... 0.5 and 1.0 on the CRQthus exceeding the minimal important differenceof 0.5points and providing a patient-important benefit for amajority of patients.[16] In order to understand how to interpret ... significance level of 0.05 and with a power of 80% and assuming a SD of 4 points as observed in ourstudy, investigators need to enroll 112 patients in eachgroup. If a power of 90% is desired ... the self-administered and validatedGerman version of the HADS[19] The HADS measuresdepression and generalised anxiety in in- and outpatients and in community settings. It contains 14 statementsdescribing...
... t and τFigure 1: Illustration of examples of locally stationary neighborhoods (a) in the coordinates of two time instants and (b) in the coordinates of the center time location and the time index ... performance of the ST-spectrogram in studying the time- varying characteristic oftime series, weestimate the time- varying spectra and coherence of a pair of synthetic nonstationary time series using ... corresponding time- varying coherence functions donot hold this inequality. As a result, most of bilinear TFRs arenot suitable to study the time- varying linear interdependence of time series.Besides...
... degree and the Ph.D. in telecommunications and signal processing in 1987 and 1992, respectively. He is mem-ber of the CNIT Research Unit of Genoa and responsible of the Signal Processing and Telecommunications ... stronglyvariable in time, as in the case of FH (Bluetooth).The second feature is obtained on the basis of the follow-ing considerations. In the case of DS, frequency componentsare continuous intime for ... contracts.His main interests concern video sequence processing, understand-ing, and communications. Professor Regazzoni has been coeditor of three Kluwer books in video surveillance and Guest Editor of two...
... major molecule in joint fluid and plays a crucialrole in joint motion and the maintenance of joint homeostasis.The concentration and average molecular weight of hyaluronan in the joint fluids are ... expression of hyaluroni-dase-2 in the synovium of OA and RA was approximatelyfour times that in the control synovium. This finding sug-gests that in OA and RA, the protein expression of hyaluronidase-2 ... the inhibition of prostaglandin E2 syn-thesis and the release of arachidonic acid induced by inter-leukin-1 from cultured fibroblasts [7,8]; protection againstproteoglycan depletion and...
... precision and phasing of hairpin processing may increase. Shortening of the hairpin to produce a single dened duplex may represent a mature state of plant miRNA evolution. (c) Expansion of miRNA ... existence of similar numbers of evolutionarily emergent miRNA genes. In light of broad transcription across euchromatin of plants and animals [125,126], including substantial amounts of transcribed ... physiology, the loss of potent regulatory interactions is sometimes of surprisingly minimal phenotypic consequence [13].Overall, the pairing requirements and target breadth of animal and plant miRNAs...
... consistent with findings from this lab as well as others,showing low rates of oncogenic HPV infection in oral can-cers of smoker/drinkers and high rates of infection in oralcancers obtained from ... on its own. In addition, lowrisk types of HPV also impact negatively on quality of life indicating the importance of tracking and identifyingHPV types involved in the development of warts. Assaysthat ... quantifying 4 types of HPV represented in an FDA approved vaccine, types6,11,16, and 18.The ability of the assay to distinguish between these 4types of HPV in a com plex mixture of DNA andin thepresence...
... the landedprotestant minority in Ireland and the British government in the s,especially in view of the threat from France. And each dominant forcemoved in its own way – andin its own interests ... positions, (feminine) colonized and (masculine) colonizer. No bi- Allegories of Union in Irish and English writing rights of the citizens, and all interest in the constitution, inand to which ... between here and there, present and past, implicit in his own history andin that of theplaces he and his have inhabited, which also continuously inhabit him. Allegories of Union in Irish and English...
... comparing and contrasting linguistics became popular thanks to the emergence of new lands, new communities, and new languages. Sine 1970s, comparing and contrasting linguistics has been playing ... nghi vấn2. Similarities and differences in questions in Vietnamese and English In this section, we will investigate the similarities and differences of questions in terms of their semantics. Specific ... request for information. The semantics refers to the close and intense relationship between the form and the meaning of a sentence (Thiêm, 2004). Comparing and contrasting questions in terms of their...
... 4.3.1.2 Culture difference Understanding culture is integral to learning and understanding a language. Culture may be defined as "what" a society does and thinks, and language is "a ... harder and smarter. This is because being open and direct in expressing opinions, desires, preferences, and feelings, or in discussing issues, events, and most ideas is considered proper in the ... something, usually involving both positive and negative comments, in a friendly manner rather than an opposite one. In collaborative work, this kind of criticism is often a valuable tool in raising...
... setInterval() action, use the following syntax: clearInterval(myInterval); Using the syntax shown, you can initiate the setInterval() action at any time, calling any function. < Day ... following example: var myInterval:Object = setInterval(rotateClip, 1500); This example assigns the name myInterval to the setInterval() action. To remove the functionality of the setInterval() ... the setInterval() action: setInterval (updateMessageFunction, 20000, "Hello", arg2, arg3) A setInterval() action can be turned on and off by assigning a variable name, as in the...
... writing Introduction In Seamus Heaney’s allegorical lyric, ‘‘Act of Union’’ (), the coup-ling of England and Ireland issues in the conception of an obstinatefth column, the heaving province ... both continuity and change in patterns of plotting, considering as well the variable uses of those plots, whichrespond to ideological and political shifts in England, in Ireland, and in the relation ... the scope and shape of this bookowes much to the in uence of their writings on my own.Yet my disciplinary training and location in US English studies, aswell as my investment in a feminist postcolonial...