wall other factors in relation to inflammation and metabolic syndrome

... highest in Asian Indians, intermediate in Malays, and lowest in Chinese CRP was higher in Asian Indians and Malays than in Chinese, and Indian women had particularly high levels of CRP Total and ... differences in total body fat mass could explain the higher insulin resistance in Asian Indians as compared with Chinese In our study the difference in insulin resistance between Asian Indians and Chinese ... adiponectin in a Chinese population living in Singapore With an extension to other East Asian populations including 3,290 Japanese and 1,610 Koreans, we also examined a genetic variant in CDH13 in relation...

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 09:05

... organized into layers similar to the histological sections The linear and orientated pattern was less clearly defined in the ‘mixed’ group and was a combination of the patterns seen in the ‘wispy’ and ... These findings indicate that FCFM can be used to capture structural changes in the airway wall in humans in vivo, and might become a Table Elastic fibre pattern grading: Paired comparison histology ... proteoglycans, and glycoproteins are likely to contribute to this as well Even though ECM may thicken the airway wall and thereby promoting luminal narrowing, any accompanying stiffening can stabilize...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 13:22

... from Finland and Germany, could partially be attributed to differences in distribution of breast cancer risk factors in comparison to native women We lacked information on individual risk factors, ... to 39, 40 to 44, 45 to 49, 50 to 54, 55 to 59, 60 to 64, 65 to 69 and 70+) and calendar period of follow-up (1961 to 1965, , 2001 to 2005, 2006 to 2007 Case fatality cohort and statistical analysis ... as Asia and Latin America This is in agreement with studies on immigrants from Asia and Latin America in the US and immigrants from Ireland in the UK [6,25,26] A significant variation in incidence...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 01:20

... proteins and macrophages into the brain [46] TNFa and IL6 are cytokines involved in cell-mediated immune response and their production has been shown to be associated with tissue inflammation and ... 2+ 2+ 0.049 Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed) + Positive Correlation Negative Correlation factors and is likely to include an increase in circulating cytokine concentrations ... postulated to play an important role in the etiology of autism Investigators have proposed infectious, autoimmune, and cytokine-related etiologies These information initiate our interest to measure...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20

... environment continues to be physically demanding with aging, whereas men's becomes lighter [18,40] On the other hand, working in unskilled occupations can involve other risk factors for work ability ... of female cleaning personnel in Norway J Occup Med Toxicol 2006, 1(1):24 Gamperiene M, Stigum H: Work related risk factors for musculoskeletal complaints in the spinning industry in Lithuania Occup ... contributions Owing to the association between unskilled work and physically strenuous work and the established findings on physical demanding work and disability [2], we expected women in unskilled...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20

... regression relationships among ECM colonization and edaphic properties at each combination of site and sampling Ectomycorrhizas in relation to season and soil parameters 329 Table VI Ectomycorrhizal ... morphotypes Cortinarius tucumanensis Mos and Gyrodon monticola Sing in the Typic Ustorthents of Catamarca Province than in the Lythic Ustorthents of Tucumán Province, is probably due to the higher ... morphotypes Simpson’s diversity index tends to be less sensitive to sample size and minor species compared with other diversity indexes [23] 2.2 Field collection and laboratory analysis Twenty square...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 00:22

... transportation, handling and planting remain other important factors influencing manager’s choice of large stock type [10] Burgess D., Baldock J.A., Wetzel S., Brand D.G., Scarification, fertilization and ... spruce seedlings, in cases where scarification and planting are performed the year following final harvest Also, we examined the influence of scarification, competing vegetation, and their interactions ... containerized and bare-root seedling in water immediately before transplanting, thus favouring high initial water potential and stimulating the immediate onset of photosynthesis [8] Within each...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 01:21

... [9], relationships between subalpine fir site index and primary site factors were examined [4], and the decline in subalpine fir site index with increased elevation and latitude was quantified [35] ... known about the variation in radial growth and tree-ring properties of subalpine fir in relation to site factors In the central region of interior British Columbia, subalpine fir grows from the ... with increasing elevation − about m in height with every 100 m increase in elevation and 1.4 m in height with every 1° in latitude [35] − it is logical to expect a decline in radial growth and...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 14:21

... models are given in tables I and II Shading increased biomass partitioning to stems and branches at the expense of partitioning to fine roots, although the effect on partitioning to fine roots was ... significant in beech Drought resulted in less partitioning to leaf biomass and increased partitioning to the fine root biomass In pedunculate oak, but not in beech, drought in combination with ... pedunculate oak and beech in relation to shading and drought have generally focused on photosynthetic capacity (Stickan and Zhang, 1992) and plant-water relations (Epron and Dreyer, 1993; Vivin et al,...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 18:21

... scheme was effective in increasing fruit intake in all groups at these schools (including boys and pupils of lower SES) as the interactions between intervention effect and gender and SES were not ... changes in the low SES group from 2001 to 2008, adding support to our findings in the present study The contradicting results on the time trend in FV intake found in the current study, compared to ... used FFQ’s to assess FV intake to be able to relate FV intake to accessibility and preferences In the current study however, we observed an increase in intake of apples, oranges, pears and bananas...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 08:21

