... Stages ofthe Business Cycle* We connect the recent medical and economic literatures onthe long-run effects of early-life conditions, by analyzing the effects of economic conditions onthe individual ... combine the medical/epidemiological and economic contributions on long-run effects of early-life conditions, by analyzing the causal effect of economic conditions around birth onthe individual rate of ... comfort inthe household We shed some light on these by studying the importance ofthe timing ofthe macro fluctuations around the year of birth and by interacting the effects with regional indicators...
... endometriosis oninvitrofertilization Fertil Steril 2002; 77:1148 44 Surrey ES, Silverberg KM, Surrey MW, et al Effect of prolonged gonadotropinreleasing hormone agonist therapy onthe outcome ofinvitro ... with continuing high DNA fragmentation (27) Inthe same individuals, the level of fragmentation in testicular sperm averaged 5%, compared to 24% inthe ejaculate As there is a correlation with ... PERSONAL HABITS Meta-analysis of studies onthe effect of smoking on IVF conception rate revealed an odds ratio of 0.54 (95% CL 0.34–0.75) (54) Smoking also 24 Meldrum increases the rate of spontaneous...
... endoreduplication at the zygote stage or by the inhibition ofthe first cleavage division of a diploid zygote (King, 1990) Some ofthe tetraploid bovine embryos (2.7%) produced by electrofusion reached the ... INTRODUCTION The development of techniques for invitro maturation, invitrofertilizationof follicular oocytes and invitro embryo culture (IVM/IVF/IVC) has created a source of gametes ... most of them did not progress beyond the fourth cleavage division (Iwasaki et al, 1989b) Inthe pig a dll tetraploid embryo was reported by to Moon et al (1975) CONCLUSIONS Theresultsof the...
... {5550 ≤ G < 5700} Basedonthe operators defined in (7) and (8), the universal generating function ofthe branches can be obtained, and then the universal generating function ofthe power system ... number of subsystems inthe system; M sys is is the performance ofthe component, l = 1, , M Then the universal generating function ofthe component is: M ∑q z probability; U ( z ) is the universal ... obtain the universal generating function ofthe system, the operators ofthe universal generating function are defined as follows [2, 3]: , U k ( z ) , U k +1 ( z ) , , Define the following δ...
... developed linearly with the critical exponents n inthe low temperature region; this fact argues for the fractal nature of n, but the confirmation needs further investigation In contrast to the fractal ... fill each grain area The number of squares filled into one grain is just the G − area and the number of squares that cross-over the grain or run over the grain boundary is just the linear extend ... corresponds to the activation energy, its drop signifies the variation of this energy and for our case, this meansthe change in conduction mechanism The estimation for WP from the slopes of log(ρ/T...
... (%V) of CO2 inthe flow after reaction CCO : the concentration (%V) of CO inthe flow after reaction CCO2 : the concentration (%V) of CO2 inthe flow after reaction Cox : the concentration (%V) of ... of this reaction resulting in sinstering ofthe catalyst, in surface changes, and inthe intensification of side process This is probably the reason why the kinetics of a number of hydrocarbon ... within the combustion environment, NOx is ideally suited to control by meansof modifying the combustion conditions There are several methods of applying these combustion modification NOx controls,...
... than the input SNR We can define the threshold ofthe algorithm as the interception point between the two limiting behaviors corresponding to the two cases of high and low SNR, obtaining the SNR ... while the CPF ofthe “autoterms” is in nite when u = 2β1 or u = 2β2 So, the existence ofthe “cross-terms” does not in uence the detection ofthe “autoterms.” Remark The phase information ofthe ... maximum value, hence, the estimation of β can be obtained by finding the peak of CP(0, u) Then the estimation of α and b can be obtained by the following two expressions: Using the identity +∞ −∞...
... displacement ofthe scatterer as a result ofthe rotational motion ofthe target; ω is the rotational vector from the resultant angular motion ofthe target and r is the positional vector ofthe scatterer ... target will have contribution to the displacement along the x-axis (i.e., along the radar’s line of sight) The change inthe position ofthe scatterer as a result of a rotation about the z-axis is ... linkage, connecting the distortion introduced inthe ISAR image to a time modulation effect inthe phase ofthe scatterer This illustration provides another perspective onthe phase modulation...
... gynecologists in their understanding ofthe physiology of reproduction By observing the effects of ovariectomy, they were able to explain the function ofthe ovary and in particular the menstrual cycle; the ... rest ofthe 20th century 1950–1978 Studies of animal and then human fertilization began inthe second half ofthe 20th century In 1954, Thibault achieved the first fertilizationinvitrointhe ... only one sperm cell would penetrate the egg to achieve fertilizationIn 1786, Hunter performed the first artificial insemination in humans, and in 1866 Sims the first donor insemination In 1833, the...
