... presents a diagram ofthe timing ofthe presentation of stimuli We define a sequence to be a randomly-ordered set of all the letters (and the space and backspace symbols) The letters are randomly ordered ... added to the end ofthe list of previously-detected symbols, the user is able to take a break of indefinite length, and then the system continues with the next epoch If the symbol having the maximum ... µc and πc are the estimates ofthe class means ˆ and priors, respectively, x is the data vector to be classified, and fN (x; µ, Σ) is the pdf of a multivariate normal distribution The set of visual...
... aculeatus The similarity ofthe galA genes is higher between the two biseriate species, A niger and A tubingensis, than between the monoseriate A aculeatus galA geneand either ofthe other two ... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The authors thank Simon Flitter for the identification and isolation ofthe galA containing phage clones and Matthew Illsley for the analysis of a-L-1,5-arabinofuranosidase activity in the ... transformant and was used for the purification of GALA Growth of this transformant and subsequent purification ofthe enzyme were performed as described in Materials and methods Purity ofthe preparation...
... switching the location ofthe stove depending on the weather and their convenience The village residents were, however, able to relate to four categories of kitchen types selected in the study, and ... Unit ofthe World Bank Financial assistance from the Government ofthe Netherlands through the joint World Bank-UNDP Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme (ESMAP) andthe Government of ... cataracts, and cancer of upper airways Assessments ofthe burden of disease attributable to use of solid fuel use in India have put the figure at to percent ofthe national burden of disease These...
... model andthe model ofthe Hex from A oryzae published previously [25] are in the structure ofthe lids covering the active sites ofthe enzymes andthe structurally adjacent protein loops In the ... fluctuation of residues at pH (Fig S2) The lower stability ofthe protein at pH could be explained by the protonation of Glu, Asp and His residues and by the loss of some stabilizing interactions (the ... of N-formyl, N-glycolyl and N-propionyl derivatives ofthe standard N-acetyl substrate) than A oryzae (2–5% hydrolysis) The cloning and sequencing of PoHex and analysis ofthe corresponding gene...
... virions On the other hand, unlike other core proteins, of which only the mature processed forms are localized to the virion, the fact that both p17K and 17K are observed in the core of mature ... at the panel d the formation of spherical IV membranes and subsequent disruption of interior cores ofthe IMV Morphology defects by abrogated AG/A cleavage of A12L The morphogenic defects ofthe ... vvtetOA12L in the presence (a, b) andthe absence of Tet (c, d) In the presence of Tet, spherical IV particles were demonstrated, which evolved into the biconcave IMV particles The inner layer ofthe core...
... some ofthe animals were bled and killed to analyse the immune response, in vitro The remaining animals were challenged with the TC-1 tumour cells andthe inhibition of tumour growth in these ... to the analysis and interpretation ofthe data and helped to draft the manuscript; MGA carried out the EM analysis and made contribution in data analysis; AC performed the experiments with the ... manuscript and in acquisition of funding PDB conceived and designed the study, analysed and interpreted the data and drafted the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Authors’...
... virions On the other hand, unlike other core proteins, of which only the mature processed forms are localized to the virion, the fact that both p17K and 17K are observed in the core of mature ... at the panel d the formation of spherical IV membranes and subsequent disruption of interior cores ofthe IMV Morphology defects by abrogated AG/A cleavage of A12L The morphogenic defects ofthe ... vvtetOA12L in the presence (a, b) andthe absence of Tet (c, d) In the presence of Tet, spherical IV particles were demonstrated, which evolved into the biconcave IMV particles The inner layer ofthe core...
... some ofthe animals were bled and killed to analyse the immune response, in vitro The remaining animals were challenged with the TC-1 tumour cells andthe inhibition of tumour growth in these ... to the analysis and interpretation ofthe data and helped to draft the manuscript; MGA carried out the EM analysis and made contribution in data analysis; AC performed the experiments with the ... manuscript and in acquisition of funding PDB conceived and designed the study, analysed and interpreted the data and drafted the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Authors’...
... dots and purple trajectories define the displacement patterns ofthe right foot, the green dots and yellow trajectories the ones ofthe left foot, andthe black dots and trajectories the ones ofthe ... body-center The vague-colored dots represent the configuration ofthe feet and body-center relative to each other at the beginning ofthe step (BPbegin , the sharp-colored dots the configuration andthe ... goes up and down along with the r values On the other hand, the score is also monitored in an auditory way Namely, according to the score, the balance between the volume ofthe metronome and the...
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... useful Theepidemiologyof retinoblastoma is a revelation for those both in clinics and research In understanding themolecular tumor biology ofthe disease, the role of RB protein in cell growth and ... radiation, cryotherapy and local chemotherapy-56 19 Complication of retinoblastoma Metastasis to the orbit, the optic nerve and then to the central nervous system Other distant spread may involve the abdominal ... significant topic of interest as they are the leading cause of death of germinal retinoblastoma survivors in the United States History The number of retinoblastoma survivors and their offspring increased...
... longer valid to assume that the breeding values ofthe base animals have the same mean and variance, and that the genetic variance ofthe base generation is twice that ofthe Mendelian variance In ... is the vector of records; b is the vector of fixed effects; a is the random b vector of breeding values of base animals; a is the random vector of breeding r values of non-base animals; e is the ... (2) and by Graser et al (4!, the associated MME in a similar manner are: ofthe equations for the genetic groups (g), and using (4), permit us to rewrite the MME in equation (5) as and a is the...
... in the development of a workforce model that reflects the complexity ofthe community population and their needs The composition ofthe multidisciplinary team that arises out of application of ... that reflects the complexity ofthe community and clinic population and their needs, is capable of translating those needs into clinical care requirements, and is tractable This is the challenge ... there is no underlying logic to support their use and no evidence offered to support the selection of a particular ratio as “optimal.” The flaws of this approach are well described by Birch and...
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... contributions SBA, WSR, and MIQ conceived and designed thestudy WSR and MIQ were responsible for training the fieldwork team and data collection WSR wrote the first draft ofthe Protocol and will be a ... and design ofthestudyand will be supervising data analysis and interpretation of data CG and GB will be responsible for the genetic study SLB will be responsible for the geriatric study MIQ will ... step ofthe fieldwork was followed by one ofthe authors (WSR), who had open access to the team engaged in the project Training: Two ofthe authors (MIQ and WR) were responsible for training the...
... (24%) Non albicans candida accounts for another 24% ofthe fungal isolates [6, 7] The difficulty arises in the management of these cases, especially with the growing resistance to the usual combination ... consent, and gathered the patient’s data FA reviewed the article, provided some data and contributed to the discussion MZ supervised and edited the case report and provided some ofthe references ... echocardiogram was done there and showed vegetation ofthe prosthetic mitral valve, with normal aortic prosthesis He was discharged with a peripherally inserted catheter (PIC) line and on intravenous...
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... transplanted, the age ofthe patient andthe intensity ofthe immunosuppressive regime used The highest rate of PTLD is seen in the first year post- transplant124 The overall incidence of PTLD is - 2% The ... This ensures the persistence ofthe virus for the lifetime ofthe host 15 Humanized mouse model of EBV infection Introduction Figure The structure ofthe circular plasmid-like genome ofthe prototypic ... throughout the world The ubiquitous presence ofthe virus in more than 90% ofthe adult human population andthe benign nature of latent infection make the pathogenic role of EBV questionable and thus...