... consisted in removal and deposition ofthe organic layer and some underlying mineral soil in berms beside the trench Ineachofthe nine blocks of RP and 10 blocks of LC, we randomly assigned the two ... nutrition, and transplanting shock of large stock of black spruce seedlings, in cases where scarification and planting are performed the year following final harvest Also, we examined the influence of ... treatments and therefore presents an advantage tothe use of standard-size seedlings [26] Finally, the use of either large containerized or large bare-root stock has only a minor influence on...
... Risk for Private Gain? likelihood ofthe Agency paying for construction cost increases, the use of private finance can bring no benefits to offset the higher cost of finance. ”12 The importance of ... as subordinate debt or equity Typically, 90% offinancefor PFI schemes is low risk andthe remaining 10% is higher risk The overall cost offinance is the sum of these costs offinance There are ... determine theamountof interest payable on the financing There has been a reduction tothe consortium's borrowing costs as a result of fixing interest • rates lower forthe balance ofthe contract...
... one ofthe drivers of good vision at a population level Competing interests However, the causality ofthe association between the prevalence of visual impairmentinrelationtothe number of ophthalmologists ... determinant of eye morbidity at a national level To confirm these findings, it would be worthwhile to study the relationship between regional visual impairment rates and indicators of other eye-care ... latter survey Forthe institution survey, weights included size of strata, the institution occupation rate (number of subjects inthe institution/number of available beds), andthe answer refusal...
... pence Low income earners appear to spend less than other income groups on fast foods, though fish and chips remains their most popular fast food, followed by hamburgers and then pizza From the graph ... steadily over the 20 year period to 1990 while the consumption of fish and chips has been in decline over that same period with a slight increase in popularity since 1985 ... see that in 1970, fish and chips were twice as popular as burgers, pizza being at that time the least popular fast food The consumption of hamburgers and pizza has risen steadily over the 20 year...
... but the germinative behaviour of many species inthe presence of ash is still unknown The aim of this experiment was to analon the seed germination of Pinus pinaster Aiton, Pinus radiata D Don and ... from the biomass of individuals of their own species Ash RESULTS was Ash solutions were obtained by diluting the corresponding amountof ash in distilled water and periodically watering the seeds ... confidence limits The arcsine transforma- rately tion (germination rate) andthe log 10 transformation (mean germination time + 1) were used to increase the normality ofthe germination data The Tukey...
... erein/rhein on the synthesis of major proteases involved in bone remodelling/resorption, namely MMP-13 and cathepsin K Moreover, we sought to gain new insight into the effects ofthe drug on the ... for 60 minutes prior tothe assay For cathepsin K, the cell lysates were harvested inthe specific assay buffer according tothe manufacturer's instructions andthe levels were determined using ... for days together with RANKL inthe absence or presence of IL-1β and diacerein or rhein at 20 μg/mL (n = 8) At the end ofthe incubation period, TRAP staining was performed andthe number of TRAP-positive...
... 51 to 19 Emergency Room Orthopedic Surgeon Massage Therapist Acupuncturist Napropath Neurologist Psychiatrist tototototototototototototototototo 11 to 12 toto 0 to 0 toto 15 to ... Ranges to 30 Annualized Ranges to 33 Actual Ranges to 46 Annualized Ranges to 51 General Practitioner/Internist Chiropractor Physical Therapist toto 27 tototo 29 toto 10 to 46 to 16 to 15 to ... Figure 1) With the participant lying prone, the clinician placed one hand over the lumbar region at the level of interest and used the other hand to flex, laterally flex, and/ or rotate the lower extremity...
... investments as the source of a continuing flow ofincome got lost inthe desire for capital gains, tothe point where many investors really did not care about the income, and relatedly lost sight ofthe ... amassing of things: things to eat, things to wear, things to live in, things to move us from here to there, things to play with, and now things to display with The traditional language of economic ... first forThe Times and then forthe Sunday Telegraph, I was full of foreboding about the stock market and what major weakness in it would tothe American economy and thence tothe world Then the...
... committee Prior to introduction of CPOE, local standards of prescribing existed specifying the tenets of good practice, including the avoidance ofthe use of abbreviations An ME was defined to have occurred ... by the pharmacist andthe ICU clinical director, according to an adapted scale [9-11] Minor errors were classified as those causing no harm or an increase in patient monitoring with no change in ... non-intercepted and intercepted errors were combined) The limitations of this study andthe potential for bias discussed previously must be borne in mind when interpreting these results Some of the...
... applied inthe dairy sector in many ways andfor many reasons Inthe following we will discuss the consequences of variation and bias inrelationto monitoring of animal disease incidence on herd and ... acknowledge the risk of influential interaction between the interviewer andthe interviewed during the interviews that could influence the statements ofthe interviewed e.g., the use of leading questions ... differences inthe way veterinarians experience the phenomenon of generating score data and decision making inrelationto treatment of metritis and their motivation to produce data This information...
