THE INDIVIDUAL AND COMBINED EFFECTS OF EXERCISE AND COLLAGENASE ON THE RODENT ACHILLES TENDON

... force-displacement curve and represents the ratio of force applied to the tendon to its elongation in response to the force. Tendon stiffness is dependent upon the location and function of the tendon and may ... attachment: the myotendionus junction (MTJ) between the tendon and muscle, and the osteotendionous junction (OTJ) between the tendon and...

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... that the improved antitumor efficacy of WP631 on some cell lines [8,9] might be the result of its strong effect on the transcription of some key genes, such as p53 and c-myc [16]. The inhibition of ... Corporation; Hialeah, FL, USA) at the ÔServeis Cientifico-TecnicsÕ of the University of Barcelona, using the 488 nm line of an argon laser and standard optical...

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... taken with a 5-nm excitation and emission bandwidth, a 0.5-s response time, and a scan speed of 40 nmÆs )1 . All samples contained 8 l M peptide or the same concentration of NATA for control experiments, ... of the peptide seems to contribute to the effective anchoring of the tryptophan residue. Concluding remarks The C-terminal 14 residue truncation of GGN4 abolished...

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... walk, I test H1 and H2 using changes in the number of option grants, contractual length of options, and moneyness of options between the pre and post periods for disclosure (recognition). As Murphy’s ... changes in options and other forms of compensation (bonus, salary, restricted stock, and other compensation); negative correlations are consistent with substitution....

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... before the growth of new understorey vegetation [24]. On the other hand, after the growth of the understorey, N leaching is reduced by the uptake of the new vegetation. In the present study, N content in ... equi- librated in the older stand [17, 56]. It is therefore of paramount interest to look at the consequences of harvest on the dynamics of nutrients...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 01:21

... coefficients of variation (n = 21) are 5.2% and 2.9% for concentrations of 7.7 and 41.8 mg/l, respectively. The inter-assay coefficients of variation are 13.2% and 7.4% for concentrations of 6.8 and 42 ... than in the MIL and the CON group (Figure 3). Discussion To the best of our knowledge, the present study is the first pro- spective and randomized trial co...

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... NMR structural analyses and the construction of artificial libraries allow con- structive selection and functionalization not only of antibody fragments, but also of small, nonantibody proteins (Fig. ... candidate location in NCS for grafting with the CDR 3 loop of VHH. (B) Insertion of the CDR 1-containing loop of the heavy chain in Fv into the candidate location in...

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... raises the question of what is considered “private information” in cyberspace; and the traceability of online communications and the amount of emotional investment that some people put into their online ... development of their online personas, there should be consideration of whether these pseudonyms should be treated as real identities and hence, afforded the same ty...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 20:20

... predict the locations of the first introns and exons of Y1, Y2andY3. An alignment of the peptides predicted from the pleurocidin genes and pseudogenes is shown in Fig. 1. All of the genes, and even ... antimicrobial peptide candidates for both human and nonhuman therapeutants from genomic sequences and will aid in understanding the evolution and transcriptional...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 07:20

... acquisition and experimental protocols. MEL, PS and JB contributed to the design of the analytic strategy. JB performed the statistical and computational analyses, interpreted the results, and wrote the ... have corresponding microarrays. The months since smoking cessation are listed below each former smoker. The relative expression level on the y-axis is the ra...

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