (SRP) was determined The SRP700 values between 400 and 700 nm in wavelength and the SRP470 values between 400 and 470 nm in wavelength...
... NT-proBNP in the linear regression analyses (Table 2) This significant association was also maintained in the multivariate linear regression analyses, which included the interaction between age and ... remained a significant predictor in the final model (Table 4) NT-proBNP levels increased between each follow-up visit and the interactions between age and gender and gender and time of follow-up were ... cardiovascular risk factors, including body mass index (BMI) and creatinine levels, but also for the presence of self-reported CVD Mixed model linear regression was used to examine longitudinal associations...