... from both brain and intestine in L maderae [14,15] The finding that N-terminally extended TKRPs are predominantly expressed only in the gut and not in the brain are in line with findings of enrichment ... efficacy in processing of two N-terminally extended TKRPs in the brain and intestine, respectively This could result in the gut-specific accumulation of such peptides, whereas in the brain cleavage ... colocalized in the same neurons of the brain [17] Earlier data also indicated that some isoforms are expressed only in the brain (LemTKRP6,7,8,9) or intestine (LemTKRP-3,4), and some in both tissues...
... elevation during rewarming, again no definite recommendations are available, but most experts will proceed with repeat cooling It could be that in traumatic brain injury, other therapies, including cerebrospinal ... problem with surface cooling is cold injury, causing pressure ulcers and Therapeutic Hypothermia inBrain Injury skin breakdown Surface cooling is less efficient in reducing the temperature of ... can be initiated in the prehospital or in hospital setting There are ongoing studies involving prehospital cooling One should be mindful that if prehospital cooling is not followed by in hospital...
... of the 'preliminary flowchart' All Russian infinitives are translated as English infinitives, but the -sja infinitives are referred to Flowchart III as the difference in meaning for those of ... semantic-syntactic properties of the infinitive occurrences (of the Russian input) Since in this paper only the analysis aspect of automatically translating Russian predicative infinitives shall be discussed ... on word order inRussian Isačenko treats some of the problems of ambiguity discussed here (dative + infinitive, infinitive with double dative) using a combination of methods including those of...
... window for exploring brain and cognition As discussed in the text, movies enrich human cognitive experience, but also provide a window into how this experience is encoded in the experiencing brain, ... York, NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston Morin, E (2005) The Cinema, or the Imaginary Man Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press Ozu, Y (1935) An Inn in Tokyo GuangDong, China: Tianren Video ... component in the productive dialogue between brain and cinema Another is the ability of movies to extend, manipulate and promote individual experimentation with another pinnacle of human brain and...
... can induce regression of human glioma brain cancers in vivo This might be achieved by the induction of telomere loss in cancer cells as shown in our in vitro experiments with glioma-derived brain ... receiving the combination treatment indicated a protection from H2O2 insults to B-lymphoid cells by Ruta treatment (Table II) These results indicate that instead of inducing aberrations in B-lymphoid ... normal lymphocytes by inducing cell division in blood-forming cells This homeopathic medicine could be prescribed for optimum treatment of brain cancers in general, and gliomas in particular, as...
... and brain complexes is shown in Fig 1A,B Varying the concentration of the separating gel (10% in Fig 1A and 7% in Fig 1B) allowed for a better resolution of some proteins, in particular, those in ... during purification interferes with obtaining the brain complex in a homogeneous state [12] In addition to general problems known to arise upon enzyme purification from fat-rich brain tissue, the isolation ... resulted in no increase in specific activity, despite the OGDHC fractions containing fewer contaminant proteins Thus, disruption of the interaction between OGDHC and the microsomal fraction during...
... bobbing, head tilting and circling The levels of the endogenous (wild-type) huntingtin protein and the transgene product were examined by western blotting using anti-huntingtin serum raised against ... Pathological examination of the brain revealed inclusions in the nucleus of most brain neurones as early as weeks of age, which were preceded by an abnormal location of huntingtin (i.e in the nucleus) ... amino acids of human huntingtin with 82 polyglutamine repeats exclusively in brain, with the level of the transgene product remaining lower than the level of the endogenous full-length huntingtin...
... developments in Advances inBrain Imaging, and the shift toward xii ADVANCES INBRAIN IMAGING greater clinical utility is clear in their descriptions of these methods Perhaps most intriguing is the ... of in vivo brain function in psychiatry (Levin et al 1995) Before proceeding to the findings themselves, however, it is important to be mindful of the continued limitations of fMRI brain mapping ... Carter goes on to describe fascinating developments in cognitive xvi ADVANCES INBRAIN IMAGING neuroscience that are important to the field of brain imaging Neuroimaging researchers have been able...
... DE, Steiner BD, Jones BD, Konrad TR: Preparing and retaining rural physicians through medical education Acad Med 1999, 74:810-820 Stewart MA, Bass JJ: Recruiting and retaining physicians in northern ... practitioners where physicians are not available Rural medical education/training: Training physicians in rural or northern areas Medical practice support: Making northern practice less onerous in order ... Providing financial assistance to patients who have to travel long distances to access medical care Telemedicine: Linking patients and physicians via telecommunications technology Research: Using research...
