... compliment application of ASIF devices along the distal aspect of the lateral and cranial (anterior) radius surfaces with at least a 0.5 cm distance from potting material, and to have sufficient ... external constraints on proximal relative to distal end of radius: axial, LM and CrCa translation; axial rotation, and bending rotation transverse to the plane of loading Figure spheres Axial compression ... lateral-to-medial (LM) and CrCa translation (shear); and axial, LM and CrCa bending rotations Torsion Torsion was applied by transmitting equal but opposite direction components of tangential...
... calculations were turned on and the plan was recalculated for comparison to the other plans 3D planning/IMRT Relevant structures were manually contoured on each axial CT scan slice by a head and ... this article as: Gomez et al.: Aninvestigationof intensitymodulated radiation therapy versus conventional two -dimensional and 3D-conformal radiation therapy for early stage larynx cancer Radiation ... provides a substantial benefit (greater than 50% in mean carotid dose) compared to any other plan Discussion Early stage glottic cancer is a highly curable malignancy which can be treated with...
... Youth and Families, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 3Department of Social, Prevention and Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, ... Addiction Research Foundation; 1980 10 Reinarman C, Cohen PDA, Kaal HL: The limited relevance of drug policy: Cannabis in Amsterdam and San Francisco American Journal of Public Health 2004, 94(5):836-842 ... study and collection of the data at the respective research sites All authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank Russell Callaghan and Liz Lambert...
... the same, half the participants of each sex rated the original images and half rated the mirrored images Thus, each participant rated a total of 144 images for all of the three rating targets ... touch as a between-subject factor, and measures of prosocial behavior and simulations of physical warmth as the dependent variables Prosocial behavior was measured in the form of the amount of money ... purpose, a total of 10 out of 48 participants (6 females and males) mentioned that the study might be examining interpersonal touch Because of this, another ANOVA was performed on the remaining 38 participants...
... Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation Author details Department of Research and Development, Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation, Drøbak, Norway 2Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Stavanger ... safety) Materials and methods Stavanger HEMS The Stavanger HEMS is part of the national HEMS system of Norway, and its primary areas of operation are the mixed urban and rural districts of Rogaland ... statistical analysis and drafted the manuscript HML and ES helped design the study and draft and review the manuscript All authors have read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors...
... objective of the FARM Program is to enhance the capabilities of GOs and NGOs, to build local capacity of resource poor farmers for sustainable use and management of agricultural and natural resources ... team-work and also multiple perspectives It gives the appreciative character of social organization of innovation In fact that SWG acts to bring a collaborative and linking among important actors ... research approaches to support the small-scale household farming in utilizing and managing of agricultural and natural resources reasonably Central elements in this participatory research are team-work...
... sites carry a single GlcNAc after EndoH treatment (data Hypocrea jecorina Cel7 4A 200 116 97 66 45 Fig SDS ⁄ PAGE analysis of Cel7 4A: lane 1, molecular mass markers (kDa); lane 2, Cel7 4A; lane 3, ... Microcal (Northampton, MA, USA) The thermal denaturation of Cel7 4A was completely irreversible, and no transition was seen in a repeat scan; therefore, an apparent Tm was approximated as the ... from A Planas (Universitat Raman Llull, Barcelona, Spain), and the xyloglucan oligosaccharide XXXGXXXG was a gift from B McCleary (Megazyme) Phosphoric acid-swollen cellulose was prepared according...
... represents an average of 52.5% of sales with a range of 2–100% and a standard deviation of 15.0% Due to concerns about lack of independence of observations within the dataset, we use a single randomly ... the marginal cost assumption An analysis of the financial statements of sample firms shows the mean Cost of Sales to Sales ratio is approximately 60% with raw materials estimated by one of the ... division managers can lead to greater accounting manipulation than similar changes for CEOs This work points more towards divisional managers than CEOs being responsible for earnings manipulation...
... Quarterly trading patterns of financial institutions, Journal of Business 77, 493509 Hu, Ping, Jayant R Kale, Marco Pagani, and Ajay Subramanian, 2011, Fund Flows, Performance, Managerial Career ... The value of active mutual fund management: An examination of the stockholdings and trades of fund managers, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 35, 343368 Chen, Joseph, Harrison Hong, ... performance inconsistency as PerformanceRank WinnerRank LoserRank , where PerformanceRank is the rank of fund performance, WinnerRank is the rank of winner proportion, and LoserRank is the rank...
... active area on the fault This gives us values of the average total slip of between 0.1 and cm and a stress drop of between I and 10 bar for a rise time equal to At, and a stress drop that can reach ... planes are possible fault planes and lead to different geoa n d to provide arguments to discriminate between the two dynamic explanations of this area The pseudo-vertical plane nodal planes based ... shape and the area of the ruptured zone is very different in the two cases For the near-vertical plane, the rupture zone has an elongated shape and may cover an area of km2; for the horizontal...
