PURPOSE Our previous study demonstrated that photoelectric dye-coupled polyethylene film (Okayama University-type retinal prosthesis), which was implanted in subretinal space of the eyes of Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) rats, prevented retinal neurons from apoptotic death. In this study, we aimed to examine whether photoelectric dye itself would protect retinal neurons from apoptosis in RCS r...

this study investigated 1) whether the effect of teacher-developed graphic organizers vis-à-vis student-developed ones was more significant on improving intermediate efl learners’ writing, and 2)whether the use of both graphic organizers had any impact on their writing. the participants were selectedin two stages: 130 students sat for a piloted proficiency test. those who scored above half ofth...

Time course gene microarray is an important tool to identify genes with differential expressions over time. Traditional analysis of variance (ANOVA) type of longitudinal investigation may not be applicable because of irregular time intervals and possible missingness due to contamination in microarray experiments. Functional principal components analysis is proposed to test hypotheses in the cha...

This article concerns the power of various data analytic strategies to detect the effect of a single genetic variant (GV) in multivariate data. We simulated exactly fitting monozygotic and dizygotic phenotypic data according to single and two common factor models, and simplex models. We calculated the power to detect the GV in twin 1 data in an ANOVA of phenotypic sum scores, in a MANOVA, and i...

In this work, a comparative assessment of the mechanical properties chopped glass-carbon-aramid fiber reinforced polypropylene (PP) composites was carried out. Reinforcement and matrix materials were mixed with extrusion method, then composite produced in form plates press molding technique. The composites' tensile, 3-point bending, drop weight tests out surface morphology fractured surfaces ex...

This study examines the motivation of primary school teachers from perspective self-determination theory, to identify variables and factors that affect motivation. The research was conducted using an explanatory mixed design. qualitative data were collected 414 39 schools covering all districts Erzurum province through Multidimensional Job Motivation Scale. Qualitative 30 participants Teacher I...

A large nurober of investigations have been undertaken to develop technical systems in order to enable a tactile substitution of speech for the deaf. These aids have been evaluated with various experimental procedures (identification and discrimination tests, learning experiments, tracking procedures and other overt behaviour methods). In order to find additional evidence for the processing and...