... population inthe pedigree (including the animal), are identical by descent and can then be interpreted as the representation ofthe animal inthe whole pedigree regardless ofthe knowledge of its ... Falconer and McKay [4] and is the inverse of twice the increase in inbreeding All inbreeding values [27] were computed (starting from zero in generation 0), assuming an ideal state ofthe population ... criterion to maintain the genetic variability by maintaining the balance ofthe representation ofthe founder ancestors using the whole pedigree and not only the present population, permitting us to...
... conception and design and acquisition of data and interpretation of data; is the leader ofthe work package “Disability frailty and quality of life”; she has been involved in drafting the manuscript; and ... manuscript; and has given final approval ofthe version to be published MA is the leader ofthe work package “Brain MRI” and is the PI ofthe AMImage projects She has been involved in revising the manuscript ... of interest SL has no conflict of interest CM has no conflict of interest VP has no conflict of interest CR had no conflict of interest MR has no conflict of interest concerning the content of...
... a time, then the slope ofthe yield curve will contain little information about the expected path ofpolicyAnd since Fed policy is presumably the major factor driving the short end ofthe yield ... distorting the timing and magnitude of interest rate changes with timeaveraging, one would ideally want to define interest rate changes in terms of point -in- time data: e.g., the change inthe target ... between the closing futures rate on the 15th andthe opening rate on the 16th Table lists the 42 target rate changes contained inthe sample, and their futures-based decomposition into expected and...
... industry engaged in breeding of chicks and manufacturing of feed, vaccines and medicines In order to minimize the risks to the producers and sustain the profitability ofthe industry, some large ... role of insurance and credit in explaining the existence and success of contract farming arrangements This is undoubtedly the case inthe instance of poultry farming as well In terms of value, the ... empirical analysisofthe gains from contract farming, to both farmers and processors, inthe case of poultry production inthe state of Andhra Pradesh in India The literature on contract farming is...
... to the mothers and family members inthe community who invited members ofthe project team andthe learning collaborative into their homes to complete the in- depth family interviews Their input ... on key indicators of family engagement and care coordination measured first at baseline and then at the completion ofthe action plans • Synthesize the information from theevaluation into a ... team in both an advisory and a participatory capacity, and individual members were integrally involved in many ofthe research tasks ofthe project Given the breadth ofthe issues involved in health...
... over the times but it is more moderate than the inequality in non-wage income but inequality in non-farm income has declined between 2002 and 2004 and increased in 2006 andin 2008 Inthe case of ... andthe GSO, various years) Initial estimates ofthe Gini for income and expenditure inequality representation for different income categories (Table 5) show the increasing trends of income inequality ... poorly The economy was in a severe downturn at the end ofthe 1970s andthe beginning of 1980s The growth during this period was low, even minus Inflation was very high and protracted Trade and...
... regions corresponding to helices andthe heme-binding area ofthe structurally known P450s are indicated and examplified by the underlines inthe CYP101 sequence The shaded positions inthe human CYP11B ... elucidated in previous studies [17–19,41,42] These stuctures are mainly located inthe C-terminal regions of CYP11B1 and CYP11B2 So far, the role of distinct amino acids ofthe N-terminal regions of ... structure from the Protein Data Bank [31], using the SYBYL 6.6 subroutine COMPOSER (Tripos Inc., St Louis, MO, USA) The standard procedure of protein modelling using COMPOSER includes the following steps:...
... secretary to the Board of Education, andthe others secretaries of state to the Ministry of Education He explores the way in which the politics of gender framed the interaction between the scope and power ... reworking relations of authority andthe institutions of society, both in Britain andthe British colonies.11 The work of women school governors was also situated within the shift inthe locus of ... period they visited the school at least once a week, minutely inspecting every aspect of school life, from the girls’ reading, spelling and spinning to the produce grown inthe garden andthe food...
... Auditors and other inspectors should continue to seek to co-ordinate work where possible inthe interests of maximising the benefit of their work and minimising duplication of effort There are ... responsibility to minimise the cost and burden of their work, including by refining methods, using IT, making use of existing data, and using outside experts The C&AG should continue to contract ... such as the role ofthe Accounting Officer, the use of nonexecutive directors on the boards of public bodies, the importance of internal controls andthe role of audit committees and internal...
