... reconditioning, repairing, servicing, refitting, finishing or demolishing of buildings or structures; or (x) farming, feeding, rearing, treating, nursing, caring, and stocking of living organisms; ... shall be maintained in accordance with the generally accepted cost accounting principles and cost accounting standards issued by the Institute; tothe extent these are found tobe relevant and ... docking, elevating, lading, stripping, stuffing, towing, handling, or warehousing products; or (viii) preserving or storing any product in cold storage; or (ix) constructing, reconstructing,...
... limited access toand gaps in providing VCT, PMTCT and ART services in northern Uganda was attributed tothe longstanding conflicts It is therefore essential to further examine other factors that ... the Uganda Ministry of Health andthe offices ofthe district directors of health services in all the three districts The methodology was also peer reviewed and approved by Uganda Ministry of Health ... PMTCT and ART services located inside and outside the IDP camps in Northern Uganda with the aim of determining access to these services for guiding priority setting, scaling up strategies and resource...
... time categoriesofthe diary study offer rather imprecise information on the actual time that two persons interacted, andthe three intensity categories are too vague tobe translatable into concrete ... i.e., the network position of every individual determines the likelihood of becoming infected as well as the susceptibility status ofthe surrounding individuals Due tothe complex nature of simulation ... according to Equation The contact intensity i andthe shedding rate q are assumed tobe constants We then compare the number of secondary cases SC ofthe simplified mechanistic model with the analogue...
... arthritis or other types of pain) or is unwilling to stop taking other medications for the treatment of OA Any other condition that, inthe opinion ofthe investigator, would adversely affect the subject's ... and chondroitin, one month prior to study and during the study, other than multivitamin and mineral supplements containing vitamins and minerals as the sole medicinal ingredients Use of concomitant ... Subjects inthe UC-II group were instructed to take two “sugar pills” inthe morning to protect blinding and two UC-II capsules inthe evening accounting for a daily dose of 40 mg UC-II containing...
... on the initial number of infected lettuce plants or weeds, and on the number and activity of aphids A number of steps can be taken to manage the spread of LMV The first step in is to reduce the ... shattering seed The plant roots are placed off ofthe fabric to avoid soil contamination inthe gathered seed The plants are harvested with the roots in order to Sclerotinia overwinters inthe soil ... Sclerotinia minor in California), a pathogenic plant fungus The symptoms of Sclerotinia rot are wilting ofthe lower leaves, followed by rotting ofthe base ofthe head Sclerotinia can infect...
... characteristics in order to master the technology to go to complete the set and apply the product on the fact that the purpose end ofthe study Inthe framework of this thesis, I have completed the following ... the other way (from the 30 percent pattern tothe percent pattern), the amplitude at the beginning of discharging is, at the first moment of switching, higher (by a factor of 16) than the final ... modulating input tothe PAM The step-function response ofthe syllabic filter is related tothe syllabic rate of speech, is independent ofthe sampling rate, and is exponential in nature When the...
... sicca The domain scores, including somatic and mental fatigue domains, may be used independently or combined into a composite fatigue score (ProF), or further summarized to indices of fatigue and ... present in 37% of patients compared to 12% of controls In order to assess the impact of gender and disability, and due tothe small samples of men and work disabled inthe PhysR patient group, the ... cognitive symptoms (Thinking scale) to quality of life, as defined by the physical functioning, emotional well-being and general health SF-36 domains Scale scores were used as predictors and age and disease...
... inthe absence of any toxicant during incubation The inhibition ofthe positive controls should beinthe range of 40% to 60% after an incubation time of 30 In addition, method blank values of ... recombination ofthe individual fractions - andin particular inthe toxic effects ofthe moderately polar fraction were observed inthe influent ofthe investigated STP A significant impact of ... acute toxicity inthe standardized bioluminescence inhibition assay The aim of this study was to clarify the contribution ofthe different fractions tothe total toxicity of organic substances in...
... inthe absence of any toxicant during incubation The inhibition ofthe positive controls should beinthe range of 40% to 60% after an incubation time of 30 In addition, method blank values of ... recombination ofthe individual fractions - andin particular inthe toxic effects ofthe moderately polar fraction were observed inthe influent ofthe investigated STP A significant impact of ... acute toxicity inthe standardized bioluminescence inhibition assay The aim of this study was to clarify the contribution ofthe different fractions tothe total toxicity of organic substances in...
