... selection for leg weakness for successive generations has exacerbated the structural differences between the three lines of pigs Results from previous research showed that these differences were ... that genetically differed in their expression of leg weakness after five generations of selection were found to differ also in several traits of bones and muscles of the front leg Selection of pigs ... related to differential growth patterns of the bones This seemed unlikely, however, in that not all bones were affected and there were no differences in bone weights between lines Furthermore, there...
... the beneficial mechanisms of action and effectsof both Andro and LA for treatment of diabetes, we conducted experiments to evaluate the efficacy and possible mechanism(s) of action of a conjugate ... increased ROS production in a concentration-dependent manner Pretreatmentof the cells with μM of Andro, LA or AL-1 effectively quenched the production of increased ROS AL1 and LA were equally effective ... Mahler T, Schuit FC, Pipeleers-Marichal M, Sener A, Kloppel G, Malaisse WJ, Pipeleers DG: Effectsof chronically elevated glucose levels on the functional properties of rat pancreatic beta-cells...
... divergence up to 17.8% were selected These isolates are representative of the diversity of the other parts of the genome as phylogenetic reconstruction from the P1, the CP and the full genome ... addition, we observed the reversion of GUS activity over the entire leaf, even where the P1 protein had not been delivered, suggesting strong movement of this protein (Figure 5A) To further examine ... delivered twice onto pieces of L10 leaves (collected weeks after seedling) by particle bombardment For each P1 tested, 20 leaves were cut into 10 cm strips In order to detect the specific effect of...
... Overview ofEffectsof Groups Positive effects improves mood and knowledge; lowers stress, anxiety, depression, less vomiting and pain Neutral effects -less needy patients experience less of ... threatening; Feeling pressure to conform or stress about group obligations; Group experiences may leave members feeling overwhelmed, less adequate; Lack of group direction makes group members ... problems in group Group Leader tasks include the need to reinforce a positive image of each group member Fears of ‘feeling stupid,’ can be lowered by the leader’s positive regard for each...
... Glucose concentrations increased in the presence of xylanase Surprisingly, xylose concentrations were reduced in the presence of xylanase Xylose concentrations in the presence of xylanase at 45°C ... autoclaved at 135°C for h which was called water pretreatment After pretreatment, the effect of temperature and the effect of combination of xylanase, cellulase, and β-glucosidase were examined during ... saccharification temperature and in the absence of xylanase enzyme The optimum temperature was 45°C because highest glucose concentrations were obtained Enzymes were most active at optimum temperature This...
... (concrete lexicon entries, but also classes of entries) require the existence of other items such that the non-existence of one allows a safe deletion of the other (and vice versa) In German, for instance, ... unification would have direct consequences for the overall performance of the system One key to reducing the cost of unification is to find the simplest set of operations that meet the needs of grammar ... after restriction (the deletion operation), 3There are refinements of the technique which we have implemented and which in practice produce additional benefits; we will report these in a subsequent...
... operations on the Table 1: Execution time for unification Test data shows the word used for the experiment # of LEs shows the number of lexical entries assigned to the word Naive shows the time for ... realized using this system For performance evaluation I measure the execution time for a part of application of grammar rules (i .e schemata) of XHPSG Table shows the execution time for unifying the ... feature structure with ff]y for D1 This operation preserves the validity of unification because each segment does not have inter- or intra-segment shared nodes, because of the condition we previously...
... knowledge with advanced technologies and international integration, while the the resources to education is limited, will create pressure on educational development From the unreasonable current ... dissertation are: To determine the profile of the respondents in terms of the following 1.1 gender 1.2 age 1.3 highest educational attainment 1.4 monthly average income 1.5 position To assess the effect ... quality human resources of the country, protect the legitimate interests of learners and require continual innovation knowledge to serve society The beneficiaries of this dissertation research is firstly...
... were used for each treatment Fruits were examined for mould regularly and considered infected when a visible lesion was observed Results were expressed as percentage of fruits infected 2.6 Determination ... chitosan and the TBZtreated control during storage at 4°C Each data point represents the mean of three duplicate experiments where there were three replicates for each treatment 3.5 Effectsof chitosan ... and were distributed randomly into groups of 15 fruit Each group represented one replicate, and for each treatment three replicates were used Three duplicate experiments were set up Fruit were dipped...
