... increase productivity and quality ofthe developed software The outcome of several of these improvement initiatives was summed up in an article in Communications ofthe ACM [10] Claims of order ... should be involved in designing the framework The scientic method is a lessons learned report 3.2.7 ICL Finland ICL in Finland has also made a knowledge management system The Finnish part ofthe ... work from other improvement initiatives inthe company, they nd several indications of improvement: The estimation accuracy improved, and estimation models were more widespread in use The focus...
... role of γδ T cellsin determining the magnitude ofthe inflammatory response to acute epithelial injury andin maintaining and repairing the epithelial barrier [16] Chen et al have found that a deficiency ... quasi-sinusoidal fashion with 150 breaths/min, a tidal volume of 0.18 ml and a PEEP of 2–3 cm H2O Methacholine (MCh) was administered via the jugular catheter in doubling doses ranging from 10 ... which again suggests that these cells may be involved in preventing damage or repairing damaged epithelial cells [13,14] Methods Animals Male C57BL/6J and TCR δ -/- (B6.129P2-Tcrd tm1Mom) mice to...
... thank many friends I made inthe Immunology Programme as well as in Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) for the help they rendered in however big or small and not to mention the light-hearted moments! ... migrant IgM+ plasma cells into the bone marrow of apoE-/- mice as well as the presence of long-lived IgM+ plasma cells using EdU/BrdU labeling These findings were further confirmed using an ldlr-/- ... transitional T1 and T2 stages before completing their development into circulating follicular B cells (CD23+CD21midIgDhi) and non-circulating marginal zone B cells (CD23CD21hiIgDloIgMhi) (Pillai and Cariappa,...
... the cell migration from the spleen to the bone marrow compartment, we administered and maintained the mice with BrdU in drinking water, and disrupted splenic humoral responses with DT administration ... when examining plasma cellsinthe bone marrow To begin our investigation into ASCs inthe bone marrow of apoE-/- mice, we maintained apoE-/- mice with thymidine analog, BrdU in drinking water ... percentage of B220-BrdU+CD138+IgM+ plasma cellsin BM of non-treated and treated ldlr-/- chimeric mice (n=3-8) Data pooled from two independent experiments (G) Quantification of total IgM in plasma of...
... survival and maintenance Our data showed that the BrdU-IgM+ plasma cells accumulating inthe bone marrow were long-lived as the apoE-/- mice were maintained on BrdU in drinking water for a month The ... Measurement of oxLDL in plasma As discussed above, our work and reported findings have suggested oxLDL level inthe plasma was increased inthe late stage ofthe disease and also during disease regression ... ASCs in secondary lymphoid organs and bone marrow after immunization implied the migration of these ASCs into the bone marrow compartment Such study ofthe kinetics of ASC in secondary lymphoid...
... interested inthe decision making process that undergoes family scrutiny andthe roles and influences ofthe family members on the purchase ofthe products and services that are marketed to them Husband-wife ... research and careful pondering and risk taking skills There is a cost in designing and manufacturing a product and there is a cost in distributing and promoting it Cost must include all these elements ... products and influence them to better appreciate them Adequate pricing goes hand in hand with the most efficient forms of promotion: advertising and personal selling Depending on the market segment...
... symptomatic disease Symptoms of psoriasis include burning, stinging, inflammation, redness, itching, pain, scaling, and cracking of skin Some symptoms (itch, soreness, pain, stinging) are included ... are to adjust the conceptual framework and draft the PRO instrument; confirm the measurement model and assess other measurement properties; modify the instrument; and collect, analyze, and interpret ... Important additions to the disease model based on patient feedback included symptoms (skin cracking and dry skin), daily activities (choice of clothing, work impacts, household duties, and more laundry/replacing...
... is a simple and reproducible method of systematic examination inthe field of terminal ballistics The model permits the infiltration depth of exogenous particles leading to contamination in relation ... and MR drafted and designed the manuscript CW, MRu, NCG have been involved in drafting the manuscript NCG was involved in revising the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript ... MR, MS, CW, MRu, and NCG conceived ofthe work and participated in its design and coordination CS and MR made substantial contributions to data acquisation and conception of manuscript CS and...
... the emergency room and active warming already inthe field is considered one important part of such treatment Since the warming modalities need to be portable and easily handled by Search and ... rate and reduce cold discomfort during transportation to definitive care However, additional active warming had a beneficial effect in improving thermal comfort and indicated a small reduction of ... interpretation of data and critically revising the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript 18 Acknowledgements and Funding The study was supported by the National Board of Health and...
... formalin-fixed paraffin embedded; LMD: laser microdissection; MS/MS: tandem mass spectrometry; ISIS: in- sample internal standard; AL1A1: aldehyde dehydrogenase family, member A 1; AK1C1: aldo-keto ... acquired during a predefined short time window inthe profile mode at the resolution of 30 000 inthe m/ z range of 400 to 1600 The sets of acquired high-resolution MS and MS/MS spectra for peptides ... oxidation and formylation of lysine, arginine and N-terminal amino acids as variable modifications A p-value being < 0.05 was considered significant, andthe score cutoff was 44 The lists of identified...
