Clinical pathology testing of rodents is often challenging due to insufficient sample volume. One solution in clinical veterinary and exploratory research environments is dilution of samples prior to analysis. However, published information on the impact of preanalytical sample dilution on rodent biochemical data is incomplete. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of preanaly...

The demand for money (M1) for the USA is estimated with annual data from 1960-2008 and its stability is analyzed with the extended Gregory and Hansen (1996b) test. In addition to estimating the canonical specification, alternative specifications are estimated which include a trend and additional variables to proxy the cost of holding money. Results with our extended specification showed that th...

Formal methods have been shown to improve the quality of software, but they are seldom if ever used outside the safety-critical system domain. Typically, the initial cost of creating formal requirements speci cations is perceived to be prohibitively large while not necessarily guaranteeing future bene ts. In this paper we discuss ways of tailoring formal methods to suit current economic realities.

905 National Tax Journal Vol. LIX, No. 4 December 2006 Abstract This paper considers what it might mean to describe the VAT as a “money machine,” tests whether it is one, and asks if it might consequently be wise not to adopt it. We fi nd broadly persuasive evidence, using panel data for the OECD, for a “weak form” of the money–machine hypothesis: that countries with a VAT raise more revenue th...

The coagulation curve obtained by the technique previously reported by the authors has been recently interpreted by J. B. Graham and E. M. Barrow as explainable to a large extent by a variation of the ionic force of the medium during dilution. In order to overcome the influence of this physico-chemical factor and to reveal the action of the biological coagulation factors, the authors have perfo...

We used an established isotope dilution gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method to measure blood volumes with an enriched stable isotope of chromium. The results were compared with those of the conventional method, which involves radioactive 51Cr. The two methods were compared simultaneously in two male subjects of different sizes, and essentially identical volumes were obtained. The isotop...