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... modified the “sports” model of some production car to get the fastest possible standing quarter mile You know how they did it? They cut off all the crap the manufacturer had bolted onto the car tomake ... cursed by their knowledge, andthey can’t imagine what it’s like to be as ignorant as the rest of us ~Chip & Dan Heath, Made To Stick THINGS YOU CAN TAKE HOME WITH YOU TONIGHT IT’S NOT ALL ABOUT ... REQUIREMENTS MAKE IT REAL PROTOTYPE IT TELL (SHORT) STORIES A user should be able to upload a picture of their cat GET OUT OFTHE OFFICE, ANDDO FIELDWORK COMMUNICATING DESIGN IS IMPORTANT THE DEFAULT...
... values, rather than a single imputation as performed here Furthermore, the ability to predict the SF-6D and EQ5D from the HAQ is complicated by the weighting of items in the EQ-5D and SF-6D profiles ... into the preference-based utility values Therefore the contribution of each ofthe domains tothe eventual health states is complex and compounded by potential change over time in each ofthe domains ... participated in the design ofthe study and performed the statistical analysis and interpretation of data, and drafted the manuscript; ML participated in the design ofthe study andthe statistical...
... attempt to better understandthe mechanism of action of HRSV neutralizing antibodies andthe impact of resistance to these antibodies upon the fusion activity ofthe F protein A summary of these ... better understanding ofthe mechanism by which the F protein mediates cell fusion Such studies may provide additional insights into the function ofthe F protein, and help in the selection and development ... assays PB and ND performed the flow cytometry LG conducted sitedirected mutagenesis ofthe HRSV F protein AD and RS participated in the design, oversight ofthe conduct ofthe experiments, and interpretation...
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... other factors The estimates for the specific injury categories excluded those same injuries when they occurred along with others (these were instead categorized as ‘multiple’) Other investigators ... version ofthe Barell Matrix [20] To determine the intent ofthe injury event, participants were asked if their injury was due to an accident or physical assault Participants were asked whether they ... the same household and their relationship with the respondent [8] We assessed the highest educational qualification using the two questions from the Census [8] The first of these determines the...
... from the stomach or lower part ofthe chest up towards the neck The following exclusion criteria were applied: the presence of reflux esophagitis grade C or D, presence or history of other gastrointestinal ... visit; unknown for 0.1% of patients at visit In the week before the visit; unknown for 0.2% of patients at visit c In the week before the visit; unknown for 0.2% of patients at visits and d In the ... Becher and Dr Christopher Winchester, from Oxford PharmaGenesis™ Limited, who provided editorial assistance on behalf of AstraZeneca The study was funded by AstraZeneca, the Netherlands Author details...
... Passing tothe limit as n ® ∞, and again from (2.5) we conclude that u2 L(v) = R(u) v2 for all u, v ∈ A Therefore, (L, R) is a quadratic double centralizer on A This completes the proof ofthe theorem ... Journal of Inequalities and Applications 2011, 2011:104 http://www.journalofinequalitiesandapplications.com/content/2011/1/104 Page of By (2.6), the right-hand side ofthe above inequality tend to ... be the fixed point of F Then, T is the unique mapping with T(2a) = 4T(a), for all a ∈ A such that there exists C Î (0, ∞) such that T(x) − f (x) ≤ Cφ(a, a, 0, 0) for all a ∈ A On the other hand,...
... onto C Under suitable conditions of {sn}, {rn}{an}, g, they proved that {xn} converges strongly to an element ofthe set of variational inequality problem andthe set of a common fixed point of ... monotone if for all x, y Î H, f Î Mx and g Î My imply 〈x - y, f - g〉 ≥ A monotone mapping M : H ® 2H is maximal if the graph of Graph(M) of M is not properly contained in the graph of any other ... by the above a iterative scheme converges strongly tothe unique solution ofthe variational inequality: (A − γ f )x∗ , x − x∗ ≥ 0, x ∈ F(S) We know that a mapping B : H ® H is said to be monotone,...
... is not known whether the Flying Squad service has made an impact on the way this group of patients is serviced by EMS We therefore undertook a study to evaluate whether the introduction of a dedicated ... in the failure to determine the time spent at the hospital during handover In so doing, a critical component ofthe transfer process was ignored Therefore, the role that the hospital has to play ... or the quality ofthe clinical management cannot be determined It is therefore not known whether the introduction ofthe Flying Squad programme provided a better level of care (which was one of...
