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báo cáo khoa học: " The increasing chronicity of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: Re-thinking “HIV as a long-wave event” in the era of widespread access to ART" pot

Ngày tải lên : 11/08/2014, 14:21

... Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg African Journal of AIDS Research 2009, 8(1):93-106 Van As M, Myezwa H, Stewart A, Maleka D, Musenge E: The International Classification of Function Disability ... contributed to the analysis, and critically reviewed the first and final drafts All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing ... invokes static and narrowly-conceived stereotypes A broader understanding of disability as far-reaching and dynamic reflects a more realistic and constructive scenario A widely-accepted model that provides...

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Báo cáo y học: "Pancreatic and psoas abscesses as a late complication of intravesical administration of bacillus Calmette-Guerin for bladder cancer: a case report and review of the literature" ppt

Ngày tải lên : 11/08/2014, 17:21

... cystoprostatectomy years earlier and had also had an endovascular stent-graft repair of an infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm The patient complained of abdominal pain in his right flank A physical ... from the CT scan AJ contributed to the overall review and the English translation of the text, and finally JM and LR made the overall review and corrections required All authors read and approved ... examination revealed general poor health but pulmonary and cardiac examinations were unremarkable and the patient was afebrile Laboratory investigations were normal with the exception of anemia,...

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Study in the preparation of poly (4 vinylpyridine) based nanoparticles and their application as an effective adsorbent for the recovery of palladium from aqueous solutions

Ngày tải lên : 10/09/2015, 15:54

... around and branch out from the central theme of the doctoral research project, i.e the preparation and use of P4VP-based nanoadsorbents for palladium adsorption, as well as their separation and recovery ... to assess their potential for applications even under harsh conditions  Chapter evaluates the efficacy of the nanoparticles as an adsorbent for palladium The adsorption capacity, isotherms, and ... extraction and recovery, and the related analytical quantification and environmental monitoring, as well as separation techniques (Rao and Reddi, 2000; Bernardis et al., 2005) For example, palladium...

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Báo cáo y học: "Prevalence of Overactive Bladder, its Under-Diagnosis, and Risk Factors in a Male Urologic Veterans Population"

Ngày tải lên : 25/10/2012, 11:35

... Statistical analyses were performed using Stata 8.2 (StataCorp, College Station, TX) RESULTS Among the male patients, 1086 completed the questionnaire Table summarizes the demographic data Mean age was ... Not stated Race African American Hispanic White Asian Other Not stated Education Less than high school High school graduate Some college/college graduate Graduate school Not stated Body mass index ... 52% had been diagnosed with or treated for urinary symptoms (OAB, LUTS and/ or BPH) Furthermore, those with OAB had a worse quality of life score Mean quality of life score for those with OAB was...

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Screening of PHA-Producing Bacteria Using Biodiesel- Derived Waste Glycerol as a Sole Carbon Source

Ngày tải lên : 05/09/2013, 10:15

... solution was added and the mixture was placed in a water bath at 70ºC for An absorbance measurement was made at 410 nm against a blank sample Batch culture The experiment was carried out in a batch ... water, acetone, and alcohol One milliliter of chloroform was added and incubated at 65ºC for hours Chloroform solution of 0.1 - 0.5 mL volume was transferred to a clean test tube, was evaporated ... evaporated and then mL of concentrated sulfuric acid was added The sample was boiled for 10 minutes An absorbance measurement was made at 235 nm using a UV-spectrophotometer against concentrated sulfuric...

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Tài liệu The Five Most Dangerous Issues Facing Sales Directors Today, and How to Guarantee a Permanent Improvement in Sales Results pdf

Ngày tải lên : 20/12/2013, 19:15

... education of staff, is not separable from the general expenditure of a corporation It therefore appears as a cost on the corporate balance sheet To the investor it appears that companies that invest ... able to measure the value of each activity undertaken during the day and can make the connection to the overarching goals of the organization If there is no clear line of sight between what they ... develop and pursue a formal plan for moving a sale tangibly forward during each prospect interaction, nor they have a clearly defined set of goals against which to measure their progress toward a sale...

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Báo cáo khoa học: Apoptosis and autophagy: BIM as a mediator of tumour cell death in response to oncogene-targeted therapeutics pptx

Ngày tải lên : 16/03/2014, 00:20

... oncoprotein [56] The mutant BCR–ABL tyrosine kinase activates several signalling pathways, including the ERK1 ⁄ pathway, the PKB pathway and the Janus kinase ⁄ signal transducer and activator of ... failed to increase BIM expression, the combination of PD0325901 and rapamycin was more effective than PD0325901 alone, and death arising from the combination therapy was at least partially BIM-dependent ... protein kinase ⁄ extracellular signal-regulated kinase kinase ⁄ kinases: mechanism of action in vivo, pharmacokinetic ⁄ pharmacodynamic relationship, and potential for combination in preclinical models...

