... measures andvisualfield loss after different etiologies The table presents study results for (I) visualfield loss in glaucoma, (II) visualfield loss after retinal lesions, (III) visualfield ... between NEI-VFQ and SF-36 results of first stroke VFD patients with demographic and lesion variables, type of VFD andvisual acuity R Age Sex Lesion age Etiology1 Visualfield defect2 Visual acuity ... NEIVFQ (VRQoL) and SF-36 (HRQoL), demographic data, stroke-type (i.e ischemic or hemorrhagic), visualfield examinations, topography of the visualfield loss (i.e VFD-type), andvisual acuity...
... to review and evaluate associations between genes in the NER pathwayand lung cancer risk, focusing on genes encoding five key enzymes in this pathway: XPA, ERCC1, ERCC2/XPD, ERCC4/XPF and ERCC5/XPG ... gene causes CS)) and XPV have been identified [6] XPA, ERCC3/XPB, ERCC2/XPD, ERCC4/XPF and ERCC5/XPG have a defect in TCR and GGR, while XPC and XPE have a defect in GGR only ERCC6 and ERCC8 are ... cases and controls ** Crude odds ratio and 95% confidence interval † Based on random effects model ‡ P for heterogeneity (Cochran Q test) Table Genetic polymorphisms in the NER pathwayand lung...
... hands of the deputy sheriff Another opera manager had gone down into the vortex which had swallowed up Ebers, and Taylor, and Delafield, and others of their tribe in London, and Montressor and ... he had led to artistic victories and who had helped plunge him into financial defeat "Parodi, and Steffanone, and Marini, and Bettini, and Lorini, and Bertucca," and so on Poor Bertucca! Few of ... off the singers on his chubby fingers!) "and Truffi, and Benedetti, and Salvi I thought somebody might remember this and the old man, and come to me and say, 'Max, you did a good deal for us...
... phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) pathwayand its downstream effectors [23] This pathway is a key signal transducer of many growth factors and cytokines and has been implicated in the regulation ... Insulin is a polypeptide hormone that regulates glucose, lipid and protein metabolism and promotes cell growth and differentiation On ligand binding, the insulin receptor tyrosine kinase initiates ... inhibition and Nrf2 gene silencing The fold-increase in both HO-1 protein and mRNA in response to insulin was consistent, as well as being time and concentration dependent The role of the PI3K ⁄ Akt pathway...
... efficiencies of different siRNAs and related RNA molecules in inducing MMB defects asGFP, antisense strand of GFP; dsGFP, double-stranded GFP without 3¢-overhangs; sGFP, sense strand of GFP Embryos analyzed ... GFP sequence Singlestranded and double-stranded molecules without the characteristic features of siRNA did not affect the level of miR-430b, as compared to non-injected (WT) and buffer-injected ... levels of processed miRNAs and lethality Experimental procedures Isolation and analysis of genomic DNA and cDNA Two zebrafish eri1 expressed sequence tags (BQ285328 and BI888174), reported previously...
... Catabolism of L-proline and L-arginine does not lead to induction of the alc genes L-Proline and L-arginine can serve as sole carbon and nitrogen sources for A nidulans and both are catabolized ... conditions, RNA isolation and Northern blots were as described in Materials and methods Membranes were hybridized with 32P-labelled probes specific for the alcA, alcR, facA, facB and c-actin (acnA) genes ... glycerol, six amino acids, putrescine, c-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and small carboxylic esters Materials and methods Strains, media and growth conditions Aspergillus nidulans strains used in this...
... magnication 15 600ã) taken from random observations and found that the surface corresponding to mitochondria represents 11.2 2.3% and 18.8* 2.5% (*P < 0.05) for L929 and rho-L929 cells, respectively ... and activity of NRF-1 and Tfam in mtDNA-depleted cells A B C D E 5038 L Mercy et al Activity of YY1, Sp1, PPARc, MyoD, MEF2 and CREB in mtDNA-depleted cells Beside the crucial role of NRF-1 and ... activity and protein abundance analysed by western blotting and immunostaining (supplementary Fig S2) Fig Effect of mtDNA-depletion on Sp1, PPARc, MyoD and MEF2 DNA-binding activity and transactivation...
