... outcomes Competing interests The author declares that they have no competing interests References 10 11 12 13 Bernard GR, Vincent JL, Laterre PF, LaRosa SP, Dhainaut JF, Lopez-Rodriguez A, Steingrub ... Bobbaers H, Bouillon R: Intensive insulin therapy inthe medical ICU N Engl J Med 2006, 354:449-461 Singer M, Glynne P: Treating critical illness: the importance of first doing no harm PLoS Med ... mortality in patients with septic shock JAMA 2002, 288:862-871 O’Brien AJ, Clapp L, Singer M: Terlipressin therapy for norepinephrine-resistant septic shock Lancet 2002, 359:1209-1 210 Rivers...
... making it the strongest year inthe 10- year pattern Years ending in eight showed winners in out of 10 occurrences The poorer-performing years were those ending in seven and those years ending in ... perhaps the second best buy point of the twentieth century That was followed by another superb buy point in 1992 Notice that for the past 100 years, these ideal buying points came inyears ending ... consecutive string of the 11 winning years ending in a five? And how about that eight year inthe pattern—would it also produce gains similar to those as it had inthe past? Years ending in a five from...
... making it the strongest year inthe 10- year pattern Years ending in eight showed winners in out of 10 occurrences The poorer-performing years were those ending in seven and those years ending in ... perhaps the second best buy point of the twentieth century That was followed by another superb buy point in 1992 Notice that for the past 100 years, these ideal buying points came inyears ending ... consecutive string of the 11 winning years ending in a five? And how about that eight year inthe pattern—would it also produce gains similar to those as it had inthe past? Years ending in a five from...
... Sandblasting of the surface emphasises the varying hardness of the wooden tissue and the needle traces become visible as small “pins” (figure 2) They are arranged in diagonal lines according to the ... chosen in a forest inthe Giant Mts., CzechRepublic at 800 m a.s.l (table I) The site was dominated by diluvial impact but was hardly sloped The study trees were dominant or co-dominant in a closed ... from March to October of the previous growing period was included inthe step-by-step regression analysis The temperatures in March and October – the period at the beginning and end of bud formation...
... further increase in prevalence of asthma inthe lower age http://respiratory-research.com/content /10/ 1/94 group The current findings, together with findings from several studies presented inthe ... Sweden the asthma prevalence increased from 2-3% inthe 1970s [20,21], to approximately 5% inthe 1980s [22,23] and to 8 -10% inthe mid 1990s [24-26] The increase was first noticed inthe north ... wheezing)" and "Have you had these symptoms within thelast year" Any wheeze "Have you had whistling or wheezing inthe chest at any occasion during thelast 12 months"; Wheezing with breathlessness:...
... by the surrounding environment, then the constraints related to the user’s expectations and finally, the constraints inherent to the equipment We argue that these constraints help dimensioning the ... better information on their environment And thus, it enables them to improve the performance of their decision making engine considering a given uncertainty level Taking into account the uncertainty ... thinking where the decision making engine always aims at the most rewarding option Thus when the decision making engine needs to learn in an uncertain environment, satisfaction based reasoning...
... by the surrounding environment, then the constraints related to the user’s expectations and finally, the constraints inherent to the equipment We argue that these constraints help dimensioning the ... better information on their environment And thus, it enables them to improve the performance of their decision making engine considering a given uncertainty level Taking into account the uncertainty ... thinking where the decision making engine always aims at the most rewarding option Thus when the decision making engine needs to learn in an uncertain environment, satisfaction based reasoning...
... can be made [17], their utility inthe diagnosis of critical illness and monitoring of response to therapy have yet to be proven The linkage between these non-invasive continuous measures of ... SvO2 To the extent that these measures can be made continuously and in a non-invasive fashion they will enjoy a wider degree of application and potentially prove cost-effective Finally, these measures ... status and clinical outcomes needs to be made and, if shown useful, may be the direction we take inthe future to guide us inthe resuscitation of patients with critical illness Competing interests...
