... proportion of type I fibres in the tibialis anterior muscle of patients with COPD [10] This is in line with previous studies [3,7-9] and together with previous findings of a decrease in oxidative ... altered in COPD patients [8,9,13] This finding can be explained by a reduction in fibre area as previously shown in COPD patients [10] This is also in line with a previous study [9] indicating a ... activities in COPD [6,7] our findings indicate the occurrence of a shift towards a more glycolytic profile in the limb muscle of COPD patients Furthermore, the number of capillaries around a single...
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... internal to external exposure Additionally we assessed the influence of smoking on internal exposure by measurement of cotinine in the urine of the workers In view of the explanatory nature of ... Worker no Worker no Worker no Worker no Skin condition of hands o-Toluidine in the air (µg/m3) o-Toluidine in urine (µg/l) Cotinine in urine (µg/l) Healthy skin 58.29 74.83 4471 µg/L (= smoker) Mild ... of o-toluidine in the workplace air by personal air monitoring (NIOSH method No 2017) [4] Internal exposure in workers was determined by analysis of o-toluidine in post-shift urine using gas chromatography...
... for individuals in the early stage of degeneration found by MRI examination[16] An[17] reported that the intradiscal administration of osteogenic protein-1 by injection in vivo resulted in an increased ... 2) were trypsinized and cultured in 96-well plates at a density of × 104 /ml in F12 containing 10% FBS with 0.1 ml per well After 24 hours of adherence, the medium was changed by F12 without FBS ... less striking in 1%FBS, but a marked elevation in cell proliferation and the dose-dependent effect was found between the concentrations of10 100 μg/L IGF-1 in the presence of 10% FBS Page of 11...
... to increase the width of keratinised gingiva J Clin Periodontol 1974, 1:185-196 doi :10. 1186/1746-160X-6-19 Cite this article as: Ballini et al.: Surgical treatment of gingival overgrowth with10 ... Ballini et al Head & Face Medicine 2 010, 6:19 http://www.head-face-med.com/content/6/1/19 Page of Table Initial and final distribution of probe depth (P D.), plaque index (P.I.) and gingival index ... protocol including careful training in oral hygiene, combined with a valid surgical technique is therefore essential to resolve the problem of localized gingival overgrowth The additional use of chlorhexidine...
... parameters at different stages of COPD Methods During year 110 patients suffering from COPD were enrolled in this study All patients were in a clinically stable condition and the mean age was 70 ± years ... 9:8 In contrast with the study of Enright et al [35], our study did not find any correlation with weight and age, probably because our patients had reached approximately 60 yearsof age with ... Results During this study, 12 COPD patients were withdrawn: because of a contemporary restrictive deficit and because of their insufficient compliance during the forced expiratory test or during the...
... en Van Dinh Interaction between parametric and forced oscillations in fundamental resonance J of lanic*' N C N ST o f Vietnam, TOM 17, N°3, 1995 en Van Dinh Non-linearities in a quasi-linear system ... the paragraph teraction between the elem ents characterizing the parametric and xcita tions withdifferentdegreesof sm allness The noinlinear system under consideration is X = £p)XCQSú)t + S' ... (2.1) is also found in the form (1.5) with = Củĩ + Ụ/ By a similar as in tlhe paragraph we obtain : = — { a a + p a COS y / ) - — ( a a + p a COS ụ/) cos2ớ - - ^ sin ự/', sin ^ 6ũ) 6Cù (2.3)...
... effect of 1% increase in GDP per 24 capita in LA and South and East Asia was 0.206 and 0.158% increase of Gini index correspondingly Education, being insignificant in most of the countries including ... and disrgarding the size of the countries, inequality between countries using GDI per capita but taking into account the size of countries and ignoring inequality within countries and inequality ... Honduras Mexico Panama Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela 10 7 9 101010101010 South and East Asia 30 China India Indonesia Philippines Thailand 3 10 Bulgaria Czech Republic Estonia Hungary Latvia...
... the voice of the brand and, essentially, the marketing arm of GoPro? It definitely happened organically I originally started GoPro with the soul purpose of helping surfers capture photos of themselves ... grassroots beginnings Our customers are so passionate—they’re growing GoPro Somebody captures an incredible video, shares it online, and inspires millions of other people to go and the same with their ... happens again and again—and what you’ve got is this incredible snowball of stoked customers capturing and creating rad content with their GoPros The only question is: Does that end? I don’t think it...
