... sensitivity to H2O2-mediated apoptosis in complete contrast to the protective effect of other apoptosisinducing agents Increased sensitivity is primarily dueto the transcriptional downregulation of caIII ... standard deviation (B) Histogram of the percentage viability (MTT assay) of the indicated untreated (black columns) and 16 h of 750 lM H2O2 treated (grey columns) cell lines and populations The ... using total cellular RNA from Rat1 and derivative Neo and 5.6 cells These data showed that caIII mRNA transcripts were repressed by 92–97% in 5.61 and 5.62 cells relative to Rat1 and empty vector...
... adds to the growing body of evidence that IL-1α is a key mediator of the sterile inflammatory response Findings Inflammation is recognised as a major contributor to the worsening of acute brain ... study was required since strategies aimed at inhibiting inflammation in the brain will be dictated by the nature of the inflammatory mediators produced We first investigated whether IL-1 expression ... that microglia in an ischemic brain undergoing cell death processes may localize IL-1α to the nucleus to limit its release These data show that IL-1α is expressed by microglia at sites of brain...
... members not have appropriate educational background or vocational skills to shift into new occupations Furthermore, the scale of state support to land loss households appears to vary between provinces, ... IZ “Black transaction” In order to get a job as worker at factories in IZ, most villagers (70-80 percent of employees, as estimated by villagers) have to pay a “black fee” to brokers Most of the ... of employment generation, requirement of employers, ‘black transaction”, low wage and instability of employment, and the hiring strategy of enterprises If we look at the operation mechanism of...
... the capsule and caudal part of the mass A surgical exploration of his neck revealed a mass that was located medial to his sternocleidomastoid muscle and anterior to his jugular vein (Figure 4) ... S, Lai ML, Pisano G, Pomata M, Daniel GM: Cervicomediastinal hematoma secondary to extracapsular hemorrhage of parathyroid carcinoma Clinical case and review of the literature Chir Ital 2003, 55:425-434 ... time (approximately 45 minutes) Conclusions With a precise clinical history and proper radiological examinations, exploratory surgery to identify sudden intralesional bleeding of the thyroid...
... revealed that the cause of the stenosis was not atherosclerosis but rather a local recurrence of a malignant tumor This information allowed us to focus our attention on the need of the patient to effectively ... The patient had a history of arterial hypertension, hiatal hernia, bilateral hearing loss dueto chronic otomastoiditis, and polyarthritis (cervical, dorsal, and lumbosacral spondylosis; bilateral ... our patient There is no evidence supporting the use of conservative medical treatment of chronic mesenteric ischemia Suggested treatments include eating small meals, proton pump inhibitors (to...
... our outpatient clinic at the time of writing He began medical treatment with oral anticoagulation and was referred to a national cardiology center for treatment of his congenital cardiopathy No ... context of a patent basilar artery and posterior cerebral arteries The clinical pattern of this unique presentation of posterior circulation stroke usually consists of varying levels of decreased ... onset of symptoms, show bilateral thalamic areas of high signal intensity (white arrows) compatible with acute bilateral paramedian thalamic infarcts Rostral midbrain infarct is limited to right...
... calcification of epidermoid cysts Arch Dermatol 1982, 118:985-988 Song DH, Lee KH, Kang WH: Idiopathic calcinosis of the scrotum: histopathologic observations of fifty-one nodules J Am Acad Dermatol ... series of 20 cases evaluating the spectrum of changes resulting in scrotal calcinosis Am J Dermatopathol 2007, 29:172-175 Ito A, Sakamoto F, Ito M: Dystrophic scrotal calcinosis originating from ... asymptomatic lesions proving to be calcinosis by biopsy may be observed safely because of carrying no risk of malignancy Therefore, recurrent asymptomatic lesions may be followed up dueto their...
... the photon energy with different values of wire’s size From the figure we can see that the cyclotron resonance peaks of the absorption power curves locate at the same position, corresponding to the ... power as function of photon energy with different values of temperatures The solid, dashed, and dotted lines correspond to T = 200 K, 250 K, and 300 K b) Temperature dependence of CRLW Here, Lx ... describes the dependence of the absorption power on photon energy with different values of temperature From the figure we can see that the cyclotron resonance peaks locate at the same position ω...
... partly dueto the absence of a universally accepted definition of physical activity in studies of patients with chronic respiratory (and similar) diseases The aims of this study were (i) to identify ... this lackof definition of physical activity is responsible, at least in part, for the lackof effectiveness of most physical activity interventions in chronic-disease patients at the population ... Related Quality of Life ’Functional effect of an illness and its consequent therapy upon a patient, as perceived by the patient’ - Functional status - Symptoms - Mental state Author, year Population...
