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... and additional analgesic consumption These findings may be related to the antiinflammatory effects of flurbiprofen VAS scoring is a simple and often used method for evaluating variations in pain ... postoperative complications and mortality (18) Many reports confirm our finding that IL-6 concentration in the control group on postoperative first day after pulmonary resection over 100 pg/ml (2,19,20) ... the study because of severe side effects (Table 2) Figure Changes in serum concentration of CRP before and after thoracotomy in the study groups Table Side effects and complications in the postoperative...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:10

... rate of attack with atherosclerotic plaque compared with normal rats (9) Our study demonstrates an association of the formation of atherosclerosis and the ex- pression and function of gap junction ... communication in the modulation of vasomotor tone Circ Res 1996; 79(4): 631-46 Yeh HI, Lupu F, Dupont E, Severs NJ Upregulation of connexin43 gap junctions between smooth muscle cells after balloon catheter ... changed from contraction type to the conversion type in vitro (8) Cx43 is required for the formation of the atherosclerotic plaque Previous study demonstrated that rats lack of Cx43 expression showed...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:39

... Regulation of mineralization Regulation of bone turnover Glucose regulation Regulation of collagen fibrillogenesis Regulation of bone formation Osteoclast recruitment Inhibition of mineralization ... the inhibition of bone formation (confirmed by bone histomorphometry) and lower concentrations of bone formation markers (especially OC) [60, 61] By contrast, data on bone resorption markers levels ... hormones are major determinants of bone turnover in older men Low concentration of the bioavailable fraction of 17-estradiol is strongly associated with higher levels of the markers of bone...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 21:20

... compilation ª 2006 FEBS N Bluthgen et al ¨ Effects of sequestration the Michaelis–Menten constant of the kinase The concentration of the complex [TK] approaches the total concentration of the kinase ... expressed the response of the active fraction to a change of the kinase concentration as a function of the concentrations of the two forms ([T] and [T*]) and the elasticities of the enzymes by ... activity of the kinase (G–I) (A) Contour plot of the response T coefficient RKTÃ as function of the total concentration of the phosphatase and the kinase (normalized to the phosphatase concentration)...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 07:20

... combination of text and visuals elicits beneficial effects in terms of comprehension of the material Visuals not only offer additional contextual information to facilitate comprehension, perhaps ... on the translation task because the inclusion of pictures with the text provided readers with two sources of information instead of one The positive effect of pictures on reading comprehension ... offered additional contextual information to the students, confirming the value of DCT Furthermore, Hall, Bailey, and Tillman [31] conducted a study to examine the effects of illustrations on reading...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 12:20

... mergers In contrast, there have been no academic studies of the profit efficiency effects of mergers and very little research on the market power effects of bank mergers Studies of the effects of mergers ... studies of profit efficiency effects and very few studies of the market power effects of bank mergers Prior studies of bank profitability ratios, such as return on assets or return on equity, may confound ... profits may confound the effects of I’Studies of the effects of market power on bank prices have generally found that banks that operate in more concentrated local markets pay lower rates on...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 08:21

... Intentionally Left Blank The Effects of Taxation on Multinational Corporations A National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report The Effects of Taxation on Multinational Corporations Edited ... Carson Professor of Economics and is Finance at the Graduate School of Business of Columbia University and a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research The University of Chicago ... Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Effects of taxation on multinational corporations I edited by Martin Feldstein, James R Hines, Jr., and R Glenn Hubbard cm.-(National Bureau of...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 13:20

... Ecological Effects of Poverty on Children Once the methodological and conceptual issues surrounding the definition of poverty have been addressed, perhaps the clearest way to consider the effects of poverty ... “poverty” rather than, for example, low educational levels of parents Once a convergence is reached on the net and correlation effects of poverty on a variety of indicators, the task ahead is to decompose ... microcontext of interactions between parents and children, the macrocontext of the neighborhood one lives in and the availability of basic educational and health services for children, the macrocontext...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 11:20

... survival of this species (Jenssen,2006) The impacts of contaminants on the Svalbard polar bear population are inconclusive but there are suggestions of contaminant-related population level effects ... reproduction has been noted, but this may be due to effects of contaminants on the female of the species, rather than the male Moreover, the mechanisms of action by which some of the effects occur ... males in elevated concentrations it confirms the presence of sex hormone disrupting contaminants in the environment, and indicates feminisation of the male Reduced reproduction has also been included,...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 14:20

... calculations by author 40 In terms of language, about 5% of consumer and provider respondents used the Spanish version of the survey, while 7.4% of Contra Costa IHSS consumers consider Spanish to be their ... Likelihood of Provider Accompanying Consumer to Locations and Saying Consumer Needs Help Getting to Locations by Each Additional Hour of Provider’s Daily Time in Travel of Specific Locations……………………………………………………………………… ... 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: Findings from Contra Costa, California...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 17:20

