diagnosis of amyloid using congo red

... ROC curves demonstrated that serum YKL-40 has a sensitivity of 72.70%, a specificity of 84.13% and an AUC of 0.874 for the diagnosis of ESCC, which was superior to CEA (Sen: 8.00%; Spe: 96.80%, ... the diagnosis and monitoring of these cancers [20-24] The diagnostic value of serum YKL-40 in patients with ESCC remains unknown The goal of our present study is to investigate the levels of YKL-40 ... demonstrated that the diagnostic sensitivity of CEA was only 17.0% in ESCC [6] Mealy K reported that the individual sensitivities of CEA and SCCA for the diagnosis of ESCC were about 28% and 32%, respectively

Ngày tải lên: 14/10/2020, 17:33

... a sensitivity of 60.6%, a specificity of 83.3%, positive predictive values of Yang et al BMC Cancer (2020) 20:930 Page of 10 Table Summary of pathologic findings and performance of conventional ... the predictive model is reliable The AUC of the predictive model was significantly higher compared to that of the Emax-3shell and Emin-3shell (both p < 0.05) Upon comparison of the AUC of Emax-3shell, ... (shell) of different diameter on the diagnosis of benign and malignant breast lesions Therefore, the purpose of our study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of shell elasticity in the diagnosis

Ngày tải lên: 05/11/2020, 08:20

... the examiners of this thesis, Professor Young-Soo Suh, Professor Jin Hur, Professor Myeong-Jae Yi, and Professor Heung-Geun Kim for their valuable comments and corrections ii Table of Contents ... conditions of induction motor Moreover, the severity of faults also needs to be considered to increase the accuracy of the diagnosis These will help to improve the performance and stability of the ... Electronics Laboratory, School of Electrical Engineering, University of Ulsan The work has been done during 20052008 under the support of the Research Fund of University of Ulsan and the Network-based

Ngày tải lên: 17/06/2021, 16:22

... capacity, FEV1/FVC = ratio of FEV1/FVC, FEV1(FEV1% Predicted) = forced expiratory volume in s (ratio of FEV1/FEV1 Predicted) Classified result from FEV1/FVC of IPFS and FEV1% Predicted in Normal group ... basis of sitting position Consequently, we obtained a mean error of 1.52% and a standard deviation of −2.10% to 16.75% in the supine position; and a mean error of 1.59% and a standard deviation of ... impedance, as digitized using a Cortex-M3 (32-bit ARM core) The PWM output signal was filtered using a second-order Butterworth low-pass filter with a cutoff frequency of kHz Therefore, the IPFS

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2022, 09:53

... www.nature.com/scientificreports OPEN Diagnosis of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Using Real-time Magnetic Resonance Imaging received: 26 November 2014 accepted: ... angle) between the oesophagus and the fundus of the stomach is considered to act as flap valve and anti-reflux barrier A wide angle results in dysfunction of the oesophagogastric junction and subsequently ... considerable potential for the diagnosis of causative pathologies leading to GERD Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a common disease with a prevalence of 10–20% in Western countries and

Ngày tải lên: 24/11/2022, 17:46

... walls of office buildings and the floors of residential units for temperature control, while only distributing the volume of air required for ventilation This decoupled system allows for 100% of ... (0.3048 m) off of the rear wall as shown in Figure 4, which gives an area of 2.25 ft2 (0.2090 m2) for each vent Case has a volume of 1,368 ft3 (38.74 m3) By meeting the guidelines of four air ... The outlet vent area of Case is double the size of the outlet vent area of Case Each outlet vent is of the size, 9" × 36" (0.2286 m × 0.9144 m) spaced 12", giving an area of 4.5 ft2 (0.418 m2))

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 15:28

... Examination of the female pelvic region using DWI DWI is obtained by measuring signal loss after a series of two motion-providing gradient (MPG) pulses added to both sides of a 180° refocusing RF ... imaging technique (SENSE factor of 2) Imaging time of DWI was 90 s for 20 slices Detection of uterine malignancy The ADC values of uterine cancers are lower than of normal tissue On the other hand, ... 12 Flow chart of MRI diagnosis of gynecological diseases Note some overlaps between benign and malignant gynecocological diseses with using this chart (LN lymph node, SA short axis of the lymph

