... considered This interesting approach was successful inthe experimental setting of acute lung injury and needs to be verified in clinical indications other than lung transplantation Competing interests ... transplantation Inthe cases of graft failure, brain death and infection ofthe donor lung, reduced surfactant function is aggravated by preservation ofthe graft, ischaemia and reperfusion Therefore, ... substitution of surfactant may bridge the patient to recovery ofthe graft The combination of iNO and surfactant proved to be successful in experimental severe reperfusion injury [15], strengthening Della...
... into the pulmonary microcirculation To test this hypothesis, several investigators have tied off the bronchial artery of sheep and then exposed the animals to smoke In these studies the hypothesis ... lungs of sheep have a special feature, a single bronchial artery, and a single lymphatic draining ofthe lung A 10-fold increase in bronchial blood flow could be shown within 20 minutes of smoke inhalation ... neutrophils and determine how this affected the response to inhalation injury In these studies of sheep depleted of their leukocytes, a high percentage ofthe response to smoke inhalation was blocked...
... smoking, drinking, exercising and the body mass index - contribute to explaining the gradient The size of this contribution is larger when we consider the entire history of behaviors rather than ... three binary indicators: whether the mother died early, whether the father died early and whether the mother and the father where present when the individual was aged 10 The extracted principal ... smoking, drinking, exercising and the body mass index – contribute to explaining the gradient We find that the effects of education on smoking, drinking, exercising and eating a proper diet account...
... VAT using a 3.5 MHz probe, cm above the umbilicus The SAAT was defined as the thickness between the skin-fat interface and the linea alba, and the VAT was defined as the distance between the anterior ... the moment of study Discussing possible mechanisms and explanations for our findings, we can argue that IR presence isthe most important factor in determining the fat deposition in organs (in ... for future interventions in NAFLD and indeed in all the metabolic diseases [20] On the other hand, a recent observation has highlighted theroleof spleen as further non invasive marker of chronic...
... other already known infections This finding emphasises the difficulty of diagnosing unexpected or new pathogens in patients with existing infections Pulmonary embolism remains one ofthe major missed ... Goldman postulates, the persistent high rate of missed pulmonary embolism is more a reflection ofthe high mortality ofthe pathology when this diagnosis is missed [35] The availability of new diagnostic ... since infectious diseases are rising, pathologists fear the risk of infection [10] Finally, autopsies now contribute little to the scientific output ofthe pathology department, with only 6% of the...
... managers The objective of this skill is to enhance mutual understanding and respect on the basis of identification and recognition ofthe values and needs ofthe communication object This isthe basis ... to the person you are talking to • 4.Take into account that you can be wrong • 5.Leave the space for others to think • 6.Timing isthe key • 7 .What you send iswhat you get • 8 .What kind of rules ... practices 7)Information processing and thinking capacity • The power of your brain is incalculably large The manager have an enormous potential for creativity, innovation and invention They knowing how...
... enabling of others to help achieve the goals ofthe organisation Furthermore, the ability to control others is given no prominence in this recent definition of leadership A brief review of early ... anything towards raising the profile of women in management, as the theory was constructed as a male model at a time when women were not visible in paid employment One ofthe off shoots ofthe ... raising the profile of women in management However, during this period of research, there was an emerging recognition ofthe importance of a concern for people inthe behavioural theories as being...
... segments One is for the Ministry of Finance to issue bearer treasury bonds to individuals and enterprises The other is both for the Ministry of Finance to issue and for individuals and enterprises to ... source of financing for enterprises, if their own capital is excluded In summary, the deepening process ofthe financial markets has rendered the dominance ofthe banking sector inthe financial ... in turn contributed to the financial stability not only in Asia but also inthe whole world Roleofthe international financial institutions ( IFIs ) The IFIs have played an active rolein financial...
... monetization," the old man said "Maintaining a blog is a lot of work, and the blogger has the right to earn some income The ads aren't too distracting, and they actually complement the blog by providing offers ... will find answers," the old man said "One is within yourself The other isin these blogs For now, you have no answers within yourself, so we must start by observing these blogs For the rest ofthe ... length," the old man said "This blogger is mainly reporting the news in her industry She's gotten good at quickly saying what needs to be said, and pointing her readers to where they can get more information."...
... re-evaluation oftheroleof BCG vaccination inthe prevention and control of TB inthe United States CDC, the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis (ACET), and the Advisory Committee ... developed at the University of Illinois (Chicago, Illinois) from a strain originated at the Pasteur Institute The Food and Drug Administration is considering another vaccine, which is produced ... induration after skin testing with TU of PPD tuberculin The Tice strain of BCG is administered percutaneously; 0.3 mL ofthe reconstituted vaccine is usually placed on the skin inthe lower deltoid...
