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... permanent magnets ofthe rotor : where L, and M, are the self-inductance andthe mutualinductance ofthe stator coils Since we assume a constant airgap and no saturation, L, and M, are constant ara arb ... this paper a new transformation which preserves the same advantages as the Park transformation A Mathematical Model ofthe BDCM We suppose that the motor has the following typical features : - The ... The airgap length is constant and large since the magnets are surface mounted and have the same permeability as air As a result, the armature reaction is negligible The magnetic circuit has an...
... data: on one hand the set of lemmata, and on theotherthe sets of affixes, alterations, endings and enclitics The former (which is the most relevant and needs to be continuously updated), has ... endings and enelities This grammar can both generate from a given lemma all the current Italian words deriving from it and analyze a given word by 33 lemma I stem matte mattino di andare andare matt ... seman categ da belle on acc The set ofthe classes of endings is a table with three attributes: endinLda.~ in Theother sets of data are contained in the Prolog workspace and are structured as...
... singular bravery and address, and with all the arts ofa politician andthe cruelty ofa conqueror Indeed on neither side there seem to have been any scruples: Yorkists and Lancastrians, Edward and ... bills of attainder The duke of Clarence appears to have been at once a weak, volatile, injudicious, and ambitious man He had abandoned his brother Edward, had espoused the daughter of Warwick, the ... princess of Orange, mother of king William; that the people laughed at him, and so the prince of Orange became king? (13) The Earl of Rutland, another son, elder than Richard, had been murdered at the...
... research Malaria, diarrhoea and pneumonia are of huge public health importance in sub-Saharan Africaand if ITNs, Page of 11 antimalarials, antibiotics, oral rehydration solution andother simple ... with advice from DR and SL The data were extracted by JC and AL JC wrote the first draft ofthe paper, and all authors contributed to the analysis and interpretation ofthe data and reviewed and ... subject ofthe 2008 WHO World Health Report, has the endorsement of WHO Director-General Margaret Chan [5], and was the topic ofa themed issue ofthe Lancet [6] Sub-Saharan Africa has only 3% of the...
... hypothalamus ofthe induced SD obese rats as well as the effect ofthe fasting on normal SD rats Materials and Methods Animals and diets Male Sprague-Dawley rats (260-280 g B.W., Samtako, Korea) ... neurons ofthe LHA increased at the 24, 36, 48, 60, and 72 hs fastings compared with the fed control On theother hand, at 84 h of fasting, the number ofthe OXA-IR neurons ofthe LHA decreased ... 877-879 Anand BK, Brobeck JR Hypothalamic control of food intake in rats and cats Yale J Biol Med 1951, 24, 123-146 Aravich PF, Sclafani A Paraventricular hypothalamic lesions and medial hypothalamic...
... prepared the draft manuscript PC and SK provided the pathological data and helped in preparing the manuscript, AV and TGH reviewed and edited the manuscript and helped in preparing the final version ... in the diagnosis of lymphomas as the tumours often contain malignant and reactive elements andthe FNAC may only have sampled the reactive regions leading to false negative results Another disadvantage ... lymphomas, one ofthe important roles of FNAC is the exclusion of metastatic squamous carcinoma as this requires an alternative therapeutic approach There is a question as to the accuracy of FNAC...
... activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression) anda rating of ‘own general health’ by means ofa visual analogue ‘thermometer’ scale The EQ5D has shown a good validity and good test-retest reliability ... supervising the nursing staff and recreational therapist more intensively in their execution ofthe day structure program and behavioral management strategy This support takes place in a regular staff ... after the diagnosis, the day structure program and behavioral management strategy should be incorporated in regular care The psychologist supervises the recreational therapist and nursing staff...
... the aim of validating the questionnaire (Lendal et al 1998) Data analysis Initially bivariate analyses were performed, and variables having p-values below 0.15 were included in the multivariate ... between the logarithm of EPG pretreatment and EPG post-treatment) with standard errors (SE) and P-values from bivariate and multivariate analysis are listed Risk factors (levels) N Bivariate analysis ... estimation The confidence interval ofthe estimates was based on Wald’s statistics Efficiency ofa single anthelmintic treatment The bivariate andthe multivariate regression analyses were based...
... CONTENTS Preparing the Common Technical Document 241 Data Management 241 Data Entry and Data Management 242 Small-Scale Clinical Studies 242 Clinical Database Managers 242 Data Analysis 243 Utilities ... you’ll have taken the first steps toward obtaining transnational approvals at no increase in costs The United States, Japan, andthe Electronic data capture cuts European Union have already costs and ... the act ofa child, not ofa mature manager Often, those in upper management cannot understand the delay Yet the tale ofthe ever-befuddled Bumbling Pharmaceutical and Device Company told in the...
