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... impaired hand, considerable effort was Page of 16 placed on decreasing the torque needed to open and close one’s hand inside HEXORR This was accomplished by increasing the backdrivability of the ... impaired hand to partake in activities of daily living However, these devices vary widely in terms of actuated degrees -of- freedom (DOFs), range of motion and design philosophy One class of devices uses ... coordination was assessed for the 1st and 3rd digits under two conditions: outside and inside HEXORR For the 1st digit, CMC-MCP and MCP-IP joint-pairs were analyzed, andfor the 3rd digit, MCP-PIP and...
... and Neilly et al [9] used surveys based on research in team performance and organisational learning and the characteristics of high-performing healthcare microsystems to assess determinants of ... the sample size Different standards are applied for the number to cases ratio of items for a factor analysis versus a principal component analysis Five to ten cases for each item are generally ... reviewed the reference lists of the included papers To distinguish and define Page of determinants of success, studies were included if they (a) gave an overview of key elements or components of QICs...
... where knowledge of demand increases (or demand uncertainty decreases) in short periods of time and where inventory carrying costs increase due to increased risk of obsolescence or perishability In ... is offered in a specific configuration and price for a limited time The item can be a standard product offered at a special price; a set ofstandard products that are bundled together; a standard ... Cost minimization asfor a standard product Growth Maturity Period Termination •Update forecast Use actual demand •Incorporate local information about the behavior of the demand •Postpone, delay...
... was decided that for type A models, a standard fractionation schedule of fractions of 20 Gy or fractions of 18 Gy and a conservative fractionation schedule of fractions of 12 Gy or fractions of ... zones of the lungs, the pericardium and/ or heart should be contoured as a single structure The superior aspect (or base) for purposes of contouring will begin at the level of the inferior aspect of ... 85 cc, 107 cc and 108 cc) with technical details of the equipment to be used Appropriate qualityassurance systems should also be implemented A comprehensive overview ofqualityassurance issues...
... The membrane was washed for three times with PBS-T Substrate tablet (NBT/BCIP) was dissolved in 1XPBS and blot was incubated for 15-30 Generation of stable celllinesof structural and non structural ... based on the self-replication of engineered minigenomes in cell cultures, has been established for HCV replication in other regions of the world [7,37] The HCV stable celllines may be very useful ... temperature for one hour The membrane was washed for three times with PBS-T Substrate tablet (NBT/BCIP) was dissolved in 1XPBS and blot was incubated for 15-30 Page of To the best of our knowledge no cell...
... of one judge relative to another is evidenced as a discrepancy between the marginal totals for the two judges (i.e., ni+ and n+j in Table 1) Bias is measured by testing the fit of the model for ... probablistic classifiers to automatically perform the subjective and objective classification In the method we usefor developing classifters (Bruce and Wiebe, 1999), a search is performed to find ... are treated as distinct 251 sets On each fold, one set is used for testing, and the other nine are used for training Feature selection, model selection, and parameter estimation are performed anew...
... dissolved in 20 µl of RNase-free Water 37 2.3 Developmentof SARS-CoV replicon-carrying celllines The baby hamster kidney (BHK)-21 cellline was purchased from ATCC It was used to develop the ... Assembly of ABCGbN DNA 36 2.2.7 Synthesis of SARS-CoV replicon RNA 37 2.3 Developmentof SARS-CoV replicon-carrying celllines 38 2.3.1 Maintenance of BHK-21 CellLine 38 2.3.2 Transfection of ... replicated and persisted in the cells for at least six weeks The replicon celllines thus developed could be useful for anti-SARS drug screening v LIST OF TABLES Table World Health Organization case...
... a plate colony formation assay was performed Compared with the control group, the colony number of MGC803 cells after transfection with miR-23a ASO was lower and that for MGC803 cells after transfection ... activity of MGC803 cells MGC803 cells were transfected with miR-23a ASO or pri-23a vector, andcell growth activity was detected through the MTT (A) and colony formation (B) assays (*P < 0.05) ASO-NC ... cells, andcell growth activity was detected through the MTT (B) and colony formation (C) assays (*P < 0.05) 80% or more of gastric cancers, the molecular pathway leading to the development of...
