... and operated Inthe previous definitions of droughts the availability ofwater is analyzed, either inthe form of rain or ground water or thewaterin rivers and springs, and if the quantity is ... developed forthe identification phase oftheanalysisofthewater resources inthe region of Valencia are described inthe following paragraphs 6.5.1.1 Precipitation-runoff models The determination of ... complexity according to the data available and the role ofthe aquifer inthe management ofthe basin and the degree of detail desired inthe results Inthe cases ofthe basins analyzed, it was...
... successful metabolic engineering of freezing tolerance in plants should include such an analysisofthe dynamics of metabolism to gain comprehensive information about the effects of individual overexpression ... uptake per hour Data points were spline-interpolated to obtain timecontinuous information on net photosynthesis during the whole period of cold exposure The rate of raffinose synthesis, rSuc fi Raf, ... measure of how exposure to °C in uenced the process of photosynthesis, gas exchange of plants was measured by infrared gas analysis Measurements were performed during the first h 508 ofthe light...
... and, inthe case ofthe sample uptake tubing, care must also be taken to avoid contamination ofthe sample through contact with the tubing material For routine analysisof organic solvents, the ... Removal of carbon The presence of high levels of organic solvent inthe sample aerosol can lead to deposition of carbon (soot) on the sampling cone, eventually leading to clogging ofthe cone ... droplets into the plasma Typically, a 20% oxygen in argon is used, rather than pure oxygen, avoiding the use of highly flammable or explosive gases inthe laboratory The oxygen is added either in the...
... concerning the need of investing inthe protection, maintenance and retrofitting of existing health facilities, as well as of designing and building new infrastructure based on specific criteria for ... role inthe evaluation and enforcement ofthe performance objectives chosen The proper design of a project calls forthe integration of all the participating specialties; hence, coordination is indispensable ... feasible, forthe intended facility, based on the various hazards prevalent inthe region and the likely degree of severity of these hazards The Guidelines include a tool for assisting decision-makers...
... data mining and colinearity, the approach should also reduce the dimensions ofthe data with a minimum of information loss It must accomplish this reduction without losing the ability to interpret ... to the variance of a spectra The choice of r – degrees of freedom inthe numerator ofthe F-ratio test instead of was adopted to keep the experiment-wide error rate at 0.05 or better [38] The ... i ) is the estimated variance-covariance matrix ofthe fixed parameter vector The probability of obtaining a larger T2 under the null hypothesis of equality was obtained from the Hotelling distribution...
... means ofthe comparison ofthe RAPD marker frequencies of a subsampling of these progenies and ofthe adult population Analysisofthe morphological characters MATERIALS AND METHODS Sampling The ... the individuals and all the characters were included intheanalysis (DFAa) Second, the individuals ofthe groups ses/ses and ped/ped were considered as principal points, and individuals ofthe ... =0.650) In DFAb, where only the individuals ofthe pure zones were used as principal points ofthe analysis, the discrimination between species was improved The first axis explained, in this...
... potent inductors of aggrecanase activity in both cases, underlining the key role of these cytokines in proteoglycan depletion On the other hand, the clearly increased aggrecan activity in co-cultures ... types in an experimental setting which reflects prominent features of joint destruction in RA Inthe long run, the system may allow the testing/screening ofthe molecular basis and efficacy of new ... embedded inthe preformed cylinder and pre-cultured for two days (e) The SFB suspension was then applied and (f) left for three hours for settling and initial adherence ofthe SFB on the cartilage...
... changes in secreted proteins, such as cytokines and chemokines Conclusion In conclusion, the findings ofthe present study show the reliability of ST analysis using a DIA system forthe evaluation of ... out ofthe 10 patients inthe prednisolone group responded versus none ofthe nine patients inthe placebo group To determine whether the same observer identified the same differences inthe ... levels regarding the detection of stained antigen, nuclear staining and background staining After the analysis, all observers independently calculated the mean change inthe total number of positive...
... placement of strain 10 Inthe initial analysis (figure A), strain 10 was depicted as the most divergent strain inthe second cluster and was one ofthe strains in l which the frequency of A was 0.75 In ... most 1.15 Principal coordinates analysisin another way of looking at the relationship among strains The results are summarized inthe plot in figure Two axes account for much ofthe variation ... test the degree of segregation in a single isofemale line, several single-pair matings are made between a standard genetic strain and the isofemale strain For example, 25 single-pair crosses of...
... Research and Therapy 2009, 6:9 adherence/non-adherence' groupings based upon the rate of change of VL and the presence of mutation Testing the hypothesis The preliminary work relating to testing this ... Self-reporting did not inflate the effect of such interventions, yet objective measuresof adherence tend to inflate effect size [23] For comprehensive reviews of behavioural interventions in HIV ... treatments often so because they 'simply forgot' [30] Presentation ofthe hypothesis The importance of having accurate information on adherence is underscored by the fact that in order to achieve successful...
