... [21] (see Materials and methods) Interestingly, the distribution of the CD166+ cells in OA andnormal samples was not uniform but was clearly zonal (Figures and 7) In both OA andnormal cartilage, ... groups (Figure 5a,b) Induction of the osteogenic lineage, as assessed by the detection of alkaline phosphatase, was more pronounced in CD166+ cells, indicating more progenitor cells in CD166+ than ... sieve and washed twice in DMEM/F12 containing 5% FCS and antibiotics After counting in a Neubauer chamber, cells were seeded in culture flasks at an average density of × 104 cells/cm2, passaged...
... time, the system was tried of skinning birds in their fresh state, and also of cutting the skins longitudinally in two halves, and filling the one half with plaster; then the skin was fixed to a ... problems of more or less difficulty, and which none of them appear inclined to solve; and I not wonder at this, as the attempt, in my own case, in one or two instances, has involved days of study and ... salt) andof carbonate of soda The "Natron" is collected once a year, and is used both in Egypt and Syria, as also in Europe, for manufacturing glass and soap, and for bleaching linen." Turning...
... problems of the MPOs as follows: 14 Greeting and Offering Help Asking for Information Describing Problems Complaining and Showing Sympathy Giving Advice and Instructions Giving Directions Explaining ... generally shown based on the work of Richards (2000) as follows: Greeting and Offering Help Giving Advice and Instructions Asking for Information Giving Directions Describing Problems Explaining the Situation ... The findings revealed that: The MPOs needed to improve their English listening and speaking skills in main functions as follows: 1) greeting and offering help, 2) asking personal details and problems...
... 021), as Information of date and place of death was available for 204 dead persons in the cohort Information of the causes of death was missing in two cases The coding of the 204 deceased individuals ... abusers (15) In a Swedish cohort study of drug abusers, low levels of psycho-social functioning measured by Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) and a high level of psychiatric Assessment at ... were collected in a standardized manner Standardized clinical interviews (SWEDATE) and hospital records contained background data and mandatory information on length and intensity of Nyhlén et...
... compared as markers of cognitive impairment in a community-dwelling population, and MMSE was used to assess cognitive status The ABI and PWV were measured as indicators of arterial structureandfunction ... decline and ABI might be of clinical value in identifying older people who are at increased risk of cognitive impairment The mechanism leading to the association between ABI and cognitive function ... research is considered as the report suggesting a usefulness of ABI and PWV as markers of cognitive functionin a community-dwelling population The measurement of the ABI provides one of the most practical...
... 2002 In this respect attention has also been given to the importance of salmonella contamination of animal feed as being the first link of the animal derived food chain [4,5] A striking example of ... human illnesses in the USA alone since it was introduced into the food chain [7] It is difficult to evaluate the importance of feed as a source of salmonella infection in animals and its subsequent ... contamination and 131 (2.5%) of the samples and 83 (10.4%) of the consignments were contaminated When result was split into different products 14.6% and 10.0% of imported consignments of soybean...
... be explained by considering S-100B a cause of post-CA brain injury and NSE, an enzyme released from nerve cells, as a result of brain injury: NSE as a marker of brain cell injury increases over ... least at the very beginning of brain injury the secretion and release of S100B (and hence elevation of serum S100B levels, if any) might not necessarily be indicative of aggravation of brain injury; ... reported findings Therefore, we emphasize that the time-course change in early phaseof serum S-100B and NSE levels would offer a more reliable indication of what is happening in the brain of the...
... nitrogen and triglycerides In addition, an enzymatic activity for the following proteins was measured: alanine aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase, aspartate aminotransferase, lactate dehydrogenase, ... well as the number of classifiers overlapping across the tissue types within a dose/time group) and indicates the accuracy each set of classifiers achieved in grouping all of the animals into ... regarding the utility and applicability of the microarray technology in biological research andin particular with respect to understanding and classifying injury processes that arise as a consequence...
... investigates the figure of speech as linguistic devices making the wittiness and then help us to understand/explain why people laugh when reading EHS and VHS - The role of context in the HS, then readers ... means of criticizing the individuals and groups in the society, and when laughing, they have the feeling of criticism and the amusement better than others One more thing is that Vietnamese has a ... display of the data classification will be done by means of tables in which the type of jokes in English and Vietnamese will be reflected, as well as the pieces of text to be described and analyzed...
