... hemodynamic response to acute hypoxia consists of an increase in HR and a modulation of the vascular tone, with vasodilatation of peripheral vessels and constriction of the vessels of the pulmonary vasculature ... Study limitations On the technical point of view, the main limitations of all studies based on circulating EPCs enumeration consist in the lack of a uniform immunophenotype definition of EPCs and ... identification in the peripheral blood (PB) of endothelial precursors (EPCs) derived from bone marrow (BM) and the demonstration of their prompt mobilization, incorporation, and differentiation to...
... area EFFECTSOF SPILLED AND STRANDED OIL ON TIDAL FLAT ECOSYSTEM The penetrated oil concentrations in the sediments after the spill were estimated from the concentration of hopane, i.e a non-degradable ... the decrease in the filtration rate Also, the growth of benthic algae (Fig 3(b)) seems to be responsible for the reduction of infiltration rate The concentration of chlorophyll-a in the surface ... sediment (Cheong, 2000) The purpose of this study is to evalluate the effectsof stranded oil on tidal flat ecosystems with special emphasis on the relationship between seawater infiltration and macrobenthic...
... enhancement of activity of 21.9-fold over the concentration range 2.540 lm, strongly suggesting that the loss of activity at low concentration may be attributed to subunit dissociation In contrast, ... due to a distribution of partially 4172 unfolded conformations At a protein concentration of lm, the monomeric species appears to predominate in the case of Y74W* The gel ltration results indicate ... position corresponding to the dimer, even at the lowest concentration studied Inspection of the gel ltration prole in Fig shows that the peak corresponding to the monomeric species is considerably...
... the membrane of cells Inhibitory effectsof VVA1 on the hemolytic and cytotoxic activity of VVA2 The effectsof VVA1 on the hemolytic activity of VVA2 were studied by incubation of human red ... the inhibition of VVA2 cytotoxic pore formation by VVA1 can only occur at the ideal ratio of : or lower, due to the ability of one molecule of VVA1 to interact with two molecules of VVA2 At a ... P, Rochat H, Harvey AL, Montenay-Garestier T & Menez A (1990) Delineation of the functional site of a snake venom cardiotoxin: preparation, structure, and function of monoacetylated derivatives...
... in a portion of the isolated fractions by liquid scintillation counting using a Beckman liquid scintillation counting system (Fullerton, CA, USA) Portions of PtdCho and PtdEtn fractions were hydrolysed ... high concentrations of AACOCF3 The increase in AA at low concentrations of AACOCF3 could also suggest that an AACOCF3-sensitive pool was destined for product formation, and the inhibition of this ... effects of AACOCF3 on AA release Human neutrophils incubated with different concentrations of AACOCF3 for were stimulated for with 2.5 lM ionophore A23187 Stimulation was stopped by centrifugation...
... that the effect of salts on the oligomeric state of CDase I-5 correlated with the dissociation of the dodecameric form of the enzyme In conclusion, dimerization or oligomerization is a physical ... slope of the exponential line in Fig was considered to be the rate constant, giving a rate constant of 8.58 ã 10)2 h)1 for the dissociation of dodecamers to dimers (Table 1) The progress curve of ... representing the dissociation of dodecamers to dimers tted the equation of a single exponential decay The dissociation rate constants of all mutants were increased compared with that of wild-type CDase...
... 10% of world consumption The objective of this paper is to evaluate the effectsof sanitary barriers to poultry trade in the context of the economic incentives and other trade policy decisions ... function of the price of imports and the domestic price of high-value poultry, increases relative to the aggregate price of low-value poultry, consumers will increase their consumption of low-value ... assumed reduction of trade barriers because of limited information about trade policies of the countries Therefore, the effectsof liberalization are different for these two regions In 25 the...
... speciation in environmental samples of contaminated soil The Science of the Total Environment 224, 133–141 Rumburg, C.B., Engel, R.E., Meggitt, W.F., 1960 Effect of phosphorus concentration on the ... solution (Table 6) This is consistent with the mechanism of P-enhanced release of As in the soil and subsequent promotion of As movement through the soil by competition of dissolved As and P for ion ... accumulation of contaminants (Heeraman et al., 2001; Peryea, 1998; Zhou and Wong, 2001) Incorporation of carbon-rich composts into soils has been shown to increase metal solubility through formation of...
... Compilation ª 2005 FEBS 6113 pH and NaCl effectson HbA subunits oxygenation S V Lepeshkevich and B M Dzhagarov Table Mutual effectsof proton and NaCl on hemoglobin oxygenation Conditions: 10 ... properties of the tetramer may be inferred to take place By contrast, at pH values of 6.8 and 7.4, addition of NaCl to a concentration of 0.5 m results not only in an increase in the dimer fraction [33], ... site of liganded hemoglobin The conformation of Val(E11) in the a and b subunits relative to the heme plane is quite dependent on the nature of the anions and the pD of the solution as well as on...
... the nation as a whole These estimated replacement costs of the physical losses are based on the assumption that the reconstruction of the World Impact of the World Trade Center Attack on New York ... retrofitted to serve as temporary office space Impact on the Office Market One of the most dramatic and surprising outcomes of the attack was on Manhattan’s (and the metropolitan area’s) office ... because of a number of Impact on the Most Vulnerable The preceding two sections focused on labor and capital losses In this section, we look at the effectsof the attack on the most economically vulnerable...