... The next section reviews research related to GPM user comprehension and the cognitive differences between individuals 2.2 USER COMPREHENSION IN RELATED LITERATURE Because of the lack of research ... and control of business processes: the business level, the execution level, and the evaluation level These formal GPMs are used to model business-level graphs that define business processes symbolically ... outcomes are the result of the mental processes (e. g., reasoning, intuition, or perception) of cognitive resources (i .e. , information, knowledge, and experience) User comprehension outcomes are assessed...
... DNase I on the surface and the DNA Afterwards, several images were recorded in situ to observe the processof DNA digestion The digestion experiments were conducted in a relative humidity of 30– 40% ... distribution largely determines the interaction forces between mica and the adsorbed DNA molecules, we could minimize any possible influence of the surface on the native properties of DNA molecules by ... surface is suitable for the detection ofenzymatic digestions of DNA by AFM We note that no additional sample washing steps were needed; therefore, this technique not Nanoscale Res Lett (2009) 4:1029–1034...
... since these authors used intermittent electromag- netic fields, the results of the present work agree with the accelerated bone neoformation reported The histological observation of hematopoietic ... the present study is to contribute to the understanding of processes involved in the response of bone to electromagnetic fields, by evaluation of cortical and trabecular bone neoformation Cell ... cortical bone, the establishment of bone projections beyond the external border of the previously osteotomized cortical was observed These results suggest that the magnetic field was active during...
... the correlation between Δalbumin and serum HBV-DNA levels before treatment Figure between ALT levels before(B) albumin (A), and Δ-ALT and Δ-albumin treatment and ΔCorrelation Correlation between ... infection were analyzed (Table 1, see Materials and methods) Before the treatment, there was no significant correlation between either serum ALT or albumin levels and HBV-DNA loads in our patients ... score [7-13] The underlying mechanism for the increase in albumin levels after lamivudine treatment has not been determined It has been suggested that the improvement of hypoalbuminemia may be...
... generate a standard curve off of which samples were quantified and expressed as a relative value Values were then normalized to the reference gene to generate gene expression results expressed as ... changes were observed in the livers of compound-treated or control rats (data not shown) Differences between liver lobes were not detected Caspase and TUNEL Few caspase and TUNEL positive cells were ... Figure Effect of AG28262, a VEGR-2 inhibitor, on ALT gene expression and enzymatic activity in the left lateral liver lobe Relative gene expression values are reported as mRNA ALT/mRNA beta-actin...
... whether the effectsof GSE and CR could prevent age related change 1.5 The methods of gene quantification Because the major regulation of cellular function takes place through gene expression, ... CR research is to improve the health of human beings Even though positive effectsof CR on non-human primates are reported, there are several considerations to be evaluated for the possible applications ... have beneficial effectson age related diseases and the aging process The incidence of liver tumors could be decreased by weeks of CR initiated at 19 months of age of rats (Spindler, 2005) Age...
... fate in the environment At present, the fate and transformation processes of these ZnO-NPs are difficult to evaluate and control, and more research needs to be done to assess the impact of these ... performance of MBR for conventional wastewater treatment has been more or less proven, but in the light of the increased release of nanoparticles into wastewater, the treatment efficiency may need to ... cleaning or replacement of membrane further add to operation and maintenance costs At present, there is ongoing research interest in the development of new membrane materials to overcome current...
... metal concentration To ascertain the concentration of total metal in compost as the reference for the metal distribution in the compost, three different kinds of independent measurement were ... among the three measurements compared to the total metal content The dried and ground samples gave about 96% of the average value of the three measurements, the sum of the five fractions in the ... sludge mass The variation of DTPA extracted metals seems to be related to the changes in metal speciation and will be discussed below Metal speciation To determine the effect of red mud on the speciation...
... provide information concerning safety when used over an extended period of time A problem faced in studies of thermogenic effects is that noticeable changes in the mood states listed in Table often ... of randomized placebo-controlled double-blinded study design, the absence of thermogenic changes in the placebo group, the absence of adverse effectson blood pressure, heart-rate and self-reports ... increased to 1000 mg, the increase in calorie consumption over placebo was only 79 kcal, an increase between calorie consumption in the absence of hesperidin and in the presence of 100 mg hesperidin...
... practice The incidence of these side effects are rare, however, patients with preexisting peptic ulcer disease and renal impairment are at greater risk Careful patient selection, therefore, would seem ... (22) reported that ketorolac may be an effective agent for restoring perioperative immune competence, whereas the use of continuous morphine might have significant deleterious effects Torres et ... resection either for lung cancer or benign disease There were no significant differences between groups regarding age, sex, reasons of thoracotomy, preoperative FEV 1, number of chest tubes, operation...