... bronchioles i.e in small airways, the staining of precursor protein of collagen III was increased in the smokers and in these cases the thickness of the subepithelial layer expressing precursor of collagen ... protein precursors Immunohistochemical staining of the precursor protein of collagen I and III was present mainly extracellularly, being visible as linear and reticular fibers or as more intensive ... was found in small airways, whereas the amount of the precursor protein of collagen III was increased in the bronchioles of smokers and in stage I-II COPD Overall, the amounts of precursors of...
... the timeof admission In the face of the high rate of pneumonia at admission, the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia may be misleading Therefore, the finding of reduced ventilator-associated ... are lacking The study by Dr Rumbak and colleagues [1] provides additional evidence in support of early tracheostomy, defined as percutaneous tracheostomy within 48 hours of intubation In their ... of studies of the timing of tracheostomy in adult patients undergoing artificial ventilation BMJ 2005, 330:1243 Diehl JL, El Atrous S, Touchard D, Lemaire F, Brochard L: Changes in the work of...
... care access In rural areas, sanitary conditions were not as inadequate asin towns, while access to nutrition was easier than in towns Notice that this explanation is in line with our finding that ... difference is equal to 6.5 months in favor of those born in years with a positive business cycle component Under the (incorrect) 13 assumption of independence of within-twin pair lifetimes, we can ... observation of zygosity of the twin pair allows us to assess the relative importance of genetic factors, shared environmental factors, and individual-specific factors, as determinants of CV mortality...
... from to 15 ng/ml in both species [22] The EGF was reported to cause an increase in the number of mouse oocytes undergoing germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD), and to cause cumulus expansion in bovine ... supplementation of low molecular weight thiol compound, to culture medium can increase the cysteinmediated GSH synthesis in bovine embryo produced in vitro Similarly, addition of β-ME increased intracellular ... effect in each experimental parameter was detected, subsequent comparison was made by the least Table Definition of meiotic classification in canine oocytes stained after in vitro maturation Classification...
... stagesof COPD severity to understand when MIP and MEP start to decrease The main finding of this work is that airway obstruction may be closely associated with decreased respiratory pressures in ... measure of the respiratory muscular strength as well as maximal respiratory pressures In fact with the reduction of FEV1, PEF and FVC, asin severe COPD, we have observed a similar decrease in ... respiratory muscle force and FEV1 [18] Our findings could be explained by several factors Patients with severe disease probably have a decrease in tension produced by inspiratory muscle shortening...
... Exposure time, h Concentration, μL·L-1 Top 20 120 Bottom Top to bottom Top to bottom Insects’ height, cm (top–bottom) 100 Oryzaephilus 100% mortality of all insects 100% mortality of all insects ... at the upper layer of the grain Addition of CO2 and circulation caused 100% kill at the different heights Increasing the exposure timeto days and cycling was enough to obtain 100% kill (Table ... selective to insects, since they are probably targeted to the insect-selective octopaminergic receptor, a 398 E Shaaya and M Kostyukovsky Table 16.8 Toxicity of CS2 against stored-product insects, in...
... germination may be attributed to leaching out into soaking water (Abdullah, Baldwin, & Minor, 1984) Other researchers have reported that the decrease in phytic acid content due to an increase in ... The increase of protein content may confer nutritional advantage on the germinated rough rice The increase of protein content by germination could be attributed to net synthesis of enzyme protein ... quality As shown in Fig 5, the GABA contents ofdifferent part of rough rice were increased after germination The GABA content increased from 15.34 before to 31.79 mg/100 g after germination in rough...
... ECL-detected spots to the corresponding spots on the silver-stained gels MS (peptide mass fingerprints of trypsin digests of the spots of interest obtained with MALDI-TOF, followed by a database search ... cell Irradiation of rat fibroblasts, loaded with both Hypocrellin A and acetylTyr-Fluo, resulted in the labeling of cellular proteins, as shown in Fig PDT-induced protein labeling was dependent on ... proteins are the key target of ROS-mediated toxicity [11,12,26] including singlet oxygen-mediated toxicity [10,26] Oxidation of cellular proteins in response to PDT may be crucially involved in...
... on finding b in finding c of finding d about finding a 171 According to a recent survey, …………… doctors not have a personal physician a a large amount of b large amount of c a large number of ... was b That in 1607 c Because in 1607 d It was in 1607 d 58 Staying in a hotel costs …………… renting a room in a dormitory for a week a twice more than b twice as much as c as much twice as d as ... received a inform b informs c informations d information d 204 She said she ……………… this race a wants to win b want to win c wanted to win d wanting to win c 205 The thief was …………… to six months’...
... of ozone monitoring in a mountain forest region: passive and continuous sampling, vertical and canopy profiles In: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Passive Sampling of Gaseous Air ... was very warm and dry at the same time The mean temperature in the growing season in the Zvolenská kotlina basin is 14.8°C (1961–1990), in 2004 it was 14.3°C, but in 2005 it was 15.1°C The increase ... other hand, pointing out the presence of climate change In the case of small areal units, passive sampling is a method well-fitted for evaluating the data in terms of potential damage to forest stands...
