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Showing 1 to 20 of 43 for “"activity index"”.
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The sorting hat: An automated activity index based on finishing pig behavior
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-05-01
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Three Essays on Macroeconomic and Econometric Analysis of Business Cycle
… applicable to generating a regional economic activity index. There have been some attempts to develop a comprehensive index using either the coincident composite index model or the dynamic factor model. This paper suggests a modified principal components regression method: using the Chicago …
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Swelling behavior of Illinois coal shale
… model is dependent principally upon the Moisture Activity Index of the shale and the original humidity level of the environment.</p> <p>The petrologic and physical parameters characteristic of shales were evaluated and correlated with the corresponding swelling behavior of five sets of shale …
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Heart rate variability in mice with coronary heart disease
… from the electrocardiogram using an innovative activity index was developed in order to compare HRV variables at different times while controlling for physiologic state. Traditional time and frequency domain variables were used to assess the prognostic power of HRV. Results have shown that none …
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Evaluating reactivity and sorptivity of fly ash for use in concrete construction
… techniques for (i) rapidly assessing the reactivity of fly ash; and (ii) evaluating its interaction with air-entraining admixtures (AEAs), both with regard to use in concrete. The materials considered for the project included, 54 fly ashes from 8 UK sources, and an additional three materials …
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Innovative formulations for the treatment of Plasmodium infections
… drugs at the action site and increase their activity index. Phytomedicine is the most traditional method used to treat human diseases and solve health problems. Their combination represents the future prospective to a better care of human health. Considering the importance of nanomedicine and …
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Enshrouded Exoplanetary Systems
… can show anomalously low apparent stellar activity values caused by planetary mass-loss enshrouding the system. The resulting circumstellar absorption depresses the cores of the Ca II H&K lines, where the activity index log(R'<sub>HK</sub>) is measured. I searched for this effect in a …
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Crohn's Disease : diagnostic and prognostic indicators with special reference to granulomas
… the presence of granulomas and the clinical activity of the disease (as assessed by the Crohn's Disease Activity Index) is also sought.
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Συσχέτιση αιματολογικών δεικτών φλεγμονής με την ενεργότητα της ιδιοπαθούς φλεγμονώδους νόσου του εντέρου σε παιδιά στην Ελλάδα
… με τους δείκτες PCDAI (Pediatric Crohn’s Disease Activity Index) και PUCAI (Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis Activity Index). Ακολούθησε στατιστική ανάλυση και υπολογισμός ROC καμπυλών. ΑΠΟΤΕΛΕΣΜΑΤΑ: Υπήρχε στατιστικά σημαντική διαφορά των μετρήσεων κατά την έξαρση και ύφεση της νόσου και στα δύο …
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ΑΝΤΙΣΩΜΑΤΑ ΚΑΤΑ ΔΕΟΞΥΡΙΒΟΝΟΥΚΛΕΙΚΟΥ ΟΞΕΟΣ (DNA). ΑΝΑΠΤΥΞΗ ΚΑΙ ΣΥΓΚΡΙΣΗ ΜΕΘΟΔΩΝ ΠΡΟΣΔΙΟΡΙΣΜΟΥ, ΚΛΙΝΙΚΗ ΣΗΜΑΣΙΑ
… SERA FROM 5 SLE PATIENTSTHE ANTI DS DNA ACTIVITY PROVED TO BE A RELATIVELY SENSITIVE MARKER OF SLE ACTIVITY. ELISA WAS COMPARED WITH THE FARR ASSAY AND IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE. IT WAS DEMONSTRATED THAT ELISA IS THE MOST SENSITIVE METHOD, WITHOUT LOOSING SUBSTANTIALLY ITS SPECIFICITY, WHILE THE …
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Hadamard transformcoding of television signals. A theoretical investigation of the adaptive coding of Hadamard transformed television signals. The use of computable objective measures for the assessment of local subpicture characteristics in selecting appropriate coders.
… transform sizes and shapes. " Directing Indexes " are proposed which, depending on the inter-relationships among transform coefficients and groups of coefficients, direct each subpicture to the appropriate coder. Three indexes in the case of monochrome signals are proposed, each with its …
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Axial Spondyloarthropathies in the Western Cape
… Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI); Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index (BASFI); Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Global Score (BASG); Medical Short Form (SF)-36; and Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire: Specific Health Problem …
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Correlation of urinary mcp-1 and tweak with renal histology and early response to therapy in newly biopsied patients with lupus nephritis in cape town, South Africa
… and uTWEAK and histological features (LN class, activity index, chronicity index and interstitial fibrosis). At 6 months, 6 patients were lost to follow-up and of the remaining 14, 12 (85%) attained remission (partial remission (n = 7) or complete remission (n = 5)). Both biomarkers were elevated …
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Avaliação das incertezas nas informações sobre as resistências à tração na flexão e compressão de argamassas cimentícias com lodo de ETA
… ideal calcination temperature. The consistency index showed that adding 10 % WTS significantly reduced workability (by about 40 %), whereas the mixture with 5 % WTS and superplasticizer maintained a consistency similar to that of the standard mortar. Regarding mechanical performance, the …
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Investigating the Biomechanical and Electrophysiological Responses of Astrocytes to Mechanical Trauma
… of experimental conditions. A novel calcium activity metric, the Asynchronous Activity Index (AAI), was developed using a CellProfiler-based pipeline. The AAI quantifies fluctuations in total fluorescence over time to assess population-wide calcium activity, providing an alternative when …
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The use of red tropical soils as pozzolanas: reactions, products and properties
… of the reactive components of the soil, an activity index, Ai, is proposed and its validity tested against the unconfined compressive strength of the soil-lime system. A valid statistical correlation is presented linking Ai value with the empirical reactivity parameter of Thompson. …
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Significance of vitamin D in systemic lupus erythematosus in Koreans
… 5월 사이에 이루어졌다. 각 군에서 채혈 당시의 연령, 키, 몸무게, body mass index (BMI)를 측정하였고, 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 [25(OH)D]를 방사면역 측정법을 이용해 측정하였다. 루푸스 환자에서 채혈 당시의 임상 양상과 검사실 검사 결과를 확인하여 systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity index (SLEDAI)와 systemic lupus international collaborative clinics/american college of …
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A system framework for non-intrusive monitoring of HMI states for detecting human-in-the-loop error precursors
… ascertain operator SA (as a function of operator activity index) in real-time via non-intrusive monitoring. The proposed system frameworks are ViDAQ and EYE-on-HMI. ViDAQ is a visual data acquisition system that uses computer vision techniques to capture dynamic visual feedback from the industrial …
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Ethnic Variations of Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Within Canada
… characteristics, disease phenotype and activity, family history of IBD, surgeries, and hospitalizations were compared between Caucasians and different ethnic groups. Our study demonstrated important differences between Caucasian and non-Caucasian children with IBD in Canada in specific …
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Significance of leptin and ghrelin in systemic lupus erythematosus in Koreans
… parameters, systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity index (SLEDAI) and systemic lupus international collaborative clinics/American College of Rheumatology damage index (SLICC/ACR DI). RESULTS: The leptin levels of the SLE group (136.20 ± 96.77 pg/mL) were higher than those of the NC (85.70 ± …
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