... acknowledge the technical assistance of Patty Sauder for production ofthe murine monoclonal antibodies, Miranda Ma for assistance in immunohistochemistry, and Keng Wong for samples of cells and synovial ... ProFound [11] and by tandem mass spectrometry (MS/ MS) using Tandem search engine [12,13] The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) (Bethesda, MD, USA) non-redundant human database ... to the maintenance of synovial inflammation, aggravating the destruction of cartilage and bone and stimulating the development ofthe pannus Because FLSs can exhibit significant phenotypic changes...
... log-probabilities from the tag-set and lemmatizer models Non-local features Our non-local features look, for every lemma l, at all words which have that lemma as the lemma for at least one of their assigned ... respectable The larger improvement for Slavic languages might be due to the fact that there are many more forms ofa single lemma and joint reasoning allows us to pool information across the forms ... assignments of all words that have the same lemma l If the tag-set model is better able to predict the tags of some of these words, the information can propagate to the other words If some of them...
... desorption/ionization time -of- flight MCP-1 monocyte chemoattractant protein MDC macrophage-derived chemokine mg/µg minigram/microgram MHC major histocompatibility complex MIP macrophage inflammatory protein ... hyperresponsiveness, airway inflammation and airway remodeling, features of acute and chronic asthma that resembled human asthma, and these pathological changes could be adoptively transferred with ... profiles (Ramb-Lindhauer C et al., 1991; van Reijsen FC et al., 1992) Animal Dander and Cockroach Allergens Animal dander and cockroach allergens have been studied in association with asthma and allergic...
... tasks often require maximal physical performance, [20] thus making them "industrial" athletes The relation between the FMS score and age, rank, tenure and gender was also assessed If a correlation ... We analyzed the correlation between FMS performance anda history of prior musculoskeletal injury from the fire department database, and other selected parameters (age, gender, tenure and rank) ... provide a relatively unbiased estimate ofthe before and after differences in injuries The authors thank the members of Tucson Fire Department for their participation, and its administration for...
... Cream, 457—Examination of Cream and Butter, 457—Examination of Unsound Meats, 460—Examination of Oysters and Other Shellfish, 463—Examination of Sewage and Sewage Effluents, 466—Examination of Air, ... growth of some varieties of bacteria and may be either plain (a) or graduated (b) A simple form (Fig 21, c) may be made from 14 cm lengths of soft glass tubing of 1.5 cm diameter The Bunsen flame ... capillary tube and then warm the tube at the gas flame until the wax becomes softened and makes an air-tight joint between the capillary tube andthe end ofthe barrel Fit a rubber teat to the...
... Germany and discuss whether the Italian case can be used as a role modelforthe reform ofthe German banking sector Two Stylized Facts The comparison between the Italian andthe German banking ... banks, such as Credito Italiano, Istituto Mobiliare Italiano (IMI), and Banca Commerciale Italiana (BCI) The last step in the transformation ofthe system came in 1998 when the Ciampi law (law ... that only savings banks can guarantee the provision of loans to SMEs Therefore, the Italian reforms may have impaired the availability of SME loans Furthermore, the reforms led to a consolidation...
... Oligonucleotide primers used to amplify the mature ORF of RTA were CP172 5¢-ATATTCCCCAAACAATACCC-3¢ andthe antisense primer CP133 5¢-TTAAAACTGTGACGATGGT GGA-3¢ with the TAA termination anticodon shown ... mutants their behaviour to be fully characterized in mammalian and plant systems Experimental procedures Yeast strain, manipulations and growth media Cultures of S cerevisiae strain W303.1C (MATa ... appears likely that RTA (and other toxins that reach the ER lumen) may hi-jack components ofthe ERAD pathway to reach the cytosol, where a proportion of toxin can refold to a catalytically active...
... wave breaking on a natural beach To verify the accuracy ofthe numerical model on the simulation ofthe wave transformation on a natural beach, existing experimental data on the wave dynamics in ... require an excessive computational time and at the moment is not suitable fora practical application. On the other hand, based on results of Nadaoka et al [9], Ting and Kirby [15‐17], it can be estimated ... point and provides adequate wave energy dissipation after breaking. The maximum, minimum and mean water levels at all points in the computational region are also predicted by the ...
... overview, an experimental study and mathematical modelling Process Biochem 38, 10031018 22 Abramowitz M & Stegun IA (1972) Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables, ... suggest that the models presented here may be useful in attempts to elucidate and rationalize such interrelationships of activity and processivity Materials and methods All mathematical analysis and ... and numerical tting were performed using the software package Mathematica 7.0 (Wolfram Research, Inc Champaign, IL, USA) The substrate in the calorimetric measurements was reconstituted amorphous...
... combinations of transportation method and incentive strategy method of advertisement is the optimum method estimated Themodel predictions forthe maximum net profit and optimum values of parameters ... NR and Nmax and in determining the maximum profit at each combination of reward strategy, advertisement method, and transportation method the domain of advertisement cost (W ) and financial incentive ... strategy, transportation method, and advertisement method, we calculated the profit of take back, ψ, as a 2D function of x and W2 and determined the maximum amount of net profit, ψ, and its associated...
... subjects, matched for sex and age Immunoscreening ofthe cDNA expression library A commercially available HMVEC cDNA library (Stratagene, Cambridge, UK) was screened with a pool of sera from ofthe ... in the design and revision ofthe study and performed the statistical analysis RP participated in the design and revision ofthe study AS participated in the analysis and interpretation of data ... design ofthe study and in the analysis of data and helped to draft the manuscript PM cloned and sequenced cDNA, purified the recombinant protein and helped to interpret the data CA participated...
... effective and practical arrangements for diversion and treatment for Court users with mental health problems and/ or learning disabilities Probation Services As part ofthe National Offender Management ... Offender Managers provide interventions, (e.g Accredited Programmes, Employment Training and Education and Community Payback) and monitor their clients’ progress and, while there are national standards, ... that there was a correlation in the improvement of mood symptoms with ADHD symptoms during the treatment process of around 0.8 [28] The nature ofthe symptoms that improve with stimulant medication...
... Sherman D: Ballistic impact to the forehead zygoma, and mandible: comparison of human and frangible dummy face biomechanics, J Trauma 2004, 56:1305-11 Korac Z, Kelenc D, Baskot A, Mikulic D, Hancevic ... 200 mA Analysis The data obtained were stored in a digital format (DICOM) and transferred to a personal computer for further analysis Statistical analyses were performed using the Voxim software ... of injury Mil Med 2006, 171:826-9 Yoganandan N, Pintar FA, Kumaresan S, Maiman DJ, Hargarten SW: Dynamic analysis of penetrating trauma J Trauma 1997, 42:266-72 Yetiser S, Kahramanyol M: High-velocity...
... function The elimination ofa variable from the analysis was based on a comparison ofthe discriminant power ofthe function derived with and without the variable At each stage, the functions for each ... investigation, there were no suitable European datasets available against which themodel could be fully externally validated Therefore, to gain a measure ofthe applicability ofthemodel to other ... in the final analyses External validation ofthemodel presented a challenge as there were no suitable databases in Europe that were available for such a purpose As a surrogate, themodel was...
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