... concerned the part ofthe stands above ground, and little attention has been paid tothe inter- The actions between trees within the soil This should be an important part of any modelling ofthe spatial ... timber) Some species are economically interesting or putatively ectomycorrhizal, according to their taxonomic position (the sub-family Caesalpinioideae inthe Leguminosae) andto other studies in ... be less frequent in Venezuela andthe Guyanas than in other tropical rain forests, in spite ofthe fact that the soil fertility is particulary low in these ectotrophy is commonly adaptation to...
... 431-bp sequence of c19orf10 encompassing amino acids 32V to 173L, including the C-terminal stop codon This sequence was inserted into the BamHI and XhoI sites ofthe pGEX-5X-2 vector (Amersham ... similar (Figure 4) The majority of staining is inthe synovial lining with some cells interspersed inthe deeper tissues (Figure 4a,b) Staining inthe perivascular regions ofthe small vessels ... fibroblasts in RA and OA However, the role of this protein in synovial biology in both health and disease remains tobe determined Competing interests We have chosen not to assign a name tothe c19orf10...
... according tothe staging system of Boriani et al [23], (Weinstein Boriani Biagini (WBB) staging system) made en bloc resection possible However, because ofthe destruction ofthe posterior wall ofthe ... Page of Figure Magnetic resonance image showing the metastatic lesion within the vertebral body with destruction ofthe posterior cortex, encroachment ofthe spinal canal and invasion ofthe left ... macroscopy and microscopy pathology The postoperative course was again completely uneventful Page of Because ofthe marginal resection andthe poor response to preoperative chemotherapy, postoperative...
... instillation andinthe histological and immunohistochemical experiments JC initiated the project, participated inthe design ofthe study andinthe interpretation of data, and revised the manuscript ... Compared tothe silica andthe silica+Lv-shCD36-NC groups, the number of nodules inthe lungs of rats inthe silica+Lv-shCD36 group was fewer, and they were smaller Inthe silica andthe silica+LvshCD36-NC ... ofthe lobes, in addition tothe hilar lymph nodes, were fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde, embedded in paraffin, and sectioned at μm The tissue sections were stained with hematoxylin and eosin...
... hypothetical cohort of 1,000 individuals in 11 age bands by gender was defined The number of persons at the beginning of each interval was calculated by subtracting from the number of people inthe ... previous interval the number of deaths occurring in that interval The number of person-years in each interval was calculated assuming that deaths occurred inthe mid-point ofthe interval and adjusting ... for the length ofthe interval The cumulative person-years were estimated as the number of person-years in an interval plus any previous year These were then divided by the number beginning in...
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... proinflammatory factors will lead to increased cPLA2 activity and higher levels of AA which can be further metabolized into eicosanoids that are involved in stimulation and maintenance of inflammatory ... that are linked with the hard and soft tissues ofthe neck, head, face and all ofthe intraoral structures (American Academy of Orofacial Pain and Okeson, 1996) The trigeminal nerve forms the primary ... receptors, MAPK/ERK, and sterol regulatory element binding protein (SREBP) Maprotiline and phenylephrine induced binding of SREBP-2 tothe SRE region on the iPLA2 gene, as determined by electrophoretic...
... is the cessation of blood flow tothe brain and disruption of metabolic demand During early stages of ischemia (within min), inositolcontaining glycerophospholipids are the main source ofthe increase ... damage tothe mitochondria and release of calcium resulting in exocytosis The results highlight the importance of normal “housekeeping” phospholipase A2 in maintaining the normal function of neurons ... essential in meditating the effect of BEL on exocytosis in PC12 cells Blocking of MPTP with the inhibitors bongkrekic acid (BKA) and cyclosporine A (CsA) resulted in reduced exocytosis after intracellular...
... effectiveness of pollution control efforts to minimize the release of these chemicals tothe environment The specific research gaps identified inthe context of understanding the fate and transfer of SVOCs ... has been reported tobe an excellent descriptor of gas to particle partitioning of which the extent of gas/particle (g/p) partitioning of SVOCs inthe atmosphere affects the rates of dry and ... gain a better understanding ofthe distribution of SVOCs among the different compartments inthe tropical environment in order to provide more insights into the transport of these selected compounds...
... the ratio ofthe binding ratio ofthe MIP tothe NIP, where the binding ratio is the ratio ofthe adsorbed analyte to that remaining in solution The plastic antibody did not experience interference ... sample vial Finally, the needle is introduced into the GC injector, where the adsorbed analytes are thermally desorbed and delivered tothe GC column, or into the SPME/HPLC interface [82] The SPME ... syringe There is also a stainless steel needle that the fiber can be withdrawn into to protect it The plunger moves the fused silica fiber into and out ofthe hollow needle To use the unit, the...