... hit Eurasia at the end ofthe Pleistocene The Moderns managed to survive the onslaught ofthe LGM With the subsequent global warming the world saw the rise of a hominid that had the intelligence ... of ı these as the latest dates of Neanderthal survival Even so, we can agree that the last Neanderthal populations probably became extinct before the onset ofthe LGM, at some point towards the ... transmission The net effect is the same – bearers of Mode colonised the largest areas ofthe planet and bearers of Mode the smallest The sobering conclusion that I derive is that it has been the peripheral...
... if the soil microorganisms have good health They supply the protoplasm compounds for every living organism above the ground The basis of their health is the availability ofthe elements ofthe ... crust ofthe Earth which is the basic food supply of microorganisms and hence of all of us P OUR 100 % JUNK FOOD SUPPLY IS DESTROYING US Virtually all ofthe subsoil and most ofthe topsoil ofthe ... evaluation ofthe synthesis For this reason, it seemed advisable to include a review of previous studies in the various disciplines in the form of a few lines distilling the essence of their findings Of...
... contrast to that of carnivores, is the time they spend eating, the volume of food they consume, and the consequent volume of faeces they produce They spend the greater part of their lives eating, ... as the seeds start to germinate the cockatoos move in They walk down a row of emerging seedlings, pull them out ofthe ground, eat just the base ofthe new stem, and then discard them Once the ... outgrowths of their stomachs rather than their colons; at the beginning rather than the end of their alimentary tract There the microbes the same as those in hind-gut fermenters: digest otherwise...
... sponsored the book [GTM] One ofthe contributions ofthe Carnegie Foundation has been to advocate a re-thinking ofthe way we evaluate professors and reward them Another is to consider the service ... think of about almost any topic you can think of It is one ofthe more recreational parts ofthe job 2.16 Your Role in The Professional Societies I have a rather stodgy view in this matter The professional ... their classes Others are quite serious—nearly morose Still other teachers make the learning process a group activity; they are more the guide on the side” than the “sage on the stage.” All of...
... into them and other wooden objects The triumph ofthe Catawba Nation rests in its pottery tradition, which is a cultural treasure of tremendous worth Of all the tribes east ofthe Pueblo only the ... end ofthe nineteenth century The potters have entered a period where they appreciate the professional aspects of their craft Indeed, many are busy taking Catawba pottery into the realm of art They ... worked together Ervin gathered the wood and burned the pottery The Gordons also kept a sign on the road in front of their home and shared the proceeds from the sales of their work (Georgia Harris,...
... studies have investigated the influence ofthe overall level of genomic DNA methylation on CM prognosis Accordingly, we investigated whether the extent of methylation ofthe LINE-1 repetitive elements ... examined Survival time was calculated in months from the date of stage IIIC diagnosis until the date of death According with the specific goals ofthe analysis, we did not classify the deaths ... for the differing survival patterns of CM patients of identical clinico-pathological stage of disease The study was conducted on a series of 42 consecutive stage IIIC CM patients for whom the...
... 2004 at the Cancer Center of Sun Yat-Sen University All the patients underwent radical surgery, and none of them had undergone either chemotherapy or radiotherapy before the collection ofthe samples ... Committee of our institution Patients were informed ofthe investigational nature ofthe study and provided their written informed consent The count of tryptase-positive mast cells in the cancer ... MCCstroma, the count of tryptase-positive mast cells in the cancer stroma ofthe primary colon tumor; MCCadjacent, the count of tryptase-positive mast cells in the normal mucosa adjacent to the colon...
... studies have investigated the influence ofthe overall level of genomic DNA methylation on CM prognosis Accordingly, we investigated whether the extent of methylation ofthe LINE-1 repetitive elements ... examined Survival time was calculated in months from the date of stage IIIC diagnosis until the date of death According with the specific goals ofthe analysis, we did not classify the deaths ... for the differing survival patterns of CM patients of identical clinico-pathological stage of disease The study was conducted on a series of 42 consecutive stage IIIC CM patients for whom the...
... 2004 at the Cancer Center of Sun Yat-Sen University All the patients underwent radical surgery, and none of them had undergone either chemotherapy or radiotherapy before the collection ofthe samples ... Committee of our institution Patients were informed ofthe investigational nature ofthe study and provided their written informed consent The count of tryptase-positive mast cells in the cancer ... MCCstroma, the count of tryptase-positive mast cells in the cancer stroma ofthe primary colon tumor; MCCadjacent, the count of tryptase-positive mast cells in the normal mucosa adjacent to the colon...
... of variance of wind speed and direction) and reduce the odor plume ofthe bird nesting within (Conover 2007) Although nest depredation often is a function of visual detection ofthe nest or the ... response was the basis for estimating the probability of daily nest survival (i.e., DSR of nests) We included three random effect statements to model the hierarchical structure ofthe data set ... fates, on the 5,625-km study area in the Wind River Basin in central Wyoming, USA bDates listed are for the initiation ofthe first nest (i.e., First) and the hatching or depredation ofthe last...
