deposition and oxidation of lipoproteins in bruch s membrane and choriocapillaris are age related risk factors with implications in age related macular degeneration
Báo cáo y học: "NPAS2 and PER2 are linked to risk factors of the metabolic syndrome" pps
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10/08/2014, 09:20
... and European Group for the Study of Insulin Resistance (EGIR) consider as risk factors for metabolic syndrome and American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) use to define Insulin ... number of alleles in study sample, frequencies in parenthesis We found associations with circadian clock genes and the risk factors for metabolic syndrome Npas rs11541353 was associated with hypertension, ... Conclusion Our findings herein link the circadian gene variants and risk factors of the metabolic syndrome Npas2 was associated with hypertension and Per2 with blood glucose levels Our findings give...
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Urban Air Pollution and Climate Change as Environmental Risk Factors of Respiratory Allergy: An Update potx
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23/03/2014, 02:20
... D’Amato, et al Introduction A dramatic increase in the prevalence of allergic respiratory diseases such as rhinosinusitis and bronchial asthma has been observed during the last decades in industrialized ... Ozone inhalation induces epithelial damage and consequent in ammatory responses in the upper and lower airways, as witnessed by an increase in levels of neutrophils, eosinophils, mononuclear cells, ... of grass pollen is falling [71-76] This decrease has been attributed to substantial reductions in grassland over large areas of Europe In fact, during the last 30 years, grassland in Western...
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Báo cáo y học: "Gene polymorphisms in APOE, NOS3, and LIPC genes may be risk factors for cardiac adverse events after primary CABG" pdf
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10/08/2014, 10:20
... Patients had to be homozygous for PAI1 5G insertion Statistics For statistical data analysis Microsoft® EXCEL 2002 and SPSS for Windows (Version 12.0, SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) were used The ... adverse events Risk profile and occurrence of cardiac adverse events Out of the seven investigated gene polymorphisms, six were combined for a risk profile (see text) Patients with the risk profile ... argument of having no specific hypothesis to investigate just one and not all other polymorphisms is valid Further more, some authors see differences in subgroups, i.e smokers vs non smokers and young...
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Báo cáo y học: " Giant cell arteritis: immune and vascular aging as disease risk factors" doc
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12/08/2014, 15:23
... ordinarily inaccessible for immune responses As the host ages, the tissue site itself undergoes numerous structural changes, summarized as vascular aging This process brings with it changes in elastic ... has been less well examined The single strongest risk factor is age, with incidence steadily rising in the seventh to eighth decades of life [9,10] The disease essentially does not exist in individuals ... responsiveness and participation in early and chronic disease Evidence suggests that the two lineages respond to distinct instigators A combination of pathogen-derived and tissue-indigenous danger...
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The tragedy of love in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
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18/04/2013, 12:18
... England of Shakespeare s time and so writers would often emphasize the femininity of their female characters so as to remove the necessity of an actual female in the role Shakespeare was greatly responsible ... engaged in a morally indicant struggle ending in ruin or profound disappointment” Tragedy engages our heart and minds and helps us to understand our world Tragedies make you thing about the things ... The most outstanding dramatist of the period, as well as of all time, was William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was born in late April 1564 in Stratford-uponAvon to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden...
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A study of the english translational versions of tring cong son's songs in terms of semantic and syntactic features
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26/11/2013, 13:23
... Vietnamese to English in Trinh Cong Son s songs - Investigate the linguistic and non-linguistic factors influencing the choice of using each strategy in translating the lexicon and phrases and sentences ... features of words and phrases in the 14 English translational versions of Trinh Cong Son s songs in contrast to the source texts in Vietnamese Besides, we also stand on the point of view of Catford ... Strategy Structural-shifts Class-shifts Unit-shifts Intra-system-shifts In this part, each strategy with examples will be presented and discussed 4.3.1 Structural – shifts These are amongst the most...
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Tài liệu Faultlines of Conflict in Central Asia and the South Caucasus - Implications for the U.S. Army docx
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17/02/2014, 11:20
... importance of minor conflicts and increased the risk of U .S. -Soviet confrontation, and simultaneously placed some constraints on the behavior of superpower allies • In spite of constraining factors, ... RISKS AND DISADVANTAGES OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS On the other hand, nuclear weapons have significant disadvantages and inherent risks as well, stemming mainly from the same characteristics responsible ... This study examines the possible roles of nuclear weapons in contemporary U .S national security policy Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has been reexamining its basic assumptions...
