... ventilation Interest in using noninvasive ventilation (NIV) inthe treatment of ACPE has grown since the early work of Rasanen and colleagues from 1985 [4] Whether delivered inthe form of continuous ... included studies and variation in study populations, interventions, and endpoints leave some doubt to the generalizability of these findings To address these uncertainties, Gray and colleagues performed ... improvement in respiratory distress and metabolic disturbances, there were no differences in clinical outcomes, including mortality, rates of endotracheal intubation, length of stay, or myocardial infarction...
... modulate the inflammatory profile after a viral infection by blocking the poly(I: C) induced chemokine and cytokine production while maintaining the antiviral activity [28,59] As epithelial cells ... the review, all authors contributed in writing and reviewing the paper All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests ... skin especially inthe elderly), limited renal and hepatic function or insufficient intestinal resorption [39] In VitD deficiency, the feedback on the PTH gene promoter is lacking resulting in...
... L, Passino C, Emdin M: Comparison ofthediagnostic accuracy of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) andthe N-terminal part ofthe propeptide of BNP immunoassays in chronic andacuteheart failure: ... to the conception and design ofthe study, analysis and interpretation of data, and drafting and critical revision ofthe manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing ... to the conception and design ofthe study, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data, and drafting ofthe manuscript TB contributed to the acquisition of data, the conception and...
... pleiotropic effects andthe capacity of reduction ofmyocardial biomarkers, are the reasons ofthe potencial beneficial effects of statins in cardiac surgery interventions List of abbreviations ... bypass; CPK: Creatine phosphokinase Authors’ contributions The authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Received: ... absolute reduction of marker release, as observed in these studies [1-3], could be translated into a reduction of early and late adverse events The anti-inflammatory action of statins, as we demonstrated...
... effect of endotoxin on epithelial tight junctions, because other studies have demonstrated a lack of effect of endotoxin on the integrity ofthe epithelial barrier [42] The conflicting findings of ... effective in restoring the injured epithelium if it is administered after the injury [81] In a study of patients with ALI, very high concentrations of HGF were found inthe edema fluid; interestingly, ... edema In contrast to the endothelium, the alveolar epithelium is often spared in ALI, and therefore active ion and fluid clearance can be preserved [42] Therefore, investigations are ongoing into...
... predominantly been seen as applying to males inmanagement or leadership roles because ofthe low profile of women inmanagement at this time, and it can be assumed that the profile of women inmanagement ... focussing on the individual traits of a person as well as the situation the individual found themselves in (Hollander and Julian, 1970) These theories are also known as contingency theories of leadership ... Hence, the behavioural theories can be viewed as limited in raising the profile of women inmanagement However, during this period of research, there was an emerging recognition ofthe importance of...
... on supply and demand of funds inthe rural areas andthe risk of lending; the floating band for lending rate of urban financial institutions will be further expanded while control of general ... booking system ofthe CGSDTC andthe bond trading system ofthe inter-bank lending centre The trading system ofthe national inter-bank lending centre provides pricing information, settle the bond ... bonds Inthe case ofthe latter, commercial banks trade with investors at the prices they offer through their outlets, and provide depositing and clearing services to the investors B Roles of the...
... useful in determining a) the efficacy of BCG vaccine in HCWs or b) the effects on efficacy ofthe vaccine strain administered Vol 45 / No RR-4 MMWR andthe vaccinee’s age at the time of vaccination ... Control and Prevention Theroleof BCG vaccine inthe prevention and control of tuberculosis inthe United States: a joint statement by the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis andthe ... resurgence inthe incidence of TB occurred inthe United States and included increases inthe number of TB cases among adults and children and outbreaks of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) involving...
... Philip, and James Weston 1998 “Small Business Lending andthe Changing Structure ofthe Banking Industry,” Journal of Banking and Finance, August Sullivan, Richard J 2000 “How Has the Adoption of Internet ... Berger, Allen N., and Gregory F Udell 1998 The Economics of Small Business Finance: The Roles of Private Equity and Debt Markets inthe Financial Growth Cycle,” Journal of Banking and Finance, August, ... understanding issues facing community banks I THE CURRENT ROLEOF COMMUNITY BANKS The banking system inthe United States has always been unique inthe sense of containing large numbers of small...
... Nter are the C-terminal and N-terminal structural regions, respectively, ofthe two A and B monomers ofthe dimeric RNase The black circle between the monomers indicates the mass center ofthe dimer ... geometry ofthe hinge loop after ligation Also in this case no clashes were detected at Electrostatic interactions and antitumor RNases the dimer interface ofthe models or inthe surroundings ofthe ... electrostatic field of different Fig Plot ofthe EIE values as function of rotation (r) and inclination (i) angles of RNases The hatched axis at the bottom and right ofthe plots show schemes of some conformations...
