... ascertain the low maturation status ofthe immature B cells a combination of CD38, CD24, and CD10 was used The frequency of expression of CD24/CD10 was clearly increased within the remaining B ... Table The majority ofthe surviving B cells was found within the IgD- populations This argues for a predominant depletion of IgD+ B cells consisting ofthe naïve and unswitched B cell population In ... Here they change/switch the expression pattern of Ig from IgD and IgM to IgG, IgA and IgE The switch of Ig classes indicates the formation of antigen-specific memory B cells By the expression of...
... practices inthe region During the project, four national meetings (including one kick-off meeting) were organized to inform the participating teams about the best available evidence concerning diabetes ... participate in a diabetes QIC on in 2005 Invitational meeting In addition, two invitational meetings were organized to inform teams about the goals and structure ofthe project The participating teams ... decision support, and less worsening inthe percentage of patients visiting a dietician annually Short term, the percentage of patients receiving advice and instruction to examine feet and scores for...
... (1996): Theeffectsof long- term elevation of air temperature and CO2 on the frost hardiness of Scots pine Plant, Cell and Environment, 19: 209–216 Roberntz P (1999): Effectsof long- term CO2 ... burst and acceleration of bud phenology result in prolongation ofthe shoot growth period andin a subsequent enhancement of wood production (Beuker 1994) The effect of long- term (months and years) ... RESULTS AND DISCUSSION At the end of growing season 2002, the mean tree height and stem diameter (at one tenth of tree height above the ground) were 3.5 m and 5.7 cm and 3.3 m and 5.6 cm in A and...
... around the world In high income countries like the United States and England, there is evidence of a rebound and increase in STIs and HIV, after having seemingly declined inthe late eighties and ... 53% of new HIV infections there in 2000.1 Another major route is an overlap of injecting drug use and heterosexual sex In Asia, Africa and many countries inthe developing world, the main mode of ... especially Mrs Chew, Theresa, Mr Soh, Lalitha, Lkhvinder, Madeline, Evelyn, Rahman, and Ee Han, for their painstaking efforts in conducting the surveys, and for their inputs inthe intervention program...
... ECs inthe brain, heart, lung, liver and uterus (Fig 2B), but was also expressed in Lyve-1-positive lymphatic endothelial cells (LECs) inthe heart, lung and uterus, and sinusoidal ECs inthe ... Osaka, Japan) The RNA was reverse-transcribed using SuperScript II (Invitrogen) and used for cloning the SV40T Ag cDNA The cDNA encoding the wild-type SV40T Ag andthe 3¢ portion ofthe tsA58T Ag ... signal sequence ofthe Pgk gene, and a portion ofthe multiple cloning site of pMCS5 XhoI–EcoRI-digested tsA58T Ag cDNA was blunted and cloned into the SwaI site of pCGX, andthe direction was...
... Questions included: spelling a common five-letter word in reverse, continuous subtraction by a certain number, and reciting the months ofthe year in reverse order [2,10,11,16,17] At the beginning of ... However, our longitudinal analysis of obstacle crossing revealed interesting findings at the two- and four-week testing sessions By day 14, individuals with concussion showed the first signs of statistically ... to individual family size [22] A model of how balance is maintained through proper positioning ofthe CoM and momentum ofthe CoM over the base of support has been established as a measure of...
... impacts andthe stresses of transport The lack of capacity within the local livestock market and lack of available grazing for the influx of transported livestock were important failings ofthe evacuation ... on their roofs Some totally collapsed, whilst many others had large cracks in load-bearing walls Light snow and rainfall greatly increased the weight ofthe ash exacerbating the impacts Most interviewees ... abandonments there were few farmers available to interview Inthe Argentine coastal steppe - therefore information was obtained by interviewing municipal officials andthe former Mayor of Puerto...
... impacts andthe stresses of transport The lack of capacity within the local livestock market and lack of available grazing for the influx of transported livestock were important failings ofthe evacuation ... on their roofs Some totally collapsed, whilst many others had large cracks in load-bearing walls Light snow and rainfall greatly increased the weight ofthe ash exacerbating the impacts Most interviewees ... abandonments there were few farmers available to interview Inthe Argentine coastal steppe - therefore information was obtained by interviewing municipal officials andthe former Mayor of Puerto...
... with certain brain tumors, especially for the very young Because ofthe rapid myelinization that occurs in infants, the finding by Noble and colleagues [1] ofthe adverse effectsof chemotherapy ... eliminating radiation in certain ‘good risk’ children by using a regimen of prolonged postoperative combination chemotherapy (CDDP, cyclophosphamide, vincristine and etoposide) [9] Current and ... vulnerable, population of patients Chemotherapy-induced cognitive decline inthe absence of radiation The best data on the cognitive effectsof chemotherapy alone have come from studies of children with...
... (including manual and motor-manual cutting, bending and girdling) Manual brushing represented 62% of total brushing expenditures and 57% ofthe area brushed, at a cost of $29 million [10] Inthe ... To evaluate theeffectsofthe different competition regimes created by each of these treatments on the performance of spruce seedlings; (iii) To understand the long- term impacts of vegetation ... meet the free growing standards inthe very wet cool subzone variant ofthe ICH zone, a well-spaced Engelmann spruce must be minimum of 1.0 m tall and must be 150% ofthe height of competing vegetation...
