... smoking status and discharge from the military Smoking status at the one-year follow up was assessed using a 7-day point prevalence analysis [16] Discharge was assessed both after BMT and after technical ... summary, a single-item self-assessment of health was consistently related to a variety of health parameters important to the military Used at a population level, this brief health status measure may ... good", and "excellent" The validity of this item asameasureof health status was assessed using health behaviors which are traditionally http://www.hqlo.com/content/4/1/57 important indicators of...
... graphs) The shape ofthe curve is similar as for simulation 1a, but the variability ofthe measurements is larger, as is reflected in the somewhat lower explained variance: the best fit was a ... electrical and physiological parameter values were based on data ofthe biceps brachii (default values ofthe software package) For a full list of parameter settings, see Table Simulation protocol ... to the location in time where a similar shape occurred) and a scale factor that is related to the amplitude and width ofthe wavelet The CWT of each single signal is calculated for a range of...
... test, are presented as numbers and percentages Continuous variables were compared by means ofthe t test and analysis of variance and are presented asthe mean ± standard deviation Univariate and ... this article as: Soliman Hamad et al., Preoperative ejection fractionasa predictor of survival after coronary artery bypass grafting: comparison with a matched general population Journal of Cardiothoracic ... Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses ofrisk factors for late mortality† Risk factor HR late mortality Univariate analysis P value HR late mortality Multivariate analysis P value...
... defined by the Transplant Iron Score Based on these groupings, a univariate relative riskof death was calculated for each iron parameter using hazard regression analysis Survival time was measured ... represents a or AML indicates acute myeloid leukemia; ALL, acute lymphoblastic leukemia; MDS myelodysplastic syndrome; AA, aplastic anemia plant echocardiogram or MUGA scan All measures of EF were ... were measured using a commercially available sandwich enzyme immunoassay (EIA) (Ramco Laboratories, Inc Stafford, TX) C-reactive protein was measured using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay...
... planning the therapeutic plan and drafting the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements The technical assistance of Eiji Komatsu and Toru Maeda (Department of Radiology, ... Hospital, Bunyo, Oita, 870-8511, Japan and 2Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Fukuoka Higashi Medical Center, Koga, 811-3195, Japan Ninomiya and Ikeda Journal of Medical Case ... tomography Transplantation 2003, 75:1561-1564 Urata K, Kawasaki S, Matsunami H, Hashikura Y, Ikegami T, Ishizone S, Momose Y, Komiyama A, Makuuchi M: Calculation of child and adult standard liver...
... habitats These patterns are also evident in the univariate analyses, which showed that the mean and variance of traditional biological measurements were higher in MPAs than in non-MPAs, whereas ... patterns of IGF1 and traditional biological measurements are different In our data, it appears that traditional measurements explain more ofthe variation between management status (MPA or non-MPA), ... concentration was quantified by means ofthe radioimmunoassay developed by Shimizu et al (2000) with barramundi Lates calcarifer antibody and recombinant salmon IGF1 The assay was validated for...
... for the environmental variance, considering the genetic covariance and the other environmental covariance parameters as nuisance parameters Let m be the vector of all these nuisance parameters The ... sub-diagonals and D is a diagonal matrix ofthe inverse of innovation variances Score and information matrices for D and L parameters can be calculated as functions ofthe rst and second derivatives ofthe ... adjusted score statistic checks the actual goodness -of- t ofthe environmental variance to the data whereas the previous score statistic (T r ) was a goodness -of- t measure for the environmental...
... teachers as they are the backbone of many schools in Ireland and Britain One ofthe most important initial tasks for any teacher is the task of knowing his clients The notion of needs analysis is absolutely ... central Even with as few details as we have outlined above, there are certain things that we can assume about this group First, given their age group, it is reasonable to assume that many of them ... constraints, at many different levels, on each occasion that they are called upon, they encourage a unique emphasis on particular combinations of strategies on each occasion In reading, the notions...
... Subdivisions of Races Theories of monogenism and polygenism Doctrine of “geographical provinces” or “areas of characterization.” The continental areas at the date of man’s appearance on the earth Eurafrica, ... Eurafrica, Austafrica, Asia, America, Oceanica Causes and consequences ofthe migrations of races and nations aThe Eurafrican Race.—Types ofthe white race Its first home Early migrations The South ... phonology of languages Universal alphabets Logical relations ofthe parts of speech The vocabulary and the grammar of languages Distinctions between languages and dialects Mixed languages and jargons...
... ofthe Man of Letters asa Man ofThe Man of Letters asa Man of Business, by Business, I shall attract far more readers than I should in writing of him as an Artist Besides, as an artist he has ... often a lasting death An interesting proof ofthe value ofthe magazine to literature is the fact that a good novel will have wider acceptance asa book from having been a magazine serial I am ... sure that the case is in every way improved for young authors The magazines all maintain a staff for the careful examination of manuscripts, but as most ofthe material they print has been engaged,...
