... employed to explain the choice of the wastewater treatment programme alternative, and the vector of coefficients 1 to l are attached to the vector of interaction terms (S) that influence ... Heterogeneity is often the result of differences of the social, economic, demographic and attitudinal characteristics of the respondents (Boxall and Adamowicz, 2002). In order to gain insight into the ... The Valueof Improved Public Services: An Application of the Choice Experiment Method to Estimate the Valueof Improved Wastewater Treatment Infrastructure in India Ekin Birol International...
... Single photon emissioncomputerized tomography and reverse gantry computerizedtomography findings in patients with back pain investigated forspondylolysis. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine ... details1Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Imaging, Dana-Farber CancerInstitute, Boston, MA, USA.2Division of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, ... et al. reviewed findings onplanar and SPECT bone scintigraphy in 162 patients aged6-32 years with symptoms of low back pain potentiallyrelated to stress injury of the pars interarticularis....
... Digoxin shows a narrow therapeutic range, necessitating the routine monitoring of its serum concentration to maximize the therapeutic effects and minimize toxicities [16-19]. Since digoxin is ... Cystatin C, Creatinine, Digoxin, Serum concentration, Heart failure, Renal clearance 1. Introduction Cystatin C (Cys-C) is a non-glycosylated cationic protein of 13.3 kDa, belonging to the ... LIMITED, 1-3-17 Shinkawa, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0033, Japan 4. Department of Clinical Evaluation of Pharmacotherapy, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-5-6 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku,...
... suggesting that prejunction-al P2 receptors were not involved in the facilitatingeffects of cADPR. In contrast, the inhibitors of intra-cellular cADPR receptors 8-Br-cADPR (80 lm) andryanodine ... thespontaneous release of ATP in the bladder by in ux via CD38 and subse-quent activation of intracellular cADPR receptors, probably causing anincrease in intracellular Ca2+ in neuronal cells.IntroductionCyclic ... by the triggering of intracellularsignal transduction pathways in response to cADPRtransported into the cytosol via membrane-boundCD38. Thus, similar to studies in some cell lines [9,10],the...
... Hirschhorn DonahuePrinceton UniversityManaging EditorBrenda SzittyaBrookings InstitutionOutreach DirectorsJulie CloverAnne HardenberghBrookings InstitutionLisa MarkmanPrinceton University ... could provide theincentive and part of the financing for selectedschools to implement creative plans for improvingHASKINS & LOEB | A PLAN TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF TEACHING IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS ... Flatline: Causes and Solutions,” BrookingsInstitution, March 30, 2006.Senior Editorial StaffEditor -in- ChiefSara McLanahanPrinceton UniversityDirector, Center for Research on Child Wellbeing,...
... presentation of galectin-1-binding sites in p16INK4a-expressing cells and acquisition of anoikis sus-ceptibility associated with the fibronectin receptor.Induction of anoikis by galectin-1 In order to ... redu-cing the extent of binding of labeled galectin-1 to thecell surface (data not shown). These results imply thatthe a5b1-integrin is a binding partner of anoikis-indu-cing galectin-1.S. ... impact on its routing and bind-ing activity.The binding of b-galactoside-specific plant lectinsintimated a new role, attributing to the integrin’s gly-cans the potential to become ligands...
... during the biosynthesis of Moco, the cofactor and its intermediates remainprotein bound until insertion into the specific targetprotein, as oxygen seems to be a major factor of freeMoco inactivation ... areinserted into Moco found in hSO. In addition to themetals investigated in this report, other metals ionsknown to bind tightly to sulfur-rich sites, such as zincand cobalt, are inserted into ... [29]. Cadmium toxicity may be caused by bind-ing to zinc binding proteins, e.g. proteins that containzinc finger protein structures [30]. Zinc and cadmiumare in the same group in the Periodic...
... associated with inducedexpression of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-2 in the uterus and ovary and decreased expression of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 in the uterus. ... the conversion of spermidine to putrescine while spermine is readilyconverted to spermidine in the absence of SSAT [6].The conversion of spermine back to spermidine in theabsence of SSAT activity ... the cells to the antiproliferativeactions of etoposide, an inhibitor of topoisomerase IIinducing single and double strand breaks in DNA [147].The drug inhibited the growth of spermine-deficient...
... willhas a value that is independent of inclination. This is because something has value in every possible circumstance if and only if its value is independent of inclinations.Something that has value ... connection to the idea of a good will’s special value, are best explainedthrough an examination of Kant’s idea of a kingdom of ends. One way to interpret the kingdom of ends formulation of the Categorical ... on inclination may be transient. But a value determined only bynecessary features of rationality will not vary. Something with a value that isindependent of inclination will have this value in...
... requirement of many web applications is to display a thumbnail image of a web site. A typical example is to provide a link to a dynamic website displaying its current thumbnail image, or displaying ... define a static method toget the web site thumbnail image.public static Bitmap GetWebSiteThumbnail(string Url, int BrowserWidth, int BrowserHeight, int ThumbnailWidth, int ThumbnailHeight){ ... possible to give you good understanding of the working. However it still requires some improvement to be used in real world like handling navigation errors, time out for navigation, improvements in...
... predictor of SIS.Further research into the content validity of PRISM-RII iswarranted, including cognitive debriefing sessions. It isnot clear if using a single question on degree of suffering in ... amount of suffering, whereas for SIS, 38% of subjects responded in the lowest quarter of possibleresponses (from 0 to 80), indicative of a large amount of suffering. These differences in distribution ... also argue in favour of measuring suffering with a visual and indirectmethod such as the PRISM-RII.The PRISM has been proven useful in measuring aspects of suffering in several groups of patients,...
... predictor of SIS.Further research into the content validity of PRISM-RII iswarranted, including cognitive debriefing sessions. It isnot clear if using a single question on degree of suffering in ... amount of suffering, whereas for SIS, 38% of subjects responded in the lowest quarter of possibleresponses (from 0 to 80), indicative of a large amount of suffering. These differences in distribution ... also argue in favour of measuring suffering with a visual and indirectmethod such as the PRISM-RII.The PRISM has been proven useful in measuring aspects of suffering in several groups of patients,...
... deacetylation to produce chitosan containing 5% water and having a molecular weight of 100,000. A total of 52.5 g of flake-type chitosan was mixed with 950 g of 3% sodium acetate solution using a ... in the evaluation of renal function. Although urinary creatinine unexpectedly increased in control group, it was the lowest in the NaCl plus chitosan group. This finding indicates that the ... the consumption of an effective amount of NaCl plus KCl, NaCl, NaCl plus chitosan, and chitosan by SHRs in an effort to find a suitable agent for salting food that has saltiness of NaCl, but...