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... correlated we examined the correlation between 277 the average ofthe two monitoring stations with the repeated measurements of study participants Figure 278 shows the results ofthe analysis ofthe ... transportation mode and frequency, and 116 ventilation quality in the house was collected atthe beginning ofthe sampling campaign by interview 117 with the primary caregiver Time-activity pattern ... influence the association between ambient and 293 personal PM2.5 or PM10 concentration 294 Unlike PM, the associations between personal and ambient NO2 concentrations were not affected bythe 295...
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... numbers and concentration The total number of sperm/AI dose and concentration correlated negatively with many parameters This can be explained bythe tendency to increase AI dose and thus the ... progressive motility of ≥ 30–35% The aim ofthe present study was to use economically feasible and simple laboratory tests and correlate them with the foaling rates of mares The pregnancy rates per cycle ... experiment in replicates; the incubation time was The percentage of fluorescence was calculated from the ratio of fluorescence intensities ofthe Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Acta...
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... lower rates of gs and were, therefore, unable to photosynthesize to the degree of non-fertilized seedlings These results illustrate the importance of adjusting field fertilization protocols for the ... anticipated degree of moisture stress on the site The 60 g fertilization rate applied to the vicinity ofthe root zone inhibited root system proliferation, thereby limiting the ability of seedlings ... non-fertilized seedlings atthe end of September, even when Ψxylem no longer differed between treatments (Fig 2) The low Ψxylem and gs for seedlings in all treatments illustrates the severity of drought on...
... enrichment of ATIII-dependent anti FXa ability Thedata presented in this paper show that fractionation of unlabelled Hp and tritiated Hp by HIP peptide-1 display dramatic qualitative and quantitative ... experiments for the bulk separation of Hp byproducts took the flow through from the previous salt separation and diluted them to 0.2 M, and then 0.15 M for the serial separation of materials with ... vortexing The tubes were then centrifuged at 16,000 × G for andthe liquid aspirated, leaving resin in the tube Then, 500 µl of PBS was added to the resin bed, vortexed, centrifuged, and liquid aspirated...
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... view ofthe HC* scores for these locations, this supports the melting-pot scenario, especially for the Landes location Note that the bimodality ofthe GDS for the Landes location is also indicative ... out the analysis ofthedata sets All authors participated in the design ofthe study, contributed to the writing ofthe manuscript, and read and approved the final version ofthe manuscript Competing ... experiments that we performed on the two data sets above (data not shown), we suspect that the impact of these two choices on the results will usually be quite small, at least for standard measures of distance...
... sheet-type and other amino acid collocations, but inversely related to alpha helix frequency The relationship between mRNA and protein structure will definitely bethe subject of further evaluation because ... explains the dominance of C+G over A+T in determining TFE Figure the Coded between CorrelationProtein dG of CDS and Structural Elements of Correlation between dG of CDS and Structural Elements ofthe ... might be hypothesized that the presence of a rare codon, marked bythe synonymous polymorphism, affects the timing of cotranslational folding and thereby alters the structure and function of expressed...
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... Additionally, the diagnoses of diabetes and complications were based on a physician’s evaluation rather than on self-reported data, reducing the possibility of misclassification The major limitation is the ... Finland Authors’ contributions PHG, MS and CF designed the diabetes questionnaire KH participated and coordinated the collection ofthe retinopathy data AJA performed the statistical analyses and ... diabetes Additionally, the association between SOC and patients’ subjective conceptions ofthe disease was investigated We hypothesised that weak SOC is associated with poor metabolic control and...
... urgent than ever The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding ofthe relationship between organizational commitment and job satisfaction at Ministry of Industry and Trade in Vietnam ... conducted to find out the answers to these elements of organizational commitment affect the job satisfaction of officials ofthethe Ministry of Industry and Trade Therefore, the research question ... the reliability ofthe expansion of research results to be limit This research is undertaken in order to determine the relationship between organizational commitment and job satisfaction at the...
... the images obtained at end-expiration and end-inspiration, the slices with the greatest anatomical coincidence between end-expiration and endinspiration images were chosen, by selecting one of ... augmentation between PEEP at cmH2O and ZEEP At low levels of PEEP, the augmentation in Rrs may be attributed to progressive closure ofthe airways; however, clearance of mucus during the reduction ... 1–8% at end-expiration, and from 3–19% to 2– 10% at end-inspiration) The distribution of aeration at each PEEP step is depicted in Figures to Note that PEEPErs resulted in the best compromise between...