... design and coordination, performed acquisition of data and drafted the manuscript KHA and FYC participated in data analysis and revised the manuscript RKCN and SMC participated in study’s design and ... no AC involvement and BED Gy15≥ 65 Gy15, (B2) no AC involvement and BED Gy15 < 65 Gy15 , (B3) presence of AC involvement and BED Gy 15≧65 Gy15, (B4) presence of AC involvement and BED Gy15
... realm of micro-level coordination Such forms ofcoordination is investigated in the context of representing and cooperative accomplishment of multi-agent formations Under this framework, and with ... with the great fortune of having the companionship of several distinct individuals Like Frodo Baggins and the fellowship of the Ring, or Dorothy and her companions in the land of Oz, my own adventures ... Roam-World; the area of influence of an agent ajk ; the set of uncovered points in RSi ; the desired formation consisting of N robots; the set of all the queues in a formation F; the set of all the formation...
... involvement of NO in a seemingly limitless range of physiological systems continues to expand To illustrate, some of the major roles of NO include regulation of BP, inhibition of platelet aggregation and ... inhibitors of CSE and NOS exacerbated these Crosstalk is evidently present between H2 S and NO Firstly, NaHS increased LV and plasma NO levels due to an upr egulation of eNOS and iNOS gene and protein ... between H2 S and NO…………… ….160 5.2.2 Exogenous H2 S and NO A meliorates MI…………… …162 5.2.3 Effect of H2 S and NO on BP, ECG and Heart Rate………… 164 5.2.4 Effect of H2 S and NO on...
... Influence of diabetes and hyperglycaemia on infectious disease hospitalisation and outcome Diabetologia 2007, 50:549-554 Christiansen C, Toft P, Jorgensen HS, Andersen SK, Tonnesen E: Hyperglycaemia and ... root of hospital acquired hyperglycaemia and in the long term lead to development of diabetes Although the incidence of hospital acquired hyperglycaemia differed between the three subgroups of ... the cut-off value in the Recommendations of the American Heart Association [35] and the trigger for initiation of insulin treatment for ICU patients recommended by the American College of Endocrinology...
... degrees of Master of Letters from Oxford University and Doctor of Philosophy from King’s College London, and he is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society Recently the People’s Republic of China ... the title of Honorary Professor in recognition of his ‘outstanding research and contribution in the field of Leadership’ John had a colourful early career He served as a platoon commander in the ... virtually in command of the garrison of Jerusalem and was in the front line for six weeks After national service he qualified as a deckhand and sailed an Arctic trawler to Iceland He then worked...
... complex of GmHO-1 at pH 7.0 (0.1 M, KPB) a-1, Expansion of the gxy region of (A) (solid line) andof the corresponding part of the spectrum of ferric heme–rHO-1 (dotted line) a-2, Expansion of the ... time, indicating the formation of biliverdin In this case, neither bands of the oxy form (at 541 and 578 nm) nor bands of verdoheme and CO–verdoheme (at 690 and at 640 nm, respectively) are ... splitting constants of the 15N nucleus of the distal NO andof the 14N nucleus of the proximal His of the GmHO-1 complex are closer to those of the rHO-1 complex than to those of the SynHO-1 complex...
... of cADPR analogues and some clues regarding the structure–activity relationshipof cADPR The cADPR ⁄ Ca2+ signalling system is active in diverse cellular systems, including smooth, skeletal and ... by CD38-type ADPRC and which is also a breakdown product of cADPR (Fig 2) TRPM2 is a Ca2+- and Na+-permeable cation channel that is mainly expressed in the brain and in cells of the immune system ... future Structure–activity relationshipof cADPR In-depth reviews covering the chemistry and biological activity of many cADPR analogues have been published [16,53–55] and the reader interested...
... models of labour supply, these measures tend lead to an overestimate of the effect of health and an underestimate of the effect of economic incentives This paper focuses on the issue of reporting ... sources of income, attitude towards retirement, housing, health and a variety of socioeconomic variables Internal evaluations of item non-response and representativeness of the first wave of data ... effect of ϕS in equation (5) includes the effect of reporting bias and the causal effect of labour market states on work related health Joint estimation of (4) and (5) facilitates identification of...
... course of a bank-borrower relationship The models of Boot and Thakor (1995) and Petersen and Rajan (1993) predict that rates should decline as a relationship matures, while the models of Greenbaum ... history, use of credit, relationships with financial institutions, and balance sheet and income information The respondents represent a stratified random sample by size and geography of for-profit, ... theoretical models of Boot and Thakor (1995) and Petersen and Rajan (1993), both of which generate a negative association between loan rates and the length of the bank-borrower relationship As noted...
