The purpose of the study was to assess and compare, through the use of F-FDG PET/CT, lung and mediastinal lymph node involvement in patients with NTM and patients with active TB.
Expression of contigs from reproductive tissues, subterranean tissues and vegetative tissues of the two genotypes was compared through use of Venn diagrams (Figs. 6b and c).
Five models were compared through use of a confirmatory factor analysis.
For viable cfu counts, means were calculated and compared through use of a two-tailed t-test.
Efficacy of each teaching method was compared through use of multiple choice questionnaires (MCQ) - baseline, post-teaching and 2 week follow-up.
The performance of several designs of curved membrane modules with Dean vortices was compared through experiments using a colloidal bentonite suspension and cellulose acetate hollow-fibre ultrafiltration (UF) membranes.
The different approaches are then compared through simulations and using data from a large population-based case-control study on occupational exposure to asbestos and pleural mesothelioma (PM).
The frequencies of users of anxiolytics, sedatives, and hypnotics, of antidepressants, of analgesics/antiepileptics/antiparkinsonians, and of at least one psychotropic drug were compared through bivariate analysis using chi-square tests.
The lack of modulation of MHC class I, ICAM-1, NKG2D ligands, IFN-γR1 and HLA-E in our primary fibroblast system is likely due to the relatively low initial KSHV viral load obtained through co-culture compared with the use of highly concentrated KSHV viral supernatant, and because of the dilution of KSHV episomes among infected daughter cells.
The behavior of the derived RC networks is evaluated and compared through a design example, using the OrCAD PSpice software, in order to choose the most appropriate among them.
