... urticaria, just as the histology of the two groups is strikingly similar.27,45 All of these findings provide a basis for further investigation of the pathogenesis and treatment of this disease.46–48 ... implicated in the pathogenesis of autoimmune urticaria.16 On the other hand, when histamine release is performed by incubating chronic urticaria sera with the basophils of normal donors, the percentage ... low-affinity IgE receptor (CD23), which activate eosinophils and induce histamine release by eosinophie cationic protein (ECP), major basic protein (MBP), or other eosinophil cationic proteins.19...
Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20
... DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE ii PREFACE This thesis is submitted for the degree of Master of Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National ... with the constraints of the MEMS silicon fabrication route However, the challenges facing such coatings are the high cost involved in solid coating, example diamond or carbon coating, and the inability ... deformation to the nanoparticles, indicative of both sliding and rolling taking place This shows that the loading conditions determine if ‘rolling’ (low loading) or ‘rolling and sliding’ (high loading)...
Ngày tải lên: 08/11/2015, 17:16
US ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN THE ASIA PACIFIC
... for American interests Moreover, under the Xi Jinping administration, Beijing is clearly seeking a greater voice in setting international rules and standards and imbuing them with “Chinese characteristics.” ... voting share in the IMF, for example, is roughly equivalent to the combined share of Belgium and the Netherlands – despite having an economy seven times their combined size But Beijing’s growing ... earlier, TPP is the centerpiece of the Obama Administration’s rebalancing strategy to Asia U.S involvement in TPP dates to the waning days of the Bush Administration in late 2008, when the White House...
Ngày tải lên: 10/10/2015, 22:46
Community based health insurance practice enrollment and challenges in ethiopia case of oromiya regional state rural community of aleltu district’’
... transcription in to micro-soft word processing then by categorizing & coding on their theme The result, of the analysis shows that supply side challenges such as Lack of skilled man power in handling the ... involvement in defining the benefit package, setting of premiums and scheme management while others introduce the schemes in a top-down manner and limit the role of the community Membership in ... health status, and affordability of insurance and information failures The last issue includes a lack of understanding of insurance and insufficient information on how to use the insurance policy...
Ngày tải lên: 15/08/2017, 15:10
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRADE AND INVESTMENT IN THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MEDITERRANEAN REGION pptx
... significant increases in the Ease of Doing Business scores, significant progress in privatizing remaining state-owned enterprises, and a fall in the share of the informal sector in GDP It could ... started by the selling minority packages of shares and the parceling off of inconsequential company branches, retaininggovernment control over the most significant companies Then the pace of privatization ... 44 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRADE AND INVESTMENT IN THE EASTERN AND sult in policies harmful to the development of the private sector On the contrary, the experience of Turkey under the relatively...
Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 10:20
SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENTS AND TECHNICAL CHALLENGES IN THE PROGRESSIVE CONTROL OF FMD IN SOUTH ASIA pot
... Eurasia a, o and asia -1, the way to go? 27 FMD vaccines and vaccination in India 27 FMD vaccines and vaccination in China 28 Current vaccines and their use in the design of vaccination programmes ... strains, vaccine coverage, age of vaccinates, maintenance of the cold chain during vaccine shipping and application, and training of vaccinators for proper vaccine delivery Addressing these elements ... governments With the expansion of SEACFMD in 2010 and new developments in the socio-political arena in the region, new findings on the epidemiology of the disease in the economic and political, the SEACFMD...
Ngày tải lên: 18/03/2014, 00:20
Risk Factors Affecting the Development of Tuberculosis Infection and Disease in Household Contacts of Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis pptx
... the number of male patients was higher in the index cases, but the number of female patients was higher in contacts determined active disease In our opinion, the reason of this findings were that ... presence of cavity in the chest radiograph of index case increased the frequency of TB in household contacts In our country, Kolsuz et al found the frequency of TB in close contact of TB cases ... groups The first group consisted of close family and friends, the second of classmates and teachers and the third of more distant contacts They found that 88% were infected in the first group 42% in...
