... affecting the capability to sense invading microorganisms, but rather the appropriate initiation and modulation of the innate immune response These findings are supported by the fact that following ... here can only yield associations of genetic variations and the observed findings For proving a causal link an animal model is needed with transgenic mice carrying either the human gene(s) of interest ... The Netherlands, 34th Department of Internal Medicine University of Athens, Medical School, Rimini, Athens 12462, Greece, 4Clinic of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Management,...
... slagging and fouling of boilers and agglomeration when used in fluidized beds [12] On the other hand, RDF ash is richer in calcium and silicon, while poorer in phosphorus and alkali, indicating ... conditions and at developing kinetic models for the pyrolysis and combustion of these fuels, for which there is lack of information inthe literature The obtained data should be useful for the design ... 45ml/min, at a linear heating rate of 10oC/min Preliminary tests with different sample masses and sizes and gas flow rates were carried out, in order to check the influence of heat and mass transfer...
... living in a semi-rural region of the Netherlands Methods Study area and study population Thestudy was performed among residents of the semirural area of Westfriesland inthe North-West of the ... by the extensive screening in this study, Figure 4), showing that the participants with screening diagnosed diabetes contribute importantly to the findings of this study Discussion In this study, ... km2) inthe West of the Netherlands, of which the current study area is part of Traffic flow data were provided by all national, provincial and municipal authorities inthestudy area and were linked...
... revising the manuscript critically, and giving the final approval; SWS contributed in conception and design of data, drafting the manuscript, and giving the final approval; JHY, YHP, JML and YHK ... roles in maintaining the bone quality of transplanted allogenic bone from the donor The results of the above experiment suggest that even after transplanting the limbs of juvenile animals into ... transplantation by interactions between the inducing factors and inherited genomes We can explain the increase in length of the adult non-operated limbs by the fact that the growth pattern in rats differs...
... endothelial cells (Grade 1) inthe distal region of the vein in of animals In addition, there was inflammatory cell infiltration (Grades 2-3) inthe proximal and distal regions of the vein in animals ... phosphate-buffered saline containing 10% formalin Then cross-sections of the ear vein were prepared and Influence of the infusion rate In rabbits, a 0.6 mg/mL solution of VNR was infused into one ear vein for ... of animals and at the distal region in animals, inflammatory cell infiltration (Grades 1-3) inthe proximal and distal regions of animals, edema (Grade 2) at the proximal region in animal and the...
... blending of animal products used as ingredients and whether they use animal inthe healing practice, since this kind of information indicate how a given medicine can be therapeutically efficient in ... wild dog and languor amongst others The ethnozoological study was mainly conducted inthe village’s surroundings the sanctuary The Garasiya are the main tribal group which lives around the sanctuary, ... kinds of ailments using different animal and their products by the local Garasiya people inhabitants of villages inthe adjoining areas of the Mount Abu wildlife sanctuary, India Many people were...
... conceived the study, participated inthe design and execution of the study, the analysis of data and finalized the manuscript PP participated in analysis and interpretation of the data and revised the ... [16] The corner points stating the point of maximum compliance increase and decrease, being the mathematical equivalents of lower and upper inflection points, were calculated The maximum inflation ... inthe analysis of multi-slice CT data RR participated inthestudy design and coordination and helped to draft the manuscript RK participated inthestudy design, interpretation of results and...
... Baseline, mean (SD) Time point from baseline (1 hour after treatment discontinuation) Mean (SD) Contrast with the baseline Mean (SD) Contrast with the baseline Mean (SD) Contrast with the baseline ... circuits The aim of this study was to quantify CO2 removal using an extracorporeal membrane gas exchanger placed in a veno-venous pumpdriven bypass, collecting preliminary data inan animal model ... cannula did not allow an adequate flow with the sheep in ventral position) and a Swan Ganz catheter (7 French, lumen, 110 cm; Arrow International, Inc., Reading, PA, USA) for periodic monitoring...
... obtaining an accurate TLC under the lung conditions studied The PV loops and EELV obtained agree with previous findings: the normal lung has a crescent PV loop and the collapsed and the mechanical ... manuscript NDN and AJK participated inthe acquisition of the data for thestudy AL participated inthe design of the study, participated inthe acquisition of data and helped to draft the manuscript ... lung injury 12 13 14 Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions JKN participated inthe design, performed thestudy and drafted the manuscript...
