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exponential model. The scientist used these models to observe how long it took |
each treatment group to approach zero, and the oiled groups grew closer to a |
population of zero significantly faster. For example, it took about |
twenty-seven days for the 10% treatment group’s population to approach zero |
whereas the control, 0% treatment group, took about seven days in the two-week-old cricket |
experiment. Overall, the six-week-old crickets had the highest mortality, and |
the cricket egg experiment resulted in extremely low hatch rate. Specifically, |
the highest number of crickets that hatched in an oiled replication either 5% |
or 10% oil was eight out of the five thousand eggs laid. Since the adult |
crickets are the most physically able to reproduce and the cricket eggs had low |
hatch rates, the cricket population would significantly decrease after an oil |
spill with 5% or more soil contamination. However, if the plant matter that |
crickets consume is still present in their environment, they may be able to |
recover.Reversible posterior leucoencephalopathy in scleroderma |
A 34 year old Chinese woman with limited scleroderma presented with rapid onset of mental confusion and generalised tonic-clonic seizures. Her blood pressure control had been unsatisfactory in the preceding 4 weeks despite the use of three anti-hypertensive agents, which included an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibi... |
All the data structures previously introduced by different WBT systems were "training oriented" so to speak. Those data structures can be perceived as different training paradigms reflecting mainly different ways of accessing and working through a subset of learning material by learners. Primitively, a "training orient... |
Open-canal-hydraulic-related difficulties contributed a lot to evolving numerous automatic control methods. Most of them can be described as strategies of flow control whose objectives are to overcome long time delays and to satisfy unforeseen users demands and needs. Our paper intends to investigate the applicability ... |
Electrical power utilities nowadays are facing various challenges with emerging technologies that leads to increase in demand on electrical power. Due to the aging grid infrastructure, existing power transmission networks are forced to operate at near critical point which could cause tripping in transmission lines and ... |
Fine needle aspiration with cell blocks can diagnose lung cancers in high-risk patients. As ancillary study is important for lung cancer diagnosis, sub typing and prediction of targeted therapy response, it is important that cell block made have good cellularity and morphology. Inadequate cellularity of Cell blocks (CB... |
: Research has extensively documented the importance of accurate system requirements in avoiding project delays, cost overruns, and system malfunctions. Requirement elicitation (RE) is a critical step in determining system requirements. While much research on RE has emerged, a deeper understanding of three aspects coul... |
Background: Total intravenous anaesthesia is advantageous in that it avoids the use of volatile anaesthetic agents associated with a high cost of its delivery devices and operating theatre pollution. The ideal drugs for TIVA are not readily available in our environment, therefore suitable alternatives need to be studie... |
Abstract Space is largely ignored in both the theory and the practice of education. At the same time, however, there is an abundance of spatial metaphors that are used to describe schooling, the curriculum and educational processes. Some of these (top of the class, department) have their origins in spatial arrangements... |
Rapid progress of mobile information technologies such as wearable sensors, wireless communication, and world-wide use of smartphone cause digital health innovations. In the field of hypertension, wearable blood pressure (BP) monitoring and its wireless transfer to anywhere through smartphone, mobile smartphone apps, a... |
Anal fistulas are frequent events which often recur after an inadequate surgical treatment. Nevertheless their evolution into malignant diseases is infrequently observed. The authors report one case of mucinous adenocarcinoma arising out of a recurrent, long-lasting fistula-in-ano. As reported, abdomino-perineal resect... |
This paper addresses the use of coercive measures in Norwegian mental health care in recent years. The use of mechanical restraint and seclusion was recorded for the first six months of 1986 and 1988. During the first six months of 1988, 203 patients had been restrained mechanically for a total of 10,767 hours, while 7... |
Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) has become a common paradigm in medicine. The notion that action should be based on scientific evidence also applies to public health. The assessment of evidence and the application of evidence based action is a challenge both in EBM and public health. The focus of this article is Evidence... |
A prospective mammographic study was performed on 151 women to determine the prevalence of breast calcifications in patients with chronic renal failure. Frequency, size, structure, and location of calcific lesions were assessed in 15 patients with compensated renal insufficiency, 22 on hemodialysis, 14 who had renal tr... |
An ample number of studies have shown that during the late eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth century, botany attracted the attention and involvement of women not only as readers of literature on the subject but also as participants in botanical activities and as authors. However, women are still l... |
The migration of Southern Hemisphere humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae between their feeding and breeding areas has thus far been considered a highly predictable and seasonal event. However, previous observations on the humpbacks that pass through the nearshore waters of the west coast of South Africa have reveale... |
The common lionfish, Pterois miles, a notoriously invasive species known for its harmful effect on native fish communities in the Atlantic Ocean, has recently begun spreading across the Mediterranean Sea. The wide niche breadth of the lionfish has been hypothesized to facilitate its invasion success. However, it is unc... |
The main objective of this study was to analyze the degradation of pastures in the study area, which is located in the municipality of Formoso do Araguaia, in Tocantins, where livestock is of great importance for the local economy. To this end, Remote Sensing was used, by obtaining vegetation indices with an indication... |
