... with the inhibition of bone formation (confirmed by bone histomorphometry) and lower concentrations of bone for-mation markers (especially OC) [60, 61]. By contrast, data on bone resorption markers ... hormones are major determinants of bone turnover in older men. Low concentration ofthe bioavailable fraction of 17-estradiol is strongly associated with higher levels ofthe markers of bone ... Organization ofthe Skeleton, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1986. 5. R. Baron, Importance ofthe intermediate phases between resorption and formation in the measurement and under-standing ofthe bone...
... additional contextual information to the students, confirming the value of DCT. Furthermore, Hall, Bailey, and Tillman [31] conducted a study to examine theeffectsof illustrations on reading ... study. The translation task would evaluate theeffectsof pictures on students’ understanding ofthe texts and the questionnaire was used to assess student viewpoints ontheeffectsof pictures ... texts with the help of graphic classification trees reflecting the organization ofthe text; another group of students read the text without the graphic trees. The results showed that the students...
... time-consuming for firms to change the size of their asset portfolio because ofthe size of their markets and/or because of regulatory restrictions on their expansion.In this event, the ... ofthe model. The level of profit efficiency the ratio of predicted profits to maximum or optimal profits on the frontier (7r/7r0) was measured for all large banks over 1980-1990, whether ... precipitated by the removal of many intrastate and interstate gwgraphic restrictions on bank branching and holding companyaffiliation has continued into the 1990s. At the outset ofthe 1980s, only...
... Hartman 7 on the Domestic Capital Stock 43 of Capital 95 123 vii Relation of the Directors to the Work and Publications of the National Bureau of Economic Research 1. The ... copy ofthe manuscript for review. Each manuscript shall contain a summary drawing attention to the nature and treatment ofthe problem studied, the character ofthe data and their utilization ... motivation. Within multinational firms, the higher the share of overseas operations in the total production ofthe multinational, the higher the ratio of home employ- ment to home production,...
... between parents and other adults, the microcontext of interactions between parents and children, the macrocontext ofthe neighborhood one lives in and the availability of basic educational and health ... incidences of LBW among the population. There should be reason to anticipate similar effectsonthe level of the household with respect to cognitive and mental health outcomes.Despitethe importanceofhouseholdclimateandparentingbehavioron ... was the job ofthe schools). Laosa (50) found that Chicano mothers praised theirchildren less often and used more nonverbal cues than white mothers.One limitation of these studies was that they...
... Based on Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) data i The Effectsof Land Use onthe Mobility of Elderly and Disabled and Their Homecare Workers, and theEffectsof Care on Client ... providers, and the extent of care consumers received. The six interrelated hypotheses predicted that, given the income constraints of both populations and the disability constraints ofthe consumer ... 40In terms of language, about 5% of consumer and provider respondents used the Spanish version ofthe survey, while 7.4% of Contra Costa IHSS consumers consider Spanish to be their primary...
... contribute to the culmination of these effects in spontaneous abortion[321]. The generation of ROS [322-324] is often associatedwith DNA strand breaks induced by THC [315]. Epoxi-dation of ... prevent the accumulation of iron in andaround endometriotic lesions [115]. Future studies in-vestigating the use of iron chelators may prove beneficialin the prevention of lesion formation and the ... [109].Iron mediates production of ROS via the Fenton reac-tion and induces OS [111]. In the peritoneum of patientswith endometriosis, accumulation of iron and hemearound endometriotic lesions...
... chairman ofthe ASCE Committees on Wind Effects, Dynamic Effects, and the Reliability of OffshoreStructures and recipient ofthe Federal Engineer ofthe Year Award from the National Society of ... the councils ofthe National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members ofthe committee responsible for the report were chosen for their ... 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health ofthe public. The Institute...
... seamless connections. The present study aimed to detect the expression of Cx40 and Cx43 in the artery at early stage of high fat diet induced atherosclerosis and to investigate the effects of AT1 ... proliferation is one ofthe important features of atherosclerosis. The gap junction (GJ) and connexin (Cx) between cells play crucial roles in the VSMC disintegration and proliferation (1). At ... In the Losartan group, the ex-pression of Cx40 in the intima did not profoundly change compared with the high fat diet group (Fig. 2). Transmission electron microscopy Transmission electron...
... con-dition. If the participant failed to indicate the name of the condition regardless of a “yes”, the survey was discarded assuming the participant did not fully un-derstand the question. ... each situation, the participant was required to rate their level of laughter on a scale of one (don’t laugh) to ten (uncontrollable laughter). This question represented the common daily scenarios ... beneficial effectsof laughter onthe blood vessel. This study consisted of twenty volunteers, where two video clips from both extremes ofthe emotional spectrum were shown. At the end ofthe videos,...