... upland forest, mixed upland forest, evergreen upland forest, and upland pine and forested wetlands A signiÞcant element of the upland forested vegetation is planted pine, which has increased pine ... (CONTINUED) Reptiles and Amphibians That Occur or Potentially Occur in the ACE Basin Common Name Carolina anole Six-lined racerunner Five-lined skink Southeastern Þve-lined skink Broadhead skink ... marsh islands, tidal creeks, tidal ßats, barrier beaches and dunes, and open riverine and estuarine waters Although residential and urban land use in the ACE Basin area has increased in recent...
... upland pine forests, palustrine forested wetlands, and fringing salt marshes in the adjoining lower watershed of Baldwin County The salinity regime in Weeks Bay indicates that oligohaline and ... harvesting (Valentine and Lynn, 1996) Ongoing housing and industrial construction and other human activities in the watershed have accelerated soil erosion and sediment inputs to surface waters in ... greatest number of individuals observed in the spring and fall and the least number of individuals in the summer and winter (Swingle, 1971; Swingle and Bland, 1974; Dardeau, 1996) These seasonal...
... 2: MONITORINGAND EVALUATION (M&E) AND INFORMATION SYSTEM (IS) SUPPORTING M&E IN ODA PROJECTS 2.1 Overview of Monitoring & Evaluation 2.1.1 Definitions and role of M&E Monitoring As indicated in ... in Viet Nam MCST Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism IS Information System IT Information Technology M&E Monitoring & Evaluation MPI Ministry of Planning and Investment MOF Ministry of Finance ... referred in the thesis is in formal, organizational computer-based information system setting on accepted and fixed definitions of data and procedures for collecting, storing, processing, disseminating...
... against infection and invading connective tissue There are still very few studies applying the methods of tissue engineering to produce tracheal replacements and to examine these in vitro andin ... this technique and bearing in mind the contraindications, more than 90% of the children can nowadays be extubated without problems In spite of the progress, in children undergoing single-step surgical ... intubation over several days as an intratracheal splinting An external splinting by metallic microplates in the surgical tracheal reconstruction was described first time by Zalzal and Deutch in...
... clinics at Cancer Centres (see Topic 2, Structure of services and Topic 3, Initial investigation and diagnosis) Designated headand neck cancer clinicians and clinicians in ENT, maxillofacial and ... McLaughlin JK, Winn DM, et al Smoking and drinking in relation to oral and pharyngeal cancer Cancer Res 1988;48:3282-3287 Talamini R, Bosetti C, La Vecchia C, et al Combined effect of tobacco and ... of headand neck cancer has permanent effects on organs essential for normal human activities like breathing, speaking, eating and drinking Consequently, patients facing therapies of all kinds...
... national and international policies concerning water and health, and assists countries in developing capacities to establish and maintain healthy water environments, including legal frameworks, institutional ... knowledge Research into developing further understanding of the human health significance of cyanobacteria and individual cyanotoxins, and into practical means for assessing and controlling exposure ... cyanobacteria and to cyanotoxins, is a priority A major gap also lies in the synthesis and dissemination of the available information Information concerning the efficiency of cyanotoxin removal in drinking...
... applicant and the date of publication are indicated for each document cited in the book A patent number index, an inventors index, a company index and a viii Methods for Monitoringand Diagnosing the ... USA in the 1980s In 1997, a second stage of European legislation was introduced for all new cars, covering both petrol and diesel engines These standards brought EU rules into line with US standards ... idling time part (31%) and engine breaking and the mean driving speed is only 19 km/h In this way the NEDC does not filfil the aspect of a representative city driving and as it can be seen in...
... Understanding of contaminant behavior in a constructed wetland will require a combined evaluation of footprints of biogeochemical reactions along with variations in contaminant and metabolic intermediates ... wastes using subsurface-ow wetlands In: Nehring, K.W., Brauning, S.E (Eds.), Wetlands and Remediation II Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Wetlands & Remediation, Burlington(VT), ... between structure and function of these various wetland communities In turn, an increased understanding of the intrinsic contaminant transformation processes would help supporting the development...
... no staining (data not shown) Her2 staining was scored based on the scoring system applied to breast cancers, with scores of 0,+1, +2, +3 for increasing intensity and “continuity” of staining of ... (DakoCytomation, Carpinteria, CA) at 95°C, for 10 and 40 min, for Her3 and Her2 staining respectively To minimize non-specific staining, the section was incubated with protein block (DakoCytomation) ... membranous staining and Her3 (b, membranous and cytoplasmic staining, and c, predominant cytoplasmic staining) 400 × magnification Takikita et al Journal of Translational Medicine 2011, 9:126...
