and inter individual differences in facial skin biophysical properties

... the intra -individual and inter- individual (or withinand between -individual) variability over time of two online sedation monitors – the BIS-Index® and Entropy® – in healthy volunteers during ... The individual time courses of BIS-Index® and RE are presented in Figures to In Table we report the inter- individual values for medians and interquartile ranges (IQR) of BISIndex®, RE, SE and ... Inter- individual medians and interquartile ranges and intra -individual ranges of interquartile ranges of each of the 10 patients' individual 20-minute epochs BIS®-Dex/Remi = dexmedetomidine and remifentanil;...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 15:21

... Figure 1) Imaginal Pointing Direction Task (I-PDT) The I-PDT required the participants to imagine standing at particular landmark, facing another landmark, and point to a third target landmark based ... (imagined heading) and then point to a specific target from the imagined perspective by using a pointing device Altogether, participants performed six practice trials and 52 test trials (4 pointing ... assessing spatial updating, survey-based and procedural strategies To show that individual differences in egocentric spatial updating exist, and to support our hypothesis that a spatial updating...

Ngày tải lên: 02/10/2015, 15:50

... (constrained) efficient In turn, the systemic risk arising from herding is also (constrained) efficient in our model This is an interesting result since it is in contrast to the inefficiency that arises in ... Scharfstein and Stein (1990) and Rajan (1994), in some detail in Section Scharfstein and Stein’s sequential model of herding is quiet about the variation in herding behavior over the business cycle ... similar industries 9.2 Inter- Bank Linkages Rochet and Tirole (1996), Allen and Gale (2000), and Dasgupta (2000), to cite a few, consider contagion arising from inter- bank linkages such as inter- bank...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 09:20

... have additionally been made that a decline in self-occupation, an increase in time spent in quiet reflection, and a decreased interest in superfluous social interactions also are characteristic ... married, starting a family, choosing a career, and so on Perhaps herein is a great part of the explanation Frequent changes and individual development happening in Midlife crisis Fluctuations in the ... beneficial in relation to the assessment or treatment of PTSD With the previous findings in the PTSD literature in mind, we find it relevant to examine the following hypotheses concerning the lifespan...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21

... reared in bottles with discrete generations, avoiding overcrowding Mass populations were obtained by pooling lines of each population in cages with overlapping generations Flies were maintained ... variance in a broad sense, including the additive, dominance, interaction and maternal components When the additive variance is the prevailing component, the intraclass correlation includes half ... to a general hardiness or weakness of some lines that is independent of the shock response Inbreeding is expected within isofemale lines and uncontrolled genetic drift or inbreeding may lead to...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 18:22

... complaints of spinal and leg bone pain, was recognized as a type of chronic toxicity induced by excess Cd contamination of drinking water and cereals (mainly rice) Since then, the contamination ... Koshihikari and BIL48 (see Figure 4a) The initial increasing slopes (Figure 4c and d, circled plots) were fitted with lines depicting the kinetics of initial arrival of Cd in the respective ROI The X-intercepts ... substance of interest by freely selecting a region of interest (ROI) on the image data obtained By applying this system to several graminaceous crops, the uptake and translocation of metals was investigated...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 11:21

... receptors and chickens have been proposed to be potential intermediate hosts in the interspecies transmission of influenza viruses [14] Equal intensity of strong positive staining for avian and human ... observed in the trachea of ducks of the age groups was an interesting finding, especially considering the dominant presence of a2,3SA-gal receptors in epithelial cell of the large intestine The ... avian and human influenza viruses may utilize these receptors for binding to initiate infections The presence of avian receptors in the trachea and bronchial epithelium and their absence in other...

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Ngày tải lên: 25/12/2015, 17:19

... blots washed and incubated with diaminobenzidine and hydrogen peroxide A combination of the biotinylated lectins Sambucus nigra agglutinin (SNA; 10 lgặmL)1) and Maackia amurensis agglutinin (MAA; ... represented by bands which were much larger and more intense than those for dimeric tryptase There was in all cases a corresponding reduction in band size and staining intensity with increasing degree ... tryptase in the presence and absence of heparin (j) skin tryptase, no heparin (h) skin tryptase + 100 lgặmL)1 heparin (d) lung tryptase, no heparin (s) lung tryptase + 100 lgặmL)1 heparin Km and Vmax...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 07:20

... IL13 and CXCL13 (cytokine–cytokine receptor interactions) The mean gene expression (blue line) and the intra-group inter- individual variances in RA and NC synovial membrane (red bar) are indicated, ... performed, including differences in gene expression among different groups and/ or individuals In contrast to conventional differential gene expression analyses, the determination of inter- individual ... role within inflammatory diseases, reflected in either synchronization (that is, a loss of inter- individual gene expression variances) or desynchronization (that is, increased inter- individual...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:23

... (Tisserand, et al., 2004) Significant individual differences exist in the level of age-related atrophy in total and regional brain tissue volume Individual variability in volume decline is visible in ... occurring in the aging brain that underlie slow-down in processing speed To sum up, a variety of changes in brain morphology appear with age, including alterations in grey and white matter, and ... evidence coming from single cells, intracranial and scalp recordings, optical intrinsic signal imaging (OISI), and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies in monkeys and humans suggests...

