... to monitor the ethology of weevils (selection of food) In other two polythene greenhouses, 480 birch plants were placed as the source of food for laboratory rearing The microclimate of polythene ... subsequently the differentiated response of insect induced by changes in the quality of food (Larsson 1989) Therefore, the response of P arborator cannot be generalized Other species or the same ... food requirements forthe creation of a fat body and eggs Kula (1988) mentions similar results in the increased consumption of food in the creation of a fat body in females of Lochmaea caprae...
... and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; • the Convention onthe Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW); • the International Convention onthe Elimination ... Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; • the Convention onthe Rights ofthe Child (CRC); • the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR); and • the International ... her father’s estate, that court relied on traditional conceptions ofthe family and the male patriarch—as stressed under the African Charter—as the sources of women’s status, rather than on the...
... this guide The results ofthe evaluation ofthe decontamination equipment against the 13 selection factors are provided in section The remainder of this section defines each oftheselection factors ... react with the water-soluble decontaminant at the surface ofthe organic portion ofthe microemulsion The rate of agent decontamination is related to the size ofthe microemulsion particles The smaller ... Capable of physical removal but not From 60 neutralization of to 120 contaminants Decontaminates only one TIM Decontaminates Decontaminates Decontaminates Decontaminates none ofthe none ofthe no...
... II ofthe Guide fortheSelectionof Chemical and Biological Decontamination Equipment for Emergency First Responders It contains the information data sheets that were used to support the decontamination ... developed to assist with theselection and purchase ofthe most appropriate equipment, and the results ofthe evaluation ofthe decontamination equipment against theselection factors The vendors were ... the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and the Office for Victims of Crime U.S Department of Justice Office...
... PTV2 the analysis was conducted also forthe DVHs ofthe separate courses In this case, the results forthe TPS ofthe second family, are poorer forthe boost forthe reason described in the methods ... appraise the different degrees of conformal avoidance, the extension ofthe low dose areas, the degree of uniformity of doses within the PTVs and the potential presence of hot spots Table presents for ... with the final dose calculation engines Therefore no true factorisation process is possible to limit a comparison of performances to the optimisation phase Onthe other side, the impact of dose...
... great problems onthe one hand forthe teachers of English because they had to find the suitable way to cater forthe needs ofthe entire class and, onthe other hand, forthe students themselves ... skill with the use of video along with lessons from the students‟ book whereas the other class had lessons from the book only A survey was done in the former class about their opinion on using ... the use of video Being put at the bottom ofthe list is the skill of awareness of sound discrimination with only 32% As for most ofthe students this sub-skill is a difficult one, so they either...
... of symptoms explained 5% ofthe variation ofthe logarithmised LOS (model in table 3) The corresponding model by logistic regression shows that symptoms explained almost 5% ofthe variation of ... regression), expresses the amount of explained variation Concerning linear regression analysis, we back-transformed the regressioncoefficient (B) and the 95% confidence interval (95% CI) from the ... group The ethical basis forthe investigation, following the declaration of Helsinki, is given by the general permission ofthe legal responsible authorities The collection Warnke et al BMC Psychiatry...
... demonstrating the utility ofthe grafting of functional peptides with randomized edge sequences for optimizing the orientation ofthe grafted peptide on a scaffold protein In addition, when the ... structural analyses and the construction of artificial libraries allow constructive selection and functionalization not only of antibody fragments, but also of small, nonantibody proteins (Fig ... immunogenicity ofthe antibody framework from a different species [23–25] The success ofthe series of studies shows that the stable framework structure of Fv enables the transfer of function by means of...
... of any theory as to the nature of matter, or the nature of mind They are as true upon the theory that mind acts on matter—though separate and altogether different from it—as upon the theory of ... that causes the unconscious habit; it is the continual effort ofthe beginning that creates the hoarded energy ofthe end; it is the silent toil ofthe first generation that becomes the transmitted ... which the child in blood possesses of becoming one day the head of a family himself The flocks and herds ofthe children are the flocks and herds ofthe father, and the possessions ofthe parent,...
