... formal ones Modality Modality often appears in both two kinds of letters with a great deal of number The use of active and passive voice Our analysisoftwo kinds of letter shows that: the passive ... *To try to offer some suggestions and some possible types of exercises to improve the leaming of writing correspondence III Methods of the study * Statistic method * Contrastive andcomparative ... our hands and eyes for witten one Brown and Yule (1983:13 ) point out that spoken and written discourse serve various functions The first is used for the establishment and maintenance of human...
... clustering analysisof AT-MSC-Hepa Unsupervised hierarchical cluster analysis was performed by sorting of 1639 altered genes (Fig 3A) This analysisof microarray data revealed a striking similarity of ... the gene expression pattern of AT-MSC-Hepa is similar to that of adult human hepatocytes and liver by microarray analysis Moreover, the enriched categories of genes and the signaling pathways ... that of primary hepatocytes and a different pattern from that of AT-MSCs B Fig Unsupervised hierarchical analysisof 1639 gene expression profiles (A) Data were subjected to hierarchical cluster analysis...
... 95% level of certainty and allowing for a margin of error of 5% Based on a response rate of around 40% for similar studies [11], a computer-generated simple random sample of 1000 professional ... from a survey of professional nurses throughout South Africa that formed part of a broader study of attraction, work satisfaction and retention issues Based on a population of 99 534 professional ... measure of demoralization of nurses and offers some substantiation of the disaffection associated with working in the public sector The decreasing attractiveness of nursing as a career is of great...
... the pattern of cellular profile between IS and BALF samples indicating the Figure ROC curve of macrophages in IS and BALF Figure ROC curve of neutrophils in IS and BALF involvement of the same ... count and lower neutrophils count (Table 3) No other significant relation was found between cellular profile of IS and the parameters under study Interrelations of induced sputum and BALF profile ... exhibited a sensitivity and a specificity of 81.25% and 43.48% respectively The corresponding positive and negative likelihood ratios were 1.438 and 0.431 respectively In multivariate analysis (Table...
... viral sequences of the strains to identify genetic subtype Phylogenetic analysisof partial sequences of gp41, p17 and pol region revealed that 53% belonged to CRF02_AG, 6% subtype F2 and 41% were ... Larger studies and data sets are needed from these regions to further substantiate these findings and to understand the complexity of the emerging diversity of HIV in this region of high diversity ... that majority of viruses were recombinants of CRF02_AG with gene segments of other HIV CRFs and subtypes suggesting that newly emerging HIV strains in Cameroon may be recombinants of the predominant...
... influence of a1–6 (core) fucosylation on lectin–glycan interaction could also be examined by comparison between 003 and 015, 101 and 201, 103 and 202, 104 and 203, 301 and 401, 302 and 402, 304 and ... equipped with two pumps, an autosampler, a column oven, andtwo miniature columns connected in parallel One of the pumps is used exclusively for analysis, and the other is for regeneration of the columns ... applied to comparativeanalysisof animal lectins with a set of fluorescently labelled glycans [27] Other investigators also used an FAC system equipped with an MS detector for analysisof mushroom...
... Page of 11 (a) (b) 503-C 503-D CB46-C CB46-D vun_cand001 U6 vun_cand058 U6 miR1515 U6 Figure Expression of selected miRNAs in two cowpea genotypes under two growth conditions Vun_cand001 and vun_cand058 ... http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2229/11/127 Page of 11 Figure Principal component analysis (PCA) of log2 miRNA normalized counts oftwo cowpea genotypes in two growth conditions The direction of statistically significant ... loading of total RNA in all lanes miRNA (vun_cand001, vun_cand010, vun_cand041, and vun_cand057) were found to be associated with drought stress for the first time (northern blot confirmation of vun_cand001...
... Comparativeanalysisof root transcriptome profiles oftwo pairs of drought-tolerant and susceptible rice near-isogenic lines under different ... profiles in roots oftwo pairs of NILs in the nonstressed andtwo drought stress regimes at reproductive stage The numerical comparison of DEGs obtained from three biological replications of ... stress Gene expression profiles of upland and lowland rice for drought stress have been reported [23,24], but these studies focused on comparing gene expression profiles of genotypes at seedling...
... sensitivity of 80% and a specificity of 70% (AUC 0.8) with a cut-off value of less than 1.95 cm/s Poor agreement between VVI and TDI measurements have been previously demonstrated, and therefore ... specificity of 87 % was calculated for the detection of infarcted segments (AUC 0.6, confidence interval 0.53 – 0.64) A 111 cut-off value of –10.34% resulted in a sensitivity of 54 % and specificity of ... Faber L Two- dimensional strain analysisof the global and regional myocardial function for the differentiation of pathologic and physiologic left ventricular hypertrophy: A study in athletes and...
... a comparativeanalysisof how China and Brazil deal with water pollution challenges This dissertation first explores the role of industrialisation in polluting freshwater in China and Brazil and ... how China and Brazil deal with the problem of water pollution, the pollution intensity of GDP and the environmental Kuznets curve will be applied Second, an analysisof the impact of urbanisation ... being depleted by the demands of megacities and agriculture, while fertilizer runoff and pollution are threatening water quality and public health” (Hays, 2010) A combination of factors, such as insufficient...
