... transformation The confidence interval (95% CI) was determined as an indication ofthe precision of an estimate of a population valueThe odds ratio (OR) was calculated as an estimate of rela- Arnalich ... computed tomography ratio of 2.41 (95% CI, 2.04 to 3.26) and correct classification rate of 73% Regarding the secondary endpoint of inhospital mortality, the best cut-off valueof plasma DNA was 3,485 ... GE/ml with a sensitivity of 63%, specificity of 69%, positive likelihood ratio of 1.75 (95% CI, 1.44 to 2.35) and correct classification rate of 62% The best cutoff valueof six-hour lactate in...
... antimicrobial therapy in case of unexpected infiltrates on the CXR; repositioning of tubes in case of malposition of orotracheal tubes (ignoring planned extubations); ultrasound ofthe thorax in case of ... as removal of intravenous lines) The observers were not involved in the daily care ofthe patients, and ICU physicians were not aware of this part ofthe observation As a consequence, the clinical ... look for other infections, and the absence of radiological signs of pulmonary congestion might have resulted in another fluid therapy regimen We did not score for the clinical relevance ofthe unexpected...
... since none of them alone is useful for the majority ofthe BC and none of them is specific for cancer or breast tissues No biomarker has been suggested to date for the early diagnosis of BC (24) ... Med Sci 2011, The results ofthe present study and the other three studies did not fully confirm each other Several hypotheses may be suggested to explain these differences First of all, Li’s ... subjects, the comparison ofthe benign and control groups did not yield a statistically significant difference None ofthe proteomics reach 154 reasonable AUC values for the discrimination ofthe BC...
... of perceiving, of thinking, of understanding and of interacting spring out ofthe boundaries of ”humanity,” spring out ofthe boundaries of ”nationhood,” and spring out ofthe boundaries ofthe ... strength) ofthe wave length According to survivors of near-death experiences, the higher the level ofthe spirit the brighter the light shines, and the lower the level the darker the light seems ... were of Old Norse, the language ofthe Vikings and the precursor of modern Icelandic, and these words were actually used by the Vikings The other twelve words were all related to seafaring, and of...
... estimate We have Main result Main Theorem Let µ be the 5−fold convolution ofthe standard Cantor measure, then the lower extreme valueofthe local dimension of µ is α5 = | log 3.25 √ arccos 145 ... Thanh et al / VNU Journal of Science, Mathematics - Physics 25 (2009) 57-68 65 From (13), (14) and (15), the assertion ofthe corollary follows 2.2 The proof ofthe main theorem Lemma Let x = (x1 ... are the values in Corollary From Lemma 2, Corollary and Proposition 2, we have Theorem Let µ is the 5−fold convolution ofthe standard Cantor measure, then the lower extreme valueofthe local...
... Characterization ofthe kinetic parameters ofthe enzymatic activity of zebrafish RPE65c To determine the steady-state kinetics ofthe enzymatic activity of zebrafish RPE65c, the assay conditions ... absence of a metal chelator, RPE65c catalyzed the production of 11cROL and 13cROL from atRE (Fig 4A) However, in the presence of mM ofthe metal chelator, bipyridine, the enzymatic activity of RPE65c ... that all ofthe measurements were taken within the linear range First, we plotted the time course of 11cROL and 13cROL generation after incubation ofthe atRE-liposomes with 125 lg of total cell...
... cRBCs Defining the glycans present on the surface of cRBCs will allow either for the design of strategies to optimize the agglutination assay or the design of alternative strategies for the detection ... analysis through the use of soft ionization conditions [16], which have been optimized for the detection of acidic, sialylated structures To validate the accuracy ofthe method, analysis of fetuin N-glycans ... detect the presence of several important signatures, including the H-1 anomeric protons, the H-2 protons of mannose (Man) (d 4.05–4.25 p.p.m.), and the methyl protons ofthe N-acetyl groups In the...
... Cambodian government of cials will be able to build enough confidence in the riel to suppress the use ofthe U.S dollar and of gold as the prevailing means of exchange and stores ofvalue Cambodia’s ... unfairness ofthe terms and the cycle of debt they produced created animosity Farmers kept only small sums of money to purchase essentials at village markets There was some fear of theft, but for the ... nations in the world After all, in the last two decades the country has endured bombing, foreign occupation, famine, the most radical revolution ofthe twentieth century, and the death of more than...
... aggregating the average WTP over the population ofthe municipality and comparing this figure to the operating and upgrading costs ofthe STP The result of this revealed that the annual taxes the residents ... reduce the amount of untreated raw sewage deposited in the Ganga The most noteworthy of these is the Ganga Action Plan (GAP) Initiated in 1984 by the Indian Government, and supported by the Netherlands, ... the meanwhile the results of this study disclose that, despite their tight budget constraints the local public value improvements in the quality ofthe water in the Ganga and if the local government...
