... inflammatory protein-1β [32] while stimulating the expression of transforming growth factor-β and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 [33] This stimulated production of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 ... discussion on the value ofthe Jadad and OA scores to evaluate the quality of clinical trials on OA To evaluate the quality ofthe RCTs, we used two scores: the previously validated Jadad score ... on the OA score, the quality ofthe trials ranged from 33% to 100% (with a mean of 65 and a median of 67) (Table 2) Based on the Jadad score, the quality ofthe trials ranged from 20% (that is,...
... materials that are central to this thesis are the still images featuring Iban subjects The bulk of these are the ubiquitous photographs of Iban from as early as the late 1800s tothe present These ... contribute tothe politics of visual representation ofthe Iban This point -of- departure fromthe existing literature will elevate the understanding ofthe politics of visual representation from one that ... influence the ways in which the „dominated‟ Other is perceived The general literature on the visual representations ofthe Other, then, appear to be skewed somewhat to reflect mainly the views of the...
... example, the customs, registration agencies, and the tax authorities) It also refers tothe quality ofthe regulatory functions ofthe state (for example, the capacity ofthe judiciary to enforce the ... commit to dismantling the rent allocation channels that weaken the regulatory and administrative functions ofthe state in many areasofthe business environment The rents vary from country to country ... fromthe private sector The future prosperity and social cohesion ofthe MENA region rests in great part on the ability of governments to enable the private sector to respond to this job creation...
... changes with the cyclical indicator ofthe business cycle at birth Their data are fromthe Netherlands and contain the social class ofthe parents atthe moment of birth They conclude that there are ... covariate instead ofthe binary indicator To compare the results to those in Table 2, note that a negative effect corresponds to a positive effect ofthe binary indicator, and that the transitory ... light on these by studying the importance ofthe timing ofthe macro fluctuations around the year of birth and by interacting the effects with regional indicators and the degree of urbanization The...
... stages, the arm regions of homologous chromosomes become close to each other independently of recombination (in the absence of Rec12), and these contacts are stabilized later in a recombination-dependent ... recognition to occur [31,32] These proteins then attach tothe nuclear envelope, where they interact with the SUN and KASH domain proteins, SUN-1 and ZYG-12 [33] It has been demonstrated that the SUN–KASH ... upon nitrogen starvation, haploid cells ofthe opposite mating type conjugate to form a diploid zygote In a zygote, two nuclei fuse together, and fusion of haploid nuclei is immediately followed...
... than hepatocytes from 11–13-week-old male rats Expression of glycogen-targeting proteins in hepatocytes from fa ⁄ fa rats To test whether the defect in hepatocytes from fa ⁄ fa rats is associated ... expression of either GL or PTG in hepatocytes from fa ⁄ fa rats However, we demonstrate that expression of R6 protein is markedly decreased in hepatocytes from fa ⁄ fa rats To our knowledge this is the ... hepatocytes C Arden et al dependent on the age ofthe rat (S Aiston & L Agius, unpublished results) Hepatocytes from 6-week-old rats have a high rate of glycogen synthesis, a low activity of...
... incubation period The emission rate of CO2 fromthe soil core was calculated using the slope of a line showing the rate of increase in CO2 concentration with time All data are the means of triplicate ... related tothe input of organic matter tothe soil [16, 18] Therefore, the relationship between the quality and quantity of soil carbon and CO2 flux fromthe soil surface, and litter respiration ... y−1 ) is CO2 flux fromthe forest floor and LAT (◦ ) is the north latitude ofthe site The flux rates 542 S Ishizuka et al Table III Estimates of annual CO2 emission rate fromthe relationship between...
... Galleria.loadTheme(' /themes/classic/galleria.classic.min.js'); The only parameter the loadTheme function takes is a string that is the relative path tothe theme JavaScript file The second way to load the ... mobile The easiest way to test the mobile theme is to simply resize the browser window tothe size ofthe mobile device This simulates the mobile device screen size and allows the use of standard ... need to load the gallery after all the images are loaded in the DOM The Galleria.loadTheme function loads the theme file It takes only one parameter, the path ofthe JavaScript file Finally, the...
... concentrations are dependent on the status ofthe switch Thus, to account for autoregulation of Gal80p and Gal3p, the total concentrations of these were related tothe translation status of genes ... is the half saturation constant for activation of Gal3p by galactose and t refers tothe total component concentration The expression of GAL genes is determined by the binding ofthe operator to ... with dimer Gal80p in the cytoplasm alone without translocating tothe nucleus The consequent nucleocytoplasmic shuttling ofthe Gal80p monomer fromthe nucleus tothe cytoplasm relieves repression...
... 11,000 applications to graduate programs This trend is particularly troublesome given the great need to expand the number of nurse faculty, which requires preparation atthe graduate level The primary ... job offer rate atthe time of graduation was 65% for new nurses based on data collected from 402 schools By comparison, the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) conducted a national ... implemented at a later date, instability within this educational sector could increase Equally, some universities receive approximately 25% of their funding from health professional courses Therefore the...
