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... useful in determining a) the efficacy of BCG vaccine in HCWs or b) the effects on efficacy of the vaccine strain administered Vol 45 / No RR-4 MMWR and the vaccinee’s age at the time of vaccination ... resurgence in the incidence of TB occurred in the United States and included increases in the number of TB cases among adults and children and outbreaks of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) involving ... Control and Prevention The role of BCG vaccine in the prevention and control of tuberculosis in the United States: a joint statement by the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis and the...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 13:20

... in the process of DNA laddering (as is the case with EndoG) rather than in the production of large-sized DNA fragments, considering the timing of uptake of the mitochondria in the autophagosome, ... becomes acidic in the final step of PND [22,23] DePsipher staining of the macronucleus appeared initially during the stage of autophagosome formation, and persisted until resorption of the parental ... which appear to be involved in the final resorption of the parental macronucleus during PND in T thermophila, and suggested the involvement of mitochondria in this process [19] In mammalian apoptosis,...

Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 03:20

... per site terminus that is required for binding to the plasma membrane, thereby being involved in the formation of the corneum [47] Additional amino-terminal residues of TGase include the sequences ... indicates the stop codon Three amino acid residues of the catalytic triad are boxed The single and double lines indicate the putative Ca2+- and GTP-binding sites, respectively That sequence included ... because of the attachment of the hexahistidine, the recombinant PpTGase protein appeared to be slightly larger These results indicate that the cDNA obtained covered the entire coding region Involvement...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 23:20

... indicated in the inset figures also performed on two other meningococcal strains of clinical origin and the compositions of the glycoforms observed are listed in Table In each case where glycine ... oligosaccharide against host glycosidases during infection or could be involved in modifying the net charge of the LPS molecule [15] However, the rationale behind the incorporation of glycine into the core ... illustrating the -CH2- group of the glycine residue and the -CH2-CO2- connectivity within the glycine residue, respectively with relay between the carbonyl carbon and the CH2 protons of the glycine...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 21:21

... and PsbJ is critical in providing proper docking sites, either directly or indirectly, by modifying the conformation of PSII on the lumenal side, making efficient binding of PsbQ and PsbP of the ... accumulating all three proteins of the OEC and traces of the D2 and CP43 core proteins as well (Fig 1B) The presence of minor amounts of D2 in both DpsbE and DpsbF supports the suggestion that the ... always hold true In rapidly expanding young leaves in particular, some of the PSII core proteins and all of the OEC proteins can accumulate in thylakoids in the absence of any assembly of PSII, as...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 13:20

Ngày tải lên: 12/05/2014, 15:38

... participated in the statistical analysis and the drafting of the manuscript PE participated in the design of the study and the drafting of the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript ... 3Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, SE- 581 83 Linköping, Sweden Authors’ contributions INO participated in the design of the study, the statistical analysis and the drafting of the ... pain killers, sleeping pills and diuretics and in the worst cases anticoagulants and insulin In every respect these results show lack of systematic work in the prescription process The use of...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... farmers and FCRI staff understanding of the dynamics of both domestic and export markets and the various means farmers have of collectively manipulating the supply of potatoes (and prices) to the ... counterparts as the results of the trials and training became evident 3.5 Monitoring of project In the initial design of the project, monitoring was to be carried out by team members during visits ... was conducted providing an insight into the margins made in the sale of ware potatoes to Ho Chi Minh and the reasoning behind choice of seed It had been envisaged that business plans would be...

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 13:20

... at the first element of p, pk At this point, the top of the stack is the index of the last element of q encountered We move the top of the stack out, as the first entry of the right list Since ... any given time, the number of elements of p added is the same as the number of elements that have entered the stack, the number of elements of q added is the same as the number of elements that ... (as the new top) If the right list is empty or if the first element of the right list is greater than the top of the stack, then we move the top out of the stack and add it as the last element of...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 07:21

... facilitate the entry of LABS into the stomata of P halepensis Mill when the surface tension is low The greater value of accumulation coefficient (Aww2min) of LABS in the cuticular waxes gests in the ... on swelling and hydration of the isolated cuticular membrane, which contribute to the increase of the diffusivity Recently, Jetter and Riederer (1994) interpreted the alterations of the fine structure ... accumulate in the leaf cuticle of P halepensis Mill after a immersion of the foliage in a saline solution of LABS simulating a storm According to Schreiber and Schönherr (1993), the plant leaves in relation...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 18:21

... with the variation of roburins A and C Roburin A increases in concentration during the first 10 years of ageing and roburin C over the first 30 years, before each declines again in older wood Grandinin ... trees DISCUSSION The increase in the concentrations of roburins A, C and possibly other dimers during the first 10-30 years of ageing are due to their synthesis from other tannins (Viriot et al, ... casks varies according to the geographic origins of the oak wood used in their construction Although the role of the hydrolyzable tannins in influencing flavour is uncertain (Viriot et al, 1993),...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 18:21