... presentation, the in¯uence of competitors is not shown The loop onthe right connects the needs ofthe customer to the needs ofthe manufacturer and the loop onthe left connects the needs of society ... engineers Fig The demand curves forthe simulated purchase of a lottery taking the course as part of a continuing education pro- ticket H E Cook, A Wu: Onthe valuation ofgoods and selectionofthe best ... complete for quantifying the impact ofthe design changes on each customer need The ``House of Quality'' construction for QFD has a ``roof '' in which the strength ofthe interactions between the...
... system, there is a set of if-then rules Both the condition part and the action part of each if-then rule consist of a fixed-length character string The condition part of an if-then rule in the classifier ... worst -of- generation individual The manager has also learned the values ofthe fitness measure forthe other two strategies The only information used in the execution ofthe genetic algorithm is the observed ... in one ofthe four positions in the new population The strategy 010 has probability of 1/6 of being selected for each ofthe four positions in the new population, whereas the strategy 001 has only...
... quantify the contribution of feature selection in its role as part ofthe classification rule This quantitative approach shows that the negative effects of feature selection depend very much onthe ... in measuring the degree to which feature selection degrades cross-validation performance for different feature selection methods, not the performance ofthe feature selection methods themselves ... In each ofthe 10 diagonal blocks, the elements onthe main diagonal are 1.0, while all others are equal to ρ In all ofthe simulated data experiments, we choose ρ = 0.1 Therefore, among the 200...
... denudation— Onthe poorness of our palæontological collections Onthe intermittence of geological formations Onthe absence of intermediate varieties in any one formation Onthe sudden appearance of ... changes in the forms of life throughout the world— Onthe affinities of extinct species to each other and to living species Onthe state of development of ancient forms Onthe succession ofthe same ... conditions of life; and this shows how unimportant the direct effects ofthe conditions of life are in comparison with the laws of reproduction, of growth, and of inheritance; for had the action of...
... evolution of genetic variance, whatever the population size and selection intensity As expected [4], the higher theselection intensity, the greater the influence ofthe population size, and the ... equations The number N of individuals has been replaced here by the effective size of population N derived from the Latter, e Hill equation [11], with a Poisson distribution ofthe number of offspring ... in the Monte-Carlo model The sensitivity ofthe models to deviations from the basic situation was then evaluated The comparison criterion was the ratio between genetic variances at generation...
... selection in the sense that the probability of selecting the true model goes to for data size n → ∞ 2.3.2 The optimal regression estimation ofthe LoRP The second goal of model selection is often ... statement ofthe main contributions of, this thesis 1.1 A brief review ofthe model selection literature For expository purposes, we shall restrict here the discussion ofthe model selection problem ... variable selection, one is model identification, the other is regression estimation The former aims at identifying the true subset generating the data, while the latter aims at estimating efficiently the...
... this Convention of: (i) each new signature or deposit of instrument and the date thereof; (ii) the date of entry into force ofthe Convention; (iii) any denunciation ofthe Convention and the date ... this Convention may be convened by the Organization The Organization shall convene a Conference ofthe Contracting States forthe purpose of revising or amending this Convention at the request of ... either for consideration or gratis onthe territory ofthecountry into which they have been imported except on conditions agreed by the government of that country Persons contributing to the...
... Fibrous tissue formation: HBOT significantly reduced the amount of fibrous tissue formation at one and two week samples ofthe control animals, as the respective values of FTV in the Control group ... sites In β – TCP groups, the residual bone graft particles were surrounded by a combination of newly formed bone and cartilage tissue The new bone formation in the defects ofthe CPCBB group was more ... new vessel formations These observations were also visible around the bone grafts in the experimental defects Nevertheless, newly formed bone was more prominent in the CPCBB groups than the β –...
... contamination PCR reaction triplicates showed no major differences among them and expression levels ofthe internal control were similar in the different experiments The expression levels of csp ... parasite development in the sporogonic [3 - 5], exoerythrocytic [6] and erythrocytic [7] cycle However, there is almost no information onthe effect of antibodies onthe expression of Plasmodium immunogenic ... profile: cycle at 48°C for 30 min, cycle at 95°C for 10 min, 40 cycles at 95°C for 15 s, and 60°C for Quantification relies onthe comparison ofthe critical threshold cycle (Ct) of an unknown sample...