... months Chapter 2: Transmission and Pathogenesis of Tuberculosis 42 References American Thoracic Society and CDC Diagnostic standards and classification of tuberculosis in adults and children Am ... to at least the first -line drugs isoniazid and rifampin XDR TB** with drug resistance to the first -line drugs isoniazid and rifampin and to specific second -line drugs * Often resistant to additional ... first -line drugs, isoniazid and rifampin Chapter 2: Transmission and Pathogenesis of Tuberculosis 38 What type of drug-resistant TB does each patient have? (Choose the one best answer, and write...
Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 12:20
... addressed The second group of three next papers is related to issues on coding and transmission of 3D video signal The first paper of this group is entitled “Motion vector sharing and bitrate allocation ... storage and transport of MVC bitstreams and features to achieve minimum decoder resource consumption The third paper of this group by A S Tan et al deals with the 3D video transmission, and discusses ... the key aspects of system, transport interface, and decoder design of multiview video coding (MVC) approach Techniques needed to meet the requirements of typical 3D services and system architectures...
Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 22:20
Báo cáo hóa học: " Research Article Real-Time Transmission and Storage of Video, Audio, and Health Data in Emergency and Home Care Situations" pdf
... the long and short-term health care process Furthermore, telemedicine facilitates the continuous monitoring of health status through the transmission and storage of updated medical and general ... using both Bluetooth and RS232 serial ports In order to allow realtime interaction and coordination among users, caregivers and medical staff, both audio and video transmission and recording require ... limited bandwidth is required In addition, a set of H.264 modules was implemented using optimized assembly (WMMX for the Handheld and MMX for Tablet-PC) in order to improve software performance and...
Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 19:20
Báo cáo y học: "High resolution discovery and confirmation of copy number variants in 90 Yoruba Nigerians" pdf
... and 'events' is the tally from all 90 Yoruba at all regions The events are broken down by tallies of integer copy number calls, where is homozygous loss, and are heterozygous loss and gain, and ... specificity and lower sensitivity Event thresholds of -0.175 and 0.175 for loss and gain calls, respectively, were chosen; based on further titrations, second-level thresholds of -0.70 and 0.45 ... RR and GF conceived the experiments and designed the genome-scan arrays HM and GF designed the typing array PW and GF prepared samples and hybridized the arrays PW, GF, and HM ran PCRs HM and...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 20:20
The effective transmission and processing of mobile multimedia
... consideration of source coding and transmission energy consumption in a wireless video transmission system A number of coding and transmission parameters are adapted based on the source content and the ... 5.4 5.5 RTT calculations in WiFi CAM (a) and PSM (b) states 78 Flow chart of transmission decisions 80 Transmission and reception time of audio RTP packets from 5.6 10 s to 12 ... networks (CDN) and cached at gateways for faster access Because of the transmission reliance guaranteed by TCP, DASH clients are less vulnerable to complex packet loss handling overhead and DASH streaming...
Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 11:31
The transmission and processing of sensor rich videos in mobile environment
... appreciation to my advisory and examining committee Prof Wang Ye, Prof Ooi Wei Tsang, and Prof Pung Hung Keng, for their invaluable assistance, feedback and patience at all stages of this thesis Their ... percent of mobile data traffic by 2017 [20] However, the acquisition and transmission of large amounts of video data on mobile devices face fundamental challenges such as power and wireless bandwidth ... pictures and video virtually free However, managing and searching through libraries containing thousands of photos and hundreds of videos has become a major challenge While manual organization and...
Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 09:26
4774 the transmission and distribution of electricity
... fault currents, and potential loss savings Loss analysis for a voltage conversion considers line losses, substation transformer losses and distribution transformer losses Given that losses vary as ... calculation of load losses and no-load losses on the transformer; The identification of overloaded units; The identification of potentially under loaded units; and The evaluation of the effects of ... Planning and Efficiency Initiatives Transmission and Distribution Planning Criteria Subtransmission GMP’s standard subtransmission voltages are 34.5 kV, 46 kV and 69 kV Using the subtransmission...
