endocrine and metabolic complications of advanced cancer

Ngày tải lên: 28/08/2014, 10:16

... observed in 12 (50%) of the 24 dSSc patients and in 10 (41.7%) of these patients FVC and DLCO ≤ 69% occurred Of the 76 lSSc patients, FVC and DLCO ≤ 79% was observed in (5.3%) and FVC and DLCO ≤ 69% ... DLCO and patients with normal PFTs Characteristics of the groups are detailed in Table 16 (16.0%) patients had FVC and DLCO ≤ 79%: 12 of these patients had FVC and DLCO ≤ 69% and had FVC and DLCO ... the extent of involvement in each of defined regions: above aortic arch, between arch and inferior pulmonary veins and between inferior pulmonary veins and lung base The mean estimate of the three...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:22

... for stimulation of the growth and/ or activity of the healthy promoting bacteria One approach is supplement of living bacteria (probiotics) mostly of human origin (Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus) ... growth and /or activity of one or number of heath promoting colon bacteria and thus improve host health (Gibson and Roberfroid, 1995) Probiotics, however, can not be used in a wide range of food ... to adhesion, proliferation, and colonization of pathogens (Kunz and Rudloff, 1993; Bode, 2009) To date, two types of HMOs mainly considered as potential inhibitors of pathogen adhesion, are fucosylated...

Ngày tải lên: 28/08/2013, 16:28

... The biofilter consisted of a series of columns with expanded/foamed polypropylene as packing material and connected to the circulation tank Air was supplied to the circulation tank and biofilter ... the amount of carbon in the solid sample of the solubilization reactor from the total amount of carbon in fresh food waste supplied RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Effect of aeration The colors of SS in ... mid-depth of the circulation tank The equipment was operated without and with aeration in the circulation tank (Run and Run 2, respectively) To trap suspended solids (SS) and degrade dissolved and...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 08:40

... numbers of protons and neutrons • • • effects stability most stable nuclei have even numbers of protons and neutrons only a few have odd numbers of protons and neutrons if the total number of nucleons ... were three types of radioactivity • alpha rays (α) have a charge of +2 c.u and a mass of amu what we now know to be helium nucleus • beta rays (β) have a charge of -1 c.u and negligible mass ... gamma (γ) rays are high energy photons of light • no loss of particles from the nucleus • no change in the composition of the nucleus  Same atomic number and mass number • least ionizing, but...

Ngày tải lên: 28/11/2013, 01:12

... nucleus and its mirror image under the exchange of protons and neutrons One example are the nuclei He and B (2 protons and neutrons, Iz = −3/2 vs protons and neutrons, Iz = 3/2) and Li and B (3 ... productive forms of atomic theory” ”for the discovery of the neutron” ”for his discovery of cosmic radiation”; and ”for his discovery of the positron” ”for his demonstrations of the existence of new radioactive ... fields of nuclear physics and cosmic radiation” ”for his prediction of the existence of mesons on the basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces” ”for his development of the photographic method of...

Ngày tải lên: 24/01/2014, 17:39

... between the centres of mass of the two fragments This decomposition of the Hamiltonian directs to an ansatz for the wave function in terms of an internal function of H1 and one of H2 and a relative ... foster the growth of advanced studies and scientific research in developing countries To this end, the Centre organizes a number of schools and workshops in a variety of physical and mathematical ... elements of H, amn is known and via eq (2.20) also dmν and hence the total wave function Note that for a complete knowledge of the matrix a and the coefficients dmν the boundary condition of the...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 16:20

... activation of NF-jB [19,20] ROS, including H2O2, superoxide and hydroxyl radicals, are vital for the pathology of inflammatory processes, onset of hypertension and cancer [21–23] The primary source of ... NF-jB expression (Fig 2C, lanes and 4) and its DNA-binding activity (Fig 2D, lanes and 5) Phosphorylation of IKK-b and IjB-a was slightly reduced at 2.5 lm of apocynin and eradicated at 12.5 lm (Fig ... phosphorylation of IKK-b and IjB-a at 2, 10 and 30 of stimulation, respectively (Table and Fig 2E,F) An inhibitor for NADPH oxidase attenuates the movement of p47phox (Fig 5B), translocation of NF-jB...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 00:20

... protection The Tools of Bioinformatics Computer software is one of the central tools of bioinformatics and the way in which it is treated by the patent offices varies in different parts of the world ... negotiate and provide for the protection of new varieties of plants in Paris in 1961 and came into force in 1968 It was revised in Geneva in 1972, 1978 and 1991 The 1978 Act came into force in 1981 and ... plants and animals as a whole or any part thereof other than microorganisms but including seeds, varieties and species and essentially biological processes for production or propagation of plants and...