... training of the clinical team Sites in Masaka district in southwest Uganda, for example, were the first to be trained, in June 2004, whereas other sites in northern Uganda received training in ... assessment findings by non-physicians versus physicians Nurse versus physician arm Clinical Officer versus physician arm Nurse (n (N%)) Physician (n (N%)) Clinical Officer (n (N%)) Physician (n ... modules in developing countries that face similar human resource constraints to Uganda Conclusion This study offers preliminary evidence to support increased investment in task-shifting and training...
... brain- computer interface (BCI) systems Brain and Cognition 2003, 51(3):326-336 Grosse-Wentrup M, Liefhold C, Gramann K, Buss M: Beamforming in noninvasive Brain- Computer Interfaces IEEE Transactions in Biomedical ... brain- computer interface Clinical Neurophysiology 2009, 120(2):239-247 Curran EA, Stokes MJ: Learning to control brain activity: A review of the production and control of EEG components for driving brain- computer ... not surprising that inaccurate feedback decreases performance for able subjects, an increase in classification accuracy due to a feedback bias in bad-performing subjects appears counterintuitive...
... exploration training, one third of their patients demonstrated an increase in VF size of – 7° Reading training had a similar effect: In 34% of hemianopic patients who participated in reading training, ... daily living The ability to perform visual related activities of daily living (ADL) such as reading, avoiding obstacles, orienting in space, walking, riding a bike, manipulating with things in the ... performance in manipulating things, visually orienting, walking around, driving or reading In only two studies so far the effects of visual treatment on daily living have been investigated Within the...
... shown to occur in the EAE model by administering the synthetic cannabinoid WIN 5,212-2 [23] In the TMEVIDD model we showed that WIN 5,212-2 at the time of virus infection inhibited brain VCAM-1 expression ... endothelium in MS [43] In other models of brain injury 2-AG has been shown to be released and to reduce BBB damage [14,55] Additionally, endocannabinoids may control brain innate immunity in MS by acting ... of staining intensity (Figure 3D) The increased anandamide tone limits microglial activation in mice infected with Theiler’s virus The intracranial injection of Theiler’s virus induced an increase...
... in charge of acquiring and amplifying the brain signal, allocating the electrodes on specific places on the scalp in case of using superficial electrodes, or inside the brainin case of using intracortical ... 2011 Printed in India A free online edition of this book is available at www.intechopen.com Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@intechweb.org Recent Advances in Brain- Computer Interface ... participating in the P300 study had to spell a character word with only minutes of training EEG data were acquired to train the system while the subject looked at 14 Recent Advances in Brain- Computer Interface...
... monitoring in meditation BrainResearch Bulletin, 82(1-2), 46-56 Markowitsch, H J (1995) Which brain regions are critically involved in the retrieval of old autobiographic memory? BrainResearch ... reductions inbrain perfusion, in particular in left temporo-parietal regions In 2006, Ghaffar and his co-workers (Ghaffar, Staines, & Feinstein, 2006) assessed three individuals with unexplained sensory ... Advances inBrain Imaging effect was significantly larger for older than young adults In the belief-bias reasoning paradigm, automatic semantic processing interferes with reasoning performance in incongruent...
... identified amino acid variants in the HIV Env that increase viral tropism for macrophages by enhancing gp120-CD4 affinity (N283 in the C2 region) or exposure of the CD4 binding site (loss of an N-linked ... HIV-infected individuals [30] Anti-CD4 binding site antibodies are generated after HIV infection, and can be detected in most HIVinfected individuals [31-33] Broader and more potent neutralizing ... neutralizing antibodies targeting the CD4 binding site [31-33] However, only rare individuals develop broadly neutralizing anti-CD4 binding site antibodies, so b12-like antibodies are uncommon in HIV-infected...
... early extubation inbrain injured patients [11] We assessed the feasibility of performing this study by designing a pilot study of mechanically ventilated patients with brain injury intubated solely ... extubation delay inbrain injured patients meeting standard weaning criteria Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000, 161:1530-1536 Altman DG, Dore CJ: Randomization and baseline comparisons in clinical trials ... of all intubated patients admitted to the neurological intensive care unit (ICU) at Saint Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota Daily screening of potential patients occurred during morning rounds...