... infantinthe following standardised manner The width ofthe anterior horn ofthe lateral ventricles was measured in a coronal view, with the plane ofthe scan at the level ofthe foramina of Monro ... predictors in two stages, first regressing the outcome on predictors other than grade of IVH and then including grade of IVH The characteristics ofthe 19 infants who had surgical intervention ... and/or resolution of their PVD (fig 1B) The remaining 35 infants (62% of PVD) had persistent PVD Six of these infants died before receiving treatment for PVD, with death resulting principally from...
... male offspring and each female with a female offspring to the next generation, 2) standardize the family size minimizing the variance and 3) increase the generation intervals, that is, lengthen the ... leaving offspring for the next generation A minimum number of inbreeding matings should be allowed A maximum number of founder animals inthe next generation represented (ideally all of them) ... which would calculate the effective number of founders and the inbreeding coefficient ofthe hypothetical offspring of each possible populating couple In this way, those couples which would maximize...
... diastolic theIn each blood time ofthe thorax, was an increase was documented In all of infants there was a consequent narrowing of pressure The mean blood pressure increased cases These changes in ... at inIn two three patients, infants examination of was IVH was the age of pneumothorax observed detected 11 hours and (patients was at not Inthe 24 performed patient age of on theirst f The ... three times Our normal 0.66 ± 0.06, day ofinthe life and infant s more clinical was
... pocket, which is the exit ofthe electron flow inthe PSII complex According to the increase inthe sensitivity to diuron in hf-2, the limitation ofthe electron transfer at the exit ofthe PSII complex ... change ofthe PSII complex may cause the decrease of PSII activity in hf-2 by the lack of specific binding of SQDG to the PSII complex Alternatively, the change ofthe lipophilic surrounding at ... condition The supplementation of SQDG inthe medium enabled the mutant to grow even inthe presence of diuron (Fig 3) The exogenously applied SQDG is incorporated into the mutant cells inthe form of...
... some other points inthe East sea as the examples In general, temperature tends to decrease as the depth increases However the analysis ofthe vertical profile oftemperature at these points shows ... interpolation and the interpolation using cubic spline functions, we can see the advantage ofthe later one The cubic spline functions give smoother curve of profiles and the profiles reflect better the variation ... ) 3hk (9) (10) The solution ofthe problem is assumed to be exist and unique The main difficulty inthe setting up ofthe interpolation problem using spline function is to find the right boundary...
... at the start of night prolongation, or 12 wk, an important role inthe possibility ofthe buds to attain a deeper stage of dormancy Only the 12 wk old plants of northern origin had no flushing ... the chilling requirement to break winter dormancy in Scots pine has been stressed (e.g., Wareing, 1951; Vegis, 1965; Sarvas, 1974) Inthe following,I will use the working definition of dormancy ... Methods Seedlings of Scots pine of different Swedish origins were raised inthe Stockholm Phytotron Day temperature was 25’C, night temperature 15°C, night length as indicated inthe figure legends...
... accounted for more ofthe variability in final caliper than did temperatureThe data suggest that caliper growth was greatest when seedlings were colonized by other species (P = = 0.09) The inoculation ... T terrestris and E-strain Accordingly, analyses of Buds were dormant until wk prior to final harvest when most flushed, with the flushing rate independent of root zone temperature or mycorrhizal ... were measured prior to and after the treatment period The number of actively growing roots greater than cm in length was recorded when the seedlings were harvested These data were analyzed by Duncan’s...
... expressed in males and females The results of this analysis were used to calculate genetic parameters of and ofthe ratio ofthe trait expressed in males to the trait expressed in females Finally, ... parameters of sexual dimorphism and to investigate the possibility of modifying it by selection This involved estimation of genetic parameters of growth traits in both sexes, to evaluate whether the ... females) as well as for the weight ofthe fatty liver of males after 13 d of cramming (LW) Body weight at d of age (BWI) was also measured inthe last generation on 138 animals Body weight was considered...
... of dominant and non-dominant hands ofthe presidents, according to the nature ofthe object inthe speeches and the valences Significance ofthe Study In our time of globalization ofthe business ... to find out the true The first approach is the ―Continuity theories‖ The assumption of this type of theories is that the languages cannot be the single form as the starting point to the ending ... describing the good things with positive valances, and the non-dominant hands in describing the bad things with negative valances Inthe this study, the author made summary ofthe main findings of...
... release the C-terminus monomeric active protein Hence to enable the detection ofthe precursor and mature forms, the V5 tag has to be incorporated at the C terminus and not the N terminus There ... important for themaintenanceofthe undifferentiated state ofthe ES cells or regulation of Oct4, Sox2 or Nanog, ablating it by RNAi would reduce the luciferase activity Co-transfection ofthe OCT4 ... upstream of firefly luciferase reporter Position of OCT4-SOX2 binding site within Nanog promoter is indicated Nanog transcription start site is defined by the position ofthe furthest 5' EST in public...
... Conflicting roles of Nodal signaling in both themaintenanceof ES cell self renewal and induction of ES cell differentiation have both previously been reported A key objective of this thesis ... Nodal signaling might, as inthein vivo scenario, likewise influence ES cell fate decision in a dose dependent manner in vitro is addressed Interestingly, it was found that Nodal signaling is able ... addition of Activin A ligand causes differentiation of ES cells into meso/mesendodermal lineages while repression of signaling with the specific chemical inhibitor SB431542 and Lefty protein supplementation...
