... Externally, the rating for intelligibility was the same for the monolinguals and the bilinguals, inthe sense that they were both rating precisely the same materials on the same scale and taking the ... that intelligibility and informativeness would be in inverse relationship; that is, the original would be informative to the degree that the translation is lacking in intelligibility (This proved ... into account in making their judgments In effect, then, fidelity of a translation was to be judged in terms of the “informativeness” of the original relative to the translation In this way, the...
... antagonist, it was also important to demonstrate the ability of the CCR2 antagonist to inhibit the saturating concentration of the AF488-MCP-1 used inthe assay To accomplish this CCR2 antagonist ... at the day time point leading to a potential sampling bias inthe data At all other time points, all 108 (54 placebo and 54 dosed) individuals where assessed using the internalization assay The ... assay The parameters we examined included the stability of the reagents, the robustness, sensitivity, repeatability, precision and reproducibility of the assay The precision was determined both in...
... 2008, 3:43 Introduction Osteoarthritis (OA) isthe most prevalent musculoskeletal disorder and the leading cause of disability in adults over the age 45 years [1-3] OA of thekneeis extremely ... Orthovisc®) is injected into theknee joint via an 18 gauge needle and under direct arthroscopic visualization ICRS grading showed that the patellofemoral joint had the greatest amount of involvement ... showing that the combined procedure is efficacious in improving patient's pain level and functional outcome Another key factor in determining success of the arthroscopy procedure for knee OA is patient...
... the driving time of the two different types of vehicles, although they were not routinely used inthe same missions The operators at the dispatch centre registered their criteria for use of the ... illness The operators at the dispatch centre rated 436 (67.8%) of the 643 missions as emergency missions and the average driving time for the MEM in these missions was minutes 24 seconds (SD minutes ... compared the MEM driving times with the driving times in missions performed by the car ambulance operating from the same station inthe same period The 30 seconds difference in mean driving time...
... customer satisfaction are the key factors to success inthe business of banks and financial institutions With the thesis: "Researching applications of statistical methods inevaluatingthe quality ... After examination the reliability by Cronbach alpha, indicators are disqualified Therefore, there is remaining of 21 indicators being put inthe PCA main component analysis to assess the degree of ... counting the data inthe thesis) Results from Table 4.31 reflecting the orders of QoS measuremeent indicators should innovate inthe process of the management of QoS for the BIDV Thus, the indicator...
... of the symptomatic kneein R688 full extension All radiographs were independently scored by two trained observers using a published atlas to classify disease inthe tibiofemoral joint [21] The ... Consistent with this finding, previous human studies have shown changes in density and architecture of the subchondral bone in established OA [3-7] Animal models support these findings [8-13] In ... for knee OA than the lateral compartment [27] The causes for the differences between the compartments are unknown In general, the factors affecting the change in tibial plateau bone area over the...
... human intervertebral disc: an in situ-zymographic and gene therapy study Arthritis Res Ther 2007, 9:R83 Le Maitre CL, Hoyland JA, Freemont AJ: The role of interleukin1 inthe pathogenesis of ... placebo at the main endpoint (month 1) A tendency for improvement was noticed inthe 150 mg group at day (in keeping with the short half-life of IL-1ra), suggesting that IL-1 inhibition may be therapeutically ... human intervertebral disc degeneration Arthritis Res Ther 2005, 7:R732-R745 Le Maitre CL, Hoyland JA, Freemont AJ: A preliminary in vitro study into the use of IL-1Ra gene therapy for the inhibition...
... are the most commonly used [6-8] One possible explanation for this growing interest isthe fact that patients are increasingly becoming key players inthe overall disease management process Inthe ... whether a patient's baseline severity was ≥ 35 inthe current episode (Table 3) The ROC curve for perceived remission is displayed in Figure Using the cut-off value of 5, the MADRS-S-based definition ... endpoint in randomised clinical trials and the findings of our study lead us to recommend the concomitant use of the MADRS and MADRS-S during the development of new compounds Competing interests The...
... ventilation in infants have been performed, with nine of these trials using HFOV [12] The overall results of these trials are equivocal In a meta-analysis, Thome and Carlo [12] indicate there is no ... difference in mortality between the use of HFOV and CMV Although HFOV results in less chronic lung disease (i.e the need for oxygen at 30 days of life), this finding is confounded by the fact that the ... were the VT values used and what were the end-inspiratory plateau pressures in this trial? My understanding is that the VT values were 9–10 ml/kg and the plateau pressures were > 30 cmH2O If this...
