... and a ventral midline celiotomy was performed The caecum was exteriorized andthe apex was pulled caudally to expose the dorsal taenital band The surgical method of jejunocaecostomy used in the ... essentially the same as performing hand suturing as used by Donawick et al [4] The ileum and jejunum were resected approximately 50 and 200 cm proximal tothe ileocaecal junction, respectively Afterthe ... 13 h afterthe surgery, andthe horses were fed 0.7 kg of alfalfa softened by hot water 47 h after operation The quantity of feed was then gradually increased over a period of days until the amount...
... cingulate [29] and via the reticular activating system tothe sensory cortex [30,31] The sensory cortex then directs information directly tothe amygdala, or via the hippocampus and then tothe amygdala ... projects tothe lateral hypothalamus to mediate the activation of sympathetic component of the ANS [36]; projections tothe dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus are involved in the activation of the ... project to association cortices, such as the parieto-temporo-occipital and prefrontal, and then tothe transitional cortex, including entorhinal, parahippocampal and perirhinal areas of the limbic...
... devote their time to school However, poor families are unlikely to be able to afford these alternatives the reduction in their consumption of other goods and services would be too large and they ... agriculture and into expanding manufacturing, service, and commerce sectors These and concomitant changes in the living situations of women and families throughout the globe—including urbanization and ... Hence the income of the household (and the level of the wage offered tothe woman, which affects household income) should be a key mediating factor in the relationship of women’s work to girls’...
... rule A * B tothe string AA, the result is the string BB At the end of the cycle, the last rule P~ erases the innermost brackets, and then the next cycle begins with the rule R1 The derivation ... assigning too many degrees of stress to a highly-embedded sentence The second is to reaxrange the boundaries given by the syntax when the intonational phrasing of an utterance does not correspond toits ... differing in the degrees of vowel height, tone, and stress they allow Therefore, the set of features must be allowed to vary from language to language, and in principle is limited only by the number...
... conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that is used to monitor the health and nutritional status of the country (22) Duringthe 2005-2006 ... explained by food label use alone was small (0% to 1.99%) and similar to values obtained in the only other study identified to report on this value (13) Despite the limited amount of variance explained ... sign on the front of the label (28) The food label alone is not expected to be sufficient in modifying behavior ultimately leading to improved health outcomes but may be used by individuals and dietetics...
... need to recall some standard definitions Given < p ≤ 1, for any positive integer n we write Gn,p for the random graph in the standard binomial model, where n is the number of vertices and p is the ... the induced subgraphs T [X], T [Y ] and T [Z] to get rid of all the oriented cycles in these subgraphs For example, we may take the arcs on X to be the union of the following three oriented cycles: ... our proof Let ≥ and β > be as given in Theorem Put δ = β/2 and set δ γ γ= , α= , C = 4( − 1), D = 2, σ = , and e ( + 2) δ = Then, there are constants ε, B0 , and m0 for which the upper bound...
... Torrefaction and Rectification process in France [10, 50], the Thermowood process in Finland [49] andthe Plato process in the Netherlands [7] This study was performed to investigate the effect of ... 53.2 18.4 graded into quality class C according the Dutch standard NEN 54661 The treated and untreated boards were matched andafter treatment the boards were stored in an open storage room for ... tothe degradation or tothe crystallization of amorphous cellulose (or both) Duringthe hydro-thermolysis stage lignin can be subject to degradation, but also to repolymerization reactions The...
... difficult to establish whether the observed associations between immunosuppressive agents and atherosclerosis are due tothe immunosuppressive agents themselves or to their effect on the activity of the ... used to measure the common carotid IMT Measurements were limited tothe CCA and not extended to other segments The prevalence of increased IMT and/ or plaques is substantially higher in the carotid ... potential effect modifiers in the relationship of interest The correlation between maximum IMT and diseaserelated factors and endothelial markers was assessed by Spearman rank correlation coefficient...
... investigators, however, have shown that the association between frequency of symptoms and severity of mucosal lesions on one hand, andthe amount of the esophageal acid exposure on the other one, ... the other alkaline (pH = 7) The catheter was inserted in the lower esophagus cm above the gastroesophageal sphincter (as detected by a plain film), and then the pH was recorded in 24 hours The ... nutrition duringthe study periodand use of nasogastric tube feeding was an exclusion criterion ment Systems Company, Enschede, The Netherlands) using a single-use, one-way catheter The study...
... model in relationtoits predictors 150 Table 6.10 Interpretation of SGU model in relationtoits predictors 150 Table 6.11 Interpretation of FAIGU model in relationtoits predictors ... there is no limit to include the number variables into the analysis to quantify the microclimate impact tothe built environment and vice versa Regardless of our input and outputs analysis, they ... al., 2004) Therefore, it is important to explore how far the urban texture and micro-climatic condition are affecting each other, andthe possibility to transform this relationship into a practical...
