... separation ofthe CoM and CoP on day 28 Both of these indicate a conservative control of mediolateral balance based on a distance-velocity model ofthe CoM with respect to the base of support ... parameters may be used to test these hypotheses ther investigation ofthe complex issue of balance control following concussion A major limitation to our study is that control subjects did not perform ... imbedded in the longitudinal curves for subjects with concussion Another limitation is the inclusion of individuals with previous concussions within both groups This was unavoidable given the limited...
... orientation ofthe side chain and hence a change in the secondary structure of that region in the protein Since the I181M substitution did not obliterate B19 NS1 cytotoxicity, but only reduced it, the ... and therefore direct experimental verification ofthe role of amino acid variation on replication efficiency or viral fitness must await the availability of such tools However, based onthe results ... previously reported to be the mechanism of B19 NS1-induced cytotoxicity (34, 35) Further confirmation for the reduction of apoptosis in the PathI transduced population of HepG2 cells was obtained...
... investigation ofthe effect ofthe macroeconomic environment, owing partly to the small time dimension ofthe panels used in the estimation Second, in most ofthe literature, the econometric methodology ... affect the performance ofthe banking sector The effect ofthe business 35 This is due to the considerable size reduction ofthe dominant bank ofthe sector, the establishment and development of other ... account ofthe effect of internal and industry -specific determinants on bank profitability, but the effect ofthe macroeconomic environment is not adequately dealt with The time dimension of the...
... segments The juxtaposition of these segments [2], the lack of precision during V(D)J gene rearrangement and the removal and/or addition of nontemplate encoded nucleotides at V(D)J junctions [3], ... Moreover, the overall percentage of non- polar amino acids at these CDR3 positions in the clonotypes carrying 12-amino acidlong CDR3s, which were the most commonly represented among the Melan-A -specific ... ofthe T cells bearing the public motif However, whatever the function of these clonotypes is, the occurrence of this public CDR3 sequence may have implications for the tracking of tumor Ag-specific...
... Maintenance consisted of cycles (at month and month 6) of weekly BEXIDEM or BCG instillations Dose reductions of BEXIDEM due to toxicity were not allowed Dose reductions of BCG to 2/3 or 1/3 ofthe recommended ... study was conducted in 43 centres in Spain, Hungary, France, Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, the International Conference on Harmonisation guideline ... performed at 3, 6, and 12 months The primary safety endpoint was based onthe incidence of AEs according to the Common Terminology Criteria for AEs (CTCAE) The relationship of an AE to study treatment...
... made substantial contribution to acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data, and drafting ofthe article AB made substantial contribution to conception and design ofthe study, analysis ... onthe endowment Pharmaceutical Chair ofthe Famille Louis-Boivin on 'Medications, Pregnancy and Lactation' at the Faculty of Pharmacy ofthe University of Montreal and CHU Ste-Justine Page of ... quality of life As of now, no pregnancy -specific questionnaire allows for the evaluation of QOL during the gestational period Because NVP is a prevalent condition in pregnancy, the NVPQOL questionnaire...
... construction, the transfixion of soft tissue by the tensioned wires or the transfixion ofthe hindfoot within the frame Efforts have been made to simplify both the application and configuration ofthe ... measure the interfragmentary motion at the site ofthe defect, the relative motion ofthe bone fragments to the rings and the relative motion between the rings There were three transducers at the ... to the anatomical conditions, and the tibiae were mounted eccentrically in the sagittal plane to mimic the soft tissues ofthe calf At the site ofthe osteotomy, the distance between the bone...
... depending onthe magnetic 4π R3 volume ofthe NP, VM = and Kan is the magnetic anisotropy energy constant ofthe magnetic core ofthe NP Therefore, the heat dissipation of a magnetic hyperthermia ... interaction will become relevant and contribute to the magnetic properties ofthe ferrofluid Since some controversies exists in theoretical studies about the influence ofthe dipolar interaction onthe ... dispersions at different magnetite concentrations, ranging from 0.6 to 20 g L-1 Figure shows the evolution ofthe SAR with magnetite concentration The evolution ofthe SAR coefficient reveals that the...
... positive effectsof pre-treatment with NOS inhibitors onthe development of neurotoxicity [33,38] In view ofthe above considerations, the present study was undertaken to examine if the nitrite ... reduction [24] Superoxide anion (∙O2 ) content was determined by the reduction of nitroblue-tetrazolium (Merck, Germany) in The effect of L-NAME on AlCl3 toxicity in the rat brain 17 the alkaline ... compared to both the controls and the AlCl3-treated animals After 30 d, L-NAME injection resulted in increased nitrite production in the Fig Theeffectsof intrahippocampal drug injection on nitrite...
... values At the time of writing, there has been only one published study[7] onthe effect of SIT on airway responsiveness to AMP In a group of non- asthmatic subjects with allergic rhinitis monosensitized ... allergen[20] Therefore, immunotherapy with Alt a1 alone may well suffice to improve manifestations of sensitization to the entire allergen composition of A alternata The mechanism of action of SIT ... AMP responsiveness Onthe other hand, SIT appears to have no effect on airway responsiveness to methacholine This confirms the results of other controlled trials investigating the effect of SIT...