... monitors the formation of quinone adducts, shows the existence of additional TQ-binding sites on the proteasome Figure indicates that the formation of b-subunit–TQ adducts increases at TQ concentrations ... standard deviations of five independent determinations) A Thymoquinone inhibits proteasome functionality A set of dose–response experiments was performed to compare the effects of TQ on cell viability ... This mutation consists of a single G fi A transition in codon 237, resulting in a missense mutation of methionine to isoleucine [32,33] Interestingly, a study conducted by Van Meir et al on different...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 11:20

... of pH of acclimation described 36% of the variation in zinc uptake Considering only the results of the zinc uptake experiments performed at the pH of acclimation describes 64% of the variation ... effect on uptake of both metals The marked effect of acclimation on cadmium and zinc uptake by the midge larvae is a strong indication that pH has not only an effect on the speciation of the ... =thermodynamic stability constant; Q= conditional stability constant, valid at the calculated freshwater ionic strength of 0.009 M The equilibrium concentrations of the chemical species considered were...

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Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 03:20

... compilation ª 2008 FEBS 1595 Effects of salt on Vibrio endonucleases L Niiranen et al Table Thermodynamic parameters of the thermal unfolding of VsEndA and VcEndA as a function of NaCl concentration ... stoichiometries of participation of water, cations and anions in specific and non-specific binding of lac repressor to DNA Possible thermodynamic origins of the ‘‘glutamate effect’’ on protein–DNA interactions ... addition, the effects of reciprocal mutations of two non-conserved DNA binding site residues (VsEndA, Q69N and K71N; VcEndA, N69Q and N71K) on the kinetics, thermostability and salt dependence of...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 06:20

... of access, the arrangement of contracts and timely intervention to secure favorable disposition of regulatory decisions and government contract The use of these kinds of connections for personal ... dimensions of institutional structure that he considers most critical in bearing on the opportunities for corruption "1.The monopoly power of officials 2.The degree of discretion that officials ... monopolistic condition on one side of the market, the monopolist will try to get the maximum profit from the other side So the income of public official, who as an economic agent regards his office...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 06:20

... Methanol concentration (ppth) Fig Sensitivity responses of the PPy sensors at various concentrations of methanol exposure highest methanol concentration of 6.4 ppt, the sensitivities of the film ... same as the one reported in [8], which varied from about 1.5–5.0 ppt The detection of methanol of lower concentrations (0.049–1.059 ppt) was reported in [13] The acetone concentration of this work ... 2.5 3.5 4.5 Acetone concentration (ppth) 5.5 Fig Sensitivity responses of the PEDOT–PSS sensors at various concentrations of acetone sensors not show higher sensitivities They considered this...

Ngày tải lên: 19/03/2014, 16:48

... effect of the second-order rate constants and concentrations of TM and PAI-1 on the rate of thrombin/ PAI-1 complex formation For various combinations of kon and koff for the thrombin/TM interaction, ... reaction, is dependent on the starting concentration of free thrombin molecules (which itself is dependent on the total TM concentration) (Fig 5B) Consequently, the maximal concentration of this ... thrombin alone [11] Injection of ATIII after formation of thrombin/TM complexes on the chip surface, resulted in a considerably increased dissociation of thrombin from TM, depending on the ATIII concentration...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 17:21

... Epidemiology of Fractures L Joseph Melton 111 I Introduction 11 Effects of Age 111 Effects of Gender IV Effects of Race V Effects of Geography VI Secular Trends VII Public Health Implications References ... Khosla I Introduction 275 II Cellular and Molecular Effects of Estrogen on Bone 276 A Estrogen Effects on Osteoclasts 276 B Estrogen Effects on Osteoblasts 278 III Effects of Estrogen on Laboratory ... Orwoll I Introduction 211 Contents xi II Mechanisms of Androgen Action in Bone: The Androgen Receptor 212 III Effects of Androgens on the Proliferation and Differentiation of Osteoblastic Cells...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 23:20

... hands -on assembly interactions, all interactive telephone teams produced a high and stable rate of confirmations, with 18% of the total verbal interaction spent eliciting and issuing confirmations, ... interactive telephone dialogues and keyboard exchanges, the principal referential distinction of the noninteractive monologues was profuse elaborative description Audiotape experts' elaborations of piece ... number of words used to convey instructions Noninteractive monologues also displayed a number of unusual elaborative patterns In the telephone modality, the prototypical pattern of presentation involved...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 18:20

... found I was only able to observe two children on an ongoing basis Two children is not a lot so for that reason I couldn't obtain a wide variety of conclusions Only the one's based on these two ... functioning includes interaction with peers, emotional states of fear, anxiety, depression and capacity to cope with stress or frustration The majority of studies show the social-emotional functioning ... it is ok."Discussion One of the major findings, I believe is that divorce has a long term effect on children as well as short term effects At one time it wasn't clear of these effects but now it...

Ngày tải lên: 02/04/2014, 17:58