... Annals of General Psychiatry 2009, 8:16 the treatment of acute mania, the approval of quetiapine and the olanzapine-fluoxetine combination against acute bipolar depression and the approval of olanzapine, ... dose at the end of the study was 15.5 mg daily The results suggest that in weeks to and then again at week there is a significant reduction in the MADRS scores in the aripiprazole group in comparison ... aripiprazole at the end of the 74-week period was 23.6 mg daily It is reported that 29 out of the 66 patients relapsed (16 out of the 39 in the aripiprazole group (41%) and 13 out of the 27 in the placebo...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21

... neurotrophins Cellular staining for NGF and BDNF was identified in the native chondrocyte -like cells of the NP and IAF tissue and in the fibroblast -like cells of the OAF (Figures 1a to 1f and 2a ... examined A role for the proinflammatory cytokines TNFα and IL-1β in innervation of the IVD [22] and in degeneration of the IVD has been demonstrated by a number of authors [23-25] Additionally these ... and analysis, and drafted the manuscript AJF helped to secure funding, participated in the design of the study and interpretation of data, and assisted in the preparation of the final manuscript...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 11:20

... important intellectual content BK was involved in the conception and design of the study, analysis and interpretation of the data, and did most of the drafting of the manuscript All authors read and ... Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests 13 Authors' contributions HV made the acquisition of data and part of the analysis of the data, and was also involved in ... degradation in cartilage tissues can be mediated by both the production of NO and the involvement of matrix-degrading enzymes We therefore studied the influence of the NO-synthetase inhibitor LNMMA...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... and ADAMTS5 in the cartilage and cathepsin K in the subchondral bone, which is in line with the findings of our previous study [6] and supports this hypothesis The anti-inflammatory effects of ... for the monitoring of pain and joint function in OA The present study brings into perspective a possible link between joint structural changes and functional outcomes The level of joint inflammation ... participated in the data interpretation and revised the manuscript DT participated in the conception of the study, provided the test article and placebo, participated in the data interpretation and in the...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 17:21

... 8.8% of the sequence We analyzed the distribution of TEs in chromosome by defining non-overlapping 100 kb intervals across the sequence and measuring repetitive sequence content as the number of ... repeats and other types of repeats comprising less than 1% of the total repetitive DNA content In terms of number of elements, diversity (number of families) and overall contribution to the sequence, ... be strong enough to force the distribution of TEs into regions of low recombination rate and some force, but not recombination, must be driving the clustering of TEs in the M oryzae genome R16.8...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 16:21

... an inevitable trend of the banking sector in Vietnam when the international economic integration is more intensive and competitive, the utility needs of people are the increasingly diverse, and ... literature and arts The impact of these factors on the business of the enterprise is mainly indirect effects and they cannot be overlooked  Analysis of technological factors (T) Factors of engineering ... to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the business On the basis of analyzing the factors in the matrix, the objectives, direction of business development and its resources, business can set...

Ngày tải lên: 26/03/2015, 10:58

... sampling within these regions, along with expanding the survey to surrounding areas, will enable further testing of these criteria Given the current need to identify EFH and incorporate this information ... require the identification and delineation of suitable nursery habitat This has resulted in numerous ongoing and detailed studies examining the presence of shark nurseries in most of the major ... sharks and Bonnetheads comprising the majority of the catch The presence and abundance of sharks in Cumberland and Nassau sounds were affected most by site, bottom temperature, and month The higher...

Ngày tải lên: 04/09/2015, 17:14

... depending on the number of libraries As the bias against detection of insertions is partly due to the small insert size, therefore, larger insert sizes of several kilobases should improve the ability ... cataloged in the DGV As such, the remaining several hundred thousands of indels in the range of several nucleotides to tens of nucleotides, which were identified in the recent whole-genome resequencing ... This sequence information is then aligned against the reference genome The underlying principle of PEM is to detect the discrepancy or discordance in insert size and orientation of the paired-end...

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 15:47

... is used for the determination of PAHs in natural waters The later part of the thesis aims to develop a full understanding of the occurrence and distribution of PAHs in rainwater and stormwater ... 1.1 The structure of the study reported in the thesis Chapter – Introduction- 1.4 Structure of the thesis The background information of PAHs, the motivation, the objectives and scope of the present ... the prevailing weather conditions including the intensity of rainfall A comprehensive statistical analysis of the concentrations data indicated that the PAHs measured in Singapore rainwater and...

Ngày tải lên: 27/11/2015, 11:25