USPC ................... 385/24; 385/14; 385/16; 385/18; 385/25; 385/34; 385/47; 385/129 (58) Field of ClassiTication Search USPC ........... 385/14, 16—18, 24, 25, 31, 33, 34, 47, 385/129—132 See application file for complete search history. (60) Provisional application No. 61/390, 837, filed on Oct. 7, 2010, provisional application No. 61/390, 876, filed on Oct. 7, 2010, provisional applicati...

RESULTS: Eighty-five out of the 282 ACAPS members (30.1%) responded to the survey (Table 1). Eighty participants (94%) reported having mainly a reconstructive practice. The majority of survey participants (69.1%) had a base salary plus a bonus based either on collections or WRVUs (Figure 1). Sixty-three percent of plastic surgeons in the survey received less than $50 as a compensation per WRVU....

The production and biochemical properties of cell envelope-associated proteinases from two strains of Streptococcus thermophilus (strains CNRZ 385 and CNRZ 703) were compared. No significant difference in proteinase activity was found for strain CNRZ 385 when cells were grown in skim milk medium and M17 broth. Strain CNRZ 703 exhibited a threefold-higher proteinase activity when cells were grow...

THE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION rate is defined as the percentage of the noninstitutional working-age population (those aged 16 and over) reporting themselves as either working or actively looking for work. This statistic is constructed from data collected as part of the Current Population Survey and published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Its longer-run trend is an important d...

Between 1992 and 1996 the number of health maintenance organizations (HMOs) entering the Medicaid market grew at an average annual rate of approximately 22 percent. Participation among all ownership segments grew, resulting in a broad distribution of beneficiaries across the HMO industry. However, recent declines in financial performance within the industry appear to be more dramatic for plans ...

We study the labor supply behavior of 279 South Indian …shermen using daily data on labor force participation and individual value of catches from 2000 to 2007. There exist two labor supply approaches with di¤erent policy implications. On the one hand, intertemporal substitution implies that workers substitute labor for leisure when wages are temporary higher. On the other hand, target-earnings...

RNA interference (RNAi) is a powerful tool to study gene function in cultured cells. Transfected cell microarrays in principle allow high-throughput phenotypic analysis after gene knockdown by microscopy. But bottlenecks in imaging and data analysis have limited such high-content screens to endpoint assays in fixed cells and determination of global parameters such as viability. Here we have ove...

Toxoplasma gondii is an important pathogen in veterinary and human medicine. In this study, a new multiplex TaqMan real-time PCR for detection of T. gondii DNA was developed. This assay consisted of new sets of primers and probes which targeted B1 gene and ITS-1 region of T. gondii, with Vibrio cholera gene as internal control. The B1 gene primers were designed to detect T. gondii RH strain, wh...