... risk assessment with pollination is kept to the minimum With the entry of genetically modified (GM) crops into our food chain, consumers are demanding both satisfactory information and choice about ... concerned and the potential receiving environment The assessment process includes evaluationof the characteristics of the GMO and its effect and stability in the environment, combined with ecological ... rapeseed, and other oil crops: These modified crops could be important in the fight against cardiovascular disease, obesity, and certain forms of cancer To develop plants with higher content of protein...
... conditions, and health risks having significantly increased odds, independent of one another, of being associatedwith one or more or the three classes of poor HRQOL Other investigators assessing one ... 21.43 and 19.16 respectively), and conform with findings of Strine et al [13] who used the BRFSS to examine disability in relation to the individual indicators of poor HRQOL Likewise, Strine [20], ... Gender Significantly increased odd ratios for each of the three classes of poor HRQOL are associatedwith being disabled, having asthma, or being female in our study of Rhode Island's 2004 BRFSS...
... incidence of nephrotoxicity–defined as a more than 50% increase of serum creatinine from baseline value or an absolute increase of serum creatinine of 0.5 mg/dL–during intermittent vancomycin treatment ... bronchiectasis, meningitis, or polymicrobial infection, if intravenous contrast dye was given within days of the start of vancomycin treatment, and if data with regard to vancomycin and creatinine serum ... increases the risk for vancomycin -associated nephrotoxicity Defining the incidence and risk factors of AKI associatedwith continuous vancomycin infusion is important given the availability of...
... incidence of nephrotoxicity–defined as a more than 50% increase of serum creatinine from baseline value or an absolute increase of serum creatinine of 0.5 mg/dL–during intermittent vancomycin treatment ... bronchiectasis, meningitis, or polymicrobial infection, if intravenous contrast dye was given within days of the start of vancomycin treatment, and if data with regard to vancomycin and creatinine serum ... increases the risk for vancomycin -associated nephrotoxicity Defining the incidence and risk factors of AKI associatedwith continuous vancomycin infusion is important given the availability of...
... only in the subgroup of patients receiving taxanes (or anthracyclines in a part of the study RIBBON-1) in combination with Bevacizumab [33], this advantage not seem to get in combination with ... hemorrhage, neutropenia and gastrointestinal perforation, with a significant interaction according to the chemotherapeutics combined (against the use of platinum or taxanes) With specific regard ... 0.36-0.69) In line with the data of the single trials and our analysis, the authors conclude that patients pretreated with taxanes are good candidates for retreatment with bevacizumab and taxane [35] With...
... one of the better distance-independent (basal area of competitors) and the best distance-dependent (CRWD) index are provided in Tables IV and V and Figures and The combination of basal area and ... the critical value of 30 [39], indicating a moderate degree of collinearity Further investigation indicated that the presence of birch in this ecosite was weakly associatedwith aspen, so some ... second and third in rank, followed closely by several distance-independent indices, basal area of competitors (CBA), Biging and Dobbertin’s [7] overtopping crown cover (CRCOV), and basal area of...
... for industrialization and modernization associatedwith development of 143 knowledge-based economy in the province of Thua Thien Hue 4.2.2 Group of solutions to direct training and retraining of ... socio-economic development in general and industrialization and modernization in particular In fact, nations and locals paying interest in training and rationally effective use of human resources have ... development with industrialization and modernization in agriculture and rural areas and outlines the rules of movement of human resources in the industrialization and modernization in agriculture and...
... the joint modelling of large numbers of SNP predictors, and perform ‘model selection’ by highlighting small numbers of variants influencing the trait of interest These models work by penalising ... associatedwith a multivariate, quantitative phenotype characteristic of structural change in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease In identifying pathways associatedwith a trait of ... Ã in pathway and SNP selection with the independence assumption (using the SGL-CGD estimation algorithm in Box 2) and without it (using the standard SGL estimation algorithm in Box 1) SNPs with...
... sources included in the model were: road traffic, shipping, aviation, railroad, industries and larger energy and heat producers, small scale heating, working machines, working vehicles, and working ... road-tire interaction These particles have been shown to be potent inducers of local inflammation [41,42], and their levels are high in the Scandinavian countries due to the use of traction sand and ... estimates, and were thus not included in the model Results A description of the study population in terms sex, age, and smoking, along with the associations with the outcomes, is presented in table...
... measuring the integrated intensity of the corresponding immunostaining with the aid of the METAMORPH IMAGING SYSTEM (Version 4.6r5) For a determined field, the value of integrated intensity of Glu-microtubules ... calyculin A and cantharidin, two well-known inhibitors of PP1 and PP2A [23,24], showed effects similar to that of OA (Fig 4) Deltamethrin, a specific inhibitor of PP2B [25], and phenylarsine oxide, ... and then added taxol to stabilize microtubules, and continued the culture of intact cells The amount of Glu-tubulin in cells was measured as a function of time in culture following addition of...