... choosing the appropriate software for data entry, data management, and statistical analysis is normally divided among the lead software engineer, the data manager, andthe statistician (subject, of ... beyond an understanding ofthe data management software to security (maintaining onsite and offsite backups) and quality control Programs for Data Analysis Development of programs for data analysis ... programming team, but she must possess a general knowledge of both data entry and data management software and be able to prepare and maintain a flow or Gant chart for the development process She bears...
... in the field of investigation anda statistician.) One possibility is to have an independent panel make the initial and only Unplanned Closure A major advantage of computer-assisted direct data ... reading of 100 mmHg, whereas the second had a baseline of 120 mmHg Comparing the changes that take place as a result of treatment, rather than just the final values, reveals in this hypothetical ... to $30,000, and so forth Six years of steady inflation later andthe organizers ofthe study realized that all the categories had to be adjusted An income of $21,000 at the start ofthe study would...
... for the format and organization of reports, for the format and contents of tables, and for the format and naming of files and directories The CTD provides for analysis of trial data, descriptions ... may be far too small to establish theotherThe chief advantage of crossover and fractional factorial designs—reduction in sample size—is lost, while their disadvantages remain A third type of ... use ofthe Common Technical Document became mandatory in Europe and Japan and “highly recommended” by the FDA and Health Canada The Common Technical Document, or CTD provides an interface for the...
... was counted as having BR Otherwise, a follow-up angiogram ofthe target lesion at ± 0.5 months was used If such an angiogram was not available, the first angiogram ofthe target lesion taken after ... copy of your final report and an electronic copy of your database andthe programs you’re used to retrieve and analyze the data In the United States, the latter is termed an e-sub or CANDA (Computer-Aided ... are automatically in a position to submit a CANDA Between 1991 and 1994, CANDAs in the United States were approved about months faster than traditional paper applications— in an average of 18.4...
... paths among the data as in a network access database Changes to the database structure are easily accommodated The structure ofthe database can be changed without having to change any applications ... spell ofa salesperson) Three issues are discussed: Choice of data management software andthe options available to you Transfer of data from data entry to data storage and from data storage to ... problems of storage and retrieval Relational Database Model A relational database appears to stores all its data inside tables Each table consists ofa set of rows and columns similar (from the user’s...
... directly at each physician’s computer Transfer the data automatically at day’s end via telephone to the central database Copy the data each day to a CD; at the end ofthe week the CD is mailed to ... you and your data manager have established While the database is under construction, the database manager normally makes all the decisions regarding who should have access to the database, the ... is restarted; the backups of days and are discarded as days and backed up Although backing up the database and storing the backups at a remote location are essential, you’ll need to more Backing...
... the method are satisfied Computational Feasibility Rapid advances in hardware and software technology have made all but the most intractable of statistical methods practical today Regulatory Agency ... terms ofthe eligibility criteria, the proportion of males and females, average age ofthe participants and so forth For categorical variables such as sex and race, report both the percentages and ... in each category For continuous variables such as age, report the mean, standard error ofthe mean and sample size Note that sample and subsample sizes are always based on the number of patients,...
... extrapolate into the future and to make treatment comparisons Median The 50th percentile Half the observations are larger than the median, and half are smaller The arithmetic mean andthe median ... including gender A further examination ofthe data reveals that the 16 female patients treated with the standard therapy andthe adjunct all 48 See section 2.7 of Good (2005b) for a more detailed discussion ... all statistical tests is that in order to extrapolate the results from the sample in hand to a larger population, the samples must be taken at random from and be representative of that population.48...
... identification of missing and late (CRFs), manage and track treatment blind breaks, and track patient availability and withdrawal information On the downside, Oracle Clinical is less flexible than Oracle, and ... Inc APPENDIX SOFTWARE 237 Oracle Clinical Has the standard features of Oracle Automatically create views corresponding to each case report form (CRF) and automatically extracts data into SAS for ... initial analysis ofthe data showed that E offered no particular advantage over A Probing deeper, it was found that when abixcimab, an adjunct given some ofthe patients, was taken into account,...
... undeniable that data analysis was the process of ordering and extracting meaning from the accumulated data In other words, the most essential function of data analysis was to organize data to make ... such as alerters, head acts, internal and external modifications other than lexico modal markers Beside age and gender, other partner parameters and relative status which can affect on the ways ... speaking countries are students at the University of Queensland, Australia, among whom 26 are Australian, are British andthe rest is from English speaking world such as New Zealand, Canada, America,...