Today Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE), also known as the World Chess Organization, sets the standard rules, with slight modifications made by some national organizations for their own purposes.
During his tenure (1781 85) he proposed the decimal coinage system that, with some modifications by Thomas Jefferson, forms the basis of the present U.S. monetary system.
The map now on subway trains is a 1979 design, with some modifications, by Michael Hertz, not by Mr. Vignelli.
We made some modifications by considering the physical differences between Americans and Taiwanese, because the first case would be a semiconductor fabrication plant in Taiwan.
Twelve years ago we were presented with the Saudi Peace Initiative, later endorsed (with some modifications) by the Arab League.
Occlusion was registered according to Björk et al., [ 25], with some modifications by Al-Emran et al., [ 26].
Antibacterial activity of the modified oils was evaluated following the method described by Patgaonkar et al. (2011) [ 24] with some modifications by Ghanbari et al. (2012) [ 25].
Plasma vitamin C (VIT C) was estimated as described by Galley et al. (1996) with some modifications by Jacqes-Silva et al. (2001).
Glutathione reductase (GR; EC 1.6.4.2) activity was assayed as described by Carlberg and Mannervik [ 32], with some modifications, by measuring the oxidation of NADPH at 340 nm.
Membrane permeabilization of L. amazonensis promastigotes was assessed by measuring Sytox Green uptake as described previously, with some modifications, by Thevissen et al. [ 25].
The predictive role of this model has been successfully validated, with some modifications, by a retrospective analysis that included 353 patients with mRCC at the Cleveland Clinic (Mekhail et al, 2005).
