abstract:   background: the most important and complex phenomenon of respiratory function of the nose is related to different nasal anatomy. the differences in facial anatomic structure between different races may also be reflected in nasal resistance and airflow. caucasians has different facial anatomic structure which is the reflection of intranasal resistance or consequence of airflow. the a...

conclusions the tmd, with a cut-off point of 65 mm, had superior diagnostic value compared with the hmdr and mallampati score. therefore, the tmd could be used in malay patients to predict the difficulty of larynx visualization during laryngoscopy. results difficulty in visualizing the larynx was found in 28 (10.1%) patients. the auc, sensitivity, and specificity for the three airway predictors...

This study investigated the differential predictive validity of the Developing Cognitive Abilities Test (DCAT) in a heterogeneous sample of 863 sixth-grade students. Bias was assessed across gender, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic dimensions. Level H of the DCAT was administered during the students’ sixth-grade year, and selected subtests from the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) were admini...

This paper develops a two-sector, general equilibrium, overlapping generations model to derive necessary and su cient conditions for the existence of private tutoring in the presence of publicly-provided education. Young agents have heterogeneous endowments of human capital, which can be augmented by mandatory public education and elective private tutoring. Old agents work in the production sec...

this article deals with the social and family values in one of the most famous simulation games (the sims) in the recent years. it is tried to answer some questions, whether, the sims is a representative of social values of american society, and in particular, of the american family. what is the cement of the american society from the game point of view? what does the sims family suggest as a m...

Objectives. To better understand the consequences of whole or partial reliance on test scores as a screening mechanism for college or university admissions or for job placement or promotion. Methods. We introduce a simple hurdles/threshold model to study one particular mechanism that has been recently proposed to generate a ‘‘compromise’’ between race-normed or gender-normed standards for accep...

Reproduction and pathogenicity of the five known races of Meloidogyne naasi on two selections of creeping bentgrass were compared. Toronto C-15 was a host for Races 3, 4 and 5, whereas Northmoor 9 supported reproduction of all five races. Differences in susceptibility and population increase demonstrated that the races could be separated by degree of reproduction on the two selections. Root wei...

3 Usage 4 3.1 Designing experiment files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3.1.1 Basic JSON syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3.1.2 Combinations and alternatives (inner nodes) . . . . . 5 3.1.3 Leaf nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.1.4 Post-processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3.2 The j2r command line tool . . . . . . . . . . ...