... single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) inthe coding region ofthe IL-4R governs the presence of isoleucine (I) versus valine (V) at position 50 inthe amino acid sequence This polymorphism in IL-4R is functionally ... Th17 cells might lead to novel approaches to the treatment of RA Inthis study, wehave examined the role of a single nucleotide polymorphism inthe IL-4R inthe control of IL-17 production The ... Gorman D, Kastelein RA, Sedgwick JD: Interleukin-23 rather than interleukin-12 isthe critical cytokine for autoimmune inflammation ofthe brain Nature 2003, 42 1: 744 - 748 Murphy CA, Langrish CL,...
... detect sarin in areas of northern Saudi Arabia within the timeframe ofthe Khamisiyah demolition, which suggested that sarin was released into the air Furthermore, the General Accounting Office ... Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine ... data, the location of individual soldiers would be very uncertain Because ofthe limitations inthe exposure data, it is difficult to determine the likelihood of increased risk for disease or other...
... kinds There’re kinds of basic measure scales Norminal Ratio Interval Ordinal 4. 1 The Nominal scale Nominal Scale is most simple Scale to distinguish things or this phenomenon from its something ... advertisement The interviewee mark into suitable cells himself, or interviewer mark into suitable cells according to the answers of interviewee 27 Ordinal Scale Format by arranging the numbers in ... 16 4.4The Ratio scale The Ratio scale has all of particularity ofthe interval scale Moreover, the point inthe ratio scale is a value "true“ So we can use division to calculate the rate for the...
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... length of a step on the ‘X’ axis shows the abatement potential represented by the measure, while the cost ofthe measure is indicated by the value ofthe step on the ‘Y’ axis 3CSEP Table CO2 reduction ... 12% in EU-15 in 2010[2] To 52% in Ecuador in 2030[3] Estimates ofthe market potential isinthe interval: From 14% in Croatia in 2020 focusing on policies only To 37% in USA in 2020 where ... range of policies were appraised If the approximate formula of Potential 2020 = (1 - ( – Potential 2010)20/10 is used to extrapolate the potential as percentage ofthe baseline into the future (the...
... advantage ofthis index is that it takes into account thenumberof species and the evenness ofthe species The index is increased either by having additional unique species, or by having a greater ... During this fishing season, fish abundance, indicated by daily catch rates of sampled dai units, exhibits significant variation both between and within the six months comprising the fishing season ... variations inthe index of fish biomass appears to track the variation inthe flood index – a composite measure of both the extent5 and duration of flooding inthe TS-GL system, closely (Figure 4c) The...
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... contained in continuous monitoring We strongly advocate further development of software aimed at capturing the frequency distribution of measured values during continuous monitoring and further ... successful results inthe near future Competing interests Grant support was provided by NIH-NINDS (NS 042 691) and further funded as part ofthe interagency initiative inthe US towards ‘an integrated ... and the interagency working group on Demographics and Clinical Assessment Grant support was provided by NIH-NINDS (NS 042 691) and further funded as part ofthe interagency initiative inthe US...
... daughters DISCUSSION 4. 1 Modelling of EP Inthis study we started with an idealised situation where the simulation model and the model used to analyse the data, were as similar as possible One ofthe ... bias in EP More theoretical models, that for instance include simulated environmental effects as EP, could be used to further explore the nature ofthis problem However based on the results ofthis ... models Therefore, the application of CF isof interest to take G × E into account for example in international breeding value estimation, or to investigate the importance of G × E In applications in...
... aptness The opposite approach to numerical models in oceanographic forecasting is encompassed inthe term data mining The original philosophy behind data mining isthe attempt to circumvent the numerical ... Discarding the experience accumulated by the refinement of theories also makes data mining less convincing to the researchers who wonder about the science still undiscovered inthedata With the ... easily established whether xiNN is false or not by comparing the distance between xi and xiNN in dimension m with the distance in dimension m The square ofthe Euclidian distance between...
... with a well formed subtree We compute S the sum ofthe probability ofthe events occurring inthe subtrees Now, we change the initial step ofthe simulation When we draw the random number, we check ... random number un is used to draw the event which is realized at time tn Now wehave to define the ordering Definition (Ordering) We assume that F alse < T rue and we define the following ordering ... the DFT In some sense we are interested to solve the hardest model ofthe Markov chain associated to the DFT We also assume that the graph ofthe connection when we remove the FDEP gates is a tree:...
... methodList, you end up with a list of strings Using the join method ofthe string "\n", you join this list into a single string, with each element ofthe list on a separate line, and print the result ... Arguments >>> s = "this is\ na\ttest" >>> print s this a is test >>> print s.split() [ 'this' , 'is' , 'a', 'test'] >>> print " ".join(s.split()) 'thisis a test' Thisis a multiline string, defined by escape ... Now, printing the actual doc string ofthe method is easy The next piece ofthe puzzle isthe use of str around the doc string As you may recall, str is a built -in function that coerces data into...
... was in vogue in your day, but has been much altered and improved, is used; and the smallest sound inthe one theatre is heard inthe other as distinctly asinthe first, even to the furthest off ... door, the world will cease But it is not by new inventions we shall get that perfection We want the perfection ofthe mind and the body, as well asofthe things that minister to the mind and the ... to the dining-room, and fed inthesame style as before They may invent a new way of bringing the food to you, I reflected, asthe dishes came and went, but they can’t invent a new way of eating...
... signs ofthe superior faculties of his mind were as prominent at the prow ofthis strong vessel as those of his generous instincts at the stern."[21] In order to understand this definition ofthe ... became of social value Taking this private mishap as her basis, she puts into each of her heroines something of herself This explains the passionate tone ofthe whole story And this passion could ... surprise face to face with those sights of Nature which have remained thesame and have been just as incomprehensible ever since the beginning ofthe world The antagonism ofthe two mothers increased,...
... quality ofdata being examined and the analyses educators are undertaking This research could address concerns about the quality of various types ofdata and the potential misuse ofdata occurring in ... changes in test scores as meaningful indicators Third, the DDDM process is not necessarily as linear or continuous asthe diagram depicts For example, inthe act of Without the availability of high-quality ... one-third of Pennsylvania districts require mathematics progress tests in some or all of their schools Another indicator ofthe importance of progress tests isthe rapid increase in availability of...
... all the examples described inthe book This file, as well as other hints and link recommendations, is available at the website for the book: http://www.qt4-book.com/ This book is aimed at beginners ... vertically the “V” inthe name stands for vertical This time, instead ofthe QLabel object, there is a simple QWidget object for the main window ofthe application, which we call window Use ofthis variable ... a.exec(); } For this purpose, the first two lines of code include the header files for the Qt classes that we want to use inthe following code In our case these header files contain the interface descriptions...
... existing expertise in teaching surgical skills at MUHAS, a result of CNIS annual trainingof-trainers workshops in surgical skills since 2003 Eight ofthe 19 teaching faculty members inthe MUHAS ... University has declined in recent years This study highlights how surgical training has been affected at the medical student level The decline in surgical training is reflected inthe low mastery of practical ... skills inthe pre-training OSCE While students may havethe opportunity to enter the operating theatre, there is little opportunity to practise surgical skills inthe current training context The...
... missing, they were replaced by the respondent's own mean score for the remaining items on the scale Analytic methods Data quality Thenumberof completed items, the percent of missing datain ... should cluster inthesame order as hypothesized for the original SF-36 Tests of scaling assumptions Tests of scaling assumptions determine the appropriateness of including an item in a particular ... and the frequency distribution of individual items were determined Ordering of levels of health The ordering of item means within its scale was examined and compared with hypothesized orderings...