... inducers and inhibitors are balanced and angiogenesis does not occur in healthy tissues In a hypoxic environment and in inflammatory states such as rheumatoid arthritis, angiogenic growth factors are ... of the angiogenic factors VEGF and bFGF and an increase of the angiostatic factor endostatin contribute to the impaired angiogenesis in patients with SSc, and whether these factors may correlate ... (Scl-70 neg) and higher levels than patients without detectable autoantibodies Data are shown as box plots, with upper and lower quartiles shaded # P < 0.05 Capillaroscopy and endostatin and bFGF...
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... ACAAGGAGCCGGGTTCTG and the reporter sequences CTTGGGCATTTTCAT and TTGG GC GTTTTCAT for PER2 10870, and GCTCAGCAGCAGCCT GAA and CGAAACTGCGACTGGTCTGATT and the reporter sequences CTTGCTACAAGTATCTC and TTGCTACAGGTATCTC ... (HDL-C Plus and LDL-C Plus, Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Germany), and those of gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) and uric acid (IFCC/ECCLS and URIKAASI PAP, Konelab, Thermo Electron Oy, Finland) Page ... abuse and dependence, and other substance dependence and abuse As part of the assessment, the participants filled in the items of lifetime seasonal variations in mood and behavior taken and adapted...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:20
Fish species distribution in seagrass habitats of chesapeake bay are structured by abiotic and biotic factors
... gradients (Grenouillet and Pont 2001; Grubbs and Musick 2007) Many investigations were conducted over broad spatial areas but were temporally constrained (Bloomfield and Gillanders 2005; Franca et ... (zone), and temporal (year) factors on fish abundance within these seagrass beds and tested the null hypothesis of a random fish distribution throughout lower Chesapeake Bay We also compared the ... included Tangier and Smith Island in the midportion of the bay (including Bloodsworth Island in 1999); Zone comprised the eastern shore from Crisfield, Maryland, to Cape Charles, Virginia; and Zone encompassed...
Ngày tải lên: 04/09/2015, 12:54
Báo cáo y học: "Prevalence of Overactive Bladder, its Under-Diagnosis, and Risk Factors in a Male Urologic Veterans Population"
... Xu B and Song J Prevalence and risk factors of overactive bladder syndrome in Fuzhou Chinese women Neurourol Urodyn 2006; 25:717 Teleman PM, Lidfeldt J, Nerbrand C, Samsioe G, Mattiasson A and ... risk factors and relation to stress incontinence in middle-aged women BJOG 2004; 111:600 Coyne K, Margolis M, Zyczynski T, Elinoff V and Roberts RG Validation of an OAB screener in a primary care ... overactive bladder and how are they managed? A population-based prevalence study BJU Int 2001; 87:760 Stewart W, Rooyen JV, Cundiff G, Abrams P, Herzog S, Corey R, et al Prevalence and burden of overactive...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:35
Báo cáo y học: "A review of anatomical and mechanical factors affecting vertebral body integrit
... pathophysiology of osteoporosis and the local and global environment in which the bone operates The local environment includes muscle and connective tissue attachments and the adjacent intervertebral ... lowest BMD, lowest trabecular number and greatest trabecular separation Generally vertebrae are less dense anteriorly and superiorly and more dense posteriorly and inferiorly with heterogeneity ... also be considered The spine is inherently unstable Muscles around the spine and trunk are responsible for providing controlled movement and stability Maintaining controlled movement and stability...
Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 09:49
Tài liệu Are Corruption and Taxation Really Harmful to Growth? docx
... industrial categories and regions in Uganda While there is ample anecdotal evidence of firms that have gained (and gained substantially) by bribing officials (and politicians), and firms that for ... corruption and growth V Conclusion We have shown that there is a strong, robust, and negative relationship between bribery 17 rates and the short-run growth rates of Ugandan firms, and that the ... Profit, and Risk”, in R Reinikka and P Collier (eds.), 2001, Uganda’s Recovery: The Role of Farms, Firms, and Government, Washington DC: The World Bank Ruzindana, A., Langseth, P., Gakwandi, A.,...