... for most ofthe companies in the dataset, this study first uses the number of employees as a proxy for the labor input The total labor cost can be thought of as a product ofthe number of employees ... Basically these tests are a series of F-tests of a group of linear restrictions that some of or all the 26 regression coefficients are the same between two subsets ofthe data The Fstatistics and the ... have lower extent of digitization due to the restriction ofthe physical nature of their product Therefore, it is hypothesized that IT capital contributes more to the performance of digital dot...
... cytometry revealed that the inhibition ofcell growth was due to a decrease in the percentage of cells in the S and G2 ⁄ M phases ofthecell cycle (Fig 3B) In a total of seven separate determinations, ... of CD1d molecules at thecell surface of iron-loaded HepG2 cells in a non-native form may have implications at two different levels; at the level ofthe hepatic cell itself and at the level of ... level ofthe relationship with neighboring cells At the level ofthe hepatocyte, CD1d redistribution may influence quantitatively and qualitatively the intracellular lipid pool by either intracellular...
... reaction of CDH concerning the contribution of cellobiose dehydrogenase (CDH; EC 1.1.99.18) to the extracellular cellulose metabolism ofthe white-rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium, and the importance ... when the redox reaction was monitored in terms of cytochrome c reduction The kcat values of cellobiose oxidation monitored in terms of cytochrome c reduction were quite similar to the klim values ... to that of WT (K WT ¼ i 1230 ± 180 lm), reflecting the similar Kd values ofthe To monitor the redox state of heme in CDH and cytochrome c independently in the same reaction mixture, the oxidized...
... fgl2 mRNA The left side ofthe figure is the sequence ladder using the same primer and the pM166 clone as template Arrow indicates the nucleotide that is matched to the band present in the primer ... to the beginning of ATG start codon to avoid the discrepancy of minor transcription start variance between macrophages and endothelial cells Endothelial cells transiently transfected with the ... related to members ofthe Octamer family In addition, similar to that ofthe consensus Oct-1 probe, the addition of an antiOct-1 antibody significantly reduced the intensity of complex A of probe )97/)77...
... not as remarkable as the revelation ofthe techniques used to manipulate the process and the data These two design parameters, the number of sources of data, and the number of cases studied, provide ... empiricist/subjective theory of being, the views of actors, as communicated through case studies, is the empirical point of departure Of course, there are very few who occupy either of these polar positions, ... the epistemological basis ofthe case study Many ofthe criticisms ofthe case study method relate to the highly labour intensive nature of this research strategy Miles (1979) suggests that the...
... present valueof $10,600 over a lifetime of work for the average worker But this is not yet the full impact ofthe above average teacher The impact on one student is replicated across all ofthe other ... skill have risen If these trends continue, the estimates may understate the lifetime valueof skills to individuals On the other hand, the trends themselves could change in the opposite direction ... relation to the rest ofthe economy The changing position of teachers is clear in salary trends since the beginning of World War II Compared to the earnings of male college graduates, the average...
... HIF-1a is involved directly in the accumulation of lipids triggered by QDs under the conditions of uncompromised cell survival in the presence of serum On the basis ofthe results obtained in this ... role in the maintenance ofcell survival, but is also responsible for the up-regulation of glucose metabolism and the induction of lipogenesis [37–40] We hypothesized that signaling via the PI3K ... al their surface is not fully protected or if they degrade within the biological environment We have studied the effects of QDs on living cells and have reported their internalization, the intracellular...
... affect the intrinsic fluorescence ofthe DK9 variant, the higher the surface exposure and flexibility of their side-chains to the solvent the smaller the intrinsic fluorescence ofthe enzyme The smaller ... expresses the acylation rate By contrast, the decrease in the DK9 Km value is consistent with better accommodation ofthe substrate into the catalytic pocket ofthe unprotonated form ofthe mutant, ... decreasing order ofthe corresponding eigenvalue, and the first few eigenvectors capture most ofthe essential motions ofthe proteins The cross-correlation function between the projection of protein...
... ES cells and show that these marks occur independently ofthe recruitment of any lineage-specific transcription factors such as PU.1 Furthermore, they observe the presence of components ofthe ... recruitment of factors to the a-globin gene locus during the differentiation of erythroid cells The regulatory elements located upstream ofthe a-globin genes also appear to initiate the activation ofthe ... differentiation of murine ES cells in vitro In these experiments we utilized the ES ⁄ OP9 cell in vitro differentiation system described by Kitayima et al [20] The ability of these cells to gen-...