OBJECTIVE |
To study the association between Epstein Barr (EB) virus A73 gene polymorphism and nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) in a Chinese Han population. |
METHODS |
A case-control study was designed, including 510 nasopharyngeal cancer patients and 520 healthy controls, A157154C genotypes of the A73 gene in EB virus were detected, genotype and allele frequency distribution between the two groups were compared. |
RESULTS |
The C allele frequency in the NPC group was significantly higher than that in the control group (68.4% vs. 61.2%; p<0.001). The CC genotype frequency in the NPC group was significantly higher than that in the control group, the difference was significant (47.4% vs. 41.2%; p<0.001). The CC genotype frequency in male pat... |
CONCLUSION |
A157154C polymorphism of the A73 gene in EB virus was associated with NPC susceptibility.Electron Paramagnetic Resonance of Two Stoichiometry-Induced Intrinsic Defect Centres in CuGaS2 |
Related to the sulphur annealing conditions, two different EPR signals are observed in CuGaSg2 With liquid sulphur, an isotropic photosensitive line is observed at g = 2.024 ± 0.002. With gaseous sulphur, an anisotropic spectrum, independent of light excitation, is recorded with g∥[001] = 2.114 ± 0.005 and g ⊥ [001] = ... |
Deux signaux RPE sont observe;s sur CuGaS2 en fonction des conditions de recuit en pre;sence de soufre. Dans le soufre liquide, un signal photostimulable et isotrope apparait avee g = 2,024 ± 0,002. Dans le soufre gazeux, un spectre anisotrope et non photostimu-lable, est observe; avec g∥[001] = 2,114 ± 0,005 et g⊥[001... |
The antioxidant activities of three different green tea extracts were investigated and compared by two different methods. By the first method, which evaluated the direct protective effect of the green tea extracts on lipid peroxidation, the extracts were added, at different concentrations, to a lipid model system, made... |
Hypertension, and the effect of graded exercise on blood pressure (BP), in 60 obese non-athletic young medical students (40 females and 20 males) with body mass index (BMI) greater than 30 were studied. The subjects were in the age range of 18-22 years with mean age of 20.30 +/-1.32 years. Twenty percent of the males a... |
An increasing number of central banks implement monetary policy via a channel system or a floor system. We construct a general equilibrium model to study the properties of these systems. We find that a floor system is weakly optimal if and only if the target rate satisfies the Friedman rule. Unfortunately, the optimal ... |
Abstract This study investigated the accuracy and readability of Wikipedia on the subject of hearing loss. A total of 39 articles were evaluated using a modified version of the DISCERN quality rating tool and the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level tool. Twenty percent of articles were rated as ‘Good’ in accuracy, 60% as ‘Moder... |
The aim of this study was to screen herbal formulation containing Tinosporia cordifolia, Moringa oleifera and Allium sativum to display potent antioxidant activity in vitro in order to find possible sources for future novel antioxidants in food and pharmaceutical formulations. Data from present results revealed that he... |
Conventional approaches to public administration are subtly being undermined by the steady expansion of "government by proxy": the provision of government goods and services through proxies such as contractors, grantees, and recipients of government tax breaks and guaranteed loans. Privatization advocates claim that su... |
Research to date has focused mostly on children's representation of their physical self as a prelude to the development of a theory of mind (ToM) and on their understanding of the self as distinct from others over time. Whether children approaching the well-known age of ToM mastery are also accurately appraising their ... |
The extent to which rules set by the legislature bind or influence decisions regarding sentence length is central to institutional design and to determining the practical impact of any proposed reform regarding criminal punishment. However, it is generally difficult to identify empirically the impact of sentencing reco... |
Future education or the vision of the future ineducation is that it occupies abasic position in the process of change that have aclear impact on his future, so it is the pracess of future orientalism, and a process inherent to the individual since the beginning of creation, so future eduction and its dimensions for the... |
In this paper, we utilize the embedded hybrid fiber-optic/coaxial CATV network for wireless bidirectional communications with a star-ring fiber-optic network to distribute broadcasting cable TV programs and simultaneously to provide bidirectional transmission of wireless signals. At the head end, there are two lasers: ... |
Background: The purpose of this investigation was to explore prospectively the nature and duration of hand and wrist injuries in training and competition in the Great Britain (GB) amateur boxing squad between 2005 and 2012. Methods: Longitudinal prospective injury surveillance of the GB boxing squad was performed from ... |
Can a film based on fiction contribute to the restoration of historical memory? can films help fill in the blanks of history? What exactly is the filmmaker's position? What faculty and what means does he or she require to make such a prodigious feat possible? Are films capable of creating sites of memory, and by what m... |
The term unstable coronary syndromes represents a continuum of patients with unstable chest pain with or without small or large acute myocardial infarctions. There is a tendency towards an epidemiological shift to fewer large infarctions with ST elevation in the ECG (STEMI) to increased numbers of small infarctions wit... |
ABSTRACT Background Perinatal maternal depression is the most common mood disturbance associated with pregnancy. It has grave consequences on both maternal health and wellbeing of offsprings, albeit usually neglected in low- and middle-income countries. Objective To evaluate the relationship between antenatal depressio... |
The spin-adaptation of single-reference quantum chemical methods for excited states of open-shell systems has been nontrivial. The primary reason is that the configuration space, generated by a truncated rank of excitations from only one component of a reference multiplet, is spin-incomplete. Those "missing" configurat... |
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