... try to provide the CR with a flexible and incremental learning decision making engine In the case of ECS based decision making engine, Colson suggested the use of an evolving neural network [71,72] ... impact of observation errors and uncertainty on CR decision making engine We believe that this analysis made on the first 10yearsof exploration of decision making for CR may help gaining perspective ... layer: The layer within the wireless protocol in which processing of radio frequency, intermediate frequency, or baseband signals including channel coding occurs It is the lowest layer of the ISO seven-layer...
... try to provide the CR with a flexible and incremental learning decision making engine In the case of ECS based decision making engine, Colson suggested the use of an evolving neural network [71,72] ... impact of observation errors and uncertainty on CR decision making engine We believe that this analysis made on the first 10yearsof exploration of decision making for CR may help gaining perspective ... layer: The layer within the wireless protocol in which processing of radio frequency, intermediate frequency, or baseband signals including channel coding occurs It is the lowest layer of the ISO seven-layer...
... granules was determined by measuring the amount of MPO and lactoferrin released When incubated with10 to 100 μg/ml 80 M or 95 M chitosan, the amounts of MPO and lactoferrin released into the media ... above a well containing 50 μg/ml 80% deacetylated (80 M) chitosan Alternatively, PMNs were incubated with 10- 7 mol/l pyrrolidine for the last 10 minutes of the incubation with calcein-AM Chemotaxis ... the standard curve In some experiments, PMNs were incubated with a final concentration of 0.5 μg/ml pertussis toxin for 90 minutes or with 10- 7 mol/l pyrrolidine-1 for 10 minutes at 37°C before...
... apart from being members of the same strain The assumption that the number of strains is fixed will often be reasonable, since the number of breeders interested in entering sires in the evaluation ... strains within the population is half the variance of BVs between sires within strains In populations like the Merino there is variation between strains for economically important traits of this ... account of both between strain and within strain variation, where here we use strain to mean any genetically different group, so that different Peppin studs are referred to as strains In this...
... f o r m e q u a tio n s (2 ) in to two eq u iv ale n t ones: / cos Ipo - g sin -00 = { D - C ) a sin Ipo + H a COS ipo + r s in 77 = 0, / s in 100 + < cos V'o = sin 0 + [ D - f c)a COS rpo (2.4) ... n tra ry , if < 0, then the p o in t ofin te rse ctio n ponding to a sta b le sta te of o s c illa tio n if M < and to an u n sta b le one if h is w o rk w as fin a n c ia lly su p p o rte d ... ) s in TJ = 0, 7V2 = H s in TỊ — ( D — c) COS r/ = 0, •quivalent-ly, 7VX cos T] -f 7V2 s in 7/ = 0, TVj sin T — yv2 COS 77 = ĩse relations give: / / = D s i n r/, c = Dcos2r7 js t it u t in g...
... 39 3.1 Translating the results of clinical research outcome into clinical practice including better use of medicines, appropriate use of behavioural and organisational interventions and new ... socio-economic impact ofresearch following the Europe 2020 strategy with more industry-driven applied research to boost innovation in the health sector including social innovation With its many broad, ... Use of animals in research: Research activities should take into account the Protocol on the Protection and Welfare of Animals, and the use of animals inresearch and testing14 The principle of...
... role in supporting biomedical research throughout the UK During the years 2009-2014, our strategy is to: • Continue to maintain a balanced portfolio ofresearchindifferent venues, including ... the impact of this research by showing how it ultimately links to clinical practice - Continue to raise the quality of our basic researchin our Institute and grant-funded research - Invest further ... managed is increasingly tailored to the individual By developing an overarching research strategy for our five Institutes, together with more strategic and coordinated research funding in universities...
... Page of 13 Figure Determination of transforming growth factor-b, interleukin -10 and autoantibody in interferon-a 2b-treated patients with melanoma (A) Transforming growth factor-b (TGF-b), (B) interleukin ... then washed with phosphate buffered saline For intracellular staining of Foxp3-phycoerythrin, anticoagulated whole blood samples were fixed and permeabilized with the use of Foxp3 Staining Buffer ... compared with observations in high-risk patients with melanoma These findings were reinforced in separate meta-analyses of randomized trials investigating IFN-a 2b versus observation in high-risk...
... Ten yearsofresearchin spectrum sensing and sharing in cognitive radio Lu Lu∗ , Xiangwei Zhou, Uzoma Onunkwo and Geoffrey Ye Li School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute ... to the implementation of CR In this article, we provide an overview of recent research achievements of including spectrum sensing, sharing techniques and the applications of CR systems Keywords: ... element in CR design [9 ,10, 16] Figure shows the principle of spectrum sensing In the figure, the PU transmitter is sending data to the PU receiver in a licensed spectrum band while a pair of SUs intends...