... no competing interests Authors' contributions FP and MvH designed and co-ordinated the study NF provided the conceptual framing ofthe findings and wrote the first draft ofthe paper, and led ... refusals in Cité Soleil and 72 in Martissant) Teams were trained to insist on full confidentiality of all information gathered and to explain the medical role of MSF andthe objectives ofthe survey ... intensified in Cité Soleil from the end of 2006 to February 2007, resulting in a drop in criminal violence However, in other districts in Port- au- Prince, criminal violence continued Médecins Sans Frontières...
... 1980s in Japan 268 in 1970 and 182 g/day in 1994 47), in addition to the elimination of polluted rice from the market and increased consumption of imported foods The criteria for food being a ... 100/9528) The last method is estimation by using a nomogram indicating the relation between the average concentration of cadmium inthe kidneys at age 50 andthe average daily cadmium intake in an ... rice consumption, which averaged 261 g/day Fig Daily intake of cadmium and its concentration inthe renal cortex Over 100 µg/g of cadmium inthe renal cortex was also reported inthe 1970s and...
... components inthe pricing ofthe loan, namely (i) a processing fee, not exceeding 1% ofthe gross loan amount (ii) the interest charge and (iii) the insurance premium b) Only the actual cost of insurance ... to the business of providing thrift services 25 The Andhra Pradesh Micro Finance Institutions (Regulation of Money Lending) Act 25.1 The Andhra Pradesh Micro Finance Institutions (Regulation of ... 1.1 Introduction The Board of Directors ofthe Reserve Bank of India, at its meeting held on October 15, 2010 formed a Sub-Committee ofthe Board to study issues and concerns inthe microfinance...
... roles inthe regulation of APP processing and sAPPa release in SH-SY5Y cells – the former being involved predominantly inthe response to direct activation ofthe kinase andthe latter being involved ... resulted inthe inhibition of phorbol ester-induced sAPPa release [14] It is worth mentioning that the involvement of PKCa in these experiments has been ruled out because ofthe lack of inhibition ... complex and involves the activation of ERKs andthe MAP-kinase pathway we studied whether the downregulation of PKCe in uences the activation of MEK in our cellular models We previously demonstrated...
... disability, and mortality in RA, in other conditions, andinthe general population [49] HAQ is an important outcome measure in clinical trials andinthe documentation of patient status in clinical ... Belgium), and Wyeth (Madison, NJ, USA) Authors' contributions The QUEST-RA Study was designed and conducted by TS and TPincus All authors participated in data collection concerning their clinical ... Analyses for the present report were designed and coordinated by TS and HK All authors read and approved the final manuscript Authors' information The QUEST-RA Group is composed ofthe following members:...
... elevation was: 56% for definition 1, 44% for definition 2, 55% for definition 3, 33% for definition 4, 11% for definition 5, and 11% for definition For the HDR brachytherapy implants, the following ... acetate injection for to months following weeks of oral biclutamide) was permitted during the trial at the discretion ofthe patient and treating physician and administered in a neoadjuvant, concurrent, ... After failure, patients may consider salvage therapy, including additional local therapies or hormone therapy Regardless ofthe definition, elevations inthe PSA that rise and subsequently fall without...
... disability, and mortality in RA, in other conditions, andinthe general population [49] HAQ is an important outcome measure in clinical trials andinthe documentation of patient status in clinical ... Belgium), and Wyeth (Madison, NJ, USA) Authors' contributions The QUEST-RA Study was designed and conducted by TS and TPincus All authors participated in data collection concerning their clinical ... Analyses for the present report were designed and coordinated by TS and HK All authors read and approved the final manuscript Authors' information The QUEST-RA Group is composed ofthe following members:...
... monitoring his vital signs and maintaining them within tight ranges Anaesthesia from the beginning up to the end of surgery lasted 80 minutes Postoperative care, including fluid management and ... denitrogenization minimizes the risk of hypoxemia during the induction of anaesthesia There is no evidence that alkalinization or intraoperative hyperoxygenation with prolonged oxygen administration after ... was involved in providing a description ofthe perioperative procedures EC was involved in writing the introduction, analysis and data interpretation sections of this manuscript AS provided the...
... with the normal controls, therefore, reinforced the findings ofthe previous reports [24,31,32] Unexpectedly, the present study failed in demonstrating a significant fluctuation inthe circulating ... EPCs between the EPO therapy and placebo-control group of 0.32%, and a standard deviation of circulating level of EPCs in EPO therapy was 0.7% A 20% rate of protocol violations and incomplete follow-up ... association between EPO therapy and reduction ofthe incidence of 90-day recurrent stroke The most important finding inthe present study is that EPO therapy was an independent predictor of improvement...
... replication termination areas, at 150° from OriC in H walsbyi and between the second andthe third origin of replication in S solfataricus (two regions in H walsbyi and one in S solfataricus; Additional ... [10,11] The possibility that ORFans originate from the integration of elements of viral origin is appealing since viral genomes themselves always contain a high proportion of ORFans [12, 13] Consistent ... species The study ofthe expression profiles, functions and structures of these ORFans should become one ofthe priorities of postgenomics studies (based onthe method described in [16]) and Monte...
