... hospitalization) At baseline, the patients were asked about the frequency of exacerbations in the previous year The number of exacerbations during the year after the baseline visit was recorded ... evaluate the degree of emphysema [13] The CT scans were evaluated at the central imaging unit at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver Emphysema was assessed by the percentage of the lung ... To compare the limits of agreement between % and number/ml, the data were log transformed before calculating the limits of agreement These data were then back-transformed to express the limits...
... mud (sand, clay …) Waste water coming fromthe salt remover is sent to the strippers for treatment The salt remover is the major waste waters feed in the refinery 2) Thewater stripping is a process ... injected The mixture is stirred by an agitator The flocculated water flows to the flotator 7) The flotator is the place where thewater is mixed with pressurized air-saturated water, the expansion ... pp.999-1008 1001 3) The collecting tank is the place where oily waters and other water wastes coming from polluted flagstones are collected Then, they undergo a primary treatment (raking) for the removal...
... different proportions and with admixture of some other deciduous species are typical in the region of the southern European taiga The area of the southern European taiga is characterised by moderate ... forest (at the same elevation as previous and at place which was 0.4 m higher), and the last hole was bored at the highest point of the plot 0.9 m above the well level The depth of the last hole ... taken fromthe dryer part of sample plot Observations were made from April to late October once per two weeks (Tab II) Number of sample trees per species was chosen according to their portion in the...
... reduce the generalizability of the results, and the findings may therefore not apply to the general population The present study and thestudy by Gjesdal and Bratberg [10] are to our knowledge the ... for these analyses Methodological issues The DWECS/DREAM study provides data from a large representative sample of the Danish working population Further, selection bias is minimized fromthe ... disability pensioned, emigrated or died They were excluded fromthe study, as they were no longer under risk of disability pension in the follow-up period from 1994 through 2004 This left a total...
... slope fromthe active tank battery, the injection well/pit, and the old tank battery to the lake edge Two small creeks cross the northern and southern parts of the site The upper part of the site ... comparable to that of the produced water source (Fig 7) The salinity of water obtained fromthe boreholes in the adjacent pit, which has more weathered and degraded oil (18), and from those boreholes ... of water for the oil-field brines, regional ground water (gw), Skiatook Lake and surface and ground waters fromthe impacted areas in the OSPER ‘A’ and ‘B’ sites Note the major differences in the...
... alignment, the relative positions of the conserved sequences are the same in the Gro1P and Ó FEBS 2002 Glycerol-1-phosphate dehydrogenase from A pernix (Eur J Biochem 269) 971 Fig Comparison of the ... indicates that the start point of amino acids in the purified enzyme Gro dehydrogenase families, suggesting a similar NAD+binding domain structure On the other hand the relative positions of the conserved ... result suggests that the formation of Gro1P is the natural direction in the cell The kcat of the dihydroxyacetone phosphate reduction with NADH was higher than that with NADPH The coenzyme NAD+...
... hypertension the within-individual correlation of GFRs year apart, loss to follow-up rates, and the rates of reaching renal replacement therapy in the first few years of the cohort study We estimated ... the Schwartz formula and dramatically improved the precision, bias, and sensitivity by reducing the constant from 0.55 to 0.47 At enrollment into CkiD, and using a measured GFR derived fromthe ... items pertaining to sleep and fatigue fromthe PedsQL scale and a CKD-related symptoms list adapted fromthe Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) studyThe PedsQL data showed that overall,...
... but also the existence of the N-terminally appended CBM45 domains (data not shown) The sequences used in the subsequent analysis included CBM45s from 45 proteins from primarily photosynthetic eukaryotes ... above mm were excluded fromthe subsequent data analysis The data in Table were obtained from a representative experiment giving the best fit to the binding curve (lowest v2) The StGWD CBM45-2A domain ... amylolytic enzymes This clearly distinguishes the CBM45s from these more thoroughly studied SBDs and, together with the previous report on the CBM20 domain from AtPWD [20], suggests that low-affinity...
... of the a, b1 and b2 isoforms [13] The present study aimed to identify peptides derived fromthe amino acid sequence of the PKI55 protein to be used as pharmacological tools The effects of the ... bands (Fig 5) The lack of an effect on the a, b2 and f isoforms is also shown in Fig Discussion In the present study, selected peptides derived fromthe amino acid sequence of the PKI55 protein ... respectively) The levels of the PKC-b1 isoform were significantly reduced in the PMNs treated with the peptides compared to fMLP-OMe-activated PMNs, as shown by the absorbance values of the corresponding...
