... density in early adolescence (BMDearly) Bone mineral density increase from early to late adolescence (BMDchange) Total body fat mass in early adolescence (Fatearly) There is a body of evidence indicating ... than not, experimental studies are not feasible and causal inference relies on observational data In non-randomized studies, confounding emerges if the chosen substitute does not accurately represent ... 20th century it became increasingly clear that monocausal theories of human disease were virtually useless to explain chronic conditions (Broadbent 2009) Models that were previously applied to...
... inversestrongly monotone mappings,” Nonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods & Applications, vol 61, no 3, pp 341–350, 2005 21 W Takahashi, Nonlinear Functional Analysis, Fixed Point Theory and Its Application, ... method for a finite family of nonexpansive mappings,” Nonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods & Applications, vol 66, no 12, pp 2676–2687, 2007 V Colao, G Marino, and H.-K Xu, “An iterative method ... is firmly nonexpansive and hence nonexpansive Since r < ri < 2ki , I − ri Ai is nonexpansive for each i ≥ Therefore, Tri I − ri Ai is nonexpansive for each i ≥ Noting that {αn } is strictly decreasing,...
... the combined approach proposed in this paper 2.2 Finite-Difference-Based Models The most common approach is the well known FDTD proposed in [16] which numerically solves Maxwell’s equations and ... be noticed that this paper only provides information about the expected mean power, which cannot be sufficient to completely characterize a complex radio link for modern systems Hence our future ... optimized approach for reducing the angular dispersion which is often a concern in Ray Launching when the distance from the emitter becomes large, since the number of rays to be launched has...
... are finally presented and analyzed in Chapter An overall conclusion of our study is given in Chapter Chapter Literature review This literature review will tackle two different topics: Firstly, we ... those studies, the demand is generally considered unknown or stochastic, and is often equated with the available capacity in the customer’s tank This means that many of these studies implicitly choose ... list the mainstream approaches encountered in the literature 2.2.1.1 Exact solution methods In the VRP literature, the most widely described exact solution method is based on branch-and-bound algorithms...
... halfmoon-shaped lightweight polypropylene mesh (Ultrapro®; Ethicon, Norderstedt, Germany) on each side (Figure 2) Punctual mesh fixation was achieved using resorbable 3/0 single-stitch sutures (Dexon®; ... contour; consequently, flaps which preserve this structure completely have been evaluated [12] The deep inferior epigastric perforator flap (DIEP-flap) is an alternative, widely used modification, ... the superficial inferior epigastric artery flap (SIEA-flap) or gluteal artery perforator flap (GAPflap) [13] These flaps preserve the anterior rectus sheath and therefore minimize the risk of...
... natural accessions of Arabidopsis, varying raffinose concentrations in accession Col-0 by overexpression of galactinol synthase or knockout of raffinose synthase did not affect freezing tolerance ... C6Æg)1 FW (P < 0.001) The raffinose concentration increased almost linearly with time of cold exposure in both accessions In Rsch, the raffinose content increased significantly from 0.13 ± 0.04 to 2.25 ... the sucrose supply to sink organs rather than source capacity correlated with low-temperature tolerance [23] It appears that the major difference between Rsch and C24 is the capacity to re-establish...
... amplification from genomic DNA or for sequencing of amplified DNA fragments were provided by Genosys Biotechnologies Inc (Cambridge, UK) and Primm (Milano, Italy) Their sequences are given in Table ... 1298 C Bevilacqua et al (Eur J Biochem 269) sequences, starting from both the bovine and the goat sequences Analysis of the exon sequences at the genomic level As the samples analysed were from ... sequence analysis actually demonstrated that peptide 62–79 (molecular mass 1833 Da and sequence AGSSLSSEEIVPNSAQQK, where S indicates a phosphorylated serine residue) contains the two substitutions...
... Differences in the maximal transport currents of peptide transporters under saturating substrate concentrations have been reported before, suggesting that not only apparent Kt values but also turnover ... evoked by Gly-Sar at saturating concentration In comparison, the inward current elicited by Gly-Sar is 90% of that generated by Gly-Gln and the affinity of PEPT2 was slightly lower for GlySar (Kt ... strongly inhibited Bip-[3H]Pro uptake by 85%, corresponding very well with its apparent Ki value for PEPT2 of lm [4] Finally, 8aminooctanoic acid, which is no substrate for PEPT2 [2–4], also did not...
... sequence encoding a 873amino acid polypeptide which exhibits 69% and 72% sequence identity with the predicted polypeptide sequences of the NR genes from T pseudonana and P tricornutum, respectively ... Surprisingly, when fluorimetry (not shown) and fluorescence microscopy were used, no GFP fluorescence was detected in Clone 31 cells (Fig 4A), indicating the absence of functional GFP Western blot analysis ... contained no introns and surprisingly was not identical with the cffcpA-3 cDNA sequence, but perfectly matched the cffcpA-1A cDNA sequence (GenBank accession number AY125580) The two sequences share...
... catalytic function [23] The function of the N-D-AAase protein in the bacterium is not very clear, but recently one study of V paradoxus has suggested that the aminoacylase may be used to hydrolyse ... using the DNASIS (Hitachi, Japan) and GNEYTEX (Hitachi, Japan) programs The amino acid sequence was compared with known protein sequences in the nucleotide/protein sequence databases by the BLAST ... Muniz-Lozano, F.E., Domı´ nguez-Sanchez, G., Dı´ az-Viveros, Y ˜ & Barradas-Dermitz, D.M (1998) D-aminoacylase from a novel producer: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia ITV-0595 J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol...
