... aspects ofthe privatisation process: • guidelines on best practice forthe audit of privatisations (adopted by XVI INCOSAI in 1998) • guidelines on best practice forthe audit of economic regulation ... the range of skills needed in monitoring and managing the relationship, and consider how to retain or access such skills Provide for these arrangements inthe partnership terms Sources of information ... examinations on identifying good practice and contributing to the development of constructive guidance for decision takers 31) • Consider re-examining long-term projects at regular intervals These...
... distribution, the second peak of which was situated onthe side ofthe species inthe majority represented inthe neighbourhood, the sessile oak The comparison ofthe mean values ofthe groups onthe first ... progenies, the seedlings falling inthe sessile oak group were the same over the three analyses Conversely, in sessile oak only one individual of DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION Inthe family 97 remained ... in sessile oak zone) which fell inthe space ofthe other species The distribution ofthe seedlings onthe first axis of DFAs is shown in figure 2a The group ped/ses had a bimodal distribution,...
... liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance or use of this material Information, descriptions and specifications in ... operation Removal of carbon The presence of high levels of organic solvent inthe sample aerosol can lead to deposition of carbon (soot) onthe sampling cone, eventually leading to clogging ofthe ... up of carbon onthe sampling cone is observed The oxygen flow is then increased until the carbon deposits are decomposed and the green C2 emission “tongue”, visible inthe central channel of the...
... assessment ofthe trajectory of interconversion rates as a function of time of cold exposure, (b) comparison ofthe magnitudes ofthe various interconversion rates, and (c) lineup ofthe accessions ... of carbon 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, ... and the enzyme specific substrate affinity, expressed by Km,A It also depends onthe concentration ofthe reaction product and the dissociation constant Ki,B for inhibitor binding The rate of hexose-based...
... element of Γ+ (N) is 0 an Atkin-Lehner involution of Γ0 (N) Recall that an Atkin-Lehner involution wq of Γ0 (N) is an element of determinant ofthe form √ √ a q b/ q √ √ wq = cN/ q d q for some ... Proof Let C be a circuit in G(∞, (u/n) m) and let C ∗ be the circuit constructed by applying the mapping M to the vertices ofthe circuit C Then by the above theorem, C ∗ is a circuit inthe ... is a circuit inthe graph G(∞, u/n) for N (Γ0 (m)), then T is an elliptic mapping of order k in N (Γ0 (m)) The following theorem shows that the same is true forthe graph G(∞, 1) Theorem 3.3 Let...
... 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 ... a minimum of information loss inthe frequencies of important group differentiation Details of model parameter estimates are in Table II Non-linear least squares regression coefficients of individual ... estimation ofthe parameters was written in MATHEMATICA® [61] since no major software package currently offers the Laplace approximation as an option Final estimates were obtained after one iteration of...
... reduce the complex cellular network to the main elements of interest The focus ofthe model was the representation of initial cartilage destruction, thereby reflecting the main features of early ... concentrations represent the dose of each cytokine with the maximum effect in monocultures of stimulated SFB (concerning the induction of several matrix-metalloproteinase (MMP), as determined in initial ... medium containing FCS was analysed as an internal control for MMP activity Although the values inthe medium control were only marginally higher than those inthe buffer control, the values in the...
... 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 among ... combined Other changes in strain associations occur within each ofthe clusters, although these reflect only minor modifications inthe associations among genetically similar strains can theThe ... figure, the frequency ofthe A allele increases Component I therefore reflects the average strain phenotype Principal occur Component II, onthe other hand, separates strains onthe basis of intrastrain...
... 8:43 the potential ofthe chemotherapeutic drugs to induce reduction of proliferation and induction of apoptosis within the chosen conditions To further validate the STST model, induction of caspase-3 ... covered the clinical part EV was involved inthe design ofthe study and histomorphological evaluation TG conceived the study and was involved inthe evaluation ofthe data as well as the writing of ... evaluation DB was responsible forthe surgical part ofthe investigation CM and ARR carried out the LIFE/DEAD-assay and 2-photon microscopy PZ was involved inthe design ofthe study, evaluation of the...
... reasons, the development of clinical guidelines forthe management of cough in lung cancer was deemed necessary and timely Process of guidelines development 2.1 Formation ofthe Task Group The ... 3.7); agreement with the recommendations made (= 4.1), and feeling comfortable having these guidelines applied in their hospital (= 4) The likelihood of using these guidelines inthe reviewers’ own ... agree were included The areas explored were: the rationale and need forthe guidelines (original score = 4.6); the need forthe development ofthe guidelines (= 4.8); completeness of literature...
