genetic and environmental factors in ms

... reflects the influence of multiple, interrelated factors These may include differences in CFTR mutation and presence of infective organisms within the respiratory tract [14,15] Previous studies in patients ... obtained at each follow-up visit and cultured for various bacterial species including H influenzae, S aureus and P aeruginosa [46] Sampling, transport, culture and identification of strains from ... hyperinflation and gas trapping and deterioration of lung function in CF are presented here using longitudinal data Previous investigations have demonstrated that pulmonary hyperinflation influences...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 16:20

... effects including age and herd-year-season of calving (natural trimester); s is as vector of random sire effects and e is a vector of random residuals, and X and Z are incidence matrices The following ... low Calving number and month of calving were the principal environmental factors affecting the fertility rate of Holstein females; this aspect was more critical in heifers and primiparous in comparison ... characteristics of the definitive data set Only Holstein sires born in Cuba and with a minimum of 20 daughters in a specific calving and distributed in at least five herds were considered for genetic studies;...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 18:22

... for a further 11% of the variability, and consists in the Asn, Ser, Glu and Thr amino acids, and in skin resistance The fifth and sixth factors explained 11% and 8% of total variability, respectively ... expression of genes involved in sugar and acid biosynthesis should be designed In the second case, candidate genes should be identified and transferred into breeding lines The emerging information on ... factor determined the location of Sarno ecotypes in the lower left-hand part and those of Sorrento in lower right-hand part of the graphic Instead, the PCA plots obtained by combining PC1 with...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 11:21

... Oncological Association Aims and Scope Cancer is a complex problem The international effort to understand and control it involves clinicians trained in many branches of medicine and scientists from ... hormones in the UK in 2010 DM Parkin S73 The fraction of cancer attributable to lifestyle and environmental factors in the UK in 2010: Introduction DM Parkin S42 S70 S2 Cancers attributable to inadequate ... www.bjcancer.com and comments; Colette Pryor for collating incidence data and Katrina Brown for invaluable support in preparing the report for submission Funding This work was undertaken by DM Parkin with financial...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 16:21

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 16:20

... within full-sib families, and e is a vector of random residual terms X, Z1, Z2 and Z3 are known incidence matrices relating the observations in y to effects in b, a, f and c, respectively The random ... breeding values and selection outcomes were obtained from BM and from analyses assuming constant additive genetic and environmental variances (i.e G = A σa and R = I σe ) The aim was to determine ... estimated in this study, scaling the data to a constant environmental variance was somewhat more effective in increasing fairness of selection, and resulted in close to optimal ranking and selection...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 00:21

... candidate gene regions Despite the high degree of inconsistent findings, it is intriguing that chromosomal regions linked to asthma have also shown evidence for linkage to other inflammatory and ... are involved in the allergic inflammation (shown in Supplementary Figure 1) Multiple single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in candidate genes for asthma and atopy have been identified, and they ... Linkage and candidate gene studies in asthma and atopy Linkage studies Results from linkage studies (genome-wide searches and candidate gene region analyses) are summarized in Supplementary Tables and...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:20

... additive genetic as well environmental variation and genetic correlations for egg production traits at different ages in laying hens as MATERIAL AND METHODS The selected lines used in this investigation ... suboptimal diet (10.5 MJ/kg and 13% crude protein) and housed in single-hen cages A more detailed description of the lines and the environmental conditions can be found in Liljedahl and Weyde (1980) The ... 419.8 hens per generation and line, bred from an average of 18.6 sires and 112.8 dams, were used for estimating genetic parameters and variance components within each line and generation Data from...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 20:20

... within-pair likeness to the same extent in MZ and DZ twin pairs By calculating similarity within and between MZ and DZ twin pairs, we can obtain information about the importance of genetic and environmental ... or unmeasured, factors: additive genetic factors (a2), shared environmental factors (c2) or dominant genetic factors (d2), and non-shared environmental factors (e2), which also include measurement ... cf, and ef, for men and women, respectively The dominant genetic correlation, not included in this figure, is set to in MZ twins and 0.25 in like-sex DZ twins The simultaneous estimation of c2 and...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 11:22

... (MTR) Rams were involved in a dairy selection scheme and belonged to two categories: young rams under progeny testing and proven adult rams Only records of ejaculates corresponding to the intensive ... increasing age was very similar in both breeds This was mainly due to a decrease of volume in LAC rams and a decrease of concentration in MTR rams Except for the concentration in young MTR rams, ... only in MTR rams because this number was fixed to in LAC rams This effect significantly affected volume, concentration, and motility in both young and adult rams and the number of spermatozoa in adult...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 13:22

... interleukin-6 (IL-6), leptin, retinol-binding protein (RBP4) are pro-inflammatory, while adiponectin (introduced in the next chapter) has a unique anti-inflammatory and insulin sensitizing property ... highest in Asian Indians, intermediate in Malays, and lowest in Chinese CRP was higher in Asian Indians and Malays than in Chinese, and Indian women had particularly high levels of CRP Total and ... serum insulin response was represented by the insulin peak and expressed as the 19 mean value of the serum insulin concentrations determined at 4, and minutes The insulin index was defined as...