... characterisa-tion of the different organic matter in animal manures ii) The determination of the manures effectson organic matter content and adsorption complex of the soil under cassava cultivation 191 ... Indeed, the quantification of the organic matter content, the sum of the exchangeable bases cations, the cation exchange capacity and the bases saturation content are of prime importance in identifying ... climate is a transition of the equatorial climate characterized by the alternation of long rainy season (from March to July) with an average rainfall of 850 mm, a short dry season (from July to August),...
... continues to place upward pressure on banks’ funding costs, as still nearly one-fifth of bonds outstanding were issued at lower spreads prior to mid 2008 As the repricing of maturing bonds continues, ... share of funding sourced from short-term wholesale debt (domestic and foreign) The share of securitisation has also fallen since the onset of the financial crisis, as the amortisation of the ... cost of long-term wholesale debt, though it is a smaller share of their total funding Short-term wholesale debt accounts for about one-fifth of banks’ funding, and is priced mainly off 1-month...
... bacteria deposition to avoid bacteria agglomeration and in order to achieve uniform even distribution of cells across the entire carrier and the formation of thin layer of cells on the carrier’s ... to be very efficient monitoring method as well as quantifying method for detection of dead and live bacteria after the plasma treatment CONCLUSION For sterilization effectsof low-temperature highly ... 2004: Evaluation of the Roles of Reactive Species, Heat, and UV Radiation in the Inactivation of Bacterial Cells by Air Plasmas at Atmospheric Pressure - International Journal of Mass Spectrometry,...
... Poincaré sections, but no significant Condition effects (0.231 < p < 0.996) were found There were no statistically significant Subject × Condition interaction effects for any of the comparisons (0.07 ... Point (S*) Poincare Section Figure tions Schematic representations of dependent measure calculaSchematic representations of dependent measure calculations A: Example of mean ± SD for a typical ... visual attention away from external visual landmarks to internal images of the calculation [45], thereby disrupting the otherwise very strong reliance on visual information for the control of walking...
... before the study) DBS: Deep Brain Stimulation; DBS OFF: stimulation turned off; DBS ON: stimulation turned on Polarity: Eight patients had monopolar stimulation and two patients bipolar, which applied ... STN stimulation turned ON (Deep Brain Stimulation turned on, DBS ON) , and five patients Page of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2009, 6:13 ... values for individual variations in body constitution For the posturography results, comparisons between DBS OFF and ON were done for each of the five time periods This was conducted for anteroposterior...
... degrees of freedom (DOFs) but actuates the ankle in only two of those three DOFs, namely dorsi/plantarflexion and inversion/eversion (Figure 1) The anklebot weighs 3.6 Kg and has low static friction ... 3.7°, p = 0.009) condition Also, nonparetic maximum knee flexion was greater in the TM (64.1° ± 10.7°, p = 0.009) condition compared to the TMR (57.3° ± 12.5°, p = 0.009) condition On the paretic ... 169(4):482-495 Regnaux JP, Pradon D, Roche N, Robertson J, Bussel B, Dobkin B: Effectsof loading the unaffected limb for one session of locomotor training on laboratory measures of gait in stroke Clin...
... differences in the timing of assistance between the therapist-controlled and patient-controlled conditions, we calculated the onset of the control signal and the onset of orthoses plantar flexor ... patient-controlled condition than therapist-controlled condition (p < 0.05) (Figure 5, Table 5) Discussion The purpose of this study was to test the effectsof robotic mechanical assistance at the ankle on joint ... ankle range of motion was mainly due to increased plantar flexion at push-off In the therapist-controlled active condition the subjects walked with a maximum ankle angle at push-off of 12.0 ± 1.5...
... position as arithmetic averages across periods of the identical condition (visual-stimulus-motion or no-visual-stimulusmotion) or of the same category of perception (vection or no-vection) The ... psychophysical parameters concerning vection (vection onset latency and the duration of vection episodes) did not differ across trials While the cause of the discrepancy across the different vection parameters ... information [6-9], partly because visual information plays a principal role in the perception of self-motion In fact, motion in a large visual field often induces the perception of self-motion; an...
... the presence or absence of GM-CSF demonstrated similar survival profiles following bacterial activation, a standard MTT assay based upon the mitochondrial conversion of (3- [4,5dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyl-tetrazolium ... staining of microglia with isotype control antibodies alone Page of 18 (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Neuroinflammation 2007, 4:10 http://www.jneuroinflammation.com/content/4/1/10 ... functions of these CNS phagocytes in the absence of confounding effects by surrounding cell types Conclusion Our findings demonstrate that supplementation of neonatal mouse mixed glial cultures with low...
... healing phases The controlled temporal regulation of growth factor action is necessary because of the interaction of the different factors Less information on the interaction of factors is available, ... effectsof growth factors on the production of osteopontin and osteocalcin Biomed Sci Instrum 2006, 42:31-36 Gonnerman KN, Brown LS, Chu TM: Effectsof growth factors on cell migration and alkaline ... multiple comparison tests at a level of 95% (Software SPSS12.0) http://www.josr-online.com/content/2/1/27 of BMP-2 on cell proliferation was detectable The enzymatic activity of alkaline phosphatase,...