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 03:20
nanotalk. conversations with scientists and engineers about ethics, meaning, and belief in the development of nanotechnology, 2006, p.378
... an otherwise inaccessible world of other, and in so doing, to see that they are included in the reflection of the public mirror of the nanotechnology initiative One interesting aspect of the ... so in terms of the motivations and the aggression and the funding and the push—I read the testimonies from this summer to the Senate Subcommittee on Science and Technology and they were all the ... Values in Nanotechnology Research and Design: The Case of the Aerogel 140 Timothy 142 Meaning Making 160 The Making of Meaning 160 The Negotiation of Self in Technology 162 Intentionality and Responsibility...
Ngày tải lên: 04/06/2014, 15:19
Cooperation programs and agricultural rural developmen:Development of clam culture for improvement and diversification of livelihoods of the poor coastal communities in Central Vietnam - MS10 " pot
... in the last six monthly report (refer MS9) The list of farmers participating in the demonstration trial and their particulars are provided in the table The table provided the information of the ... Farming Knowledge Factors such as stocking density and salinity are within the capabilities of smallholder end-users to monitor and manipulate By focusing upon the research and understanding of the ... Technicians from ARSINC had visited the farmers and their farming facility to ensure that they were capable of participating in the on-farm trial Table 1: List of participants involved in the on-farm...
Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 06:20
Understanding New Threats and Challenges from Hydropower Development toBiodiversity and Community Rights in the 3S River Basin
... that there is a lack of understanding of the cumula ve impacts of these dams and those in the 3S basins in Laos and Vietnam 87 Asian Development Bank, Se Kong - Se San and Nam Theun Basins Hydropower ... sustainability, landscape quality and biodiversity Due to the close vicinity of many of these planned projects to the Mekong River and the important role the 3S rivers play in maintaining the ... iden fy and analyse the changes currently occurring in terms of the actors involved, the factors driving new developments, and the trends occurring throughout the hydropower planning and approval...
Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 20:21
Education and training in the development of high quality human resources in vietnam at present
... resources and the role of education and training in the development of high-quality human resources in Vietnam at present - Clarifying the real situation of the role of education and training in the development ... the training of pupils and students and to the discovery of, fostering, training, using, and attracting the talented people Nguyen An Ninh (2009), Book Bringing into Full Play the Potential of ... Studying the realities of the role of education and training in the development of high-quality human resources in certain higher institutions in Vietnam at present - In term of time scope, the thesis...
Ngày tải lên: 22/07/2014, 17:56
Báo cáo khoa học: "Effects of Protein Source and Energy Substrates on the In Vitro Development of Bovine Embryos in a Two-step Culture System" ppsx
... effects of different protein sources supplemented in culture media on the in vitro development of bovine embryos, and to examine the effects of glucose, phosphate and citrate upon the developmental ... 149-157 19 Pinyopummintr, T and Bavister, B D Development of bovine embryos in a cell-free culture medium: effects of type of serum, timing of its inclusion and heat inactivation Theriogenology ... optimizing blastocyst production Moreover, in the early developmental stages, the stimulation of glycolysis would result in insufficient ATP production and the inhibition of embryo development The...
Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 17:22
báo cáo khoa học: "Instrument development, data collection, and characteristics of practices, staff, and measures in the Improving Quality of Care in Diabetes (iQuaD) Study" pptx
... the clinical management behaviours of individual clinicians and the organisations they work in In the United Kingdom, patients are managed by the integrated activities of clinical and non-clinical ... review of the use of theory in the design of guideline dissemination and implementation strategies and interpretation of the results of rigorous evaluations Implementation Science 2010, 5(14) Godin ... 235 studies reported being inspired by or applying theories [1] Since then there has been a steady increase in the number and type of studies testing or applying specific theories Systematic reviews...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23
báo cáo khoa học: " Overweight in the Pacific: links between foreign dependence, global food trade, and obesity in the Federated States of Micronesia" ppt
... occupied the islands and soon became the "administering authority" of the U.N Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands (i.e Micronesia) The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) did not become an independent ... Overweight and obesity prevalence in Kosrae, FSM in 1988 Overweight and obesity prevalence in Kosrae, FSM in 1988 and 2000 and the other states in the FSM became more Westernized during the U.S ... from the U.S were being consumed in large quantities, and these dietary changes led to dramatically increased prevalence of overweight and obesity The following section examines the role of the...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:20
Báo cáo y học: " Challenges in the prenatal and post-natal diagnosis of mediastinal cystic hygroma: a case report" docx
... They are reported to occur in between in 6000 and in 16,000 live births They can occur anywhere in the body, but 75% involve the posterior neck, 20% the axilla and 1% the mediastinum, groin and ... definitively identified postoperatively We offer an overview of the role of imaging and suggest that both the local anatomy and the organisation of the cystic structure be borne in mind in the ... Isolated intrathoracic cystic hygroma is a rare finding; less than 1% of all cystic hygromas are purely mediastinal in origin In the majority of cases, these are located in the anterior mediastinum and...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 21:22
Báo cáo khoa học: "The role of body mass index and diabetes in the development of acute organ failure and subsequent mortality in an observational cohor" doc
... independent variable in the analysis and could not explain the results even though the infection rate and the duration of mechanical ventilation were not increased in the obese group Studies of critically ... analytic cohort Outcome variables The primary outcomes of interest were the risk of the development of acute organ failure within three years of the baseline examination, in- hospital mortality related ... prepared in collaboration with investigators of the ARIC study and does not necessarily reflect the opinions or views of the ARIC study or the NHLBI The coauthors had full access to all of the data in...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20
Báo cáo y học: "Universal access: the benefits and challenges in bringing integrated HIV care to isolated and conflict affected populations in the Republic of Congo" potx
... whose aims included holding the MoH and NACP accountable for the availability and quality of the ongoing HIV program Challenges for the future of the program The integrated HIV programme in Pool ... the benefits and the means of minimising the risks of testing were required Benefits of introducing HIV/AIDS activities into medical programs 'Towards Universal Access' While there is clear international ... of the added benefits of introducing HIV care is that people benefiting from treatment have a self-interest in ensuring that it remains available The programme was active in the development of...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:21
Báo cáo y học: "Complexity and integration in the control of inner-ear development" pot
... the intriguing possibility that the receptiveness of supporting cells to such developmental signals might depend on the mechanism of deafening and the amount of time after deafening The findings ... tidal wave of discovery of hundreds of deafness genes in human families and mouse models and have gained tremendous understanding of the roles of these genes in inner-ear development and function ... identified, and complementary studies in the mouse and zebrafish provide an avenue for understanding the roles of these genes in ear development and function Two new protein-coding genes implicated in...
Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 08:20
The Development Continuum Change and Modernity in the Gayo Highlands of Sumatra, Indonesia
... covered in drying candlenut (kemiri1) fruits and coffee (kopi) beans lining the main road In between the towns, dense tropical forest encased both sides of the road and steep inclines led to the ... located in the northern part of the plush Alas Valley along the banks of the Alas River in the Gayo Leus district of Southeast Aceh The village is tucked back in the valley surrounded by rushing ... reflected off the rice paddy (sawah) along the floor of the valley, at the end of which sat the village of Aih Nuso Water flowed down the steep mountains and into the raging Alas which ran through the...
Ngày tải lên: 14/05/2015, 10:07
Education and training in the development of high quality human resource in vietnam at present (TT)
... resources and the role of education and training in the development of high-quality human resources in Vietnam at present - Clarifying the real situation of the role of education and training in the development ... Marxism – Leninism, Ho Chi Minh Thoughts, standpoints, paths of the Party and policies of the State of Vietnam on the development strategies of education and training, and the development of human ... taking into account as follows: Awareness of the role of high-quality human resources and of education and training in the development of these human resources of the Party, the State and the...
Ngày tải lên: 19/08/2015, 13:11