... PTDH, and an Arg replaced Ala176 to stabilize the additional negative charge of NADP PTDH-E17 5A A1 76R displayed relaxed cofactor specicity with a Km for NADP that is decreased over 700-fold compared ... Table Kinetic comparison of WT and Mutant PTDH and FDH with either NADP or NAD Enzyme (cofactor) KM NADP (lM) kcat (min)1) kcat KM, WT PTDH (NAD )a WT PTDH (NADP )a E17 5A A1 76R (NAD )a E17 5A A1 76R ... enzymatic reduction of NADP Phosphite concentrations (labeled or unlabeled) were held at mM and the assay was started by the addition of lg of His6-tagged PTDH in each assay The data was analyzed...
... provide easily analysable quantitative data; their use can be seen as an intrinsic part of the use of this particular VLE (Dougiamas & Taylor 2003); and comparisons can be made with use of Moodle ... creation as rooted in interactive learning and believes that factors, which a VLE might promote, such as placing value on task related expertise among staff rather than organizational status and ... teachers have the ability to create and manage resources, collaborate with colleagues and manage the collaboration and communication with and between students The system tracks usage by learners,...
... recognize a certain amount of vocabulary and grammar structures, to separate each utterance into small meaningful units, to translate it with the help of stress and intonation and keep all of the ... strategies (the way to understand what is heard based on a spoken text by recognizing language features such as combination of sounds, words or grammar.) instead (Graham, Santos & Vanderplank, ... pragmatic and language variations), inappropriate learning environments (monolingual contexts, unauthentic teaching materials or tasks, lack of interaction in English, a large number of learners...
... critical to understand that IT effectiveness and efficiency can lead to better organization performance and support and enable its strategic business needs Ranganathan and Brown (2006) asserted that ... share any information across a variety of technology (hardware and software) platforms both inside and outside the organization Achieving high degrees of standardization and IT compatibility can ... flexibility and can adapt to deal with the dynamic and rapidly changing organization’s internal and external environment Viaene (2008) argued that BI implementations need to provide and enable agility and...
... management, laws, rules and regulations, and licensed real estate professionals, many of the practices can be traced back to Taylor's theory As in any professional industry, education and training ... majority of home buyers and sellers employ the services ofan agent in a transaction (National Assocation of Realtors®, 1988) Clarity on representation is important in any real estate transaction ... Average Sales Price by Year 84 Figure 22: Comparison: Number of Closed Transactions and the Annual Inflation Rate by Year 84 Figure 23: Comparison: Average Sales Price and Annual Inflation Rate...
... percent of initial load across the fusion site The average percent of initial load was then calculated for each of the three nail designs (Table 1) and standard deviation was also calculated Stress ... mechanical testing and mechanical evaluation of the fusion nails JW have contributed to the conception and design of this particular ratcheting arthrodesis nail All authors approved the final manuscript ... Predisposing Factors to Nonunion Foot and Ankle International 1994, 15:581-84 MacDonald JH, Agarwal S, Lorei MP, Johanson NA, Freiberg AA: Knee Arthrodesis Journal of American Academy of Orthopaedic...
... percent of initial load across the fusion site The average percent of initial load was then calculated for each of the three nail designs (Table 1) and standard deviation was also calculated Stress ... mechanical testing and mechanical evaluation of the fusion nails JW have contributed to the conception and design of this particular ratcheting arthrodesis nail All authors approved the final manuscript ... Predisposing Factors to Nonunion Foot and Ankle International 1994, 15:581-84 MacDonald JH, Agarwal S, Lorei MP, Johanson NA, Freiberg AA: Knee Arthrodesis Journal of American Academy of Orthopaedic...
... Mai, 50200, Thailand *Corresponding author: sukanda@chiangmai.ac.th Email addresses: PJ: pharatree@gmail.com AW: anucha@stanfordalumni.org SJ: sukanda@chiangmai.ac.th -1- Abstract Lead-free piezoelectric ... Investigationofa new lead-free Bi0.5(Na0.40K0.10)TiO3-(Ba0.7Sr0.3)TiO3 piezoelectric ceramic Pharatree Jaita1, Anucha Watcharapasorn1,2, and Sukanda Jiansirisomboon*1,2 Department of Physics ... Physics and Materials Science, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand Materials Science Research Center, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200,...
... loading with magnetite nanoparticles and a small amount of liquid The samples are heated within an oscillating magnetic field, which is enabled by the superparamagnetic magnetite nanoparticles (*10 ... deposited metal structures In average, the deposited Ni-structures of the considered sample offer a diameter of about 50 nm and a length of about 150 nm The magnetic anisotropy ofan individual nanowire ... geometry and spatial distribution of the precipitated metal nanostructures are gained from the analysis of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) investigations Figure shows a cross-sectional survey of a...