... of the Cephalcia species flight activities (cf Martinek 1988) The flight activity started inthe studied localities at the end of May or at the beginning of June depending on the actual weather ... operated in both forest types in parallel (Table 1) The traps were installed from the end of April to the end of October and emptied in two-week or one month intervals during the period 2001–2006 The ... known in Central Europe from the end of 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century (Escherich 1942; Pschorn-Walcher 1982) IntheCzech Republic, many severe outbreaks occurred with the...
... more recently the share of the industry inthe value added, indicators of employment and wages, etc The share of forestry inthe creation of GNP intheCzechRepublic is based on the natural conditions, ... express the resulting volume of timber that can be extracted from the forest inthe given period of time with respect to the sustainability and continuity of felling and taking into account the current ... for the analysis of causes that affected these phenomena and influenced their behaviour inthe past, being no less important for predicting their future development The time series is the ordering...
... clematis as dominant species inthe herb stratum There were two lines of traps led in a trees cropping mast oak forest, one line in a young oak stand, one in a spruce forest, one in a pine forest ... evident inthe genus Sorex, inthe sporadic trapping of S araneus and surprising absence of S minutes, which is otherwise distributed throughout the region (Anděra 2000) At this time, the abundance ... in southern Moravia during thelast 40 years was obviously caused by changes inthe agricultural landscape (Zejda 1996) The study of small mammals of pheasantries also brought supplementary information...
... to the findings in Poland, next to the outbreak area (Grodzki 1997) The incidental infestations on Scots pine were also observed recently in Northern Poland (Kartuzy Forest District), inthe ... densities Inthe study area intheCzech Republic, spruces are declining because of drought and honey fungus attacks and 50–60% (n = 635) of them are consequently infested by I. duplicatus during summer ... or remain not colonized at all (Grodzki 1997) The occurrence of I duplicatus on pine was observed in a single locality of the eastern Czech Republic, which is characterized by spruce dominance...
... observation of their dependences A project was realized inthe Krunộ hory Mts involving a part aimed at the assessment of game damage from the data of the National Forest Inventory of theCzechRepublic ... 67% individuals inthe open space, under shelterwood 13% of individuals) This was confirmed also by the investigation inthe Flỏje preserve; game were much more interested in beech individuals in ... out inthe Flỏje preserve during the second measurement in order to compare damage in this territory (higher load and game presence) with the rest of the territory The determined original points...
... METHODS The material was obtained from three study sites intheyears 2002 and 2005 These were larger forest complexes, isolated inthe intensively managed landscape of South Moravia (Czech Republic) ... Mazurkiewicz 1991) As to the dynamics of abundance during theyears of study theyears 2002 and 2004 seem to be similar As the harvest of seeds in forests varied inthe particular years, it was observed ... with the mean litter size being about in lowland forests Prolongation of breeding season in a seed year was observed by Zejda (1976) Reproduction was prolonged into the beginning of November in...
... stands Inthe present paper, the population dynamics of As is described in larger forest complexes of southern Moravia depending on the biotope and food supply including the response of the population ... are the main food of As (Heroldová 1994) Thus, the population created there three peaks inthe course of monitored years depending on the crop of small-seed species in 2001 and of acorns in 2003 ... reached the higher winter population abundance than inthe other two forests (Fig 1) It also showed higher litter sizes in spring and summer However, populations in all forests declined during the...
... the snow melting was reduced at very low air temperatures or quite interrupted inthe open area Inthe final stage of melting inthelast decade of April, the snow melting rate in spruce reached ... previous winters the fact that quite a predominating part of water infiltrates to the underlying rock and then drains away without any damage can be considered to be the most important finding These ... stands inthe period of spring snow melting It is necessary to remind extremely high precipitation including 450 above-average snowpack parameters inthe winter period 2005/2006 If the spring final...
... depth of 10 15 cm They were sampled in a linear transect of the sampling plot whereby samples 20 m apart were taken in spring (May, 2009) and again in late autumn (September, 2009) Each of the soil ... earthworms (643 in spring and 492 in late summer) of eight species were captured using the Tullgren method Another 250 individuals of 13 species were obtained by individual collection While in this area ... superdominant inthe spring season (representing 57.5% of all worms captured), it was not captured by the Tullgren method at the end of the growing season Dendrobaena vejdovskyi progressively increased...