... design and coordination, and drafted the manuscript VS and AH carried out the adhesion assays JR and HAH participated inthe design of thestudy and helped to draft the manuscript Competing interests ... limitations since it neither includes true infection nor simulates all aspects of sepsis inan intact organism For instance, we had to abstain from inducing true endotoxin tolerance since this would ... more insight into the mechanisms that contribute to these apparently paradoxical findings, we investigated the following questions in a flow chamber model with lipopolysaccharide induced inflammation...
... surveying the employees The target population of thestudy included the employees in Ho Chi Minh City currently working inthe industry of retailing and financial services In summary, the combination ... works and drive the organization effectively They have an important role in influencing the organization changes; designing a very clear picture for the organization and share the vision so that the ... and analysis methods Chapter four: analyses and presents the research findings by showing how each of the questions has been answered and how the findings contribute to the purpose of the study...
... reading room, including the instructions, test and computer screen Instructions (see Appendix A) were translated into Chinese, distributed and read out to all the participants inthe reading ... find that both the average experimental price and “NE” are declining as γ increasing On the other hand, regarding between-group analysis, we find that the average price is always greater than ... positive demands, and we can easily get firm i’s demand function in terms of pi and pj by inverting the inverse demand functions However, when the prices of the two firms strongly diverge, the high...
... models In these models, there would be a delay in beginning analysis, and then another delay as a result of abandonment When analysis is begun again following abandonment, i t can proceed according ... far Instead of the parser, after making a single or parallel analysis of an ambiguity, maintaining the analysis/es as further input is received, one can imagine i t just dropping whatever analysis ... parallelism, in which the possible analyses can stay active and be expandedas new input is received I f further input is inconsistent with any of the analyses, then that analysis is dropped There might...
... MRI study Neuropsychologia 2003, 41:1929-41 Raz N: Aging of the brain and its impact on cognitive performance: Integration of structural and functional findings InThe Handbook of Aging and Cognition ... also increased the power of statistical testing The remaining pairs of bars in Fig illustrate mean DTC for the task combinations in our previous study [31] Taken together, Fig shows that mean DTC ... underline the role of one particular training component Conclusion Inan analysis of 13 combinations between a walking and a non-walking task, we found that dual-task performance is degraded in the...
... evaluating the impact of the underlying routing protocol on the multicast tree creation and maintenance Figures 3(a) and 3(b) show the packet loss and the delay indices experienced by the WB ... GC application in our scenario The main performance indices presented inthe following are the packet loss and the average delay experienced by each node during the experiment The packet loss ... among the network users WB usage is very intuitive Users run a WB instance on their own devices, select a topic they want to join, and start drawing on the canvas Drawings are distributed to all the...
... an equal injury, the injury was sutured using 6-0 polyglactin (vicryl) Then the air leakage and bleeding were controlled and the times of cessation of the leakage and bleeding were recorded In ... an effect on stopping bleeding, but the effect is similar to that in standard surgery Further experimental and clinical studies are needed to investigate the effect of this plant extract inthe ... participated inthe sequence alignment and drafted the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests...
... hyper-responsiveness in asthmatic patients is triggered by intrinsic ATP, suggesting an important role played by ATP inthe inflammation of the airways [17] The purinergic system participates inthe mechano-sensory ... of the urinary system [18,19] and of the pain- and stretch-sensing neurons [20] Since mechanical stress causes the release of ATP by the lung epithelial cells [21], and since ATP stimulates the ... by injecting 100 μl containing 25 μg of human serum albumin intravenously, via a tail vein, 23 h after the instillation of ATP The mice were anesthetized with sevoflurane h after the injection,...
... from collapsing during the fixation procedure The abdominal cavity was opened and animals were exsanguinated After opening the thoracic cavity, the pulmonary artery was canulated and the lung was ... forms and multilamellar vesicles inthe lavaged groups, indicating a relative increase in freshly secreted surfactant material inthe alveoli The present studyin ventilated animals, for the first ... conception of thestudy and the data interpretation, and revised the manuscript critically MO has made substantial contribution to the conception and design of the study; organized, performed and supervised...
... et al included inthestudy Prior to any procedure, animals were randomized into two groups with the use of a sealed envelope indicating the animal's assignment to either the Epi group (11 animals; ... effect of the combination of the two drugs in comparison to epinephrine alone inthe first minute of CPR with an increase of CPP This increase was further attenuated inthe second minute when ... These seemingly contradictory findings may be explained by the fact that many of the studies not take into account a subgroup analysis such as the distinction between VF, PEA and asystole Another...