... CASE for the second year in a row in order to research educational institutions about their social media activities Last year’s inaugural study was, from what we could tell, one of the first ... measuring the ROI or impact of social media initiatives? What contributes to the successful use of social media? What are the barriers to the effective use of social media? What does the near ... involvement with the use of social media Another unit manages all of our social media activities, without any input from us Another unit manages all of our social media activities, with input from us...
... bars) of females The percentage indicates the GSI of the females M (B) indicates the expression pattern of MIH-B in the same tissues in males (N ¼ 5) The lower panel is the northern blot analysis ... 3C, left panel) These vitellogenin-specific proteins are presumably derived fromthe translation of the MeVg1 gene fromthe hepatopancreas after rMeMIH-B stimulation The results from SDS ⁄ PAGE ... genes The GIH-specific dsRNA, however, was synthesized fromthe 238 bp coding region of the mature peptide As the coding sequences of all the neuropeptides are short (< 350 nucleotides) and there...
... corner move away fromthe heme and the B-helix moves closer to the heme in the WT metHb than in the rWT metHbH2O crystal structure, with the result that the ligated water is lost in the latter complex ... is the angle between the projection of the tilt of the z axis on the xÂ, y plane (dened direction of tilt of z and the x axis), and j % a + c denes the location of the rhombic (x, y) axes The ... differences in the interaction of the FG loop with the heme and in the position of the B-helix, with Tyr32(B10) closer to the iron by 12 A in WT than rWT metHb, such that the ligated water is lost...
... using data fromthe 104-mill study This study found that for the 38 mills discharging into smaller water bodies, using a BSSAF of 0.2 (up from 0.09) improved the predictive performance of the model ... decisionmaking These decisions were subject to judicial review An academic notes that by involving EDF and NWF in negotiating the plan for the 104 Mill Study, the scope of thestudy was broadened and the ... pedestrian As a group, the cases tend toward the “high-profile” end of the distribution of EPA decisions Nevertheless, among the case studies, there is some variability in the political and economic...
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... be included in the analysis of the study, some socio-economic data may not be available during the data gathering, hence, these are not included in thestudyThe tool used in this study provides ... Framework The theories supporting the concept of the ITCM are the Marshallian demand function, the consumer surplus and the estimate of benefit and cost These theories are briefly discussed below The ... the estimate of the WTP and recreation demand, but will be used to strengthen the economic argument of thestudy Since secondary data is used, the value of enjoyment cannot be inferred from the...
... Most of these studies focus on only or content areas, but taken together, they provide evidence of the impact that school health education can have and its critical role, along with the other components ... Programs Study 2006’’ elsewhere in this issue of the Journal of School Health The following section provides a brief overview of SHPPS 2006 methods specific to the health education component of thestudy ... from other agencies and organizations During the 12 months preceding the study, in at least half of all states, state-level health education staff worked on health education activities with the...
... following the passage of the Clean Water Act She uses variation in the time at which states were authorized to enforce the Clean Water Act within their boundaries in order to determine the impact of the ... models are then left with the simpler task of explaining the change in pollution fromthe upstream point to the downstream point as a function of the characteristics of counties in between the two ... monitoring stations on the same river segment that flows from A to F To explain the change in water quality from B to F in 1991, the three variables of interest are the location of the upstream station...
... fathers to improve the quality of their relationships with their children • Relationships between fathers and their children may be strengthened from early childhood by, for example, offering them ... with their children than mothers, and focus more on the development of instrumental objectives or enhancement of skills (7) The quality of the relationship when the father does not reside in the ... fromthe Tuscany Region and the University Hospital of Siena, Italy We are grateful for support from staff at the Norwegian Social Science Data Services, Bergen, for their work in preparing the...
... hydrophobic pocket, a discontinuous region at the interface between the inner and the outer domain of gp120 [52] On the other hand, the lateral face of the D1 CD4 domain is implicated in MHC-class ... then extracted fromthe PDB files of the compared structures (accession numbers 3CD4 and 2NXY for CD4 and CD4-gp120 complex, respectively) as on the x-axis,a according of the 203)(gray) and the ... arthritis the developmental pattern of arthritis differed substantially between three distinct monoclonals, two of them preventing, the third one accelerating the development of the disease [40] The...
... the conception, design and coordination of the SHIELD study and helped to draft the manuscript KF performed the statistical analysis and drafted the manuscript All authors read and approved the ... Census Bureau to describe the U.S population and are utilized in SHIELD to demonstrate the representativeness of thestudy sample Reference categories were selected as the largest group except ... each) The mean index score for low-risk respondents was significantly higher than the mean for the high-risk group (p < 0.001) EQ-5D dimensions Examination of each of the dimensions of the EQ-5D...