... understanding issues facing community banks I THE CURRENT ROLEOF COMMUNITY BANKS The banking system inthe United States has always been unique inthe sense of containing large numbers of small ... community banks still comprise the vast majority of banks, the question arises whether their roleinthe banking system has declined to the point of insignificance This section shows that community ... were not there, other financial services providers might readily step in to take their place This article examines theroleof community banks inthe U.S economy The first section ofthe article...
... coordinate and the z axis was perpendicular to the center ofthe membrane (Fig 4); (b) the major axis ofthe dimeric RNase was made coincident with the z axis ofthe system, hence orthogonal to the membrane ... dimer interface ofthe models or inthe surroundings ofthe hinge loop residues Likewise, the models of nonexchanging and exchanging HHP-RNase were prepared starting from 1Z7X The programs pymol ... 4) onto the axis z, and (b) to conserve the minimal distance ˚ between protein and membrane at 3.5 A The EIE, i.e., the electrostatic contribution to the binding energy (DGbindingR ⁄ M) of RNase...
... 1-Deoxymannojirimycin inhibits the GABA-uptake of GAT1 In order to gain further insight into theroleofthe terminal structures ofthe N-glycans of GAT1, N-glycosylation processing of NNN was inhibited ... with dMM (Fig 4B) This indicates that the terminal trimming of N-oligosaccharides is not involved inthe regulation of plasma membrane trafficking of GAT1, but inthe regulation of GABA uptake As ... to a misfolding of this protein, resulting in its partial retention inthe ER and its rapid digestion thereafter [16,19] Accordingly, our results indicate that the intracellular trafficking of N-glycosylation...
... derivations, the probability of a tree isthe sum ofthe probabilities ofthe derivations producing that tree The probability of a derivation isthe product ofthe subtree probabilities The original ... A isthe nonterminal labeling that node A new nonterminal is created for each node inthe training data This nonterminal is called Ak 402 Let aj represent the number of subtrees headed by the ... sentences, resulting in a total training set of 4,040k sentences We believe that our result is quite promising for the future of unsupervised parsing In putting our best f-score in table into perspective,...
... I t isthein interaction ofthe results of these asynchronous processes that the process of comprehension is defined 4.1 The processes are independent ofthe knowledge representations defined ... slowing of processing relative to on-line word recognition Studying the results of such "lesions" and their occurrence or not in pathological behavior is used to further understanding ofthe ... furthermore, these same articles often are not translated into meaning preserving sentences in English An example sentence demonstrating this is: Ce singe aime le cafe (This monkey likes coffee.)...
... statistical analysis in Table indeed confirms that the lower the decline in production (or the higher its increase, inthe best cases), the higher the probability of declaring positive profit The ... the lower the supply of credit Finally, the higher the co-ordinate on the f2 axis, e.g the more the enterprise is faced with financial limit, the higher the level of barter transactions and the ... Analysis and identifies the determinants ofthe probability of an enterprise declaring itself profitable, on the basis of a projection of discriminating variables along two orthogonal axis: one...
... financial inclusion and the betterment of their communities This issue of Perspectives examines theroleof WSBI members in improving access to finance and enhancing microfinance activities in ... many of them have been pioneers inthe Latin American microfinance industry As of today, out of 15 Latin American members are active in microfinance These members are involved in different ways in ... commercial banks is their social commitment, which is why their microfinance activities are at the core of their retail business They are heavily involved inthe mobilization of savings and their clients...
... other-worldly In this capacity, theroleof music is significantly enhanced by the level of ambiguity inherent inthe visual scene Specifically, the more ambiguous the meaning ofthe visual image, the ... the music projects the meaning ofthe image or the image projects the meaning ofthe music), then the multimedia example has passed the similarity test and the relationship exhibited is one of ... test.” The answer to this query determines whether or not the inter-media relationship is one of contradiction in which the meanings ofthe component media are in opposition one to another, producing...
... this role, explaining the residual activity ofthe D215N mutant The possibility to interact is obviously lost inthe D215A mutant which in fact is one ofthe least active mutants described in ... for the wildtype enzyme, Glu144 isthe only relevant titratable residue inthe pH 6–12 range and the pKa of this residue is affected by substratebinding Therefore, it is surprising that the pH-kcat ... 1), thereby confirming the crucial roleof Asp142 Catalysis in family 18 chitinases (Eur J Biochem 271) 259 In most ChiB structures, Asp142 is clearly defined, being either inthe ÔdownÕ or in the...
... properties ofthe document containing the sentence and properties ofthe sentence itself Regarding the former type, two features come into play: the relevance score ofthe document (from the IR engine) ... determine the statistical significance ofthe results This test is commonly used in information retrieval research because it makes minimal assumptions about the underlying distribution of differences ... between Israel and India show an increase in cooperation? If so, what are the driving factors behind this increase? Evidence for a relationship includes both the means to in uence some entity and the...