... physicians, also had close relations to a healthcare professional (family or friend), hereafter labeled “closely related healthcare professionals” Trust in a closely related healthcare professional ... knowledgeable person On the other hand it seemed all could take advantage of the feeling of trust in a healthcare professional in the early part ofa cancer trajectory If a participant did not have ... 21 participants with a range of characteristics including age (median age 63 (range 36–79)), marital status, place of residence and gynecological diagnosis (Table 1) All characteristics in Table...
... dramatically altered the effect of phosphate and activation was seen only at low concentrations with a maximal 1.7-fold activation at mm phosphate At 121 Temperature effects on hibernator PFK allostery ... probably due to temperature alone Sensitivity to adenylates (ATP inhibition, AMP and ADP activation) was reduced when the enzyme was assayed at °C, a temperature characteristic of hibernation, as ... 37 °C was 7.2 The concentration of Mg.ATP was held at 0.5 mM All other assay conditions are detailed in the Materials and methods Data are means ± SEM, n ¼ separate determinations Temperature...
... on materials and materials-driven costs because (1) use of energy, water and materials, as well as the generation of waste and emissions, are directly related to many of the impacts organizations ... quantitative and qualitative indicators of important variables identified at each step of framework proposed in Figure (e.g temporal and spatial information regarding diversity and abundance of ... raw materials, auxiliary materials, packaging, operating materials, merchandise, energy (gas, coal, biomass, etc.) and water For the ‘output side’ of material flow accounts (Table 1), one usually...
... produce plasmids pSIB1-Cd and pSIB1 -a3 +Cd, respectively The sequences of the 5¢ PCR primers were 5¢-AGAGAGAA TTCATATGTCAGATTTGTTCAG-3¢ for N-domain+, 5¢CTGAAAACGCTAAGCATATGGGTATTACGA-3¢ for C-domain–, ... [14] from psychrophilic bacteria consist ofa heat labile domain and a heat stable domain Bentahir et al [13] have proposed that a heat labile domain provides a sufficient flexibility around the active ... unfolding has been observed for cold-adapted a- amylase and family xylanase from an Antarctic bacterium [20,21] The apparent optimal temperatures of these proteins for enzymatic activities are much...
... cervical SCI Acknowledgements This work was part ofa project financed by FISCAM (Fundación para la Investigación Sanitaria de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain) which does not have any commercial interest ... to the analysis and acquisition of the data AAE contributed to the analysis and acquisition of the data EPR contributed to the software development All authors read and approved the manuscript ... was completed satisfactorily, a static calibration recording was made Using the static calibration recording, we checked that each marker was visible to at least one of the scanning cameras at...
... Page of Table Results of JAK2V617F Tests Sample Types and Diagnosis Number of total samples Number of V617F+ samples Percentage of V617F+ samples Average ages of V617F- samples Average ages of ... Leukemia 2010, 24:1128-38 Shide K, Shimoda HK, Kumano T, Karube K, Kameda T, Takenaka K, Oku S, Abe H, Katayose KS, Kubuki Y, Kusumoto K, Hasuike S, Tahara Y, Nagata K, Matsuda T, Ohshima K, Harada ... cross-contaminations Lane 11 did not give a clear PCR product and was excluded from further analysis Samples and are JAK2V617F-positive, while all the rest are JAK2V617F-negative Zhao et al Journal of...
... questionnaire, interview guide, and case study data collection plan We also engaged one individual from each of Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America to provide a very detailed review of the draft ... innovative nally by the Appraisal of Guidelines, Research and Evaluation in Europe (AGREE) collaboration, adapted one version of the questionnaire for organizations producing CPGs and HTAs and another ... finding that many organizations producing CPGs or HTAs conducted a focused review of one particular organization that they then emulated or a broad review ofa variety of organizational models;...
... 3D models as a reasonable amendment in craniofacial reconstruction that offers multiple advantages They facilitate surgical planning by demonstrating the anatomical characteristics of the tissue ... operated upon By adding a haptic sensation, this approach optimizes preoperative planning The surgeon achieves a better impression of the anatomical situation, the actual amount of bone and the ... of specialized software systems, application of this technique is limited to larger medical centers The disadvantages are additional costs for software and computers and the additional time needed...
... The collagen matrix appears porose and knotty (Fig 6a and 6b) Page of Figure Collagen matrix, azan staining (100×): representative central area of pure collagen matrix With immuno-gold-labelling ... incubated for days As a sample, the total volume of buffer medium was extracted and analysed to avoid saturation of the buffer medium with free VEGF165 To differentiate between the initial degradation ... process of endochondral bone development and mediating bone vascularisation for normal differentiation of chondrocytes and osteoblasts An increase in VEGF is an indication of increased vascular permeability...
... entered Canada through an acquisition This was rational because Canada was a mature market—adding new retail capacity was unattractive—and because the strong economic and cultural similarities ... decisions a company needs to make as it globalizes its operations, and a range of globalization strategies for creating a global competitive advantage We use Pankaj Ghemawat’s well-known “AAA Triangle” ... heavily on establishing a presence in the Americas: Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and Canada This choice was motivated by the fact that the European market was less attractive to Wal-Mart as a first...
... different reference standards Both a latent class and a composite reference standard approach suggested that the prevalence of TB in this group of patients was approximately 44%, and thus a relative ... cavities and unilateral apical infiltrates, haemoptysis and cavities, and unilateral apical infiltrates and fever This model provided significant better fit to the data than model Model is a ... LCA led in this study to broadly similar sensitivity and specificity estimates of disease characteristics as two alternative reference standards: a composite reference standard, as well as an...
... there Japan’s variant of managerialism was a forced postwar transplant of American institutions In Canada, managerial capitalism displaced family groups through the first part of the 32 Randall K ... that, although Germany developed a variant of managerial capitalism because of banking laws left in place by the National Socialists, large family firms and groups remain very important there Japan’s ... greater influence When Admiral Perry, in an early example of American unilateralism, bombarded Tokyo until Japan opened her markets to American traders, the shogun acquiesced and a cadre of rash...
... the Bank 2.1.3 Managerial Structure There are five managerial structures at Techcombank, they are : Board of Directors, Superv isory Board, Board of Managers, Managers at Head Quarter and Managers ... supports from the Risk Management Department and BackOffice under the Accounting and Financial Department to manage its activities 36 Board o f Directors X Supervisory Board s” s ' Board of Managers ... of the Board of Directors as well as the Board of Management will give it competitive advantages Risk management is another matter that is receiving our great attention, fechcombank’s business...
... dumping waste bags to roadsides In particular, Hanoi has thousands of medical stations, making up about 2% of total wastes Only 60 hospitals and medical centers have signed up for waste treatment ... medical-waste-recycling-products The community awareness of the danger of medical wastes should be raised through various ways, ranging from propaganda, education and dissemination of information ... – Biofast – a kind of machine for filtering liquid wastes Biofast are outstanding because of its effectiveness and efficiency Biofast operates automatically; therefore, it reduces the man-made...