... was supported by a grant from the Foundation La Marató de TV3, Barcelona, Spain and from the Foundation for the Investigation and Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases (FIPEC), Barcelona, Spain. ... Beresford SA, Omenn GS, Motulsky AG. A quantitative assessment of plasma homocysteine as a risk factor for vascular disease. Probable benefits of increasing folic acid intakes. JAMA 1995;274(13):1049-57. ... journals Clinica e Investigación en Arteriosclerosis and Medicina Clínica (Barc.). He is also a regular participant in different national committees. His research has resulted in the publication...
... estimation of the loadings from the tea plantation areas in 2005. The flow rate data were calculated with 10-minute interval monitoring of water levels at the sampling point and an H-Q equation ... automatically at 10 minute interval using an on-site monitoring system at the sampling point downstream in 2004 and 2005. Continuous at 10-min intervals water discharge data at the downstream ... respectively. In this tea plantation area, fertilizer was mainly applied in two seasons, which are early spring during February and March for basal fertilization and summer during August and September...
... RESEARCH Open AccessRelationship between anthropometric variablesand nutrient intake in apparently healthy maleelderly individuals: A study from PakistanIftikhar Alam1,2*, Anis Larbi3, ... nutritional care. Essential information aboutindividuals’ food intake and habits, activity, culturalinfluences, and the economic and social situation pro-vide a database for nutritional assessment. ... 16:289-98.doi:10.1186/1475-2891-10-111Cite this article as: Alam et al.: Relationship between anthropometricvariables and nutrient intake in apparently healthy male elderlyindividuals: A study from Pakistan. Nutrition Journal 2011...
... 99%D-galactose and0.3%L-arabinose and is predominantly linear. Potatoarabinogalactan consists of 86%D-galactose and 6.6%L-arabinose, while soy arabinogalactan consists of 57%D-galactose and ... galactan degradation.Endogalactanases are involved in the degradation of plantcell wall polysaccharides, in particular pectin. Two types ofarabinogalactan side chains are present in pectin. ... canbe substituted with a) 1-,3-linkedL-arabinofuranose chains.Type I arabinogalactan is degraded by b-1,4-endogalacta-nase and b-galactosidase. b-1,4-Endogalactanases cleavewithin the galactan...
... charge of parabutoporin, this could explain thehigher antibacterial activity on Gram-negative bacteria forparabutoporin compared to opistoporin 1. Also with mag-ainin analogs, an increase in ... being least active againstS. marcescens. Mastoparan is far less active in inhibitinggrowth of Gram-negative bacteria and melittin is only activeagainst three of the Gram-negative bacteria at ... South-African scorpi-ons are most active in inhibiting growth of Gram-negativebacteria, while melittin and mastoparan are more activeagainst Gram-positive bacteria.As it has been described that...
... monthsDependentvariable:Change in totalbalanceChange in totalbalanceChange in totalbalanceChange in totalbalanceBinary outcomeϭ 1 if change in balance Ͼ0%Binary outcomeϭ 1 if change in balance ... regression, using change in savings balances after twelve months as a dependent variable. The dependent variable in columns (5)–(8) is a binary variable equal to 1 if balances increased by x percent. ... money.651TYING ODYSSEUS TO THE MASTTABLE IISUMMARY STATISTICS OF VARIABLES, BY TREATMENT ASSIGNMENTMEANS AND STANDARD ERRORSControl Marketing TreatmentF-statP-value A. VARIABLES AVAILABLE ATTIME...
... of such grave danger.Again he disappeared, and Katherine heard a rain of heavy blows beginning to fall upon the door; then with a cracking, splitting noise the panel gave way, the man inside wrenched ... were a large number of sealing and walrus boats laid up in ice between Roaring Water Portage and SealCove. Most of these had men living on board, who passed the days in loafing, in setting traps ... great pace, which was maintained only so long asshe continued shouting. But at last, after what seemed an interminable time, she heard the noise of the watercoming over Roaring Water Portage;...
