... compared to that in deep sapwood species Specific dry mass as a parameter some- times used to indicate conducting properties of woody tissues and xylem water content can sometimes be used as an indicator ... although the situation was similar inthe other six sample trees already presented inthe above (see figure 1A) There were no significant differences in specific dry mass of xylem along stem radius ... Differences between sapwood areas estimated by both the methods mentioned are still more pronounced in other trees inthe study, as shown by the example of Cupressus sempervirens and Pinus pinea...
... and harvested onto glass fiber filters 18 hours later Proliferation was measured as 3H-TdR incorporation by liquid scintillation spectroscopy and the test was scored as positive inthe presence ... However, not having identified any case of disease progression from beryllium sensitization to lung disease during the 7.0 years follow-up, we could not formally assess the association of the HLA-DPGlu69 ... In this study population there were no cases of progression from systemic sensitization to lung disease notwithstanding the substantial follow-up period of 7.0 ± 3.7 years from the first positive...
... and the lymphocytosis inthe pericardial fluid An adenosine deaminase assay, which has been used to identify tuberculosis, was uninterpretable due tothe amount of blood inthe fluid [9] Initially, ... provided sustained relief of her dyspnea for the past year Conclusion Tothe best of our knowledge this is the first reported case of CLL presenting as pericardial tamponade The diagnosis was confounded ... complaint was also breathlessness [6] The leukocyte count in all the CLL patients in these reports was much higher (282,000 to 827,000/uL) than our patient s (18,100/uL) She subsequently continued...
... and the lymphocytosis inthe pericardial fluid An adenosine deaminase assay, which has been used to identify tuberculosis, was uninterpretable due tothe amount of blood inthe fluid [9] Initially, ... provided sustained relief of her dyspnea for the past year Conclusion Tothe best of our knowledge this is the first reported case of CLL presenting as pericardial tamponade The diagnosis was confounded ... complaint was also breathlessness [6] The leukocyte count in all the CLL patients in these reports was much higher (282,000 to 827,000/uL) than our patient s (18,100/uL) She subsequently continued...
... PET seems to represent the most appropriate approach In fact, Castleman 's disease, as with aggressive lymphomas and many solid tumours, presents an increase in glucose metabolic activity Therefore, ... lymphatic mass and histopathological analysis showed Castleman 's disease of the hyalin-vascular subtype From October 2006 to February 2007, the patient was treated with four cycles of chemotherapy ... PET study can lead to a more precise staging of the disorder since the disease can be present in normal-sized lymph nodes asin our case and, alternatively, reactive lymph nodes with increased size...
... (802–1431) encompassed much of mainland Southeast Asia and was a trading partner of both China and India due to its location on the sea Analysis from the East-West Center A dichotomy was created between ... Dieter Ernst January 2001 five years as Asia editor of Business Week No 47 “How Blaming ‘Slash and Burn’ magazine in New York She was Cambodia Farmers is Deforesting Mainland Southeast bureau ... not be possible, at least for this generation, to adopt the riel completely, there are various means of increasing confidence inthe currency as well as lowering the costs of the current system While...
... role as parents It has seemed at times that the very points about which some mothers and fathers feel most uneasiness are the opposite of those so regretted by others and assumed to be the crucial ... into the custody of a federal hospital in Mississippi During his present sojourn inthe hospital he was for several weeks happily adjusted on the admission ward, busy doing small favors for the ... manifestations or suggestions of the disorder 20 Degrees of disguise in essential pathology, 188 21 The psychopath as businessman, 193 22 The psychopath as man of the world, 196 23 The psychopath as gentleman,...
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... used the yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) systemto determine the relative strengths of in vivo interaction of these two MAP kinases with the two isoforms of human Hsp90 Inthe yeast Hsp9 0s, a C-terminal ... identical in their in vivo actions, at least when expressed in yeast Phenotypic differences between strains PP30[hHsp90a] and PP30[hHsp90b] Investigating the properties of the strains expressing human ... the sole Hsp90 in yeast cells ) in uences both the activation of certain clients in these cells and cellular sensitivity tothe Hsp90 inhibitor radicicol The most striking finding was that it is...