... energy and determination - was an important “engine” for the data produced While this personal input was sometimes slow in coming in both seminars andin the context of supervision, when involved in ... experience” in the research She conducted individual and group interviews with both young and experienced managers and asked for comments as to how training could be organized and what kinds of capabilities ... are moments for asking, listening, asking again, clarifying and summarizing - all essential elements in the practice of leadership Second, the backstage: in both the course work and the thesis...
... ozone gas in the effluent of the gas washing bottle was quenched by concentrated potassium iodide solutions All tubing used was made of Teflon PTFE/PFA in order to avoid contamination of the gas ... qualifying exam, particularly Associate Professor Dr Bai Renbi, Associate Professor Dr Balasubramanian Rajasekhar, Associate Professor He Jianzhong, Associate Professor Paul Chen JiaPing and Associate ... constants of NOM as the initiator and inhibitor can be determined from the slope and intercept of the plot of 1/Rct vs the external inhibition capacity, respectively The rate constant of NOM as the...
... of the heme pocket of Pe Hb as found in the crystal structureof Pe metHbH2O [16] andas conrmed herein by solution 1H NMR of Pe metMbCN Proximal and distal residues are shown as rectangles and ... robust interpretive basis of the hyperne shift of the heme and active site residue for low-spin ferric globins in terms of distal ligand tilt [2830] and axial His orientation [26,3438] has been ... pyrrole C (Fig 4B,C) conrm both the assignment as Phe(CD1) and the orientation of the heme, as depicted in Fig andas found in the crystal structure The CfH of Phe46(CD1) exhibits the strong relaxation...
... structureof the myosin head, consisting of catalytic domain CAD) containing actin binding and ATPase sites, and lever arm domain (LD), connected to myosin filament backbone via myosin subfragment ... expression of calcium handling proteins [59, 60, 66] Vascular remodeling was initially defined as the process of arterial enlargement to accommodate the plaque and maintain constant flow despite increases ... pathological aspects of cardiac and smooth muscle cell functions, while Part III consists of articles concerning factors influencing structureandfunctionof cardiac and smooth muscle cells and tissues...
... However, as the O2D accumulates the likelihood of cellular injury increases, with reduction in cellular membrane integrity and consequent cell swelling as intracellular water increases Later in the ... Rixen and Siegel Figure Probability of death as a functionof oxygen debt (a) Regression-derived relation of Kaplan–Meier probability of death as a functionof increasing oxygen debt (O2D) in a ... critical quantity of R1 was given (at least 30% of the SBV), but the initial rate of recovery from the hemorrhage-induced O2D level was increased proportionately to the increase in R1 This relationship...
... the overall volume of such investments, has been increasing In many cases, the SWF domestic investments have provided financing in social and physical infrastructure, which are of strategic importance ... 117 118 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AS PROVIDERS OF LONG-TERM FINANCE an increased demand for long-term assets Merely establishing asset management institutions and assuming that managers will invest ... primarily in liquid assets In recent years, however, they have increasingly invested in alternative assets and asset classes with a longer investment time horizon Dyck and Morse (2011) assembled...
... rise in domestic tourism are: • Increased disposable income of the middle class, • Increased urbanization and stress of living in cities and towns, • Increased ownership of cars, which is making ... the survey The training was deemed necessary in view of the types of concepts entailed in understanding and explaining the tourism sector as a whole and it also enabled the interviewers to better ... of Goa during 2003-04, is expected to help in the revival of agriculture and increase in its contribution to GSDP in the State The value added from Forestry & Logging in GSDP has been declining...
... G(β,x,ν) assuming instead of (iii) in Theorem 1.1 Boundary Value Problems (iii ) G = G(z,ν,x) is continuous strictly increasing in z and, for some N > independent of ν and x, z−N G(z,ν,x) is decreasing ... Lipschitz continuous function with Lip( f ) ≤ l; (iii) G = G(z) is continuous, strictly increasing and for some N > 0, z−N G(z) is decreasing in (0,+∞) Then, on BR/2 , f is a C 1,γ function with ... subject of this paper Once again, the key point is the construction of the previously mentioned family of subsolutions Unlike the case of nondivergence or fully nonlinear operators, in the case of...
... phase components, and C(x) and S(x) are the responses of the quadrature filter pair In general, this type of local measurement of the phase results stable and a quasilinear behaviour of the phase ... proposed phase- based techniques in which disparity is estimated in terms ofphase differences in the spectral components of the stereo image pair Spatially localized phase measures can be obtained ... STEREOPSIS Disparity asphase difference According to the Fourier shift theorem, a spatial shift of δ in the image domain effects a phase shift of kδ in the Fourier domain On the basis of this property,...