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... reduce the levels of anti-apoptotic Mcl-1 The rather low levels of Bcl-2 in the PC3 cells may explain why the radiation-induced down-modulation of Bcl-2 was of minor importance for the response of ... indicate whether the therapy effects observed are due to inhibition of proliferation, cell death induction, or both Therefore, in a next step, we examined whether the anti-neoplastic effects of ErPC3 ... cells the down-regulation of the two anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins may contribute to the antineoplastic effects of ErPC3 and radiotherapy In contrast, the radiation-induced down-modulation of the...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... that while implantation of the beads alone does not impair the steady growth of the cells in the vicinity of the beads, the addition of A+4 or A-4 initially stimulates the cell growth rate, albeit ... day 7, and then only to a limited extent in small groups of cells Discussion Potential biological effects of agarose beads The present results shed light on the short- term effects of agarose ... Markers The experiments were designed to discriminate between the in vivo effects due to the surgery and implantation of the untreated beads and the cascade of events resulting from the implantation...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:20

... myocardial injury The lack of worsening of the TnI leak suggests that milrinone does not exacerbate the underlying pathologic process in these patients, at least in the short term This should ... is the case, it is also possible that this potential benefit may outweigh the possible adverse effects of inotropic agents in the short term An additional complexity is that the witnessed effects ... practical Another related concern is whether standard therapy, particularly increased loop diuretic dosing, could explain the findings and confound the milrinone effects In terms of TnI levels, there...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 15:20

... (increasing or decreasing), the subsequent effects of fire [5] The classification of the severity of a fire based only on function of the remaining surviving trees could be then insufficient to classify ... restrained by the distance to the mother tree because of its low dispersal capacity [14, 49], and a transient seed bank [47], the occurrence of favorable weather periods [51], and the presence of a propitious ... prevailing at the time of the fire, after it, and to the specific conditions of the site considered In burned areas, the consumption of biomass and reduction of vegetation cover by the actual fire increased...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 00:22

... study we focused on short- term rather than on long -term effects From a theoretical point of view, the shortterm responses seen here might simply be offset by a subseR412 duration Effects on breathing ... preserved over time or whether they are offset by slowly adapting reflexes or behavioural responses over a longer period of observation On the other hand, the PEEP-related short- term effect is sufficiently ... Switzerland), which was placed at the proximal end of the ETT Airway pressure was measured between the pneumotachograph and the outer end of the ETT Spot-check measurement of tracheal pressure were taken...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 22:22

... regulating the level of ammonium assimilation upon an ammonium pulse Analysis of regulation of the transient response of the GS rate The decrease in the rate of GS upon the sudden addition of ammonium ... determines the relative importance of the various regulators during transient regulation of the rate of GS Finally, we alter gene expression of GDH, GOGAT, and GS and calculate the effects on the ... mechanistically in terms of the network topology and the kinetic properties of the molecular components of the network One possible approach to finding these explanations is through calculation of the properties...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 13:20

... vulnerable, population of patients Chemotherapy-induced cognitive decline in the absence of radiation The best data on the cognitive effects of chemotherapy alone have come from studies of children with ... are planned that further reduce the dose of craniospinal radiation to 1,800 cGy, virtually no attention has been paid to the possible contribution of the chemotherapy to the cognitive decline ... support to boost the immune system, and either no craniospinal radiation or focused radiation to the tumor bed The increased risk of neurotoxicity associated with very high doses of chemotherapy is...

Ngày tải lên: 06/08/2014, 18:21

... brothels’ or in private homes of their pimps or agents Figure 2 Brothels in Singapore Front of a brothel The interior of a brothel Back alley of a brothel where clients gather A room in the brothel ... been evaluated The majority of studies that used rigorous evaluation designs evaluated the short- term effects of the program Of those few studies that evaluated the long -term effects over a period ... and these programs have been found to be effective with regard to their short- term effects, that is, the change within to months of the intervention It is not known, however whether these effects...