... PSII rather than to PSII in higher plants Gel filtration chromatography estimated the molecular mass ofthe Fig Schematic representation of subunit organization ofthe extrinsic subunits on the ... density areas separated by two areasof low-density (Fig 6A–E) similar tothe features in the top- view projections ofthe dimeric PSII core complex from S elongatus [39] In order to compare the PSII ... overlaid tothe supercomplex and the location ofthe antenna proteins is also indicated The supercomplex is tilted in order to compare the differences in the organization ofthe OEC subunits on the...
... by the transfer of these credits fromthe account ofthe payer to that ofthe receiver In this way the trouble of counting large sums of coin, and of transporting it from one part ofthe city to ... mortgage These stock- holders were to be allowed to borrow the notes ofthe bank, tothe amount of their respective shares The History of Banks/13 in the stock, pledging that stock tothe bank, as ... the rated value ofthe stock ofthe company This edict was instantly fatal tothe circulation ofthe notes Apart fromthe shock it gave to their credit, and as one edict had taken away half their...
... and that FXII in the presence but not in the absence of a negatively charged surface bound rather tothe extracellular matrix (ECM) generated during growth of HUVECs The presence of negatively ... molar excess of goat anti-FXII IgG Atthe end ofthe incubation, the incubation mixtures were removed, and the microtiter plate was washed extensively Then, the microtiter plate was incubated sequentially ... bind to either FN-coated or control wells in the absence of FXIIa ⁄ FXII + sulfatides, as indicated by the column showing the binding of blocking buffer The total amount of FXIIa bound to FN...
... Nuclear factorerythroid 2-related factor (Nrf2) is a transcription factor and an important regulator ofthe cells response to oxidative stress [24] It regulates the expression of a network of cytoprotective ... reperfusion The pressure to which the tourniquet was insufflated for preconditioning was determined in relation to systolic blood pressure for each patient The tourniquet was set 100 mm Hg above the patient's ... per routine protocol Peripheral blood samples were obtained fromthe antecubital fossa ofthe upper limb atthe initiation of surgery and at hour of ischaemia to coincide with the muscle sampling...
... according tothe characteristics of information and be controlled to ensure the information quality that convey fromthe input tothe ouput According to IFRS (2013), the following criteria are used to ... transparency ofthe financial situation ofthe LCs by regulations of IC and independent auditors for LS [106] There are some experiences of control of stock market information fromthe U.S, Japan, ... HOSE that is SSC (with the median of 4.362 and std.deviation of 0.727) Thus, the results ofthe analysis showed that the influence of national supervied agencies to FAIQ of LCs in Vietnam stock...
... factors – planting of spruce on the very boundaries of its ecovalence and the climate change (weather course) over the recent years The weather course affects the condition of forest stands in the ... size ofthe aboveground part It was calculated as the ratio ofthe cross-sectional areasof all horizontal skeletal (HKK) and anchor roots (anchors) atthe place of measurement (in mm2) tothe ... causes ofthe decline of spruce stands in five selected regions ofthe Czech Republic – from FAVZ to FAVZ in nutrient-rich and acidic sites With respect tothe size ofthe paper and tothe fact that...
... that of their mother root The global response was essentially local, since only the laterals close tothe tip ofthe mother root responded In the second example [7], the growing medium ofthe ... measured atthe distance fromthe tip corresponding tothe meristem level, is a good external indicator ofthe meristem size, and particularly of its number of meristematic cells [1] From this ... roots along the taproot The numbers correspond to their rank, fromthe base tothe apex (after Thaler and Pagès [19]) roots growing in the poorer medium, especially atthe vicinity ofthe enriched...
... oxaliplatin appended to their drug allergy list to prevent re-exposure In order to verify that the isolated, precipitous drop in platelet counts was due to oxaliplatin, serum samples from our two patients ... development of antibody in patients with religious objections to transfusion before the onset of severe thrombocytopenia Patients usually respond to discontinuation of oxaliplatin, with concurrent platelet ... Oxaliplatin-induced immune-mediated thrombocytopenia Summary of all published case reports related to oxaliplatin-induced acute thrombocytopenia with documentation of oxaliplatin-induced platelet...
... conditions fromthe Mesoamerican genotype DOR364, the other parent ofthe mapping population of Blair et al [2] and sequenced ESTs fromthe libraries to discover new SSRs The EST sequencing of these ... association mapping once they are genetically mapped which will be the subject of a separate manuscript to define the regions ofthe genome that are part ofthe transcriptome Finally, these gene-based ... GAn with the second based on CAn Surprisingly, there were few long ATn microsatellites, with the exception of BMc3 (26 repeats), but this may be due tothe genic nature ofthe microsatellites...
... the patients were grouped into age categories: fromto 7, fromto 17, from 18 to 25, from 26 to 40, from 41 to 55 and from 56 to 68 years In case of smaller number of observations disabling the ... mechanisms to successfully prevent these injuries One ofthe methods of trauma prevention among the users of motor vehicles in the most countries ofthe world is the obligatory fastening of seat belts ... women, the injuries were the most frequent in the age of 18 to 25 (totally 72 patients – 36,36%) There were the least patients in the age of 56 to 68 (13 patients – 6,57%) and to (17 patients...