... SBEIIa-D(A201T) the amino acid change induced by the EMS treatment is located inthe region ofthe N-terminal domain ofthe glycogen branching enzyme family, reported to be essential forthe size ofthe ... caused the loss of two ofthe seven amino acids involved inthe binding and catalytic activity in normal SBEIIa protein, respectively Arg465 and Asp467 Analysisof SBEIIa-transcripts inthe knock ... product showed the inclusion ofthe intron V, whereas the smaller one was found to contain a deletion ofthe first seven nucleotides of exon VI The presence ofthe intron V inthe longer transcript...
... inthe presence or absence ofthe individual chemotherapeutic agents including carboplatin, vinorelbine or gemcitabine These cytotoxic drugs are widely used for treatment of human NCSCL carcinomas ... was involved inthe design ofthe study, evaluation ofthe results and covered the clinical part EV was involved inthe design ofthe study and histomorphological evaluation TG conceived the ... ofthe chemotherapeutic agents carboplatin (CARB), vinorelbine (VIN) or gemcitabine (GEM) on the individual expression of Ki-67 in NSCLC tissues of both adenocarcinoma (upper panel A-C) and of...
... event, and none ofthe noise, in a single window Therefore, in most ChIP-chip experiments the window size should be adjusted to approximately the average shear size ofthe chromatin The average shear ... variance equal to the variance of a single log ratio divided by the number of elements inthe window Thus, the nominal P value for a window with average ratio w can be calculated using the standard ... from the binding site to be enriched (c) Using a kb window with a 0.25 kb step, the value of each window is plotted The location of each window is defined by its central coordinate (d) The P...
... the antibody detected the incorporation ofthe thymidine analog BrdU into the replicated DNA An antibody specific forthe activated form ofthe caspase-3 apoptosis regulator was employed inthe ... the main prerequisite is a uniform, quantitative and comparable analysisofthe raw data in order to integrate efficiently the information collected Analyzing and managing the vast amount of data ... details of which can be displayed on demand by hyperlinking them to the corresponding well icons inthe plate plot The reader is directed to the online complement [32] for an interactive example Using...
... a set S within the sorted list (B) Plot finding; it is computed by comparing ofthe running sum for S inthe data set, including the location ofthe maximum null distributions forthe NES enrichment ... genes sorted in increasing order ofthe modified t-statistic The permutation test randomly swaps the class labels ofthe original data, preserving the proportions ofthe classes, and the modified ... microarray and the number of ways of sampling (n − k) non-DEGs inthe pathway from (N − K) non-DEGs inthe microarray, and the denominator is the number of ways of sampling n genes inthe pathway from...
... The usefulness ofthe method was demonstrated by detecting the major components in aminoglycoside antibiotic mixtures Gentamicin was separated into several peaks in 15 minutes, and neomycin into ... mode and the xiv modified one However, further enhancement ofthe stacking efficiency inthe modified mode rested on the relative stability ofthe displacer-carrier complex to that ofthe solute-carrier ... peak height by slowing down the forward movement ofthe neutral sample associated with β-CD-NH2 and the backward movement ofthe neutral sample partitioned inthe micelles of sodium dodecyl sulfate...
... siphoning injection and electrokinetic injection [6] In pressure injection, the inlet end ofthe capillary is immersed inthe sample and the other end inthe buffer Sample is introduced by either ... zones all move at the same velocity The velocities of all analytes are defined by the velocity ofthe leading anion The principle of separation is the variation ofthe electric field in each zone, ... the column, since the driving force forthe actual migration of species inthe column in CE are their charges, the applied potential and EOF 3, Since the capillary applied in CE is normally empty...
... (2000), Inthe thesis, we will use (2.1) 2.2 Information Gain Information gain is a filter method that is based on entropy (information theory) Entropy is a measurement of uncertainty in a system The ... method, i.e the outputs ofthe training examples are known and the purpose is to predict the output of new example In most ofthe cases, the outputs are either of two classes Hence, the task is ... measurement ofthe data in term of its distribution The value ofthe score is high if the two means ofthe classes are very different and the data of each class are crowded near the mean ofthe data...
... extraction of an endogenous nucleoside, adenosine, was investigated The extraction served to aid in improving the detection of adenosine via pre-concentrating the adenosine in a small volume of extractant ... raise the buffer’s viscosity and thereby lowering the strength ofthe EOF The EOF, thus, determines the times at which the charged compounds migrate out When a strong EOF is generated in normal ... from soft lithography lies in that the polymer is partially cured using UV light before removing it from the template The final product is then obtained with complete curing against another partially...