... prevalence and clinical course of functional dyspepsia Aliment Pharmacol Ther 20 04, 19(6): 643 -6 54 Haycox A, Einarson T, Eggleston A: The health economic impact of upper gastrointestinal symptoms inthe ... organic disease, supporting the construct validity ofthe instruments Once again, the magnitude of this reduction in SFNDI scores was less marked inthe Malay version ofthe SFNDI and the smaller ... produced with the aim of achieving equivalence in concepts (i.e conceptual equivalence) and meaning (i.e semantic equivalence), from which a consensus forward Malay translation was obtained,...
... a constructor to the CCustomerID class that accepts a CCustomerID object as a parameter, as shown in Listing 9 .44 Listing 9 .44 CCustomerID.vb: An Object-Based Constructor forthe CCustomerID Class ... classes because the CLR must resolve which members ofthe object must actually be called This cannot be done at compile time, because in many cases, the specific type ofthe object is ambiguous in ... Another Extension ofthe CNumberString Class, This Time for SSNs Public Class CSocialSecurityNo Inherits CNumberString Public Class InvalidSSNException Inherits CNumberString.InvalidNumberStringException...
... RNA interference (RNAi) can recapitulate known synthetic lethal interactions Combinatorial RNA interference (RNAi) can recapitulate known synthetic lethal interactions To test whether combinatorial ... of a second gene, then these two genes are said to interact genetically Genetic interactions canbeused to identify novel components of molecular pathways and can reveal the redundancy that underlies ... methods, below) These genes have thus been duplicated inthe genome ofC elegans since the divergence from either species To determine whether there is functional redundancy between the duplicated...
... distances, a canbe calculated numerically from (15) and inserted into ( 14) for calculation of b Basically, the HFD technique may be easier changed for measuring dynamics of ellipses in such a ... hydromechanical computer program) Therefore we will concentrate on understanding the dynamics ofthe observed infrared ellipse patterns, focused around the inserted heater, the eccentricity of which ... equivalent to the dimension ofthe main axis 2a The distance F1F2 = 2e, that is twice the linear eccentricity e ofthe ellipse, described √ by e = a2 − b2 The ratio of linear eccentricity to the big...
... study before these markers canbeused as an additional prognostic measurement in daily practice More recently, ELISA assays for C1 , 2C, for C2 C, for CS 846 -epitope, and for CPII have become commercially ... increase of 6 .4% inthe joint space narrowing score during the next year caused by a one standard deviation increase inthe C2 C value Discussion The search for markers to predict radiographic ... radiological scores (specifically, for each combination of one ofthe four biomarkers and one ofthe three damage scores) A statistically significant interaction was found for C2 C, for C1 , 2C, and for...
... yet the principles of infection control remain the same across clinical areas and in different resource settings, so the findings ofthe studies are relevant to maternity care The link between infection ... demonstrated its effectiveness in reducing infection rates, but it was the seminal SENIC (Study on the Efficacy of Nosocomial Infection Control) findings which are of greatest interest [40 ,42 ] The study ... complex and multifaceted approaches in obstetric units The choice ofthe specific combination of components to be evaluated canbe informed by what is known from the wider infection control literature,...
... The clinical details of subjects included are summarised in table Twenty-three of 27 subjects also performed spirometry in accordance with American Thoracic Society guidelines Table 1: Clinical ... The aims ofthe present study were therefore to investigate i) whether BWT, as shown on HRCT, canbeused as a noninvasive indicator of RBM thickness in EB, in a group of children with difficult ... considered, then even from their data BWT on HRCT cannot beused as a surrogate for RBM thickness on EB Conclusion In summary, these data demonstrate that measurements of BWT on HRCT cannot be used...
... Quantification of CD 34, CD45RO, in fibrocytes Quantification of CD 34, CD45RO, α-SMA, procollagen I and prolyl -4- hydroxylase coexpression in fibrocytes Cells in bronchial biopsies coexpressing CD 34/ CD45RO/α-SMA ... were included in all experiments to correct for background fluorescence Isotype controls were usedin combination and for each fluorochrome to decrease the risk of detecting unspecific staining ... as being collagen producing cells The cells were therefore stained for prolyl -4- hydroxylase, a protein critically involved in collagen synthesis, and procollagen I Prolyl -4- hydroxylase/CD45RO could...
... evaluate the teaching performance of instructors in disaster medicine training Well-trained instructors are essential for conducting effective disaster medicine training How can we assess whether instructors ... medicine instructor training course by using postulated performance indicators The indicators usedin this study were established based on the results of our experience ofthe disaster medicine instructor ... competencies of trainers in preparing, executing and evaluating skills and knowledge for disaster medicine training The results were scored as 0, or according to the performance ofthe 'instructors'...