... protecting groups (Cbz and NO2) by hydrogenation using Pd ⁄ C (10%) Of the three sets of compounds of 6- and 9-mers of l-, d- and l ⁄ d-enantiomers of arginine chains and their aminoglycoside ... models of HIV-1 Tat responsive element (TAR) RNA binding, NMR structures of TAR–ligand complexes and aminoglycoside–RNA interactions, we have designed and synthesized a set of conjugates of aminoglycoside ... (MFI) of 12G5 mAb binding to MT2 cells was 55.56, whereas that of the isotype control was 4.0 In the presence ofand 10 lm of Neo-r9, the MFI of the mAb binding to cells was reduced to 6.44 and...
... i.e DIMs and PGL-tb; and (b) to address the question of the function of the two related molecules DIM A and DIM B According to the accepted model of DIM and PGL biosynthesis [17], DIM A and PGL-tb ... modification A Effect of the absence of DIM A on the virulence of M tuberculosis in mice B Fig MALDI-TOF mass spectra of the purified glycolipid from M tuberculosis PMM74:pPET1 (A) andof PGL-tb from ... those of DIM A and DIM B were purified by preparative TLC and analyzed by MALDI-TOF MS The mass spectrum of the purified lipids exhibiting a TLC mobility similar to that of DIM B showed a series of...
... the determinants of the probability of default (PD) of bank loans We focus the discussion on the role of a limited set of variables (collateral, type of lender and bank-borrower relationship) while ... role ofrelationship banking This section focuses on the potential impact on the PD of the closeness of the bank-borrower relationship Model (second column of Table 2) contains a measure ofrelationship ... analysis of the role of collateral In this subsection the model is estimated allowing for differences in the effects of type of lender and number of banks relationships in the probability of default...
... scales of the SAQ and CCS angina severity class and a smaller relationship with age and ETT The variation seen in the relationship between the EQ-5D index and these variables, with the exception of ... Boxplots of the EQ-5D index and other patient characteristics pretreatment and after treatment by study The figure shows boxplots of the raw baseline and post-treatment values of EQ-5D, SF-6D and ... cross-sectional study in a cohort of patients implanted with an ICD at one of two centres between 1991 and the end of 2001 Sixtynine percent of the patients that had an ICD implant - all of those still alive...
... http://www.hqlo.com/content/6/1/79 Table 2: Means and standard deviations of trait anxiety and coping strategies of the participants of two types of diabetes (n = 161) Type I Diabetes (n = 39) Type ... Coefficients of correlations between age, type of diabetes and duration of diabetes, gender, educational status and monthly income were significant, whereas the correlations between type of diabetes and ... with type II diabetes, because of the highly demanding and challenging regimen of diabetes and insulin dependency Coping theorists often emphasize the benefits of problem focused coping, such...
... terms of the underlying distribution of the results Investigators may express effects in terms of between-person standard deviation units, within-person standard deviation units, and the standard ... raw score change on measure; SE = standard error of the difference; SD = standard deviation at time 1; SD* = standard deviation of D; SD# = standard deviation of D among stable subjects (those ... to estimate the weighted grand mean of the MID and to test the hypothesis of homogeneity of MID across the nine studies If there was no statistical evidence of lack of homogeneity, a 95% confidence...
... recipient relationship following stroke [21,22] They highlight the importance of health professionals including assessments of the context of care in terms of the relationship dynamics and how ... Leclerc C: The balance of give and take in caregiver-partner relationships: An examination of self-perceived burden, relationship equity, and quality of life from the perspective of care recipients ... [4,5,9-12] and that both rewards and burdens can co-exist [13] Research directed toward an understanding ofrelationship factors that influence positive and negative role perceptions and caregiver...
... degrees of Master of Letters from Oxford University and Doctor of Philosophy from King’s College London, and he is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society Recently the People’s Republic of China ... the title of Honorary Professor in recognition of his ‘outstanding research and contribution in the field of Leadership’ John had a colourful early career He served as a platoon commander in the ... virtually in command of the garrison of Jerusalem and was in the front line for six weeks After national service he qualified as a deckhand and sailed an Arctic trawler to Iceland He then worked...
... sprouts On the other hand, the initiation ofand its acceleration seem to be linked to enzyme changes (GDH and growth Protein content decreased because of the synthesis of non-protein substances ... Correlatively, activities of G6PDH (pentose phosphate pathway) and GDH (cellular detoxification of NH+) increased and ensured, respectively, the production of NADPH and NADH which are needed ... simple relationship has been found between this enzyme activity and the accumulation of studied polyphenols other hand, during the was Enzymes: z-glutamate:NAD oxidoreduc f tase (GDH) and D -glucose-6-phospha+...