role of dentists as oral physicians in physical and mental health

... importance of self-reported physical and mental health status and the five life domains in explaining global QOL in Table Relationships between self-reported physical and mental health status and depressive ... school, living-environment, and self, and self-reported physical and mental health status explained 76.1% of the variance in global QOL Although self-reported physical and mental health status ... life, and 14.0% providing a rating at or below the middle of the scale (≤ 4) (n = 7,675) The measurement of self-reported physical and mental health status The joint- and marginal-distributions of...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... satisfaction and mental health (r = 0.39), job satisfaction and physical health/ well-being (r = 0.36), mental and physical health/ well-being (r = 0.37), and workplace stress and mental strain (r = ... Therefore, we examined if: 1) work ability decreases with age and poor self-reported physical and mental health, and 2) work ability decreases with increasing physical, psychosocial and organizational ... with their physical health and wellbeing and 21.9% had HSCL-25 scores equal to or above cut-off of 1.55 Continuous physically or mentally strenuous work was reported by 8.5% and 9.9% of the sample,...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20

... also asked to bring all current medicines (including complementary medicines) into the clinic at their appointment Respiratory measures Asthma was defined as current self-reported physiciandiagnosed ... coughing and volume of sputum production Chronic cough was defined as cough reported on most/ every day in the past three months Sputum was defined as at least or tablespoons per day Quality of ... were assessed with the validated Chronic Lung Disease (CLD) Index [29,30] This is a 6-item instrument that includes items relating to frequency and intensity of dyspnea and wheeze and frequency of...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 10:20

... physical and mental health are the outcomes of interest instead of the typical eight domains of the extended measure (i.e physical functioning, role physical, bodily pain, general health perception, ... CD: Defining and using quality of life: a survey of health care professionals Clin Rehabil 2003, 17(8):865-870 Rogerson RJ: Environmental and health- related quality of life: conceptual and methodological ... acceptance and bullying; and 10) financial resources The KIDSCREEN-52 HRQoL questionnaire assesses either the frequency of behaviour/ feelings or, in fewer cases, the intensity of an attitude Page of...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... Circulating levels of leptin, adiponectin, resistin, and ghrelin in inflammatory bowel disease Inflamm Bowel Dis 2006, 12:100-105 McTernan PG, Kusminski CM, Kumar S: Resistin Curr Opin Lipidol ... CRP often remains low In spite of this, there were associations between resistin and CRP (r = 0.193) as well as between resistin and ESR (r = 0.316) Severe SLE flares (for example, in kidneys and ... soluble interleukin-6 receptor; SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus An association between resistin and inflammation has been reported in several different diseases, including RA [21] and inflammatory...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:22

... mutagenesis, create signiÞcant changes in the genetic makeup of plants and animals due to the random recombination and sorting of thousands of genes As a result of intervention by people, the hybrid ... recombinant bovine somatotropin IDENTITY PRESERVATION AND THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET In the past, it was not necessary for the food supply chain to segregate and identity preserve grain destined for ingredient ... fruits, and grains It is also possible to increase the levels in various plants of phytochemicals that have been associated with disease prevention, e.g., lycopene in tomatoes and sulfurofane in broccoli...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 21:20

... contains mammalian homologs of Caenorhabditis elegans synMuvB proteins and is composed of p130, E2F4 ⁄ and DP1 ⁄ and a module containing the MuvB proteins Lin-37, Lin-52, Lin-54 and chromatinassociated ... repression of genes, such as cyclin A and cyclin B1, in dividing cells [92] Furthermore, depletion of Lin-9 and B-Myb in p53) ⁄ ) MEFs caused lowered expression of cyclin A, cyclin B and Cdc2 [94] In ... promoters In G0, proteins appear to bind to the CDE ⁄ CHR, as monitored by in vivo footprinting According to these early experiments all binding is lost in G2 ⁄ M In contrast, constitutive binding...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 09:20

... fractions prepared from CT and CT-B-injected rats (Fig 3A) An increase in ARF content was observed in endosomal fractions isolated postinjection of CT-B, and this increase was maintained for up to 60 ... immunoreactive Gsa was detected as a doublet of 47 kDa and 45 kDa (Fig 1, lanes of lower blots) In vivo injection of native CT or CT-B effected a rapid increase of both the 47 kDa and 45 kDa Gsa isoforms, ... pepstatin A reduced, both in vivo and in vitro, the CTstimulated cAMP response in hepatic cells, as did transfection of MCF-7 cells with cathepsin D small interfering (si)RNA In contrast, cathepsin...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 02:20

... successive injections of glutamine or GTP was recorded as a displacement of the baseline as illustrated in Fig 1A The power value of the baseline and its 34 A 32 30 10 12 14 Time (min) 33 B 32 ... calorimetry of the glutaminase activity of L lactis CTP synthase (A) Enthalpogram showing the recording of steady-state rates for the hydrolysis of glutamine at increasing substrate concentrations measured ... between 0.05 and 0.15 lmol of glutamine injected into the reaction cell containing between 1.7 and 17 lM CTP synthase and integrating the entire heat evolvement over time For the measurement of DH for...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 15:20

... Overview of the tyrosinase gene and surrounding genes in the genome of V spinosum (A) Showing the tyrosinase gene and those in its immediate vicinity in the V spinosum genome Triangles indicate ... trypsinized pro-tyrosinase (Fig 3B, lane 4) Determination of the mass of the proteins by MS revealed masses of 36 506 kDa (recombinant core tyrosinase) and 37 874 kDa (trypsinized pro-tyrosinase) ... tyrosinase domain and the C-terminal extension (Table 3) Recombinant V spinosum tyrosinase Table Stability and determined copper content of the tyrosinase enzymes ND, not determined Enzyme Recombinant...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 11:20