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... them for a bad or poorly received presentation • Learning to use them is only a part of becoming a better presenter • Can enhance or ruin the message • Powerpoint slides should not be a crutch ... acquired without any formal training, • And without getting accurate feedback Supporting Materials • Slide-shows not the heart ofthe presenation • For backup, not a script Training in presentation ... training to help develop key techniques and build confidence New Skill Set What makes a good presentation • • • • • • Using your voice effectively, Controlling the pace of delivery, Using effective...
... rejection of a total of controls and cases at the defining moment ofthe construction ofthe data package The fundamental cause was the lack of fulfilment ofthe inclusion criteria The assembly ofthe ... the Dukes classification [18] to the Astler-Coller [30] classification because ofthe long period of data collection of our investigation and because it was the one that we used from the beginning ... progression in patient with metastatic colorectal cancer treated with 5-fluoroucil-based chemotherapy Clin Colorrectal Cancer 2003; 4: 231-2 34 Sanz Rubiales A., García Alvarez G Significance of carcinoembryonic...
... substrateÆmin)1) It remains possible that more chronic alteration of circulating insulin results in significant changes of circulating DPP IV Indeed, further fractionation demonstrated the presence of ... Sequence coverage indicates the percentage ofthe identified protein covered by the sequences of identified peptides; m indicates the molecular mass of each protein predicted from the sequence (pred.) ... from the cell surface In this regard, an increased circulating concentration ofthe soluble form of DPP IV may result in an increased proteolysis of GLP-1 peptides and thus decreased insulin secretion...
... binder ofthe substrate when inthe active conformation The presence of such a form in enzyme canbe observed by kinetics If an unproductive binder is present, the Hill-coefficient should indicate ... plants, the product (E)-cinnamic acid is hydroxylated at the para-position by cinnamate -4- hydroxylase (C4 H), in conjunction with NADPH:cytochrome P450 reductase (CPR) The coordinated reactions catalyzed ... decreases As homotetrameric PAL contains four catalytically active sites according to the crystal structures [40 42 ], it is probable thatthe isolated isoforms ofthe bean PAL after chromatofocusing...
... endogenous JNK activity, the cells were incubated for h inthe presence of MEM53 antibody The luciferase activity was corrected forthe efficiency of transfection by determining the activity of plasmid ... in tumor cell invasion Evidence for 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 the role ofthe complexes in production of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP-2) J Cell Biol 146 , 1375–1389 ... through the cell cycle The differences inthe effects caused by mAbs are due to their recognition of different epitopes on the CD53 molecule All of these data indicated that tetraspanin proteins,...
... postal checking services: Austria, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, China, C te d’Ivoire, Croatia, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Dominican Republic, ... and Canada), 1997 The similar useof fax machines in Morocco and the United Republic of Tanzania points to the value of establishing mechanisms for fostering the exchange of practical experience ... should be given to providing continuing incentives to the posts and the postbank to actively cooperate inthe operations of postal financial services Such incentives can include some form of ownership...
... respectively, and for construction ofthe Tr(L559G) mutant, the primers 5¢-ACCCCAAGATCGACTGGGCGG TAAG CGTCGCGCTGGGTGGAGGA-3¢ and 5¢-TCCTCCACC CAGCGGCGACGCTTACCGCCCGAGTCGATCTTGG GGT-3¢ were used ... ascomycete laccases, because the C- terminus ofC cinereus laccase does not contain the conserved ascomycete cleavage site [ 24] The role of C- terminal processing ofthe ascomycete laccases is not ... construction ofthe Sc(L559A) mutant for PCR reactions were as follows: forward, 5¢-CCAAGATCGACTCG GGCGCTTAGCGTCGC-3¢; and reverse, 5¢-GCGACGCT AAGCGCCCGAGTCGATCTTGG-3¢ For construction ofthe Sc(delDSGL559)...
... year cohort changes with the cyclical indicator ofthe business cycle at birth Their data are from the Netherlands and contain the social class ofthe parents at the moment of birth They conclude ... study the effect of conditions during pregnancy more precisely by taking the date of birth within the birth year into account We interact the season of birth with the business cycle inthe year before ... Note also thatthe effect of being born in Copenhagen is larger forthe cancer mortality rate than forthe CV mortality rate 4.4 Underlying mechanisms The long-run effects ofthe business cycle at...