... S1 (5¢-GCAAATGCAACTGGAAGCGG-3¢)andA1(5¢-ACAGCCTGCTAGCAAAGAGG-3¢) for amplification of HRT1, and primers S2(5¢-GAAGAATCCTCTAAGGATAA-3¢)andA2(5¢-TACAAGGATTAATCCCTTGC-3¢) for amplification ofHRT2. ... originated from H. brasiliensis in protein databases, showing high homology to cis-prenyl-transferase, such as AAM92880 (AAM92889, AAM92890),AAM92881, AAM92879, BAB92023 (AAM92883,AAM92884, AAM92885, ... 2003Molecular cloning, expression and characterization of cDNAencodingcis-prenyltransferases from Hevea brasiliensis A key factor participating in natural rubber biosynthesisKasem Asawatreratanakul1,2,...
... Neu5Ac in an a- 2,3-linkage to lactose in other H. in uenzae strains, is present in strain 981 (data not shown). Sialyllactose is known tocontribute to the resistance of H. in uenzae strains ... lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of nontypeableHaemophilus in uenzae (NTHi) strain 981. Data were recorded in D2Oat25 °C. Signals corresponding to N-acetyl-D-galactosamine (GalNAc) andphosphocholine ... [22]. Additionally, in that strain,the globotriose epitope was expressed as a terminal unit of a tetrasaccharide extension from HepII, the same tetrasac-charide that previously had been found in...
... ferritin andSper were obtained from Sigma. SperNO was obtained from Cayman Chemicals. Eagle’s minimum essential medium(MEM) was obtained from Gibco BRL. DFO was obtained from Novartis Pharmaceutical ... using a c-scintillation counter (LKB Wallace1282 Compugamma, Finland).Determination of intracellular iron distributionusing native-PAGE-59Fe-autoradiographyNative-PAGE-59Fe-autoradiography ... BE-2 neuroblastoma cell line was a gift from G. Anderson, Queensland Institute of Medical Research(Brisbane, Australia). All cell lines were grown in MEMcontaining 10% foetal calf serum (Gibco),...
... by a fluoroquinoline derivativeK-37. Virology 272, 402–408.20 Matsuda Y, Singh G, Yamanaka H, Tanaka E, UranoW, Taniguchi A, Saito T, Hara M, Tomatsu T &Kamatani N (2003) Validation of a ... extracellular signal-regulated kinase mitogen-activatedprotein kinase cascade.AbbreviationsDAB, 3¢3-diaminobenzidine tetrahydrochloride; ERK, extracellular signal-regulated kinase; FLS, fibroblast-like ... CCL13is a significant contributor to synovial hyperplasia in RA, and that MCP-4 ⁄ CCL13 may serve as a new tar-get for anti-RA therapy.Experimental proceduresPreparation of articular cartilage and...
... natural (a) = nature (n) + ‚-al‛ The word ‚arrival‛ is also ending in ‚al‛; however, it is a noun. ‚Arrival‛ means: ‚The act of arriving, or coming; the act of reaching a place froma distance, ... used to indicate a changing situation/ characteristics. Eg: She is getting more and more beautiful. 4.2.2.2 Gradable and non-gradable adjectives Most adjectives are gradable. Gradability includes ... formation Definition ‚Word formation is the process of building new words from the material already existing in the language according to certain structural and semantic patterns and formulae‛....
... analysis, which analyze learner language as an evolving, variable system. Actually, SLA research has brought about more things for language teachers to consider rather than just looking at ... 2008 Abstract. Applied linguistics is defined as a discipline that uses a variety of methods to address language-based problems, one of which is that of language teaching and learning. Based ... necessary vocabulary, grammar and writing style through reading passages. Particularly, as suggested by Beck [11], authentic reading texts often contain different levels of adequacy in formal...
... Bosshardt SC, Phelan M, et al. Classical and latent class analysis evaluation of sputum polymerase chain reaction and urine antigen testing for diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia in adults. ... reference stan-dard. Clinical decisions regarding TB status should be made taking into account the final post-test probability after ex-ploring all findings, and comparing this probability with ... includes moreover direct dependence between cavities and unilateral apical infiltrates, haemoptysis and cavities, and unilateral apical infiltrates and fever. This model provided significant...