... some influence during the first steps ofthe cloning, inthelong term, the management ofthe culture media, together with the clonal effects (Juncker and Favre, 1989), appeared to be the main ... factors that ofthe shoot-tip clones approaching DISCUSSION These results generally confirm the potential of shoot-tip explants inthe advantages decontamination of infected stocks andinthe stimulation ... propagation andIn oak, BA andthe macronutrient composition ofthe media, and especially the nitrogen source, have already been noted as playing an important role inthein vitro control ofthe expression...
... determining duration of symptoms Inthe young, the most common presenting symptom was alteration in bowel habit (47; 89%) Other symptoms were rectal bleeding (68%), non-specific abdominal pain ... (3) and II I1, 111 and 1V II,111 and 1V AJCC stage (4) 1,11 and III IV Resection Margin R0 R1 Perineural invasion + Lymphatic invasion - Vascular invasion - + + Tumor margin Pushing Infiltrating ... from the West; 2.8% inthe United States [9], 3% in France [9] and 5.5% in New Zealand [6,15] The high percentage reported in developing countries may be due, in part, to the higher population of...
... written informed consent Variables evaluated inthe prediction of infliximab continuation To predict long- term continuation of infliximab therapy early inthe treatment course, we assessed the relationship ... maintenance therapy every weeks At week 22, the treating rheumatologist had the option of increasing the dosage by 100 mg [11,12] The standard infliximab dosage of mg/kg every weeks was reinstituted ... joints, and ESR less than 10 [18]) Of note, 17.4% ofthe patients had no swollen joints, no tender joints, and an ESR less than 10 Prediction of attrition of infliximab therapy Ranking of all clinical...
... ine the estimated slope and intercept.” Also, the first T observations determ ine the estimated value ofthe slope and intercept andthe residual will be zero for e a c h observation inthe event ... logarithm of size andthe natural logarithm of book-to-market The size ofthe acquiring firm is computed with the stock price andthe number of shares outstanding at year-end Loughran and Vijh ... According to Stock Guide, the classification of each company inthe business group is determined according to the largest portion of its revenues The most frequent business group for the acquirer and...
... investigated the influence of amino acids on the behavior of ZnO-NPs, and their findings suggested that particle size distribution decreases as the amino acid concentration increases, affecting ... examine the removal of ZnO-NPs by MBR To examine the microbial community in MBR inthe presence of ZnO-NPs 1.5 Scope of research To achieve these objectives, the scope of this research included ... sludge using Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE) The amount of ZnO-NPs inthe influent, mixed liquor and effluent ofthe MBR system to monitor the removal efficiency of ZnO-NPs in the...
... purchased in 1933, andthe other inthe 1940s A few cows had been introduced inthe 1970s but by 1994 no descendants of these remained inthe herd In January 1994 a dog was purchased Before that there ... were housed indoors in tie stalls during winter and were pastured during summer Heifers and bull calves were kept outdoors in a loose housing system in winter and were pastured during the summer ... discriminate between recent and chronic N caninum infections (Björkman et al 1999) In this paper, we describe a long- term serological investigation ofthe dynamics of N caninum infection in a Swedish...
... they use in their long- distance parenting; and their assessment ofthe capacities and limitations of these technologies in enabling them to carry out long- distance parenting Each of these mothers ... further refined into themes and sub-themes PRESENTATION OF FINDINGS The discussion of findings inthe next four chapters will begin with the presentation ofthe proposed Integrated Model of Communicated ... addressed by the Singapore-based Filipino working mothers in their LDC with their teenage children, the range of CMT that they use, and their assessment of these CMT in enabling them to parent their...
... Thus, there is little ex-post evaluations on these matters Firdausy (1997) evaluated theeffectsof eliminating input subsidies on the incidence of poverty in Indonesia during the 1980s The author ... percent―one ofthe highest inthe world The strong growth ofthe Azerbaijani economy during that period led to more than a seven-fold increase inthe real income ofthe population and a four-fold ... consumers, including the poor, and thus will improve their welfare However, the net effect ofthe reforms in trade barriers on the consumption patterns ofthe poor largely depends on both the size of the...
... protein that blocks the processing of sterol regulatory element-binding proteins (SREBPs) by binding to SREBP cleavage-activating protein, thus preventing the latter from escorting SREBPs to the ... regulation, the blocked green lines indicate negative regulation, andthe dashed lines indicate indirect inhibition The black lines indicate substance conversion or transportation flow The dashed lines indicate ... Golgi, and negatively regulating sterogenesis The increased expression of Insig2 andthe further repression of Hmgcr suggested that endogenous cholesterol synthesis was repressed The upregulation of...
... Depletion minus placebo score great as that seen inthe males receiving the lower dose drink In SMTS, the reduction inthe females receiving the higher dose was not as great as the increase inthe females ... during ATD in females receiving the high dose, there was an increase of greater magnitude in females receiving the low dose Discussion The current analysis is the first to examine theeffectsof ATD ... those in studies inthe young, thereby increasing the variance and making statistical significance less likely The absence of an interaction between age and ATD in this analysis may be explained...