... prevent the onset of CHD and prolong the lives of many persons at increased risk Relation of ATP III to other clinical guidelines Since the publication of ATP II, other bodies have published guidelines ... of lipoproteins, chylomicrons, are also triglyceride-rich lipoproteins; they are formed inthe intestine from dietary fat and appear inthe blood after a fat-containing meal The apolipoproteins ... cholesterol-lowering therapy have been carried out over the past four decades.44 The history of cholesterollowering trials records one ofthe major advances in modern medicine.44 The initial encouraging findings...
... wall using the method of surveying and using sensing The solution in combining the method of surveying and using the sensing mentioned above permits determining the absolute displacement ofthe ... foundation of high- rise buildings by combing the method of surveying and using sensing The solution in combining the method of surveying and using sensing (magnetic extensometer) for monitoring the ... method of surveying, using sensing to monitor the deformation of foundation and basement ofthe high- rise buildings; Researching the combination of method of surveying and using sensing to increase...
... work-piece), the resonant frequency will increase, and can become higher than the operating frequencyofthe system, thereby eliminating the ZVS conditions and causing the output current to increase ... usually the switching frequency) In this definition, the coil inductance L andthe total resistance RL are in series The quality factor, in fact, describes the ratio between the reactive power andthe ... S2, S3, and S4 on The paper does discuss the presence of ‘ringing’ due to the parasitic lead inductance andthe drain-to-source capacitance ofthe MOSFETs, and Nam Nguyen-Quang High- frequency...
... higher incidence of young people picking up smoking andthe increasing incidence of HPV infection in young adults Inthe United States, an increase inthe tongue cancer mortality rate in adults ... clinical examination has been the mainstay for determining the presence of LN metastasis Naturally because ofthe inconsistency and unreliability of palpation alone and with the invention of CT and MRI, ... is directed at the site and size ofthe lesion and any infiltrating characteristics; a thorough bimanual examination ofthe tumor, the surrounding floor of mouth, andthe submandibular triangles...
... quantities of protein utilizing the principle of protein-dye binding Anal Biochem 72, 248–254 Prohaska, J.R & Ganther, H.E (1976) Selenium and glutathione peroxidase in developing rat brain J Neurochem ... in q0 than in q+ cells, yet the extent ofthe increase varied considerably between the three q0 lines In bone and lung q0 cells the increases were 17- and 39-fold, respectively However only in ... in turn inactives aconitase [41] The observed PBN-induced increase in aconitase activity in bone q+ and q0 cells andin muscle q0 cells (Fig 7) strongly supports a high presence of OÆ2 À in these...
... Randall and others, 1988; Melvin and others, 1992; Tiedeman and others, 1997; Lyford and others, 2003; Kontis and others, in press), with the thin till at the upper end ofthe reported range The ... streamflow in September inthe Assabet River about doubled at the outlet ofthe Main Stem Headwaters subbasin and increased by about percent at the outlet ofthe Main Stem Upper subbasin These increases ... components of average A, March; and B, September nonstorm streamflow in subbasins ofthe Assabet River Main Stem, in a hypothetical scenario of increased withdrawals and discharges inthe Assabet...
... ofthe Indias The Company next acquired the privilege of farming all the taxes andthe whole revenue ofthe kingdom; and presently bought out the mint, andthe right of coinage, lor a sum of money ... of effecting payments by the transfer of these credits from the account ofthe payer to that ofthe receiver In this way the trouble of counting large sums of coin, andof transporting it from ... the Bank of England Chapter V Scotch Banks Two banks were established in Scotland by charter from the king; one the Bank of Scotland, in 1695; the other, the Royal Bank of Scotland, in 1727 These...
... andthe corresponding gene has been cloned from human [23] Inthe present study we have cloned the murine genes coding for the enzymes involved inthe salvage pathway of GDP-L-fucose L-fucokinase ... human fucokinase cDNA is similar to the long splice variant of mouse fucokinase cDNA at the 3¢ splice region The first and third methionines inthe murine sequence, inthe upstream end ofthe CDS, ... that the CDS starts not at the third but at the first ATG inthe murine sequence, and that thehuman CDS starts at the corresponding position Thus, we suggest that thehuman CDS of L-fucokinase...
... performance of BMPs in addressing social and environmental issues and overall sustainability ofthe catfish farming sector inthe Mekong Delta On the basis of this study andthe key findings and conclusions, ... suffuse the industry and highlight the implicit and explicit roles of farmer associations in accessing and sharing information (and therefore likely role in BMP adoption and implementation going ... multiple business enterprises, including acting as a market chain middleman, and has a fish feeding business These examples highlight not only the complexity and diversity of farmers inthe industry...
... the analysis of living trees, this procedure indirectly evaluates the variability ofthe dying-off of trees within individual developmental stages Inthe advanced phase ofthe growth stage, the ... starts to dominate from the aspect of yield and function at this stage Because ofthe dying-off of trees ofthe upper layer and damage to the lower layer by falling trees the correlation index for ... were found inthe processes ofthe formation and structure of dead wood A significant increase inthe necromass volume inthe optimum stage, confirming the observations of Saniga and Schütz (2002),...