... analyzed by using the mascot software [29] F J Flores et al Immunodetection analysisof DmdR1 and DmdR2 Western blot analysisof DmdR1 and DmdR2, after SDS ⁄ PAGE resolution of the proteins, was performed ... or FRBGL1 and FRBGL3, based on the conserved sequences of dtxR homologous genes [1], and the DNA of S coelicolor as template PCR products of 313 bp and 451 bp were obtained with each of the above ... disappears and is converted into protein P6, which accumulates Discussion The finding oftwo dmdR genes similar to the dtxR gene of C diphtheriae [18,19], the dmdR genes of C lactofermentum [7,8] and...
... adding (46) and (47), (50) and (51), and (52) and (53), we can obtain t t the expressions of Pmin1 (Tab ) = min(Pa + Pr1 ) in (16) and (17) 35 Appendix 2: Proof of quasi-convexity of the objective ... circuit PCs in P ct and P cr consist oftwo parts: the power consumed by baseband processing and radio frequency (RF) circuits The PC of RF circuit is usually assumed independent of data rate [6, ... transmit strategies, and analyze the impact of various channels and system settings From the objective functions in (20) and (25), we can see that the expressions of the ECs of OWRT and TWRT are quite...
... Core and Cache The core implementation of the Xeon is configured using VS to operate at a frequency of GHz and has 128 kB of L1 cache (64 kB data and 64 kB instruction cache), MB of unified and ... the configuration of one of the cores of the Opteron along with the number of execution units and the instruction queue length The lower text window depicts the details and actions of the pipeline ... frequency of GHz and has 128 kB of L1 cache (64 kB data and 64 kB instruction cache), MB of L2 cache, and the floating point, integer, and load/store execution units This MB of L2 cache per core...
... assessment of disease activity, and the WOMAC™ questionnaire total score) [6,7] Here, we report on a pooled analysisof the above two studies This analysis evaluated the effectiveness of lumiracoxib ... assessment of disease activity, and functional impairment We present data on patient satisfaction according to PASS during and at the end of the study period and on patient achievement of sustained ... Materials and methods A pooled analysisof data taken from two international, multicentre, double-blind, double-dummy, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, 13-week studies of patients with OA of the...
... social and psychological dimensions, overlapping with measures of quality of life (QOL) [1-3] A great deal of the well-being of any nation will be determined by physical and mental health and existing ... Challenges in comparing the quality of life of older people between ethnic groups, and the implications for national well-being indicators: a secondary analysisoftwo cross-sectional surveys Robert ... analysed data from two surveys of community-dwelling older people in England, one among White British people and one among ethnic minorities In each of these surveys, three quality of life measures...
... wife Jessica, and parents Jeff and Sharon Beck for their support and encouragement iii ABSTRACT Brian Douglas Beck Functional AnalysisofTwo Novel DNA Repair Factors, Metnase and Pso4 Metnase ... Titration of Metnase and hPso4 on non-TIR DNA 73 Figure 28 – Stochiometric analysisof Metnase and/ or hPso4 bound to TIR DNA 75 Figure 29 – Relative binding activity of Metnase and hPso4, ... Figure 31 – Metnase and hPso4 order of addition reaction .80 Figure 32 – Trypsin digestion of Metnase in presence of TIR and non-TIR DNA 81 Figure 33 – Proposed model of Metnase-hPso4 function...
... domain of either receptor or ligand allows a dissection of the signaling pathway and an analysisof its effect in a particular process Soluble or non-clustered ligands show different effects and ... eight steps (1) Induction and patterning of neuron forming regions, (2) birth and migration of neurons and glia, (3) generation of specific cell fates, (4) guidance of axonal growth cones to ... help of mutants and other tools of genetic manipulation, the mechanisms of neural differentiation and nervous system patterning have been elucidated As proposed by Goodman and Doe, the whole of...
... parts of Asia a declaration of state of emergency signifies a state’s recognition of a disastrous event and often is based on loss of property and investments IFA indicates that there are two main ... Evaluation of rules defining collective and individual behavior of actors and their interactions is a part of this exercise Human security of local communities and social rehabilitation of affected ... output of IFA project A number of framing and cross-cutting questions have been formulated in a course of IFA activities and they are discussed in the next section of this Report Comparative analysis...
... ÔServeis Cientifico-TecnicsÕ of the University of Barcelona, using the 488 nm line of an argon laser and standard optical emission filters Percentages of cells at each phase of the cell cycle were estimated ... wavelength of 480 nm and an emission wavelength of 555 nm The fluorescence intensity emitted was translated into concentrations of drug using a daunorubicin or WP631 standard curve, and expressed ... Proliferation of Jurkat cells treated with a range of concentrations of daunorubicin or WP631 is illustrated in Fig Data were obtained after 24 h (panels A and B) and 72 h (panels C and D) No significant...
... discussion of this issue in the context of these two supply chains The report is organized with opening sections giving an overview of the supply chains for China and NewPage and delimitation of the ... producer of bleached eucalyptus pulp, producing about 27 per cent of the world's total The company produces a total of million metric tons of pulp a year, and has an area of almost 280,000 hectares of ... that the magnitude of these emissions may be highly significant relative to the magnitudes of the two phases inventoried here The implications of this for comparativeanalysisof carbon dioxide...