Ngày tải lên: 23/12/2013, 06:17
Tài liệu Are Corruption and Taxation Really Harmful to Growth? Firm Level Evidence doc
... industrial categories and regions in Uganda While there is ample anecdotal evidence of firms that have gained (and gained substantially) by bribing officials (and politicians), and firms that for ... corruption and growth V Conclusion We have shown that there is a strong, robust, and negative relationship between bribery 17 rates and the short-run growth rates of Ugandan firms, and that the ... Profit, and Risk”, in R Reinikka and P Collier (eds.), 2001, Uganda’s Recovery: The Role of Farms, Firms, and Government, Washington DC: The World Bank Ruzindana, A., Langseth, P., Gakwandi, A.,...
Ngày tải lên: 16/01/2014, 16:34
Tài liệu Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors ppt
... Deaths and Burden of Disease by Cause—Low- and Middle-Income Countries, High-Income Countries, and World, 2001 Table 1.2 Deaths and Burden of Disease Attributable to Risk Factors Low- and Middle-Income ... Age and Sex Joint Contributions (PAFs) of the Leading Risk Factors to Mortality and Burden of Disease, by Region Individual and Joint Contributions of Risk Factors to 10 Leading Diseases and ... Disease Individual and Joint Contributions of Risk Factors to Mortality and Burden of Disease from Site-Specific Cancers Individual and Joint Contributions of Risk Factors to Mortality and Burden of...
Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 12:20
Tài liệu UNITS AND CONVERSION FACTORS E.J. ROSCHKE PROPULSION DIVISION JET PROPULSION LABORATORY doc
... constants of materials care must be taken to be sure what values are specified, i.e µ, κm or χm and ε, κe or χe The usual values given are κe and χm κm is a number near unity and may be greater or ... nautical mile = 6076.10 ft D AREA METER2 cm2 ft2 in2 SQUARE METER = 104 10.76 1550 -4 -3 square cm = 10 0.1550 1.076 × 10 square foot = 9.290 × 10-2 929.0 144 -4 -3 square inch = 6.452 × 10 6.452 ... and the pound-mass are numerically equal at standard gravity It should be realized that relating specific quantities to weight, rather than mass, involves a change of concept because weight and...
Ngày tải lên: 22/02/2014, 09:20
Effect of raw material and processing factors
... the leaf and flower (Table 2) and the total ratio of stalk and root at TN1 and TN2 was at 2.5 while it was only at 2.0 at TN3 and TN4, especially the ratio of root at TN2 was at 1.5 compared to ... extract prepared as above with 20% concentration were dried in a SD-05 spray-drier (LabPlant of England) at 400 mL/h feed rate, 150 0C air temperature, and 1.2-1.3 bar air pressure Dextrin and maltodextrin ... binders, and the sweeteners on the production of effervescent artichoke (Cynara scolymus L.) tea tablets References Endicott, Clarence J and Dalton, Edward R (1957) “Calcium cyclamate tablet and process...
Ngày tải lên: 27/02/2014, 22:28
Nutritional Status and Associated Factors in Institutionalized Elderly docx
... activities of daily living and greater dependence on care, including meals and purchase of food [19] The results of the Health, Welfare and Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean Project, which ... consisted of descriptive analysis and chi-square test, Fisher’s exact test and ANOVA to determine the factors associated with nutritional status, assessed by BMI and MAN In addition, we used multinomial ... converted into calories and nutrients using DietWin® (DietWin Nutrition Software) and various food composition tables After three days of recording, an average caloric and nutritional intake was...
Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 21:20
Jeremy Grantham: US Stocks are Expensive and Bonds are Disgusting ppt
... Mason Hawkins, the chairman and CEO of Memphis-based Southeastern Asset Management, spoke the previous day and articulated the opposing view: Margins and earnings are neither at peak or temporarily ... small-cap.” International large- and small-cap stocks and emerging equities are at fair price, he said Grantham said that investors face short-term risks in emerging markets, and that China’s economy ... can be addressed, he said We can have enough energy if we are “sensible” and start building solar- and wind-powered smart electrical grids And if we “recycle like mad,” we will have enough metals...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 04:20
Why Some Cities Are Growing and Others Shrinking pdf
... Crain and Lee (1999), Kreft and Sobel (2005), Ashby (2007), Campbell and Rogers (2007), Ashby and Sobel (2008), Hall and Sobel (2008), Reed (2008) 287 Cato Journal area includes counties in Maryland, ... market and city growth Incorporating those factors is beyond the scope of this article See Stansel and Swaleheen (2010) and the additional articles by myself and others cited in footnotes and for ... Bradbury, Downs, and Small (1982); Dalenberg and Partridge (1995); Crihfield and Panggabean (1995); Holcombe and Lacombe (2004); Higgins, Levy, and Young (2006); Stansel, Gohmann, and Hobbs (2008);...
Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 06:20
Báo cáo " Objective and Subjective Factors Influence on Demand of Drainage by Pumping in Red River Delta " potx
... drainage demand for incultivated land which is drained by day There are factors to increase the domain of area and which are the main causes in order to the increase of drainage coefficient demand Throught ... purpose The change of land use to non agricultural purpose is leading to the increase of drainage demand many times which is compared with rice land and cultivated land Discussion and recommenation ... up to 1m, the complete inundated area below 1.5 m will be 181,917 hectares, and semi-inundated area with the elevation below 2.5 m will be 365,431 hectares There are two main drainage solutions...
Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 15:20
When Terrorism Hits Home - How Prepared Are State and Local Law Enforcement pot
... terrorism preparedness and in meeting programmatic goals for supporting state and local responders, and to assess how current federal preparedness grant programs are making a difference and where ... safety and security of individuals in transit and in their workplaces and communities The ISE research portfolio encompasses research and analysis on a broad range of policy areas including homeland ... (MIPT), and the Office for Domestic Preparedness, U.S Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data When terrorism hits home : how prepared are state and...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 15:20
Báo cáo khoa học: UDP-galactose 4-epimerase from Kluyveromyces fragilis – catalytic sites of the homodimeric enzyme are functional and regulated docx
... 0–0.05 mM and 0.05–0.35 mM substrate Units of the ordinate and abscissa are lmolÆmin)1 and mM)1, respectively; values correspond to the original plot Derived values of Km and Vmax are presented ... with 0–0.05 mM and 0.2–0.35 mM substrate Units of the ordinate and abscissa are lmolÆmin)1 and mM)1, respectively; values correspond to the original plot Derived values of Km and Vmax are presented ... residual lag, corresponding inhibitor concentration and Ki for 5¢-UMP, UDP and UTP were 10%, 0.4 mm, and 0.15 mm, 13%, mm, and 0.37 mm, and 25%, mm, and 0.60 mm, respectively Hence, the ability of...
Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 00:20
Reproductive Health Risk and Protective Factors Among Unmarried Youth in Ghana pptx
... Dittus PJ and Gordon VV, Maternal correlates of adolescent sexual and contraceptive behavior, Family Planning Perspectives, 1996, 28(4): 159–165 & 185; and Holtzman D and Rubinson R, Parent and peer ... self-efficacy, and communication with partners concerning pregnancy and STI risks The findings are largely supportive of many adolescent reproductive health intervention strategies that have been and are ... greatest role in supervision and mentoring in matters related to sexual relations and contraception.31 Communication with parents and family members about avoiding sex and contraception had only...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 12:20
The Fraction of Cancer Attributable to Lifestyle and Environmental Factors in the UK in 2010 docx
... the highest standards of selection and review All relevant papers are carefully considered Once accepted, papers are published rapidly and, at the editor’s discretion, certain papers are accelerated ... dietary factors in the UK in 2010: IV Salt DM Parkin 16 The fraction of cancer attributable to lifestyle and environmental factors in the UK in 2010: Summary and conclusions DM Parkin, L Boyd and ... Full research papers and short communications are published under five broad headings: clinical studies, translational therapeutics, molecular diagnostics, genetics and genomics and epidemiology...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 16:21
RE-EXAMINING & REPOSITIONING HIGHER EDUCATION: TWENTY ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS DRIVING ONLINE AND BLENDED PROGRAM ENROLLMENTS ppt
... multiple factors that is transforming, and will continue to transform, the landscape of higher education This paper presents twenty factors – ten economic and ten demographic – that are driving ... economic and demographic factors are clearly not the only places where costs are rising beyond the control of colleges and universities However, each factor directly or indirectly affects costs and ... tightening belts and deferring some “wants” in favor of “needs.” Taken together, however, these factors make reexamination and repositioning imperative These economic and demographic factors are changing...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 21:20