... the C-terminus of Lefty2 was chosen instead ofthe N-terminus because tagging at N-terminus may result inthe V5 tag being cleaved off during LEFTY2 processing and secretion The insert was amplified ... for the entire duration ofthe experiment The E14 cells were fed daily with medium containing fresh Activin A 4.14.2 Inhibition of Nodal/Activin signaling To abolish/diminish Nodal/Activin signaling, ... overexpression The expression ofthe Nodal transgene was suppressed inthe presence of 1µg/ml doxycyclin (Clontech,UK.) Hence to activate Nodal induction, the drug was removed from the cells by changing the...
... function in patterning the mouse embryo Development 128, 1831-1843 187 Lu, C C., and Robertson, E J (2004) Multiple roles for Nodal inthe epiblast ofthe mouse embryo inthe establishment of anterior-posterior ... (2003) The homeoprotein Nanog is required for maintenanceof pluripotency in mouse epiblast and ES cells Cell 113, 631642 Moffat, J., and Sabatini, D M (2006) Building mammalian signalling pathways ... Transcriptome profiling of human and murine ESCs identifies divergent paths required to maintain the stem cell state Stem Cells 23, 166-185 Wieduwilt Matthew J., (2003) SMAD3 in embryonic patterning, mesoderm...
... signaling Interestingly, they found that the OCT3/4 compartment is maintained inthe controls, while the outgrowths cultured inthe presence of SB431542 display loss of OCT3/4 staining They also ... formation ofthe LIF receptor and gp130 receptor then results inthe activation ofthe tyrosine kinase JAK The activated JAK phosphorylates tyrosine residues of gp130 which then serves as a docking ... for the formation of intrapeptide bonds with the exception ofthe third cysteine residue from the C terminus of mature proteins Active dimerized TGF-ß ligands are linked by the formation of disulfide...
... presented in this thesis, the relative transcript levels for the Ct method gene of interest between test sample and control were tabulated using the -Actin was used as the housekeeping gene for ... during retinoic acid induced differentiation of F9 cells High expression in ES cells Link to canonical Wnt pathway • • • • • • Secreted protein Member of TGFsuperfamily Involved in Nodal signaling ... antagonist • • • • • Rex2 • Zinc finger protein • • • Zfx • • • a-catenin • Zinc finger protein Transcription factor Link to canonical Wnt pathway Subunit of Cadherin protein Perturbed Nanog promoter...
... of Vietnam and the South of Vietnam The structure of Vietnam’s SFC organization The supply chain quality management of interviewed SFCs The fish chain inthe Netherlands The shrimp chain inthe ... (CDS), the Faculty of Economics ofthe University of Groningen inthe Netherlands, and the School of Economics and Business Administration (SEBA) of Cantho University in Vietnam Numerous institutions, ... crucial Among the chain actors, the role ofthe SFC is vital – not only in ensuring the quality ofthe final product, but also in SFC’s material suppliers In order to control the quality ofthe supplier’s...
... the central area for the purpose of resettlement Generally, getting along with the rapid expansion, the east bank ofthe Red River exhibited the beginnings of urbanization The south-west ofthe ... components: Bac Linh Dam (North of Linh Dam), Linh Dam peninsula inthe middle and Linh Dam expansion (South of Linh Dam) The success ofthe project has set the stage for a series of New Towns that ... tropical climate Among these, the outstanding point is the area of highstorey apartments and office buildings inthe center of Linh Dam peninsula, surrounding by low-storey buildings, parks, open...
... nặng nhọc với mức thu nhập thấp, kéo theo điều kiện sống mức tối thiểu, tạm bợ khu nhà trọ rẻ tiền với điều kiện sinh hoạt an ninh không đảm bảo Đời sống tinh thần lao động hạn chế Họ thấy cô ... làm việc chợ lao động thuê trọ theo ngày (đêm), lại thuê nhà theo tháng Có khoảng 22,86% nữ lao động tự phải sống nơi có điều kiện sinh hoạt không đảm bảo, vệ sinh; 40,95% không sử dụng nước ... vật chất, tinh thần lao động nghèo nàn Họ thường tiêu tiết kiệm cho khoản chi phí sinh hoạt thiết yếu Có 22,86% nữ lao động tự phải sống nơi có điều kiện sinh hoạt thiếu thốn, vệ sinh Họ thường...
... Identification of C8-modified deoxyinosine and N2- and C8-modified deoxyguanosine as major products ofthein vivo reaction of N-hydroxy-6-aminochrysene with DNA and the formation ofthe adducts in isolated ... recommend the Ames test using these sensitive strains (especially YG1041 and/or YG1042) in combination with the standard tester strains (TA98 and TA100 series), in order to detect the mutagenicity of ... ogttST::Cmr) strain (deficient in O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase) sensitive to alkylating chemicals These strains were kindly supplied by Dr T Nohmi ofthe National Institute of Health Sciences...
... of drinking water source The daily dosage ofthe drinking water is assumed to be L for all individuals in Fukushima city According to statistical analysis of river discharge at the intake point ... 99.9% of rotavirus inthe secondary effluent is inactivated by the chlorine disinfection (Vaughn et al., 1986) The viral concentration inthe drinking water source is calculated from those inthe ... as the product of three valuables ofthe infectious risk, the relative sensitivity to intestinal infectious disease (Figure 1) and the population inthe age group The DALY lost by rotavirus infection...