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Báo cáo khoa học: Identiﬁcation of RNase HII from psychrotrophic bacterium, Shewanella sp. SIB1 as a high-activity type RNase H pot

Ngày tải lên : 16/03/2014, 13:20

... Escherichia coli cells contain RNases HI and HII, yeast and human cells contain RNases H1 and H2, and Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus stearothermophilus cells contain RNases HII and HIII The physiological ... Muroya A, Tsuchiya D, Ishikawa M, Haruki M, Morikawa M, Kanaya S & Morikawa K (2001) Catalytic center of an archaeal type Ribonuclease H as revealed by X-ray crystallographic and mutational analyses ... 0.15 m NaCl and an appropriate concentration of urea and incubated for at least 30 prior to the measurement The protein concentration was 0.1 mgÆmL)1, and the optical path length was mm 10 Acknowledgements...

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Báo cáo hóa học: " One-Pot Synthesis of Biocompatible CdSe/CdS Quantum Dots and Their Applications as Fluorescent Biological Labels" doc

Ngày tải lên : 21/06/2014, 08:20

... mL) for 24 h at 37°C as measured by an MTT assay The error bars show the standard deviations the average cell viability of four tests, while the error bars show the standard deviations Satisfactory ... μL of the as- synthesized QDs containing different concentrations of nanoparticles After 24-h labeling and washing, 20 μL of a solution of MTT (5 mg/mL in PBS) was added to each well, and assay ... histogram; c HRTEM; and d SAED images of the as- synthesized PAA-capped CdSe nanocrystals (the absorption peak around 540 nm) PL spectra is around 50 nm Figure 1b shows the typical TEM image of the as- synthesized...

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Báo cáo toán học: "a matrix representation of graphs and its spectrum as a graph invariant" ppt

Ngày tải lên : 07/08/2014, 13:21

... > for one of the cases A- F above The condition corresponds to the case A, to C, to D, to E and to F We have U(i,j),(l,m) ≤ for all the other cases ¾ We conclude with the following conjecture Conjecture ... Graph equivalence and characterization via a continuous evolution of a physical analog, cond-mat/0209112 [7] F Harary, Frank and R Z Norman, Some properties of line digraphs, Rend Circ Mat Palermo ... Graphs are often conveniently represented using matrices, for example, the adjacency matrix, the Laplacian matrix, etc [5] Many important properties of a graph are encoded in the eigenvalues of...

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Báo cáo y học: "Report of three cases that received maintenance treatment with risperidone as a mood stabilizer" ppsx

Ngày tải lên : 08/08/2014, 20:23

... Until today, only olanzapine has received official approval as monotherapy for the maintenance phase of bipolar illness Our data suggest that further research is necessary to investigate the long ... Sanofi-Synthelabo and AstraZeneca to attend several conferences References Soares JC: Recent advances in the treatment of bipolar mania, depression, mixed states and rapid cycling International ... student of Architecture At the age of 16 she experienced a psychotic-like episode She was agitated, verbally and physically aggressive and had the delusional belief that her father was planning...

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Báo cáo y học: "Intra-articular injection of recombinant TRAIL induces synovial apoptosis and reduces inflammation in a rabbit knee model of arthri" pdf

Ngày tải lên : 09/08/2014, 07:20

... and then co- incubated in duplicate with 5, 20, and 40 µg of rTRAIL for 48 h The cell viability was measured using a MTT assay and the data expressed as percentage viability in rTRAIL treated ... cartilage, small pieces of articular cartilage were shaved from the Comparison of rTRAIL and membrane bound Ad-TRAIL treatment efficacy To compare the efficacy of rTRAIL in the treatment of rabbit joint ... 3b) These data Available online http://arthritis-research.com/content/8/1/R16 Figure Analysis of cartilage and systemic toxicity of recombinant TRAIL (rTRAIL) (a) To assess the toxicity of TRAIL...

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Báo cáo y học: " Serum levels of hyaluronic acid and chondroitin sulfate as a non-invasive method to evaluate healing after cartilage repair procedures" pptx

Ngày tải lên : 09/08/2014, 14:21

... candidate factors to follow tissue maturation and healing: HA and CS Many questions remain to be addressed, such as the correlation of marker levels with defect size, number, and location as well as ... inexpensive methods to evaluate the quality and maturation of reparative tissue will substantially advance the field of cartilage repair These tests would potentially enable investigators and industry to ... demonstrated better visual and histological appearance than those treated with drilling Three of the five AC biopsies were near normal, and the other two showed at least 50% fill and peripheral integration...

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Báo cáo y học: "Small RNA sequencing reveals miR-642a-3p as a novel adipocyte-specific microRNA and miR-30 as a key regulator of human adipogenesis" ppt

Ngày tải lên : 09/08/2014, 23:20

... phosphorothioate backbone (Exiqon); the sequences were 5’ACATGAAGTAAACACACA-3’ for miR-30-TSB and 5’CAGTCGAAGCTGTTTAC-3’ for TSB-neg (mismatch control) TSBs were used at a concentration of 20 nM The day after ... assays (Qiagen SA, Courtaboeuf, France) as specified by the manufacturer’s protocol The forward primer for miR-64 2a- 3p was manually designed (5’-TCGTCGAGACACATTTGGAGAG-3’) Real-time PCR was performed ... extracted and analyzed at day 10 of differentiation (b) For over-expression of pre-miR3 0a and pre-miR-30d, RNA was extracted and analyzed at day of differentiation Mature miRNA expression was evaluated...

