... diagnosis and treatment of any and all medical conditions.I add a link with details of this subjecthttp://www.labtestsonline.org.uk/ understanding/analytes/psa/test.htmlIntermethod Differences in ... body is reacting with antibodies against cancerous cells in the prostate.PSA starts out in the fluid that carries sperm. PSA is a protein normally made in the prostate gland in ductal cells. ... Clinical Pathology AbstractSerum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) assays differ in calibration and response to different PSA forms. We examined intermethod differences in total PSA (tPSA) and...
... clustering results of different methods. The letters L, H, K, and S stand for the LMC method, the hierarchicclustering method, the K-mean clustering method, and the self-organization map clustering ... clustering. Some widelyused methods in this category are the hierarchic clustering method [6], the K-mean clustering method [10], and theself-organized map clustering method [9, 11].The clustering ... accordingto their local maximum points. For example, for data pointa,ifdatapointb is the one that has the maximum magni-tude in all data points within r0from a,wesayb is the localmaximum point...
... We start by recalling in Section 1 the principles of two classicalmethods dedicated to coefficient extraction in combinatorial generating functions, namelyDarboux’s methodand singularity analysis, ... extraction in combinatorialgenerating functions, is presented, which combines Darboux’s methodand singular-ity analysis theory. This hybrid method applies to functions that remain of moderategrowth ... partitions into distinct summands. In such a case, theanalysis of coefficients, first performed by Hardy and Ramanujan, is carried out by meanof the saddle point method, in accordance with the fact...
... present in whole-grain brea ds, cereals, legumes and other plantfoods bind zinc and inhibit its absorption [41]. Factorsfound mainly in plant foods including phosphorus, flavo-noids, oxalates and ... elderly with adequate nutrient intake in each BMI category is depicted in Figure 1. Overall, veryfew elderly had adequate energy and protein intake. In obese and overweight categories, 100 and 84% ... cultural constraints of the area. Takinginto account the limited resources and time available,the convenience sampling method was adopted; recruit-ing a final total of 526 elderly men defined as ≥50...
... glycine, l-alanine,l-proline, l-lysine, l-serine, b-alanine, taurine, sarcosine,dimethylglycine, glycine betaine, trimethylamine N-oxide, and cytidine 2¢-3¢ cyclic monophosphate were also obtainedfrom ... classes. (a) Class Iincludes polyhydric alcohols (sorbitol, glycerol, xylitol,adonitol, mannitol) and amino acids and derivatives(glycine, alanine, proline, serine, lysine, b-alanine and taurine) ... Representatives ofthis class include certain amino acids (e.g. proline and glycine) and polyols (e.g. trehalose, sucrose and sorbitol). Counteracting osmolytes consist of themethylamine class of osmolytes,...
... isinvolved in binding to FXa in the complex, and FXa, mostlikely via its Gla domain, is also in contact with the Gladomain of FVIIa in this part of the binding region. Fur-thermore, a region that includes ... darkgrey and the TF2 domain in light grey. The Gla domain of FVIIa isshowningreen;EGF1inmagenta;EGF2inlightblue;PDindarkblue. The sTF residues highlighted in red are located within the area ofinteraction ... complexes when containing AEDANSlabels within the contact interface [27]. Thus it is likely thatthe probes in positions 156, 163 and 201 are just pointingtowards the border between sTF and FVIIa.Based...
... lec-turer in the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, UBA, and is currently working as JTP in Latin American Social Geography and Resources and Society. She is a teachingmentor in the School of Training and ... applying an integratedapproach comprising of qualitative and quantitative methodologies; (e) integratingthe views from a wide range of scientific disciplines in an interdisciplinary and international ... Training and Skills (CEPA) of the GCABA.Sergio D. López has degrees in Construction Engineering (1993) and CivilEngineering (1995) at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata; and a Master in Environmental...
... be inter-esting and productive for me to link my broad research agenda to canji,aterm I was increasingly encountering in China. Based on my meeting with Ma as well as others I had with acquaintances ... stimulating source has been Professor Lin Mingmingof Hainan University.Lin and I Wrst met at Hainan University in 1992 and our friendship devel-oped while we engaged in a highly distinctive ... pertains to the broad, sweeping workings of modernity,nationalism, and history. According to Lin, the expanding attention givento canji across parts of China is the product of long-standing,...
... specifying the patient-important difference that investigators want to detect. To find a difference of1.5 points at a significance level of 0.05 andwith a powerof 80% and assuming a SD of 4 points ... the minimal important difference of the HADS in COPD patients. Since a singleapproach is not sufficient we used anchor- and distribu-tion-based methods to determine the minimal important difference ... the self-administered and validatedGerman version of the HADS[19] The HADS measuresdepression and generalised anxiety in in- and outpatients and in community settings. It contains 14 statementsdescribing...
... to be solved and may be important for understanding energy dissipation in functional tasks, e.g. during walking.Clinical implicationsThe current findings that joint viscosity and reflex tor-que ... Ashworth test including posi-tioning and instructing of the patient was about 5 min-utes. The instrumented rotation measurements wereperformed by an experimenter [KS] who was blind tothe clinical ... accordingtoaprescribedvelocityinsteadofa1smovement.However, stretch velocity is difficult to standardize in manual testing. Instrumented evaluation comprisingextended experimental conditions in combination with nonlinear...
... Rasmussen V, Hein HO, Abedini S,Jorgen FH: Increased heart rate and reduced heart-rate varia-bility are associated with subclinical inflammation in middle-aged and elderly subjects with no apparent ... and glucoselevels, HOMA score, T, FAI, andwith an increase in SHBG[49]. In addition, HRR was significantly related to thereduction in body weight and waist circumference [49].These findings ... to body mass index (BMI) and to markers of insulin resistance, suggesting a close and complex relationship between autonomic function and glucose metabolism in PCOS women [2,14].Inflammation...
... destinations and the increasingly role that tourists play, tourism industry has been turning to one of the fastest growing economic sectors in recent years. With the increased competition in ... competence and skill of the staff of an organization to give confidence and trust to the clients.- Empathy: the intimacy with the clients and understanding of their individuals’ feelings and problems.Inheriting ... holidaymakers in Vietnam; Vo and Nguyen (2010) in evaluating international tourists satisfaction with tourism service in Danang; Quach (2013) in measuring tourist satisfaction with Hanoi’s tourism...
... (RGRd) between M + V and M – V and P + V and P – V respectively (Fig. 1). Thethinned pine stand (P + V) and the weeded meadow (M – V)exhibited comparable and maximal beech RGRd. In the densepine ... L.) and beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) seedlings in relation to shading and drought, Ann. Sci. For. 54 (1997) 9–18.[29] Welander T., Ottosson B., The influence of shading on growth and morphology in ... beechseedlings develops mainly in the upper soil layer [10], watercompetition by the ground vegetation would be considerablystronger in the meadow than in the thinned pine stand if thedifferences in...
... relation to site and stand factors in the French Moun-tains, in: Landmann G., Bonneau M. (Eds.), Forest decline and atmospheric deposition effects in the French Mountains, Sprin-ger, Berlin, Heidelberg, ... be distinguished (table I):– the Vosgian sandstone and conglomerate, very rich in Si (93%) and highly depleted in alkaline and alkalineearth (Mg, Ca, Na, K) cations;– the intermediate sandstone, ... (training of field observers, fieldobservations, conversion into Arc/Info format, free dis-posal of data), Centre Interrégional Informatique deLorraine (data encoding and validation, mapping)...