regional differences in the incidence or mortality

... fixation with formalin The left lobe was bisected to produce superior and inferior portions The superior half of the left lobe was subjected to a sagittal cut The superior and inferior portions were ... staining B) Medium airway α-SMA staining C) Small airway Picrosirius Red (PSR) staining D) Medium airway PSR staining E) Small airway fibronectin staining F) Medium airway fibronectin stainingData ... address the question of heterogeneous airway remodeling Our findings should therefore be interpreted with this in mind Precisely defining the airway size/environment required for specific remodeling...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 16:20

... (Figure 4) A priori, it is not clear whether the positive correlation in the male is the result of the dosage compensation or results from another mechanism To determine if these correlation patterns ... site of the original avian W female-determining mutation It is particularly intriguing, therefore, that the MHM valley includes DMRT1 [22], the testis development gene that, if mutated on the W, ... contains SOX3, the nearest X homologue of the Y-linked testis-determining gene SRY [1,30-37] If the MHM valley represents the oldest part of the Z chromosome, then it might also harbor the site...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 08:20

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4.
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 ... the ethnic
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 Malays
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Ngày tải lên: 05/10/2015, 21:29

... into major warfare in 1817 The eventual victor was Shaka, the son of a minor chief among the Mthethwa, who incorporated the whole region into his new Zulu kingdom before he was assassinated in ... have inaugurated population growth in Tunisia, but otherwise the decades before the French occupation in 1881 were among the worst in the country’s history During the 1830s, the French invasion ... convert into real authority the nominal overlordship of the coast that they had claimed since leading opposition to the Portuguese there in 1698 They took control of Kilwa in 1785, established more...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 07:20

... Graph showing the variationthethe monthly average morning Graph showing the variation in the monthly average morning barometric pressure during the study period Page of (page number not for citation ... Graph showing theduring thein the monthly average maxiGraph showing the variation in the monthly average maximum temperature during the study period Figure barometric pressure during in study ... preeclampsia in the dry and wet seasons that occur in Zimbabwe [12] All these studies have assessed if there was a seasonal variation in the incidence of preeclampsia Interestingly Phillips et al, in their...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 06:20

... (Kd) for the large lipid particles, are notably distinct in their maximum binding capacities (Table 2) In particular, the binding footprint for the apoE4 isoform, corresponding to 3.0 amino acids ... observed for EggPtdCho/TO fraction in the presence of both apoE isoforms However, a greater increase in the ordinate maximum and area under the curve is obvious in the presence of the apoE4 isoform ... symbols), indicating that a greater proportion of apoE4 binds the larger particles Together with the results obtained in the previous section employing Myr2Gro-PCho/TO emulsions, these data support the...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 09:20

... Development Goals, the World Summit on the Information Society and the efforts of the regional commissions to mainstream the regional dimension in the overall work of the United Nations in the economic ... Regional coordination meetings and other regional inter-agency initiatives 29 Coordination meetings and knowledge-sharing forums at the regional level are important mechanisms through which the regional ... so they drop out of the formal market and, perhaps, resort to the informal sector The official unemployment rates mask the fact that female workers are mostly in informal employment in Africa In...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 21:20

... are much more uniform than those on the remaining deposits; lending interest rates for non-financial corporations are more uniform than for households; and for large loans (i.e loans of more than ... covariates in the regressions of the categories of deposit interest rates; in the regressions of the categories of lending interest rates to households; and in the categories 20 of lending interest ... t include the same covariates in the regressions of the categories of deposit interest rates; in the regressions of the categories of lending interest rates to households; and in the categories...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 13:20

... aphidicolin for various times The rate of protein synthesis was then determined by measuring the amount of incorporation of [35S]methionine and [35S]-cysteine into cellular protein over hours The ... in a Coulter Counter and for protein analysis Radiolabel incorporation into protein was assessed by lysing the cells in 0.2% Triton and then removing three aliquots and counting each in a scintillation ... plated in a poly-D-lysine- and fibronectin-coated cm culture dish in medium containing 3% FCS and ␮g/ml aphidicolin In one experiment, the protein synthesis rate of proliferating cells in complete...

