... all values of k from 1 N , and then determines the mean andstandard deviation ofthe criterion function. Then,a score is computed for each value of k by sub-tracting the mean from the criterion ... single threshold. The graph of the P K1 scores shown in Figure 1 illustrates the dif-ficulty - the slope of these scores is nearly linear,and as such the threshold (as shown by the hori-zontal ... automatically selecting the numberofsenses k in an ambiguous word. Wehave found that P K 2, a ratio ofthe criterion func-tions for the current and previous value of k, isTable 3: k Predicted...
... possible that the plasma BNP level is not an accurate reflection ofthe function ofthe NPPB gene. In the present study, the overall distribution of the VNTR genotype and the allele frequency ... for EH [9]. The aim ofthe present study was to identify mu-tations or polymorphisms in the 5’-flanking region of the NPPB gene and to assess the relationship between variants ofthe gene and ... underscores the clinical relevance of the relationship of age, gender, and BNP. In both studies that used different assays, the effect of gender on BNP was substantial and independent of other factors...
... Regarding the children, they disapproved ofthe decision of their grandmother but, as the youngest in the family, their reaction did come to no where. Finally, it was the grandmother to be the first ... 199) The grandmother had experienced both the hardest time such as the time ofthe Civil War, the Great Depression, the World War II and the prime time ofthe nation, the affluent America in the ... plot, theme, point of view, character and setting. Technique has to do with the structuring ofthe story into the plot so that the writer can convey the theme and the manipulating ofthe language...
... function ofthenumberof sources, Ns, is the vector of parametersneeded for the model that generated the data Y. The criteria are composed ofthe negative of the log-likelihood function ofthe ... both of these methods, the estimate ofthenumberof sources is that value of Nswhich minimizes the criterion. In [9] there is a more thorough discussion concerning determining thenumber of degrees ... Knis the correlation matrix ofthe noise, S is the matrix whose columns correspond to the vector representations ofthe signals, Sis the conjugate transpose of S, and C is the matrix of the correlations...
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... in terms of ∆L. There are onlyfinitely many such polynomials, and counting them gives the theorem of [18]. The main idea of Theorem 1.1 is to count r-tuples of integers in L instead of single ... bounds on the numberof Galois extensions of Q with bounded discriminant. In combinationwith the lower bound in Theorem 1.1 for the total numberof extensions, thisyields the fact that “most number ... |Q|≥2.Let bM(Y ) be thenumberof H-extensions of M such that NMQDL/M= Y .Let S be the set of primes of Q dividing Y , let GS(M) be the Galois group of the maximal extension of M unramified...
... alternative proof. In a sequel, we give a different proof ofthe growth of thenumberof simple closed geodesics by using the ergodic properties of the earthquake flow on PMg,n, the bundle of measured ... for thenumberof pants decompositions of length ≤ L on a hyperbolic surface X were obtained by M. Rees in [Rs].Idea ofthe proof of Theorem 1.2. The crux ofthe matter is to understand the ... edge b of τ. At a switch, the sum of the entering numbers equals the sum ofthe exiting numbers.Let E(τ) be the set of measures on train track τ; more precisely, u ∈E(τ) is an assignment of positive...
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... effect on the steroidoutput ofthe adrenal. The discovery that the twoCYP17 isoforms are two genes and that the genotypesdiffer not only by the genes present, but also by the copy number, suggests ... 2008 University of Stellenbosch. Journal compilation ª 2008 FEBS 3937specificities of these two enzymes determining the ste-roidogenic output ofthe adrenal cortex. The effect of the difference ... allelesin the South African Angora population. These data revealed that the twoCYP17 isoforms were not the product of two alleles ofthe same gene, buttwo separate CYP17 genes encoding the two...
... wor-thy of remark that both fragments of esculentin pep-tide were found to affect the integrity ofthe microbialplasma membrane and the synthesis ofthe microbialcell wall. To the best of our ... min, the expression levels of a lim-ited numberof bacterial proteins, at either lethal orsublethal concentrations. These findings rule out the possibility that variations in the production of theseproteins ... mode of actionunderlying the synergistic activity, we investigated the bactericidal action ofthe combination of Esc(1–18)and erythromycin, the antibiotic that gives the bestsynergy with the...
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... longer heeds the age of any member ofthe family, can it not, by the right of heredity, cease to heed it in the race, in the tribe, in the nation? "Can equality, by therightof succession, ... 1. % 1. Ofthe Moral Sense in Man and the Animals. % 2. Ofthe First and Second Degrees of Sociability. % 3. Ofthe Third Degree of Sociability. PART I 1. % 1. Ofthe Causes of our Mistakes. ... demonstration. This right, which he roughly calls the right ofthe strongest or therightof force, and which is, after all, only therightofthe most worthy to the preference in certain definite cases,...
... Certificate of registration of operation ofthe branch; (dd) Certification from the police office of destruction ofthe seal. 3. The legal representative ofthe enterprise and the director ofthe ... ofthenumberof issued shares. The numberof issued shares is thenumberof shares fully paid up to the company by shareholders. The charter capital of a shareholding company on the date of ... members ofthe board of management or ofthe inspection committee shall be verified on the basis of a count from the highest number down to the lowest numberof votes, starting with the candidate...