biological biomechanical and biochemical changes in pregnancy

... hepatic injury in some dogs and may be subclinical in more cases The changes occurred both early (within 24 hours) and later at the third and fourth re-examination In most cases the increase ... creatinine values at examination and However, creatinine decreased from examination to examination in 82% of the sampled dogs (p < 0,05 Sign test) Discussion At the first examination within a ... glutamate dehydrogenase (GLDH), creatine kinase (CK) and creatinine were determined using an auto analyzer Konelab 30 (Thermo Clinical Labsystems Oy, Vantaa, Finland) Commercial reagents from Termo...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:22

... during walking are quite different from those involved in maintaining upright posture During standing, the goal is to maintain the body's center of gravity (CG) within the base of support The initiation ... (ie, initiation of walking, turning, walking over uneven surfaces, stopping) in almost all incidences of falls.2-5 Despite this strong evidence linking locomotion to falls, studies of changes in ... were analyzed Kinematic and kinetic data for a minimum of 10 repeat walking t~ials were collected using a video digitizing system and a force platform Basic kinematic analyses and an inverse dynamics...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 19:21

... and in control and in minor amount in fraction 7, while in hypoxia almost doubled in fractions and Lipid analysis in DRF Cholesterol was enriched in DRF in control (878 ± 80, nmol/mg prot) and ... in control and treated lungs, averaging ~3% of total phospholipids In PMC the amount of choline plasmalogen (included in PC) and ethanolamine plasmalogen (included in PE) were 0.024 and 0.16 nmoles/mg ... cellular integrity, considering that PLA2 activation in anoxia may lead to cellular death through a caspase independent mechanism by inducing nuclear shrinkage [22] In line, with these findings,...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 16:20

... grove from points Sampling points St.1 and St.2 are in the same stream, and sampling point St.3 is in the other stream The two streams flow together to be one stream and the sampling point St.4 is ... and periphery of the Seto Inland Sea The location of the research area and the distribution of the citrus groves in Matsuyama region are shown in Fig Matsuyama is situated in Shikoku Island in ... under dark condition, and the temperature was maintained constant between 10°C and 30°C RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Materials runoff characteristics and variation in the reservoir Fig indicates time courses...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 10:17

... motifs in domains and ( 70% identical residues), particularly in the DNA-binding region 732 (domain 1) which contains an HTH motif [21] and the metal-binding and dimerization domains (domain 2) ... regarding ferritin regulation in Streptomyces species In addition to the 11 proteins listed in Tables and 2, minor changes in other proteins were observed These proteins may be involved in other reactions ... increase P5 Medium increase DNA-binding protein of the ferritin family sco0596 P2 Medium increase Phosphatidylethanolaminebinding protein sco4018 Name P1 Large increase Proteins GenBank accession...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 18:20

... (2001) Postprandial responses of individual fatty acids in subjects homozygous for threonine or alanine encoding allele in codon 54 of the intestinal fatty acid binding protein gene Am J Clin Nutr ... assuming 1-random, 2-random and 3-random distribution [27] The molecular associations give the exact pairs of fatty acids in individual diacylglycerol and the exact triplets of fatty acids in individual ... sn-1,2- and sn-2,3diacylglycerol species (Table 3) In nontreated rats there was less 16:0–16:1 and 16:1–16:1 in both sn-1,2- and sn-2,3diacylglycerols and less 18:0–18:1 and 18:1–18:2 in the sn-1,2-diacylglycerols...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 21:20

... either bind directly to TNF-a receptors on the infected cell and induce apoptosis of the target cell or initiate TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) on NK cells thus activating caspase and ... correlated with decreases in perforin and granzyme production [6] and changes in granzyme gene (GZMA) expression [8] These deficiencies in NK activity may increase viral load in CFS, incidentally a recent ... cytokine and chemokine expression in CFS patients Neutrophil apoptosis in relation to respiratory burst, cytotoxic activity in CD8 T cells, perforin and granzyme production and CD4+T cell cytokine...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... A, Gauldie J: Adenoviral vectors expressing lymphotactin and interleukin or lymphotactin and interleukin 12 synergize to facilitate tumor regression in murine breast cancer models Hum Gene Ther ... FL: Direct intratumoral injection of an adenovirus expressing interleukin-12 induces regression and long-lasting immunity that is associated with highly localized expression of interleukin-12 Hum ... lymphocytes from peripheral blood, indicating IL-10 can influence cells in the tumor microenvironment and immune response [15] Another prominent inhibitory cytokine, transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-b)...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... September 2000 and July 2001 The two-stage stratified cluster sampling design was planned by Statistics Finland The sampling frame comprised adults aged 30 years and over living in mainland Finland This ... community-dwelling older adults and those living in long-term care settings Conclusion The self-report of seasonal changes in mood and behavior and of poor illumination indoors seem to be relevant indicators ... mental well-being They may therefore stimulate further research aiming at designing optimal working and living environments in terms of lighting conditions Current indoor lighting standards are...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... capacity and permanent wilting point), and clay content Data have been pooled from all the study sites and from all the trees within the sites Horizontal bars indicate standard errors indicating that ... capacity (pF 2.5) and water content at wilting point (pF 4.2), taking into account the percentage of gravels Finally, predawn and midday water potentials were measured in Q ilex trees during the summer ... values (PET) Predawn and midday water potential were measured in current year shoots Vertical bars indicate standard errors transpiration, resulting in a diminution of length and intensity of water...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 16:21