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Báo cáo y học: "F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and/or computed tomography findings of an unusual breast lymphoma case and concurrent cervical cancer: a case report" docx

Ngày tải lên : 11/08/2014, 07:20

... likelihood for aggressive disease In our patient, SUV was 21 in the breast mass and there was associated locoregional lymphadenopathy suggestive of aggressive disease Early FDG PET/CT scan can be carried ... metastatic breast carcinoma Also, the FDG PET/CT scan diagnosed an extremely rare case of concurrent breast lymphoma and cervical cancer FDG PET/CT has advantage over other imaging modalities because ... negatively correlate with treatment response and prognosis [20] Conclusions This case report shows a breast lymphoma case of a patient with a metastatic pattern similar to that of typical metastatic...

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Báo cáo khoa học: " A geminiviral amplicon (VA) derived from Tomato leaf curl virus (ToLCV) can replicate in a wide variety of plant species and also acts as a VIGS vector" pps

Ngày tải lên : 12/08/2014, 04:20

... 5'ATGAGCTCATGGCAAGTAAAGGAGAAGAAC-3', and Reverse: 5'-CGGGATCCGAGCTCTTAGAGTTCGTCGTGTTTG-3' The amplified fragment was cloned in the forward orientation in VA/pCAMBIA1391Z, as obtained above, at SacI ... of the siRNA bands were estimated and the normalized values with respect to corresponding loading controls are plotted as a bar graph The value at dpi was arbitrarily assigned as 100% The standard ... amplicon (Fig 1B) The viral amplicon was found to be generated and replicated in plants like tomato, tobacco (Nicotiana xanthii), Arabidopsis thaliana and rice (Oryza sativa, variety Pusa Basmati)...

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Báo cáo y học: "Anti-Xa activity after subcutaneous administration of dalteparin in ICU patients with and without subcutaneous oedema: a pilot study" doc

Ngày tải lên : 12/08/2014, 23:24

... intensivists and nurses at the ICUs and the clinical chemical and pharmaceutical laboratories of the St Elisabeth Hospital and the TweeSteden hospital in Tilburg and Catherijne A Knibbe for her effort and ... was collected for determination of the creatinine clearance Comparison of continuous variables was done by Students t test The anti-Xa activity (Cmax and AUC(024 h)) was compared by the non-parametric ... factor Xa inhibition assay (SpectrolyseđHeparin Xa, Trinity Biotech, Ireland) The anti-Xa assay standard calibration curve of dalteparin ranged from 0.0 IU/ml to 0.8 IU/ml The within assay and...

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Báo cáo y học: "Polymorphisms of two histamine-metabolizing enzymes genes and childhood allergic asthma: a case control study" doc

Ngày tải lên : 13/08/2014, 13:22

... 10:261-266 17 Sasaki Y, Ihara K, Ahmed S, Yamawaki K, Kusuhara K, Nakayama H, Nishima S, Hara T: Lack of association between atopic asthma and polymorphisms of the histamine H1 receptor, histamine H2 ... least mm greater than negative control was regarded positive and defined atopy Total serum IgE level was measured by a fluoroimmunossay with Pharmacia UniCap 100 System® (Pharmacia, Uppsala, ... symptoms Any allergic diseases or asthma were excluded based on clinical examination, history, spirometry and exhaled NO measurement All participants as well as their parents have given written informed...

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reaffirmation of accreditation and quality improvement as a journey a case study

Ngày tải lên : 13/11/2014, 06:06

... States Association of Colleges and Schools N /A Not applicable NASC The Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges NCACS The North Central Association of Colleges and Schools NCATE The National ... However, I was aware of these limitations and took appropriate measures, such as data triangulation, to overcome them Measures taken to overcome researcher and participant bias are further discussed ... possible without the participants and I sincerely thank each one of them I am particularly appreciative of the dedication, guidance, and assistance of the Accreditation Liaison at the case study institution...

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Development of bordetella pertussis as a live vehicles for heterologous antigens delivery, and its application as a universal influenza a vaccine

Ngày tải lên : 11/09/2015, 10:00

... Kenneth and Yafang; friends in Associate Professor Fred Wang‟s lab and Associate Professor Herbert Schwarz‟s lab; as well as all those who have helped me in one way or another I really appreciate ... and the Middle East, as well as the occasional infections of humans with an overall fatality rate of over 60%, have caused worldwide concern about a potential new global epidemic of influenza ... inflammation and tissue damage as well as decreased neutrophilic infiltration as shown by histological examination, and a significantly lower production of the major pro-inflammatory cytokines and...

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