Ngày tải lên: 06/08/2014, 18:20

... logged forest (LF) within study area, located on the 286 northwest-facing slope of Changbai Mountain, Northeastern China Fig Location of the primary forest (PF) and logged forest (LF) within study ... harvesting By initially decreasing overstorey density and basal area, canopy openings created by logging triggered a rapid increase in recruitment into the seedling and sapling layers The fact ... than in the primary forest, but the values of the three indices for poles and large trees did not demonstrate any significant differences between the two forests (Table 4), indicating that the...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 03:22

... observed for hrs after birth The beef calves stayed with their dams in the calving pen throughout the experiment so that they could suckle freely all the time The Holstein calves were born between ... immunoglobulin transfer in calves dying from infectious disease J Am Vet Med Assoc 1976, 169, 713-718 16 Petrie L Maximising the absorption of colostral immunoglobulins in the newborn dairy calf ... Changes in the mean (with standard errors) serum IgM levels of Korean native calves ( ) and Holstein calves ( ; ) during the first two weeks after birth The serum IgM levels were higher in Korean...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 17:22

... beneficial in relation to the assessment or treatment of PTSD With the previous findings in the PTSD literature in mind, we find it relevant to examine the following hypotheses concerning the lifespan ... extent, influence the results in HTQ scores found in men PTSD prevalence in old age A distinct decrease in HTQ scores is seen for women after the 50s and the lowest level is found for women in their ... further in future research in order to develop more thorough explanations for the effect Summary The hypotheses made for the present study are verified by the results found The first hypothesis,...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21

... domain and a C-terminal effector domain [19] The effector domain interacts with proteins involved in the 3’-end cellular mRNA processing, inhibits mRNA export and pre-mRNA splicing of host cell ... have indicated that the blocking of virus-induced IFN-b promoter activation is mediated by the N-terminal RNA binding domain of the NS1 protein [42-44] The 71 amino acid differences between the ... interacts with components of the nuclear pore complex as well as the mRNA export machinery [29-34] The N-terminal RNA binding domain binds to both single- and double-stranded RNA that might inhibit...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 21:21

... haemagglutinin plays an important role for tissue tropism and the host range of the influenza virus [19] The amino acid composition of the receptor binding pocket of the HA protein for the H10 isolates ... to the Eurasian avian lineage and within each NA subtype, the viruses clustered in the same branches The NA protein plays an important role during the entry of the virus into the cells and in the ... that the four C-terminal amino acid residues of the NS1 act as a PDZ binding motif that may represent a virulence determinant PDZ domains are protein-interacting domains that are involved in a...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 04:20

... 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 epithelial cell of the large intestine ... high intensity of positive staining (80-90%, ++++) for the avian type receptors These sections did not give any positive staining for the human type receptors Results of receptor staining for turkey ... and human influenza viruses may utilize these receptors for binding to initiate infections The presence of avian receptors in the trachea and bronchial epithelium and their absence in other parts...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 04:21

... studies Nevertheless, there were differences between the three studies in terms of the other determinants In KORA environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and the use of at least one drug influencing lung ... diabetes were linked with low FVC in the SHIP study, while this was true for ETS and the use of medication influencing lung function in the KORA study However, the effect of diabetes in the SHIP study ... lung function and the intake of fatty acids or antioxidant vitamins such as vitamin C and E [38,39] As we did not have information on these factors, further studies taking these into account might...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 11:21

... change in the reporting of RA patients to the register may bias the findings On the other hand, the precision of the estimates in the present study are limited due to the small sample size Finally, ... confidence interval) arthroplasties In addition, the patients were mostly Caucasians from a single urban area in southern Sweden, and the findings may not apply to other settings In theory, the results ... age for all observed patients in the cohort at the start of each calendar year factor (TNF) inhibitors in the standard of care of patients with severe RA These agents were introduced in the late...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:23

... branch correction in HYPHY [14] In the latter case, we took recombination into account by first detecting recombination breakpoints with GARD [15], and then estimating the dN/dS ratios independently ... viruses infecting these three races, deciphering the genetic determinants of these differences should become a public-health priority Indeed, our results highlight the need for selecting a broader ... considering their own genetic differences [3], we tested for differences in selection pressure on a race-byrace basis Multiple significance in the pairwise t-tests was corrected using the Benjamini...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:21

... modeled lectin were corrected during the model building procedure using the rotamer library [21] and the search algorithm implemented in the Homology program [22] to maintain proper side-chain orientation ... important differences in the post-translational processing of the precursors [6] Many GNA-related lectins are indeed synthesized as preproproteins and then converted in the mature polypeptide by the ... TurboFrodo, a final energy minimization step was performed by 100 cycles of steepest descent using Discover 3, keeping the amino acid residues forming the carbohydrate-binding sites constrained The program...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 01:20

... economic implications For instance, our data support the findings of prior investigations showing that AKI may play a role in prolonging the duration of stay in the ICU and the hospital and may ... significant rise in the incidence of AKI Moreover, despite modest changes in the profile of patients with AKI, the associated mortality has declined Key messages • • • The incidence of AKI has increased ... an increased incidence of AKI (Table 2) There were no significant changes in incidence by diagnostic category over the study period, with the exception of an increasing trend in incidence of...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:21