... against them either because they have the shape of testicles, or because they resemble the gates of hell, for they alone have no hinges, or again because they spoil, or because they resemble the ... its roots to Moses’ brother Aaron, the original high priest Levites are descendants ofthe tribe of Levi, the traditional princes ofthe temple Today, descendants ofthe other twelve tribes are ... because of constriction in the extremities, the body signals the kidneys to offload some ofthe extra fluid But that theory doesn’t fully explain the phenomenon, especially in light of recent...
... - excluding us, of course - has a conflict of interest Either they have loans to subsidiaries ofthe company or officers ofthe bank are also directors ofthe company We are the only bank owning ... accepted the exchange offer Of those two, the ‘ringleader,’ a Dr Lauder, holds $300,000 ofthe Notes The other fellow has $150,000." “Now here is the problem, the Penn Central's board of directors ... way, there is another story, which begins on a Wednesday afternoon in December of 1971 Survivalofthe Penn Central Company The Phone Call Harry Volk, President and CEO ofthe Union Bank of California...
... additional 2% ofthe eggs in the control batch hatched following a further 1-day incubation As the number of eggs that hatched increased with the duration of hatching, the proportion of hatched ... degradation ofthe egg shell HigginsOptiz and Evers (1983) observed that hatching of eggs occurred as a result ofthe shell rupturing on one ofthe two lateral sides ofthe egg surface The observed ... activity and survivalofthe larvae The findings are presented in Table While only 20% ofthe 60 minutes irradiated larvae survived for days, the control experiment showed that 100% ofthe larvae...
... recognised, there appears to be a significant expression of TNF in the entheses and peripheral joints in all the conditions [44-47] This has led to the use of TNF antagonists in the treatment of SpA ... patient-years In parentheses are the numbers of treatments discontinued Guidelines for the use of TNF antagonists in patients with SpA were available through the SER at the beginning of 2005 Criteria ... of drug survival in different conditions offer a unique opportunity for the detection of relevant differences in safety and effectiveness In the present work, we describe the differences in the...
... cycles of induction chemotherapy were administered, followed by initiation of TRT within week after the start ofthe last cycle of induction chemotherapy, and then 2-4 cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy ... years, then every months thereafter Thesurvival status of patients lost to follow-up was updated with the information from the R.P.C Social Security System OS was the primary endpoint of this ... population A margin of 1.0-1.5 cm was placed to form planning target volume (PTV) according the site and motion ofthe target (the margin of 1.5 cm was commonly used in the most of patients) Typically,...
... response of tumors to treatment Overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) were calculated as the date of disease diagnosis to the date of death or last contact or the date of recurrence ... type and grade, optimality ofthe primary debulking operation, chemotherapy regimen, number of chemotherapies, disease recurrence, and response of tumors to chemotherapy The optimal debulking or ... associations In the United States, epithelial cancer ofthe ovary is the fifth most common cause of death related to malignant conditions among women and the most leading cause of death from gynecologic...
... doubts about the true nature of her peritoneal tumor, a further biopsy of her tumor was performed in 2004, with the final interpretation demonstrating a low-grade papillary mesothelioma ofthe peritoneum ... described in only 14 ofthe cases that we reviewed [2,4,8,10-12] In the largest series, three patients received a combination of chemotherapy and radiation therapy, one of these with intravenous ... determine the effect of systemic or intraperitoneal chemotherapy on the tumor progression of our patient due to imprecise past medical records However, one must question the necessity of extensive...
... One ofthe main objectives of this study was to test the validity of this assumption of coherence in decline Testing ofthe hypothesis of stock regulation at the basin scale The results of this ... finally the quality and the relevance ofthe advice delivered Up to 2002, the management regulations only affected the level of effort and were not based on the status ofthe resource A review ofthe ... j) is the covariance ofthe populations i and j for a given year, and δi δj is the product ofthe standard deviations ofthe populations i and j The mean synchrony, or the average value of the...
... Subsequently, the activated PPARb promotes transcription ofthe CERK gene The conversion of Cer to C1P by the produced CerK results in decreased levels of intracellular Cer, and the inhibition of stress-induced ... Density ofthe mRNA expression of PPARb (b) or CERK (c) The results shown are normalized to the mRNA level of Mrpl27, and are relative to control mice skin (not stripped), and the mean ± SD of three ... should reside in the regulatory region ofthe target gene Although the promoter region in the mouse CERK gene has not been identified, transcription start sequences at the 5¢-end ofthe gene reside...
... in the structure ofthe two proteins The primary structures ofthe human a1 and a3 isoforms are 87% identical and display a similarity of 94% Nevertheless, at the level of tertiary structure, they ... [29] These areas are found mainly within the N-domain but also within the A-domain ofthe proteins The membrane-spanning segments ofthe three isoforms are rather conserved [29] We assume that the ... comparison ofthe tertiary structures of a1 ⁄ a2 and a1 ⁄ a3 subunits revealed that surface-exposed areas ofthe a2 or a3 isoforms were very different from the corresponding areas ofthe a1 isoform...