... RP105 expand in the peripheral blood of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus [32] and that these cells can produce anti-double-stranded DNA antibody [33] On the other hand, Divanovic and colleagues ... T cells and attenuated development of regulatory T cells (Tregs) These results suggest that RP105 plays a regulatory role in cell-mediated immunity and the development of CIA Materials and methods ... standard serum composed of a mixture of sera from the arthritic mice was added to each plate in serial dilutions and a standard curve was constructed The standard serum was defined as 100 U and...
... before and after the years of reproduction, and is closely associated with socio-cultural factors, gender roles and the respect and 26 Sexualand Reproductive Health and the Millennium Development ... supplies and those needed for HIV/AIDS and other STI treatment and prevention These commodities need to be provided to rural and urban populations, rich and poor, young and old, and both women and ... and Eva Weissman Editorial review and inputs were also provided by Garry Conille and Lindsay Edouard Data and analyses relevant to the developmentand use of reproductive health indicators (and...
... 3.5.1 Diglossia and levelling 3.5.2 Levelling and language change 3.6 Conclusion Arabic andgender 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Approaches to language andgender 4.2.1 The deficit theory and Lakoff's contribution ... language use to demographic factors like education, age and sex /gender, and more recently on issues related to language andidentityand its ethnic and nationalistic manifestations (cf Suleiman 2003: ... Diversity in traditions and religious practices 4.3.5 Honour and modesty 4 Politeness in relation to gender 4.5 'Mister master': names, status andidentity 5.1 Names and why they are hidden 4.6...
... [11] for a better understanding The kinematic and basic gait data such as walking speed, cadence, and stride length were obtained separately for the right and left sides, and overall 40 sets of ... the different BMI and normalized walking speed between genders (Table 1) The fixed factor was gender, and the covariates were the BMI and normalized speed The dependent variables were tilt (P), ... effects of the normalized walking speed (p = 0.132) and BMI (p = 0.147) on the ANCOVA test Tilt (P) was similar in both genders (p = 0.415), while the normalized walking speed (p = 0.004) and BMI (p...
... dynamic ND is influenced by foot length and the gender, the normal value for individual dynamic ND must be given relative to foot length and the gender (Figure and 3) As foot length increases from ... the test [17-21] and from 7.3 to 9.0 mm in modified versions [22,23] Brody [16], Beckett [24], and Mueller [19] suggested 15, 13, and 10 mm, respectively, as the upper limit for a normal navicular ... population had an ND less than 8.7 mm and greater than 1.7 mm Approximately the same mean ND was observed among women and men (5.2 and 5.3 mm respectively) BMI and age were found not to influence...
... lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals: a consequence of heterosexism, homophobia, and stigmatization In Stigma andSexual Orientation Understanding Prejudice Against Lesbians, Gay Men, and Bisexuals Volume ... lesbians and bisexual women (adjusted OR = 2.08) and gay and bisexual men (adjusted OR = 1.57) had greater odds of receiving treatment, but heterosexual men had about half the odds of heterosexual ... relationship of genderandsexual orientation with treatment utilization for psychiatric problems, including both mental health (MH) and alcohol and drug (AOD) disorders We apply the Gelberg-Andersen...
... control and Lamc2-/- embryos and grown in culture for 72 hours (A) Images of littermate control (a-d) and Lamc2-/- (e-h) lung buds were acquired at time of explant and after 24, 48, and 72 hours ... ovary, and blood vessels of spleen and thymus [12,27,28] Knockout and transgenic mice technologies have enabled exploration of specific functions of individual laminin-332 components in mouse development ... our finding of normal appearance, integrity, and presumably function, of tracheal epithelium despite abnormal hemidesmosomes in the Lamc2-/- mice is consistent with infrequent abnormalities in...
... Constructing, deconstructing and reconstructing gender Sex andgender 10 Learning to be gendered 15 Keeping gender: the gender order 32 Masculinities and femininities 47 Gender practice 50 Linking ... janitors And it continues to be transformed as our family status changes as we learn to be wives and husbands, mothers and fathers, aunts and uncles, sisters and brothers, grandmothers and grandfathers ... relation between genderand biology, and the development of gendered identities and behaviors over the life cycle We also introduce the notion of the gender order, examining institutional and ideological...
