... thrombosis in various diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), vasculitis and antiphospholipid syndrome (APLS) Similar to RA and SLE, primary Sjögren 's syndrome ... SLE [14,31], Crohn 's disease [32], systemic sclerosis [22], vasculitis [33-35] and myositis [36] Here we report the first assessment of circulating MPs in pSS An interesting finding was the significantly ... level of MPs increases less in patients with more severe disease, the interest of using MP levels for monitoring disease activity is limited, unless assessment of sPLA2 activity is performed...
... switches Tennessee-based System Integrations, Inc., a provider of security, network and telephony services for K-12 schools, assisted with the design and provided installation and testing services ... wireless access points (WAPs) and projectors in each classroom The new cabling also supports intercom/bell speakers, a 3Com VoIP telephony system, video network, community printers, and door access ... campus cabling with ADC s CopperTen 10-gigabit cable RESULTS FRA s technology curriculum spans the entire school From software that teaches students to read and write, to classes that focus on...
... changes 3.4 Lead-lag analysis of bond spreads and CDS 3.5 Regression analysis of the basis 3.6 Further results for the regression analysis of the basis 15 15 17 18 20 22 Conclusions 26 Figures and ... risk, namely sovereign credit risk We also conduct a variety of robustness tests and discuss the economic significance of our results Our sample comprises weekly observations on the CDS spreads ... that the positive impact on bond spreads is stronger than on CDS spreads, as the analysis of spreads in section 3.2 has shown The group of countries’ bases without the dummy is not sensitive to...
... various patient-derived tissues (lymphocytes, platelets, muscle) and cell lines (fibroblasts and lymphoblasts) (reviewed in [3]) Spectrophotometrically assessed complex I specific activity was essentially ... insult may also explain the apparent contradiction of SOD results in LHON cybrids As shown by Western blot analysis, the expression of CuZnSOD and MnSOD proteins seems to be slightly increased ... Quantitative analysis of the blots was carried out using the image j software (http//rsb.info.nih.gov ⁄ ij ⁄ ) Statistical analysis Results are expressed as arithmetic means ± SD Comparisons were made...
... Crohn s disease by several potential mechanisms such as altering the intestinal mucins, promoting local immune response, and stabilizing the gut mucosal barrier Lactobacillus GG also has an impressive ... considered abnormal (12) Statistical Analysis Quantitative variables are described as medians with ranges in parentheses The significance of changes was evaluated us- ing analysis of variance (ANOVA) ... PCDAI was calculated at each visit Stools were cultured at each follow-up visit to assess colonization by LGG Intestinal permeability was assessed by a cellobiosemannitol sugar permeability test at...
... has paid off We feel good about our team Parkinson s is a progressive disease, but in most cases it progresses so slowly that it s easy to ignore the first symptoms What are the living well with ... diagnosis was Parkinson s disease It s a progressive disease with no cure However, there are medications that treat the symptoms, and a lot of research is being done now on Parkinson s The best ... to stock your kitchen with the special silverware, dishes, and glasses that are sold in medical supply stores Utensils with especially wide handles and spill-proof cups may make your life easier...
... these earthquakes in himself, sudden shakings; these lightnings, sudden flashes; these thunders, sudden noises; these eclipses, sudden offuscations and darkening of his senses; these blazing stars, ... As sickness is the greatest misery, so the greatest misery of sickness is solitude; when the infectiousness of the disease deters them who should assist from coming; even the physician dares scarce ... soul these apprehensions, these presages, these changes, these antidates, these jealousies, these suspicions of a sin, as well as my body of a sickness? Why is there not always a pulse in my soul...
... cells in substantia nigra in normal subjects and in patients with Parkinson s disease estimated with an unbiased stereological method J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 54, 30–33 55 Bezard E, Gross ... [46,47] Second, thermal stability of the enzyme increases and its resistance to proteolysis improves [33] TH preparations from animal tissues are inevitably contaminated with catecholamines and thus ... 12 Moser A, Scholz J, Nobbe F, Vieregge P, Bohme V & Bamberg H (1995) Presence of N-methyl-norsalsolinol in the CSF: correlations with dopamine metabolites of patients with Parkinson s disease...
... ropes, shoestrings, cords, sashes, and leashes were among the items involved in these types of incidents Playground slides were most often involved, although climbing equipment and swing sets were ... up with full telephone investigations, and were the basis for this analysis In 409 of the 454 cases, CPSC field investigators also conducted an on-site investigation On-site investigations were ... proportions of injuries associated with slides, swings, and other public equipment declined somewhat On home equipment, swings and swing sets continued to be associated with the greatest proportion...
