epigenetic regulation of renal function and model testing

... to renal function in the post transplant phase when assessed prior to implantation (13;14) as demonstrated below 1.1.21 Epigenetic regulation of renal function and Model testing Assessment of ... Telomeres, p16, p21 and senescence 41 1.1.21 Epigenetic regulation of renal function and Model testing 42 1.2 Hypothesis 44 1.3 Aims 44 1.4 Materials and Methods ... the testing of models for bioage effects and epigenetic regulation could be of vital significance to optimize patient selection and counseling prior to transplantation The most well studied epigenetic...

Ngày tải lên: 22/12/2014, 21:25

... 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

... representation of the number of primordial follicles present in the ovaries and the chromosomal quality of oocytes in relation to female age and corresponding reproductive events Proportion of poor ... study of almost 3000 cycles showed cumulative pregnancy rates of 62% for women  age 40, and treatment is offered to women between the ages of 40 and 50 without significant debate Many clinicians feel the natural age of menopause is an appropriate maximum age for offering...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 16:20

... children – 38% of 9-12 year olds and 77% of 13-16 year olds have their own profile Facebook is the most popular, used by one third of all 9-16 year old internet users (and by 57% of social networking ... more of these three things on their SNS profile; their address, their phone number or the name of their school By far the most common is the name of their school, but 12% of younger and 15% of ... knowledge of children’s and parents’ experiences and practices regarding risky and safer use of the internet and new online technologies To inform the promotion among stakeholders of a safer...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 02:20

... Simoes ZL (2002) Ecdysteroid titer and reproduction in queens and workers of the honey bee and of a stingless bee: loss of ecdysteroid function at increasing levels of sociality? Insect Biochem Mol ... the maturation of virgin queens for flying and mating should include regulation of VgR expression Here, we investigate the temporal ovarian expression and subcellular localization of the VgR in ... fat body (lane 3) and gut (lane 4) of mated queens, and from abdomen of adult males (lane 5) were analyzed by western blot (primary antibody anti-Si VgR sera, : 1000) A band of  202 kDa was detected...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 08:20

... 0.65 0.38 Mean (standard deviation) of fractional cerebral compartment volumes (relative to TIV) and of the gray to white matter ratio in men and women (upper line) and slopes of their regression ... 2001 Effects of age on tissues and regions of the cerebrum and cerebellum Neurobiol Aging 22, 581 – 594 Kaasinen, V., Rinne, J.O., 2002 Functional imaging studies of dopamine system and cognition ... field of view) T2 and PD acquisitions consisted of 26 contiguous Methods Subjects The sample of subjects who participated to the present protocol is a sub-sample of the EVA (Epidemiology of Vascular...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 21:20

... indication of a function does not contain any technical information and is therefore not patentable… the human body, at the various stages of its formation and development, and the simple discovery of ... patentability of inventions of the expressed sequence tags (ESTs) and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) whose specific functions are often unclear or unknown are often raised and hence further ... 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...

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

... responses in elderly and younger men and women as well as boys and girls before and after stress (TSST) The shaded area indicates the period of stress exposure Table CBG levels at the day of the stress ... are the mean±standard error of mean (sem) Results 3.1 ACTH (only older and younger adults) First of all, the applied three-way ANOVA for ACTH resulted in a significant main effect of time (F(3,183)=56.12, ... responses (pg/ml) in elderly and younger men and women before and after stress (TSST) The shaded area indicates the period of stress exposure One-way ANOVAs for each age and gender group separately...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 14:20

... the advantages of canine company After decades of growth, federal research spending has leveled off and is starting to decline, a casualty of budget-balancing efforts and the end of the cold war ... adviser their careers, says Cornelius J Pings, president of the Associ- and head of the White House’s Of ce of Science and Techation of American Universities nology Policy (OSTP), maintains that ... scene of the carnage and bring home the kill Nature, however, has been described as “red in tooth and claw,” and vestiges of ancient behaviors survive the millions of years between maul and mall...