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Tài liệu Egypt''''s Water Warriors : Water Pollution in Egypt and the Role of NGOs in Reaching Integrated Management ppt
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18/02/2014, 04:20
... exercises among stakeholders to identify and harness the wealth of knowledge, skills, resources and institutions of importance for integrated management of water resources that are available in society ... level of sanitation service especially in rural areas (7% at most) makes nearby streams (either canals or drains) the perfect places for inhabitants to dispose their sewage as in the case of Ezbet ... facilities The use of fertilizers and pesticides has significantly increased after the construction of High Dam and causes weed flourishing, which increases evapotrans piration, blocks the waterways,...
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Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: Role of hydroxyl group and R/S configuration of isostere in binding properties of HIV-1 protease inhibitors docx
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19/02/2014, 16:20
... mainly in their isostere areas The OE inhibitor possesses the nonscissile isostere without any hydroxyl group, whereas the hydroxyethylamine inhibitors SE and RE have the hydroxyl group of isostere ... Review of interactions of native HIV-1 protease with inhibitors OE, RE, SE analysed residue by residue Comparison of protease residues which are in contact with individual side chains of inhibitors ... molecules and positions of inhibitors in subsequent protease dimers forming the helix (B) The detail of interacting residues Phenylalanines are disordered : in two conformations A and B leading to...
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Báo cáo " Study on the characteristics and catalytic properties of Pt/SBA-15 in the selective oxidation of D-Glucose " potx
Ngày tải lên :
05/03/2014, 11:21
... nanoparticles existed inside the pore channels of SBA-15 (PS-1), active sites are located in confined spaces, so the collision rate of these sites with glucose molecules increase and catalytic activity of ... (72h) In these XRD patterns, we also see that two weak peaks indexed as (110) and (200) diffractions of 24h sample are not clear and the intensity of these peaks increases in accordance with aging ... (1%) is smaller (
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Báo cáo khoa học: The natural mutation by deletion of Lys9 in the thrombin A-chain affects the pKa value of catalytic residues, the overall enzyme’s stability and conformational transitions linked to Na+ binding pdf
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07/03/2014, 12:20
... A- and B-chains occurs mainly through salt bridges and H bonds involving charged side chains The A-chain is intramolecularly cross-linked by five side-chain electrostatic interactions grouped into ... protonation state of the residues involved in catalysis and inhibitor binding, and (b) limiting the allosteric effects triggered by sodium binding X-ray structures of human thrombin show that the A-chain ... dissociation constant of substrate s binding to thrombin The effect of protons on this kinetic scheme was analyzed by an appropriate extension of Scheme 1, whereby binding and dissociation of protons were...
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Báo cáo khoa học: Protective effect of dietary curcumin and capsaicin on induced oxidation of low-density lipoprotein, iron-induced hepatotoxicity and carrageenan-induced inflammation in experimental rats ppt
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08/03/2014, 08:20
... aspartate aminotransferase (AsAT) and LDH was assessed The present study also investigates the anti -in ammatory property of curcumin and capsaicin when fed in combination on carrageenan-induced in ammatory ... spice principles, however, did not in uence the basal TBARS values in serum in saline-injected rats The serum enzymes are very important adjuncts to clinical diagnosis of diseases affecting specific ... organs and tissue damage Liver damage by iron toxicity can be assessed by leakage of enzymes such as alanine aminotransferase (AlAT), aspartate aminotransferase (AsAT) and lactate dehydrogenase into...
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Báo cáo Y học: Oxidation of propionate to pyruvate in Escherichia coli Involvement of methylcitrate dehydratase and aconitase pot
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17/03/2014, 10:20
... transcript sizes (4.6 and 5.9 kb), because these elements are suspected to be involved in transcriptional regulation [26] As expected, acnB is expressed under all conditions tested and shows a single ... involved in propionate catabolism In contrast, a strong signal for the transcript of acs was observed on acetate as well as on propionate This coincides with the investigations in S enterica described ... carbon sources Crude protein extracts were prepared and separated by 2D gel electrophoresis After staining with PhastGel BlueR, the gels were scanned with an imaging system and analysed with the...