... aesthetic The science ofthe “beautiful” in a work of art The aesthetic appeal ofa work of art is defined by the visual Social, ethical moral, and contemporary standards ofa society armature A ... Compare the "god-like" qualities ofa particular character (such as Diana, goddess ofthe hunt) to a modern character (such as Mia Hamm, huntress ofa soccer goal) The Huntington Library, Art ... side ofa stick and two baseballs on the other—balancing out the picture balance A principal of art and design concerned with the arrangement of one or more elements in a work of art so that they...
... had a picomolar LOAEL in the ciliary beat frequency assay Many ofthe compounds in Table were also screened using a chick chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) assay that measures growth ofthe CAM and ... oviduct: a regulator of local contraction and gamete transport J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2004, 44 Suppl 1:S248-51 111 Wijayagunawardane MP, Miyamoto A, Taquahashi Y, Acosta TJ, Nishimura M, Sato K: Angiotensin ... femtomolar range (Table 1) In general, if a chemical were inhibitory, it acted in all three bioassays, although the potency and efficacy for a particular chemical varied among the assays Some of the...
... Degradation of amino acid-substituted ASAs via the proteasome In order to investigate the degradation pathway of amino acid-substituted ASAs in the ER, we used Ltk– 1181 Arylsulfatase A degradation ... Pro136Leu, h) After the chase ASA was immunoprecipitated from the homogenates with the polyclonal ASA antiserum Precipitated ASA was quantified after SDS ⁄ PAGE with a bio-imaging analyser (Fujifilm) ... 25 after synthesis The maturation of these late forming epitopes is accompanied by a further maturation of epitopes A2 and A5 After 25 of chase, precipitation with mAbs A2 and A5 is almost as...
... chains of Hb A0 was 10 times faster than that ofthe beta chains and that the oxidation ofthe beta chains was not influenced by pH The biphasic reaction was shown to consist ofa rapid initial ... increased the initial fast phase ofthe reaction, but decreased the rate ofthe slow phase of oxidation in the presence of EDTA A comparison of rough and smooth LPSs of E coli and S minnesota in the ... general, the increase in the oxidation rate of crosslinked Hb mediated by LPSs is due to an increase in the rate ofthe initial fast phase, i.e oxidation ofthea chains The rates of oxidation are...
... aging A number of early explanations of aging, such as Orgel’s error catastrophe theory and the somatic mutation theory, were based on the idea that aging results from the accumulation of synthetic ... Mitochondrial free radical generation, oxidative stress, and aging Free Rad Biol Med 29, 222–230 44 Takasawa, M., Hayakawa, M., Sugiyama, S., Hattori, K., Ito, T & Ozawa, T (1993) Age-associated damage ... replicative advantage of human mtDNA carrying a point mutation that causes the MELAS encephalomyopathy Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 89, 11164–11168 49 Wallace, D.C (1997) Mitochondrial DNA in aging and disease...
... In all cases, the optimal amount of arachidonic acid was determined and used to analyze the effect of S10 0A8 /A9 on oxidase activation After an incubation of 10 at 20 °C, the oxidase activity was ... NADPH oxidase activity was also assayed by polarographic measurement ofthe rate of O2 uptake at 20 °C with a Clark electrode at a voltage of 0.8 V All experiments were carried out at least twice ... an optimal amount of arachidonic acid determined for each assay of oxidase activation [12] The rate of O2– production by the activated NADPH oxidase was calculated from the rate ofthe superoxide...
... 2000 from Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada, 2002) The data and analysis related to the availability and quality of childcare for Canadian women and those from the four comparisons nations comes ... Canada and four comparison nations, 2001 Canada Overall rank Seats in parliament (%) Female legislators, senior of cials, managers (%) Female professional and technical workers (%) Ratio female:male ... disabilities—is relatively low as compared to all nations except the US The low US rate may reflect the lack of available Table Reports of being a victim of crime as percentage of total population...
... suggested that the basal ganglia, the area of neurological degeneration in those with PD, are specifically involved in the control of dance movements Increased activity in the basal ganglia was observed ... for their assistance with this study This work was supported by a grant from the Marian Chace Foundation to Madeleine Hackney and a grant from the American Parkinson Disease Association to Gammon ... questionnaire what they liked best and least about the program They greatly appreciated the camaraderie and socialization engendered by the program Being able to meet others with PD and their caregivers...
... that the TRH-degrading enzyme (TRH-DE) is absent in the plasma of neonatal rats, whereas TRH is rapidly inactivated by plasma of adult rats [39] The endocrinological importance of this enzyme was ... Materials and methods TRH-degrading Lectin Brain enzyme Serum enzyme Liver enzyme SNA (Sambucus nigra A. ) GNA (Galanthus nivalis A. ) MAA (Maackia amurensis A. ) DSA (Datura stramonium A. ) ConA (Concanavalin ... conditions a molecular mass of 125 000 Da was estimated for the liver enzyme and the serum enzyme and a molecular mass of 116 000 Da for the brain enzyme, indicating that all these enzymes exist as homodimers,...