... SWI/SNF complexes [34] The target of histone H1 in frog myogenesis could either be the MyoD locus itself, or the locus of an upstream regulator Identification of the transcription factors inducing MyoD ... Wolffe and R Rupp, unpublished results), andthe nucleosomes at the regulatory sites of the myogenin and MCK genes, which are bound by MyoD and MEF-2 family members, shift from a hypo- to a hyper-acteylated ... determination and differentiation: story of a core regulatory network andits context Curr Opin Cell Biol 8, 877–889 Kitzmann, M & Fernandez, A (2001) Crosstalk between cell cycle regulators andthe myogenic...
... of the changes of the Thegroup andthe non-RP group mean TGF-β1 level in theThe pattern of the changes of the mean TGF-β1 level in the RP group andthe non-RP group The TGF-β1 level began to ... from the irradiated area increased continuously duringandafter RT compared tothe pretreatment levels in the RP group[17] On the other hand, in several studies the pattern of the changes of the ... from the patients at six points: before treatment and at the beginning, in the middle of and at the end of RT and at and weeks afterthe completion of RT By using meticulous handling procedure, the...
... Comparison of the quantification results of laboratory-scale and full-scale activated sludge by the quantitative PCR method and by the FISH method, and their correlation The results from laboratory-scale ... sensitive and rapid tool for its quantification in activated sludge It would be suitable for routine monitoring or measurement of a large number of samples, and lead to better understanding of the ... Quantitative PCR and FISH method in Activated sludge The amount of Candidatus ‘Accumulibacter phosphatis’ in the laboratory-scale andthe full-scale activated sludge were quantified both by the quantitative...
... words and expressions into a system which shows their and Heidi Weber [28, p 254] say that semantic features are the relationship to one another.” smallest units of meaning in a word The meaning ... English andits Vietnamese equivalents? - What are the pragmatic features of the adjective Warm in CHAPTER LITERATURE REVIEW AND THEORETICAL English andits Vietnamese equivalents? 1.5 SCOPE OF THE ... of the study, Semantics can be simply defined as the study of meaning It defines the aims, objectives andthe significance, presents the is central tothe study of communication In addition, there...
... parasites and their soluble extracts used in the assay system We observed that during in vitro cultivation, the L3 could not develop and molt to L4 in the presence of inhibitor, even at the end when the ... staining), and that the inhibition of PPasecatalyzed PPi hydrolysis by these inhibitors, is likely to prevent the synthesis of the new cuticle from the hypodermis and/ or ecdysis of the old cuticle ... [43,44] and apicomplexan protozoa [45] The L3 of A suum develop and molt to L4 in the lungs of their vertebrate hosts that can also occur during in vitro cultivation To determine whether this...
... noticeably improved, andthe coverage was comparable with that for the Nichigai dictionary On the other hand, in the case where random choice was performed, the Nichigai dictionary andthe Webbased encyclopedia ... search their knowledge base for the description of each of four candidate terms Then they would choose the candidate term whose description is most similar tothe question description The mechanism ... (i.e., memory) for the description of a given term, and compare that description with four candidates Then they would choose the candidate that is most similar tothe description For the second type...
... deposits nonetheless exposed U.S taxpayers tothe risk of losswhile the profits made possible by deregulation and forbearance would accrue tothe owners and managers of the savings and loans The ... managers to run it Between 1985 and 1988, the Bank Board placed over 100 S&Ls in the program 182 History of the EightiesLessons for the Future Chapter The Savings and Loan Crisis andIts Relationship ... favor in order to keep regulators from interfering in their operations 180 History of the EightiesLessons for the Future Chapter The Savings and Loan Crisis andIts Relationship to Banking with...
... antigen binding and presentation to CD8 + cytolytic T cells In HFE, the proximity of the two a helices andthe presence of amino acid side chains that project into the groove appear to prevent peptide ... into acidic endosomes where the iron is released and transported into the cytoplasm via the Nramp2-DCT1 iron transporter Apo-transferrin and TfR1 are recycled tothe cell surface where apo-transferrin ... ERC/punctate and reticular localization within the same cell Furthermore, in cells expressing either the double or single mutants, we tended to see a decrease in the number of cells with the ability to...
... consider the set of all flux distributions meeting the flux balance relations dictated by the stoichiometry of the system and pick out the distribution for which the total flux becomes a minimum The ... imply a thermodynamically unfavourable regime where the flux through the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway had to be reversed to maintain the target fluxes Then, the NADPH needed to drive the reactions ... briefly outlines the mathematical basis of the method The second part presents two applications of the method tothe metabolism of erythrocytes and of the microorganism, Metylobacterium extorquens AM1...
... e and f, respectively, after re-chromatography on Mono S (Fig 1B,C) The (0) at the bottom shows the absence of protease activity in e and f after re-chromatography Mw, molecular mass marker The ... reagent The pI values assigned to bands in columns e and f were determined from both IEF standards (Std) and buffer control gel run in parallel The numbers at the right represent the pI values of the ... values of the major bands in e and f, while the numbers at the left are the pI values of standard proteins The arrow at the right represents the pI value of 6.84 calculated for the unmodified CLAP...