... is the amount “consumed” at time k The discounted value of the portfolio is a supermartingale The value satisfies Xk gSk; k = 0; 1; : : : ; n The value process is the smallest process with these ... 80 andthe holder of the American option does not exercise, then the seller of the option can consume to close the gap By doing this, he can ensure that Xk = vk Sk for all k, where vk is the ... S1T = 3; so there is a gap of size If the owner of the option does not exercise it at time one in the state ! = T , then the seller can consume at time Thereafter, he uses the usual hedging...
... your mother, the other from your father And your parents inherited those from their parents Take your chromosome pair 1—your largest pair of chromosomes The one from your mother is either the one ... but also the lay languageand background to ask the hard questions—of yourself, the politicians who represent you, the business world, andthe scientific community There aren’t too many other books ... gene therapy trial and several French children get leukemia and everything changed Now gene therapy experts are trying to fight their way back to the forefront with a long list of therapies and...
... Finland, a northern European country, and can therefore be generalized to concern any population with a similar standard of living at the time of the study Seasonal changes in mood and behavior are ... depression in the one andthe 15D item score on distress in the other, whereas the 15D sum score was the dependent variable in both models Both 15D items contributed to the HRQoL significantly and equally ... mood and behavior or withthe illumination levels To that end, first, a multivariate regression model using the indexed sum score on the 15D and another model using the categorized sum score on the...
... nucleotide and amino acid identities withthe Indian G1 rotavirus strain, ISO-4) To compare them withthe typeable G1 sequences, the VP7 genes of two typeable G1 strains, Dhaka8-02 [GenBank:AY631049] and ... typing withthe Gouvea primer set, the distribution of rotavirus G-types changed dramatically (Fig 1) Type G1 now accounted for 44.8% of the isolates and became the most prevalent genotype, andthe ... sequenced We found that the nucleotide sequences of the typeable and untypeable G1 strains were 100% identical at the G1 primer-binding sites We aligned the target G1 VP7 sequence withthe Das G1 primer...
... assess the strength of association between the low ficolin-3 and high CRP levels on the one hand andthe unfavorable outcome of the disease on the other hand, we repeated the analysis as above in the ... secondary to the negative correlation between ficolin-3 on the one hand andthe severity of ischemic stroke andthe infarct size on the other hand, as discussed above It is well known that both the high ... the sex andthe age of the patients All tests were two-tailed All data are presented as median values withthe 25th to 75th percentiles in parentheses unless stated otherwise Results The concentrations...
... performed the sequences analysis and critically revised the manuscript 14 16 18 19 Acknowledgements We are grateful to Natalia Gudiño for thelanguage corrections of the manuscript, and Juan Stupka and ... out of the four mutations by ■, and three mutations plus others at the primer binding site by ᮀ The open branches indicate one or two mutations at the primer binding site The lineages are represented ... substitution withthe MEGA 3.1 [26] and Phylip v3.65 softwares The statistical significance of the tree was preformed by bootstrapping, using 1000 pseudo-replicates data sets All the strains grouped within...
... nucleotide and amino acid identities withthe Indian G1 rotavirus strain, ISO-4) To compare them withthe typeable G1 sequences, the VP7 genes of two typeable G1 strains, Dhaka8-02 [GenBank:AY631049] and ... typing withthe Gouvea primer set, the distribution of rotavirus G-types changed dramatically (Fig 1) Type G1 now accounted for 44.8% of the isolates and became the most prevalent genotype, andthe ... sequenced We found that the nucleotide sequences of the typeable and untypeable G1 strains were 100% identical at the G1 primer-binding sites We aligned the target G1 VP7 sequence withthe Das G1 primer...
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... increase of the angiostatic factor endostatin contribute to the impaired angiogenesis in patients with SSc, and whether these factors may correlate withthe main clinical features and parameters ... using a standard curve generated with specific standards provided by the manufacturer The assay did not show any crossreactivity with World Health Organization standards for any human and murine ... with established systemic sclerosis (SSc) and in healthy controls Levels of endostatin and bFGF were not enhanced in the patients compared with healthy controls Data are shown as box plots, with...