Ngày tải lên: 09/12/2015, 10:20
Báo cáo y học: "Perspectives and limitations of gene expression profiling in rheumatology: new molecular strategies" doc
... publication of results achieved with the current state of methodology is essential in the exchange and development of different approaches to gene expression profiling and in comparing selected candidates ... personal knowledge and investigative capacity of the scientists and is susceptible to misinterpretation In the face of our limited knowledge of the role and function of most of the genes that ... collating of information and development of molecular network models will be essential and will provide the basis for functional interpretation Current status of gene expression profiling in...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:23
Báo cáo y học: "Strategy for encoding and comparison of gene expression signatures" pps
... described in the Materials and methods section (below) Design and validation of EXALT The EXALT system consists of four components (two program pipelines, SigDB, and search engine) and a web interface ... illustrating input of subject (Gene Expression Omnibus [GEO] dataset [GDS]) and query datasets, extraction of gene expression signatures, comparison with signature database, and generation of reports ... biologically related datasets on the basis of inherent properties of gene expression signatures The use of expression profiles as biomarkers to predict disease prognosis and outcome has become an important...
Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:22
Báo cáo khoa hoc:" The checkpointkinase 2 (CHK2) 1100delC germ line mutation is not associated with the development of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN)" potx
... Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, HeinrichHeine-University Düsseldorf, Germany 2Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Technical University of Munich, Germany ... cell carcinoma of the head and neck, showed no CHK2 1100delC variant This indicates that this particular germ line variation plays no significant role for the development of cancer of the upper ... smokers and drinkers Sequence analysis of exon 10 of the CHK2 gene was performed for all patients However, none of the patients showed the presence of the 1100delC variant Discussion None of the...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 07:21
Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: MicroRNA-23a promotes the growth of gastric adenocarcinoma cell line MGC803 and downregulates interleukin-6 receptor pdf
... the regulatory effects of miR-23a on the expression of IL6R by RT-PCR and western blot, and found an inverse correlation between miR-23a and IL6R expression at both the mRNA and protein levels To ... processes and may be important in tumorigenesis In the analysis of miRNA expression differences in four pairs of gastric adenocarcinoma tissue samples and matched normal tissue samples, several candidate ... because of its higher fold of upregulation in gastric adenocarcinoma tissues Although the extent of upregulation of miR-23a in the four pairs 3730 of gastric tissues showed great variance because of...
Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 04:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Structure, expression and regulation of the cannabinoid receptor gene (CB1 ) in Huntington’s disease transgenic mice ppt
... the onset and rate of decline of CB1 mRNA levels Moreover, because the final steady-state level of CB1 mRNA was the same in both models of transgenic HD mice and the rate of decline of the CB1 ... striatal RNA of wild-type and R6/1 mice by qRT–PCR R6/1, and not R6/2, mice were used in this study because the rate of CB1 mRNA decline was slower in R6/1 compared to R6/2 mice (Fig 1B,C) and we hypothesized ... 24-week-old mice but that there was a significant decline in CB1 mRNA in both R6/1 and R6/2 mice Loss of CB1 mRNA levels in the lateral striatum of R6/2 HD mice occurred at a faster rate, and at an...
Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 18:20
báo cáo sinh học:" Health workers'''' views on quality of prevention of mother-to-child transmission and postnatal care for HIV-infected women and their children" docx
... findings and terminologies The transcripts of the semistructured interviews were coded, entered and analysed by means of N-VIVO software Table 2: Number of interviews by type of health staff Type of ... pregnant women, often because of their own fear or lack of knowledge, or because of high workloads and lack of staff [13,14] Inadequate health care delivery may be caused by a variety of factors, ... due to incomplete knowledge and understanding among health workers about HIV, and about the routes and ease of transmission "Health workers not have in-depth understanding about this disease,...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20
Báo cáo sinh học: " Progressive loss of CD3 expression after HTLV-I infection results from chromatin remodeling affecting all the CD3 genes and persists despite early viral genes silencing" pot
