Quenched chiral perturbation is used to study the decay constants for heavy-light mesons beyond the leading order in 1/M . The results are used to estimate the error in quenched lattice calculations of the decay constants. For the double ratio R1 = (fDs/fD)/(fBs/fB) we find that the error is small — conservatively 5%, but likely smaller. We also find that quenching decreases the ratio fDs/fD re...

INTRODUCTION Ethnic variations in the prevalence of absence of the palmaris longus (PL) are well known. Many techniques for clinically determining the presence of the PL have been described. Studies have also attempted to correlate its absence with other anatomical anomalies. However, most studies have been done in Caucasian populations. MATERIALS AND METHODS The presence of the PL was clinic...

The aim was to investigate differences of the kinetics of the crimp and the slope grip used in rock climbing. Nine cadaver fingers were prepared and fixated with the proximal phalanx in a frame. The superficial (FDS) and deep (FDP) flexor tendons were loaded selectively and together with 40 N in the crimp grip (PIP joint flexed 90°/DIP joint hyperextended) and the slope grip position (<25° flex...

Sedimentation velocity analytical ultracentrifugation (SV) is a powerful first-principle technique for the study of protein interactions, and allows a rigorous characterization of binding stoichiometry and affinities. A recently introduced commercial fluorescence optical detection system (FDS) permits analysis of high-affinity interactions by SV. However, for most proteins the attachment of an ...

Functional dependencies (FDs) have recently been extended for data quality purposes with various notions of similarity instead of strict equality. We study these extensions in this paper. We begin by constructing a hierarchy of dependencies, showing which dependencies generalize others. We then focus on an extension of FDs that we call Antecedent Metric Functional Dependencies (AMFDs). An AMFD ...

Until now, there have been no published researches evaluating referrals from family doctors (FDs) or utilizations of physical medicine and rehabilitation (PMR) in Croatia. The main study aim was of determining the referral trend and the trends in the number of PMR consultations. The data were collected from the Croatian Health Statistics Yearbook, 1995-2012. The results of this study pointed ou...

Primary health care for pre-school children in Croatia is provided by the primary pediatricians (PPs) in urban, or family doctors (FDs) in rural areas. The main aim of the study was to determine the trends in morbidity as recorded by FDs, and those recorded by PPs, from 1995-2012. The study was based on the routinely collected, national statistics data from the Croatian Health Service Yearbooks...

Conditional Functional Dependencies (CFDs) are Functional Dependencies (FDs) that hold on a fragment relation of the original relation. In this paper, we show the hierarchy between FDs, CFDs and Association Rules (ARs): FDs are the union of CFDs while CFDs are the union of ARs. We also show the link between Approximate Functional Dependencies (AFDs) and approximate ARs. In this paper, we show t...

Four ferredoxin (Fd) fractions, namely, FdA-D were purified from the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum. Their absorption spectra are typical of 2[4Fe-4S] cluster type Fds with peaks at about 385 and 280 nm and a shoulder at about 305 nm. The A(385)/A(280) ratios of the purified Fds were 0.76-0.80. Analysis of the N-terminal amino acid sequences of these Fds (15-25 residues) revealed tha...