... methylglyoxal, and either a mAb to CD36 [47], the SR-A inhibitor fucoidin, or AGE–HSA, which is known to bind to RAGE [48] The inhibition of uptake observed with the mAb to CD36 or fucoidin indicates ... metabolism of these species, resulting inthe accumulation of both unmodified cholesteryl esters and glycated apoB inthe cells The rate of removal ofthe latter species is slow, with only 20–30% ofthe ... arising from glycation, rather than purely the loss ofthe parent amino acid, which is the key factor in terms of receptor recognition [29] There are no data available on the extent of Lys (and...
... with the help of a translator The basic information of planted clone, area of plantation and age ofthe trees was obtained in this way In addition, information on plantation history and agroforestry ... Northeast, in order to make a distinction between the new cultivation area andthe area ofthe South and East The other aim of this study was to compare the performance of two or more clones To ... beneficial tothe growth of rubber trees Intensive intercropping of young rubber with banana may result in an increase in growth and yield of rubber trees, andto a reduction inthe length ofthe unproductive...
... bonds, and corporate bonds However, the bulk ofthe credit financing inthe economy is intermediated through the banking system, interpreted broadly Understanding the workings offinancial intermediation ... Collateralized lending 44% Collateralized borrowing 37% Assets Liabilities The two largest classes ofassets were (a) long positions in trading assetsand other financial inventories and (b) collateralized ... contractions of balance sheets have tended to precede the onset offinancial crises We describe the changing nature offinancial intermediation inthe market-based financial system, chart the course of the...
... is the weight ofthe ith good inthe price index inthe foreign country, and Nf is total number of goods included inthe price index inthe foreign country Ideally, i Nh = Nf and wh = wif for ... goods for verifying the parity conditions, i.e., the weight forthe same good inthe price index is the same andthe number and types of goods included inthe price index are the same inthe all ... adopts the weighted average ofthe prices for a basket of goods, inthe form ofthe consumer price index (CPI) or other kinds of price indices, rather than the prices of individual goods, in empirical...
... Hai Hung Formation inthe upper sequence andthe fine sediments of deltaic and marine facies of Vinh Phuc Formation inthe lower sequence. The sediment of Vinh Phuc Formation was weathered (Fig. ... swamp and marine facies (formed inthe final stage ofeach cycle). Based on this point of view, the Quaternary sediments inthe Red River Delta can be divided into the following ... coarse to medium grained sand of plain river bed facies and changing upwards into finer sediments consisting mainly silty clay mixed with fine sand of flood plain facies and clay of ...
... are unsure ofthe mechanism of DNA-induced stabilization ofthe protein, and whether it is related tothe normal RNA-binding function of coat protein, as RNA binding had no effect The increased ... urea-induced and GdnHCl-induced changes inthe secondary structure ofthe proteins, we analyzed the UV CD spectra of MS2 and VLPs inthe absence and presence of 5.0 m and 9.0 m urea and 3.5 m and 5.0 ... significant binding toanyofthe particles, suggesting that the denaturation ofthe protein was essentially complete and prevented probe binding (data not shown) However, for dlFG and sc-dlFG, the probe...
... relationto human becomes closer andthe more the level of abstract ofthe noun becomes lower the numbers of verbs that are closely related to them ~id therefore have to associate to them (nouns) ... equivalents in detail at the lower level categories (2) Toeach verb found inthe process ofthe association, consults ordinary dictionary of translation equivalents and word usage of verbs and obtain the ... (1) Find a pair of verb and associated translation equivalent ( D o , Play : ~ - & ) that can be associated in common to a part ofthe structure ofthe categories as in Fig.l, and then find appropriate...
... divided into two major categories: any form of exercise, excluding walking, lasting a minimum of 30 minutes per day, and walking alone, again for a minimum period of 30 minutes Both groups where then ... detailing the objectives and methodology of research and consent forms The participants were then asked to give their written informed consent to join the study, and a timetable was agreed with the interviewers ... compared to identify the factors leading to increased body weight and obesity and, consequently, totheimpairmentof health-related quality of life Competing interests The authors declare that they...
... contributed tothe concept and design and statistical analysis ofthe data, IS collected the data, BL contributed tothe concept and interpretation ofthe data, DB contributed tothe concept, ... environment continues to be physically demanding with aging, whereas men's becomes lighter [18,40] On the other hand, working in unskilled occupations can involve other risk factors for work ability ... was registered as free-text, and then recoded according tothe Standard Classification of Occupations http://www.occup-med.com/content/3/1/8 and dichotomized into either 'skilled' or 'unskilled'...
... clusters of cells inthe ovarian stroma of mesothelin mRNA expressing tumors; cell surface staining was more intense than inthe cytoplasm In addition to elevated expression of mesothelin in ovarian ... 4I) The result showed that mesothelin expression is in small clusters of cells and appears to be at the surface of single cells (Figure 4H) Detection of circulating autoantibody to mesothelin ... of Page of mesothelin as a therapeutic target for cancer vaccine, our objective was to determine if the hen expresses mesothelin, if mesothelin expression is increased in ovarian tumors and if...