... growing number of international and national initiatives have aimed to increase the stock of doctors and nurses in developing countries through increasing training, retention incentives and reducing ... as clinical officers, assistant medical officers and community health workers – and on their role in a handful of countries [59-62] However, there remains a large gap in our understanding of these ... concentration of health workers (doctors, nurses and midwives) per 1000 population [17,21,30] Because of overlapping training and roles and inconsistent reporting of midwife numbers, nurses and midwives...
... Bernstein polynomials on the ring of p-adic integers Zp We also investigate some interesting properties of the Bernstein polynomials related to the bosonic p-adic integrals on the ring of p-adic integers ... Acikgoz and S Araci, “A study on the integral of the product of several type Bernstein polynomials,” IST Transaction of Applied Mathematics-Modelling and Simulation In press M Acikgoz and S Araci, ... the Bernstein polynomials in the area of approximation theory see 1–7 In recent years, Acikgoz and Araci 1, have introduced several type Bernstein polynomials In the present paper, we introduce...
... to Sasha Shulgin for patiently reviewing the finer points of all things chemical and historical, and to George Greer and Rick Doblin for providing details on the scheduling proceedings Thanks also ... feelings of emotional closeness with the companion, increased awareness of the importance of interpersonal relationships, feelings of joy, experience of oneness in relation to an inner world within, ... a combination of the effects of fluoxetine (Prozac), the serotonin reuptake inhibitor and antidepressant; fenfiuramine (Pondarnin), the serotonin releaser (and the "fen" in "fen-phen"); and amphetamine,...
... industrialization and modernization associatedwith development of knowledge-based economy in the province of Thua Thien Hue Group of solutions to direct training and retraining of human resources for industrialization ... economy in the province of Thua Thien Hue Actual situation of training system of human resources for industrialization and modernization associatedwith knowledgebased economy in the province of Thua ... socio-economic development in general and industrialization and modernization in particular In fact, nations and locals paying interest in training and rationally effective use of human resources have...
... current legislation of the Czech Republic andin the Czech technical standard in force (ČSN 48 2115 1998) in which the size of seedlings used for transplanting or planting into containers is not defined ... resistance to stresses in outplantings originating from slowergrowing seedlings The evaluationof the photosynthetic electron transport rate (ETR) at increasing radiation intensity showed a similar ... establishment of vital and stable 176 stands when the entire growth spectrum of planting stock and particularly of plants produced from originally slow-growing seedlings is utilized Knowledge of the...
... potent inhibitor of VEGF-induced angiogenesis [41] The inverse association of endostatin with giant capillaries and microhemorrhages andof the higher levels of endostatin in patients with avascular ... cytokine, including murine endostatin The minimum detectable concentration of endostatin was less than 12 pg/ml, and the interassay and intra-assay variances were less than 10% serum levels of ... key molecules in the induction of angiogenesis VEGF is involved in several steps of physiological and pathological angiogenesis including proliferation, survival and migration of endothelial...
... (NTCP/V10) and the incidence of SARP for 94 patients; the incidences of SARP in the group with NTCP > 4.2% and NTCP ≤ 4.2% were 43.5% and 1.4%, respectively (p < 0.01); the incidences of SARP in the ... receiving 20 Gy (V20) or 30 Gy (V30), with NTCP and MLD SARP occurred in 45% and 37% of patients with MLD of more than 15 Gy and NTCP of 50% or more, respectively, whereas it occurred in 0% of patients ... patients with a MLD of 10 Gy or less and NTCP of less than 17%, respectively In our study, we found the NTCP and MLD were significantly associatedwith the incidence of SARP SARP occurred in 2.8% of...
... NKT cells in the different lupus mouse models, with interleukin-4-secreting NKT cells inhibiting lupus and interferon-γ-secreting NKT cells exacerbating lupus [53,54,56,57] Similar findings have ... the levels of staining with anti-CD27 and anti-CD38, as determined by staining with a relevant isotype control Using this combination of stains, B cells can be divided into naïve transitional ... JGH, CP, and GB participated in recruitment of patients and their family members, and acquisition of clinical data and laboratory samples PRF participated in study design, and coordinated acquisition...
... associatedwith concomitant reduction in proinflammatory and/ or pro-atherogenic RAGE ligand binding Factors associatedwith serum levels of sRAGE in patients with established RA Simple linear regression ... relationship to joint and vascular damage and risk factors in RA patients [19] We report associations of each protein with both joint and vascular disease and their risk factors Materials and methods ... control of inflammation in the RA group In support of this, elevated serum sRAGE levels were generally associatedwith a more favorable vascular risk profile in our RA cohort, and potentially associated...
... and hepatitis C in injecting drug users in England and Wales BMC Infect Dis 2006, 6:93 29 Garfein RS, Vlahov D, Galai N, Doherty MC, Nelson KE: Viral infectionsin short-term injection drug users: ... Longitudinal studies among monogamous heterosexual couples indicate no or low risk associatedwith acquisition of HCV through sexual intercourse Vandelli and colleagues reported an incidence rate of ... The database contains information on all individuals with confirmed HIV infection since the first case reported in 1989 The IDACIRC also coordinates treatment for individuals infected by HIV Treatment...