... of the 20 patients were suffering from right- ventricular dysfunction, in 12 of them (six inthe non-Rastelli group, six inthe Rastelli group) progressively, resulting in 10 patients (six inthe ... present further results with regard to long term survival of repair in CCTGA with theright ventricle inthe systemic circulation, in order to further contribute data in this challenging congenital ... four inthe Rastelli group) with moderate to severe failure In of these 14 patients (two inthe nonRastelli group and two inthe Rastelli group), there was mild right ventricular dysfunction In...
... violations inthe Third World are: the murder of Wilson Pinheiro and Francisco “Chico” Mendes inthe Amazon rain forest, the massacre of Father Nery Lito Satur and several others inthe Philippines, ... been the rule rather than exception The “core” is generally described as a region of a world system (including the most powerful advanced industrialized nations) that dominates thesystem and the ... involved the skillful, strategic pursuit of political dominance by the numerical majority following the independence inthe 1960s As explained by Naanen (1995, 49), the political power gained by the...
... another way, with increasing temperature the bilayer gets thinner, with the minimal and the parallel surfaces of the polar/nonpolar interface approaching each other, again resulting in an increased ... results in a decrease inthe size of the unit cell This is interpreted to be an effect of an increase inthe curvature of the lipid bilayer affected by the increased mobility of the hydrocarbon chains ... present inthe MO bilayer, the shorter tail will only affect the part of the MO molecule from the head group to the double bond, leaving the rest of the MO hydrocarbon chain free, while introducing...
... individual boats Assuming that the ambiguous constant BOATS has the single instance BOATS and r that LIFTED has the single instance (Az: LIFTED (z)), the instantiation rules, constrained byrthe ... call the strong group readinq of the sentence, and the other one the weak group reading On the strong group reading the quantifier 'twelve' has a double function: it indicates both source involvement ... will now indicate how representations of the form (14) are constructed inthe TENDUM systemThe crane lifted the tubes there is no indication as to whether the tubes were lifted one by one (individual...
... will occur, homeowners should integrate the various factors (purpose, soil, placement and species) to make the best informed decision on planting theright tree intheright place Fruits and Seeds ... of these traits are tolerable, while others are not, depending on the perspective of the property owner Maintenance Tree maintenance is an unavoidable task that homeowners should include in their ... frequently found in urban areas One objective for planting trees in a residential setting is to provide shade to cool homes during the summer months For morning shade, plant trees on the southeast exposure...
... promoting (though not in initiating) the differentiation of TH17 cells, and more importantly, in inducing them to secrete the cytokine interleukin (IL)-22 (a cytokine implicated inthe defense of mucosal ... functional subsets, distinguished by the different cytokines they produce (indicated under each CD4 T cell type): the cytokines act on other immune cells, activating them in turn The four known subsets ... for their suppressive effect in this autoimmune model with a view to future application in treatment of the disease While the role of AhR inthe induction of the cytokine IL-22 is now defined in...
... reaction inthe cytoplasm of the PCV ORF1 gene inserted recombinant baculovirus infected insect cells The PCV ORF2 gene containing recombinant baculovirus infected insect cells showed intracytoplasmic ... of the Recombinant Proteins of Porcine Circovirus Type2 Field Isolate Expressed inthe Baculovirus System 23 novel strain of porcine circovirus in pigs with postweaning multisystemic wasting ... recombinant protein expressed inthe baculovirus system did not show any noticeable changes inthe molecular mass by tunicamycin treatment This may indicate that the ORF2 of the PCV has minor...
... shortening its length to the depth of the container and preventing the development of replacement taproots The confining of lateral roots inthe container and their downward growth lead to the generation ... slits on the cell inner walls prevent root spiralling, and holes inthe base facilitate drainage and encourage air pruning of roots Continual air pruning induces a limitation to the main root ... estimating the following parameters using the software WhinRhizo v.4.1: number of exterior root links (or magnitude, µ); number of root links inthe longest unique path from the base link to...
... to the first assessment and diagnosis In no case medication was interrupted in order to include the patient inthe study Be physically healthy with normal clinical and laboratory findings, including ... was kept inthe current study However some deviations from these conditions were inevitable These included the use of instead of electrodes, the recording every for 12 minutes duration instead ... movents every minutes, for 12 minutes in dark and subsequently 12 minutes in light The resulting recording is shown in figure 1(a) There is no difference of the recorded EOG curves between the two eyes...
... recombinant interleukin-2 (rec Il-2; 50 U/ml) or lipopolysaccharide (LPS; µg/ml) The amount of the secreted interferon-γ inthe supernatant was then tested in duplicate using the enzyme-linked ... protein 60 [62] Relevance of the findings The question of whether our findings are of any significance for the understanding of CIJD is justified and needs answering TLR ligands are found inthe ... auto-specificities) can respond to these signals, migrate to the joint, breach endothelial barriers, infiltrate the inflamed foci and sustain inflammatory processes by secreting cytokines in response to direct...