Ngày tải lên: 12/05/2014, 15:29

... General Statistics Office of the Government of Viet Nam, Professor Do Hoai Nam, President of the Viet Nam Academy of Social Sciences, Dr Nguyen Hai Huu, Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, ... However, such static profiles miss much of the dynamic position of the elderly and the flows of income and reciprocity in which they participate Further analysis of how the panel of elderly people ... the relative profiles of children and the elderly in relation to poverty as the presence of either is linked to higher risk of poverty and the presence of both is both common and additionally...

Ngày tải lên: 27/05/2014, 07:47

Ngày tải lên: 15/06/2014, 16:39

... sequences of salient landmarks, describing a starting point, a goal and a direction of movement [5] In clinical conditions, several topographical impairments, involving, for example, a loss of sense of ... information and working memory capacity As a consequence, age differences emerge when demanding storage and processing of information are simultaneously required [21] Paper and pencil tests and ecological ... age group A and she performed well in both tasks Page of 10 Results Healthy subjects All subjects succeeded in completing the P&P mazes Mean values and standard deviation (S.D.) of P&P and VR maze...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20

... stability and (B) Near tandem balTests of (A) Coordinated stability and (B) Near tandem balance During the stair ascent and descent tests, 45% and 52% (respectively) of older people held the handrail ... SL and AT conceived the study, participated in its design and coordination and tested the old participants AB and Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of NeuroEngineering and ... and interquartile ranges (IQR) for the young men and women and the older men and women when categorised into four age groups (75– 79, 80–84, 85–89, 90+ years) The mean ages of the older men and...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20

... roles: increased yield and income, and protection of tree Challenges of Linking Socio-Economic Significance and Conservation Value of Forests in Drylands of Kenya: Case Study of Kirisia Forest-Samburu ... source of wood for domestic use (construction and fuel) and rarely for income generation (Table 4) Challenges of Linking Socio-Economic Significance and Conservation Value of Forests in Drylands of ... Movement of wildlife within and around Group Ranches west of Kirisia Forest Reserve, Samburu Heartland Challenges of Linking Socio-Economic Significance and Conservation Value of Forests in Drylands...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 08:20

... Status of research and production of mushrooms in the world 1.1.1.1 Research situation on multiplication of liquid spawns and cultivation of King Oyster and Yunzhi mushrooms As King oyster and ... characteristics of King oyster and Yunzhi mushrooms Experiment 1: The growth and development of King oyster and Yunzhi mushrooms in pure culture Experiment : Evaluation of the growth and development of King ... The genetic differences of Yunzhi strains The results of electrophoresis of PCR products of samples with 10 primers, each primer obtained similar number of DNA bands and band size This result is...

Ngày tải lên: 14/07/2014, 17:33

... black and white prints are photographs of my grandparents My grandfather was a handsome young man and my grandmother was not unlike the many pretty girls I meet on the street I am sure my grandfather ... young men and women look the most attractive Their skin shines with the glow of life They are drawn to each other and eventually pair off to produce children of their own They are full of hope ... sing and seek all sorts of things to enjoy themselves with Old age is a totally different matter An old person no longer possesses the vigor and energy of youth Physical exertion is out of the...

Ngày tải lên: 21/07/2014, 20:20

... the type of relief, this is a part of broken highlands of folded and faulted structures and intrusive igneous rocks of Czech highlands The bedrock is intrusive igneous acid granodiorite of the ... over 40% of its total area) covering mainly the highlands Drahanská and Konická vrchovina as well as the Moravian Karst of Devonian origin and a part of the Adamovská vrchovina highland As regards ... are functional in the phloem, the older ones are compressed and thus non-functional as a consequence of the secondary growth of the stem (P,  Z 1980) That is why the creation of new...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 10:21

... Comparison of measured and modelled daily canopy transpiration of the six Norway spruce canopies (see table I for stand descriptions) during the summer of 1994 (“40LB”, “40HB”, and “140”) and 1995 ... trees of the oldest stand (“140”) used less water at stand level, but are also predicted to be less efficient in carbon gain Modelling of Picea abies 237 Figure Monthly sums of modelled and measured ... provide the ultimate calibration and test data sets and from analyses and principles determined from models such as STANDFLUX By comparing the output of different types of models to measured flux data,...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 14:22