... correlation between the midparental value for the proportion of NKT cells and their proband's value (r = 0.223, P = 0.0079) as well as between the mid-parental value and their unaffected offspring's ... Research & Therapy Vol 10 No Wither et al The reduced proportion of NKT cells in the family members of lupus patients correlates withthe presence of a positive ANA To determine whether the presence ... NKT cell numbers and function, and that these changes precede the development of disease Aside from the changes in NKT cell numbers andthe proportions of memory and/ or naïve B and CD4+ T cells,...
... participated in the study design, oversaw the entirety of the project and assisted in the analysis andthe manuscript preparation All authors read and approved the manuscript Competing interests The authors ... participated in the study design and conducted the laboratory experiments, performed the statistical analysis, prepared figures, and tables and drafted the manuscript YH performed the luciferase ... association with age of disease onset (Table 3); the patients withthe AA genotype had a mean age of onset of 65.0 ± 9.9 years; and those withthe AG genotype had 61.2 ± 10.8 years, while those with the...
... of the study, performed the experiments and carried out the majority of the assays, performed the statistical analysis, participated in the design and coordination of the study, and drafted the ... effect on the other families of serine-, aspartic and metalloproteases, in good agreement withthe predictions of their unique Te(IV)-thiol chemistry Furthermore, the proteolytic activity of the inactivated ... carried out the IL-6 ELISA, participated in the statistical analysis and in the coordination of the study MA participated in the design of the study, its coordination and drafted the manuscript...
... Rotterdam, The Netherlands) and Dr C de Groot (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical Center Haaglanden, The Hague, The Netherlands) for their valuable advice This research is financed by the ... acquisition of the data FG, MW, MS, SW, MH and RD analyzed the data of the MALDI-TOF-MS and interpreted the data The manuscript was prepared by FG, MW, SW, MS, YM, AD, MH and RD FG and SW did the statistical ... to all of the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data andthe accuracy of the data analysis FG, MW, MS, AD, MH and RD designed the study FG, MW, MS and YM were...
... elements on the fly The DOM • The Document Object Model (DOM) is a cross-platform and language- independent convention for representing and interacting with objects in HTML, XHTML and XML documents ... XHTML and XML documents Aspects of the DOM (such as its "Elements") may be addressed and manipulated within the syntax of the programming language in use.” Wikipedia The jQuery Function • • • • • ... trigger the event, but calls the appropriate function specified as the one tied to the eventType click(), blur(), focus(), select(), submit() – With no parameter, invokes the event handlers,...
... said of the relationship between the Laozi and Legalism: There are places in the Laozi where its words are inconsistent, [clashing with each other] like ice and hot coal In the beginning of the book, ... the same comparison 50 The subsequent phrases in the Laozi Ch.6 arethe “gate of the dark female” (Xuanpin zhi men 玄牝之門) andthe “root of Heaven and Earth” (Tiandi gen 天地根), whcih stand for the ... manner and therefore cannot augment or diminish either of them [at will] Accordingly, if propriety is put into practice, then theWay [of the relationship] between king and subordinate, father and...
... maintains the hegemony andthe gap between the poor andthe rich, the major and minority groups In order to redress poverty the adult education program needs to be aware of the social functions of language ... thus harness the local languages and indigenous knowledge of the minority and poor people and use them to mobilize the poor and minorities who are struggling for the betterment of their conditions ... By following the current national language policy that only recognizes and promotes Setswana and English at the expense of the other languages that exist in the country, the adult language program...
... of new applications These applications and their associated devices create more network usage and congestion, driving demand for more bandwidth The need for this additional bandwidth is seen first ... will not be released until July 2006, and there will be a delay before the first solutions hit the market following the release of the standard Scenario 2: You are not sure what to do; you occupy ... short-term lease, or you are concerned about the current state of the standards In this case, the logical choice is a category cabling solution You may not be in the building long and standards for Augmented...
... of new applications These applications and their associated devices create more network usage and congestion, driving demand for more bandwidth The need for this additional bandwidth is seen first ... will not be released until July 2006, and there will be a delay before the first solutions hit the market following the release of the standard Scenario 2: You are not sure what to do; you occupy ... short-term lease, or you are concerned about the current state of the standards In this case, the logical choice is a category cabling solution You may not be in the building long and standards for Augmented...