what are examples of biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem
Báo cáo y học: " Short-term prediction of threatening and violent behaviour in an Acute Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit based on patient and environment characteristics" pps
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11/08/2014, 16:23
... entering the PICU area and admitted to the other ward The study ward consists of an ordinary closed acute ward area (310 m2) and a PICU area (190 m2) The main entrance leads to the ordinary area of ... 23-item checklist These therapeutic steps and observations included for instance “frequency of testing out and pushing limits”, “intensity of testing out and pushing limits”, “need to set limits”, all ... used) Specially trained unit nurses did all the ratings The first rating with the items “frequency of testing out and pushing limits”, “intensity of testing out and pushing limits”, and “need to set...
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Báo cáo y học: "Angiogenic and angiostatic factors in systemic sclerosis: increased levels of vascular endothelial growth factor are a feature of the earliest disease stages and are associated with the absence of fingertip ulcers" doc
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09/08/2014, 06:22
... al inducers and inhibitors are balanced and angiogenesis does not occur in healthy tissues In a hypoxic environment and in inflammatory states such as rheumatoid arthritis, angiogenic growth factors ... a small increase in VEGF protein results in efficacious new vessel formation in a variety of animal models and that angiogenesis is regulated by a balance of angiogenesis inducers and inhibitors, ... than pg/ml, and the interassay and intra-assay variances were less than 10% Figure The serum levels of the free form of human endostatin were determined by quantitative colorimetric sandwich ELISA...
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what are the recommendations to improve the shortcomings in recruitment of blue sea commerce investment and service company limited
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14/10/2014, 01:03
... Director is an official representative for company, and responsible for all the activities of company through Deputy Directors in Hanoi and Head of Brand in Ho Chi Minh City such as: Organizing management ... handicrafts, minerals and colored minerals (excluding banned minerals) 1.4 The formation and development process of the company The starting point of Blue Sea Commerce Investment and Service Company Limited ... and money of company on screening the profiles and interviewing Moreover, a big number of unqualified candidates being enlisted also have a bad influence on the psychology of interviewer during...
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Báo cáo y học: "Prevalence of Overactive Bladder, its Under-Diagnosis, and Risk Factors in a Male Urologic Veterans Population"
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25/10/2012, 11:35
... of urinary symptoms and incontinence: the Canadian Urinary Bladder Survey BJU Int 2008; 101:52 Milsom I, Abrams P, Cardozo L, Roberts RG, Throff J and Wein A How widespread are the symptoms of ... Paris, France: International Continence Society Annual Meeting 2004 10 Cheung WW, Khan NH, Choi KK, Bluth MH, Vincent M Prevalence, evaluation and management of overactive bladder in primary care ... stress incontinence in middle-aged women BJOG 2004; 111:600 Coyne K, Margolis M, Zyczynski T, Elinoff V and Roberts RG Validation of an OAB screener in a primary care patient population in the...
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Báo cáo y học: "A review of anatomical and mechanical factors affecting vertebral body integrit
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03/11/2012, 09:49
... fibres of the annulus fibrosus and the vertebral end plate The disc facilitates intersegmental movement while maintaining alignment of the vertebral column and has a primary role in attenuating and ... distribution of compressive and shear forces This efficiency exists via the orientation and spacing of the three dimensional arrangement of osseous plates and struts that are continuous with the inner ... reduced vertebral CSA and shorter lever arm resulted in increased mechanical loading by 8% during erect stance and by 15% during trunk flexion in the fracture cohort In a flexed spinal posture, the...
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WHAT ARE THE VALUE CONFLICTS AND ASSUMPTIONS
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25/10/2013, 15:20
... flipping a coin or asking the nearest self-confident expert what you should think and But this text is encouraging you to learn critical thinking We are telling you that critical thinking is advantageous ... contained in this book There are all kinds of reasons why you should not learn critical thinking Careful thought is much more demanding of our energies than would be another decision-making approach ... conflicting values or sets of values provides you with both an improved understanding of what you are reading and a basis for eventual evaluation of prescriptive arguments When a writer takes a stand...
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Tài liệu The Insider’s Guide to PR: Chapter 6 PR IN PRACTICE The following case studies are examples of PR pptx
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13/12/2013, 04:15
... and chat rooms, advising the client of shareholder sentiment and emerging issues in the marketplace and react accordingly • Manage and advise on corporate identity changes and internal communications ... concerns allayed, often on an individual basis, during write-downs and management team changes, minimising negative impact on share price • Media monitoring and brand consultancy allowed the EvolutionGroup ... (www.foodhygienecontrol.hea.org.uk) and board game developed • Placement of ‘Safe-T’ and ‘H-Squad’ cartoons in the Beano and Dandy • Parents targeted through a feature on GMTV • Anecdotes of food poisoning from the stars of...
