Heterogeneity

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Heterogeneity - The quality or state of being heterogeneous, i.e., varying in space or time.
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News archive for Heterogeneity:

Is There Enough Evidence to Support Use of N-Acetylcysteine in ...  -  04 Aug 2008
Annals of Internal MedicineIn addition, we agree with Dr. Trivedi that substantial heterogeneity of studies evaluating N-acetylcysteine makes the conclusions of our analysis far from

Hyperic Adds Xen Support  -  04 Aug 2008
InformationWeek,...but anyone looking to manage a large virtualized application spaces should take a look... especially if heterogeneity is a requirement.

Regional differences in HIV prevalence among drug users in China ...  -  04 Aug 2008
7thSpace Interactive (press release),We found substantial heterogeneity among the surveillance sites with prevalence rates ranging between 0% and 54%. HIV status was strongly affected by the

Heterogeneity in multistage carcinogenesis and mixture modeling  -  Jul 21, 2008
7thSpace Interactive (press release),This approach allows us to describe population heterogeneity in a biologically meaningful way. We focus on finite mixture models, for which we prove

Making the Case for a Multi-Speed Europe  -  Jul 29, 2008
Deutsche Welle,The heterogeneity within the bloc has, however, grown as a result of new members joining over the last few years. Economic, social and political differences

Analysis of heterogeneity and epistasis in physiological mixed ...  -  Jul 8, 2008
7thSpace Interactive (press release),Biological systems are interacting networks of genetic and molecular entities in which genetic variation generates phenotypic heterogeneity.

Genetic heterogeneity of L-Zagreb mumps virus vaccine strain  -  Jul 10, 2008
7thSpace Interactive (press release),Results: We identified the heterogeneity of L-Zagreb throughout the entire genome. Two major variants were defined: variant A being identical to the

Do mouthrinses containing essential oils reduce the effect of ...  -  Jul 9, 2008
Nature.com (subscription),Heterogeneity of the studies was assessed. Data was pooled for gingivitis and plaque and a weighted means meta-analysis using a random effects model was

Is Geography Destiny?  -  Jul 29, 2008
New York Sun,Increasing connections between people are reducing the amount of linguistic diversity, but religious heterogeneity, especially of the extreme sort,

Transdermal Rather Than Oral Hormone Therapy May Help Avoid ...  -  Jul 16, 2008
Medscape (subscription)For equine estrogens of more than 0.625 mg, RR was 1.91 (95% CI, 1.78 - 2.04) vs 0.625 mg or less (RR, 1.76; 95% CI, 1.68 - 1.84; P for heterogeneity = .02)

Percutaneous Spine Biopsy: A Meta-Analysis  -  Aug 1, 2008
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (subscription)Heterogeneity is characterized by variation in the results between studies due to variation in study protocols or study cohorts that can affect the

Six Questions About Sorting  -  Jul 21, 2008
TPM,For example, even if you think you love political heterogeneity, consider the possibility (assuming you like activist government), local homogeneity could

Mexico's Evolving HIV Epidemic  -  Aug 3, 2008
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),1 Yet with a pandemic that may shift rapidly, national HIV prevalence can mask considerable heterogeneity at the state level.

Dividing Lines: Bill Bishop's 'The Big Sort'  -  Jul 8, 2008
New York Sun,These differences in beliefs, income, and lifestyles also lead to political heterogeneity — the famous map of red states and blue states, and in "The Big

Meta-analysis: Combination Endoscopic and Drug Therapy to Prevent ...  -  Jul 14, 2008
Annals of Internal MedicineMetaregression and stratified analysis were used to explore heterogeneity. Data Synthesis: 23 trials (1860 patients) met inclusion criteria.

