... activation and HMGB1 at a later stage IL-1b consistently acts at an early phase of inflammation whereas HMGB1 functions as a late mediator of inflammation (see above) These results have been taken ... galectin-1 and galectin-3 to accumulate at specific spots underneath the plasma membrane, and what actually causes the formation of exosomes into which these proteins appear to be packaged in an active ... lymphocytes are not capable of secreting HMGB1 [112] Again, similar to homeodomain-containing transcription factors, extracellular HMGB1 has also been shown to act as both an autocrine and paracrine...
... modulation when the wave propagates to and reflects from the groove A close examination of Fig 2͑b͒ indicates that SPP waves are excited at the edges of each groove and stronger fields are located at ... is adaptive with a smallest grid size of nm in critical areas Material properties are obtained from Ref 18 A 30-nm-width slit in a 100-nm-thick aluminum film on a quartz substrate is illuminated ... make bowtie aperture a more attractive device for near-field applications where direct contact between the bowtie aperture and another surface is not desirable The authors gratefully acknowledge...
... incorporated on the system MICROARRAY DATA PROCESSING ALGORITHM Statistical analysis of microarray data can essentially process massive amounts of data and can also adjust for various sources of variability ... SYSTEM-ON -CHIP ARCHITECTURE FOR MICROARRAY DATA ANALYSIS We describe and evaluate in detail the two alternative architectures of the single-core and multicore approach Also, the details for the data analysis ... large multithousands of spots microarrays producing vast amount of data and evaluate the final results for molecular diagnostics examinations Targeted application areas are mutation detection...
... that the surface spreads into a wide spatial area around inhomogeneities (in a real case, the inhomogeneities can be of several millimeters in a diameter, and the surface- breast skin has an area ... irradiating pulses induce an acoustic signal at each point of the 3D object The acoustic signals from the points are summarized and spread in the 3D space as an acoustic wave The wave reaches an ... derivatives In this case, we can put A0 n (t) = in (A. 10) and (A. 11) (as the first step of A Novel Algorithm of Surface Eliminating in Optoacoustic Imaging the calculations at any rate), and the likelihood...
... currents above nA and at a tip bias voltage of −8 and −10 V, the growth of islands was unstable The late-stage growth rate was about three times lower than the early-stage growth rate, and was ... tip–sample interactions; A. A Shklyaev et al / Surface Science 447 (2000) 149–155 153 Fig (a, b) STM images of Si(111) surfaces after tip–sample interactions at a tip bias voltage of −10 V and (a) ... are indicated by arrows in (a) and (b), respectively Fig Island height as a function of the duration of bias voltage Islands were grown at a negative tip bias voltage of −10 V and at a constant...
... a protein Page of Fabrication of the gold nanoisland substrate The gold nanoisland was prepared by the thermal evaporation on a glass substrate (0.8 × 7.0 cm) in a vacuum at a temperature of 65°C ... heteroliganded gold nanoisland and the basic scheme underlying the sensor operation are shown in Figure The gold nanoisland was prepared by thermal evaporation on a transparent substrate After annealing procedure ... plasmonic nanosensors Nat Mater 2008, 7:442 15 Xiang G, Zhang N, Zhou X: Localized surface plasmon resonance biosensing with large area of gold nanoholes fabricated by nanosphere lithography Nanoscale...
... NaCl in 0.05 M NaOH DNA relaxation assay Data processing and analysis The inhibitory effect of CPT on supercoiled DNA strand breakage caused by TopI was evaluated pUC19 plasmid DNA (200 ng) was ... University, Taipei, Taiwan, 3Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, 4Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan and 5School of Pharmacy, ... Burikhanov R, Pommier Y, Rangnekar VM: Par-4 binds to topoisomerase and attenuates its DNA relaxation activity Cancer Res 2008, 68:6190-6198 16 Rao VA, Klein SR, Agama KK, Toyoda E, Adachi N,...
... historical legacy that has created a greater awareness of French and English than many East Asian rivals Young Vietnamese with better English communication have already overcome the language barrier ... between Pakistan and India, and the Sri Lankan military’s struggles against the Liberation tigers of Tamil Elam, but fortunately these chaos and upheaval not happen in Vietnam In fact, Vietnam is a ... : Japanese levels of proficiency or experience LAN : Local Area Network NASDAQ : National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System NASSCOM : National Association of Software...
... water is provided and evaporated at that temperature Isolation Non-saturated air Saturated state had sat = h1 Tad sat RH = 100 % T1 RH1/ h1 Isolation Water suppy at Tad sat Figure Adiabatic saturation ... recirculated to maintain its temperature at the adiabatic saturation temperature of inlet air Because the sensible heat load is transferred to the water surface and transformed into evaporation latent ... if air looses enthalpy, water would be heated Thus, in a process where air and water are in contact, water will always tend to adiabatic saturation temperature, as in the case of the adiabatic...