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 09:05

... trips and falls in young adults with a 16week daily online survey In the 16-week interval, high fall rates were observed, and the findings here provide new insight into the prevalence and circumstances ... 1997; Rubenstein, 2006) Assessing the causes and circumstances of falls in young adults will allow us to determine how environmental factors, such as stairs and icy sidewalks, and individual-specific ... groups in order to increase knowledge of fall risk in older adults The role of multitasking in falling was assessed by asking if participants were doing anything else in addition to the main activity...

Ngày tải lên: 25/08/2016, 19:55

... Schulz J and Corcos J A population-based study of urinary symptoms and incontinence: the Canadian Urinary Bladder Survey BJU Int 2008; 101:52 Milsom I, Abrams P, Cardozo L, Roberts RG, Throff J and ... 48:622 Irwin D, Milsom I, Hunskaar S, Reilly K, Kopp Z, Herschorn S, et al Population-based survey of urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, and other lower urinary tract symptoms in five countries: ... possible effective and fast screening tool Our study also examined the risk factors for OAB in men We found that OAB increased with age: 49% in men aged 40-49 years to 79% in men aged 70-79 years...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:35

... Engineering in Mechanical Engineering and Master of Business Administration from the University of Hartford, and her doctorate in Engineering Management from the University of Missouri – Rolla In ... sustainability plan In addition, using the energy efficiently and following ISO norms can minimize infrastructure costs The proposed energy and environmental management program, in coordination ... energy and environmental management systems is provided in Table and serves as the beginning point for the integrated process map Table Goals of energy versus environmental management systems Goals...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 15:28

... analysis for environmental components; Mapping, remote sensing and GIS Integrated and inter-disciplinary surveys were conducted along traverses across the main types of landforms and characteristic ... coal mining are increasing for both open pit and underground mines Coal mining brings big economic benefits, but impacts strongly the land and forest resources, causes ever more serious environmental ... pollution in the mining area and the surroundings Coal mining is the greatest source of environmental pollution in the area of Uong Bi Town It is necessary to perform well and in time the land rehabilitation...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 12:20

... performance in the ability to perform activities of daily living and greater dependence on care, including meals and purchase of food [19] The results of the Health, Welfare and Aging in Latin America and ... polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fatty acids was shown to be inadequate in almost all individuals There was a significantly insufficient intake of potassium (100%), zinc (82.7%) and niacin (65.4%) in the ... portions of food in the dining room Immediately following the meal, the difference between what had been served and what remained was calculated in household measures, thus providing the intake This...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 21:20

... waste, including hazardous waste is becoming environmental problems and social imperative in the country and in Hai Duong Now, waste treatment was ineffective and causing public opinion in the ... managed 39 and handled according to environmental engineering Garbage disposal has become a hot issue in countries around the world, including Vietnam In Vietnam, the actual management and waste ... populations and the industrial revolution with its large-scale industrial processes resulted in much more intensified impacts Initially, pollution was seen mainly in the context of hindrance, i.e dust and...

Ngày tải lên: 13/03/2014, 14:20

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 03:20

... 7.3.5 Interactions between FGF and Retinoid Signaling 199 Krox20 and Kreisler Regulate Paralogous Groups and in the Vertebrate Hindbrain 201 Establishing the Hox Code in the Vertebrate Hindbrain: ... Kirsi Sainio Institute of Biomedicine University of Helsinki P.O Box 63 00014 Helsinki Finland Hannu Sariola Institute of Biomedicine University of Helsinki P.O Box 63 00014 Helsinki Finland Wei ... GSK3b, several proteins are instrumental in tightly regulating b-catenin levels in the cell, including adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) and Axin/Conductin In addition to its function in the above-de-...

Ngày tải lên: 03/04/2014, 12:05

... Several influencing factors increase the transmission of HIV, HBV, HCV among IDUs, FSWs, HDPs and MTPs in Hanoi, 2008-2010: + Risks for HIV, HBV, HCV infection among IDUs and FSWs was drug injecting ... routine and sentinel surveillance with HIV surveillance for IDUs and FSWs associated with injecting drug to contribute making effective prevention and treatment for HIV, HBV, HCV infections To increase ... HBV/HCV co-infection was significantly upward tendency in duration of drug injecting - The rate of HIV/HBV co-infection also was increased in duration of drug injecting The highest rate of infection...

Ngày tải lên: 25/07/2014, 14:07