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 06:20

... absence of structural restraints is considered to drive the assembly of susceptible proteins into amyloid fibrils [19]. The structure of amyloid fibrils reflects the aggregation of strands of b-pleated ... understanding of the importance of different parts of the molecule and their flexibility in the process of amyloid fibril formation often results more from a structural analysis of the amyloid ... University of Sheffield, UK 6 Center of Excellence for Integrated Approaches in Chemistry and Biology of Proteins, Ljubljana, Slovenia Introduction The ordered aggregation of proteins to amyloid

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 18:20

... and stability of dense-cored plaques have been investigated using open skull window surgery and multiphoton microscopy [112] The great majority of amyloid plaques Animal models of Alzheimer’s ... biomarkers to be used in clinical trials Examples of pioneering studies are the demonstration of impaired remyelination of sciatic nerves and reduced cleavage of the neuregulin-1 precursor in BACE-1 knockout ... ML et al (1996) Predominant deposition of amyloid- beta 42(43) in plaques in cases of Alzheimer’s disease and hereditary cerebral hemorrhage associated with mutations in the amyloid precursor

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 09:20

... loss of copper binding (residues 92 and 75 are lost) contributes to the progress of amyloido- genesis. Effect of copper binding on amyloid formation of other proteins A number of other amyloidogenic ... 5 [5,6]. In the present series of experiments we compared fibrillation of stefin B wildtype (E31 isoform), of stefin B variant 2 (Y31 isoform) and the mutant P79S of the variant, all at pH 5.0 with ... as a component of amyloid plaques in Alzheimer’s disease [26] and shown to inhibit amyloid fibril formation of amyloid- beta [33]. In searching the literature we found a report of stefins A and

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 06:20

... For a number of reasons, one of which is the influence of the training programme of NTI, the findings of this study should be considered illustrative of methodology of assessment of integrated ... per cent of the culture negatives were declared smear positive by the centres. Duplicate smear examination at NTI had shown over -diagnosis of 1.2 per cent. Compared to this, over -diagnosis ... intra-reading differences of NTI technician. Thus, neither under -diagnosis nor over- diagnosis was a ‘serious problem’ in 6 out of the 9 centres. Of the remaining 3 centres, under- diagnosis was substantial

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 04:20

... (1995)... after diagnosis of URI Parents’ suspicion of AOM has been a more reliable predictor of AOM than have most signs and symptoms, with a sensitivity of 71% and specificity of 80% ... Otorhinolaryngology University of Tampere and Docent Jukka Luotonen Department of Otorhinolalaryngology University of Oulu Dissertation opponent Professor Jouko Suonpää Department of Otorhinolaryngology University of Turku isbn ... Pitkäranta Department of Otorhinolaryngology University of Helsinki and Dr Maija Hytönen Department of Otorhinolaryngology University of Helsinki Reviewed by: Professor Emeritus Heikki Puhakka Department of Otorhinolaryngology University

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 13:20

... and suggestions were of inestimable value for our study using GC-A knockout mice, to Professor Misono of the University of Nevada School of Medicine, and to the reviewers of the FEBS Journal, ... plasma. Lessons from genetically engineered animals A variety of genetically engineered mice have been generated to study the physiological function of each component of the natriuretic peptide–receptor ... cloning of the first mammalian GC (thus called GC-A) from rats and humans [17]. Expression of the cloned enzyme confirmed that GC-A is an ANP receptor. Soon after the discovery of GC-A, cloning of a