... bring about the success ofthe linkages Hypothesis H3: In condition of agricultural production inthe Southeast region, sharing the benefits and risk impacts positively onthe results of linkage ... that economic integration is the coordination relations between businesses and other business entities (cited by Ho Que Hau, 2 012) Economic linkages are forms or manifestations of coordination between ... producers, producing formation thinking style market, the application of science and technology in production, meet the requirements of industrialization and modernization ofthe country The policy...
... during the Indonesian confrontation Zainulabiddin was convinced that the PAP government63 was suppressing Malays and Muslims in politics, economics and education Again the issue was focused on ... capturing the content of extremist websites and forums is then explained along with demonstrating how the theory behind this research is translated into a method for ascertaining the themes and ... of Gamel Abdel Nasser, world ‗Jewery‘, the present Saudi monarchy, the rulers of Muslim nations who are allied to and supported by the West andthe Western nations themselves Inthe case of the...
... inthe middle ofthe protein by a calmodulin-binding domain 10 Figure 1.2 The general structure of nitric oxide synthases andthe variations among the isoforms The enzyme has both oxidation and ... role inthe cardiovascular system and reperfusion injury Thus, we also investigated the time course of H2S production and its possible role inthe rat model of MI/R The main findings ofthe present ... reduction of plasma cytokine biosynthesis (TNF-α and IL-1β) Inthe same model, the NO-donor isosorbide mononitrate reproduced some ofthe effects of NO-Aspirin, while aspirin shared none of them...
... materials.1114 The electronic properties ofthe ligand must be carefully tuned by the inclusion of electron pushing or pulling constituents, which moderates the stability ofthe metal-ligand complex and ... reaction Reactant concentration as function of time due to reaction and dosing Reacting number of moles of reactant as function of time due to reaction Initial reaction volume xvi List of Symbols ... and Sweet) principle and present my work in a scientifically concise manner i Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Description Chapter Page Introduction 1.1 Introduction to Epoxidation 1.2 Important...
... between the amount of input RNA ranging from 103 pg to fg andthe corresponding CT values within the concentration range The detection limit of positive and negative-strand DWV RNAs were the same The ... normalization ofthe quantification The sequence information of primers and probes for both DWV and β-actin are the same as described before [30] The amplification reaction mixture and conditions were the ... deformed wings using four combinations of primers Tagged RT-PCR assay was based onthe generation of cDNAs by the primer containing a tag and further amplification of cDNA by a tag-primer and a primer...
... efficiency of various types of DCPTs and SPT 125 xi Chapter Introduction In this introduction chapter, the background and motivation ofthe thesis is explained firstly Then, the objective ofthe thesis ... identifying the soil resistance acting onthe driving rod and cone tip of DCPTs 1.3 Thesis structure The thesis consists ofthe following chapters Chapter is the introduction chapter of this thesis ... addition, the identified values were also used to predict the other two test piles having different configurations and soil profiles The influence ofthe numbers of loading processes in SLT on the...
... opportunities offered by economic institutional reform in Vietnam andthe integration processof Vietnam 5.1.2 Income Inequality Status of income inequality inthe region andthe provinces here have increased ... The situation of economic growth and income inequality inthe key economic region of Central Vietnam Chapter 4: Analysis ofthe relationship between economic growth and income inequality inthe ... poverty reduction Secondly, (i) the trend of income inequality increases with growth inthe short term which are often inthe early stages oftheprocessof industrialization ofthe economy, this...
... structure Andthe increasing signal of BiSi12- hints that it is in a relatively stable structure compared with its neighboring clusters inthe same series The series inthe lower mass region are the ... electron inthe plasma Andthe relative intensities for the anionic Bi2M3- and Bi2M4- clusters are affected by the combined results ofthe following factors: the TABLE 2: HOMO-LUMO Gap of Neutral ... suggests the transition from the semiconductor to the metallic nature ofthe BimSnn cluster Conclusions Bi/M (M ) Si, Ge, Sn) binary cluster anions are produced and analyzed inthe gas phase, and the...
... dimethylsulfoxide, the kinetics of Na+ activation at Mg2+free concentrations inthe range of 1.35–9.38 mM were determined For determination ofthe kinetics of Mg2+, the concentrations of Na+ and K+ were ... that the partition of Na+ and K+ into the divalent cation binding site is more sensitive to dimethylsulfoxide than the partition of Na+ and K+ into the monovalent cation binding site However in ... control the selectivity ofthe two-cation binding sites, the kinetic and structural differences of pyruvate kinase with K+ and Na+ were studied A limitation inthe study ofthe activation of pyruvate...
... function in OmpR are conserved in EmbR, including the transactivation loop, which mediates interactions with RNA polymerase (RNAP), the DNA recognition-helix andthe ‘wing’ [24] Based onthe presence ... kinases (PknA and PknB) and has been implicated in regulating the cell division of M tuberculosis [19,20] One ofthe major gaps in our knowledge concerns identification ofthe key substrates of ... comprehend the role of these merging pathways in mycobacterial pathogenicity are in progress and are expected to provide intriguing insights into the significance of corresponding signaling events in...