... Sports, and Technology of Japan (to M Takeno) The sources of funding had no role in the writing ofthe report and did not participate in the decision to publish the results The authors would like ... for Behçet's disease, the International Study Group criteria for diagnosisof Behçet's disease [32] The disease activity was evaluated at the time of blood sampling All ofthe RA patients were ... On the basis ofthe Systemic Lupus Disease Activity Index [34], 12 ofthe 18 SLE patients had a score above and were regarded as having active disease, while the other were in remission Two other...
... design ofthe study, the acquisition, the analysis and the interpretation ofthe data, the statistical analysis and drafted the manuscript GP participated in the conception and design ofthe study ... study and the acquisition, the analysis and the interpretation ofthe data AP participated in the conception and design ofthe study and the acquisition ofthe data AS participated in the conception ... activation ofthe KLK proteolytic cascade contributing to their homeostasis Apart from the evaluation of KLK5 expression for thedifferentialdiagnosisof breast cancer, we further examined the KLK5...
... 100% 0% > 10 Cutoff point A score > points in the sum ofthe 10 items ofthe DN4 questionnaire resulted in the best discriminant cut-off point for the overall sample Cut-off point in the DN4 questionnaire ... Comparison ofthe psychometric properties of validity for differentialdiagnosisof neuropathic pain vs non-neuropathic pain for a cut-off value ≥ points in the Spanish version ofthe DN4 questionnaire, ... item and a score of to each negative item The total score is calculated as the sum of all 10 items, and the cut-off value for thediagnosisof neuropathic pain is a total score of 4/10 All questions...
... 100% 0% > 10 Cutoff point A score > points in the sum ofthe 10 items ofthe DN4 questionnaire resulted in the best discriminant cut-off point for the overall sample Cut-off point in the DN4 questionnaire ... Comparison ofthe psychometric properties of validity for differentialdiagnosisof neuropathic pain vs non-neuropathic pain for a cut-off value ≥ points in the Spanish version ofthe DN4 questionnaire, ... item and a score of to each negative item The total score is calculated as the sum of all 10 items, and the cut-off value for thediagnosisof neuropathic pain is a total score of 4/10 All questions...
... Journal of Medical Case Reports 2007, 1:32 Figure ing from 1the anterior wall ofthe bladder Intra operative photograph showing the "bladder mass" arisIntra operative photograph showing the "bladder ... abnormal germ cells when the neural tube closes at about the 3rd to 5th week of embryonic life[1,2] A dermoid cyst in the uri- Figure of Lobules mature adipocytes Lobules of mature adipocytes http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/1/1/32 ... solitary tumour at the apex ofthe bladder It contained calcified material and fat The anterior midline position ofthe bladder mass in this patient was suggestive of a dermoid cyst Histology...
... Turkowski TheDifferential Geometry of Parametric Primitives 26 January 1990 TheDifferential Geometry of Parametric Primitives Ken Turkowski 26 January 1990 Differential Properties of Parametric ... dt t dt t0 t0 t0 t1 Thedifferential surface area enclosed by thedifferential parallelogram ( δu,δv) is approximately: δ S≈ ( G ) 2δ uδv so that the area of a region ofthe surface corresponding ... Page Turkowski TheDifferential Geometry of Parametric Primitives 26 January 1990 and establishes a metric ofdifferential length: ( dx) = ( du) G( du) t so that the arc length of a curve segment,...
... [14] The rapidity ofthe technique without any compromise on sensitivity has made SVC very popular in the field of clinical virology The same technique has been employed for the identification of ... *Four out of fifty patients included in the study left the hospital against medical advice, the clinical outcome of whom is not known Hence, these cases were excluded from the analysis of clinical ... Among the 50 patients included in the study, (8%) patients left against medical advice, so the clinical outcome of these cases is not known Out ofthe remaining 46 (92%), 16(34.8%) expired and the...
... [14] The rapidity ofthe technique without any compromise on sensitivity has made SVC very popular in the field of clinical virology The same technique has been employed for the identification of ... *Four out of fifty patients included in the study left the hospital against medical advice, the clinical outcome of whom is not known Hence, these cases were excluded from the analysis of clinical ... Among the 50 patients included in the study, (8%) patients left against medical advice, so the clinical outcome of these cases is not known Out ofthe remaining 46 (92%), 16(34.8%) expired and the...
... for detection of ScFv binding ED-1-positive cells adjacent to neuronal somata were counted, and the results were expressed as the ratio ofthe number of positive cells to the number of neuronal ... non-neuronal cells of macrophage–monocyte lineage The expression of TNFR2 increased significantly during the time course of CFA arthritis as a result of increased numbers of ED1-positive cells in the DRG ... etanercept in the chronic-constriction-injury model reduces thermal hyperalgesia only at later time points The magnitude ofthe infiltration of macrophages into the DRG after induction of CFA arthritis...