... (ugly house), and so on: name.prop.lee, fern.sing The Preanalyzer The preanalyzer simplifies the work of analysis recognizing all the "fixed" sequences of words in the sentence Fixed sequences ... REM no ending changes no ending changes no ending changes 2nd Noun's ending changes Noun's ending changes both endings change iosuno amato chi Some examples of compound nouns are: rule ... of analysis I o b c performed: I the analysis can be performed completely the lemma can neither be altered nor affixed (this is the case for example of prepositions and conjunctions) only the...
... programme including 45 of physiotherapy and 30 of occupational therapy every workday The major treatment goals were restoration of stance and gait, and independence in ADL About 15% of total therapy ... This small study shows a clinically significant difference in spasticity in the treatment & control groups, which would require a larger series to test statistically We were pleasantly surprised ... spasm A vibration engine, situated under the base plate, provides small amplitude (2 mm) stimulation at a frequency which can be set between to 30 Hz, by turning a knob The device's weight is...
... is not properly contained in the graph of any other monotone mapping It is known that a monotone mapping M is maximal if and only if for x, f ∈ H × H, x − y, f − g ≥ for all y, g ∈ G M imply ... fixed points for nonexpansive semigroup and the set of solution of quasivariational inclusions with multivalued maximal monotone mappings and inverse-strongly monotone mappings Recently, Jitpeera ... variational inequality problems and fixed points of finitely many nonexpansive mappings,” Journal of Nonlinear Analysis and Optimization: Theory & Applications, vol 1, no 1, pp 71–91, 2010 10 F Cianciaruso,...
... duality mapping The duality mapping with gauge function ϕ t t denoted by J, is referred to the normalized duality mapping Browder initiated the study Jϕ Set for t ≥ t Φt ϕ r dr 1.4 Then it is known ... Mathematical Analysis and Applications, vol 305, no 1, pp 227–239, 2005 14 H K Xu, “An iterative approach to quadratic optimization,” Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, vol 116, no 3, pp ... W Takahashi, “Strong convergence theorems for nonexpansive nonselfmappings without boundary conditions,” Nonlinear Analysis Theory, Methods & Applications, vol 68, no 2, pp 412–419, 2008 17 H...
... family of nonexpansive mappings But our iterative sequence 1.10 is very different from others because we not use W-mapping generated by the infinite family of nonexpansive mappings and we have no any ... spaces,” Applicable Analysis, vol 87, no 5, pp 575–589, 2008 14 H K Xu and T H Kim, “Convergence of hybrid steepest-descent methods for variational inequalities,” Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, ... convergence of Krasnoselskii and Mann’s type sequences for one-parameter nonexpansive semigroups without Bochner integrals,” Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, vol 305, no 1, pp...
... significantly within a hundred iterations, the performance of this algorithm will not be able to adapt quickly enough to optimize the system In fact, as we will show later, the performance can be ... large ϕ indicating that the application is highly delay sensitive, and small ϕ indicating that the delay on processed data is unimportant Note that this function not only has an important meaning ... in practice, the joint model cannot be constructed, and hence the objective function Q(PF ) is unknown While the precise form of Q(PF ) is unknown and is most likely changing due to stream dynamics,...
... Mathematical Analysis and Applications, vol 104, no 2, pp 546–553, 1984 17 C Wang and J Zhu, “Convergence theorems for common fixed points of nonself asymptotically quasi-non-expansive mappings,” Fixed ... of Approximation Theory, vol 106, no 2, pp 226–240, 2000 10 T.-H Kim and H.-K Xu, “Strong convergence of modified Mann iterations,” Nonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods & Applications, vol 61, no ... spaces,” Nonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods & Applications, vol 70, no 5, pp 1830–1840, 2009 R Chen and Z Zhu, “Viscosity approximation method for accretive operator in Banach space,” Nonlinear Analysis:...
... T y imply x − y, u − v ≥ A monotone mapping T : H → 2H is maximal if the graph G T of T is not properly contained in the graph of any other monotone mapping It is known that a monotone mapping ... point of nonexpansive mapping and strictly pseudocontractive mapping and also apply Theorem 3.1 for finding a common fixed point of nonexpansive mapping and inverse strongly monotone mapping Recall ... 318, no 1, pp 43–52, 2006 H Iiduka and W Takahashi, “Strong convergence theorems for nonexpansive mappings and inversestrongly monotone mappings,” Nonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods & Applications,...
... monotone if for all x, y ∈ H, f ∈ M x , and g ∈ M y imply x − y, f − g ≥ A monotone mapping M is maximal if its graph G M : { f, x ∈ H × H : f ∈ M x } of M is not properly contained in the graph ... semicontinuous and convex function, let A : C → H be an α-inverse strongly monotone mapping, and let {Ti }N1 be i a finite family of quasi-nonexpansive and Li -Lipschitz mappings of C into itself ... mappings,” Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems, vol 3, no 3, pp 296–309, 2009 31 P Kumam, “A hybrid approximation method for equilibrium and fixed point problems for a monotone mapping and a nonexpansive...