... for statistical advice Presented at the Annual Meetings ofthe Society of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology and Critical Care, andthe American Society of Anesthesiologists, Atlanta, Georgia, October ... optical signals at a source detector distance of cm and cm as 55% and 69%, respectively Furthermore, vessel diameter ofthe MCA may have changed during low-flow states The basic assump- Available ... additional propofol and sufentanil was given A pulmonary artery catheter (PAC; Edwards Swan Ganz Combo EDV Thermodilution Catheter, Baxter Laboratories, Irvine, CA, USA) was inserted via an 8.5 F introducer...
... L2 and L3 in some ways characterize the limiting cases of context-sensitlvlty that can be achieved by TAG's and TAG's with local constraints In (JoshI,Levy, and Takahashi,1975) also shown that ... extreme case where thea' s, b's ,and c's can he any order, as long as the number ofa' s =the number of b's =the number of c'S GPSG ~and TAG's cannot g e n e r a t e t h i s language (although f o r TAG's ... be called the strln~ language(or language) of G The relationship between TAG's CFG's andthe corresponding string languages can be summarized as follows (Joehl, Levy, and Takahashl, 1975) Theorem...
... WS participated in the co-ordination ofthe study JE, WS and JW carried out the data collection JE and MK performed the statistical analysis and prepared the manuscript All authors read and approved ... was employed at the Department of Health Policy and Management of Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Authors' contributions JE, MK, WS and JW participated in the design ofthe study MK and ... home witha medical doctor and therapists), a rehabilitation centre or for home care The number of such "waiting days" is quite substantial About 10 ofthe average 28 days of stay in hospital after...
... microtubules at the cell membrane Confocal immunofluorescence images ofa F11 cell and an enlarged area reveals the accumulation of tubulin (red) at the plasma membrane due to the presence of TRPV1 ... Biochemical and cell biological data are sparse and patchy The distance between actin and TRPV4 in a live cell was measured by FRET to be < nm [75] assuring, that these two components have the potentiality ... I, IIA, IIIA, VI, VIIA and XV) are important for either development ofthe stereocilia of hair cells in the inner ear or proper localization of TRP channels at the tip ofthese stereocilia, which...
... previous paragraph The author, as a result, makes an attempt to investigate both syntactic and semantic features of English collocations withthe verb MAKE and their Vietnamese equivalents with regards ... or a chain of words that function as a basic element ofa language’s vocabulary Nouns to call animals are all lexical items They have their own individual meaning, as a lexeme but their meanings ... collocations even they are grammatically correct Take strong wind and heavy rainas examples, strongcannot go with rainwhile it can go with wind Lan (2010) analyzed the case of workshopand stated that this...
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... PS was responsible for the conception ofthe study, analyzing the data, and writing the article RC contributed to analyzing the data andthe interpretation ofthe results RS contributed to analyzing ... analyzing and collecting the data All authors have read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements This research was supported by a grant from Chulalongkorn University The authors thank diabetic ... Tsuchiya A, Williams A, Yfantopoulos J, De Charro F: Acomparisonof EQ-5D time trade-off values obtained in Germany, United Kingdom, Spain In The measurement and valuation of health status using...
... placed on the distal phalanx ofthe index and thumb, the distal head ofthe first metacarpal, the radial styloid process, the lateral epicondyle ofthe humerus andthe acromion (120 Hz, Optotrak ... between them was calculated For the spatial parameters, the curvature ofthe trajectory ofthe IRED on the index finger was estimated as the ratio between the actual trajectory length anda straight ... set-up the physical task so that the initial position ofthe arm, ball, table and wall were identical to that ofthe virtual task Thus, in both environments, the initial position ofthe arm was about...
... research, carried out the data analysis and interpretation, and wrote the manuscript AHA participated in the design ofthe study and supervised the research activities CAM participated in the ... directly "assesses" and "evaluates" a health state on a scale of 0.00 (death) to 1.00 (perfect health) The health states that are evaluated in the direct approach can be hypothetical or can be the ... conventional concept of risk attitude These authors explained that as the quantity of risky alternatives is increased or decreased, the marginal value of additional units of those risky alternatives...
... variances A balanced, nested analysis of variance was used to compare the variation between and within trees and forests The results andthe large proportion of variance explained by between-tree and ... may be derived from these variables These include the angle of taint or hue, h arctan (b* /a* ) and colour saturation : = RESULTS Variation of ellagitannins with heartwood age Due to the overlap ... was calculated in relation to total soluble ellagitan- nins A nested analysis of variance was carried out on arcsine-transformed percentage data A nonparametric comparisonofthe two sites was...
