... ofthe monthly state ofthe reservoir The months ofthe studio are on the ordinates axis andthe percentage probability on the abscissas The value ofthe probability ofthe reservoir ending the ... given ofthe methodology used systematically forthe analysis of operative droughts and mitigation measures in the WRS in the Mediterranean basins ofthe region of Valencia Forthe creation ofthe ... from the more classical indicators ofthe previous section The probability estimates consist ofthe calculation ofthe expected value in the coming months ofthe degree of fulfillment ofthe forecast...
... three-dimensional surface plot was created (Fig 7A,B) that allowed (a) assessment ofthe trajectory of interconversion rates as a function of time of cold exposure, (b) comparison ofthe magnitudes ofthe ... heating them to 95 °C in 0.5 m NaOH for 30 After acidification with m CH3COOH, the suspension was digested for h with amyloglucosidase The glucose content ofthe supernatant was then determined and used ... invertase activity The control of each assay was boiled for after addition of enzyme extract Reactions were incubated for 60 at 30 and °C, and stopped by boiling for min; the concentration of glucose...
... argon is used, rather than pure oxygen, avoiding theuseof highly flammable or explosive gases in the laboratory The oxygen is added either in the spray chamber or using a T-connector before the ... to the plasma, the plasma environment becomes considerably more reactive, and so theuseof platinum-tipped interface cones instead ofthe standard nickel cones is recommended Optimization ofthe ... and, in the case ofthe sample uptake tubing, care must also be taken to avoid contamination ofthe sample through contact with the tubing material For routine analysis of organic solvents, the...
... 21 In the end, the selection ofthe site forthe new health facility should be based on which ofthe options offers the best mix of safety vis-à-vis prevailing hazards and levels of risk and accessibility, ... fulfillment ofthe project goals andthe needs ofthe client institution; • The financial agency, which procures the funding forthe project and often supervises its execution During this andthe following ... theuseof construction processes and materials of a quality commensurate with the goals ofthe project, the fulfillment ofthe provisions established in the standards and codes referenced in the...
... reflectance in the visible yet reduced reflectance in the NIR and SWIR regions ofthe spectrum Analysis of vegetation spectra 519 Figure Summary of F-ratio tests of significance ofthe variance ofthe ... and tree effects In the eucalypt data they arise due to plot (site) and tree effects The expected power spectrum for a given group is one for which the random effects are zero Estimation ofthe ... where σ ijk (ϖ | ν k ) is the variance ofthe reflectance ofthe jth foliage sample in the ith group (treatment × foliage age forthe balsam fir samples, and species forthe eucalypt samples) at...
... situated on the side ofthe species in the majority represented in the neighbourhood, the sessile oak The comparison ofthe mean values ofthe groups on the first axis of DFAa by means ofthe F-test ... analysis In the second case ofthe figure, the heterozygote deficit (f) must be considered The frequency ofthe phenotype A+ is the sum ofthe frequency ofthe genotype P : +/+ All ofthe 41 ied ... means ofthe comparison ofthe RAPD marker frequencies of a subsampling of these progenies andofthe adult population Analysis ofthe morphological characters MATERIALS AND METHODS Sampling The...
... the induction of MMP-1 and MMP-3 in cartilage and SFB by TNFα and/ or IL-1β [42,43] Therefore, they support the validity ofthe new model forthe analysis ofthe mechanisms of cartilage destruction ... supplemented FCS The MMP suggested on the basis of their known caseinolytic activity andthe molecular weight of their latent and active forms were then identified by western blot analysis ofthe same ... may allow the testing/screening ofthe molecular basis and efficacy of new therapeutic strategiesand thereby contribute to the improvement of anti-rheumatic therapy Competing interests The authors...
... for data analysis and interpretation, and wrote the manuscript MV and TJMS were responsible for both the set-up and performance ofthe experiments DMG was responsible for including patients and ... one ofthe nine patients in the placebo group; andfor CD68+ Interrater reliability The mean number of T cells, plasma cells and macrophages before and after intervention measured by the other ... reliable and validated methods for studying the ST are pivotal Theuseof computerized or digital image analysis (DIA) has greatly facilitated the evaluation of ST The major advantage of DIA is standardization...
... on the other hand, is homozygous forthe « high » allele (A All ofthe l ) l progeny from the standard cross have inherited the A allele from the father and are, therefore, heterozygous A The ... of 2.0, andthe l other allele (A had no effect on the base phenotype of 10 The sampled population ) had allelic frequencies of A l A 0.5 A total of 25 isofemales were randomly sampled from the ... strains Strains and 10 share the fact that they are segregating one l A allele and three A alleles Forthe remaining three strains, and 23 join and then are combined with strain 12 Each of these has...