... represent four standard deviations on either side of the mean encompass 99.994% of the data records, six 25 Six Sigma and the Product Development Cycle Table 2.2 Average and standard deviation ... Ericsson and Nokia Recognizing the very low manufacturing cost of handsets and the value of tied-in customers to airtime providers, they effectively turned Six Sigma and the Product Development ... organizations between internally delivered development (for economy and to demonstrate commitment) and externally delivered development (for credibility and to demonstrate commitment) The result...
... the Catholic Monarchs (Queen Isabel and King Fernando) the boys (and girls) the children / the boys the Duke and Duchess of Alba the President and First Lady Mr and Mrs Garcia the engaged couple ... (January), mayo El Himalaya, el Acongagua, los Andes, el Popocatepetl, los Alpes; and volcanos: el Definite/indefinite articles and noun gender Cars Watches Ships and aircraft carriers Airplanes Languages ... From now on, the for el and la will not be used in the lists 1.2 General features of gender – masculine nouns i Names and designations of males, and the males of large and well-known animals,...
... interconnection of class andgender As a preliminary task to empirical investigations of class and gender, it is useful to lay out a conceptual menu of the various ways that class andgender might be ... Wright, Levine and Sober (1992: ch 5) Interaction of class andgender 119 research and theory construction Five forms of possible class /gender interconnections are particularly important: gender as ... relations; gender relations and class relations as reciprocally affecting each other; gender as a sorting mechanism into class locations; gender as a mediated linkage to class locations; and gender...
... Outcomes and Functions of Interruption in Age-based and Genderbased Conversations …………………………………………….… 19 2.1 Types, Outcomes and Functions of Interruption …………………… 19 2.2 Data Analysis and Discussion ... ======================================================================== CHAPTER TYPES, OUTCOMES AND FUNCTIONS OF INTERRUPTION IN AGE-BASED AND GENDER- BASED CONVERSATIONS 2.3 Types, Outcomes and Functions of Interruption One of the indispensable ... conversational interruption between ages and genders Additionally, it is aimed at spotlighting the differences between ages and genders in behaviors and attitudes towards their conversational...
... online? The development of the Internet : broadband costs have fallen while speed is increasing This makes it easier and less expensive to shop online than it is to go out and shop in brick and mortar ... is the fact that there are now over 13 million broadband subscribers in the UK The rapid pace of life and the demand of customers: convenient and fast way of shopping The potential profits brought ... Ebates.com grew 57% year on year ( bizreport.com) Problems arising : fraud and security ( phishing, computer security, identity theft ), faulty products * Potential : According to a recent report...
... process and requirements would help materialize economic and capital market development effectively Equitization is the very first step for economic development in general and for capital market development ... current debt management and debt issuance policies against World Bank/IMF guidelines and develop and implement market development policy measures in line with the World Bank/IMF Handbook on Developing ... addressing the policy and institutional problems over operational issues It may help for the Government to set key milestones and standard indicators for capital market developmentand to measure progress...
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... abuse, exploitation and violence; and combating HIV/AIDS These commitments reaffirmed and complemented the Millennium Declaration and its goals as a framework for developmentand a means for decisively ... sanitation and hygiene Children’s chances of survival and their prospects for good health and nutrition are closely bound up with access to clean water and achieving good standards of hygiene and sanitation ... 1990 and 2004 Only three regions are on track to meet the Millennium Development Goal sanitation target – East Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East and North...
... women's sexualand reproductive lives? Impacts of Violence on Women's Sexual This exercise yielded a long, complex list of associations between physical andsexual abuse and various negative and ... sociocultural contexts that shape and support sexual coercion, including studies of: sexual values, attitudes arid scripts; gender- based sexual roles; and economic and. cultural practices that give ... physical andsexual abuse It is a subject ignored or denied in most societies and neglected by health professionals and researchers But genderbased violence persists in almost all societies, and, ...
... age and cognitive performance after correcting for genderand education ⁎ p b 05 ⁎⁎ p b 01 ⁎⁎⁎ p b 001 Results Characteristics of the study population The cohort was matched for age andgender ... this threshold appear parentheses a Gender was adjusted for age b Education was adjusted for age andgender c Other variables were adjusted for age, genderand education superior performance in ... regions based on prior structural and functional imaging data that related structure to cognitive functions of interest (see Greenwood, 2007; Raz, 2005; Reuter-Lorenz and Lustig, 2005 for recent reviews)...
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