... The lesser upward migration of peak stages indicate that the effects of greater outflows from Permatang Rawa and Rawa River have been attenuated by storage areas of its immediate upstream or Point ... and maximum flood depth at 0% of urbanization (Scenario ) to 100% of urbanization (Scenario 3) Loss of Storage Areas Dueto Future Urbanization 76 On the whole, sites located in the paddy fields ... is dueto lower variation of stage levels between scenarios for simulation points located further downstream In short, the correlation values indicate there was a strong Loss of Storage Areas Due...
... showed that motorcycle users accounted for 51.3% of all non-fatal road traffic injuries, a rate of 734 per 100,000 population [2] According to the World Health Organization, traumatic brain injury ... cause of fatal and non-fatal injury for motorcycle users [1] In poor countries, economic losses caused by TBI dueto expenditure for prolonged treatment, loss of productivity or income dueto disability ... mandatory to wear a helmet only on selected roads, mainly those designated as national roads, but the enforcement of that policy was poor Nationwide, in 2001, only 7.4% of male and 4.1% of female...
... Effecu of RE on: (a) log-domain integrator, and (b) the log-domain biquad 37 Effects of RE on filter cutoff frequency 38 Simulated results of nonzero RE compensation 39 Effects of ... following pair of cornp1ernentax-y mathematical operatorst: +.Notice that these operators are slightiy different from those presented by Perry and Roberts in (91 to more appropriately describe ... designed to operate at 2SC, any fluctuations in operating temperature (T, in OC) will inuoduce a scaiar error k to the in tegrator, which equals X: = 273.15 + 25 273.15 + T As will becorne evident later,...
... shop to open or waiting for a parking space at the furniture superstore If you ever decide to visit Britain, you will need to know some of the basic rules of the sport First of all, remember that ... diet is necessary to maintain good health Discuss with your partner about this What can we to protect the nation’s places of interest? Shopping is a waste of time and money To what extend you agree ... about this Shopping is a waste of time and money To what extend you agree with this statement? Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of tourism Using nicknames to chat on the Internet has some...
... rhythm of the sentence “What did you at school today?” can be marked like this: ‘What did you ‘do at ‘school to day? 13 3/ Intonation Intonation is an important part that most teachers have to deal ... Research into the techniques used in teaching pronunciation To date, teachers make use of a great deal of techniques to teach pronunciation Pronunciation may be taught in isolation or in combination ... unable to find an appropriate word in time dueto his lackof vocabulary, then he cannot have a smooth intonation This results from the fact that he will have to spend a certain amount of time to...
... latrine Households using no latrine at all Attitudes: Water treatment at home Filtering water by cloths at home Boiling/warming water at home Alum treatment of water at home No treatment of water ... terms of duration and type of inundation We proposed levels based on duration of inundation (shortterm, long-term, persistent and non-inundation) and types of inundation (rainy, stagnant-water, ... community ( % ) LSD Filtering water by cloths at home Boiling/warming water at home Alum treatment of water at home No treatment of water at home Households in each community ( % ) Households in each...
... accuracy in the grammatical forms of the language - to pronounce the forms accurately - to use stress, rhythm and intonation to express meaning - to build a range of vocabulary - to learn the script ... rules - to achieve accuracy in syntax and word formation - to learn the relationship between grammatical forms and functions - to use stress and intonation to express attitude and emotion - to learn ... to learn a scale of formality - to understand and use emotive tone - to use the pragmatic rules of language - to select language forms appropriate to topic, listener, etc - to take longer turns,...
... ………………………………………………… 3.2.1.4 Data and data analysis …………………………………… 3.2.1.4.1 What are the attitudes of teachers and students toward reading comprehension? …………………………… 3.2.1.4.2 What are the attitudes of teachers ... teachers' attitudes toward reading comprehension ………………… 27 Chart 3.2 The students' attitudes toward reading comprehension ………………… 28 Chart 3.3 The teachers’ attitudes toward the ESP materials ... part of the study It consists of two chapters − Chapter III aims at identifying and analyzing both strong points and weak points of the teaching and learning of reading ESP in Department of Linguistics...
... English grammar at HUI b) to find out student’s attitudes towards applying TBL in teaching English grammar of teacher at HUI 7 c) to evaluate the effectiveness of the application TBL in teaching ... different pieces of information to form a whole, i.e three individuals or groups may have three different parts of a story and have to put the pieces of the story together - Information- gap tasks: ... “non-numerical examination and interpretation of observation for the purpose of discovering underlying meanings and patterns of relationships” (Babbie, 1983: 537) Qualitative research aims at a more in-depth...