... strong (3+), and 26% showed no TLR4 staining (Figure 1; Table 3) TLR4 staining (all scores) showed a diffuse and fine granular cytoplasmatic pattern Distinct membrane staining was observed in some ... CW and GL participated in collection and assembly of data CP and AS participated in data analysis and interpretation CB, HSB, AB and AS wrote the manuscript All authors read and approved the final ... causing a threonine/isoleucine switch at amino acid location Thr399Ile (rs4986791) These polymorphisms alter the amino acid sequence of the TLR4 protein and affect the extracellular domain and...
... in the injured brain has not yet been investigated We sought to determine the interrelationship between intracranial TNF and IL-18 levels in a clinical study on patients with severe CHI andin ... Neuroinflammation 2004, 1:13 http://www.jneuroinflammation.com/content/1/1/13 Findings Closed head injury (CHI) is the leading cause of mortality and persisting neurological impairment in young ... corresponding IL-18 levels (Table 1) Interestingly, despite the fairly low TNF levels in CSF we found an inverse correlation between the daily individual intrathecal TNF and IL-18 levels in all trauma...
... no staining (data not shown) Her2 staining was scored based on the scoring system applied to breast cancers, with scores of 0,+1, +2, +3 for increasing intensity and “continuity” of staining of ... (DakoCytomation, Carpinteria, CA) at 95°C, for 10 and 40 min, for Her3 and Her2 staining respectively To minimize non-specific staining, the section was incubated with protein block (DakoCytomation) ... membranous staining and Her3 (b, membranous and cytoplasmic staining, and c, predominant cytoplasmic staining) 400 × magnification Takikita et al Journal of Translational Medicine 2011, 9:126...
... strong (3+), and 26% showed no TLR4 staining (Figure 1; Table 3) TLR4 staining (all scores) showed a diffuse and fine granular cytoplasmatic pattern Distinct membrane staining was observed in some ... CW and GL participated in collection and assembly of data CP and AS participated in data analysis and interpretation CB, HSB, AB and AS wrote the manuscript All authors read and approved the final ... causing a threonine/isoleucine switch at amino acid location Thr399Ile (rs4986791) These polymorphisms alter the amino acid sequence of the TLR4 protein and affect the extracellular domain and...
... environmental information, existing monitoring networks related to GMO issues, details on GMO fields and information on protected areas as well as tools for collecting, processing and mapping monitoring ... Monitoring Database” should provide GMO monitoring data and interfaces to existing environmental information systems being of relevance for GMO monitoring issues The WebGIS GMO monitoring is ... were integrated in the WebGIS GMO monitoring: information on the location of faunaflora-habitats (FFH) in the federal state of Brandenburg including a list on protected species [43], data on monitoring...
... Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), Diagnosis and management of headand neck cancer A national clinical guideline, Edinburgh (Scotland): Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network ... research and clinical purpose in order to determine the global functional outcome of speech and voice after the treatment of headand neck cancer It allows quantifying the intelligibility also in severely ... −0.83 and −0.90, respectively The experts’ ratings differ, compared to the automatic rating, less than one point with respect to the regression line (see Figures and 4) Discussion During and after...
... volume delineation inhead -and- neck cancer using CT and PET/CT fusion Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2006, 65:726-732 Black QC, Grills IS, Kestin LL, Wong CY, Wong JW, Martinez AA: Defining a radiotherapy ... Cummings B, Dawson L, Keller A, Kim J, Ringash J, Yu E, Hendler A, Waldron J: Intraobserver and interobserver variability in GTV delineation on FDG-PET-CT images of headand neck cancers Int ... practicable Schinagl et al compared five methods for determining the BTV using coregistered CT and FDG-PET in HNC patients [26], including visual GTV, 40% and 50% of SUVmax, an absolute SUV of 2.5, and...
... contoured by the planner and included as follow: spinal cord, brain stem, left and right parotids; larynx and uninvolved oral cavity were outlined whenever not heavily included in the target Whenever ... the initial clinical experience with headand neck RapidArc patients, in terms of dosimetric analysis and acute toxicity results Methods and materials Patients’ selection This is a single-Institute ... cohort, indicating that the aim of the study is to report about early experiences inheadand neck with RapidArc, not focussing on specific outcome or toxicity in single subgroups It includes...