... cells with the dominant function of water and minerals supply The ratio between the fine root length andthe number of root tips is an indicator ofthe intensity ofthe fine root forking A direct ... almost a linear character inthe mineral soil The comparison ofthe amounts of explained variance (r2) andthe parameters ofthe linear and nonlinear (exponential) regression shows that the replacement ... their length With the increasing value ofthe fine root length the number of root tips increases as well Therefore the highest frequencyof root tips was recorded inthe uppermost mineral soil layer,...
... differences inthe range and value ofthe indices, in relation to the size ofthe areas and their altitudes Thus A numidica, A nebrodensis and A pinsapo have high indices due to their positions at high ... France [32] there should be a mean temperature increase of oC or oC, more marked inthe summer andinthe south ofthe country, increased precipitation inthe winter but a reduction inthe summer, ... bearing in mind the uncertainty about the real evolution of climatic parameters and also the complexity ofthe phenomena involved: flower induction, fertilization, fruiting, seed dispersal, germination...
... made the development ofthe physical mapping ofthe canine genome possible The objective ofthe present study was the chromosomal localization of NORs inthe dog karyotype andthe analysis of their ... terminal part ofthe q arms of chromosome pairs: and 17 The third chromosome pair, also bearing NORs inthe terminal part ofthe q arm, belongs to a group of small autosomes not yet included inthe ... included inthe canine standard karyotype The banding pattern of this chromosome is shown in figure 1A Inthe male karyotype, a NOR occurred also inthe terminal part ofthe long arm ofthe Y chromosome...
... diagram of enzymes and major products inthe synthesis of chlorogenic acid in plants A simplified diagram of enzymes and major products inthe synthesis of chlorogenic acid in plants The product ... downstream enzymatic step Indeed the involvement ofthe HQT gene inthe profile of phenolic acids accumulated can influence the kind of response to the UV stress as reported in a previous study on ... timepoint considered, the Ct values ofthe samples of interest (CtI) with the appropriate calibrator (CtM) The Ct values of both the calibrator andthe samples of interest are normalized to the...
... detected The authors came to the conclusion the XMRV is not a contributory factor inthe pathogenesis of CSF [10] In light of these results, the finding of XMRV in prostate tumours and CFS patients in ... prevent the transmission of most porcine pathogens; however, porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERVs) are integrated inthe pig genome and can be released from normal pigs and infect human cells in ... developed to discriminate between PERV and XMRV, andthe potential for recombination between the two viruses should be investigated Recombination between thehuman tropic PERV-A andthe ecotropic PERV-C...
... regarding the methods of implementation and technical characteristics ofthe ventilation devices (Table 3) and regarding the definition and adequacy of criteria for ETI (Table 3) The analysis of ... CPAP, the optimal levels of pressure when using NPPV and definition ofthe best time to start non-invasive ventilation Competing interests The authors declare that they have no conflicting interests ... physicians, nurses and patients to the intervention by covering the control panel ofthe ventilator Almost none ofthe studies reported or commented on blinding strategies Most of them reported on...
... be realized The intervention rates of central line insertion in 78% of patients, arterial cannulation in 72% of patients, and antibiotic administration inthe first hours in 90% of cases all ... EGDT) was still only 1.6% and its non-NFR mortality lower These findings are relevant to other institutions considering the application of EGDT and to the powering of future randomized controlled ... summarizes their primary sources of infection Available online http://ccforum.com/content/10/3/R80 Table Table Clinical and laboratory findings inthe emergency room Primary source of infection in patients...
... PCO2, and this is a pragmatic issue in modern emergency medicine [12] Also, the use of capnography inthe prehospital setting is interesting: there might be situations in which a rapid and rough ... But the sheer simplicity ofthe technique used by Rumpf and colleagues [1] is appealing and certainly deserves validation in a large-scale prospective study Indeed, it emphasizes the use of expired ... hemodynamic effect of thrombolysis in such patients [13] Finally, the merit ofthe article by Rumpf and colleagues [1] is to remind us that clinical applications of capnography are still growing, especially...
... quality and obtained 22,598 human genes and 24,064 mouse genes Of these, 8,312 inhumanand 8,105 in mouse are single-copy genes, andthe remaining are clustered by Ensembl into 3,538 families inhuman ... About 94% ofthehuman gene pairs and 91% ofthe mouse gene pairs inthe NEW gene set have Ks ≤ 0.25, which confirms the recent duplications of these genes The majority ofthe gene pairs inthe NEW ... retroposition The rates are the slopes ofthe linear functions (red lines) fitted to the curves ofthe cumulative distributions of retrogenes All ofthe linear functions are fitted to the part ofthe curves...
... from the beginning of intron andthe novel microsatellite, which included a tandem repeat of (TC)n is located approximately at 1264 bp from the beginning of intron 3.3 Allele frequencies in different ... for fine QTL mapping of production traits and for the study ofthe expression of porcine CA3 An assessment ofthe relationships between the CA3 functions andthe characterisation of its genomic ... association analyses ofthe three microsatellite markers within the CA3 gene Additionally, the expression patterns ofthe porcine CA3 gene during the porcine skeletal muscle development andin different...