... retrospective design The number of patients with erosion repair was relatively small, and the radiographic evaluations were limited to hands because the number of radiographs of the feet taken at ... osteoarthritis) Where there was a difference in opinion regarding whether repair was present, these cases were discussed until agreement was reached To confirm the existence of repair, these Page of ... osteophyte formation) In other words, none of the erosions was judged as exhibiting 'repair' as a result of osteophyte development There were no significant differences between the groups of those...
... duty, and the decision whether the amount of the antidumping duty to be imposed shall bethe full margin of dumping or less are to be made by the authorities of the importing country The Anti-duping ... whether the complaint canbe seen as being on behalf of the Community industry, the Commission normally send questionnaires to all producers concerning about their production and opinions of the ... undertakings have been accepted The amount of the anti-dumping duty shall not exceed the margin of dumping, but the duty canbe less than the margin if it can remove the injury to the domestic market...
... duty, and the decision whether the amount of the anti-dumping duty to be imposed shall bethe full margin of dumping or less are to be made by the authorities of the importing country The Anti-duping ... whether the complaint canbe seen as being on behalf of the Community industry, the Commission normally send questionnaires to all producers concerning about their production and opinions of the ... undertakings have been accepted The amount of the anti-dumping duty shall not exceed the margin of dumping, but the duty canbe less than the margin if it can remove the injury to the domestic market...
... initial PrPSc per lL Thereby, one can speculate that 12.5 monomeric PrPSc molecules can successfully induce detectable amplification in a seven-round PMCA with NADPH, whereas in the absence of ... PMCA, it also will be interesting to know whether there is a competitive relationship between reduced pyridine nucleotide and its oxidized counterpart Our study illustrates that in the presence ... cycles Thereafter, 10 lL of PMCA product was added to 90 lL of fresh NBH with 10 lm NADPH and the next round was performed This was repeated several times, leading to the original ScBH being diluted...
... cases these amounts will be for reduced credits, while in other cases they will be for full credits (with the taxpayers reducing their research expense deductions elsewhere on their returns) For the ... focusing the incentive on marginal spending In the case of controlled groups the cost is controlled at the group level; whether individual members exceed their own bases has no bearing on the cost ... linked to their recent spending behavior, rather than decades-old behavior The recent behavior is likely to be more closely correlated with their ideal bases than the older behavior would beThe results...
... are predominantly expressed at the cell membrane Gap junction aggregates, or plaques, can also be seen at areas of cellcell contact (arrow) for all constructs except the F52dup mutant (Fig 2B) FEBS ... of the cell membrane and spanned either the entire area of cell cell contact (Fig 7A) or a smaller area closer to the basal (Fig 7B) or apical (Fig 7C) membrane Plaques were also sometimes seen ... functions [710] So far, there have been limited studies examining the expression of Cx43 in polarized cells, and there is little information regarding characterization of the involved sorting signals...
... albeit, less efficiently than the 22 nucleotide long DARS-R RNA Therefore, the presence of additional nucleotides either at the 5¢ or the 3¢ (as in the FEBS Journal 273 (2006) 5678–5690 ª 2006 The ... RNA be involved in the interaction between PABP and IMP1 Therefore, we suggest that both PABP and IMP1 bind to the ARS independently, and then mutually stabilize the RNAÆprotein complex through ... to examine the IMP1 binding region of the ARS RNA The result of our REMSA studies show that the presence of the two terminal short stretches of adenines at the 5¢ and the 3¢ ends of the ARS were...
... composed by the native aorta and the E-vita prosthesis Systemic perfusion was antegradely restored throughthe side branch of the graft The LSA was implanted to the arch prosthesis through an ... another Dacron (30 mm) prosthesis attached proximally to the sinotubular junction and distally to the arch prosthesis The proximal anastomoses of the saphenous vein grafts were created in the ... ischaemic time 290 Deployment of the stented end of the hybrid prosthesis required 12 The correct opening of the stent-graft was controlled with TEE The patient stayed in the intensive care unit for...
... of their walls, and an annular pancreas was detected encircling the second part of the duodenum In addition, there was a membrane with a small aperture in the duodenum Surprisingly, the metallic ... ain the left Plain radiograph of the abdomen showing the metallic foreign body in the right lower quadrant, the presence of a 'double bubble sign', and a few dilated loops of small bowel in the ... bodies in the gut However, with increasing expertise, laparoscopy canbe equally effective with all of the other advantages of a minimal access approach Hence, laparoscopy is now increasingly being...
... For the preparation of the anti-UL46 rabbit antibody, factors had to be considered First, the collecting of main antigens was the key for a gene, especially for the longer fragment, and the stronger ... 0.053 The values were the mean results of three parallel experiments, when Ђ/? ≥2.1 and Ђ ≥ 0.4, the ELISA result was positive The pre-innune sera was the negative control amino acid sequence of the ... 100 mM DTT) The uninduced control and the vector control cultures were analyzed in parallel Purification of the recombinant proteins by Ni-NTA As described above, g of wet weight cells from a...
