We propose a construction of a trivariate C 1 macro-element over a special tetrahedral partition and compare our construction with known C 1 macro-elements which are summarized in this paper. Also, we propose an improvement of the Alfeld construction of a C 1 quintic macro-element such that the new scheme is able to reproduce all polynomials of total degree 5. x1. Introduction The study of triv...

From 8322 patients for whom creatine kinase (CK; EC 2.7.3.2) isoenzyme analysis was ordered, we identified 136 patients with macro CK isoenzyme in their serum. There were 36 cases with type 1 (prevalence: 0.43%) and 100 cases with type 2 isoenzyme (prevalence: 1.20%). About three-fourths of the patients were ambulatory at the time of testing, and approximately 90% of the first 68 patients ident...

The acquisition and use of macro actions has been shown to be effective in improving the speed of AI planners. Current macro acquisition work focuses on finding macro sets that, when added to the domain, can improve the average solving performance. In this paper, we present Instance-specific macro learning. This kind of macro filtering depends on building a predictor that can be used to estimat...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the prevalence and origin of macroenzyme creatine kinase type 2 (Macro CK2) in HIV-1-infected patients on antiretroviral treatment. DESIGN CK, CK-MB activity and protein weight, electrophoretic behaviour, glomerular filtration rate (GFR), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), bone alkaline phosphatase (AP), beta2-microglobulin serum levels and...

Macro thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) has been reported to be associated with seasonality and regulated by changes in day length in rodents, different from free TSH. In the present study, we investigated structural differences between macro TSH and free TSH levels in human serum, as well as the association of macro TSH with sleep quality. We enrolled 314 patients registered in the Hyogo Sleep...

government interventions in agricultural markets in order to stabilize commodity prices and producer incomes have had a long tradition. intervention has been at both the state and country levels and has been for the most part in the form of commodity-based schemes. this study represents an attempt to develop an appropriate methodology for analyzing the aggre-gate effects of a particular type of...

oscillating reactions are one of the most interesting topics in chemistry and analytical chemistry. fluctuations in concentrations of one the reacting species (usually a reaction intermediate) create an oscillating chemical reaction. in oscillating systems, the reaction is far from thermodynamic equilibrium. in these systems, at least one autocatalytic step is required. developing an instinctiv...

A SAS macro to extend the Cox proportional hazards regression model to allow for positive stable frailties is presented. This macro computes, using a modi ed EM algorithm, estimates of the model parameters and their respective standard errors. The likelihood ratio test of the independence assumption is also provided. An example data set is used to illustrate the macro.

in order to determine calcium (ca), magnesium (mg) content and total antioxidant capacity (tac) of seminal plasma in buffalo and to study their associations with the semen characteristics, 54 semen samples were collected from 10 buffalo bulls; semen quality was evaluated, seminal plasma was then harvested by centrifugation and its ca and mg content were estimated and its tac determined. the ca ...