... concept ofthe quadratic double centralizer andthe quadratic multipliers in 16 , and established the stability of quadratic double centralizer and quadratic multipliers on Banach algebras They ... “On the stability ofthe linear functional equation,” Proceedings ofthe National Academy of Sciences ofthe United States of America, vol 27, pp 222–224, 1941 Th M Rassias, “On the stability of ... Baker, The stability ofthe cosine equation,” Proceedings ofthe American Mathematical Society, vol 80, no 3, pp 411–416, 1980 15 M Eshaghi Gordji and A Bodaghi, “On the stability of quadratic double...
... corresponding tothe sustained vowel “ah.” Both the rectangular andthe Hamming window are used to extract the speech frames [45] The assessment ofthe classifiers studied in [32] was done by estimating the ... in the available convex hull Obviously, the new vertex will be the point where the lines of slope α touch the updated convex hull (14) Datasets and Feature Extraction (15) on the plane of PFA and ... , the set of equations t1 = t − ϑ and t2 = t + ϑ is then solved for t and ϑ Clearly, the just derived estimates of t and ϑ are initial ones, because they depend on the convex hull resolution of...
... position ofthe window, the average CINR ofthe samples inside the window is determined The window stops sliding when the average CINR within the window drops below the required CINR|MFER5% value These ... selection ofthe location of ITx: the relatively higher weights ofthe two most southern BS pull the location of ITx southwards, resulting in higher distances in the North (and West) direction The ... the network The range is then calculated as the radius ofthe circle around the transmitter for which the probability to meet the CINR requirement on the edge is, for example, equal to 95%, hereby...
... Applicators were also asked about whether they have felt uncomfortable after spraying during the last cropping season There were 46% ofthem in Hanoi city and 65% of those in Thai Binh province ... perspiration and heave up About 25% ofthem in Thai Binh province reported that they lost appetite when faced pesticide risks (Table 4) Table Number of respondents by groups and levels of human risks and ... Binh province) reported that they had to stop their working at 2.8 times and lost about 4.3 working days (Table 5) There were 17 applicators (6.8%) reported that their family members were actually...
... up to 29.90% of farmers cured sick animals themselves, and did not have a clear understanding about diseases and mechanisms of drug actions The above behaviors of local people raised the risk of ... attention to either their animals or their diseases In the cattle production sector the percentage of farms with shelter for animals was 15.18% (104 cases in 685 cases total) Most ofthem were ... development program There were about 76.79% and 8.03% of farms using the semi- natural pastures method andthe traditional method, respectively Because the herd was not managed (holders let them range...
... relevance tothe matter in hand, and which may be used as the basis of future outcomes) These broad areas are not independent of each other, but it helps understanding to try to organise the many ... areas that have to be considered to help professionals understand their patients' risk, and patients tounderstand their own risk Broadly these can be aggregated under the headings of perception ... needs to be provided tothemto help in decision-making Patients react adversely to hypothetical risk [83], and providing information about a rare but serious risk of treatment may lead themto make...
... (1-5) There are five main therapies for cancer treatment: chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery, and targeted therapy Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are the use of cytotoxic antineoplastic drugs ... growth, spread and death avoiding machinery of cancer (12) The main advantage of targeted therapy is that they focus tothe specific cellular and molecular changes of cancer cells; therefore, it ... knowledge aboutthe molecular aspect of cancer biology Targeted therapy is the use of small molecule inhibitors or antibodies to block the activity of critical protein molecules involved in the...
... Harmsworths and Pearsons don’t knowtheyknowthe public’’ (quoted in Koss Rise and Fall ) The Victorian cult of personality had moved into the press by the turn ofthe century, andthe military ... the food stocks, andthe mood ofthe garrison The tactics ofthe Daily Mail captured the attention ofthe nation; the newspaper dramatized the situation ofthe town by emphasizing the danger ... women and children; and that when they were trying to escape from Mafeking by day Boers flogged and sent them back, and that they by night shot them down, pretending to mistake them for night attacks...
... due to tophaceous deposits in the wrist due to gout [6,8,9] The prevalence of gout in the USA ranges between 0.5–2.8% in men and 0.1–0.6% in women [2] The prevalence rises to 4.4% of men and ... due to old trauma Mild osteoarthritic changes were noted at the carpal-metacarpal joint at the base ofthe thumb The report stated that the radiographs were otherwise normal The patient's symptoms ... 1.8% of women over the age of 65 [4] A two-fold increase in incidence of gout has been reported in the USA and New Zealand over the past 30 years, while the prevalence of gout has been reported to...