Subject initiators

Several individuals played important roles during the final preparation of the manuscript. Most of the typing was done by Sheila Parker. Drafting of figures was done by Kay Dewar and April Ryan. Last but not least, we owe thanks to the many students at the University of Washington and the University of Stockholm who explored this subject initially without a textbook and then with draft chapters. Their enthusiasm for the subject and their comments and criticism have helped maintain our interest in this manuscript over almost a decade. 

AT FIRST SUBJECT, INITIALIZE ARRAY TO MISSING. if first.subject then do i = 1 to 5 ... 

This book is to a certain extent a summary of both scientific results of various authors and of classes in biogeochemistry and ERA, which were given to students by the author during recent years in different universities. So I would like to thank the many students of the Universities of Cornell, Moscow, Pushchino, Seoul, and Bangkok, who explored this subject initially without a textbook. The critical discussion and comments during these classes have provided me the possibility of presenting this book. 

Another curious disturbance of memory function is perseveration - the tendency to repeat the same response inappropriately. This may take a unique form the subject initially cannot answer a question and seems unable even to remember what the question was, but when the examiner asks a new question, he replies by correctly answering the first Simultaneously, he seems not to have heard the second question, nor to realize he has responded inappropriately... ... 

Condition Subject Initial body wt. Wt. loss (kg) Fat loss (kg) FFM loss (kg)"... 

Each page of the CRF should include investigator identification, study subject number, protocol number, subject initials, and visit and/or study day. All pages are numbered as v of y pages with the version and date of CRFs in a footer. Each appropriate section requires the signature from the investigator and a final sign-off. 

In tbe development of talc pneumoconiosis or talcosis, tbe subject initially is symptom-free, but cougb and dyspnea develop as the disease progresses cyanosis, digital clubbing, and cor pulmonale occur in advanced cases. Tbe disease progresses slowly, even in the absence of continued exposure occasionally, tbe disease may progress rapidly, with death occurring within a few years of a very heavy exposure. ... 

Noting that chronic insomniacs often underestimate their actual sleep time, Spielman et al. (183) conducted a study in which subjects initially were allowed to stay in bed only as long as their own estimate of time spent asleep. Results indicated that the mild sleep deprivation produced tended to improve sleep onset latency and efficiency. 

Ritvo ER, Freeman BJ, Scheibel AB, Duong T, Robinson H, Guthrie D, Ritvo A (1986) Lower Purkinje cell counts in the cerebella of four autistic subjects initial findings of the UCLA-NSAC Autopsy Research Report. Am J Psychiatry 143 862—866. 

The total number of subjects initially planned for inclusion in the study the number entered into the study to date, tabulated by age group, sex, and race the number whose participation in the study was completed as planned and the number who dropped out of the study for any reason the requirement for tabulation by age, group, sex, and race is a new annual report requirement effective February 1998. 

In a 12-month relapse prevention comparison of olanzapine and lithium in subjects initially stabilized on the combination, each was efficacious in preventing relapse into either mania or depression (83°). Olanzapine was significantly better than lithium in preventing relapse into mania or mixed mania, but lithium was better than olanzapine in preventing relapse into depression. 

Accepting this statement and sensational reports by the mass media, the Japan Environmental Protection Agency (JEPA) published Strategic Programs on Environmental Endocrine Disruptors in 1998 (SPEED 98) , presented JEPA s basic policy on this subject, initiated concrete countermeasures and listed about 70 substances, including SDs and STs, that are suspected of being endocrine disrupters (EDs) in a review of the literature [3]. Thereafter, researchers affiliated with the National Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS) investigated certain kinds of containers made of PS, and it was clarified that... 

A second approach is embodied in reversal learning. Using this approach, the correct and incorrect arms (stimuli) in the maze are reversed after the subject initially learns which is correct. For example. 

In the 1996 study by Merz et al. that primarily examined prolactin secretion in male subjects, initial hormone levels of FSH and LH were measured on days 1 and 13 (beginning and near-end of placebo phase) and from blood samples taken during the prolactin secretion profiling. The authors state that V. agnus-castus had no effect on FSH or LH levels, but no other details were provided (26,28,29). 

A simple model of the permeation experiment with ethanol is now presented, where the distribution of effective stresses and contaminant concentration is uniform. Let us consider an axisymmetric specimen with the same dimensions as described above, subjected to uniaxial deformation, with zero vertical displacement at its base. The specimen is subjected initially to a vertical load applied on the upper boundary, and the pore pressure in the specimen is zero. The cases... 

To obtain reproducible polarization curves, the electrode must be subjected initially to preliminary polarization at the highest current density within the investigated polarization interval for a definite period of time [103]. Figure 2.36 illustrates the effect of pre-polarization on the Tafel relation. 

I shall not pursue this point here. I merely observe that if the combined structure is not a psychological subject, or at least is not such a subject initially, then XPi prior to embodiment is not a subject either. But if XPr is not a subject, then XPi cannot have any experiences prior to embodiment. Experiences cannot exist unowned any more than laughs can exist unlaughed or screams can exist unscreamed. For each experience, there must be an experiencer — someone for whom there is something it is like. But if XPr has no experiences, then there is nothing it is like for XPi at all. 

The equations cannot be treated exactly like other orthokinetic equations because of the limitation i j. If i = j there would be no differential settlement and, therefore, no collisions and aggregation. Similarly, it cannot be applied to an initially monodisperse suspension because aU particles would settle at the same rate. If the suspension were subject initially to significant perikinetic (Brownian diffusion) flocculation then it would become hetero-disperse and flocculation by differential settling would follow. 

Cardiovascular In a study in 23 subjects initiating ARVs, a significantly lower flow mediated dilatation (FMD, a marker of endothelial function) of the brachial artery was noted with EFV as compared to Pl-based regimens at 12months [216 j. Use of FTC/TDF/EFV was associated with a reduction in FMD at 6 and 12months compared to those not on this combination. The authors suggest this may play a role in cardiovascular risk. 

Polymerization, gelation and vulcanization have been discovered as new subjects in statistical mechanics. They have been embedded in the theory of critical phenomena and statistical mechanics of polymers in general (see, for example, refs. 3,4 and 5), and many new discoveries have been made. The new developments in theoretical physics of these subjects initiated by the classical... 

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