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... with the inhibition of bone formation (confirmed by bone histomorphometry) and lower concentrations of bone for- mation markers (especially OC) [60, 61]. By contrast, data on bone resorption markers ... Organization of the Skeleton, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1986. 5. R. Baron, Importance of the intermediate phases between resorption and formation in the measurement and under- standing of the bone ... the prediction of the accelerated bone loss in men similarly to the data found in women. Weakness of the association between the BTM levels and the rate of bone loss can depend on the methodological...

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... that, in both men and women, the cross-sectional dimensions of the long bones in the appendicular skeleton continue to grow throughout x Contents B. IGF-I and Maintenance of Bone Density IV. ... that the timing of peak values differs between the axial and appendicular skeletons and between men and women. In the axial skeleton, bone mass achieves peak values by the end of the second ... fractures and 100 matched community controls. Second is the use of the SF-36 as the QOL instrument. Comparing SF-36 scores of the hip- fractured men at the time of admission to nursing and residential...

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... Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 ii Abstract The Effects of Land Use on the Mobility of Elderly and Disabled and Their Homecare Workers, and the Effects of Care on Client Mobility: ... identify the relationship between residential location, the transportation habits and needs of consumers and providers, and the extent of care consumers received. The six interrelated hypotheses ... traffic analysis zone (TAZ) and zip code. Note. Based on Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) data i The Effects of Land Use on the Mobility of Elderly and Disabled and Their Homecare...

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... independent of glucose concentration (1.4–1.7); second, the rate of glycogen synthesis is a sigmoidal function of Glc6P concentration when deter- mined over a range of glucose concentrations and activities ... inhibitor of Glc6P hydrolysis [31], for evaluating the role of Glc6P, we determined the effect of different inhibitor concentrations on the Glc6P content and the rate of glycogen synthesis in hepatocytes ... determine the contribution of Glc6P concentration, as distinct from glucokinase protein or activity, to the control of glycolysis and glycogen synthesis by glucokinase overexpres- sion. The validity of...

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... estimates of the effects of the law changes on mortality. Finally, we report our estimates of the effects of the additional education induced by the law changes on other measures of health and health ... examine the effects for different ages (i.e., for different values of x and y) as the effects of education on health could vary across the age distribution. C The Impacts of Education on Other Health ... clustered by month of birth. Mean (sd) refers to the mean (standard deviation for continuous outcomes) of the entire sample. Appendix Table A3a: The effects of education on measures of health -...

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... characterization of the promoter region of the gene and the associated transcriptional factors. Therefore, delineation of the transcriptional regulation of human DNASE1 may provide clues to the mechanisms ... that of pGL3–basic vector and was half that of pGL3–promoter vector. These findings demonstrate the promoter activity of the 5Â-anking region of exon 1 in DNASE1. Deletion of the upstream end of the ... splicing junction between exon 1a and a portion of exon 1. The thick straight lines represent the intron sequence. +1 indicates the position of the transcription start site of exon 1. Dashed v-shaped...

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... interpretation of the results for each measure, one supplemental question was added after completion of the fourth interview (and thus asked of only 16 of the 20 par- ticipants). The question asked ... concept elicitation or item generation phases. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of FM on participants, including their sleep, and to test the content validity of these two sleep ... the greater detail it provided about their sleep, an additional indication of the overall relevance of the measure from the participants' perspec- tives. Ease of administration and response...

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... concept elicitation or item generation phases. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of FM on participants, including their sleep, and to test the content validity of these two sleep ... Central Page 1 of 7 (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Open Access Research Evaluation of the impact of fibromyalgia on patients' sleep and the content ... information they pro- vided to their physicians about the consequences of their nocturnal FM pain. These findings, along with the brevity, ease of use, and daily recall period provide further support for...

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... empirical evidence. The honesty of naăve falsicationism demanded the testing of the falsiable and the rejection of the unfalsifiable and the falsified. Finally, the honesty of sophisticated falsificationism demanded ... demanded the acceptance of only what was proven and the rejection of everything unproven. Neojustificationist honesty demanded the specification of the probability of any hypothesis in the light of the ... same time offering an evolutionary form of natural religion.⁷⁴ The ‘agnostics’ could present themselves on the one hand as opponents of immoderate religious movements and on the other as opponents of...

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