... numbers and positions of Fnu4H1 ⁄ BstX1 restriction sites All four isoforms comprise BstX1 and Fnu4H1 sites at positions 34 and 598 bp Plf1 and Mrp3 show BstX1 sites at position 352, and Plf2 and ... candidate genes were compared in C57MG ⁄ Wnt-1 cells and in C57MG ⁄ PLNCx cells by northern blot: the up-regulated candidates Lcn2, Fos, Gnb1, Fabp5, Slc7a2, Osf2, Sdc4, Ccl2, Pedf and Fas and ... type and on the level of interference with the Wnt pathway We conclude that the type of the trigger and the regulation level within the Wnt pathway decide about the gene expression pattern and...
... Location and Markers 21.5.4 ROW Maintenance 21.5.5 Patrolling 21.5.6 Integrity Assessments and Repair 21.5.7 Pump Station, Terminal, and Tank Farm Maintenance and Operations 21.5.8 Controls and Protective ... engineer, project engineer and staff engineer and has over 35 years experience in oil, gas, and power companies He has taught classes in pipeline hydraulics and pipeline welding and now works as a mechanical ... liquids and gases such as water, refined petroleum products, crude oils, and natural gas 1.2.1 Liquid Properties Mass, Weight, Volume, and Density For both liquids and gases, mass, weight, volume, and...
... Pennsylvania and also works as a freelance writer, trainer, speaker and consultant Laura wrote Chapter and was the technical editor for Chapters and Mahesh Satyanarayana is a final-semester electronics and ... Using Handle to Determine What Local Files a User Has Open 178 Downloading and Using Handle 179 Searching for Handles 181 Closing Handles ... outsourcing projects, and several consulting firms His experience gives him a very broad understanding of technology and its management Daniel also owns a small computer consultancy business and currently...
... ratio 0.90 0.87 0.92 and the strong band around 1,335 cm-1 is referred to the D-band The D-band corresponds to the defects and disordered in the graphene sheets, and the G-band is attributed to ... oxide (ITO) electrode and phosphor was used as both an anode to collect electrons and a display screen Distance between anode and top of CNT samples was kept at 2.0 mm Results and Discussion Figure ... lengths of the CNTs are 46.6, 44.3, and 47.5 lm for 780, 820, and 860°C, respectively It can be seen that the surfaces of as-grown products are very clean and free from impurity particles As...
... 10.7 cm, and 10.2 cm, respectively The total standard deviations of tracking errors of KF, PF, and RBPFSF are 6.1 cm, 5.7 cm, and 5.2 cm, respectively The errors of standard deviation of KF and PF ... RBPF-SF, and ground truth in the 1st experiment tracking errors of PF and RBPF are 29.5 cm and 27.8 cm, respectively The standard deviations of tracking errors of PF and RBPF are 25.2 cm and 22.2 ... tracking errors of KF, PF, and RBPF-SF are 16.1 cm, 25.1 cm, and 15.3 cm, respectively The standard deviations of tracking errors of KF, PF, and RBPF-SF are 11.6 cm, 39.9 cm, and 11.1 cm, respectively...
... problem in such a case Iwaki and Ando [34] have proposed a BSS system for a case where signals and microphones are located on the same line In our experiment, the signals and microphones are not necessarily ... 2), and calculate separation matrix W( f ) for each frequency bin Then we estimate radiuses R1,12 and R2,12 of two spheres on which each source signal exists by using W−1 ( f ) and (20), and ... Sawada, S Araki, and S Makino, “Blind source separation and DOA estimation using small 3-D microphone array,” in Proceedings of the Joint Workshop on Hands-Free Speech Communication and Microphone...
