... GC and EW participated inthe collection and interpreta-tion of the data and were involved in drafting the manuscript.MG participated in analysis and interpretation of the data and in drafting ... and coordinated the study and wasinvolved inthe interpretation of the data and manuscript revi-sion. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.AcknowledgementsAll residents, clinical ... reviewed by the team at10:00 hours, when the radiologist communicated any positivefindings. The following definitions were used: a 'new expectedfinding' was any new finding that had...
... emphasis on angio-graphic rather than clinical end points, clinical trials comparing the safety and efficacy between these DES types and BMSs have yielded inconsistent results. In the ENDEAVOR ... On the other hand, the incidence of non-Q wave MI ranged from 1%, to 5.6% in first four ENDEAVOR trials whilst registering at 2.6% in the ZES treated group in our trial. The results of the ... intracoronary nitroglycerin (0.1 to 0.2 mg) to achieve maximal vasodilatation before undergoing their initial and final angiograms. The glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor (Tirofiban) was administered...
... [33]. The amino acid analysis of the purified mucin gave high amounts of ‘mucin-like amino acids, serine, threonine and proline. Serine and threonine are points of O-glycosylation found inthe ... con-firming the specificity of the antibody. Amino Acid Analysis The results are shown in Table 2 with the signa-ture amino acids for mucins, namely, serine, threonine and proline comprising ... by the profiles (Fig. 3a and b) [26, 27] and whilst reduction was not quite complete, digestion resulted in most of the mucin eluting inthe included volume of the column, suggesting the findings...
... maintaining the wound-margin coales-cence during the first 24-72 hrs following operation, thus complying with the remodeling of the wound volume resulting from the clearance of edema inthe ... but the sur-geons sometimes prefer the usage of absorbable long standing suture threads that are buried under the skin, thus holding the margins tightly and reducing the tag of the tans-cutaneous ... taken of the suture threads until the re-maining stain (if any) dried. Such photos were then analyzed to measure the surface stain area using an image analysis system (IAS). We chose the above...
... eCommerce-Selling New Value Creating Business Cases inan Uncertain Environment3A business case generally consists of three components.Business ModelFinancial ModelData and AssumptionsA business ... specifying the primary approach and rationale for pursuing an eCommerce opportunity The financial analysis of a proposed business model consisting of baseline projections, revenue and expense ... revenue and expense estimates and valuations The data, analysis and assumptions which support the financial model15How fast is the Internet growing in Belgium?What are the demographics of users?How...
... it is important to assess the total costs of the equipment over the life of the product. Inthe graph below, the initial purchase price of the DDF solution is significantly less than DSX. However, ... ROIExtraordinary savings allow companies to recover their investment faster than with any other alternative DDF solution.Let us show you how we can improve your company's competitiveness and ... patching; future upgrades to new equipment can be made without interruption of service.Significantly reduced operating and maintenance expenses. IN, OUT, and Monitor ports allow fast and...
... inthe table or the subset defined by the optional start row and row count arguments. The method then iterates over the collection of rows and columns inthe table and sets the values inthe ... either all of the columns in the table or the subset of columns defined by the optional string array of column names. The number of rows inthe table is set to hold either all of the rows in ... method mimics the functionality of the GetRows( ) method of the ADO Recordset. First, an object array is created to hold the rows and columns inthe table. The number of columns inthearray is...
... determine whether the adjacent elements (AREII and IV) could destabilize the transcript in an additive or cooperative manner inan analogous wayto the AREI⁄ AREII region, both the ARE II and the ... were 231 min for the b-globinPAI)2wild-type transcript, 204 min f or the b-globinARE I-MUT,193 min for the b-globinARE III-MUTand 224 minfor the b-globinARE I+III-MUT. These experiments ... investigate the means by which these ARE elementscooperate in modulating PAI-2 mRNA stability,REMSA analyses were performed to determine the role of the ARE II and ARE IV sites inthe binding...
... million. These are mothers and fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers, sons and daughters, scratching out a life in shantytowns the world over. With the direct disadvan-tages of urban poverty ... Children inan increasingly urban world 1 An urban future 2Poverty and exclusion 3Meeting the challenges of an urban future 8CHAPTER 2 Children’s rights in urban settings 13 An environment ... Martinique, Mayotte and Reunion. Data for the Netherlands do not include the Netherlands Antilles. Data for the United States of America do not include Puerto Rico and United States Virgin Islands.Venezuela(BolivarianRepublic...
... products and services between the com-pany and the consumer, placing value extraction by the firm and the consumer at the heart of the interac-tion. Inthe co-creation view, all points of interaction14 ... differentiate themselves. Growth and value creation havebecome the dominant themes for managers. In this paper, we explain thisparadox. The meaning of value and the process of value creation ... 2004). The changing nature of the consumer-company interactionas the locus of co-creation (and co-extraction) of value redefines the meaning of value and the process of value creation. In this article,...
... alanine scanning of the L-CDR3 and H-CDR3 loops of antibody mAb4E11.This scanning allowed us to identify the residues ofthese loops that contributed to the energetics and kinet-ics of the interaction ... available on anti-bodies and their genes, and performed a systematicscanning of the CDR3 loops of mAb4E11 by mutagen-esis of their residues into alanine (Ala scanning). The affinities of the purified ... model [8]. mAb4E11 therefore constitutes an interesting experimental system to analyze andunderstand the interactions between antibodies and the dengue virus; in particular, the specificity of...
... (Table 1). The bind-ing of the ®rst CN±ligand to the iron was thus more easy in the hydrophobic binding pocket of the antibody than the binding of the second one, most probably because of the steric ... wasbound to the iron, the steric hindrance due to the substituentcould be balanced by a distortion of the porphyrin ring anda shift of the iron atom outside the plane of the porphyrin.Binding of ... could be interpreted by the binding of the imidazole ligand on the iron atom which probably occurs in the case of 13G10±Fe(ToCPP) on the less hindered face of the porphyrin, close to the catalytic...
... of the N-terminal region on the molecular surface. Inthe wild-type enzyme, the side chain of Asp266 interacted with the amino group of the main chain at Glu268. The oxygen of the main chain ... conformational changeson the surface. On the other hand, anionic surfactants suchas SDS and LAS bind to the surface regions of protein, and the surface regions would be unfolded and removed from the core ... from the amino acid sequence alignment of ALP I and the neutralsubtilisins. These candidate residues did not occur at the corresponding positions of the alkaline subtilisins. Fur-thermore, on the...