... connection of IGBTs (a) Time-trends of voltage sharing of three IGBTs for the case of 1000 Hz and 100 A (b)Configuration [2] K Shimada, T Takaku, T Matsukawa, and R Shimada, “Bi-directional current switch ... apply (a) Fig 16 Schematic waveforms of load voltage and load current Applied voltage and flowing current of V-arm device are also shown (b) Fig 17 90 kVA prototype power supply for controllable ... capacitance, small capacitors (0.47 μF) were connected in parallel to each IGBT Voltages across three IGBTs are also shown in Fig 18 (a) Good voltage sharing can be seen even though no special...
... the ratio of parasitic capacitance and sensing capacitance can be measured, and the estimated value is calculated assuming a total sensing capacitance of 60fF Parasitic capacitance and mismatch ... have to overlap The effective total value of these parasitic capacitors is around 70fF, which is the same order as the total sensing capacitance Parasitic capacitance of diodes and input transistors ... of capacitors, Cd is about an order of magnitude larger than Cd_air, so approximately the total gap capacitance is equal to the sum of Cm_air and Cd_air, which is close to the gap capacitance...
... surface- water contaminated As many people in the area drinks straight from the surface water, enteric infections and diarrhea diseases are widely spread in the area If appropriate measures are not taken ... the water for cooking, washing and bathing in contaminated waters Also at serious risk are those who consume fish, shellfish and other aquatic animals and plants that have accumulated pathogens ... rural areas and town that cannot avail of good quality surface water 1.2.2 Problems on water quality Acid sulfate soils In large parts of the MD, clayey sediments deposited under brackish or saline...
... under MARD have already generated valuable experience on the viability of community-based approaches and on appropriate methods of participatory forest land use planning and land allocation (often ... years Less information is available on health outcomes, but data indicate that coverage with healthcare cards and subsidized health insurance is improving 10 Health The Vietnam National Health ... farmer-led adaptation and marketing of higher value products (World Bank, 2006) A special focus is needed on making research and extension more relevant for upland and mountainous areas and more geared...
... the ratio of parasitic capacitance and sensing capacitance can be measured, and the estimated value is calculated assuming a total sensing capacitance of 60fF Parasitic capacitance and mismatch ... have to overlap The effective total value of these parasitic capacitors is around 70fF, which is the same order as the total sensing capacitance Parasitic capacitance of diodes and input transistors ... of capacitors, Cd is about an order of magnitude larger than Cd_air, so approximately the total gap capacitance is equal to the sum of Cm_air and Cd_air, which is close to the gap capacitance...
... Lorenz and D M Divan, “Dynamic analysis and experimental evaluation of delta modulators for field oriented ac machine current regulators,” in Conf Rec IEEE-IAS Annu Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 1987, ... IEEE-IAS Annu Meeting, 1992, pp 132–138 T Kawabata, T Miyashita, and Y Yamamoto, “Dead beat control of three phase PWM inverter,” IEEE Trans Power Electron., vol 5, pp 21–28, Jan 1990 A Kawamura, ... Rowan and R J Kerkman, A new synchronous current regulator and an analysis of current regulated PWM inverters,” IEEE Trans Ind Applicat., vol IA-22, pp 678–690, July/Aug 1986 [34] D Schauder and...
... to access information (Davis 199 8a, Husted) How can information and forms be made more readable? Many researchers understood the principles of clear language that should have made health education ... of clear language It had no illustrations or photographs and was written in a narrative format The main difference between this booklet and the others was that it was produced by a local cancer ... literacy • Many people cannot understand print materials alone More interaction with patients is essential Alternative media may help get the message across • Materials should address patients’...
... minimal surfaces with small interior boundaries are graphical away from the boundary Here small means contained in a small ball 527 PLANAR DOMAINS A “pair of pants” (in bold) Graphical annuli (dotted) ... minimal surfaces with small interior boundaries are graphical away from the boundary Here small means contained in a small ball in R3 (and not that the interior boundary has small length) 534 TOBIAS ... The Riemann examples: Parallel planes connected by necks axis and the separation between each pair of adjacent ends is constant (in fact the surfaces are periodic) Locally, one can imagine connecting...
... contain traces of radioactive isotopes, which lead to release the alpha particles as well as other particles such as gamma and beta particles, as they decay to lower state Alpha particles contain ... other atoms Because of alpha particles cannot travel a long path in material, atmosphere therefore is not the main source of alpha particles, but an integrated circuit itself Packaging and soldering ... Electronics applications nowadays always require a higher reliability level Many critical applications such as biomedical circuits, as well as space and military electronics devices demand extreme...
... by bis-ANS was decreased upon phosphorylation A possible explanation for this apparent discrepancy could be that PKA phosphorylation induces a conformational change that increases the accessible ... The Authors Journal compilation ª 2009 FEBS C Krintel et al product obtained using the sense primer 5¢-ATC ATC TCC ATC GAC TAC TCC CTG-3¢, the antisense primer 5¢-AAG AAT TCT AGA TTA ATG GTG ATG ... Multiscan 791 CCD camera (Gatan UK, Abingdon, UK) [23] Acknowledgements We would like to thank B Danielsson and M Baum´ garten for excellent technical assistance, and R Wallen and E Hallberg (Cell and...