Philadelphia, PA, American College of Physicians, 2007  -  Aug 3, 2008
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),The discussions on choosing an antiretroviral therapy, modifying or monitoring treatment, and patient heterogeneity in response to antiretroviral therapy

Diabetes Increases Risk of Active TB  -  Jul 15, 2008
MedPage Today,Despite that heterogeneity, the researchers said, the studies show "there is an increased risk of active TB among people with diabetes regardless of

Establishing the soundness of administrative spatial units for ...  -  Jul 31, 2008
7thSpace Interactive (press release),This heterogeneity can lead to biased measurement of environment characteristics and misestimation of area effects on health. The objective of this study

Correlation between pre-treatment quasispecies complexity and ...  -  Jul 9, 2008
7thSpace Interactive (press release),The degree of sequence heterogeneity within the hypervariable region 1 was assessed by analyzing 20-30 individual clones in serial serum samples.

Justin's US Conservative Politics Blog  -  Jul 6, 2008
About - News & Issues,By promoting Obama's belief in tradtional values and the heterogeneity of his family dynamic, the commercial is all-too typical of modern political

Will Language Overload Force Open Enterprises?  -  Jul 28, 2008
InternetNews.com..."Clearly, there is going to more heterogeneity for wire formats, too," he added. "Increasingly, given that the future will have more than two programming

Research and Markets: New Book Explores the Framework of I-Space ...  -  Jul 28, 2008
MarketWatchChapter 3 looks at how the heterogeneity of economic actors arises naturally from their respective data processing strategies in spite of any similarities

End of the two-state solution  -  Jul 28, 2008
guardian.co.uk,...of years of cultural heterogeneity and plurality could be negated overnight by the creation of a state with a single cultural and religious identity.

Highlights of this issue  -  Jul 31, 2008
British Journal of Psychiatry (subscription),...found evidence of differences in the level of risk associated with the type of abuse (physical v. sexual v. both) and of gender-based heterogeneity.

Gene Expression Profiles with Clinical Data Prognostic for Early ...  -  Jul 22, 2008
Cancerpage.com,..."The most successful classifiers at stratifying stage 1 samples were trained on samples from all stages," the authors report, suggesting that "heterogeneity

The principles of Islam (III)  -  Jul 31, 2008
Triumph,...with one more distinction, that is, all Muslims then wear the same outfit regardless of their heterogeneity, home lands, tongues, or classes.

U-Pb Zircon Dating of Basement Inliers Within the Moine Supergroup ...  -  Aug 1, 2008
RedOrbit,To date, there have been few isotopic age determinations on the basement inliers, their heterogeneity and complex metamorphic history has created

Malvern Experts Bring Advanced Near Infrared Chemical Imaging to ...  -  Jul 31, 2008
ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release),...and Advanced Methods Characterizing Spatial Heterogeneity in Chemical Imaging Data Analysis as part of the session covering Chemometrics Along Spatial

Gene Variant Increases Stroke Risk in Female Migraineurs  -  Jul 30, 2008
MedPage Today,Non-Caucasian women were also excluded to reduce heterogeneity in the study sample. At baseline, about 18% of the participants reported a history of

Decoding Egypt: The Execution of Reason  -  Jul 30, 2008
Daily News Egypt,Indeed, the heterogeneity of Iranians is denied; they should all succumb to Egypt’s official standpoint in order to enjoy Cairo’s majestic satisfaction.

Family-Based Homozygosity Mapping Study Uncovers Possible Autism ...  -  Jul 10, 2008
GenomeWeb News (subscription),...“The extreme genetic heterogeneity of autism, and the high de novo mutation rate, have hindered linkage studies of inherited autism susceptibility loci,�

2 Springer authors win important awards from the Ecological ...  -  Jul 29, 2008
FirstScience,...(first edition in 2002) and Quantitative Methods in Landscape Ecology: The Analysis and Interpretation of Landscape Heterogeneity (first edition in 1991).

Wyspa Institute of Art  -  Jul 29, 2008
E-Flux,...archivability, predictability or a defined way of looking that plays a role here but subjectivity, openness, potentiality, heterogeneity and ambiguity.