... density, the topographical arrangement of lymphocytes and macrophages, the distribution of high endothelial venules, and the relationship of lymphocytes to the adjacent vasculars The variants of rheumatoid ... [18] Nevertheless, there were few reports on the expression of GRP78/BiP or its potential link with the histopathological variants of rheumatoid synovitis and the local production of autoantibodies ... peripheral joints of RA, trying to explore the expressional profiles of GRP78 of plasma cells in distinct histological variants of rheumatoid synovitis and thus to determine whether there was a potential...
... the CA-SP1 junction accounts for thedifferential sensitivity of HIV-1 and SIV to DSB The sequence ofthe CA-SP1 junction accounts for thedifferential sensitivity of HIV-1 and SIV to DSB Viruses ... accumulation of CA-SP1 observed in immunoblots ofthe SIVm3 virions, and support the conclusion that the DSB sensitivity of SIVm3 results from delayed processing ofthe CA-SP1 cleavage site in the mutant ... protease Our data further demonstrate that thedifferential sensitivity of HIV-1 and SIV to DSB is not due to intrinsic differences in the rates of processing ofthe CA-SP1 junction in these viruses...
... since none of them alone is useful for the majority ofthe BC and none of them is specific for cancer or breast tissues No biomarker has been suggested to date for the early diagnosisof BC (24) ... evaluate the actual performance of these markers Jinang Li, from the John Hopkins Hospital, is the first to explore proteomics in early diagnosisof BC, who also enabled the advance of proteomics ... Med Sci 2011, The results ofthe present study and the other three studies did not fully confirm each other Several hypotheses may be suggested to explain these differences First of all, Li’s...
... factor of 2) Imaging time of DWI was 90 s for 20 slices Detection of uterine malignancy The ADC values of uterine cancers are lower than of normal tissue On the other hand, in sarcomas the ADC ... in thediagnosisof intracranial epidermoid cyst [50] Detecting the keratinoid substance by means of DWI and the ADC value may be useful and serve as an adjunctive tool to ensure the accuracy of ... respectively These lymph nodes are predicted as metastases Another lymph node is noted in the right (arrowhead) The absolute ADC value ofthe lymph node is 0.95×10–3 mm2/s; therefore, the relative...
... Assemblage ofthe clones yield the full-length cDNA sequences of at least two distinct LDH-A isoforms, which differ substantially in the coding sequence and length ofthe 3¢-UTR Therefore, isoform-specific ... acclimation Therefore, we think that the described mechanism maintains either (a) the kinetic ⁄ thermodynamic properties of this metabolic node by ‘dilution’ ofthe major mRNA with the minor one; ... All the observed dynamic changes in enzyme properties under acclimation should be considered in the context ofthe relevance for the performance of metabolic networks, because the theory of metabolic...
... plotting the ratio ofthe fitting functions of wild-type over mutant, either in the presence or in the absence of a Du, as shown in Fig 3C In the presence of a Du, the difference between the two ... in the case ofthe mutant The large difference relative to the wild-type can be best appreciated by taking the derivative ofthe fitting functions ofthe mutant and wild-type data and plotting their ... different PCR runs The lower ATP synthesis rate ofthe mutant was not due to a lower efficiency ofthe electron transport chain or higher permeability ofthe membrane as the ATP synthesis rate induced...
... available for comparison ofthe performance ofthe individual tests, an analysis of results was done using a variety of standards Efficiency of microscopy, culture and PCR in terms of sensitivity, specificity, ... diagnosed as not having tuberculosis, the PCR profile ofthe individual had changed markedly, suggesting an increase in the bacterial load in the sputum Only seven ofthe 17 cases i.e those who took ... considered as true cases of tuberculosis, even though the other six could be rated as highly probable cases of tuberculosis (Table 1B) Table summarizes the final diagnosisof tuberculosis made in...
... hHSF4–VP16, without changing the magnitude ofthe heat shock response (cp3) The mutational analysis ofthe CRYGA and CRYGC HSEs suggests that the nucleotide sequences and configuration of nGAAn-like units ... with the human c-crystallin promoters These results show that the configuration of nGAAn units in the promoter is important in determining which hHSF members are involved in the regulation ofthe ... the binding affinity for HSEstep was threefold lower than that for HSE3P The amount of hHSF2 polypeptide used in the assay was fourfold lower than that of hHSF1 polypeptide, and the addition of...
... hydrogenase of a photosynthetic eukaryotic cell, represents a novel type of Fe-hydrogenases Parts ofthe deduced amino-acid sequence ofthe cDNA correspond to the polypeptide sequence ofthe tryptic ... addition to the detection ofthe protein using antibodies raised against the Fe-hydrogenase, the localization ofthe mature protein in the chloroplast stroma is indicated by a high content of hydroxylated ... [50,51] Anaerobic treatment of maize seedlings alters the profile of total protein synthesis [52,53] It is known that the induction ofthe anaerobic proteins is the result of an increased mRNA level...
... same low levels Conclusions The new guidelines will offer the option of omitting biopsies in selected cases with symptoms suggestive of CD without increasing the risk of misclassification Preconditions ... individuals Discourage the use of classical vs non-classical, typical vs atypical Discourage the use ofthe term latent CD Ludvigsson et al Gut 2012 ESGPHAN member Questionnaire 85 % of those who are ... (Marsh 0) are often of low titre (