Ngày tải lên: 17/09/2015, 17:20

... of generating substantial short- and long -term effects upon subjects’ HRQoL At the early measurement, a limitation of the capability to perform usual activities (EQ-5D) and deterioration of the ... short- term and long -term effects of VABB (11G) on HRQoL remain an open field The particularities in VABB are worth investigating systematically, as the special features of VABB together with the larger ... should be born in mind for the extrapolation of these findings to other settings Nevertheless the exact nature of differences between Domeyer et al Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010, 8:11...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... analysis of changes in the consequent series of samples obtained the same patient was analysed using the paired t-test For the analysis of the long -term changes the Mann-Whitney test was used The ... Here they change/switch the expression pattern of Ig from IgD and IgM to IgG, IgA and IgE The switch of Ig classes indicates the formation of antigen-specific memory B cells By the expression of ... from the same patients analysed at the same time points retained up to 30% of B cells, which gave a possibility to follow the ontogeny of B cells in the paired samples of BM obtained prior and shortly...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... parameters Given the diversity in improvement topics of the sites, the aim of this study was to measure the possible impact of the QIC on a wide variety of patient outcomes, professional performance, ... about the goals and structure of the project The participating teams each had to pay a fee of €23.750 Euro to cover project management costs Start Kick-off Before the kick-off meeting, the participating ... divided by the number of items within that section The overall score was derived linearly: the average scores of each section were summed, and then divided by the number of sections Page of 10 follow...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... family size [22] A model of how balance is maintained through proper positioning of the CoM and momentum of the CoM over the base of support has been established as a measure of dynamic balance control ... motion They had reduced mediolateral peak velocities of the CoM by day 14 and also reduced mediolateral separation of the CoM and CoP on day 28 Both of these indicate a conservative control of mediolateral ... participating in their particular activity at the time of injury at either the college or professional level, or have since graduated and are no longer active Recently, tests of balance control...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20

... N content Therefore, the highest variability of N content within the current needles occurs during the months of May and June (Fig 3) In August, when the shoot growth was completed, the lowest ... burst and acceleration of bud phenology result in prolongation of the shoot growth period and in a subsequent enhancement of wood production (Beuker 1994) The effect of long -term (months and years) ... differences between the treatments in the shoot length were observed at the end of growing seasons The influence of elevated CO2 on Norway spruce phenology was recorded during the first spring as...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 03:22

... To evaluate the effects of the different competition regimes created by each of these treatments on the performance of spruce seedlings; (iii) To understand the long -term impacts of vegetation ... there are few, if any, environmental constraints However, these treatments generally provide only short- term relief from competing vegetation The control often lasts only for the balance of the ... VI) DISCUSSION Responses of vegetation communities to brushing treatments depend on the type of treatment, the ecosystem, the type of plant community, and the abundance of component species In...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 01:21

... role in the in vitro control of the expression of the episodic growth pattern of the species, these factors therefore have a major influence (Favre and Juncker, 1989) An alternation of culture ... the long term, the management of the culture media, together with the clonal effects (Juncker and Favre, 1989), appeared to be the main factors Chalupa V (1988) Large-scale micropropagation of ... approaching DISCUSSION These results generally confirm the potential of shoot-tip explants in the advantages decontamination of infected stocks and in the stimulation of the growth capacity of plant material...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 19:21

... clamping of the aorta The difference in stroke between the two OPCAB subgroups fell short of the statistically significant level (P = 0.69) There were no significant differences between the both ... revascularization, the whole heart depends on the left internal mammary for its blood supply Concerns regarding the inability of the left internal mammary to supply the whole heart are only theoretical These ... insufficiency • Off-pump (OPCAB) The goodness of model was evaluated using the Hosmer and Lemeshow goodness -of- fit statistic and residual analysis The propensity score model C-statistics (area under the...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... studies of short- term prediction of violence The weaknesses in most designs are underreporting of incidents, lack of correction for therapeutic interventions, and a disregard of the influence from the ... entering the PICU area and admitted to the other ward The study ward consists of an ordinary closed acute ward area (310 m2) and a PICU area (190 m2) The main entrance leads to the ordinary area of the ... In the end of the corridor a locked door separates the PICU area from the ordinary area The PICU area consists of two wings with two single patient rooms in each The patients stay mostly in the...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:23

... evaluate the effect of drugs on the level of these biomarkers [15] The key question about all three of our assays is whether they only reflect matrix degradation present in lung interstitium or whether ... altered processing of the heparan sulfate molecule in the lungs of patients with emphysema In view of the biological functions of heparan sulfate, this could lead to destabilisation of the extracellular ... FEV1, Kco and baseline value of each of the biomarkers was assessed by the Spearman's rank correlation coefficient Results Analysis of change over time of any of the three biomarkers for a given...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:21

... risk of the development of microalbuminuria and clinical albuminuria (17-19) The expected beneficial effect of the intensive therapy is to prevent the onset or at least delay the progression of ... to poor compliance At the end of the 18th month when compared with the pretreatment levels, the mean HbA1c of these eight patients had decreased, to 7.5±1.01 (p

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:59

... on the day (up to 24 hours) before the diagnosis of each episode of sepsis Quality of the database The data-capture software automatically conducted multiple checks for internal consistency of ... and others), and multiple sites Early effective antibiotic therapy was defined as effectiveness on the causative agent of at least one of the empirically selected antibiotics on the day of the ... admission to the ICU We excluded patients with treatment-limitation decisions taken before or on the day of the diagnosis of severe sepsis At least two of the following criteria were required for the...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:20