... Anacostia River INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA Indianapolis, Indiana, covers the bulk of Marion County inthe central part of the state, population 860,454 The city is situated inthe upper part of the White ... that are increasingly resistant to once powerful medications Whereas drug resistance used to be most common in hospital settings, there is evidence that this problem is on the rise inthe general ... percent) On the basis of these findings, IKE urges the State of Indiana and/or the City of Indianapolis to conduct a rigorous and comprehensive analysis by financial experts to determine the overall...
... the size of the unmet need for eyeglasses in India is quite easy A starting plausible assumption is that the percentage of the population having refractive problems isthe same in India as other ... beeping, lashing, pranking, and ishing This is of growing concern to network operators since missed calls burden the infrastructure and not generate revenues.46 The industry has clearly avoided the ... argue that since the poor account for the majority of the world’s population, their aggregate buying power isin fact large even though their individual income is very low.28 In addition, the poor...
... description of the determinants of the user's behaviors arising from the task context The first step in performing task analysis is to identify the objects involved inthe task In our case, these objects ... attempt to find evidence linking the dialogue structure to the task structure The main point is that the structure of the intentions conveyed inthe discourse should mirror to some extent the task ... distinguishes three structures in a discourse structure: 1) the structure of the sequence of utterances, 2) the structure of the intentions conveyed, and 3) the attentional state Distinguishing...
... one of the following tags: u (unknown word) The source word is unknown and is inserted into the translation Seldom: The source word is a compound, part of which is unknown and inserted into the ... become available there is an increasing demand for comparative evaluations The method for checking lexical coverage as introduced in this paper is one step in this direction Taking the most frequent ... chose the sentence templates: 2.3 (1) Es ist (adjective/ Ein (noun) ist gut W i r mtissen (verb/ Evaluatingthe tests After all the systems h a d processed the sentence lists, the resulting d...
... exon originating from the non-coding sequences of intron of the SAF-1/MAZ gene resulted in creation of a different C-terminus consisting of eight zinc finger domains in SAF-2 [23] The SAF-2 isoform ... present inthe unique N-terminus, (b) binding of the N-terminus by ancillary factors, (c) the lack of a negatively functioning module that is present inthe N-terminus of SAF-1 [26], or (d) all of the ... SAF-3, we examined its level in diseased tissues Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic in ammatory disease that involves degeneration of the cartilage tissue, while rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systematic...
... temperatures froze the wheelbearing grease inthe landing gear, leading to bearing failure ExxonMobil devised a way of synthesizing grease that retained its lubricating characteristics over a wider ... inthe oil Since the engine is partially cooled by airflow, temperatures can increase when the engine is idling High temperatures can lead to more rapid oil oxidation and thickening Discover the ... warranty Considering the comprehensive testing and engineering that has gone into Mobil 1, nothing can be gained by using these supplements How often should I change the oil if I’m using Mobil 1?...
... stabilize the FAD-binding domain The second pair of cysteines inthe crystallized part of Erv2p is separated by 17 residues and the exact distance is found between the corresponding cysteines of ... that the bacterial dsbB protein inthe periplasm also contains two cysteine pairs acting in concert for the transfer of disulfides to dsbA [25] Interestingly, the redox function of dsbB is linked ... can obtain the same structural fold There are no clashes of amino acid side chains inthe core of the structure, and most mutations occur on the protein surface The FAD binding groove is conserved...
... of a genuine improvement in translation quality This begs the question as to whether this is only a theoretical concern or whether Bleu’s inadequacies can come into play in practice Inthe next ... and of the entry that was ranked 6th in Bleu but 1st inthe human evaluation (bottom) The example is interesting because the number of matching n-grams for the two hypothesis translations is roughly ... length, then there are (k − b)! (1) possible ways to generate similarly scored items using only the words inthe hypothesis translation.2 Thus for the example hypothesis translation there are...
... Capita The World Bank’s World Development Indicators Database, http://data.worldbank.org/indicator Jad Chaaban and Wendy Cunningham, Measuring the Economic Gains of Investing in Girls: The Girl ... Guttmacher Institute, Facts on the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescent Women inthe Developing World UNFPA, State of the World Population 2003: Making Billion Count: Investing in Adolescents’ ... Pathfinder International, A Smart Investment: Integrating Sexual and Reproductive Health Into Multisectoral Youth Programs (Watertown, MA: Pathfinder International, 2011) Ringheim and...