... small effectof variation in family sizes on rates of response and inbreeding The reduction in response by including variation inthe number of embryos collected per donor was around 4% whereas the ... been rapid inthe past few years and these are likely to continue One ofthe main problems inthe practical application of embryo transfer in breeding programmes using superovulation is the high ... keeping the mean approximately constant did not have aneffecton rates of response and inbreeding This may be due to the increased repeatability that accompanied the decrease in CV inthe model The...
... moderate effects on depression, anxiety and pain, in comparison to controls (depression and anxiety effects maintained to six months) Interestingly, no effects were found for the promotion of positive ... develop an intervention that reduces the limitations noted by O´Neill and McMillan (2012) and increases the chance of finding aneffectof CFI In addition a preparatory exercise (Appendix 2.5) was introduced ... blinding of personnel and participants One study reported double blinding (Sears & Kraus, 2009) Three studies reported single blinding, two ofthe participants (Condon, 2013 and Weng, 2013) and...
... inthe last two decades “Since the mid1980s there has been renewed interest inthe role of vocabulary in second language learning” (Coady and Huckin, 1997, p.ix) Being aware ofthe important ... before the treatment and immediately after the treatment Organisation ofthe thesis The thesis consists of three parts PART A – INTRODUCTION This part provides the rationale, aim, scope, and method ... the data and findings ofthe study CHAPTER 3: RESULTS AND DATA ANALYSIS This part presents the results ofthe study and analysis ofthe collected data from the tests PART C – CONCLUSION This part...
... and chief accountant ofthe company The question is posed to take a close look at the financial situation ofthe company and the effects of CSR activities to financial operations ofthe company ... but the damage to public health have done away up the concept of social responsibility ofthe business Onthe other hand, the response ofthe main associations, non-governmental organizations, the ... activities As the result, balancing the interests of stakeholders is set as a content key in business administration The managers ofthe enterprises must find the way to balance the interests of stakeholders...
... defined over consumption (C), housing consumption, and the health ofthe child Using hedonic price methods, we can replace housing consumption inthe utility function with the attributes ofthe ... direction of this relation depends onthe functional form of U, H, and F To see the intuition behind this, we can imagine two situations that invoke different responses On one hand, since P and ... complications inherent in diagnosing asthma in infants To assess the importance of these findings, I analyze California’s Low-Emission Vehicle II standards and find that nearly 15-20% ofthe costs...
... training and initial assessment inthe intervention and control groups, respectively This represented the months post-training assessment Evaluation ofthe effects of training was done using standardized ... malaria therapy inthe country leading to the adoption of artemether/lumefantrine (AL), an artermisinin combination therapy (ACT) as the drug of choice Artemisinin combined drugs are the recommended ... the importance of medical technology It is important to promote the concept of health as the result ofthe interaction of human beings and their total environment The World Health Organization...
... The Journal of Finance 60, 1221-1257 Bikker, J.A., Haaf, K (2002) Competition, Concentration and Their Relationship: An Empirical Analysis ofthe Banking Industry, Journal of Banking and Finance ... illustrates the relative concentration inthe Australian Banking Industry Panel A shows the Herfindahl Index for the top banks Panel B illustrates the market shares in loans and assets for banks in our ... Australian financial markets, Journal of Multinational Financial Management 14, 35-46 22 Gordon, M.J (1962) The Investment, Financing, and Valuation ofthe Corporation Richard D Irwin Inc., Homewood,...
... have an in- depth knowledge ofthe mechanism(s) of association and interaction of proteins with the particle surface and the consequent effectonthe structure ofthe protein Towards achieving ... have aneffectonthe binding [43] To study theeffectof ionic strength onthe conformation of ToxRp inthe presence of ZnO NP, CD experiments were carried out inthe presence of 0.1, 0.5 and ... studied theeffectof ZnO NPs onthe structure of ToxRp, alone and inthe presence of denaturing agents, and determined the thermodynamic parameters of binding ToxRp is the 96-residue C-terminal...
... supporting the possibility ofan autocrine mechanism for the suppression of colony formation (Fig 5) Finally, we confirmed the inhibitory effectofthe ST2 protein on colony formation in soft agar ... level inthe supernatant of wild-type T98G cells The expression level ofthe hST2 protein was the highest in C2.1 and the lowest in C8 To confirm that each ST2 transfectant was an independent clone, ... As shown in Fig 6B, on day after plating, the inhibition of colony formation in soft agar was observed to be dosedependent The numbers of colonies of T98G cultured inthe medium containing 10 ngÆmL)1...