... large and small domains, respectively, and appear to stabilize their protein scaffolds, allowing the proper positioning of the residues involved in PLP binding, substrate binding and modulation of ... hydrophobic contacts in serine hydroxymethyltransferase to bind PLP In this intermediate, the N-terminus and an inter-domain segment remain exposed to solvent In the following, slow phase, these structural ... PLP binding properties The affinity of wild-type and mutant forms for the cofactor was measured to evaluate the impact of the mutations on the structure of the PLP binding site Because PLP binding...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 03:20

... sufficient for inducing activation of GS in muscle and fat cells, and that inhibition of the kinase potentiates insulin action in muscle of insulin-resistant rats [39], and that prolonged GSK3 inhibition ... phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, p70, S6 kinase and glycogen synthase kinase-3 activity in L6 muscle cells: evidence for the involvement of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway in the L-leucine-induced ... enhanced in insulin-resistant muscle and the kinase has been implicated in down-regulating insulin signalling via its ability to serine phosphorylate IRS1 [40], it is possible that inhibition of GSK3...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 08:20

... molybdenum and iron as the reactive site By contrast, the active center of nitrogenase-2 consists of vanadium and iron, and that of nitrogenase-3 contains only iron [1,2] The expression of each set of ... conformations of VnfA corresponding to a combination of the presence and absence of AMP-PNP and the Fe-S cluster (vide infra) This could help to solve the problem of why binding AMP-PNP has an in uence ... proteolysis of VnfA, a similar effect of the nucleotide binding was reported in a study of the limited trypsin digestion with NifA + MgADP, in which binding MgADP to the central AAA+ domain is ascribed...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 09:20

... stabilizing the proteinprotein interface [31] All of the interactions reported in Fig in the range between and 6.0 A are identical in the major and minor fractions of the holoprotein in solution In ... oxidizing conditions (c) Apo-ACP (O) and holo-ACP (h) in each fraction was quantied by measuring the intensity of the silver-stained protein bands using QUANTITY ONE software and plotted against ... differences in stability between the two proteins (as indicated by the values of DGwater, Cm and Tg) hence arise from the changes in the surface of the protein because of the interactions of the cofactor...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 10:20

... measurements of label incorporation into glycogen C1 and C6, as well as changes in total glycogen content in vivo, which can be used to assess the activity of the direct and indirect pathway, as ... demonstrate that increased Fru-2,6-P2 has similar metabolic effects in the fed as well as in the fasted state During the NMR experiments, the infusion of [1-13C] glucose was sufficient to maintain blood ... states The striking linearity of the signal increase of glycogen C1 and C6 during this long measurement period (Fig 3) implies measurement of either the early phase of turnover, as the curve did...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 17:20

... may in uence the shape and volume of the acyl binding pocket and thereby alter the binding mode and affinity of the enzyme for PAA and derivatives thereof, while maintaining the hydrophobicity of ... METHODS Strain and plasmids Mutants were constructed using the plasmid pEC carrying the PA gene of E coli [7] For cloning and expression of wild-type and mutant enzymes, E coli HB101 was used as a host ... Time (min) 250 300 100 200 300 40 00 Time (min) Fig Kinetically controlled synthesis of ampicillin and cephalexin using wild-type (dashed lines) and the bF24A mutant (solid lines) (A) Cephalexin...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 23:20

... in rising interest rate environments In the past 20 years (since 1992), there have been three periods of significant rate increases, as identified by rising 3-month Treasury yields and a rising ... Bank of St Louis, U.S Department of the Treasury Indexes are unmanaged and cannot be invested in directly Past performance is not indicative of future results Russell Investments // Role of bank ... Citigroup and Bloomberg Indexes are unmanaged and cannot be invested in directly Past performance is not indicative of future results Russell Investments // Role of bank loans in a rising rate...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 17:20

... determined, the binding network of fumarate in the enzyme has become clear In the fumarate-binding pocket, two arginyl residues, Arg67 and Arg91, have been identied as determining the major binding ... quantitation of microgram quantities of protein, utilizing the principle of protein-dye binding Anal Biochem 72, 248254 Segel IH (1993) Enzyme Kinetics: Behavior and Analysis of Rapid Equilibrium and ... Glu59 into Asp, Gln and Leu, using a high delity of Pfu DNA polymerase in the PCR reaction Primers including the mutation site are 25- to 45-mer, which is considered necessary for specic binding of...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 06:20

... oligomers, contains basal ATPase activity and has chaperone activity in preventing the aggregation of luciferase and reactivating heat-inactivated luciferase Deletion of the N-terminal conserved ... Luciferase Luciferase Luciferase Luciferase Luciferase Luciferase Luciferase Luciferase 25 Time (min) Table Prevention of heat induced inactivation of luciferase by M tuberculosis ClpC1 and variants ... ATPase assay For a standard assay, lg protein was incubated in a 50 lL reaction mixture containing buffer A, 10 mm ATP containing [32P]ATP[cP] and 10 mm MgCl2 at 37 °C for 30 The reaction was...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 06:20

... microfinance institutions have better repayment rates than traditional commercial finance institutions Increasing acceptance of microfinance has, in turn, laid the groundwork for an increasing ... capacity-building, as it is working on a number of levels: • Microfinance institutions With surging interest in microfinance on the part of donor agencies, international financial institutions, ... commercial financial institutions are increasingly engaging and experimenting with ways of expanding that pool of clients to include lower-income individuals and entrepreneurs and SMEs This report...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 08:20