... finaldegree of dominance. The last of thesegroups comprises the forked plants.Considering the relative elongations of both shoots together with the relativewidth of new xylem ... were periodically mea-sured. The degree of dominance between the 2upper shoots is evaluated by the ratio of theirlengths (L1/L2). Furthermore, anatomical inves-tigation ... out-come of competition between the 2 upper-most shoots consequently results alto-gether from which one sets growth on first,from the presence of a third bud and fromthe...
... finding emphasized the importance of an integrated system that would promote delivery of care to mothers and infants based on the level of acuity. The concept prompted the March of Dimes, in 1976, ... non-Hispanic white mothers to die in the first year of life (13.4 and 5.6 per 1,000 live births in 2006). 7Toward Improving theOutcomeof Pregnancy IIImarchofdimes.comHistory ofthe Quality ... relies on the World Health Organization defini-tion: The death of a woman while preg-nant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective ofthe duration and site ofthe pregnancy,...
... and the generation of recombinant molecules, taking advantage of the capacity ofthe minisatellite MsH43 to form thiskind of structure in the presence of K+[12]. We foundthat the presence of ... (TGGGGC)4represents the G-quadru-plex motif in the MsH43 80.1 allele. (B) After the break, there is astrand invasion ofthe homologous sequence in the second copy of the minisatellite included in the recombinant ... generation of duplications in the presence of a G-quadruplex. Accord-ing to this, the generation of duplications is explainedby replication slippage on the strand of new synthesis. The presence of...
... preconditions the power ofthe pre-sented results for the -173 G/C SNP and the -794 (CATT)nmicrosatellite was 98% and 87%, respectively. The linkagedisequilibrium ofthe two loci was assessed with the ... plasma levels were comparable between the two groups (Table 2). The allele CATT8 was neither detectable in the patients'group nor in either ofthe control groups. The genotypedistribution ... about the functional rele-vance ofthe -173 promoter SNP [16], whereas Baugh andco workers detected the -794 microsatellite and reportedabout the influence ofthe number of CATT repeats on the promoter...
... by the difference with the overall mean for allprovenances. The mean of these deviationswas then calculated for each provenance(cf table VII). The earliness of the Tamjoutprovenance ... the timing of susceptibility between 3 provenancesat the Lagnereau sitePeriods of potential basidiospore dispersal(ie from the date of maximum production to the date of ... articleVariation in the phenology of shoot elongation between geographic provenances of maritime pine(Pinus pinaster) - implications for the synchronywith the phenology of the twisting...
... numbers. Further studies are neededto address this question.Major limitations ofthe study are the fact that the majority of patients received immunosuppressive therapies at the time of BAL. Therefore, ... [38].In another study, anti-CD3 therapy also diminished bleomycin-induced fibrosis [39]. Therefore, T-cell therapy could providea useful target for further therapies.Because most ofthe fibroblast ... defined either by worsening of HR-CT (≥ 3) or by changes ofthe predicted FVC, DLCO-SB, or TLC values for ≥ 10% during a follow-up of 2.5 years. End-stage ILD was defined either by death or by the...
... 5:46http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/5/1/46Page 4 of 5geus, the impingement ofthe aortic arch and left mainstem bronchus, and the distal esophagus just proximal to the lower esophageal sphincter [2]. In our series, 30% of patients ... Department of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine Dicle University, Diyarbakir, TurkeyFull list of author information is available at the end ofthe articleOnat et al. Journal of Cardiothoracic ... ingestion of a foreign body.Diagnosis of esophageal perforation can be missed if the surgeon overlooks its possibility. Plain film findingsvary, based on the location and cause ofthe perforation,as...
... calculate the subscalescores and the total score the item scores were summed,divided by the maximum possible sum ofthe itemscoresandthenmultipliedby100.Thescoresrangefrom 0 to 100; the higher the ... lost sincea mutual influence of both the foot orthosis and the footwear on theoutcomeofthe intervention is pre-sumed [40]. Furthermore, we did not record other inter-ventions than medication. ... disability were the result ofthe intervention with foot orthoses. Further-more, we are not able to distinguish betwee n predictors of the natural course of RA and predictors of treatment outcome. ...
... of suicidal feeling is listed as one of the important items of evaluation in judging theoutcome of suicide attempts at the scene ofthe emergency [36].Some foreign studies report that men of ... means, the presence of depres-sive disorder was often recognized among patients over50 years of age [19]. It was also reported in the outcome survey of suicide attempters notedabovethattheageofsuicide ... 0.014), that for the deliv-ery of physical treatment compared to the absence of it2.957 (p < 0.001), and that for the delivery of psy-chotherapy compared to the abse nce of it 0.333 (p <0.001),...
... addition to the control of the level of a quanti-tative trait, there may be an independent control of the responsiveness of this trait to the environment. So far, the traits ... level of the trait.A major problem in the recognition of responsiveness is a knowledge of itsgenetic control, which should be independent of the genetic control of the ... to the conditioning of the medium were employed in crosses designed to determine the direction of dominance for responsiveness. In all three populations, the cross between HR...
... 16, 17), the rate of MACE ranged from 3.1%,to 12.8%, at the end ofthe two-year period. In our trial, however, the incidence of MACE in the ZES treated group was 10% at the end ofthe two ... Additionally, the inci-dence of Q wave MI ranged from 0% to 0.3% in the first four ENDEAVOR trials compared to 1.7% in our ZES treated group. On the other hand, the incidence of non-Q wave ... were prematurely taken off their antiplatelet therapy and this likely played a role in the observed MACE events. Also noteworthy was the observation that, the lesion and the stent lengths recorded...
... nullius – as if they had no biological fathers. With no link between fathers and fetuses, no inheritance of harm could be attributed to the father’s use of drugs. The absence of fathers in debates ... detaileddiscussion ofthe rise ofthe concept of fetal rights and fetal protectionism canbe found in Daniels, 1993.) After a brief discussion ofthe social construction of maternity and paternity, I analyse the ... from virtually all of the news stories on fetal health and addiction. The absence of fathers in newsreports of crack babies was made easier to believe by the racial subtext of the story: African–American...