... but not in that of dt/dt mice (Figure 1) Sympathetic denervation inthe sweat gland of dt/dt mice To investigate sympathetic innervation, the skin of the footpad was immunoassayed using the antibody ... dt/dt embryos It suggests that the deficiency in BPAG1, the cytoskeletal linker protein, may induce neuronal death inthe sympathetic nervoussystem of dt/dt mice during development Tseng et al ... in dt/dt mice (F) To investigate the denervation effect inthe iris of dt/dt mice, the light-induced pupillary reflex was tested The pupillary diameter was narrower in wild-type mice during the...
... fasting induced changes in response to O3 Exogenous leptin administration in wild-type mice results in increased O3 -induced cytokine and protein release into BALF [117] Similarly to the ob murine ... leptin is excluded, suggesting that the influence of leptin is under the control of the systemic inflammatory response [108] The airflow limitation in COPD is linked to structural changes, including ... results in a significant induction of leptin and Ob-Rb m-RNA, suggesting that smoking itself may increase the expression of the leptin/leptin receptor systemin lung tissue [8] However, others...
... of theleft ventricle Thrombus (arrows) inthe apex of theleft ventricle is clearly depicted inthe (A) short, (B) long parasternal axes as well as inthe (C) apical four-chamber and inthe ... operations, the incision was in or extended into the upper abdomen Five of 160 patients were found to have masses consistent with thrombi intheleft ventricle All of the thrombi were detected inthe ... competent in TTE, who deemed the use of ultrasound contrast agents unnecessary In our study, thrombi intheleft ventricle were mainly identified inthe apical four-chamber view and by scanning the...
... catenin-like protein 1) as an AID-interacting protein Interestingly, he found that an AID mutant deficient in CTNNBL1 binding retains deamination activity but is impaired in class switching, ... division in cell-fate determination, and provided compelling evidence suggesting that the cell fate determinant Numb is critical in determining lineage commitment inthe immune system Tannishtha Reya ... accessible chromatin, whereas Rag2 binding mirrored H3K4 trimethylation patterns, consistent with the results of Oettinger The role of the enzyme activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) in antibody...
... one language into another language, Newmark (1986:5) defines translation as the process of “rendering the meaning of a text into another language inthe way that the author intended the text” This ... models Therefore, I decided to make an investigation into the management system of the companies of this type Aims of the study The primary purpose of the study is to look for the intrinsic meanings ... finance inthe accounting units, organizing and administering the accounting apparatuses, compiling financial statements Trưởng phòng kế toán: Companies may choose to appoint the head of accounting...
... NaHS-induced fall in mean arterial pressure inthe anaesthetized rat .96 4.4.4 NaHS-induced increase in mean arterial pressure inthe anaesthetized rat .98 Changes in endogenous H2S production in ... activity also causes the release of epinephrine from the adrenal medulla that in turn acts on β1-adrenergic receptors inthe heart to reinforce the sympathetic-induced increase in heart rate and ... to haemorrhagic-shocked rats could inhibit the increase in NFκB binding activity, which in turn inhibited the rise in TNF-α concentration Inthe lung at least, the production of TNF-α is partially...
... Renin is the rate-limiting enzyme involved in renin-angiotensin system Renin elevation occurs during pathological states of renal ischemia (renin in systematic circulation) or cardiac remodeling ... renin-angiotensin system (RAS) Renin is the first and rate limiting enzyme of RAS, catalyzing the cleavage of angiotensinogen to form angiotensin I (Ang I) Under the action of angiotensin converting enzyme ... (pro)renin-receptors The first renin inhibitor, aliskiren, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use inthe United States in March 2007 Aliskiren binds to the active site of renin and...
... structures At a point the total energy of thesystem is minimized by segregating the elements into separate lattices: one rich in iron and the other poor To minimize the mismatch where the lattices ... perovskite inthe lower mantle There is some debate whether the relative amount of iron increases inthe lower mantle (perhaps with a small, 2%, increase in intrinsic density (i.e in addition to the ... that the uncertainties inthe average values are insignificant as compared to the local and regional deviations from the reference value Constraining and understanding the aspherical variations in...
... while undergoing the Wada Test (WT) Inthe WT, patients are administered an intercartoid injection of amobarbital that, depending on the cartoid artery used, anesthetizes theleft or right cortical ... self-defining moments for these individuals (see Conway, 1996b) Singer and Salovey (1993) provided one of the main statements on the relation between goals and memories A major finding in their ... evolved originally in infancy and childhood, may then influence the accessibility of goal-relevant knowledge inthe knowledge base by either facilitating or attenuating access: For those individuals...