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most useful features ofthe FEM to the Office ofthe Actuary, namely the ability to model the
potential effects on future costs of a variety of hypothetical or likely ... responsibility forthe accuracy and completeness ofthe information contained in this
report.
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The application of imaging techniques to therapeutics ... must become increasingly proficient in the physical and mathematical
sciences both to understand and to take advantage ofthe potential of these new techniques.
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between the filament andthe gas; h
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coefficient from the surface ofthe person is 5 W/m
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emissivity ofthe surface ofthe person is ... surface
area ofthe metallic part in contact with the gas; h
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gas to the wall; A
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transfer...
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The trajectories depicted in Figure 1.3 and some subsequent ones were produced by the EGS4
code [NHR85, BHNR94] andthe system for viewing the ... invalidating the design.
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are given by the angles ofthe scatter. The result of ... 1) = {ˆx, ˆx} . (7.16)
So, the ordering ofthe operations of transport and scattering are important.
The process of repeated transport and scattering can be written mathematically as:
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... If the value ofthe dollar depreciated, the trade deficit would decline, as the price of
U.S. exports fell abroad andthe price of imports rose in the United States.
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these ... Department ofthe Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, andthe
Board of Governors ofthe Federal Reserve System.
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holdings of U.S. assets. The initial effect could be a sudden and large depreciation in the value of
the dollar, as the...
... AIR FORCE (PAF), a division of RAND, is the Air Force feder-
ally funded researchand development center for studies and analy-
ses. PAF provides the Air Force with independent analyses of policy
alternatives ... not
understand the “rules ofthe game” the way the United States does.
That is one interpretation of both the crude Chinese nuclear threats
over the Taiwan crisis and Chinese views ofthe U.S. bombing of ... dissolution of
the Soviet Union andthe Warsaw Pact andthe ratcheting down of
the likelihood of a nuclear confrontation between the nuclear super-
powers and their allies. Russia is much less of a...
... transformed with
either the pGAD T7 MP clone or the pGBK T7 CP
clone alone did not form colonies, ruling out the possi-
bility of de novo activation ofthe reporter gene in the
presence ofthe expressed ... rMP
and NV interact with each other.
An insight into the nature of interaction between the
rMP and NV was obtained by monitoring the effect of
pH and NaCl concentration (Fig. 5B,C). The forma-
tion ... compared to the predicted
helix content of 49%. The thermal stability ofthe rMP
was monitored by measuring the molar ellipticity at
210 nm as a function of temperature. The rMP had a
T
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... epithelial cells at the base ofthe villi.
In colon, Aldh1 gene activity was detected in the upper
parts ofthe crypts of Lieberku
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hn, whereas the lower
parts ofthe crypts, the submucosa and ... [21].
In the light of these observations, the detoxification
systems in the epithelial lining ofthe GI tract deserve
further investigation as to their possible etiological
roles for forms of PD. ... intensity observed towards the superficial layers.
In the stomach, Aldh1 mRNA was present in the epi-
thelial cells ofthe gastric pits and in the neck of the
gastric glands. Aldh1 expression continued...
... on their repayment track record andthe quality ofthe
systems used to manage them. The promise of repeat loans andthe pressures of group or personal guarantees, and
sometimes pledges of movable ... into their individual accounts as they repay the loan. The group handles the
collection of savings and repayments, acts as the interface with the loan officer, and bears group
responsibility for ... donors, andthepolicyresearch community. The editorial board forthe Series
consists of representatives from professional families appointed by the Region’s Sector Directors. For additional information,...
... consumer. The infrastructure
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Why is there concern about the disappearance of Agriculture ofthe
Middle?
For the purposes of this report, the most ... out and often
create the infrastructure they need along the value chain in order to
raise their birds, and get them processed and to market.
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manuscript. DFS participated in designing the study, coordinating the study
and the writing ofthe manuscript. All authors have read and approved the
final ... with
GM-CSF and IL-4 for 3 days. The iDCs were further sti-
mulated with LPS and IFN-g andthe expression of sur-
face markers CD80, CD83, CD86, and HLA-DR were
analyzed by flow cytometry before and ... promising
approaches forthe treatment of cancer [4,5]. The fre-
quency of DCs in the peripheral blood is naturally low
and they are difficult to separate from other peripheral
blood leukocytes [6], therefore,...
... eye of HSV-1 strain KOS-GFP or 0
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b
The relationship ofthe genotype and phenotype of these mice is defined in Table 1.
c
The mean ± standard error ofthe mean ofthe logarithm of infectious ... inserted in the
intergenic region at the 3' ends ofthe UL26 and UL27
genes, which converge from opposite strands of DNA
[56]. To avoid disrupting the 3' untranslated region of
either the UL26 ... at the 5' end of each gene. B. The ICP0 genes of wild-type HSV-1 and
the ICP0
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viruses n212 and 0
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... suitable for growing under
different irradiances and periodic water deficits.
Acknowledgements: We would like to thank the National Council
for Forest Research & Development (COFORD) andthe ... light had been switched off. The values of the
log of maximal fluorescence, during the dark recovery, were plotted
against time and extrapolations were made from the end ofthe relax-
ation curve ... similar for both sun and shade plants
(Tab. I).
3.3. The effect of water deficits on photosynthesis and
leaf conductance in exposed and shaded plants
Over the first 7 days after the cessation of...
... carbohydrate demand, taking into account
both the amount of structural carbohydrate andthe ener-
gy cost. The global demand ofthe root system, calculat-
ed as the sum of all root individual demands, ... A first generation ofmodels describing the development ofthe root system architecture did not include explicitly the allo-
cation of resources. These models aimed to mimic the morphogenetic ... translating the developmental events into a set
of formal production rules. The major strength of these models was their ability to simulate simply the relevant topological character-
istics ofthe root...