... Quercus petraea and an increasing length growth of these branches with increasing Response of beech and oak to shading 167 Figure Growth components measured on seedlings of oak and beech exposed ... nets even in the first part of the growing period (table II, figure 3b and 3c) The significant interaction between the variables Z1 and Z2 for RHG and RGDS in the second part of the growing period ... DISCUSSION Shading affected significantly growth and biomass partitioning of oak and beech seedlings Because previous year growth has after effects on initial twig and leaf expansion of oak and beech,...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 01:21

... These fibrils reacted positively in the Swift test indicating the presence of days 445, hyphae were cystine-rich proteins (Fig 5, x 13 000) With strain 270, days after inoculation, root cell walls ... early events of infection between E urophylla and both strains of P tinctorius shows important differences at the interface Indeed, it seems that the plant reacts to the presence of P tinctorius isolated ... polysaccharides and proteins, and measurement of acid phosphatase activities activity was vacuoles detected only in fungal (Fig 8, x 4600) Discussion and Conclusion Results Four days after inoculation...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 04:20

... detection of inflammatory and destructive changes in finger and toe joints, tendons, and entheses in patients with PsA by comparison with MRI, x-ray, and clinical findings Materials and methods ... al Ratingen scoring system [11] by an experienced musculoskeletal radiologist (AV) blinded to clinical and other imaging findings Clinical examination All 25 persons underwent clinical examination ... determine the presence or absence of swelling and/ or tenderness of the finger and MTP joints (in all 34 joints per person) One patient with PsA had had joint replacement in MCP joints and total...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:21

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:22

... one, two and seven days of stimulation in 15 and osteoprotegerin in different cell lines In opposite to RAGE, NFκB and the proinflammatory cytokines TNF-α and IL-6, the mRNA levels of RANKL and osteoprotegerin ... or to βactin/vinculin (monoclonal mouse) The membrane was then washed four times for five minutes in Tris buffer containing 0.1% Tween-20, and incubated with the corresponding HRPlinked secondary ... degradation into the synovium and the activation of FLS through AGE-RAGE interaction may initiate inflammatory responses In RA, activated NFκB in FLS is involved in the regulation of inflammatory cytokines,...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... al Introduction Ovarian and hormonal changes resulting in ovulation following introduction of males to previously isolated females have been described for several species, including small ruminants ... determines changes in endocrine and follicular profiles, estrous onset, ovulation and pregnancy rates A second objective was to characterize the ovarian response and the endocrine profiles in MAP-primed ... of interval to estrus onset, and ovulation and conception rates in cyclic ewes primed with intravaginal sponges containing 60 mg of MAP for 12 days While Control ewes remained near rams during...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:21

... domain (PF01728) occurs in human and in viral proteins for example This domain occurs at the amino terminus of flaviviral NS5 protein and is hypothesized to be involved in viral RNA capping [23] ... user-defined sets of proteins or protein families It contains an embedded database making it independent from GOTaxDB We describe GOTax, a platform for investigating and comparing proteins, protein ... mining in metric space: an empirical analysis of supervised learning performance criteria In Proceedings of the Tenth ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining:...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 20:22

... whom I have interacted and worked with during my study at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at National University of Singapore and Data Storage Institute that have influenced ... whether a single femtosecond laser pulse could induce amorphous or crystalline mark in phase change media or not In order to investigate the nature of electronic and structural changes induced by ... Chapter Introduction Chapter Introduction 1.1 Optical data storage We are in an information age The demand for high performance, low cost and nonvolatile information systems is ever-increasing Genarally...

Ngày tải lên: 16/09/2015, 08:30

... Materials and methods Animals and peptides Carcinus maenas were collected using baited traps in the Menai Strait, UK, and maintained in a recirculating seawater system under ambient conditions MIH and ... of MIH and CHH in the sinus gland during the moult cycle As individual SG from single crabs always contained almost identical profiles and quantities of peptides (preliminary experiments using pairs ... we first investigated the biological activity of MIH and CHH during precisely timed stages of the moult cycle of Carcinus to determine changes in: (a) potency of these peptides in repressing ecdysteroid...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 00:20

... phenylalaninespecific A domain and the PCP domain The terminal E domain was excised (the exact amino acid composition of the investigated protein is shown in Fig S1B) With this protein, referred to herein as A-PCP, ... conformational changes in the crosstalk between A domains and PCP domains that reflect different states of the PCP domain in the catalytic cycle of an NRPS module Biochemical studies of NRPS domain interactions ... Amino acyl sulfamoyl adenosine inhibitors induce conformational changes in the A-PCP protein that are comparable to the effect of the native substrates To investigate conformational changes in...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 08:20