Ngày tải lên: 22/12/2014, 20:09

... suppression often and become good at it, and therefore suppression usage is associated with ameliorated consequences In addition, Chinese and Indians showed differences in their reappraisal and expression ... Reappraisal and Suppression, and Their Relationship with Subjective Well-being among Chinese and Indians Overview Objectives and Hypotheses Method Participants Measures Results Preliminary Analyses ...   CHAPTER III Study – Individual and Ethnic Differences in Habitual Usage of Reappraisal and Suppression in Relationship with Cardiovascular Profile Overview Objectives and Hypothesis Method...

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 15:51

... appreciation of Confucian and Hindu worldviews will be helpful to understanding the similarities and differences in socialization goals and practices in Chinese and Indian cultures Firstly, there ... between Chinese and Indians In the terminology of cultural psychology, Chinese and Indians are both considered interdependent groups, and they both express emotions to a moderate degree and EMOTION ... useful in describing the group differences in the mean expression level, but it is insufficient in detecting the differences in specific behavioral tendencies For example, Chinese and Indians...

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 15:51

... approach—renting and buying ICT and services over the Internet and the three-layered architecture suggest a number of changes regarding using ICT and KMS in interorganizational networks For example, interorganizational ... organization has to qualify by giving and receiving gifts Exchanging gifts means initiating and maintaining interactions It is not only digital products or services being affected by ‘gift economy ... that building, using, and maintaining networks is a critical capability, and can in some cases be a dynamic capability ICT and KMS can be a significant means of enabling and supporting networks...

Ngày tải lên: 24/01/2014, 00:20

... were back pain/ sciatica (39% and 37% in FFS and HMO systems, respectively), musculoskeletal complaints (24% and 22%), dermatitis (17% in each), and varicosities (15% and 14%) Longitudinal Data ... here tInformation regarding the comorbid medical conditions was obtained from the patient during a structured medical history interview conducted by a trained clinician If information regarding ... During the 4-year follow-up, average changes in physical and mental health were indistinguishable between HMO and FFS systems Physical health scores declined about points in both systems, lowering...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 07:20

... closeness to international capital markets Other SRDBs are introducing innovations in microfinance and SME financing with instruments such as loans to financial intermediaries, financial support ... Multisector and Other; banking and financial services, and business and other services are Financing and Business; and government and civil society - general and conflict, peace, and security ... approved in direct loans and investments, and US$300.60 million in cofinancing operations, AR2007 shows US$470.00 million approved in direct loans and investments, and US$273.00 million in cofinancing...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 06:20

... directly interact with the metal at the M3 site were found in mammalian tissue-specific APs, but a specific difference in ligands with an indirect interaction was observed: Gln317 in rIAP-I, and Arg317 ... Kantrowitz ER (1993) Conversion of a magnesium binding site into a zinc binding site by a single amino acid substitution in Escherichia coli alkaline phosphatase J Biol Chem 268, 21497–21500 44 ... metal at 2.40 A in rIAP-I and was closer to the metal than Glu311 in rIAP-II (Table 1) Because of these differences in the side-chain structure, the position of the water-interacting atom, i.e...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 17:20

... aqueous solutions and at interfaces J Biol Chem 260, 16375–16382 Dong, L.-M & Weisgraber, K.H (1996) Human apolipoprotein E4 domain interaction Arginine 61 and glutamic acid 255 interact to direct ... lipid particles, are notably distinct in their maximum binding capacities (Table 2) In particular, the binding footprint for the apoE4 isoform, corresponding to 3.0 amino acids per phospholipid, is ... 1.125 gÆmL)1) and apoE4 with large (density < 1.00 gÆmL)1) lipoproteins in the cerebrospinal fluid of the brain [54] Insight into the structural basis for apoE3 and apoE4 lipid binding preferences...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 09:20

... the system of interest is conceptually subdivided into functional modules (reaction blocks) in such a way that the selected modules interact via a single connecting intermediate In the further ... as the connecting intermediate; and (C) the CoQ-reducing, cytochrome bc1 + COX, phosphorylation and proton leak modules with Dw and XCoQ as the connecting intermediates Succ, succinate; SDH, dicarboxylate ... potential (Dw) as the connecting intermediate [21] To obtain module kinetics, titrations with module-specific inhibitors are performed and the flux and level of the connecting intermediate measured Elasticity...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 02:20