... consequences forthe comparison ofthe results of this study with the others Jacobsen et al (2006) acknowledged this in the first paragraph of their paper when referring to the other set of studies: ... none of these studies aimed at identifying the network of aesthetic judgment per se” (Jacobsen et al., 2006, p 276) In sum, while the question ofthe brain correlates of judging the beauty of images ... ofthe emotional response associated with aesthetic preference have been captured by two ofthe reviewed studies: the representation of reward value and the awareness ofthe emotional state The...
... understanding of and accommodate the target's MOAs and the trade-off of free choice and externalities The potential for success ofthe three sets of tools is derived from the target's assessment ofthe ... necessary On the individual's side ofthe ledger, apathy is a strong source of power The greater the value ofthe exchange for one side, the more power can be brought to bear by the other through ... after they are discovered, but others need the incentives of a marketing exchange or the coercion of law to be maintained When the target of critical mass consists ofthe entire community, the force...
... Approaches There is no given mathematical functional form for a production function The best known of these functional forms is the so-called Cobb-Douglas production function which has the form as ... D The dth dimension position ofthe ith particle at the iteration τ The dth dimension velocity ofthe ith particle at in the iteration τ Personal best position (pbest) ofthe ith particle at the ... D The dth decision variable ofthe vector i at the iteration τ The ith decision vector at the iteration τ The ith mutation vector at the iteration τ The ith trial vector at the iteration τ The...
... framework Even if the test is very limited by the number of topics, it confirms the potential ofthe framework, with the highest KING metric combination doubling the performance ofthe best ROUGE ... value In the rightmost part ofthe figure, peers are distributed around the set of models, closely surrounding them, receiving a high JACK value A Case ofStudy In order to test the behaviour of our ... contrastive summary, the number of fragments ofthe reference summary which are also in the contrastive summary, in relation to the size ofthe contrastive summary DocSim: The number of documents used...
... use of XML makes easier the selection ofthe paser forthe task at hand Conclusion At the time of writing, we have developed all the different phases of our evaluation process except forthe ... in for each sentence; giving for each relation the address of its parameters Of course, all of them are not to be filled in All the information thus annotated is then translated into an XML format ... and relations Annotation formalism The definition ofthe annotation formalism is the core element ofthe evaluation process Indeed, the formalism must have a coverage of syntactical phenomena...
... analyze the spectral biomarkers ofthe two groups for Task Specifically, the table presents the average and the standard deviation values ofthe biomarkers across the analyzed brain lobes, forthe ... classification scores close to 60% The most consistent result across the different brain regions, for WT, occurred forthe Theta and Alpha bands with the exception ofthe score over the right temporal brain ... analysis, the feature vectors for control subjects (FC) and for epileptic subjects (FE) consist ofthe biomarkers MB, l which are the log-transformed values ofthe power (univariate case) or the synchronization...
... second continuous-tone frame ofthe caltrain sequence number The DWE performance ofthe entire halftone video is given by the single number DWE, the Perceptual DWE Index Theframework introduced thus ... described the form ofthe function in (1) We have also not described how to calculate the arguments of this function We provide these details next We now describe a particular instantiation oftheframework ... sequences [10] For FDFSED algorithm, we used Z = 0.1 in (12) Table shows the values of flicker Index, F forthe number of frames indicated in the table The number of frames reported in Table is for 30...
... outline ofthe functional-analytic method that we will present in details in Section (For a sketch ofthe main ideas used in the proofs of our main results, see the beginning of Section 3.) By use of ... fixed point theorems) from the wealth of operator theory, in order to assure the existence of a unique solution ofthe operator equation in H or H1 In the case of linear equations, we use the following ... equations of three and four variables The aim of this paper is to present the generalization of this functional-analytic method forthestudyof linear and nonlinear partial difference equations of p...
... selectivity [2,9] Exploiting synthetic lethal interactions to treat cancer cells is therefore very attractive insofar as it provides a concep tual frameworkforthe development of drugs that will kill ... screens, are based on the downregulation ofthe abundance of a particular protein The biological consequences of down regulating a protein target need not phenocopy the effects of a small organic ... that target For example, the phenotypes of downregulating an enzyme might reflect the loss of its catalytic activity, loss of a scaffolding function, or perhaps both Moreover, the loss of catalytic...
... listing the identity ofthe PCR primers used forthe production ofthe amplicons, their exact coordinates on the genomes, the sizes ofthe probes generated and the success ofthe amplification Also ... in some ofthe expression studies AP performed many ofthe expression studies and the ChIP-chip analysis VL performed the ChIP-chip analysis CD participated in the design and printing ofthe array ... to amplicons of other viruses, only two (proviral LTR and nef) ofthe 11 spotted regions ofthe HIV-1 genome hybridized to the DNA sample The G/C content ofthe entire coding region of HIV is 42%...
