... patients and in the ACs in each of the bins was calculated The test statistic, "number of bins in which the proportion of CD4+ cells expressing Tax was higher in the HAM/TSP patients than the ACs" ... The increase in proviral load due to arate of CTL lysis of The increase in proviral load due to a high rate of Tax expression decreases with increasing rate of CTL lysis of infected cells A theoretical ... This was done by grouping the data into bins of similar proviral load The binning algorithm used was to start from the lowest proviral load and then extend the boundary of the bin until at least...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 09:21
... The infection induced a significant decrease in the plasma levels of PCa on d post-infection in both groups, returning to baseline on d post-infection Levels of PAI-1 in BAL increased after infection ... during infection, we continued In order to find out the intensity of the damage induced by the pathogen at the lung level, we determined albumin IL-1βS (E); d before (d0)serum (D); TNF-α in BAL(B) ... progressive increase in IL-10 in BAL, which remained high up to d post-infection In the L casei group, IL-10 in BAL was significantly higher than in the control group since d postinfection The values of...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 08:22
Numerical simulation of compressible fluid structure interaction in one and two dimension
... w.r.t the fluid equations One of the key issues of FSI is the numerical realization of the coupling Most of the commercial software is known to use the loose coupling strategy in which they use the ... predict the interfacial interactions and the position of the stress wave with good accuracy As the governing equation for the solid involves the Lagrangian coordinate, the use of an Eulerian coordinate ... stays in one side of the interface and the hypothetical material stays on the other side of the interface For example, if there is material inside a circular interface in 2D and we want to solve the...
Ngày tải lên: 27/11/2015, 11:12
Báo cáo khoa học: Different roles of two c-tubulin isotypes in the cytoskeleton of the Antarctic ciliate Euplotes focardii Remodelling of interaction surfaces may enhance microtubule nucleation at low temperature doc
... at the plus-end facilitate longitudinal interaction with the a-tubulin subunit located at the minus-end of the tubulin heterodimer [12] or lateral interactions with the b-tubulin subunit [61] These ... participates in the assembly of the mitotic spindle of E focardii and that both isotypes are involved in the nucleation of other microtubule structures Finally, we examined the distribution of E focardii ... striking substitution at position 72: glycine in place of the c-T1 ⁄ consensus arginine (Figs 2–4) The presence of glycine at this position in c-T2 has only been observed in E focardii and in the...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 04:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Interaction of human stefin B in the prefibrillar oligomeric form with membranes Correlation with cellular toxicity doc
... By following the kinetics of fibril formation, conditions were defined in which the protein exists in the form of prefibrillar oligomers ⁄ aggregates, which persist during the lag phase These have ... for discriminating the cytotoxic effect of the stefin prefibrillar forms In order to determine whether the prefibrillar aggregates of stefin B exert their toxic effect via lipid membrane interactions, ... surface-seeking potential Insertion into lipid monolayers was next measured using monolayers composed of DOPC or DOPG The insertion of proteins into the monolayer generated an increase in surface...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 17:20
Báo cáo " Fishing ground forecast in the offshore waters of CentralVietnam (experimental results for purse-seine and drift-gillnet fisheries) " docx
... periods of environmental factors, the interrelation between them, and the catching output Corresponding with those fluctuation periods, there are the terms of fishing ground forecast, as following: ... periods of the oceanological conditions can cause changes in the population of the fish shoal, based on the success or failure of its reproduction, the surviving rate of the fish generation within ... application of model on fishing ground forecast in the offshore waters of Central Vietnam, the problems rest on the monthly and annual periods The data are exploited from the Research Institute for Marine...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 12:20
Báo cáo Y học: Probing the role of glutamic acid 139 of Anabaena ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase in the interaction with substrates pptx
... differences in the microenvironment of the isoalloxazine ring [21,22] Moreover, the structure of E301A FNR also showed interesting conformational changes in the side-chain of another glutamic ... suggested that in E301A FNR the side-chain of E139 might in uence the properties of the flavin, assuming some of the functions carried out by E301 in the wild-type enzyme [22] In this context, ... to the flavin ring of the FAD group, thereby favouring formation of an optimal complex for ET We conclude that E139 seems to be involved in optimizing the mutual orientation of the redox cofactors...
Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 08:20
báo cáo hóa học:" Landscape features and weather influence nest survival of a ground-nesting bird of conservation concern, the greater sage-grouse, in humanaltered environments" ppt
... also retained the date of initiation of the incubation process (Julian date) and the nest age in the model (Table 2) The final landscape model thus included seven covariates, including the intercept ... finding that roads did not structure the risk of nest failure (Dzialak et al 2011a) provides further support of the importance of other factors in structuring DSR of nests in this ground- nesting ... account for the hierarchical structure of the data and the correlation within the data set Methods Study area The study area included 5,625 km2 of the Wind River Basin in central Wyoming, USA (Figure...
Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 17:20
Báo cáo nghiên cứu khoa học " Fishing ground forecast in the offshore waters of CentralVietnam " ppsx
... periods of environmental factors, the interrelation between them, and the catching output Corresponding with those fluctuation periods, there are the terms of fishing ground forecast, as following: ... periods of the oceanological conditions can cause changes in the population of the fish shoal, based on the success or failure of its reproduction, the surviving rate of the fish generation within ... application of model on fishing ground forecast in the offshore waters of Central Vietnam, the problems rest on the monthly and annual periods The data are exploited from the Research Institute for Marine...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 17:22
Báo cáo y học: " Modulation of the virus-receptor interaction by mutations in the V5 loop of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) following in vivo escape from neutralising antibody" ppsx
... that the Env-sFcCD134 interaction itself determines the degree of inhibition and that within the range examined, the level of surface CD134 expression on the target cell does not influence the ... the virus-receptor interaction may not simply be a modulation of binding affinity, rather it could represent a shift in the way the Env and receptor interact The two modes of interaction may be ... determinants in both CRD1 and CRD2 of CD134 for infection while at the other extreme, B2542 and PPR are capable of infecting via an interaction with CRD1 alone[27,37] Preliminary analyses of the...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:23
Báo cáo y học: " A single site for N-linked glycosylation in the envelope glycoprotein of feline immunodeficiency virus modulates the virus-receptor interaction" ppt
... determinants in CRD2 of CD134 for receptor binding is lost These data would suggest that the specificity of receptor binding of the GL8 Env may be dependent on intermolecular interactions in the ... strains of HIV and SIV are capable of by-passing the primary receptor and interacting directly with the coreceptor [11-15] In these "CD4-independent" strains of virus, the chemokine receptor binding ... subsequently permitting chemokine receptor binding Thus modifications to the structure of the V1V2 loop may mimic CD4-binding and facilitate chemokine receptor binding The T271I mutation in FIV Env may...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 05:21
Biomechanics of the tibiofemoral joint in relation to the mechanical factors associated with osteoarthritis of the knee
... Kinetics of the tibiofemoral joint looks at the forces and energy that is involved in either maintaining static equilibrium or initiating dynamic activity for the joint In the knee joint the loading ... complexities involve the coupling motion in the other axes The kinematics of the tibiofemoral joint as discussed in the earlier section involves the study of motion between the tibia and femur bones Kinetics ... service of the joint The stresses in the joint are affected by the coefficient of friction, and interestingly, the degree of dynamic activity in turn also affects the coefficient of friction The kinetic...
Ngày tải lên: 12/09/2015, 09:10
Explore the influences of AR supported simulation on mutual engagement of social interaction in face to face collaborative learning for physics
... mutuality of engagement of social interaction is increasing the use of patterns of social interaction with high mutuality and reducing the use of patterns of social interaction with low mutuality Interaction ... for increasing the use of patterns of social interaction high in mutuality and reducing the use of patterns of social interaction low in mutuality Evaluating the effectiveness of AR technology in ... Thus, extending the investigation of joint commitments in social interaction to the context of collaborative learning is beneficial for attaining an insight into the efficacy of the social process...
Ngày tải lên: 05/10/2015, 22:15
EFFECT OF THE DIRECT EXCHANGE INTERACTION BETWEEN MAGNETIC IMPURITIES ON MAGNETIZA TION IN DILUTED MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS
... spin σ at i site; Si denotes the spin of localized impurity at i site ; ∆ is the effective coupling constant between the localized spin and itinerant spin; J is the coupling constant between the ... where h is the field induced by the polarization of the carrier spins In this study we treat the localized spin as the Ising spin (Siz = ±1) and treat the Himp in the molecular field approximation ... increases with increasing |∆| for all ∆ is due to the Weiss mean field theory Fig displays the change of the magnetization with the change of nonmagnetic potential Comparing with the curves in...
