experimental study on animal model

... reactions model This is considered the most realistic approach in the case of biomass materials, leading to good fits to the experimental data [10] The overall rate of conversion for N reactions ... evolution of secondary gases leading to the formation of char [13] Part of the decomposition above 700°C (not shown on the graph) was attributed to the calcium carbonate of the sample, the content ... pre-exponential factor of component j, Ej is the activation energy of component j, g expresses the effect of ambient gas composition and f describes the change of surface reactivity as a function...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 15:28

... 2076-2909 (Online) ©2012 International Energy & Environment Foundation All rights reserved 358 International Journal of Energy and Environment (IJEE), Volume 3, Issue 3, 2012, pp.347-358 Conclusion ... 2076-2895 (Print), ISSN 2076-2909 (Online) ©2012 International Energy & Environment Foundation All rights reserved 350 International Journal of Energy and Environment (IJEE), Volume 3, Issue 3, ... International Energy & Environment Foundation All rights reserved International Journal of Energy and Environment (IJEE), Volume 3, Issue 3, 2012, pp.347-358 351 Figure The temperature distributions...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 15:28

... cough, inflammation and mucus hypersecretion Elastase has been used in a variety of species Dr Tralau-Stewart and coworkers have demonstrated inhibition in an ozone-induced model of COPD with ... expression in adulthood, which resulted in the development of significant alveolar emphysema that are both predictive of the human condition and userfriendly to the experimentalist Animal models ... sensitivity to oxidants) Conclusion It was evident from this meeting that a great deal of effort is going on worldwide to produce animal models of COPD Page of (page number not for citation purposes) ...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:20

... compressions were stopped after 30 minutes and defibrillation was performed with 300 Joule (Lifepak 12, Physiocontrol, Medtronic, Redmond, WA, USA) Restoration of spontaneous circulation was intended ... resuscitation ILA = resuscitation interventional lung assist resuscitation Flow through the interventional lung assist (ILA) device in the course of resuscitation ditions of resuscitation (Figure ... operating in animals with ARDS Before initiation of resuscitation all animals had a severe ARDS and a stable haemodynamic situation After induction of ventricular fibrillation chest compressions were...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 15:21

... Under all conditions of activation decreasing shear stress increased adhesion (P < 0.01; ANCOVA) On maximal activated endothelium activation of PMN decreased adhesion in comparison to non-activated ... P-selectin played no role on intact HUVEC after four hours LPS-activation Consequently, only E-selectin remained functional under the condition of systemic hyper-inflammation and blocking the molecule ... P < 0.01, ANCOVA) On sub-maximal activated endothelium (c and f), activation of PMN also decreased adhesion in comparison to non-activated controls, especially under conditions of low shear stress...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 21:21

... Introduction on past wave-current models 145 8.2 Bed shear stress under combined wave-current action 151 8.3 Calculation procedure 161 CHAPTER VALIDATION OF THE PRESENT MODEL 9.1 Model predictions ... 2.3.1 36 2.3.2 2.4 Non-storm conditions Storm conditions 37 Summary 38 EXPERIMENTAL FACILITY AND INSTRUMENTATIONS 40 3.1 Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter (ADV) 40 3.2 PV-07 Electronic bed profile indicator ... CHAPTER 10 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 10.1 Experimental set-up 193 10.2 Effects of waves on pure currents 194 10.3 Effects of current on pure waves 195 10.4 Validation and modification of theoretical...

Ngày tải lên: 12/09/2015, 11:05

... angle, spin and electronic configuration of the neighbouring moments and can result from cation-cation interactions and cation-anion-cation interactions The latter type of interaction is referred to ... exchange interaction between “B” site cations and the strong antiferromagnetic interaction between “A” site and “B” site cations This implies that the magnetic contributions of Fe3+ ions at the tetrahedral ... Electrons with spin antiparallel to the magnetization are scattered strongly while electrons with spin parallel to the magnetization direction are scattered weakly For the parallel configuration...

Ngày tải lên: 13/09/2015, 20:45

... melted status of the chip Conclusions The following conclusions were gained when conducting the experimental cutting study on quench bearing steel under different conditions with PCBN cutters: (1) ... The deformation coefficient and hardness under different hardness Fig Saw-tooth chip photography (Â120) the cutting edge deformation by extrusion is lesser, the deformation region is smaller ... formation process of the hackle chip come into the second phase, in which the moving forwards of the cutter edge leads to the deformation region enlarging with the increasing of the extrusion of...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2016, 08:55

... high content of free iron oxide in olivine requires a high calcination temperature and a long calcination time Calcination at temperature below 900  C causes reduction of the surface iron oxide ... C, Hofbauer H Effect of iron supported olivine on the distribution of tar compounds derived by steam gasification of biomass In: International Conference on Polygeneration Strategies (ICPS) Vienna, ... comparing the syngas composition and tar/CH4 content in the syngas from the gasifier operated in the two modes under different operation conditions Experimental 2.1 Gasification test in the MIUN gasifier...