... representing mother s work status, sometimes without indicating if the correlation is statistically significant In some cases these analyses are refined by stratifying the sample on factors such ... work disruptions associated with their domestic responsibilities (Seguino 1997; Pearson 1995) Others require pregnancy tests or 29 This is not an uncontested view; see Joekes (1995) Also, as countries ... these findings, while limited in number, should be a source of concern to policymakers This is especially the case because, as discussed below, trends such as increasing female headship and smaller...
... football was simpler then, in the days before Orwellian passing schemes and mass situational substitutions on every play, and the fan s experience was simpler, too Cable television and sports talk ... before games, no long lines at the concession stands, no big crowds squashing you into your seat Dallas was still a frontier outpost as a pro sports town There was no major league baseball in ... They saw us as carpetbaggers.‖ That Dallas would have two professional teams just eight years later seems profoundly foolish, but such was the case Not only did the Cowboys arrive in ‘60, costing...
... television rights fees and continued growth in sponsorship gate revenues Theme parks will grow at a 3.8 percent compound annual rate, as new rides, hotels, and new parks boost admissions Steady ... first expense items to be cut During expansionary periods the opposite happens, as most markets in the E&M industry start to grow since companies start to focus on generating growth and advertising ... advertising is one of main tools used to boost sales Similarly for consumer 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Sources: Statistics Netherlands, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Wilkofsky Gruen...
... Services Administration 's (GSA) government domain registration database.6 This group consisted mostly of web sites operated by small agencies, commissions, or programs Finally, at your request, ... Personnel Management Small Business Administration Social Security Administration The Access Board The White House Fellows Program Thrift Savings Plan U .S Nuclear Regulatory Commission U .S Postal ... cookies Session cookies are short-lived, are used only during the surfing session to facilitate browsing, and expire when the user quits the browser Persistent cookies specify expiration dates and...
... to use CSS3 's shadows, gradients, and transformations, as well as how to learn how to work with fonts In the last section, we'll use HTML5 's client-side features such as Web Storage, Web SQL ... technologies Cross-Document Messaging Web browsers prevent us from using scripts on one domain to affect or interact with scripts on another domain This restriction keeps end users safe from cross-site ... lot of confusion among developers, customers, and even authors In some cases, pieces H o w THIS W O R K S from the CSS3 specification such as shadows, gradients, and transformations are being...
... Commune, Hai Ha District, Quang Ninh Province flats Based on the results of sediment grain size analysis of samples collected from different sites, most peanut-worm flat sediments comprised of more ... (Sipunculus nudus) is a marine species which lives in sediments, and sediment environment characteristics and grain size are very important for the distribution of peanutworms Sediment grain size ... metals in sediments of peanut-worm flats (Table 3) shows that the content of most elements (as adsorbed The distribution of peanut-worm in relationship with geo-environment factors Peanut-worm (Sipunculus...
... the rest for testing Also, it has separate lists for such information as special suffices like -ly, -y, -ed, -d, and -s The accuracy of this parser is reported Proceedings of EACL '99 Synonyms/Hypernyms ... this parser The main technique used by the parser is the best-first search Because the grammar is probabilistic, it is enough to find only one parse tree with highest possibility During the parsing ... 2.2 Roget 's Thesaurus In Roget 's Thesaurus (Chapman, 1977), words are classified according to the ideas they express, and these categories of ideas are numbered in sequence The terms within a...
... alcohol was used as a matrix The sample was ionized with KeV Xe atoms, and the ions were accelerated through 10 KeV Argon was used as the collision gas RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Analysis of LPS As shown ... 1H chemical shift The 1H signals were assigned using DQF-COSY, TOCSY and ROESY spectra, and the 13C signals were assigned using HMQC and HMBC spectra Some of the coupling constants that were ... connectivity (HMBC) spectra were obtained as described previously [7] MALDI-TOF-MS was performed with a Voyager-DE STR (PerSeptive Biosystems, Framingham, MA, USA) instrument Samples were dissolved in...
... the head of Transneft, Semyon Weinstock, about Russia s position in relation to the transit issue shows the real state of affairs ‘We must escape transit dependence Russia has the unique potential ... terminated supply to gas stations Instead they explained the decrease of supplies as due to the ‘preplanned reconstruction’ of Lysychansk and Kherson ORPs Statistics showed that the companies did not stop ... Turkmenistan It is important for Ukraine so that it can diversify its supply sources and reduce its dependence on Russia For Russia, Turkmen gas is important because it provides it with additional supplies...
... diagnosis of primary SjS [6] This is because antibodies to SSA and SSB are not specific to SjS, but are also found in other rheumatological diseases including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), ... antibodies associated with infectious agents, the detection of autoantibodies associated with autoimmunity requires more sensitive tests than ELISAs or other solid phase immunoassays such as protein ... sensitivity), this shortened assay was not as useful as the our previous LIPS results on these same samples with 75% sensitivity and 100% specificity [20] Finally, the results from the Page of...