Ngày tải lên: 30/10/2015, 20:51
A STUDY OF TEACHERS’ TECHNIQUES FOR PROMOTING CLASSROOM INTERACTION IN THE ENGLISH CLASS AT NINH CHAU HIGH SCHOOLIN QUANG BINH PROVINCE
... interaction is the process of interacting with the content which bring about the change in the student’s understanding, and the cognition of student’s mind It means that the students hardly interact ... 2015 The result in the chart approves that most of the students realized the importance of the classroom interaction in learning English In comparison with the 32 result in the table 4.1, most of ... techniques, and influences which might affect the classroom interaction in English teaching at Ninh Chau High School in Quang Binh The findings will provide an insight into the reality of teachers’...
Ngày tải lên: 26/07/2016, 15:38
The graphs below show the numbers of male and female workers in 1975 and 1995 in several employment sectors of the republic of Freedonia
... made gains in both the finance/banking industries and in the defence-related public sector Whereas some 125 000 women worked in finance and banking institutions in 1975, the number increased to ... 450 000 by 1995 The number of men grew only marginally from 425 000 to 480 000 over the same period In defence, the number of men declined from 225 000 to 200 000, while the number of women rose ... 000 women worked in the communications sector Twenty years later, though the number of men remained unchanged, the number of women rose to 550 000 A similar situation was seen in the wholesale and...
Ngày tải lên: 04/10/2012, 10:02
Báo cáo y học: "A prospective observational study of the relationship of critical illness associated hyperglycaemia in medical ICU patients and subsequent development of type 2 diabetes"
... pre-existing increased insulin resistance and dysfunction of beta cells Insulin resistance is present in the acutely ill [13,15,18,28] in different intensity, but the factors determining the extent of ... is the cut-off value in the Recommendations of the American Heart Association [35] and the trigger for initiation of insulin treatment for ICU patients recommended by the American College of ... Mediators of cytokine-induced insulin resistance in obesity and other inflammatory settings Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 2002, 5:377-383 15 Marik PE, Raghavan M: Stress-hyperglycemia, insulin and immunomodulation...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:02
Báo cáo y học: "Management of chest pain: exploring the views and experiences of chiropractors and medical practitioners in a focus group interview"
... process involved examining themes for commonality, classifying them for uniformity, and then reaching agreement on the final list of six key themes Once the themes were set and subordinate concepts ... role in managing chest pain from the point of entry, they must acquire and demonstrate competence in diagnosing the complaint Chest pain can have a multitude of etiologies, involves an inherently ... addressed within the time allotted for the focus group meeting, the facilitator's role during the focus groups session was intentionally minimalized in order to enhance the authenticity of the observations...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:06
Báo cáo khoa học: "The clinical value of daily routine chest radiographs in a mixed medical–surgical intensive care unit is low"
... CXRs after insertion of endotracheal tubes, intravenous lines and chest drains, but not after insertion of nasogastric tubes In addition, CXRs were obtained in the case of worsening of oxygenation ... finding' was any old finding not expected by the attending physician If an important finding (as mentioned in Table 1) was found, then we determined whether any action was taken because of the ... removal of intravenous lines) The observers were not involved in the daily care of the patients, and ICU physicians were not aware of this part of the observation As a consequence, the clinical...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:39
Báo cáo khoa học: "Circadian pattern of activation of the medical emergency team in a teaching hospita"
... nursing handover (red, up-pointing arrows), the beginning and end of the daily medical shift (green, down-pointing arrows), and periods of routine nursing observations (pink, shorter, up-pointing ... activation of the MET service during these hours in the years following the introduction of the MET system When directly compared with the study conducted by Lee and coworkers [5], 46.2% of the 2568 ... increase the ease of utilisation of the MET system at our institution Furthermore, the timing and frequency of patient observations reported in the study would be typical of most hospitals Finally,...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:45