... range in Laos the planted intensity rose in different slope gradients 1980 Slope (°) 1990 2000 2010 Within China Within China Within Myanm ar Within China Within Laos Within Myanm ar Within China ... substitution planting: more income for local farmers, less drugs for the world The Border Region of China, Laos and Myanmar BRCLM includes three counties in southwest Yunnan Province, China (Jinghong ... other four aspectsthe planted intensity increased gradually in different aspect gradients •mainly distributed more on south and east aspects than on north and west aspects, and the planted intensity...
... with the breaking of cambial dormancy (Little and Wareing, 1981Moreover, ABA content increases again in reactivating cambium, for example, inthe trunk of Pinus contorta (Savidge and Wareing, ... inactivation of auxin receptor and carrier proteins Later on, the breaking of rest may occur when the conditions of active membrane trans- port are regained Is abscisic acid (ABA) involved inthe regulation ... applied to the lower and upper sides of an inclined stem, respectively Reports concerning the intervention of other phytohormones in this process are somewhat conflicting Several observations indicate...
... intensive care unit of other hospitals, were included inthe study than phlebotomy for the study proteins Three groups of patients were defined based on clinical findings, on laboratory findings, ... support, or exclude, the diagnosis ofinfectionThe host response to bacterial infection involves the activation of complex immune mechanisms and the release of a wide array of inflammatory mediators ... present in 82.8% ofthe infected patients and in 42.9% ofthe noninfected patients (P < 0.001) A WBC count >12,000/mm3 or < 4000/mm3, fulfilling the SIRS criteria, was present in 36.2% ofthe infected...
... expression domain at different stages of differentiation, inthe retina or ectopically inthe spinal cord The red box represents the 5'-untranslated region and the first nine nucleotides ofthe olSix3.2 ... inthe telencephalic, then inthe hypothalamic, and finally inthe thalamic region (Figures 4a and 5c) This recapitulates the endogenous expression ofthe gene (Figure 1q) To determine the minimal ... http://genomebiology.com/2007/8/7/R137 indicating that deleted elements are the main driver of olSix3.2 expression in these regions The elements contained inthe I module appeared to suffice in terms of regulating late olSix3.2...
... of either reactivation ofthe virus strain causing primary infection or reinfection by a new virus strain Recurrent infection can be defined as indefinite, but intermittent, excretion ofthe virus ... Cytomegalovirus infections insolidorgantransplant recipients 1.3 Clinical findings associated with human cytomegalovirus infections 1.3.1 Infections in immunocompetent hosts CMV infectionin normal ... have the appearance of owl's eyes The presence of these cells Cytomegalovirus infections insolidorgantransplant recipients indicates productive infection, although they may be absent even in...
... some ofthe main findings ofthe WHO project “Systematic review of health aspectsof air pollution in Europe”, which provides essential input to EU policy-making on air quality, in particular the ... until the middle of 2004 The results ofthe review are described in a number of reports (see box) This report presents the summary ofthe main findings, while a more extensive discussion ofthe ... Environment ofthe Commission on the strategic direction ofthe CAFE programme The approaches to answering the questions were rather complex The procedure for preparing the report Health aspectsof air...
... (A) crude enzyme ofthe DY-59 strain, (B) chitinase activity staining ofthe DY-59 strain, (C) crude enzyme ofthe VS-9 strain, (D) chitinase activity staining ofthe VS-9 strain ... Figure 1.1 Domain organization offungal chitinases, BD, binding domain (Seidl et al 2005) 1.4.2 Roles of chitinases in biological control of plant diseases Among the chitinase-producing organisms, ... subgroup C These chitinases contain Nterminal signal peptides, which suggest that they are targeted to the secretive pathway They contain a chitin-binding domain (CBM 18 according to the CAZy classification)...
... ectopic site, the permeability ofthe BTB ofthe breast cancer tumor growing inthe brain is lower than the BTB ofthe original tumor in breast tissue, the orthotopic site[5] The brain tissue host ... to 700 minutes We compared the permeability ofthe BTB of RG-2 gliomas grown within the brain, the orthotopic site, to that ofthe BTB of RG-2 gliomas grown outside the brain inthe temporalis ... those ofthe inter-endothelial cell gaps, these pores are more numerous than the inter-endothelial cell gaps inthe BTB of brain tumors and peripheral tumors[4,9,10] The higher permeability of the...
... Similarly, administration of combination antiretrovirals, which included zidovudine and indinavir inthe regimento rats have been shown to increase levels of endothelin-1, a marker of endothelial injury ... of intake None ofthe subjects met the recommended level of intake for fiber and 90.8% did not meet the recommended levels of intake for vitamin E These findings have also been confirmed in other ... P=0.028) in favor of inflammatory processes inthe body The levels ofthe omega-3 PUFA inthe blood and inthe tissues are determined by diet and probably also by a genetic component Changes in the...