Ngày tải lên: 13/03/2014, 21:59

... markers [alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and sucrase-isomaltase] and the rate of proliferation, and by electron-microscopic examination As shown in Fig 1A, the levels of ALP and sucrase-isomaltase in RPMI ... solution of CPP In contrast, the solution of the same CPP in phosphate-free or phosphate-containing KRH with no Ca2+ showed a remarkable increase of scattered light, of the order of 10 times that of ... peaks of increase in HT-29 cells elicited by b-CN(1–25)4P CPP at two different concentrations (50 and 100 lmolÆL)1) and in the presence of or mmolÆL)1 [Ca2+]o, expressed as percentage of the...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 05:20

... defect-free and show no kink, dislocation and small angle boundaries because of the periodic change growth direction along the length of the SiNWs The growth plane is one of the (1 1) planes and the ... most of the silicon atoms were originated from the dissociation of silane at high temperature There are a large of Lewis acid nature of surface sites in amorphous and transition alumina and these ... Fig 3b shows the image of the silicon film deposited on the surface of the template, which has Fig Typical HRTEM images of SiNWs (a) and Si film deposited on the surface of SiNWs arrays 545 rough...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 15:08

... properties to Program Offices (e.g., Office of Water, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances) and Regional Offices Also, SPARC has been used ... databases The strength of the electrostatic interaction between S and C depends on the magnitude and relative orientation of the local fields of S and C and the dielectric properties and distances through ... (Independent of the property, C and S), and reaction center susceptibility, which rates the response of C to the effect in question (depends on the property, independent of S and R) The contributions of...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 14:20

... of ANX-1 [12] However, it is not clear which isoform of PKC mediates the cleavage of ANX-1 PKCd is a member of the novel PKC subfamily and is known to play a critical role in the regulation of ... fractions of treated and untreated cells These results indicate that accumulation of ANX-1 in the nucleus is a result of translocation of the cleaved ANX-1 to the nucleus We next examined dose- and ... indirectly and induces the cleavage and nuclear translocation of ANX-1 We also investigated the involvement of other signaling molecules such as MEK, PI-3 kinase, and p38 in PMA-induced translocation of...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 21:20

... fields of chemical kinetics: elementary reactions of free radicals in solutions and polymeric matrix and the kinetics of oxidation and inhibiting action of antioxidants Prof Denisov is author of ... of Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Oleg M Sarkisov currently is the Professor of Chemistry and vice director at N.N Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of ... multiplicities of states i, j,/, and m, respect!vely; IXand Ix' are the reduced weights of reactants and products; Etr~l and E transl are the translational energies of reactants and products; and g (i,j...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 21:21

... macrovascular complications of diabetes and beyond Circ Res 93, 1159–1169 Sun M, Yokoyama M, Ishiwata T & Asano G (1998) Deposition of advanced glycation end products (AGE) and expression of the receptor ... risk of infectious diseases for people with diabetes Diabetes Care 26, 510–513 17 Dofferhoff AS, Nijland JH, de Vries-Hospers HG, Mulder PO, Weits J & Bom VJ (1991) Effects of different types and ... development of many diseases that involve elevation of AGEs For example, AGEs are found in the retinal vessels of diabetic subjects, and their levels correlate with the severity of the subject’s...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 01:20

... topics in our research and discuss the future for each of them In the end, conclusions were collected and we decided that many of the ideas and much of the research done could be of interest to the ... is given in terms of the average of a product, and we want to express this flux in terms of the product of averages As in the case of turbulent transport, this suggests the use of decompositions ... 7RU, UK, (2)Process Intensification and Miniaturization Centre, School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials Ruben G Carbonell Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North...

Ngày tải lên: 01/04/2014, 10:12

... topics in our research and discuss the future for each of them In the end, conclusions were collected and we decided that many of the ideas and much of the research done could be of interest to the ... is given in terms of the average of a product, and we want to express this flux in terms of the product of averages As in the case of turbulent transport, this suggests the use of decompositions ... 7RU, UK, (2)Process Intensification and Miniaturization Centre, School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials Ruben G Carbonell Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North...

Ngày tải lên: 01/04/2014, 10:12

... disciplines of engineering and science Contributions ranged from new methods to novel applications of existing methods to gain understanding of the material and/ or structural behavior of new and advanced ... Processing and Properties of Swing Threads Ashkay Kumar and M Subramanian Senthil Kannan 67 Impact of Different Stages of Yarn Spinning Process on Fibre Orientation and Properties of Ring, Rotor and ... original works of some of the brightest and well-known international scientists The book offers scope for academics, researchers, and engineering professionals to present their research and development...

Ngày tải lên: 01/04/2014, 10:12

... concentration of open active sites and CAS is the concentration of sites occupied by an adsorbed molecule of A The total number of sites (CT) is fixed and is the sum of the open and occupied sites: ... the distribution of products formed and the amount of substrate consumed In the absence of any inhibition effects and in the presence of an infinite supply of substrate, the rate of cell growth ... have a diameter of 1.822 m and a heat transfer area of 41.71 m2 if an aspect ratio of were used Using an aspect ratio of 10 gives a diameter of 1.446 m and a heat transfer area of 52.55 m2 These...

Ngày tải lên: 01/04/2014, 10:24

... Techniek of Rijksuniversiteit Gent; Prof Dan Luss of the University of Houston and Professor W D Smith of the University of Rochester Gilbert F Froment Kenneth B Biihoff vlll PREFACE Contents xvii ... Elements of Limited Thickness 6.5 Experimental Determination of the Kinetics of Gas-Liquid Reactions Part Two-Analysis and Design of Chemical Reactors The Fundamental Mass, Energy, and Momentum ... surface in a batch reactor, on the side of the reaction mixture logarithmic mean of A, and A, or of Ab and A , heat exchange surface for a batch reactor on the side of the heat transfer medium total...

Ngày tải lên: 01/04/2014, 10:25