... establishing the pathways at the level of intermediates and enzymes that catalyze their formation The subsequent step is the selection of targets for further studies at the level ofthe genes This ... in the postharvest storage and handling of crops; (4) the use of plant hormones to improve rooting responses of cuttings, enhancement of seed germination, breaking seed dormancy, prolongation of ... leave the plant, but occasionally plant compounds, some of which attract and some of which repel, are the basis for a complex type of communication between plants and animals Because of their...
... resituate the Scottish revival ofthe post-1918 period in thecontextofthe Anglophone and European modernism ofthe early twentieth century, and in thecontextof how it was perceived by its principal ... also, andthe result is The Watergaw’ andThe Blaward andthe Skelly’, published in the Dunfermline Press shortly before the more ‘official’ appearance ofThe Watergaw’ under the name of ‘Hugh ... especially in poetry, in the 1940s and 1950s.While the primary aim ofthe study is therefore to further Scottish Modernism andits Contexts 1918–1959 awareness and understanding of Scottish culture,...
... mainly focuses on the semantics of questions that function as a request for information The semantics refers to the close and intense relationship between the form andthe meaning of a sentence (Thiêm, ... we can see from the above examples, questions of this type contain two opposite clauses, in which the positive one normally stand at the front andthe negative one is often in the back (Thiêm, ... confirmation, we can reverse the position ofthe tag to the beginning ofthe question (Thiêm, 2004) The tags can be put at the beginning or function as a new sentence to indicate the speaker’s emphasis...
... through the flow ofthe call: I pick up the phone and send an off-hook indication to the end office switch The switch sends back a dial tone I dial the digits to call Grandma's house (they are ... ofthe benefits of moving to an SS7 network are as follows: • Reduced post-dialing delay There is no need to transmit DTMF tones on each hop ofthe PSTN The SS7 network transmits all the digits ... of IXC business features is merely a sampling ofthe more popular features and applications available in the PSTN Although the PSTN is evolving and consumers are using more ofits features, the...
... accountants and lawyers in Vietnam in May 2005; and, Discussions with and reviews by officials ofthe World Bank andthe IMF who were well versed in the subjects and/ or the region 1.3 The Structure ofthe ... Chairman ofthe SSC, and Mr Pham Phan Dzung, Director of Banking and Financial Institutions Department ofthe MOF for their guidance and support Mr Nguyen Doan Hung, Vice Chairman ofthe SSC, ... reinforcement ofthe SSC's duties and powers Nov-03 Decree No 144 on securities and securities markets Feb-04 Sep-04 The transfer ofthe SSC into the Ministry of Finance The reorganization ofthe SSC...
... • The Company markets its control units under the Targis and CoolWave names andits procedure kits under the CTC, CTCAdvance, Targis and Prostaprobe names • The Company owns 46 U.S patents and ... for the treatment of organ-confined prostate cancer (cont’d.) – As of December 31, 2007, the HIFU division had 61 patents consisting of 27 in the U.S., 25 in the EU and Japan and in Israel and RoW ... the aging ofthe baby boomer population; commercialization of new techniques/procedures andthe associated devices; and ability andthe willingness of local healthcare systems to pay for these treatments...
... emissions and air toxics from several segments ofthe oil and gas industry The final rules are the result ofthe review of four air regulations for the oil and natural gas industry required by the ... gas exploration and production that protect public health andthe environment In 2011, for example, the Agency signed a memorandum of understanding with the departments of Interior and Agriculture ... Guardians andthe San Juan Citizens Alliance sued EPA, alleging that the Agency had failed to review the new source performance standards andthe major source air toxic standards for the oil and natural...
... bright and jovial face for the banquet, Macbeth agrees, adding that while the crown is unsafe, they should keep their titles honourable and let their faces mask their evil hearts The theme of 'deceptive ... here convinces the murderers against Banquo The last speech of Macbeth is in a way similar to the one of Lady Macbeth addressing the evil spirits Lady Macbeth is receding into the background ... acting of his own initiative without consulting his Lady In the third scene, the sun is setting and it is getting dark There are now three murderers instead ofthe two that met Macbeth in the first...
... of feeling their voices are worth listening to, that they are part of their community, and that they have achieved an understanding of others andof their own culture —A wish to see their own ... coverage there is too often portrays youth in thecontextof sensationalist issues, e.g., child abuse, exploitation and violence, with little respect for the dignity and privacy ofthe children and ... information and material injurious to his or her well-being, bearing in mind the provisions of articles 13 and 18 Article 12 ofthe Convention on the Rights ofthe Child recognizes the right ofthe children...
... estimating the long-term impact of vaccines Indeed, papillomaviruses are an ideal model system for studying the DNA virus evolution From our understanding of phylogenetic studies, the root ofthe evolution ... evolution of HPV types should point to Africa, since humans evolved from nonhuman primates in this continent and where the separation ofthe a-, b- and g-PVs must have predated the origins of primates ... diverged since the origin of humanity only by about 2% [9] Over the next few decades the efficacy of a papillomavirus vaccine is fundamentally predictable Nevertheless, the large number of different...