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Tài liệu Art of Surface Interpolation-Chapter 5:Solving special tasks In the next sections there are examples of interpolation problems, ppt
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21/01/2014, 07:20
... method and enables to: - create and manage projects containing many maps - easily change interpolation parameters and to experiment with surface shapes - filter input data - transform coordinates of ... and SurGe software has proven wide applicability Now thousands of people worldwide use the software not only in traditional fields as reservoir engineering, geology and geophysics, but also in ... as an interpolation engine in their own mapping software References Software and data source [S1] Generic Mapping Tools, http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/ [S2] Golden Software, http://www.goldensoftware.com/products/surfer/surfer.shtml...
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Tài liệu Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors ppt
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12/02/2014, 12:20
... understanding the causal determinants of health and disease, especially as they change in the process of social and economic development and as a result of technological innovation and technology management ... nutrition, and population in 2004 The World Bank is working in more than 100 developing economies, bringing a mix of analytical work, policy dialogue, and lending to improve living standards—including ... the Rank Order of Causes of the Global Burden of Disease in 2001, Using Uniform Age Weights and Percent Discounting and No Discounting Effects of Changing the Discount Rate and Age Weighting on...
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Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: Roles of AP-2 transcription factors in the regulation of cartilage and skeletal development doc
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16/02/2014, 09:20
... resulting in the heterozygous loss of runx2 cause cleidocranial dysplasia [63] Role of AP-2a, AP-2b and AP-2e in chondrogenesis and skeletal development In addition to Sox and Runx transcription factors, ... Miner Res 19, 245– 255 65 Davies SR, Sakano S, Zhu Y & Sandell LJ (2002) Distribution of the transcription factors Sox9, AP-2, and [delta]EF1 in adult murine articular and meniscal cartilage and ... transcription factors Essential transcription factors in chondrocyte differentiation are Sox9 and Runx2 Sox9 plays a key role in chondrogenesis, as an inactivating mutation in the gene encoding...
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Báo cáo khoa học: Transcript profiling reveals diverse roles of auxin-responsive genes during reproductive development and abiotic stress in rice pdf
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07/03/2014, 01:20
... Journal compilation ª 2009 FEBS M Jain and J P Khurana Transcript profiling of auxin-responsive genes Fig Overview and expression profiles of auxin-induced (A) and auxin-repressed (B) genes differentially ... proteins (TIR1 ⁄ AFBs) as auxin receptors has been a milestone in our understanding of the molecular mechanisms of auxin signaling pathways These F-box proteins are components of E3 ligase and ... AK & Khurana JP (2007) F-box proteins in rice Genome-wide analysis, classification, temporal and spatial gene expression during panicle and seed development, and regulation by light and abiotic...
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The Fraction of Cancer Attributable to Lifestyle and Environmental Factors in the UK in 2010 docx
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22/03/2014, 16:21
... problem The international effort to understand and control it involves clinicians trained in many branches of medicine and scientists from almost all of the biological disciplines and beyond British ... dietary factors in the UK in 2010: IV Salt DM Parkin 16 The fraction of cancer attributable to lifestyle and environmental factors in the UK in 2010: Summary and conclusions DM Parkin, L Boyd and ... is continuation of the significant reduction in tobacco exposure Next in importance are reductions in obesity and in heavy alcohol consumption, and certain other dietary changes Each of these...
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Báo cáo hóa học: " What is traditional pastoral farming? The politics of heritage and ‘real values’ in Swedish summer farms (fäbodbruk)" ppt
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20/06/2014, 22:20
... traditional farming systems such as fäbodbruk seem backward, and longstanding agricultural propaganda informed farmers of the benefits of abandoning forest pasturing in favour of cultivating fodder ... caramelise and thicken This picture was taken in Valsjöbyn, Jämtland County, in July 2010 intrinsic ways in which animal behaviour and bonds with animals are crucial to the operation (Figures and 4) In ... 1950s and onwards in Sweden Thus, a number of policies were put in force in order to professionalise and industrialise farming during the post-war years (Flygare and Isacson 2003,; Flygare 2004)...