... consequences of the lack of TCR/CD3 expression[ 11] the loss of TCR/CD3 expression could be of significance in the progression of HTLV1 mediated malignant disease Conclusion We conclude that HTLV-I expression ... consequence of absence of CD3 expression[ 11] We decided to investigate the mechanisms responsible for the loss of CD3 expression, its kinetics and its timely relationship with viral gene expression ... HTLV-I infection of WE17/10 CD4+ cell line 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 leads to progressive alteration of Ca2+ influx that eventually results in loss of CD7 expression and activation of an antiapoptotic...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20
Báo cáo sinh học: " Development of a real-time RT-PCR and Reverse Line probe Hybridisation assay for the routine detection and genotyping of Noroviruses in Ireland" pdf
... reaction contained µl of cDNA from the RT reaction, µl of 10× PCR Buffer, 1.5 mM MgCl2, µl of 10 mM each of dATP, dCTP, dGTP, and dTTP per reaction, µM each of primers and 2.5 units of Platinum Taq ... Sub-Programme (Dept of Agriculture and Food, Republic of Ireland) Thank you to Mr Noel Shanaghy and Mrs Breda Doody of Waterford Regional Hospital, Mr Eddie Beggan of Limerick Regional Hospital and Dr Jim ... Amplification of GII standards showing fluorescence versus cycle number concentration of × 107 – × 101 molecules are shown from left to right (B) Standard curve of GII assay R2 1.00 and a slope of -3.7...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20
Báo cáo hóa học: " Progressive loss of CD3 expression after HTLV-I infection results from chromatin remodeling affecting all the CD3 genes and persists despite early viral genes silencing" docx
... consequences of the lack of TCR/CD3 expression[ 11] the loss of TCR/CD3 expression could be of significance in the progression of HTLV1 mediated malignant disease Conclusion We conclude that HTLV-I expression ... consequence of absence of CD3 expression[ 11] We decided to investigate the mechanisms responsible for the loss of CD3 expression, its kinetics and its timely relationship with viral gene expression ... HTLV-I infection of WE17/10 CD4+ cell line 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 leads to progressive alteration of Ca2+ influx that eventually results in loss of CD7 expression and activation of an antiapoptotic...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20
Báo cáo hóa học: " Development of a real-time RT-PCR and Reverse Line probe Hybridisation assay for the routine detection and genotyping of Noroviruses in Ireland" ppt
... reaction contained µl of cDNA from the RT reaction, µl of 10× PCR Buffer, 1.5 mM MgCl2, µl of 10 mM each of dATP, dCTP, dGTP, and dTTP per reaction, µM each of primers and 2.5 units of Platinum Taq ... Sub-Programme (Dept of Agriculture and Food, Republic of Ireland) Thank you to Mr Noel Shanaghy and Mrs Breda Doody of Waterford Regional Hospital, Mr Eddie Beggan of Limerick Regional Hospital and Dr Jim ... Amplification of GII standards showing fluorescence versus cycle number concentration of × 107 – × 101 molecules are shown from left to right (B) Standard curve of GII assay R2 1.00 and a slope of -3.7...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20
báo cáo hóa học:" Mothers’ knowledge and utilization of prevention of mother to child transmission services in northern Tanzania" potx
... their overestimation of the likelihood of HIV transmission through breast milk, or a lack of understanding of the advantages of practising EBF The complexity of the issue and inconsistent infant ... model: (1) the number of rooms and beds in the household and the number of people living in the household per room and per bed; (2) type of toilet, source of fuel for light and cooking; (3) assets ... refrigerator, sofa, cupboard, mobile phone); (4) building material (floor and walls); (5) number of chickens, goats, pigs and cows owned; and (6) use of land for Falnes et al Journal of the International...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20
báo cáo hóa học:" A biregional survey and review of first-line treatment failure and second-line paediatric antiretroviral access and use in Asia and southern Africa" pot
... using the cutoff of more than 1000 copies/ml reported a cumulative probability of failure by three years after ART initiation of 19.3% [13], and a study of children and adolescents in Uganda reported ... Bangkok, Thailand School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa 3Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland Authors’ ... Graber and Olivia Keiser, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Andrew Boulle, Morna Cornell, Mary-Ann Davies, Nicola Maxwell, Landon Myer and Anna...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20
báo cáo hóa học:" A biregional survey and review of first-line treatment failure and second-line pediatric antiretroviral access and use in Asia and southern Africa" pdf
... access and use in Asia and southern Africa J Int AIDS Soc 2011, 14(1):7 doi:10.1186/1758-2652-14-17 Cite this article as: and : A biregional survey and review of first -line treatment failure and ... 2011, 14:17 http://www.jiasociety.org/content/14/1/17 Page of Switzerland and the School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa Received: 28 March ... (TApHOD), and The International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) Southern Africa Paediatric Group: A biregional survey and review of first -line treatment failure and second -line paediatric...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20