Báo cáo y học: "Dynamic models of immune responses: what is the ideal level of detail" pptx

... modeling: We discuss the usability of various deterministic dynamic modeling approaches to study the progression of infectious diseases. The complexity of these models is dependent on the number of components ... to develop models describing the dynamics of the immune components involved in the progression of the disease. Incorporation of the large numb...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:20

... atopic asthma [5-7]. Further studies have elucidated the key role played by T cell costimulatory pathways [8,9] The cornerstone of asthma therapy is inhaled β 2 -adrener- gic agonists in combination ... shown). Discussion Short acting beta agonists, including albuterol, are a mainstay of asthma therapy due to their ability to pro- mote bronchodilation; in addition they may display a...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:21

... polysaccharide of the extracellular matrix of con- nective tissue, synovial fluid, and other tissues. HA structure consists of polyanionic disaccharide units of glucouronic acid and N-acetyl-glucosamine ... environment as a result of complex interactions with the cells and other extracellular matrix components [6] . This characteristic is largely responsible for the con...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 11:35

... consideration of the magnitude of the (often very small) risk to the patient. Contrary to the altruism expressed by many patients, equipoise gives weight neither to personal autonomy nor to personal satisfaction. Of ... http://arthritis-research.com/content/6/3/R250 R253 Another circumstance is the choice of a decision strategy other than ‘expected value’ by the patient....

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:23

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:22

... 9 of 10 by linear regression analysis by plotting the specific bindin g of the radioligand on th e X-axis and bound/free on the Y- axis. The maximal binding is a measure of the total number of ... in the tissue and the equilibrium dissociation constant is the measure of the affinity of the receptors for the radioligand. The K d is inversely related t...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21

... Children could list almost half of the most well-known medicinal plants in the community, but they knew them almost exclusively by their Spanish name. The specialists of the community played a special ... milated by the dominant society. The children of the community spend most of the day at school, where they are taught in Spanish. This decreases their chances to lear...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:21

... Enhance- ment of the peri-cystic soft tissues can be considered an MRI feature suggestive of soft- tissue hydatid disease [9]. Serology is a useful tool that confirms the diagnosis, although it is rarely ... diagnosis. Conclusion: Hydatid cyst should be considered in the differential diagnosis of every subcutaneous cystic mass, especially in regions where the disease is en...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:21

... specifically the CASC, this may have a range of consequences, some desirable and others less clearly helpful. These impacts can be at the level of learners and at the level of the profession, ... reasonable but this remains to be seen. The caveats about the reliability of OSCEs (in general and in comparison to lon g cases), raise the question of whether the CASC...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:22

... characteris- tics (e.g. number and type of previous offenses; characteristics of the index offense: relationship to the vic- tim, number of victims, degree of injury of the victim, type of offense ... between the both, regarding the characteris- tics of the offense, the offender and the victim. It seems that men and women mostly commit the same types of crime...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:20