... stumps of A vesnags and stumps) can be an indicator of the origin lutinum have left a long-lasting legacy in the stand and legacy of CWD In addition, it can be used to re- developmental history ... top that was within manual reach (Harmon, Sexton 1996) The length of logs was measured and the height of snags was measured with a meter stick For snags taller than m, a clinometer was used to ... sampling method (Harmon, Sexton 1996; Yan et al 2007) In the spring of 2008, three types of CWD were examined according to the protocol of Harmon and Sexton (1996): (1) logs (downed or leaning...
... flush of flowering in SeptemberOctober followed by fruit setting is noticed in SF In DDF, periclinal divisions in the cambial zone initiate in January with the sprouting of new leaves in December ... to divide in May in MDF and DDF Whereas, in DDF the cessation of cell divisions and differentiation of xylem and phloem in December coincides with leaf yellowing in October-November In MDF and ... Activity declines with the last shower of rains in October-November and cambial cells cease to divide in May when water is scarce in both MDF and DDF (figures 3A, B) In DDF, first flush of cambial...
... and ) proline (0.4-5.0 mol-m- which were ), again present in all different plant parts In addition to the species listed in Table I, we know from Rhizophora A tested the influence of salinity on ... experiments are in progress to determine if cyclic polyols (pinitol, o-O-methylmuco-inositol) behave in the same way Proline accumulation in A annulata was similar to that observed for herbaceous ... into bark and wood, Na+ and CIaccumulated to a higher extent in the bark, while the opposite was true for the organic solutes this species contained additional organic solutes: chiro-inositol...
... damage class 3/4) were measured using different fluorescence methods 1) The red laser-induced chlorophyll fluorescence kinetics (determination of Rfd-values as a vitality index of needles) measured ... apparatus as seen from the lower Rfd-values In contrast, the Rfd-values as a vitality index and as an index of the intactness of the photosynthetic apparatus, showed a different behavior There was a ... again These characteristics were found at the Althof and the Mauzenberg sites The low P values in winter N appear to be mainly due to closed stomata, but in part also to damage of the photo-...
... [31] Increased serum levels of BALP might reflect not only new bone formation in repair tissue of inflammatory lesions inAS but also a more general increase of bone mineral density inAS patients ... significant decrease of MMP-3 after 36 to 52 weeks The difference of serum levels of MMP-3 after 36 to 52 weeks compared with baseline correlated significantly to the decrease of CRP A decrease of MMP-3 ... and increased osteoclastic activity at sites of acute inflammation [8] In areas of less or no inflammation, repair mechanisms such as increased osteoblast activity were seen [8] The analysis of...
... planta of artemisinic acid to dihydroartemisinic acid or vice versa [13] It has been suggested that arteannuin B can be converted to artemisinin in planta [20] In order to increase our understanding ... Overexpression of FDS1 in A annua results in an increase in artemisinin production [29,30] indicating that it is a rate-limiting enzyme in this pathway FDS2 is often inducible and found in special ... expression of genes of artemisinin biosynthesis indifferent tissues During the last decade, a number of enzymes of artemisinin biosynthesis have been cloned and a putative pathway has been constructed...
... article as: Balkin and Margolin: Detection of poliovirus by ICC/ qPCR in concentrated water samples has greater sensitivity and is less costly using BGM cells in suspension ascomparedto monolayers ... attached to the sides It was demonstrated in our lab (unpublished) that BGM cells in suspension on day are viable An aliquot of suspension was seeded into a flask where a monolayer growth pattern was ... PV1 infection in cells that were in suspension comparedto the monolayer conformation Trypsinization immediately before the suspensions were inoculated may have increased yield however Goldstein...
... staining for avian and human type receptors observed in the trachea of ducks of the age groups was an interesting finding, especially considering the dominant presence of a2,3SA-gal receptors in ... MAA % Int a : The receptor distribution indifferent tissues determined as the average percent of positive staining observed by visual examination ofdifferent fields of the tissue from at least ... (+++) of the epithelial cells of small intestine showed positive staining for the avian type receptors with no detectable presence of human type receptors while no staining for both receptors was...
... confirmed decreased expression during disease progression ING4 was extensively expressed innormal epithelium in control lung samples, as well asin early stagesof disease (day 7) where inflammation ... Following the above series of experiments and to shed further light on the fibrogenic cascade, we sought to determine the expression profiles of ING4, also known as inhibitor of HIF-1a, indifferent ... both in mRNA and protein level, in the BLM-model of pulmonary fibrosis comparedto untreated mice Intriguingly, reduced expression of ING4 was noted as a gradual decline in parallel with disease...
... randomised comparison of streptokinase vs tissue plasminogen activator vs anistreplase and of aspirin plus heparin vs aspirin alone among 41,299 cases of suspected acute myocardial infarction Lancet ... due to direct interactions of tPA or SK with the assays, as confirmed by the in vitro assays Discussion Soluble forms of adhesion molecules including selectins and members of the immunoglobulin ... samples of patients treated with lytic agents The declension of sE-selectin in the tPA patients remained significant during the whole observation period No increasing or decreasing intra-individual...