... N-linked oligosaccharide side-chains are important for the GABA transport activity 1-Deoxymannojirimycin inhibits the GABA-uptake of GAT1 In order to gain further insight into theroleofthe ... modification may in uence many ofthe physicochemical and biological properties ofthe proteins, such as protein folding, stability, targeting, dynamics and ligand binding, as well as cell-matrix and cell–cell ... misfolding of this protein, resulting in its partial retention inthe ER and its rapid digestion thereafter [16,19] Accordingly, our results indicate that the intracellular trafficking of N-glycosylation...
... is thein interaction ofthe results of these asynchronous processes that the process of comprehension is defined 4.1 The processes are independent ofthe knowledge representations defined and ... the state ofthe process The most important aspect ofthe control is that a l l ofthe serial order computations can occur simultaneously and affect any information that has been defined inthe ... activation of a l l meanings of each recognized word in HOPE, the determination ofthe phonetic representation of a recognized word determines the breadth of active competition amon meanings for...
... the left to the right-hand side ofthe map decreases the probability of Expected-Debt to be equal to ô ằ (increase in indebtedness) by 15 points (33 minus 18), and increases the probability of ... Survey In 1996, the credit has overall been decreasing for 53% ofthe sample, it has been increasing for 36%, and has been stable for the remaining 11% An increase in indebtedness (of 80% in average) ... constraints The descriptive, statistical analysis in Table indeed confirms that the lower the decline in production (or the higher its increase, inthe best cases), the higher the probability of...
... unrivalled in scale, and outreach continues to grow in terms ofthe number of microborrowers Institutions providing microfinance in Asia play a critical rolein increasing the access to finance for ... very helpful in bringing microfinance into the spotlight not only in developing countries but also inthe developed world The awareness by policy makers about theroleof microfinance as a major ... identify the various models and understand the existing distinct approaches to microfinance There is significant diversity among the type of players inthe microfinance industry This includes...
... the music projects the meaning ofthe image or the image projects the meaning ofthe music), then the multimedia example has passed the similarity test andthe relationship exhibited is one of ... music), taking into account the director’s – and, therefore, the composer’s – intentions, the narrative content ofthe film, andthe overall strategy ofthe director in constructing the multifaceted ... other-worldly In this capacity, theroleof music is significantly enhanced by the level of ambiguity inherent inthe visual scene Specifically, the more ambiguous the meaning ofthe visual image, the...
... However, the mechanistic roles of several of these residues are not described well and there is no example of mutational analysis of all of these residues inthe same enzyme To obtain an insight into ... inthe ÔupÕ position rows and shows that inthe presence ofthe substrate, rotation of Asp142 towards Glu144 lowers the pKa ofthe latter by 0.8 pH units The calculated effects ofthe D140N and ... affinity of ChiB for allosamidin, which is an analogue ofthe proposed oxazolinium ion intermediate [32] The minor (or even positive) effects of Y214F on substrate and intermediate binding and the...
... properties ofthe document containing the sentence and properties ofthe sentence itself Regarding the former type, two features come into play: the relevance score ofthe document (from the IR engine) ... Israel and India show an increase in cooperation? If so, what are the driving factors behind this increase? Evidence for a relationship includes both the means to in uence some entity andthe motivation ... Theroleof knowledge in conceptual retrieval: A study inthe domain of clinical medicine In SIGIR 2006 J Lin and D Demner-Fushman 2006b Will pyramids built of nuggets topple over? In HLT/NAACL...
... education and skills on the one hand and individual earnings on the other It misses an important underlying factor determining the interpersonal distribution of incomes across societies And, it ... use – in determining individual earnings, and by implication important aspects ofthe income distribution We then turn to the relationship of education and economic growth Research into the economics ... even inthe poorest areas, involves elements of “quality” of schooling Most countries are involved in policy debates about the improvement of their schools These debates, often phrased in terms of...
... agricultural research; and reforming policies and increasing investments in rainfed areas WATER HARVESTING Water harvesting involves concentrating and collecting the rainwater from a larger catchment ... rainfed areas; and improving the coordination among farmers, NGOs, and public institutions CONCLUSIONS Rainfed agriculture will maintain an important roleinthe growth of food production inthe ... strategy for ensuring the sustainability of interventions Greater involvement of farmers from the planning stages andthe use of farmers for maintenance and data collection and provision of appropriate...
... as Points of Access into the Financial System TheRoleof African Post Offices in Payments TheRoleof Post Offices in International Remittances TheRoleof Post Offices in Savings TheRoleof ... Points of Access into the Financial System TheRoleof Asian Post Offices for Payments Services TheRoleof Post Offices in International Remittances TheRoleof Post Offices in Savings TheRoleof ... agreed between the ministries of finance, the IMF, and World Bank Inthe recent past in Africa, no distinction was made ofthe roles ofthe post as the mail provider, as owner ofthe post office network,...