... Developmental roles of pseudouridine synthases G Tortoriello et al and all eukaryotes, members of the dyskerin family associate with small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) of the H ⁄ ACA class to form ... and their total wing area, anterior (A) and P compartments area andcell density were measured (see Experimental procedures) Cell size was then estimated as the inverse ofcell density Loss of ... wing area, size of A and P compartments, and their ratio (A ⁄ P) Cell number was calculated by counting the number of tricomes (each cell has a single tricome) for the selected area of each compartment,...
... intercrossing were used for ES cell derivation After 2–3 weeks of culture, ES celllines were established from 14 blastosysts All of the ES celllines were positive for AP activity Whereas heterozygous ... and without Trypan blue solution The value of relative viable cells was calculated as the ratio of the number of Trypan blue-negative cells to that of total cells The apoptosis assay was performed ... Proportion of viable cells Cell viability was calculated as the ratio of the number of Trypan blue-staining-negative cells to that of total cells Cells (3 · 105) were seeded on growth medium and counted...
... preservation of health is easier than the cure of disease Childhood can not afford to wait for the lesson of experience which is learned only when the penalty of violated law has been already incurred, and ... serve as passages for the blood vessels that nourish the bone GROWTH OF THE BONES. By means of this system of canals, the blood circulates as freely through the bones as through any part of the ... the _trunk_, and the _limbs_ THE HEAD THE BONES OF THE SKULL AND THE FACE form a cavity for the protection of the brain and the four organs of sense, viz.: sight, smell, taste, and hearing All...
... integration and ease of software reuse Vo~ng mechanism Pmcoss I l 2.1 V o t i n g m e c h a n i s m A feature that distinguishes T E A from similar systems is its useof voting mechanisms for system ... shows a subset of our working system) The output of each are combined by a voting mechanism to form a single measure This type of architecture has been implemented, classically, as a 'blackboard' ... communicate by reading and writing information to and from a central database Unlike LTGT, both GATE and T E A are designed to encourage software reuse Existing T E tools are easily incorporated...
... Practice of Model DevelopmentandUse Stewart Robinson Warwick Business School Simulation: The Practice of Model DevelopmentandUse Simulation: The Practice of Model DevelopmentandUse Stewart ... requirements for the successful developmentanduseof simulation models The specific objectives of the book are for the reader: ž ž ž ž ž ž ž To understand how simulation software works and the types of ... act as a catalyst The developmentanduseof a simulation model forces people to think through issues that otherwise may not have been considered The modeller seeks information, asks for data and...
... (CAMPHOR): A measure of health-related qualityof life andqualityof life for patients with pulmonary hypertension Qual Life Res 2006, 15:103-15 Rasch G: On general laws and the meaning of measurementin ... into a preference based measure The approach used in this paper has been developed in Sheffield and used in the construction of the SF-6D and King's Health Questionnaire [9,17] An advantage of converting ... elicitation task involved the useof a visual prop designed by the MVH group foruse in the UK valuation of the EQ-5D For health states that a respondent regards as better than being dead, they are asked...
... Department of Health and Human Services: Guidelines for the Useof Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-1-Infected Adults and Adolescents 2006 [http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/Guidelines/ Default.aspx?MenuItem=Guidelines] ... second -line ART in RLS The WHO guidelines are used as a standard across many RLS It is our view that this standardof care needs to be improved to reduce the late detection of viral failure and ... median duration of ART was 13 months (IQR, 10 to 16 months) The median CD4 cell count at baseline, before starting ART, was 90 cells/mm3 (IQR 35 to 156 cells/mm3) The median CD4 cell count gain...
... humans Yeast THO null mutants are sick and slow growers and THO depletion has a negative effect on growth rate of human and Drosophila celllines THO is required for viability of the early mouse embryo ... reduced drastically; this is caused by apoptosis of bone marrow cells and loss of committed myeloid progenitor cells andof cells with long-term reconstituting potential The transfer of normal ... s ing the relevance of THO in developmentand tissue differentiation as well as its putative impact in cancer andcell proliferation should provide a better understanding of its functional role...
... before study entry, and over 90% of patients in both strata had liver metastases The ORR (by central radiology) was 9.6% in stratum and 4.4% in stratum Stable disease was maintained in 68% of ... high-grade sarcomas suggested that the level of expression of phosphorylated S6 was predictive of tumor response to ridaforolimus [78] An oral formulation of ridaforolimus will be studied as maintenance ... increases vascular endothelial growth factor protein synthesis via activation of mammalian target of rapamycin/p70S6K leading to increased angiogenesis and spontaneous metastasis of human breast...
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