... purposes) AIDS Research and Therapy 2009, 6:9 adherence/non-adherence' groupings based upon the rate of change of VL andthe presence of mutation Testing the hypothesis The preliminary work relating ... [Karolinska], Rolf Kaiser [Arevir] for their data and Yardena Peres [IBM, Israel] forthe integration of these data; all other partners within the EuResist project for input and discussion at various ... physicians The utilisation of VL data, with knowledge ofthe presence (or lack) of drug resistant mutations, should allow clinicians to form a more accurate picture ofthe adherence levels of their...
... permitted the elucidation ofthe role and functionality ofthe two different SBEII isoforms Silencing ofthe SBEIIa and SBEIIb homoeologous gene families in bread wheat showed that only the loss of ... of exon VI and at 3’ end of exon XIII, that would prevent a correct translation ofthe catalytic domain of SBEIIa enzyme by the introduction of premature stop codons The study ofthe effect of ... dye increased the primer Tm and thus raised the optimum annealing temperature ofthe PCR Figure Design and testing of primers for first round PCR a) Electrophoretic profile ofthe PCR products...
... responsible forthe surgical part ofthe investigation CM and ARR carried out the LIFE/DEAD-assay and 2-photon microscopy PZ was involved in the design ofthe study, evaluation ofthe results and covered ... covered the clinical part EV was involved in the design ofthe study and histomorphological evaluation TG conceived the study and was involved in the evaluation ofthe data as well as the writing of ... viability and functionality ofthe cells Furthermore, specimens of breast cancer were also treated like the lung tumor samples to verify the efficiency ofthe used drug concentrations on the chosen...
... element within the peak, start coordinate ofthe peak, the width of portion ofthe peak above the significance cutoff, 'array density' ofthe peak, andthe P value for that peak The array density ... the user is comfortable The "Significant Negative Regions" sheet provides an empirical estimate ofthe number of false-positive findings forthe selected P value cutoff, and so the user can use ... cutoff; andfor option the user is prompted to provide the number of simulations andthe significance P value cutoff to be used in the permutation analysis Any region with a P value lower then the...
... with the technical aspects of data import and management, and refer the interested reader to the documentation ofthe software package prada for a thorough discussion of these [19] Selection of ... to consider the logarithm ofthe odds ratio, because it is symmetric for upward and downward effects To test forthe significance against the null hypothesis of no effect, we usethe Fisher test ... obtained either adaptively, for each well, or more globally, forthe whole plate Because ofthe potential problems with over-fitting in the adaptive approach, we choose the latter, making useof the...
... this case, the variances ofthe classes are pooled to compute the standard error, s2 and s2 denote the variance ofthe two classes respectively, N1 and N2 denote the sample size ofthe two classes ... Tk be the ordering of k genes sorted in increasing order ofthe modified t-statistic The permutation test randomly swaps the class labels ofthe original data, preserving the proportions ofthe ... depends on the correlation ofthe gene with the one ofthe two phenotypes We theref phenotype The enrichment score is the maximum deviation from Moreover, in the permutation test the FCS and GSEA...
... before sample injection to reduce the length ofthe concentrated sample zone and increase the peak height by slowing down the forward movement ofthe neutral sample associated with β-CD-NH2 and ... β-CD-NH2 andthe backward movement ofthe neutral sample partitioned in the micelles of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) Stability ofthe inclusion complexes formed between the carrier andthe solute ... studies of many groups of compounds The improvement of sensitivity andthe miniaturization of CE technique are two major trends of capillary electrophoresis which have gain more and more attention...
... mobilities of neutral analytes and thus the only driving force for neutral analyutes is the EOF, which is equal for all neutral 14 components of a sample On the other hand, in MEKC, the neutral ... presents one ofthe simplest and most effective means of influencing the EOF ofthe separation system Normally the EOF increases with decreasing buffer concentration and enables analysis of highly ... So the viscous drag ofthe solvent andthe charge and size ofthe solute thus control the migration of a species in an applied electric field The separation efficiency, normally expressed as the...
... if the class andthe feature are independent, the value of mutual information is equal to zero Hence, the greater the values of information gain, the higher the correlation between a feature and ... as both the predictions of Gaussian Processes for Classification, (3.12) and ARD, (3.18) require theuseof MCMC We will only discuss it briefly For details of MCMC, the theorems and proofs can ... slow and computationally expensive for large datasets As for filter method, a heuristic is used, which is based on the characteristics ofthe data, to evaluate the usefulness ofthe features before...
... unsuitable for mass production because ofthe inherent serial nature ofthe system36 With the numerous benefits andthe wide variety of substrates and techniques available for microfabrication of microchips, ... potential and η is the viscosity ofthe buffer The buffer parameters are affected by the composition ofthe buffer used, its pH as well as the type of organic additives introduced For instance, when the ... cations used in the synthesis of ILs With the ease of synthesis andthe attractive characteristics of ILs, it is with little doubt that ILs are potentially suitable extractants forthe LLE of adenosine...