... inconsistent data, claim duplicates, and unexpected missing values The SCAP database is similar to other administrative and pharmacy claims database, as it provides detailed information about patients' ... hospitals Measures of patient characteristics The BDCF and MRAF provided information on patients' demographic and clinical characteristics The current analysis compared the olanzapine (OLZ) and ... days of hospitalization at the end of each ofthe 12 months post initiation indicated that the average number of hospitalization days for the RIS-treated patients was 1.4 to 2.1 times that of the...
... coordination ofthe study, assisted withthe statistical analysis and helped to draft the manuscript EP assisted with development and interpretation ofthe statistical analysis and helped to draft the ... performed and interpreted the statistical analysis and helped to draft the manuscript FS participated in the design ofthe study and helped to draft the manuscript DE and WC participated in the coordination ... utilizing the physical health and mental health summary scores of both the SF-12v2 and MOS-HIV as outcome measures The overall fit of each model was assessed and standardized beta coefficients for each...
... the meta-analysis Authors' contributions KMH had the original idea for the study, conducted data extraction and statistical analyses, and drafted the manuscript KW conducted data extraction and ... information regardingthe quality ofthe trial, such as allocation concealment, randomization method, blinding of treatment, and inclusion and exclusion criteria The quality ofthe study was scored ... between May and October 1997), mean APACHE II score not available, mean age 69 years, mean PaCO2 at presentation 40 mmHg Variable CPAP (5–12.5 cmH2O), variable BiPAP (starting from and cmH2O; maximum...
... similar in relation to age, sex, severity of back pain and leg pain, and functional disability (Table 1) The median age for both groups was 48 years and there was almost an even distribution of ... men and women The median for leg pain and back pain was on an 11-point Numeric Rating Scale andthe functional disability score was around 50% However, there was a difference in duration of symptoms, ... participated in the design and coordination ofthe study and helped to draft the manuscript CLY participated in the conception and made substantial contributions to the manuscript All authors have...
... extracted data, performed statistical analysis and tabulated quality indicators ofthe studies IS and SM carried out the primary study search and extracted data AL carried out statistical analysis and ... anda description of dropouts Data analysis and assessment for bias Data were analysed by STATA version 11 (StataCorp, College Station, TX USA) and Comprehensive Metaanalysis version (Biostat ... any discrepancies Data were collected on study characteristics and quality, demographics and baseline characteristics (that is, clinical/biochemical parameters at initiation of RRT), and details...
... Serodiagnosis of Human Brucellosis Clinical And Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology 2003;4:612-5 Ordun A, Almaraz A, Prado A, Purıfıcacıo M, Gutıerrez N, Garc a- Pascual A, Duen A, Cuervo M, Abad R, ... Brucella ELISA IgG and IgM in bacteremic and non-bacteremic patients with brucellosis J Chemother 2001 Apr;13:54-9 15 Araj GF, Kattar MM, Fattouh LG, Bajakian KO, Kobeissi SA Evaluation ofThe PANBIO ... agglutination and ELISA Ig M and Ig G tests, which are based on sandwich ELISA system, are standardized tests that have high diagnostic value and can be used interchangeably Titer is found higher in the...
... and nimble tore at the string and paper And then an ecstatic scream of joy; and then; alsa! A quick feminine change to hysterical tears and wails [2:25] “ Maybe the hairs of my head were numbered”, ... It can be said that the word and appears most frequently among all conjunctive words And can be additive, adversative, temporal and even the causal The explanation is due to the habit of using ... text The three main factors guided are the target audience, the purpose ofthe translation andthe text type Pragmatic equivalence: related to implicatures and strategies of avoidance during the...
... certain point ofthe traditional Roman Catholic service, the priest says let us offer the sign of peace the members ofthe congregation turn to each other and shake 25 hands and say Peace be with ... countries and in the European continent, handshaking is done when meeting and departing day in and day out and even the same assortment of acquaintances, in England as well as Great Britain, it ... that the speaker is indicating a readiness to be friendly and to talk withthe other 1.2.3 Types of language In fact, there are many kinds of language: language of music, language of science, language...
... equivalence classes of stable states, and it then automatically categorizes the state (and hence, the equivalence class) of each part as the part exits the gate Experimental Results All ofthe results ... Jayaraman Krishnasamy, Mark J Jakiela, and Daniel E Whitney Mechanics of vibration-assisted entrapment with application to design In International Conference on Robotics and Automation IEEE, April ... have diameters of 3.0 cm, heights of 2.5 and 3.7 cm, and masses ofand 12.5 grams, respectively (see Figure 2) We measured the dimensions and masses ofthe parts manually using rulers and mass...