Ngày tải lên: 01/08/2016, 09:30

... deviation aseptic versus sham control, P < 0.001; bseptic versus sham control MgSO -treated, P < 0.01; cseptic versus Dunn's multiple comparisons test: sham control, P < 0.01; dseptic versus sham control ... formation of brain edema in septic rats Magnesium administration attenuated the increased BBB permeability and caused a reduction in brain edema formation in our rat model of intraperitoneal sepsis ... that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions All authors were responsible for study design and implementation of the experiment Study data were collected by TE, DA and FE Results...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20

... remaining problems, such as high consumption costs and undesirable effects of short wave and long wave reflections Therefore, the contamination of the action of long waves in experimental results is still ... this study, we apply the CMED model to study the interaction of waves and a submerged breakwater and to consider the wave prevention efficiency of the submerged breakwater The study is focused on ... height and transmission of waves width on the Model description In the CMED model (Hieu and Tanimoto, 2006) [4], the governing equations are based on the Navier-Stokes equations extended to porous...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 15:20

... spatially modelled as the street canyons Accumulation of air pollution (mostly from cars) results in high concentrations of organic and inorganic compounds in the street canyons Distribution and ... demonstrate the abilities of spatial modelling 3.1 Spatial modelling of a flat urban area The inputs of spatial data represent a digital elevation model, which can be used for air pollution modelling, ... Matejicek: Spatial modelling of air pollution in urban areas with GIS Fig The standalone software application for integrated evaluation of air quality Methods of integration air quality models into...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 02:20

... information onto the constituents, as Johnson did in (Johnson, 1998), this richer predictive annotation can extend information slightly beyond the left context Under the equivalence classification in ... Although conditioning on more contextual information helps, we should note that some of our models suffer from over-parameterization One solution would be to apply the maximum entropy estimation technique ... strategy for the conditioning information used in the probability models This allows the parser to choose information depending on the constituent that is being expanded The SLM, on the other hand,...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 20:20

... tight association of the diprotomer [28], pressure effects on these two reactions hold promise for use in methodology in discriminating conformational changes Effects of pressure on intrinsic ¯uorescence ... lipid bilayer, in addition to protein conformational changes (see Discussion) Ó FEBS 2002 High pressure e€ects on biological membrane (Eur J Biochem 269) 113 Pressure effects on the ¯uorescence properties ... reaction rate of the Na+/K+-ATPase with an increase in pressure can be rationalized based on a decrease in ¯uidity of the lipid bilayer with a concomitant decrease in protein conformational ¯exibility...

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 00:21

... of disease For this reason, these animals are considered a good model to study MRI findings in scrapie as a model for the TSE diseases Our objective was to study the consistent MRI findings in ... help with this study Nigel Watson of the New Bolton Pathology Department who did consistently precise dissection work on the obex and nodes of all 117 sheep deserves special recognition Acknowledgement ... take full advantage of: • Convenient online submission • Thorough peer review • No space constraints or color figure charges • Immediate publication on acceptance • Inclusion in PubMed, CAS, Scopus...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 16:20

... cages Control animals were subjected to anesthesia and sham operation only (n = 10 per group) In addition, mice with anesthesia alone (n = 8) were used as internal control and untreated control animals ... project Authors' contributions OIS, MCMK, CEH, ES, and PFS were responsible for conception and planning of the experiments, as well as for performing the animal experiments, collection of the human ... http://www.jneuroinflammation.com/content/1/1/13 Intracerebral IL-18 (ng/ml) 90 80 70 * * 60 * 50 40 30 20 10 Baseline CHI WT CHI TNF/LT- -/- vehicle injection TNF injection Intracerebral IL-18 concentrations in...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20

... the workplace Session Question and Answer Session At the end of the video session, the researchers conducted a question and answer session with the participants This session was aimed at exploring ... for confusion (p = 0.036) Since the scope of the present study is only focused on responses using Figure measure2anova) (sd) scores for DASS-anxiety between experimental group (n = 60) and control ... reduction through adopting a healthy lifestyle, review session of a simplified and well illustrated manual on the prevention and control of stress in the workplace, interactive lecture session on...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20

... recordings of the motor nerve conduction was taken by stimulating at both the axilla and the ante-cubital fossa The first recording was done at 5th minute of inflation, the second one at 10th minute and ... changes in the nerve conduction parameters with the application of cuffs All values which appear with the mean values are standard deviations [S.D.] Results The present study has demonstrated that the ... the conduction velocity took about 15 minutes to return to normal with the cm cuff whereas with the 14 cm cuff it was 30 minutes Latency As far as the onset latency is concerned, a prolongation...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... correlation with clinical symptoms was found Both MHC and non-MHC genes were confirmed to be involved in pathogenesis We concluded that the rat model was dependent on CD4+ αβ T cells In addition, monoclonal ... In tissue sections, aggressive inflammation and erosions of the affected cartilage confirmed the clinical signs (Fig 2) As measured by antibody response, all strains responded strongly to matrilin-1 ... arthritis is considered to be non-erosive, although erosions may appear in late stages of the disease Inflammation and erosion of cartilage in the nasal septum is common and occasionally results...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:22

... sire models to animal models offered additional advantages As shown by Sorensen and Kennedy !13!, the animal model has advantages in the estimation of selection response as well as in the study ... trends, the animal model, strictly speaking, only provides trends in breeding value predictions based on a specific genetic model This dependency on the genetic model leads to questioning the adequacy ... Bulmer effect [14] This model, when applied to long-term selection experiments, thus yields unbiased estimates of selection responses over successive generations on the one hand, and provides...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 18:21