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... explained the purpose ofthe study and instructed students to finish all questions depending on their case in 20 or 25 minutes They were also informed that all their information was kept in secret ... Because there is something that raises meaninglessness or worthlessness in their mind when doing anything, they not want to pursue the task as well as try to perform it without any effort According ... motivation was not the presence of motivators inthe classroom, but the absence of demotivators” (Christophel &Gorham, 1995) At the beginning ofthe semester, the absence of context demotivators and the...
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... Inthe final phase, the phenytoin was administered through the proximal lumen and the TPN through the medial lumen The same methodology was repeated on the opposite limb using the control catheter ... for theadministrationof intravenous fluids, drugs, chemotherapeutic agents, inotropic agents, and hyperalimentation Access to the intravascular space includes the femoral, subclavian, and internal ... site of entry ofthe vein or even outside the vein This increases the possibility of extravasation if the catheter is accidentally dislodged or is not sutured properly The new triple-lumen catheter,...
... receptor co-activator-binding domain, reside inthe disordered regions ofthe protein [4] Inthe case of Ste5, the scaffold protein that binds several kinases ofthe MAPK pathway, binding of Fus3 ... feature in detail to gain further insight into the possible importance of disorder in Caskin1 function and the class of scaffolds in general The collection of scaffold proteins for bioinformatics ... consider thatthe binding of numerous proteins in tight proximity is rather difficult inthe case of a rigid, globular structure, it is reasonable to assume that these proteins contain long, disordered...
... continued support during the course of this project I am also grateful for the assistance of Associate Professor Vladimir Brusic from Institute of Infocomm Research for his kind help inthe construction ... In general, the regions of virus molecules involved in binding to the cellular components acting as viral receptors might be structurally similar to the binding domains of cellular proteins that ... homologue ofthe amino-terminal extracellular domain of nAChR The crystal structure ofthe AChBP revealed that each ligand-binding site is located in a cleft at the subunit interface, conforming to the...
... up-regulation of telomerase that maintains the stability ofthe short telomere lengths Finally, the transforming events (inactivation of tumor suppressor genes, up-regulation of certain oncogenes such as ... sample to thatofthe internal control, normalized to the DNA values at the G0/G1 phase The use of an internal control (e.g 1301 cell line) is important to monitor the accuracy ofthe procedure ... has the ability to monitor proliferation in a minor subset of cells and follow the acquisition of different markers in internal proteins linked to cell divisions Inthe future, combination of...
... present the findings regarding thefactorsthat promoted or were barriers to implementing the program inthe fifth section The final section offers some conclusions The Context ofthe First Born® ... admitted to some ofthe same challenges that these two sites encountered in terms of achieving and maintaining fidelity Nearly all ofthefactors contributing to challenges in maintaining fidelity ... implementation ofthe FBP incorporates all three of these levels of influence Our interview protocols contained items that captured information about the functioning, context, resources, and influences for...
... clinic within the south east of England Subjects were invited to participate on the basis that they met the criteria outlined in Table 1, established through reviewing their clinical records Of ... accommodate insoles to provide therapeutic benefit and overall comfort “ the problem with having these sort of inserts [orthoses] is that I can’t get them into any other shoes other than the shoes they ... generated data that met the aims ofthe study Following the initial interview, the interview schedule was further refined (Additional file 1) Generation of data Each interview took place within the out-patient...
... haemodynamic profile was taken for each patient at the following time points: before theadministrationof vancomycin (time point 1); at 15 (time point 2) and 30 (time point 3) after the beginning of vancomycin ... ofthe cardiovascular effects triggered by the release of histamine during vancomycin administration However, because the number ofthe patients studied was small, these findings require further ... pressure decreased by more than 20%, then more fluids and /or boluses of ephedrine were infused, vancomycin infusion was temporarily discontinued and the patient was excluded from the study The patients...
... developed a weighted index of comorbidity that takes into account the number as well asthe seriousness of comorbid diseases This index was shown to predict the 1year mortality of hospitalized medical ... prognostic factors should be taken into account in a prognostic model to support informed decision making Competing interests The author(s) declare that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions ... adjusted for severity of illness, Acute Physiology Score, admission source, diagnosis and comorbidity These conclusions are in accordance with the findings ofthe SUPPORT study [4] Inthat study the...
... leads to their deactivation and the formation of adrenochromes, which are toxic themselves Of interest, inthe first identification of SOD, one ofthe tests oftheactivityofthe enzyme was the prevention ... prevention of oxidation of catecholamines [33] The potential clinical importance ofthe oxidation of catecholamines was demonstrated by Salvemini and coworkers [50] who showed that ROS decrease theactivity ... adrenalin, noradrenalin, dopamine and thiol containing molecules such as cysteine inthe presence of O2 [1,15] Since we live in an oxygen rich environment, and ROS are byproducts of normal metabolism,...
... replication inthe first week or two i.e increased levels of splicing enhancing factor(s), including SC35 but probably not ASF/SF2, and lower levels ofthe competing inhibitory hnRNPs A/B and H, leading ... proteins [37,38] Taken together, the results found for cellular splicing factorsin macrophages suggest that HIV-1 infection changes the splicing factor milieu in these cells in such a way that ... analysed the CLSM work and some ofthe expression studies CHT and KO'B contributed the remainder ofthe expression work JH assisted inthe mRNA stability assays DJ participated inthe design of the...