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situation of hiv, hbv, hcv infection and associated factors in some high risk populations in hanoi, 2008-2010
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25/07/2014, 14:07
... genotypes 1, and are distributed worldwide, and about 60% of infections are due to type 1a and 1b The genotype of the virus plays a substantial role in determining the duration and type of treatment ... tendency in duration of drug injecting - The rate of HIV/HBV co-infection also was increased in duration of drug injecting The highest rate of infection among subject has duration of drug injecting ... routine and sentinel surveillance with HIV surveillance for IDUs and FSWs associated with injecting drug to contribute making effective prevention and treatment for HIV, HBV, HCV infections To increase...
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Báo cáo khoa học: " Evaluation of the effects of climatic and nonclimatic factors on the radial growth of Yezo spruce (Picea jezoensis Carr) by dendrochronological methods" pps
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09/08/2014, 04:20
... variations in ring-width and maximum-density indices were investigated by comparing the actual and estimated indices RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 3.1 Response function analysis The results of response ... actual indices and estimated indices for ring width and maximum density Shaded areas indicate actual indices that were lower than estimated indices During the verification period, both actual ring-width ... series are plotted in figure Crossdated ring-width and maximum-density series were standardized to eliminate individual growth trends, such as age-related declines and low-frequency variance due...
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Báo cáo khoa học: "Analysis of clinical and dosimetric factors associated with severe acute radiation pneumonitis in patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with concurrent chemotherapy and intensity-modulated radiotherapy" pot
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09/08/2014, 08:23
... GZ and AS participated in the design of the study and performed the statistical analysis and drafted the manuscript HW, RY, FL and BX participated in acquisition of data All authors read and ... findings are consistent with that of Robnett TJ [26] and Rancati T [31] The incidences of SARP in the group with FEV1 > 2.02L and FEV1 < 2.02L were 7.04% and 26.09%, respectively (p = 0.036) In ... significantly correlated with percentage of lung volume receiving 20 Gy (V20) or 30 Gy (V30), with NTCP and MLD SARP occurred in 45% and 37% of patients with MLD of more than 15 Gy and NTCP of 50%...
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Báo cáo khoa học: " Neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy in the treatment of fixed and semi-fixed rectal tumors. Analysis of results and prognostic factors" pptx
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09/08/2014, 10:20
... 351:1731-1740 Minsky BD: Multidisciplinary management of resectable rectal cancer Oncology 1996, 10:1701-1714 Skibber JM, Hoff PM, Minsky BD: Cancer of the rectum In Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology ... one had kidney cancer and died of rectal cancer; one developed prostate cancer and is alive with no evidence of disease; one developed acute lymphoblastic leukemia and died of it, and one died due ... Conservative management of invasive rectal cancer: Alternative to abdomino-perineal resection Oncology 1989, 3:137-148 Freedman GM, Coia LR: Adjuvant and neoadjuvant treatment of rectal cancer Semin Oncol...
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Báo cáo khoa học: " Chemotherapy followed by low dose radiotherapy in childhood Hodgkin''''s disease: retrospective analysis of results and prognostic factors" ppt
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09/08/2014, 10:21
... with combined modality therapy, restricting radiation therapy to areas of initial bulk disease was possible to be used in 15% of the cases (stage III and IV) and in other cases mantle and extend ... in advanced Hodgkin's lymphoma reducing relapses in initially involved sites and improving survival Conclusion This data demonstrating the importance of RT consolidation with low dose and reduced ... protocols consisted predominantly of MOPP or ABVD in the period from 1985 – 1990, ABVD or VEEP between 1990 – 1995 and in the last period ABVD and OPPA + ABVD Gallium scan and bone scans were also used...
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Báo cáo y học: "erum levels of soluble receptor for advanced glycation end products and of S100 proteins are associated with inflammatory, autoantibody, and classical risk markers of joint and vascular damage in rheumatoid arthritis" doc
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09/08/2014, 13:22
... lacks the transmembrane and cytosolic domains of the full-length receptor and can prevent proinflammatory effects of RAGE signaling by acting as a decoy [12-14] For example, in a collagen-induced ... manufacturer, and the interassay coefficient of variation is < 8% [41] Ascertainment of CV events and risk factors, and features of RA To ascertain CV events, patients were asked for a history, dates and ... al proteins, lipids and nucleic acids formed under conditions of oxidative stress and hyperglycemia (reviewed in [4]) In addition to these, RAGE binds some proinflammatory ligands, including members...
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