... applied in the dairy sector in many ways and for many reasons In the following we will discuss the consequences of variation and bias in relation to monitoring of animal disease incidence on herd and ... perceptions and reasoning behind generation of data and to describe the interaction and relations between the recording of metritis scores and veterinarians' decision making connected to metritis ... metritis treatment and potential links to data quality This understanding provides insight into potential errors (bias and random error) related to data based on clinical examina- Page of 10 (page...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:45

... species in 2003 and 15 species in 2004 were observed in Line (Table 1) U pinnatifida and crustose coralline algae were the dominant species A total of sea urchin species were observed in Line between ... shore in Line in 2003 (Table 1) Thus, in addition to the population of sea urchin as the algal herbivores, other factors might be responsible for the reduction of U pinnatifida habitat in the inner ... was known to inhibit the feeding behavior of sea urchin (Taniguchi et al., 1995) had also appeared in Line The numbers of sea urchin were 212 and 365 ind per belt transect in 2003 and 2004, respectively,...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 09:38

... homology in the C-terminal regulatory domain are relatively low, being 33, 24 and 28%, respectively regulin and epigen); (b) those that bind to EGFR and ERBB4 (including betacellulin, heparin-binding ... ligand-binding domain; a transmembrane domain; an intracellular tyrosine kinase domain; and a C-terminal regulatory domain [2] The extracellular domain is subdivided further into four domains ... heparin-binding EGF and epiregulin); and (c) neuregulin (NRG) (also known as heregulin) that binds to ERBB3 and ERBB4 NRG1 and NRG2 bind to both ERBB3 and ERBB4, whereas NRG3 and NRG4 only bind to ERBB4...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 09:20

... reflected in the increased frequency of total number of atoms, charged amino acids and hydrogen bonds Another feature appears to be the increase in the number of residues in the b-strands This indicates ... Engineering of multiple arginines into the Ser/Thr surface of Trichoderma reesei endo-1,4-beta-xylanase II increases the thermotolerance and shifts the pH optimum towards alkaline pH Protein ... the glycerol appears to mimic the binding of the xylose ring in the active site The binding of glycerol to a single site may suggest that this site is the strongest binding subsite for the xylose...

Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 23:20

... trained soil doctors since 1995, and presently there are 55 000 soil doctors in villages in Thailand (LDD 2005b) They are in charge of coordinating land development between the LDD and farmers in ... processing and marketing through providing improved varieties of rubber seedlings, aiding in the establishment of both new plantations and replantings and providing technology and guidance (Chaninthornsongkhla ... expanded away from the equator to latitudes as far North as 29°N in India, Myanmar and China, and down to 23°S in Brazil In Thailand, rubber has traditionally been cultivated on the Malay Peninsula...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 04:20

... Manufacturing for Mechanical Use Other Labourers in Processing, Manufacturing and Utilities 332813 9422 Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring Plastics Processing Machine Operators 336320 ... 9422 Motor Vehicle Electrical and Electronic Equip Plastics Processing Machine Operators 336360 9422 Motor Vehicle Seating and Interior Trim Mfr Plastics Processing Machine Operators Minor sectors: ... All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing Plastic Products Assemblers, Finishers and Inspectors 326199 9619 All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing Other Labourers in Processing, Manufacturing and...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 02:21

... R3 pair bound to L1 and L2 Turning a gene into an active state from a state of inactivation often involves binding of a single activator molecule to its site in a repressive chromatin structure ... nucleosome positioning A B C D E Fig In uence of ionic strength and R3 binding on chromatin assembly (A) Binding of R3 to its sites in the chromatin High-resolution DNaseI footprinting gel shows digestion ... operator L1, hybridizing to the bottom strand, as depicted in the cartoon in the left-hand bottom corner Lanes 1–8 show extension products of naked DNA digestions, and lanes 9–16 show chromatin...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 10:20

... seemingly undefeatable agent, Neo takes a leap of faith and single handedly fights the agent rather than running Similarly, it takes Luke awhile to believe that the Force actually works, and initially ... medal at a grand ceremony for his help in defeating the Empire Neo makes a phone call to the machines with a threat that seemingly gives the machine a moment of pause Elements of Distinction Of ... regarding the dangers of technology, The Matrix is by design much closer to our own world Although Morpheus, Trinity, Neo and the others are waging a war against A.I run rampant, the creators...

Ngày tải lên: 21/03/2014, 22:51

... cycle  and was  formed  in Uppermost  of  Late  Pleistocene.  It  corresponds  with  Vinh  Phuc  Formation  which  contains  coarse  to medium  grained  sand  of  plain  river  bed  facies  and ... of  plain  river  bed  facies  and changing  upwards  into  finer  sediments  consisting  mainly  silty  clay  mixed  with fine sand of flood plain facies and clay of  lagoonal facies.  Depth (m) ... from  sand,  silt  and clay  of  alluvial  facies  to clayey  silt  mixed  with  sand  of  deltaic  facies  and silty  clay  of  lagoonal  facies  in the  central  part  passing  into  silty clay of flood plain, oxbow, coastal swamp ...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 15:20

... her provinces in detail But in the long intervals, during which there was no attempt to enforce political control, regular relations were maintained along the lines of trade and barter And in any ... local trade in wine and oil must have benefited by an increase in the through traffic which followed the working of copper in Cyprus and Sinai and of silver in the Taurus Moreover, in the cedar ... immediate ancestors of the Hebrew race, beginning with Abram's migration into Canaan and closing with Joseph's death in Egypt But the aim of the book is not confined to recounting the ancestry...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 02:21