... to 12 mm in diameter) growing in 6.5 L pots with loam in natural conditions inthe Experimental Fields ofthe Faculty of Biology at the University of Barcelona (Spain) The climate at the site ... chlorosis or senescence symptoms during the first year of study in either infection treatment At the end ofthe second year after inoculation (April 1999), leaves ofthe infected plants by C parasitica ... during the second year, the effect ofinfection on gas-exchange was not detected in spite ofthe progress ofthe disease in inocu- 28 3.2 Gas exchange 98 Figure Canker length progression in undisturbed...
... role inthe WSSV infection Conclusions F1F0-ATP synthase complexes play a central role inthe synthesis of ATP in all living organisms, which was originally described from the inner membrane of ... inthe work of obtain the 3′-end sequence of bp53 JH involved in design ofthe study and helped to revise the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The ... as the receptor for the invertebrate prokineticin, astakine, and it is located on the plasma membrane of crayfish Hpt cells [26].It will be interesting to further investigate the precise role of...
... effects of a single dose of A/Brisbane/59/ 2007 [19], we detected replicating virus inthe lungs, which indicates that this influenza strain is capable of inducing infectionin tissues ofthe lower ... an increase inthe number of lymphocytes, neutrophils, and the total number of white blood cells in infected groups compared to control (Figure 3D,E,F) There was only a slight increase inthe ... with influenza infection Histopathology ofthe lungs indicated a localized immune response Virus titers exhibit dose dependence, with higher titers early inthe course ofinfection for the higher...
... old, weight 20 ± kg) were anesthetized using propofol (3 mg/kg) and orotracheally intubated inthe supine position Anesthesia was maintained with a continuous infusion of midazolam (0.3 mg/kg per ... persisting lung aeration In ventilated-inoculated piglets, lung infection involved more than two thirds ofthe lungs and the tidal volume of 15 ml/kg delivered to the lung spared by the infectious ... Vincent JL, Bihari DJ, Suter PM, Bruining HA, White J, NicolasChanoin MH, Wolff M, Spencer RC, Hemmer M: The prevalence of nosocomial infectionin intensive care units in Europe Results of the...
... impact on the health profile ofthe population [2,3] The ANC ofthe St Mary's Hospital Lacor is located inthe Gulu district of North Uganda and has participated inthe national HIV-1 sentinel surveillance ... cultivating, thus basing their subsistence on food aid from international organisations We analysed the HIV-1 surveillance data from ANCs inthe Acholi region with the objective of increasing the ... (IDP) inthe Acholi region, who were forced into the currently existing 96 protected camps mainly as a consequence ofthe increased rebel activities in 1996–1997 and 2002–2004 [5] Most ofthe IDP...
... support the efficacy of in- line filters in preventing infections associated with intravascular catheters and infusion systems, although the use of these devices increases the cost ofthe venous line ... contrary, exchanging catheters with the use of a guidewire increases the risk of bloodstream infection, while replacement involving insertion of catheters at new sites increases the risk of mechanical ... during catheter insertion or maintenance just for the purpose of preventing catheter infection Tunneling Subcutaneous tunneling of short-term CVCs is thought to reduce the incidence of catheter...
... Dellinger EP, et al Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections MMWR 2002;51:RR10 Hướng dẫn Trung tâm kiểm soát bệnh tật (CDC) bàn luận vi sinh y học, bệnh sinh, ... virus, nấm The Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee Guideline for isolation precautions in hospitals Part II Recommendations for isolation precautions in hospitals Am J Infect ... máy theo hướng dẫn phác đồ bệnh nhân thông khí nhân tạo Marschall J, Mermell LA, Classen D, et al Strategies to prevent centrail lineassociated bloodstream infections in acute care hospitals Infect...
... the genome The sequence to the 3’ ofthe stem-loop structure contains the hexamer repeats CGGCAG which act as the binding site for the Rep proteins The numbering ofthe nucleotide begins inthe ... play a role in determining the pathogenicity ofthe PCV2 infection (Ramamoorthy et al., 2009) This thesis describes the role of ORF3 inthe pathogenesis ofthe PCV2 virus infection at the systemic ... phagocytise the infected apoptotic cells leading to the systemic dissemination oftheinfectionThe apoptotic activity ofthe ORF3 of PCV2 hence lends advantage to the spread ofthe virus viii List of...
... study ofthe potential benefit of prolonged peginterferon therapy in mitigating the progression of fibrotic liver disease [8] In this study, 391 ofthe 1045 patients enrolled into the initial ... relatively high-dose interferon/ribavirin therapy in their cohort of 30 patients awaiting transplantation in Spain in an effort to reduce viral load at the time of LT [17] When the investigators estimated ... with poorer transplant outcome, and the difficulties in treatment oftheinfection following LT [12], it is reasonable to emphasize the importance of pretransplant treatment of HCV The International...