... data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity ofthe data andthe accuracy ofthe data analyses Study concept and design: CA and OB Acquisition of data: CA and OB Analysis and interpretation ... influences the occurrence and mechanism ofthe fall andits consequences due to its action on postural balance system - i.e., CNS and muscles - would then be feasible Evidence ofthe effectiveness of ... force to the ground equal and opposite to the force of gravity in the vertical plane situated in the middle ofthe support base [31] Balance can be disturbed by two types of events [31-35] The first...
... around The bottom right graph is a stem plot of selected Fourier coefficients ofthe Fourier transform ofthe standardized difference Note the concentration of energy in the low frequencies andthe ... med(X) is the median ofthe sample, or the 50% quantile as defined above This last estimator is, as the name implies, the median ofthe absolute difference between the sample values and their median ... throughout the gait cycle andthe absence ofthe initial valley during loading response Below this graph are the aligned curves Note particularly the alignment ofthe large valley at pre-swing and the...
... books of Bernfeld and Lakshmikantham and Ladde et al the classical theory ofthe method of lower and upper solutions andthe monotone iterative technique are given This gives the solution as the ... boundary conditions, we make use ofthe fixed point theory So, in the case of a Dirichlet problem, the set of solutions of 1.1 coincide with the set ofthe fixed points ofthe operator T : C1 I → C1 ... solutions in the sector α, β ofthe considered problem By extremal solutions we mean the greatest andthe smallest solutions in the set of all the solutions in α, β The deduction of such a property...
... dt (22) where X(t) is the position ofthe particle at time t and S (x,t) describes the scalar source distribution Due to the random nature of turbulence, the solution ofthe Lagrangian conservation ... characterised by vertical and horizontal wind speed) and gas (water vapour, CO2 and other biogenic gases) content ofthe air Heat and gas contents ofthe air are called scalars because they are characterised ... interception and sources in case ofthe emission of thermal infra red radiation Scattering processes at the surface ofthe organs depends on wavelength and redistribute a fraction of intercepted...
... throughout the United States They extend from the northeastern hardwood forests bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the western hardwood rangelands of California, Oregon, and Washington and from the northern ... conifer forests ofthe Great Lakes and Canada southward to the bottomland hardwood and southern yellow pine woodlands that adjoin the Gulf of Mexico Although oaks are widespread, they predominate ... central and eastern United States forest and form the upland and bottomland oak ecosystems Together, these 114 million and provide a habitat for > 75 tree species, 230 species of birds and mammals,...
... with the decision for no further treatment in case of a negative result, was made Indeed the histology ofthe breast andofthe 17 lymph nodes removed during the ALND showed no evidence of residual ... World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2011, 9:52 http://www.wjso.com/content/9/1/52 Page of Figure Pathology sections (×200) ofthe nodule leading the diagnosis ofthe atypical carcinoid ofthe breast: ... Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Greece Authors’ contributions IN and TV performed the literature search, wrote the main body ofthe text and revised the manuscript...
... described in the QUERI Series This Overview article introduces the QUERI Program andits guiding frameworks TheOverview also summarizes QUERI's progress and promise Finally, it introduces the QUERI ... of a full portfolio of implementation-related research for each QUERI Center has taken time, given the following: ▪ The need for the QUERI Program to develop an understanding ofits mission and ... Step demonstration projects and general contributions to implementation science Some of these build upon the work of others in the field of implementation science, while others reflect innovations...
... described in the QUERI Series This Overview article introduces the QUERI Program andits guiding frameworks TheOverview also summarizes QUERI's progress and promise Finally, it introduces the QUERI ... of a full portfolio of implementation-related research for each QUERI Center has taken time, given the following: ▪ The need for the QUERI Program to develop an understanding ofits mission and ... Step demonstration projects and general contributions to implementation science Some of these build upon the work of others in the field of implementation science, while others reflect innovations...
... physician to be found guilty ofthe offence of ‘Battery’ if they not comply The SUPPORT study andthe HELP study of elderly and acutely ill inpatients found that, of 1,041 patients who had expressed ... by the patient, but questions their accuracy and detracts from the value ofthe AD in the first place There are other significant practical problems regarding how the LPA will be involved in the ... patients in the ICU The potential benefit of an AD in the ICU includes that it will probably reduce the cost of ICU care, and this will not be secondary to a restriction of therapy offered The review...
... VR, and YB participated in the coordination ofthe study, and drafted the manuscript AM participated in the design and coordination of assays in the control group All authors read and approved the ... http://www.comparative-hepatology.com/content/3/1/8 Table 1: Summaryofthe diagnostic value of FibroTest for the staging of hepatic fibrosis and comparisons with hyaluronic acid, the Forns Index andthe APRI Index in patients ... classes of genotype (1, 2, andthe rarer genotypes 4, 5, grouped together) There was also no difference between the AUROC of FT-AT of patients with high or low viral loads for the diagnosis of significant...