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The welfare state as a determinant of women’s health: support for women’s quality of life in Canada and four comparison nations pptx
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22/03/2014, 11:20
... needs, poor, welfare, and working parents Funding comes from governments but parent fees cover 76% of costs Many parents in US are unable to afford such care [70] Some US employers offer subsidised ... National statistics from surveys on incidence of crime are available and are presented in Table No clear pattern is seen among the nations in these statistics Income distribution is increasingly being ... activities are the responsibility of the National Institute of Public Health The six main strategies outlined are as follows: • Increase social capital in the Swedish society: This includes efforts...
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Báo cáo khoa học: Anti- and pro-oxidant effects of quercetin in copper-induced low density lipoprotein oxidation Quercetin as an effective antioxidant against pro-oxidant effects of urate potx
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23/03/2014, 12:20
... courses of carotenoids and urate consumption The consumption of carotenoids was measured as an index of the overall consumption of the endogenous antioxidants of LDL during their Cu2+-induced oxidation ... flavonoid in this study as it is rather universally found in plants and it has been the subject of numerous studies As a result, we first characterized its antioxidant properties in our LDL oxidation ... flavonoids and urate could act in synergy to protect plasma lipoproteins against the oxidative stress [37] The main goal of this work was therefore to evaluate whether and how urate and flavonoids interact...
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Báo cáo Y học: Anti- and pro-oxidant effects of urate in copper-induced low-density lipoprotein oxidation pdf
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31/03/2014, 08:20
... increasing or decreasing changes in the monitored concentrations This is due to slight shifts between the onsets of the increasing or decreasing phases, because different LDL preparations we used ... chromatograms of freshly prepared standard urate solutions The concentration of urate in the samples was calculated from the peak area compared with that of standard solutions RESULTS MDA production as ... process by accelerating the peroxidation of MM-LDL in the subendothelial space and in the atherosclerotic plaque Finally, the present results bring new insights into the intricate relationship...
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kole s. the arrow of time in cosmology and statistical physics
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24/04/2014, 17:14
... arguments used in both proofs make use of the abstract notions of ;-space and space that I will explain in this paragraph Describing a system consisting of many particles requires the speci cation of ... `subjective' concept of coarse-graining is unnecessary It is indeed true that the ne-grained entropy of the system consisting of a gas and its `intervening' walls will increase, but Davies points ... rates of the constituent particles are much faster than space itself is expanding As the universe expands and cools down, it goes through several separate stages where particles with a rest mass...
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báo cáo hóa học: "Measuring patient''''s expectation and the perception of quality in LASIK services" pdf
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18/06/2014, 18:20
... drafting, statistic and interpretation, and manuscript submission AB served as a LASIK consultant, assisted with data collection and assisted with methodology design CYH was responsible for statistic ... this study [33] The results of this research demonstrated that the SERVQUAL instrument is a useful measurement tool in assessing and monitoring service quality in LASIK service, and enabling staff ... the nonresponded bias Free gifts such as sun glasses and facial cosmetics could be used in the future, in response to a patient 's response and could bolster patients impressions quite cost effectively...
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báo cáo hóa học: " The effects of high frequency subthalamic stimulation on balance performance and fear of falling in patients with Parkinson''''s disease" docx
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19/06/2014, 08:20
... M, Zwinderman AH: Prospective assessment of falls in Parkinson 's disease Journal of Neurology 2001, 248:950-958 Gray P, Hildebrand K: Fall risk factors in Parkinson 's disease J Neurosci Nurs 2000, ... Postural hypotension5 Prior surgery related to Parkinson 's disease6 Pain symptoms Assistive device (walking indoors) Assistive device (walking outdoors) Falls within the past months7 Median (range) ... stand test: two patients) The patients rated their fear of falling as less severe with DBS ON as compared to DBS OFF, and the total score of FES (S) increased (p = 0.002) in median with 54 points...
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báo cáo hóa học:" Health-Related Quality of Life in Parkinson disease: Correlation between Health Utilities Index III and Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) in U.S. male veterans" docx
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20/06/2014, 16:20
... dosages, presence of motor fluctuations and dyskinesia, surgical intervention (STN-DBS), and non-motor symptoms including depression, dementia, psychosis, drooling, urinary dysfunction and constipation ... http://www.hqlo.com/content/8/1/91 severity as reflected by H+Y scores, S+ E scores, and UPDRS II and III scores (Figure 1) Consistent with this, collinear variables such as individual UPDRS motor subscores of bradykinesia, ... Parkinson s disease is most prominently identified with physical symptoms such as tremors and akinesia, this disease has a substantial impact beyond motor impairment and physical disability with...
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