... 2005, The following additional files are included with the online version of this paper: The Excel Add -In ChIPOTle v 1.0 (Additional data file 1), a pdf file containing detailed instructions forthe ... degree The average is unweighted, and therefore it is not dependent onthe proportion ofthe element within the window; it depends only on whether it is present or absent The window is then moved ... for multiple comparisons using the conservative Bonferroni correction As an alternative to using a Gaussian distribution forthe background, ChIPOTle can estimate the P value for a region using...
... Additional information is added to the plot by using further formatting options, for instance crossing out of wells discarded from analysis or plotting additional symbols on wells with controls inh ... identified in1 detailed description package containing code Additionalforafilesteps, as wellscreens ofof the individualfrom our interactions The following additional data are included with the online ... used forthe different assays, each specifically measuring the phenotype of interest Inthe case of cell proliferation, the antibody detected the incorporation ofthe thymidine analog BrdU into the...
... ofthe running sum for S inthe data set, including the location ofthe maximum null distributions forthe NES enrichment score (ES) and the leading-edge subset The details ofthe implementation ... Tk be the ordering of k genes sorted in increasing order ofthe modified t-statistic The permutation test randomly swaps the class labels ofthe original data, preserving the proportions ofthe ... cause the distribution of and decreasing it when we encounter genes not in S The magnitude asymmetric in cases where many mor ofthe increment depends onthe correlation ofthe gene with the one of...
... conventional field amplification sample injection mode and the xiv modified one However, further enhancement ofthe stacking efficiency inthe modified mode rested onthe relative stability ofthe ... sample zone and increase the 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 ... concentration limit of detection (LOD) in micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC) In this mode a displacer plug was introduced before sample injection to reduce the length ofthe concentrated...
... injection, 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 ... according to theanalysisofrecent journals The first trend is the combination of new detection method with CE, so that not only the quantitative information but also the qualitative information of ... is done by manipulating the composition ofthe sample and background solutions together with sample injection procedures without modification ofthe 22 instrumentation The existing on- line concentration...
... Slonim et al (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 ... implementation issues in Chapter During the construction ofthe chain, two things have to be assured Firstly, the desired distribution has to be the invariant distribution ofthe chain A distribution ... 4184 along iteration of MCMC samplings Box plot of testing example 864 along iteration of MCMC samplings Box plot of testing example 2055 along iteration of MCMC samplings Box plot of testing example...
... solution inthe ratio of 3:1 before being subjected to CE-UV forthe quantification ofthe extracted adenosine via standard addition calibration method Inthe determination ofthe selectivity of ... 29 The synthesis of ILs consists of two main parts – protonation or alkylation to form the cationic moiety and anionic exchange30 By varying the length ofthe alkyl substituents onthe cations ... will interfere in their analysisIn addition, the low levels of these biomarkers in body fluids can lead to difficulties in their detection in these fluids For instance, some amino acids in urine...
... pioglitazone) and/or to control hepatic glucose release (using biguanides) [7] In addition, manipulation of insulin through exogenous insulin administration or increase of endogenous insulin production, ... notion of using SGLT inhibitors as a means to control circulating levels of glucose The selective inhibition of hSGLT2 by thioglycoside I, which is responsible for most ofthe reabsorption of ... aglycon binding site play an important role inthe inhibitory effect of this substance In contrast, differences inthe sugar binding site resulted in an preferen- 137 tial inhibitory effect of...
... bacteria Contamination of milk From this time until it is consumed in one form or another, it is continually subjected to contamination The major part of this infection occurs while the milk is onthe ... a germ content as possible The intrinsic loss in butter fat inthe fore milk is inconsiderable as the first few streams contain only about one-fifth the normal fat content Infection of milk after ... 14 Effect of cooling milk onthe growth of bacteria Conn[42] is inclined to regard temperature of more significance in determining the keeping quality than the original infection ofthe milk itself...
... AHAs forthe reference of selection of mobile phase There was tailing inthe citric acid peak when Formic acid was used It could not be meliorated by changing the concentration and pH value of formic ... obtained the concentration of each sample RESULTS AND DISSCUSSION I Analysis Method mAU Precision 35 30 lactic acid Within the standard calibration range, the standard stock solution and the internal ... was prepared as the standard stock solution Standard solutions were prepared from stock solutions Concentration ofthe standard solution was 200 µg/mL, and concentration ofthe internal standard...