... by the law of mass action: ratio ofthe concentrations ofthe free receptor [R] and the free ligand [L], to the concentration ofthe complex [RL] The concentrations ofthe free components are then ... easily distinguishes the products from the free reactants via the amplitude ofthe CCF, as compared to the weak dependence ofthe ACF with the mass ofthe complexes Assuming that there is no cross-talk ... is the viscosity ofthe solvent, and r is the radius ofthe sphere r is related to the mass of a sphere given by the product ofthe density ρ and volume V M = ρV = ρ πr3 (2.21) 17 Chapter Theory...
... IL-13) These mediators can profoundly affect the permeability ofthe vascular endothelium, allowing the migration of circulating immune cells to migrate through the endothelium into the site of inflammation ... pathway, normally reserved for endogenous antigens DCs can be found in the upper layers ofthe epithelium and lamina propria ofthe airways These DCs are at an immature state Therefore, at steady state, ... 1.1 Overview ofthe immune responses involved in allergic asthma The protease activity ofthe allergen allows the allergen to penetrate through the epithelium Activation of PRRs on the dendritic...
... The objective ofthe Platform is to catalyse voluntary action across the EU by business, civil society and the public sector Members ofthe Platform include the key EU-level representatives of ... maintain cardiovascular health, the recommended daily amount of exercise is at least 30 minutes for most ofthe days ofthe week There is no general agreement on the level of physical activity needed ... are grouped in Annex at the end ofthe document EN II II.1 Apart from the human suffering it causes, the economic consequences ofthe increasing incidence of obesity are of particular importance...
... which proves the shape theorem without much ofthe development of [KSb] for (1.1) The precise form ofthe shape theorem here is as follows: Theorem Consider the model described in the abstract ... θ(ρ) and therefore on the movement of all the other particles In the present case we can take πB = πA , which has the great advantage that the path of ρ does not depend on the paths ofthe other ... thinks ofthe sites of Zd as cells which can be of two types (for instance B and A or infected and susceptible) Cells can change their type to the type of one of their neighbors SHAPE THEOREM FOR...
... variation Some of these look to the elimination ofthe bacteria after they are once introduced into the milk; others to the prevention of infection in the first place Straining the milk Most ofthe visible, ... It is therefore evident that an exposure in the cow barn where the volatile emanations from the animals themselves and their excreta taint the air will often result in the absorption of these ... upon the character ofthe food The more nitrogenous rations with which animals are now fed leads to the production of softer fecal discharges which is more likely to soil the coat ofthe animal...
... (2.6%) B11 How you evaluate the impact ofthe four elements of Action recalled below on the level of compliance, safety of products and functioning ofthe internal market forthe product categories ... 95/16/EC of 29 June 1995 on the approximation ofthe laws ofthe Member States relating to lifts Pressure Equipment Directive: Directive 97/23/EC ofthe 25 European Parliament and ofthe Council on the ... Alignment of modules: The existing text ofthe modules in the directives is aligned to the standard modules set out in Annex II of Decision 768/2008 D33.1 Are you notified for more than one of the...
... 40% in the mouse liver after days of normobaric hypoxia (10% oxygen) and returned to the basal level after 14 days of hypoxia [26] It is therefore of significance to studythe regulation of HO-2 ... To address the question of whether hypoxia influences the promoter activity ofthe human HO-1 or HO-2 gene, we performed transient expression assays Prior to the functional analysis ofthe HO-2 ... orientation, and their transcription start sites are 1.5 kb apart We therefore analyzed the promoter function ofthe 1.5 kb 5¢-flanking region ofthe HO-2 gene in the present study YN-1 cells...
... (COX) In these enzymes, the redox potential ofthe metals is harnessed to provide the enzymes with their electron transfer capabilities Paradoxically, it is the same redox potential ofthe metals ... that the interaction between Ab and these metals can promote the formation of Ab oligomers, aggregates and fibrils [48,52–55] Metal mediated oligomerization of Ab may therefore contribute to the ... within the physiological ranges that could be expected within the brain The capacity for metals to facilitate this process may therefore be a critical factor in the Ab mediated pathology of the...
... l-gulono-1,4-lactone dehydrogenase of M tuberculosis is a specific enzyme forthe biosynthesis of L-AA As far as we know, this is the first report of a specific biosynthetic enzyme for vitamin C in bacteria ... mutants ofthe gene could be obtained [40] The gene is well conserved within the M tuberculosis complex, except forthe M bovis BCG Pasteur (1173P2) strain, which lost the gene due to the deletion of ... SDS ⁄ PAGE revealed the presence of one protein band of about 70 kDa (Fig 1, lane 2) The identity ofthe protein was confirmed by enterokinase treatment After digestion ofthe affinity-purified...
... before and sometimes after the burial ofthe body I also observe that many ofthe women of these tribes are adopting so much ofthe customs ofthe whites as prescribes the wearing of black for ... instrument, the cutting off ofthe hair, and oftentimes the cutting off of a joint of a finger, usually the little finger (Comanches not cut off fingers) The length of time and intensity of their mourning ... ofthe Grave down each End and near the Top thereof, where the other Ends lie in the Ridge-Pole, so that they are declining like the Roof of a House These being very thick plac'd, they cover them...