... another as ends in themselves, and would give at least some weight to the ends ofthe other members Taking into account these facts about the members ofthe kingdom of ends, plus the sorts of ... something has valuein every possible circumstance if and only if its value is independent of inclinations Something that has value independent of inclinations will necessarily have a valuein every ... proposed by other commentators This will set the stage for the arguments ofthe first half of this book, in favour ofthe good will reading of ‘humanity’ and against others’ minimal readings While...
... Treatment often includes rest from aggravating activities, non steroidal anti-inflammatory medication, bracing and physical therapy emphasizing hamstring stretching and core strengthening The length of ... of Nuclear Medicine 2000, 27(6):721-726 doi:10.1186/1749-799X-5-13 Cite this article as: Zukotynski et al.: Thevalueof SPECT inthe detection of stress injury to the pars interarticularis in ... for pars stress injury, it is highly suggestive of some type of derangement ofthe posterior elements ofthe spine [16] Imaging studies used to evaluate patients with low back pain include: radiographs,...
... cover the following aspects of relationships: (a) the insurance valueof relationship banking; (b) thevalueof sponsor backing at the time of an IPO; and (c) thevalueof firm-sponsor business ... sponsor in signaling thevalueof a firm at the time ofthe IPO, and in channeling value- enhancing business transactions to the REIT after the IPO VI Page LIST OF TABLES Table 2.1: Characteristics of ... the insurance valueof bank lines of credit inthe context of REITs The second essay extends the IPO literature by exploring thevalueof sponsor backing in relation to Asian REIT IPOs Despite the...
... surrounding cytoplasmic membrane in at least 10% of invasive carcinoma cells or presence of membranous staining in less than 30% provided that the staining is intense (++) Score 3: Presence of intense ... were included inthe study Blood sampling was performed after surgery inthe patients who were underwent surgical intervention (in group1 and 2) The serum samples in group were obtained after the ... groups The relevance of this finding is that it was the result ofthe first subgroup analysis for these biomarkers Bc1 should therefore be studied in terms of tumoral development and inflammatory...
... nevertheless inthe meanwhile the results of this study disclose that, despite their tight budget constraints the local public value improvements inthe quality ofthe water inthe Ganga and if the ... water The remaining untreated wastewater is discharged to the Ganga, creating environmental pollution and negatively affecting the sustainability ofthe ecosystem functions ofthe river There is therefore ... for the regeneration ofthe park attribute, yes (i.e., investment inthe regeneration ofthe park) was coded as and no (i.e., no investment inthe regerenartion ofthe park) was coded as –1 The...
... experienced in MULTIMER staining, in collaboration with the CIC executive office and the steering committee ofthe CIC Immunoassay working group The authors of this group acknowledge the concept ofthe ... and staining conditions Influence of gating styles and role of MULTIMER binding to CD8-negative cells A well-known critical factor in determining the amount of antigen specific cells is the placement ... and was involved inthe interpretation ofthe data and manuscript writing SJ did the overall project management, coordinated the distribution of material for the study, helped to interpret the data,...
... experienced in MULTIMER staining, in collaboration with the CIC executive office and the steering committee ofthe CIC Immunoassay working group The authors of this group acknowledge the concept ofthe ... and staining conditions Influence of gating styles and role of MULTIMER binding to CD8-negative cells A well-known critical factor in determining the amount of antigen specific cells is the placement ... and was involved inthe interpretation ofthe data and manuscript writing SJ did the overall project management, coordinated the distribution of material for the study, helped to interpret the data,...
... retain the cytokeratin profiles ofthe epithelium from which they arise [13] In his review article, Tot summarized the results of 29 studies containing more than 3500 reported cases of adenocarcinomas ... staining in less than 50% ofthe tumor cells was considered focal, and staining in more than 50% ofthe tumor cells was considered diffuse positivity In general, cases showing 3+ and 4+ staining ... neoplasms of intestinal origin [28-32] However, CDX2 expression was also found in gastric carcinoma, and other carcinomas with intestinal-type morphology [33-36] Inthe present study, we examined the...
... amino acids inthe peptide binding groove, and changing these to the corresponding amino acids inthe H2q sequence makes the H2p mice susceptible to CIA [70] Interestingly, the binding groove of ... point inthe disease course By combining these new resources, mapping in animals could approach the speed of mapping in humans while retaining the advantages of animal experiments Relevance of ... minimizing the cost of genotyping By creating 1,000 recombinant inbred lines from eight founder strains that are first intercrossed to mix the genomes and then inbred, a permanent resource of...
... reduction inthe PD signal following therapeutic intervention in RA [7,13,14] The use of intravenous microbubble echo-contrast agents may enhance the sensitivity of a PD signal in RA joints [15], ... with the disadvantages of cost, time and invasiveness The main advantages of US as compared with other imaging techniques include the absence of radiation, good visualisation of tendons and joint ... detail However, there is much work to be carried out in standardising new imaging technologies inthe assessment of RA and in determining the pathophysiological correlates of certain image abnormalities...
... citrulline-containing peptides in HLADRB1*0401 transgenic (DR4-IE tg) mice [22] They demonstrated that the conversion of arginine to citrulline at the peptide side-chain position interacting with the ... onset of disease, the question remains whether other unknown humoral disturbances might be present inthe remaining patients or if there are different subgroups of patients independent ofthe presence ... citrullinated peptides in RA patients Further studies [23,24] focussed on an involvement of peptidylarginine deiminases citrullinating enzymes (encoded by PADI genes) In a Japanese case-control linkage...
... lower inthe responder group than inthe non-responder ROC analysis found SUV2 to be the best predictor of response Using SUV2 valueof 4,24 as the cut-off threshold for defining response to therapy ... 18F-FDG-PET/CT findings and ypCR The SUV1 values were lower inthe ypCR group than inthe no-ypCR group (11,28 SD 4,02 vs.14,34 SD 6,54,(p = 0,149), on the contrary the RI values were higher comparing the ... is the activity measured inthe volume of interest (this is equals the voxel with highest uptake in tumour), Actadministered is the administered activity corrected for the physical decay of FDG...
... planning The placement of surgical clips at the cardinal points ofthe lumpectomy cavity strongly improved the accuracy of target contouring Therefore, the use of surgical clips inthe delineation ... surgical clips within the lumpectomy cavity, in order to locate the LC inthe ongoing APBI trial [5] Inthe IGR APBI trial, target delineation consists in outlining the surgical clips and the visible ... was evaluated using the conformity index (CI) of two delineated structures (V1 and V2) The CI was defined as the ratio ofthe overlapping volume V1UV2 and the encompassing total delineated volume...
... images JLH supervised the irradiation ofthe patient PV analysed the histology ofthe tumour CSR operated the patient CD was the treating physician ofthe patient JG supervised the manuscript All ... this case, the typical combination of a focused area of high permeability strictly superimposed on the contrast enhancing lesion combined with the absence of high perfusion estimate inthe same ... Recently, the DSC-MR technique was proposed for adult high-grade gliomas in this situation [20,21] as an alternative tool It can be incorporated inthe routine follow-up, within the interval of three...
... 20% higher inbreeding level inthe population of Normande females born in 1988-91 The effective size ofthe populations (Ne) was estimated from the average increase in inbreeding during the last ... was not estimable inthe Limousine These results illustrated the difficulty of using inbreeding to quantify the genetic drift within a population when the pedigree information is incomplete and ... for predicting the change in genetic variability long time period, when the inbreeding increase fully reflects the number and the choice of breeding animals inthe previous generations In contrast,...
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