... testing of air quality intheinvitrofertilization laboratories ofthe Assisted Conception Unit, Centre for Reproductive Medicine and Fertility, Sheffield, U.K Abbreviation: CFUs, colony-forming ... validation, continuous and regular monitoring ofthe equipment once in clinical use is imperative to ensure its performance is maintained and that problems are detected as they occur Inthe ACU, ... 369 370 Martin Figure The percentage of 2-cell mouse embryos ofthe MF-1 strain reaching the hatched blastocyst stage in three new incubators newly installed inthe Assisted Conception Unit, Centre...
... point They used a modified spline function technique to smooth the intra-ring wood density profiles The E/L transition point was defined as the maximum ofthe derivative ofthe spline function Theoretically, ... and inflexion point method (open symbols) consider the ring-to-ring variation inthe intra-ring wood density profiles Despite the differences inthe earlywood and latewood features defined by the ... mature wood The differences explained the radial pattern of variation in ring density In addition, variation inthe intra-ring wood density profiles with cambial age led to variations inthe E/L...
... changes in ABP In fairness, the second-generation software of FTV has shown improved accuracy and precision in conditions of haemodynamic stability, or during changes in intravascular volume inthe ... between the reflected wave and the incident wave inthe frequency domain) can be increased only marginally by intense vasoconstriction [13] Studies looking at the differences in CO when the FTV was connected ... pressure depending onthe vascular tone In these conditions, we advocate the use of systems that are recalibrated frequently using indicator dilution via either the femoral or the pulmonary artery...
... packed into one ofthe two small cores ofthe histone domain (Figure 8d) This region is involved in both DNA binding and interactions with another histone monomer In this case, the introduction of ... motif onthe surface ofthe protein (Figure 10g) Its phosphorylation may affect the conformation of this motif, which is involved in RNA-protein interactions [70] Finally, the structure ofthe ... short linkers joining zinc-finger domains were also interactions found in other proteins (data not shown), and they may regulate oligonucleotide binding because the phosphosites are part of the...
... interfraction and intrafraction organ motion with the objective of minimizing the margins ofthe planning target volume The cone beam CT allows for detection and correction of target Page of (page ... misalignment ofthe target volume inthe described clinical cases (fig 2) The first steps are the patient positioning, the image acquisition and the reconstruction ofthe 3D data set as described inthe ... the MV therapy beam Another important feature ofthe in- line geometry is that the FPI can take images using the kV- and the MV-beam at the same time This enables the online validation ofthe delivered...
... advanced to the 2pn stage following conventional insemination A four-day course of methylprednisolone (16 mg/d) was started onthe day of oocyte retrieval On post -fertilization day three, the ultrasound-guided ... standardization has made some findings difficult to reproduce [10] Although continuation of allergy therapy during pregnancy is generally recommended [11], the interaction between ovulation induction agents ... downregulation was achieved via u/d leuprolide acetate and was continued × d after gonadotropin therapy commenced No alteration was made inthe patient's allergy injection sequence during ovulation induction...
... estimate of a risk constellation without considering additional interfering and protective influences [26,30] As a consequence, the expression of biomarkers and clinical information requires integration ... integration into comprehensive translational assessments ofthe patient’s risk constellation The ISIR algorithm and the Cox model use all available information including non-clinical information from ... interpretation of data and introduced the conception of ISIR All authors read and approved the final manuscript Declaration of competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests...
... Nevertheless, interest in exploration ofthe full therapeutic possibility of human ESCs continues to grow and is no longer confined to medical scientists and reproductive endocrinologists – indeed, ... Foundation, and Parkinson's Action Network, as well as the Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation This type of federal research funding strategy involving existing embryonic stem cell lines is consistent ... reports To obtain human ESCs, embryos produced during invitrofertilization (IVF) are maintained in extended culture to the blastocyst stage (4–5d post fertilization) when the polarized inner cell...
... their interdependence This explains, in part, the conflicting results reported inthe literature onthe walking patterns ofthe elderly One ofthe major findings of this study was to explain the ... camera was placed in front ofthe subject and aligned along the axis of progression Reflective markers were located onthe subject before the gait analysis according the Vicon Clinical Manager’ ... side), in terms ofthe effect ofthe combined 31 gait parameters The optimal number of clusters can be determined in several ways Winters and coworkers*’ calculated the criterion of Hartigan and the...
... vectors in Concept Space A context vector is the sum ofthe vectors of concepts that occur in a context window If many ofthe concepts in a window have a strong component for one ofthe topics, then ... Concept Space by summing the vectors ofthe concepts in t’s context Since the basic units ofthe test data are words rather than concepts, we have to convert all words inthe test data into concepts ... relying on CGC In this situation, we can turn to the large amount of Chinese text onthe Web There are many good search engines and on- line databases supporting the Chinese language After investigation,...