... (c) −120 50 100 150 Time (s) (d) Figure 12: (a) and (b) Impulse responses and (c) and (d) received code power along the measurement routes in areas and 3, respectively received code powers are presented ... the two cases show a reduction in mean and standard deviation of the SIR target For UE 1, the mean values are reduced from 3.43 dB to 3.3 dB and the standard deviation from 0.938 dB to 0.601 ... models are relevant and representative ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Needless to say, all the “background” work that has been carried out to design and build a prototype system, and to set up and perform the field...
... and electric and magnetic fields will gradually increase, and by the time we have finally reached our handful of general equations, little additional explanation will be required The entire field ... only of Q1 and the directed line segment from Q1 to the position of the test charge This describes a vector fieldand is called the electric field intensity We define the electric field intensity ... point and the field point is jr À r H j, and the fraction r À r H =jr À r H j is a unit vector directed from source point to field point The variables of integration are x H , y H , and z H...
... each year The soil in this nursery is a sandy loam of about pH 5.7, having an organic matter content of 8-12 %, and sand, silt and clay fractions of 66, 19 and 15 %, respectively The cultural practices ... were 66 (1.3), 62 (0.9), 57 (1.2) and 65 (1.5) cm, and the mean root collar diameters were 10 (0.3), (0.2), (0.3) and 11 (0.4) mm in 1991/1992, 1992/1993, 1993/1994 and 1994/1995, respectively These ... in autumn and winter [28] However, there is a widespread belief in forestry in Ireland that Douglas fir does not become fully dormant in the winter Ireland rarely experiences droughts and winters...
... of total biomass in the rainfed (F and C) than in IL and I The accumulation of stem biomass was greater in IL andI than in F and C, both in absolute amounts and in relation to the amount of foliage ... soil fertility and plant nutrition as illustrated by research on forest trees and stands Geoderma 40, 237-252 McMurtrie R.E., Landsberg J.J & Linder S (1989) Research priorities in field experiments ... control (C), whereas, in IL and I, the aboveground biomass was 262 and 185% greater than in C That was a period when water stress occurred in the rainfed plots (F and C) During the following...
... contributions AF and LC designed the study LC performed RapidArc and IMRT planning GN, AC and EV performed measurements and data analysis All contributed to writing, reviewing and approval of ... heart and healthy tissue Tables 1, and summarise numerical findings from DVH, delivery and pre-treatment dosimetry analyses Data are presented as averages over the investigated patients and errors ... patients) of the left and right lungs, heart and healthy tissue (total body volume in the CT Mean DVHs (averaged over the 10 patients) of the left and right lungs, heart and healthy tissue (total...
... this equation, (Dx)1 and (Dx)2 represent the doses Dx of compounds and alone required to produce an effect, and (D)1 and (D)2 represent isoeffective doses D when compounds and are given simultaneously ... Bcl-2 and Bcl-XL are important inhibitors of apoptosis and frequently overexpressed in a variety of human tumors [2-7] Increased levels of Bcl-2 and Bcl-XL have been associated with radioand chemoresistance ... destruction and represents an important regulatory mechanism for removing abundant and unwanted cells during embryonic development, growth, differentiation and normal cell turnover Radiation and most...
... the six (a) and eight (b) field IMRT Beam arrangements for the six (a) and eight (b) field IMRT plans Treatment plan evaluation The IMRT treatment plans were compared to the CRT and 4FB plans ... Table 4, both 6 -field and 8 -field IMRT significantly reduced the volume of rectum and bladder receiving high doses >66% of the prescribed dose (VH +VHDT) relative to 4FB treatment Six -field IMRT produced ... tissue receiving doses between 67% and 100% of the prescribed dose (VH) Both 6 -field and 8 -field IMRT resulted in a prominent "high-dose tail" on the rectal and bladder dose-volume histogram (Figure...