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 23:20

... Tuberculin test  u u  Assays of T cell production of Gamma Interferon u Assays of T cell production of Gamma Interferon  Tuberculin Skin Test  u  Mantoux or Heaf  u u  Evidence of exposure to tuberculous  ... Tuberculin test  u u  Assays of T cell production of Gamma Interferon... 29% 29%  Examine the patient  u  Pulmonary  u –  Depends on site and extent of disease  –  Chest examination often normal unless advanced  ... Diagnosis? ? ?of? ??Tuber culos is Dr.JohnWatson Dr.JohnWatson LeedsGeneralInfirmary LeedsGeneralInfirmary [...]... infectiousness approx  25% of smear +ve  25% of smear +  AAFB (shown in? ?red)  are tubercle bacilli

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 03:20

... the sum of the individual components consequence of the use of D2O buffer This is the consequence of the H–D exchange that takes place when using D2O buffer, a range of that was quantified using ... that for the catalytic domain of PKCi, the degree of sequence homology with that of PKCf is  84%, which is a consequence of the very early separation of the branch of the atypical PKCs from other ... solvent Comparison of the secondary structure of PKCf with those of other protein kinases of the AGC family (Table 2) offers other interesting data The secondary structure of PKCi, as deduced

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 13:20

... oxidation of aluminum by means of such a self-organization method, yielding highly ordered arrays of nanoholes several hundreds down to several tens of nanometers in size. This paper is an overview of ... to redeposition of nonvolatile mate- rials on the sidewall of nanoholes. For instance, the initial porous alumina hole size of 45 nm was reduced to 13 nm Si holes when a higher aspect ratio of ... well-ordered array of CNT is shown in 22 Figure 6. SEM image of array of carbon nanotube fabricated in porous alumina template (Li et al., 1999). Figure 6. Using Co catalysis, pyrolysis of C 2 H 2 was

Ngày tải lên: 19/03/2014, 16:48

... exposure to dietary gluten in genetically predisposed individuals  Discourage the use of classical vs non-classical, typical vs atypical  Discourage the use of the term latent CD Ludvigsson et al ... Development of symptomatic coeliac disease in EMA positive subjects 3654 3617 3644 2001 1994 Diagnosed celiac: 56 1.5% 10 27 1:99 Mäki, N Engl J Med 2003 Predictive values for TG2 antibody Positive predict ... New ESPGHAN guidelines for the diagnosis of Coeliac Disease in Children and Adolescents Steffen Husby Hans Christian Andersen Children’s

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 09:20

... involved in the diagnosis and care of patients as well as plants. Moslih Al-Moslih Adjunct Professor, Infectious Disease Section, Dept of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Colorado, ... of Detection Methods for Mycoplasmas of Significance to the Poultry Industry 19 R. Jarquin and I. Hanning Part 2 Serological Diagnosis of Viral Diseases 27 Chapter 3 Diagnostic Methods of ... Nascimento, Paula Radaelli and Dan E. Purcifull Part 3 Serological Diagnosis of Parasitological Diseases 95 Chapter 7 Immunodiagnosis of Human Toxocariasis 97 William H. Roldán and Guita Rubinsky-Elefant

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 16:21

... Feasibility of continuous main fermentation of beer using immobilized yeast P P TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND ESPOO 2001 VTT PUBLICATIONS 430 Feasibility of continuous main fermentation of beer using ... Feasibility of continuous main fermentation of beer using immobilized yeast Abstract Fermentation is the most time consuming step in the production of beer and therefore the effective use of fermentation ... Oy, Espoo 2001 Virkajärvi, Ilkka Feasibility of continuous main fermentation of beer using immobilized yeast Espoo 2001 Technical Research Centre of Finland, VTT Publications 430 87 p + app 50

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 04:20

... and large body of work demonstrating the poor performance of commercial serodiagnostics and the adverse impact of misdiagnosis and wasted resources on patients and health services using these ... rapid diagnosis of TB and in a suitable format (e.g. point -of- care) would be particularly useful both as a replacement for laboratory-based tests and for extending TB diagnosis to lower levels of ... microscopy and extend tuberculosis diagnosis to lower levels of health services. Dozens of commercial serological tests for tuberculosis are being marketed in many parts of the world, despite previous

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 03:20