... that administration of UC-MSCs attenuated systemic inflammation in CIA in mice UC-MSCs downregulated the production ofthe proinflammatory cytokines TNF-a, and IL-6 in vitro andin vivo In addition, ... the decreased secretion of various inflammatory cytokines and chemokines, andthe downregulated Th1/Th17 cells Furthermore, inthe UC-MSCs treated mice, the expansion of Th2/Tregs andthe production ... were determined MMP9 production was inhibited both inthe cell-to-cell contact system andthe transwell system All the data are expressed as the mean ± SD of more than three independent experiments...
... Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, or the Institute of Medicine, and many of whom have dedicated great thought and action to the advancement of women in science andengineering ... Engineering, and Gender Differences inthe Careers of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Faculty (Box 1-3) The Committee on Maximizing thePotentialof Women in Academic Science andEngineering ... Science, Engineering, and Public Policy formed our Committee on Maximizing thePotentialof Women in Academic Science andEngineeringand charged it to recommend methods for achieving that goal The...
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... role of innate immune system on the dopaminergic neuron degeneration inthe MPTP-induced PD model Taken into consideration the important role of inflammation in PD, immune modulation would be ... 6- diamidino-2-phenylindole dihydrochloride DEPC diethyl pyrocarbonate DMEM Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium DMSO Dimethyl Sulfoxide DTT dithiothreitol EAE experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis ... to understand the underlying signaling pathway(s) of MPTP-induced innate immune system activation as well as the mechanisms of MSC immune modulation INTRODUCTION CHAPTER INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION...
... Tsai MS, Hwang SM, Chen KD, et al 2007;Functional network analysis ofthe transcriptomes of mesenchymal stemcells derived from amniotic fluid, amniotic membrane, cord blood, and bone marrow Stem ... 2001;Fibronectin andthe alpha(5)beta(1) integrin are under developmental and ovarian steroid regulation inthe normal mouse mammary gland Endocrinology (7):32143222 100 Salasznyk RM, Klees RF, Williams ... cultured human mesenchymal stemcells from marrow Tissue Eng (4):415-428 129 Beresford JN, Graves SE, Smoothy CA 1993;Formation of mineralized nodules by bone derived cellsin vitro: a model of bone...
... mechanisms behind it, andthe effect ofthe physical and chemical changes imparted during the laser irradiation • Further insight inthe degradation study of PCL films by the irradiation of laser ... Extrusion, calendaring and blowing are the common industrial methods for fabricating polymer sheets and thin films [61, 62], of thickness ranging from tens to hundreds of micrometers These methods usually ... mathematical modeling of temperature-rise and heat propagation on the PCL film during the impingement of laser using different wavelengths and pulse duration was studied and compared with the actual...
... can be divided into two major subgroups: Type I, or insulindependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) and Type II, or non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) IDDM is associated with marked deficiency ... proteins (named by merging the names ofthe first identified members of this family: the C elegans Sma protein andthe Drosophila Mad protein) Phosphorylated Smad proteins translocate to the nucleus ... conserved bHLH domain inthe amino-terminal region and, through this domain, they form a dimer and bind to the DNA (Sasai et al., 1992) Studies to date have revealed that Hes proteins inhibit...
... Third instar larvae and 3-day old pupae were used The main component of one ofthe oils was pulegone andofthe other is not yet totally identified, and it is called SEM76 In space fumigation, these ... Shaaya andM Kostyukovsky 16.1 Introduction In developing countries, the post-harvest losses of cereals and other durable commodities caused by insect damage and other bio-agents range from 10 ... component in this plant, has lower mammalian toxicity as compared to the other active ITCs tested The lower toxicity makes this fumigant a promising candidate for the disinfestation of grain and dry...
... using this method, researcher can investigate the common difficulties and advantages students had during the fifth term when they studied EEE Moreover, the main reason of getting bad mark inthe ... of learning EEE as well as the main reason why they did not get good mark inthe final test Techniques of gathering data including different types of questionnaires administered to students in ... seldom read or repair lesson before going to class They did not spend a lot of time on studying it From these facts, they could not understand all things learned in class and then, they got bad...
... protein products due to translation errors and misfolding are handled by the quality control system, composed of refolding chaperones and proteases The system is energetically demanding (most ... the DnaK, DnaJ, GrpE system andthe GroEL–GroES pair A comprehensive review ofthe folding process transcends the aim of this paper and can be found in [9,10] and references therein The folding ... formed aggregates triggering the degradation of misfolded proteins while ClpB releases them from inclusion bodies (IBs) and presents unfolded polypeptides to the (re)folding machinery Altogether,...