... COMBINATION OF MULTIPLE DATA TYPES Introduction Introduction to Text Mining and NLP Databases and Resources for Biomedical Text Mining Text Mining and Protein–Protein Interactions Other Text-Mining ... 6.5 6.6 6.7 Introduction Genomic Features in Protein Interaction Predictions Machine Learning on Protein–Protein Interactions The Missing Value Problem Network Analysisof Protein Interactions ... minimal set of information to maximize the chances of agreement between partners, (c) the use of controlled vocabularies within the standard wherever possible and (d) the adoption ofthe standard...
... along the straight line from the → → point X to the scattering point → , and ρ x is the denx → sity at the point x (zero in air) In liver SIRT, the attenuation is almost homogeneous, andthe linear ... MH, SP, and FJ participated inthe data analysisandinthe writing ofthe manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they have ... placed on one side ofthe tank (Figure 8) The profile corresponds to a 90° scattering which is inthe middle ofthe scattering angle range possible inthe phantom The fit ofthe profile by a double...
... layer in T of C, select Join/Joins and Relates, then click down arrow in first line of Join Data window -see Joining Data in Help for details) – • points in polygon lines in polygon points on lines ... use by drainage Note: the definition of Union in GIS is a little different from that in mathematical set basin Drainage Basins Atlantic A theory In set theory, the union contains everything that ... north/south and an east/west line drawn so half of population lives above and half below the e/w line, and half lives to the left and half to the right ofthe n/s line Same as “point of minimum aggregate...
... design ofthe study, completed the statistical analysis, and drafted the manuscript IDG conceived ofthe study, provided input into the design ofthe survey, guided theanalysisand helped draft the ... was that the survey was also sent only after the guideline had been accepted for inclusion inthe CMA Infobase rather than as part ofthe process of accepting the guideline Both of these factors ... about the guidelines and their developers that were deposited into the CMA Infobase during the study period We have no way of knowing what proportion of Canadian guidelines is deposited inthe Infobase...
... design ofthe study, completed the statistical analysis, and drafted the manuscript IDG conceived ofthe study, provided input into the design ofthe survey, guided theanalysisand helped draft the ... was that the survey was also sent only after the guideline had been accepted for inclusion inthe CMA Infobase rather than as part ofthe process of accepting the guideline Both of these factors ... about the guidelines and their developers that were deposited into the CMA Infobase during the study period We have no way of knowing what proportion of Canadian guidelines is deposited inthe Infobase...
... viewpoints, joint monitoring of use and resistance is a crucial component Inthe present study, an increase in sales of lincosamides for veterinary use was noted in both Swedenand Norway Interestingly, ... approved in Norway as veterinary preparations for the first time in 1994 andthe number of packages sold of this group has since then increased, while the use of lincosamides has decreased Inthe present ... figures The main aims ofthe present study were to estimate the usage and analyse trends inthe usage pattern of antibacterial drugs in dogs and cats inSwedenand Norway during 1990-1998 by use of...
... geographical coordinates ofthe holding Pig movements are reported on group level; the holding of origin andthe holding of destination, the number of pigs and date ofthe movement The movements ... returning in between, or 2) cannot enter the same holding twice without leaving The remaining reports were checked for consistency; if the location ofthe animal inthe beginning andthe end ofthe ... and day ofthe month are not independent, neither are they independent from week ofthe year (they occur in sequence andin a year the frequency ofthe combinations differ among them) To investigate...
... 3, 4, and 6) Among the biochemical parameters (Table 3), the level of protein, an indicator of adequacy of protein in terms of quality and quantity inthe diet [42], at the beginning ofthe trial ... neither at the beginning nor the end ofthe trial However, most ofthe selected blood parameters, individually for each group, differed significantly between the beginning and end ofthe feeding trial ... costs of pork [3] The combination of acids and tannin decreases the amount of added acids in basal feed and thus lowers the cost of feed Tannin is cheaper and completely natural Therefore, the...
... MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources [59] To further delineate the impact of ... IL13 in allergic asthma Measurements of IL-13 in secretions might be taken into account as a noninvasive marker of airway inflammation and to assess the detrimental effects of ETS Regarding the ... were screened and a differential distribution was found In this respect, an increasing frequency was found beginning from the year 1969 with one article increasing to 21 articles inthe year 2005...