... investors are certainly still subject to short-term investment pressures, they nonetheless retain the flexibility to invest in illiquid asset classes and so have the advantage of being less subject ... holdings inthe asset class inthe subsequent period Nonetheless, the GIC s holdings in alternatives is believed to be at least 25% of its assets under management Also, of note curiously is the ... levels only just reaching pre-crisis levels in some cases One might, therefore, have expected institutional investors to selectively increase their asset allocation to alternative investments to...
... purposes is increasing Inthe field of education, writing plays a dominant role for writing projects, assignments, examinations etc Inthe Indian educational system, assessing academic abilities ... inthe classroom Hence, pictures are of great use inthe language learning classroom The uses of pictures are discussed in detail inthe next section 2.7.9 The Use of Pictures inthe ESL Classroom ... rural India is discussed The background tothe study, the research problem, the hypothesis/ assumptions of the study, the research problem, the relevance and scope of the study are also discussed...
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... tempted by the lavish feast, within hours, he ate and drank his fill but as soon as he left the party he felt nauseated His stomach was stuffed with rich Food and he got violent indigestion In fact, ... drink too much, our stomach is so overloaded with food that it can hardly function Blood circulates slowly in blood-vessels, causing bradycardia which makes us feel hard to breathe Our mind is ... employees perform their work while their stomachs are empty of food and their whole bodies are succumbed to starvation? Malnutrition leads to crimes such as: theft, robbery and deceitfulness Our...
... may thus assume that a significant part of the released flies was lost was able to produce progeny and to mate with indisuggested by the genotype frequencies of the third sample This was, however, ... conditions for their establishment A possible explanation is to assume that released flies were simply diluted by an indigenous population of greater size Since the sample taken just after the release ... allele was released in a small, isolated natural population in tropical Africa Surprisingly, only a slight, short-term modification was observed ; the significance of the data has been discussed...
... rupture in patients with known lung cancer; usually in widely disseminated metastatic disease The incidence of isolated splenic metastasis ranges from 0-26% of all patients with splenic metastasis ... unlimited exercise tolerance She worked as a nurse and there was no history of previous exposure to asbestos or other occupational hazards Page of On examination she was ill-looking, conscious and orientated ... possible, the underlying cause should be treated Factors that increase mortality include underlying neoplastic disease, splenomegaly and increasing age [2] Case Presentation A 61-year-old Caucasian...
... deviations The One-Way Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used to assess the distributions For all categorical variables the Chi-Square statistic was used to assess the statistical significance between the ... receiving antihypertensive drug treatment; Elevated fasting glucose was defined as ≥ 100 mg/dl Smokers were defined as individuals who smoked at least cigarettes per day while past smokers had stopped ... coefficients were smaller compared tothe previous analyses Despite this, in most cases the results remained significant As before, waist circumference showed the highest partial correlations in comparison...
... deviations The One-Way Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used to assess the distributions For all categorical variables the Chi-Square statistic was used to assess the statistical significance between the ... receiving antihypertensive drug treatment; Elevated fasting glucose was defined as ≥ 100 mg/dl Smokers were defined as individuals who smoked at least cigarettes per day while past smokers had stopped ... coefficients were smaller compared tothe previous analyses Despite this, in most cases the results remained significant As before, waist circumference showed the highest partial correlations in comparison...
... sultr1;3 and sultr2;1 Genotypesa A potential functional role of PHR1 in sulfate homeostasis was assessed by examining the root- to- shoot and shoot -to -root sulfate transfer inthe phr1 mutant in ... repressed by phosphite, indicating that phosphite interferes specifically with early events involved in Pi sensing and signaling, including responses typically associated with local Pi sensing ... response, leading to overexpression of genes involved in sulfate scavenging and assimilation [41] Considered together, the results on PSR1 in C reinhardtii and PHR1 in Arabidopsis reveals an unsuspected...