effects of different laser wavelengths on treatment of varices

... 4Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA Authors’ contributions PAA and FMM were responsible for the conception and design of the study ... active component of the 1-year regimen [10,14] Following recent publications relating to the reduction of dose and duration of IFN-a 2b [11], there is an ongoing debate [2,12] in the melanoma treatment ... 3Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University Ascierto et al Journal of Translational Medicine 2010, 8:76 http://www.translational-medicine.com/content/8/1/76 of Pittsburgh...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... remediation of any part of attention helps in performance during dual-task walking or that remediation of spatial orientation of attention is correlated with the recovery of other attention components ... are no reports of symptoms of a mild (no loss of consciousness) concussion lasting longer than one year Acknowledgements Conclusion Our findings indicated that a divided attention task performed ... mediolateral separation of the CoM and CoP on day 28 Both of these indicate a conservative control of mediolateral balance based on a distance-velocity model of the CoM with respect to the base of support...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20

... functioning of mitochondria and hence cell proliferation[8] Different culture conditions were used to assess the influence of changes in the external environment of the cells on their responsiveness ... cells synchronization Dose-response effect of growth factors on cell proliferation A 96-well plate with synchronal NP cells was taken and the medium was removed, different concentrations of growth ... gene expression of TGF-β1 on the high-passage dedifferential NP cells In addition, the dose-dependent effect of TGF-β1 on cell proliferation was found between the concentration ranges of 1.0–10...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20

... necessary because of the interaction of the different factors Less information on the interaction of factors is available, but the study by Cirri et al demonstrated the inhibition of PDGF induced ... effects of growth factors on the production of osteopontin and osteocalcin Biomed Sci Instrum 2006, 42:31-36 Gonnerman KN, Brown LS, Chu TM: Effects of growth factors on cell migration and alkaline ... cells The results concerning the effect of both factors (PDGFbb and IGF-I) on osteoblast differentiation are controversy Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... itself from the confounding effect of femoral and tibial rotation Discussion The current study has demonstrated various effects of regional bony alignment on the different measurements of the patellar ... motions have significant effects on the biomechanics of the patellofemoral joint With tibial rotation, the prmary effect on the patella is rotational This pattern of motion occurs as a result of ... ability of2 femoral rotation relative estimation ofindependent Through in variables analysis, curveto tibia, as anofthe predictThrough regression analysis, curve estimation of the predictability of...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... random allocation of treatment; 4) any type of low level (power) laser irradiation was provided as an intervention to at least one of the treatment groups; 5) a quantitative measure of bone biomechanics ... increase of periosteum cells function [18], increase of osetoblast and osteocyte function [18,19], new vascularistion [21,22], stimulation of enchondral ossification, earlier differentiation of mesenchymal ... http://www.josr-online.com/content/5/1/1 Page of 10 Table Study Characteristics of Selected Experimental Controlled Animal Studies on He-Ne Low Level Laser Irradiation Effects on Bone Healing Authors...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... granulosa cells Effect of in vivo treatment of GnRH-Ag on serum steroid concentration and expression of steroid receptors in the ovary (Figure 2) Serum P and E concentrations of the control and GnRH-Ag ... compared to control In vitro effects of GnRH-Ag treatment on ovarian expression of ER-a and PR proteins (Figure 6) The effect of GnRH-Ag with and without LH on ovarian expression of ER-a and PR ... dose of treatment Treatment with μg dose of GnRH-Ag caused stimulatory effect with stimulatory role in ovulation, while 25 μg dose of treatment failed to induce ovulation or formation of functional...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 07:20

... http://www.enveurope.com/content/24/1/2 resulting in lower concentrations of pharmaceuticals and other wastewater constituents [6] The purification efficiency of the STPs depends strongly on the hydraulic retention of ... weather conditions This assumption is supported by the already demonstrated significant correlation between the toxicity of fraction with the concentration levels of the pharmaceuticals diclofenac ... dilution effect This finding could indicate a dominant influence of wastewater constituents on the toxicity of the recombinant samples under dry weather conditions An influence of flow conditions on...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... carbon debris One method to this is by surfactant stabilization of the hydrophobic nanotube surfaces, which overcomes the van der Waals forces among the nanotubes and results in suspensions of ... cytotoxicity of SWCNT conjugates with SC, SDS, SDBS, and single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) molecules on 1321N1 human astrocytoma cells [24] Briefly, the toxicity of carbon nanotube conjugates was mainly controlled ... several hours of incubation to generate a measurable signal (1–2 h for the CellTiter 96 Aqueous One Solution), there could be some interactions of the nanotubes as well as their conjugates with...

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 00:20

... effect of gas composition on structural integrity of the nanotubes is insignificant in this case Conclusions In this article, the effects of various H2/O2 gas compositions on the functionalization of ... increase the concentration of oxygenated functional groups whilst also reducing the concentration of amorphous carbon On the other hand, treatment with pure O2 gas (with the exception of increasing ... oxygen-containing functional groups and remove the amorphous carbon on the surface of the nanotubes Specifically, by using this gas condition to conduct the plasma treatment, the highest concentration...