... The aim and scope : The aim of this work is the study theeffectofthe location of welding joint onthe fatigue life and fatigue strength of rotating steel shaft and finding the best location ... welding joint The scope of this work is applied mechanics and the design of welding joint location Determining fatigue performance of welded structures: [5] Welded components are less tolerant ... propagation different in uence parameters.[3] (2.) a) c) The process of welding introduces residual stresses inthe region ofthe weld exacerbating the applied fluctuating stress The fatigue tolerance...
... Quality of life is also useful in outcome evaluations, providing a quantitative measure oftheeffectof a condition on individuals' lives and thereby a measure ofthe benefit of preventing or intervening ... from the intimate partner, many reported ontheeffectof witnessing their mother's abuse HRQOL instruments The SF-36, HUI, EQ-5D and QWB instruments are limited in their inclusion of emotional ... discussions were wide-ranging and followed topics mentioned during the conversations, moderators focused the discussions on women's experience of IPV and the impact on their physical and emotional...
... amplicon DNA contamination in a sample Results Effectof UNG concentration on DNA degradation and RTPCR amplification of RNA To assess theeffectof UNG on DNA degradation and RNA detection, reactions ... UNG/reaction and a 15°C incubation, to 1.94 cycles for U UNG/reaction and a 25°C incubation To further optimize theeffectof UNG on DNA degradation and minimize theeffectof UNG on RNA amplification, ... contamination are encountered, increasing the incubation time by an additional 10 demonstrated degradation of a 10-fold higher concentration of amplicon DNA while only slightly increasing the CT...
... amplicon DNA contamination in a sample Results Effectof UNG concentration on DNA degradation and RTPCR amplification of RNA To assess theeffectof UNG on DNA degradation and RNA detection, reactions ... UNG/reaction and a 15°C incubation, to 1.94 cycles for U UNG/reaction and a 25°C incubation To further optimize theeffectof UNG on DNA degradation and minimize theeffectof UNG on RNA amplification, ... contamination are encountered, increasing the incubation time by an additional 10 demonstrated degradation of a 10-fold higher concentration of amplicon DNA while only slightly increasing the CT...
... Quality of life is also useful in outcome evaluations, providing a quantitative measure oftheeffectof a condition on individuals' lives and thereby a measure ofthe benefit of preventing or intervening ... from the intimate partner, many reported ontheeffectof witnessing their mother's abuse HRQOL instruments The SF-36, HUI, EQ-5D and QWB instruments are limited in their inclusion of emotional ... discussions were wide-ranging and followed topics mentioned during the conversations, moderators focused the discussions on women's experience of IPV and the impact on their physical and emotional...
... selected They were randomly assigned into experimental and control groups Oftheexperimental group one person discontinued leaving 49 patients intheexperimental group and 50 inthe control group The ... physical function and the existence of complication inthe patients’ hand intheexperimental group may be the result of not followingthe care instructions for the hand, not doing organized fitness ... post and follow up intervention indicated the change process regarding fatigue and insomnia from the quality of life in relation to cancer Also, the side effects of systemic treatments inthe control...
... dispersion assists inthe unbundling of CNTs Functionalization also assists inthe dispersion of MWCNTs The dispersion and functionalization of MWCNTs with various groups were also confirmed ... helped inthe characterization studies SSS and PR conceived the study and participated inthe study and analysis All authors contributed equally and also approved the final manuscript Competing interests ... Figure The most intense band near 1, 600 cm-1 is the characteristic band (G band) of graphene and is due to the in- plane vibrations of carbon atoms The band near 1, 280 cm-1 is due to the disorder...
... “Linguistic experience and the perceptual classification of dialect variation,” Ph.D dissertation, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind, USA, 2004 [9] M Jilka, The contribution of intonation ... Leyden, “A contrastive acoustical investigation of Orkney and Shetland intonation,” in Proceedings ofthe 15th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, M J Sol´ , D Recasens, and J Romero, ... that contributes to a deeper understanding ofthe relationships between the range of listeners’ accent backgrounds and their perception of accents is important, as well as in providing insight into...
... “Linguistic experience and the perceptual classification of dialect variation,” Ph.D dissertation, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind, USA, 2004 [9] M Jilka, The contribution of intonation ... Leyden, “A contrastive acoustical investigation of Orkney and Shetland intonation,” in Proceedings ofthe 15th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, M J Sol´ , D Recasens, and J Romero, ... that contributes to a deeper understanding ofthe relationships between the range of listeners’ accent backgrounds and their perception of accents is important, as well as in providing insight into...