... distributions with the high dose region confined to the target volume and sparing of organs-at-risk [6,7] The correlation between the volume ofthe rectum within the high dose region and the risk for ... OARs The rectum was contoured in four different ways: 1) rectal wall based on manual delineation ofthe inner and outer contour ofthe rectal wall 2) rectal wall based on manual delineation ofthe ... 0.930); the slope of linear fit lines ranged between 1.01 (DWH vs DWH3) and 1.11 (DVH vs DSH) The influence ofthe rectal volume, the degree of rectal filling, onthe relationship between the dose...
... in the design and coordination ofthe study, including supervision ofthe bioinformatic analyses RWK contributed to the design and coordination ofthe study and participated in the writing ofthe ... Alternatively, the less conservative Holm correction was applied for the correction ofthe data [24] The application ofthe Holm correction yielded results comparable to those obtained by Bonferroni correction ... individuals In contrast to conventional differential gene expression analyses, the determination of inter-individual gene expression variances, often affecting gene expression of members ofthe same...
... and the time between occurrence ofthe aberration and tumor collection influence the proportion of tumor cells with each aberration [15] As a consequence ofthe tumor cell heterogeneity the average ... representative ofthe tumor cells ofthe tumor In the colon cancer material, DNA was extracted from sections ofthe tumor tissue, achieving a reasonable albeit not perfect representation ofthe tumor ... for the all-tumor-cell sample These were 35 large regions, representative of all types of copy number aberrations in the sample, and covered the majority ofthe genome We then observed whether the...
... http://www.aidsrestherapy.com/content/4/1/8 Ovariectomy reverses theeffectsof ritonavir in female mice To determine if hormonal factors from the ovary contribute to the gender -specific effectsof ritonavir on ... ritonavir as described above Briefly, a small incision was made through the abdominal skin and muscle layer ofthe animal around the area ofthe kidneys to expose the ovary The distal portion of ... Removing the female sex hormones prevents theeffectsof ritonavir on Animals All animals were housed in the AAALAC certified animal facilities at the University of Kentucky Animals were maintained on...
... T-cell responses, in chronic HIV-1 infection [1] Here we assessed theeffectsof rhGH therapy onthe immune system of chronically HIV-1-infected individuals, in the con- text of long-term successful ... infection and clonal deletion [15] Therefore the adverse effectsof HIV-1 should be taken into account when immunotherapy is used to induce such responses Nevertheless, induction of HIV-1 -specific T-cell ... stable population of cells, at baseline a complete lack of both CD4+ and CD8+ HIV- 1specific T-cell responses was noted in 11 of 12 individuals To address the specificity ofthe responses generated...
... front ofthe clinicians Secondly, by not having a placebo control group the results obtained may be explained by non -specific effects due to the attention given to the participants in each ofthe ... higher proportion of these adverse effects as compared to manipulation, and mobilisation had a higher proportion of adverse effects as compared to manipulation The reason why the Activator instrument ... neck pain and, therefore, there is a lack of evidence to determine if the treatment of subacute neck pain could reduce the occurrence of chronic neck pain The category of subacute non -specific neck...
... indication of what is happening in the brain ofthe CA patient, which might be useful for optimization of therapeutic intervention in future cases of CA However, there are few investigations onthe ... indication of what is going on in the brain ofthe patient, which might be useful for optimization of therapeutic intervention in future cases Conclusions The present study shows that the measurements ... criterion regained consciousness They further concluded, based onthe results of ROC analysis, that a cut-off value of 80 ng/mL for peak NSE concentration predicted 'persistent coma' at a specificity...
... miRNA detection Our analysis of a limited number of gene expression profiles has demonstrated the major impact of miRNAs upon mRNA expression The programs are amenable to provision of an online service ... whether there was significant difference between the medians ofthe ranked gene expression values ofthe two sets, the nonparametric one-sided Wilcoxon rank sum test was employed To test the ... to the seed region and cross-species conservation reduce the falsepositive rate [3-5] The resulting higher specificity of this algorithm maximizes the ability to detect effectson expression of...
... to identify which one of a group of promoters confers the greatest degree of cardiac specific expression and concurrently, which provides a broad biodistribution of expression across both cardiac ... revealed the strongest β-galactosidase expression levels were from the Desmin promoter The CMV promoter showed the next highest expression levels followed by the other promoters Analysis of nonheart, ... for the tissue of interest Several groups have demonstrated the unique ability ofthe AAV9 capsid to yield extraordinarily high levels of transgene expression in the heart [8-11] Each of these...
... assumption underlying the mandatory audit partner rotation policy is that the lack of client -specific experience ofthe incoming audit partner can be alleviated by his prior non- client -specific ... in the U.S setting provide no evidence of a deterioration of earnings quality with longer audit firm tenure However, a limitation of these studies is that they cannot take into account the contemporaneous ... discretionary accruals, and the coefficient on FT is insignificant In addition, the sum ofthe coefficients on PT and FT is insignificant when the dependent variable is negative discretionary accruals...