Gene Profiles Might Help Guide Lung Cancer Care  -  Jul 20, 2008
Atlanta Journal Constitution,..."I guess the bottom line from this study is that because of the heterogeneity of lung adenocarcinoma, it is not an easy problem. There are still significant

Cancer Research Highlights  -  Jul 29, 2008
Newswise (press release)But does tumor heterogeneity change because of cancer treatment? [Researchers] at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, have taken the first steps toward

CIOs take on security threat management  -  Jul 29, 2008
CIOL,Sudarshan Singh: (Member, Cap Gemini): With the growing heterogeneity of assets, attack methods and proliferation of new business tool (based on Web 2.0),

N. Sumatra model for harmony, SBY says  -  Jul 18, 2008
Jakarta Post,According to the President, the province's heterogeneity in ethnicity, religions and cultures would leave it prone to conflict if not managed wisely.

Gene Signatures For Scleroderma Discovered  -  Jul 16, 2008
Science Daily (press release)..."Our goal was to go into a disease of completely different etiology, but plagued by similar problems of clinical heterogeneity and to quantify disease

Gaining Ground On Sickle Cell Disease  -  Jul 15, 2008
Science Daily (press release)..."Eventually, understanding the factors giving rise to heterogeneity in HbF levels might allow us to take severely affected patients and make them more like

Malvern Experts Bring Advanced Near Infrared Chemical Imaging  -  Jul 27, 2008
Chemical Online.com (press release),...and Advanced Methods Characterizing Spatial Heterogeneity in Chemical Imaging Data Analysis as part of the session covering Chemometrics Along Spatial

Strain Rate and Temperature Effects on the Formability and Damage ...  -  Jul 24, 2008
RedOrbit,The amount of damage present is observed to be dependent on the local microstructure heterogeneity of the individual specimens studied.

Financial Sector Reform for India's Masses  -  Jul 27, 2008
RGE Monitor,Heterogeneity of wants and initial endowments makes markets in achieving these reallocations possible. The inherent time delays and uncertainties associated

Poor public sector  -  Jul 27, 2008
Livemint,India’s size, heterogeneity and social stratification present challenges for governance and public sector performance. On that basis, one might rate it

High Line, Low Aims  -  Jul 8, 2008
New York Times,The High Line is in many ways a metaphor for the heterogeneity of New York, and an ideal plan should reflect that. It joins two neighborhoods that have been

Armed violence and humanitarian action in urban areas  -  Jul 29, 2008
ICRC (press release),In urban areas, the heterogeneity of the population makes targeting beneficiaries of aid a sensitive task, with all the risks that it may entail in terms of

Long-Acting Insulin Enhances Glycemic Control Only Slightly  -  Jul 25, 2008
Medscape (subscription)Subgroup analysis for heterogeneity showed that long-acting insulin had a more beneficial effect on glycated hemoglobin for intermediate and poorly

ISMB 2008 Talks Highlight Growing Bond Between Bioinformatics ...  -  Jul 25, 2008
bio1nf0rm (subscription),...“A magical drug that will affect all classes of tumors does not exist, and we have to be open to that heterogeneity,� Hudson said,

Full Text  -  Jul 24, 2008
Science Magazine (subscription)E-mail: sobolev{at}geokhi.ru Formation, subduction, and incomplete mixing of oceanic crust produces chemical and isotopic heterogeneity in Earth's mantle (1

The Role of Alpha 2 Agonists in the Attention Deficit ...  -  Jul 24, 2008
Medscape (subscription)Psychological heterogeneity in AD/HD -- a dual pathway model of behaviour and cognition. Behav Brain Res. 2002;130:29-36. Abstract Pliszka SR.

Choosing a Law School  -  Jul 24, 2008
International Business Times,Is there homogeneity or heterogeneity among the student population? A joint degree program is a program of study set up to allow you to complete a JD and




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