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 01:20

... effect of ammoniation (Sundstol and Coxworth, 1984) The higher the level of urea was applied the stronger the pungent smell was found to be Table Effects of treatment on color, smell and molding of ... of variance (ANOVA) using the GLM Proc of MINITAB12 (1998) Pair wise comparisons of means were made using the Tukey method RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Effects of silage making and urea treatment of ... bags of each sample were similarly dried for determination of the DM content of the samples for calculation of DM disappearance The Neway Excel program (Chen, 1997) was used for the computation of...

Ngày tải lên: 06/08/2014, 19:20

... the above-mentioned set of hydrographs shows a lower proportion of slow runoff (65–80%), higher proportion of accelerated runoff (17–30%) and a little lower proportion of rapid runoff (2–4%) The ... amount of precipitation minus interception, infiltration, evaporation and storage losses (Hrádek 1988; Kemel 1996) First, the effects of drainage treatment and stand growth on changes in runoff ... proportion of accelerated runoff indicates the runoff of increased precipitation from more distant variable source areas via subsurface lateral flow The drainage treatment influenced runoff conditions...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 03:22

... avoided because it leads to formation of AlN on the surface, which degrades the properties of the epilayer [6] 2.2 Silicon Carbide (SiC) The main advantage of this substrate is that its lattice ... the silicon surface at all DBR WITH DIFFERENT SUBSTRATE DBRs are one of the most important elements used to realize verticalcavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) Also, in the design of the integrated ... base of the simulation The structure is shown in Figure Matlab program is used for simulation and the formulas from Eq (1) to (7) in previous section are used The objective of this simulation is...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 14:20

... eradication strategy is needed This study was performed to determine the effects of suppression of the cell-mediated immune system on ALV-J infection, as a part of the study determine the role of the ... out of gated lymphocytes in any of the groups throughout the experiment CBH response The effect of CSP treatment on the CBH response was evaluated in chickens at weeks of age The CBH-1 response ... Monoclonal antibody against ALV-J successfully detected expression of viral antigen within the formalin fixed tissue sections The distribution of viral antigen among the tissue-specific components...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 17:22

... cyclophosphamide on the ontogeny of the humoral immune response in chickens J Immunol 1970, 105, 614-619 17 Linna TJ, Frommel D, Good RA Effects of early cyclophosphamide treatment on the development of lymphoid ... 95oC for 30 seconds Forty PCR cycles were done with denaturation at 95oC, hybridization at 55oC for 10 seconds, and extension at 72oC for 13 seconds The melting curve analysis was done with an initial ... MDV infection enhanced pathogenicity of ALV-J or not However, the effects of the MDV infection might be similar in both treatment group because most of the chickens had MDV infection in our experiment...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 17:22

... and waterlogged conditions [9, 27] Photosynthesis would also be inhibited due to the increased participation of competing pathways and consumption of electrons and reductant in nonphotosynthetic ... limitation is the diffusion of CO2 from the intracellular spaces within leaves to the sites of carboxylation in the chloroplast (mesophyll conductance (Gm)) However, the relative contribution of these ... using Scion Imaging Software (Beta 4.0.1, Scion Corporation, Maryland, USA) Photosynthetic performance of Sitka spruce On the 1st, 7th, 14th and 21st day after initiation of the water treatments,...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 00:22

... chlorophylls A detailed discussion on this issue lies beyond the aims of our experiment Effects of waterlogging on growth and photosynthetic performance of leaves: comparison among species Waterlogging ... from the onset of long lasting nonphotochemical fluorescence quenching, rather than of severe dysfunctions in photochemical reaction centres Additional measurements would be needed to confirm this ... soil conditions, and a low tolerto limitations in Q rubra seedlings fertility Despite the fact that shading was imposed late, after completion of elongation, it had a significant influence on photosynthetic...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 18:21

... expression profile generated by LPS challenge in this study (Table 3) was consistent with published data [35] Addition of LPS at a concentration of 20 ng/ml induced differential expression of several ... in either an environment devoid of HA (control groups and 2) or in a stable environment containing HA (groups and 4) This permitted a controlled evaluation of the influence of HA but did not ... linkage and – Pearson correlation as the measure of dissimilarity Shading is indicative of relative expression: white, median expression; deepening shades of red, increasing expression of the probe...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:23

... support our observation on the accumulation of pre-germinal center B cells long after rituximab treatment Table Absolute numbers of B cells in bone marrow (per 106 mononuclear cells) Long-term CD27-IgD(Immature) ... depletion of B cells in BM [33] One of the possible explanations is a lack of or low intensity of CD20 expression on the surface of B cells Indeed, many B cell precursors and late-stage differentiated ... depletion of IgD+ B cells consisting of the naïve and unswitched B cell population In contrast, switched memory B cells escape depletion despite their surface expression of CD20 Rituximab treatment...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... after treatment with a definitive 5-FU/CDDP-based CRT This is the first report on the effects of plasma concentrations of 5-FU on long-term survival in cases of esophageal cancer Page of Methods ... dose-modification of these regimens, incorporation of a novel anticancer drug, pharmacokinetically guided administration of 5-FU or CDDP, and identification of responders via patient genetic profiling ... Figure A course consisted of the continuous infusion of 5-FU at 400 mg/m2/ day for days 1-5 and 8-12, the infusion of CDDP at 40 mg/m2/day on days and 8, and the radiation at Gy/ day on days to 5,...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:21