... examined, as described previously [1-5], to evaluate the exponential term of the pharmacokinetic model The lower the AIC value, the better the fit between observed data and the plasma glucose ... greater than in either red cells or whole blood, depending on the haematocrit of the blood sample [16] There was no significant correlation between haematocrit and the difference between paired ... represent the 95% confidence interval cose measurement system, again indicating that the methods are not interchangeable However, bearing in mind the close correlation between the two measures and the...
... discharged from the ICU to ward, but not to their homes To increase the collaboration between intensivists and GPs, the present study aimed at assessing the opinions of GPs about their relationships ... distance between their office and the nearest university hospital ICU In addition, information concerning the number of patients per year, the way medical information related to the patient was collected ... extrapolation to other European countries canbe made because the national organization of each country could alter the role of GPs as regards patient care and the GPs' assessment of their relationships...
... scientist, and understand most of what’s being said They can go to any biology conference and have a ball Clifford: Ball?? Throw the ball! Throw the ball!! Mink: For Pete’s sake, get a grip Anyway, ... meeting of the American Chemical Society and the American Physical Society and so forth, there ought to be a special plenary lecture by a biologist, one who’s really good at explaining things The lecture ... of the time Even Greg’s right almost half the time Mink: Yes, I don’t understand why they made a big deal about this I mean, there’s no significant difference between 43% and 40% Clifford: If they...
... of randomized controlled trials Crit Care Med 2010, 38:2229-2241 doi:10.1186/cc10132 Cite this article as: Koeze J, et al.: In critically ill patients the procalcitonin level canbe misleading ... Twente, Postbus 50.000, 7500 KA Enschede, The Netherlands Department of Internal Medicine, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Postbus 50.000, 7500 KA Enschede, The Netherlands Published: 28 April 2011 Page ... to management of sepsis in the ICU Crit Care 2010, 14:1007 Bouadma L Luyt CE, Tuback F, Cracco C, Alvarez A, Schwebel C, Schortgen F, Lasochi S, Veber B, Dehoux M, Bernard M, Pasquet B, Régnier...
... environment, glypicans can also be found in the cytoplasm In particular, there have been several studies reporting the presence of GPC3 in the cytoplasm of liver cancer cells [34,35] Whether cytoplasmic ... regulated by the glypican members of heparan sulfate proteoglycans Cell 2004, 119:231-244 31 Han C, Yan D, Belenkaya TY, Lin X: Drosophila glypicans Dally and Dally-like shape the extracellular Wingless ... that the glypicans in lipophorins may promote the formation of ligand-receptor complexes in the target cells [6] In addition to their localization on the cell membrane and in the extracellular...
... confidence the absence of any particular gene, we have included these genomes in our study because they provide insight as to the presence or absence of entire pathways, they canbe compared to the ... as a set of the following parameters: the number of helices, the length of each helix, the loop lengths, and a description of the topology of helix pairs The latter is defined by the coordinates ... the cobalamin biosynthetic genes and regulatory B12-elements (yellow cloverleaf-type structures) Genes of the first part of the pathway, involved in the corrin ring synthesis are shown as yellow...
... described above To compute the position of the cluster, we calculated the distance between thestart of the protein and thestart of the cluster, and between the end of the cluster and the end of the ... When the variables did not all contribute significantly, we report NS (not significant) For the other sets, the P values are for the addition of the least significant term to the model The total ... whether our method will be applicable to other systems, the methods we have described search for patterns of matches that deviate from a random (geometric) expectation They can therefore be applied...
... nuclear—therefore there is less overall impact in the different “security aspects.” In the energy security aspect, they show only slightly better performance, which canbe explained by the fact ... demand throughout the region, and all will have significant impacts on all “security aspects” because all plans reflect the very rapid growth in demand, which almost triples between 2012 and 2025 These ... be valued the same irrespective of the country in which they are incurred Inevitably, the valuations applied will be contentious These valuations are not necessarily the best theoretically possible,...
... (“I am/I want to be a musician”) Not all of these actions indicate the real achievement of becoming a musician, neither are they all functional to the achievement; nevertheless, these actions are ... footprints.” The publicity manipulation took place after the participants indicated whether they adopted the behavioral goal of recycling Under the publicity condition, the experimenter scanned throughthe ... possession) can substitute for one another in indicating the aspired-tobe identity Therefore, when one publicizes the goal of being a musician, a sense of progress may be engendered Subsequently, the...
... Colorectal cancer: Cancers that begin in either the colon or the rectum are called colorectal cancer Together, the colon and rectum make up the large intestine, a long, muscular tube where the waste ... to these chemicals than the general population *All terms in bold italics are defined in the glossary (see page 38) CANCER AND THE ENVIRONMENT The importance of the environment canbe seen in the ... characteristic of cancer cells develop Besides reducing the use of animals, these kinds of studies canbe done more quickly and economically and canbe useful in evaluating whether to perform the studies...