... concerning the effectiveness of economic instruments in containing or reducing food consumption, particularly of foods highin saturated fats This synthesis also covers indirect evidence pertaining ... synthesis report summarizing the available evidence concerning the effectiveness of economic instruments (including taxes, price policies and incentives) in containing or reducing food consumption, ... differences in these products that may limit generalizability to food consumption The most successful interventions in reducing smoking rates have involved combinations of policies, including price increases,...
... represent 1 Introduction Like in many developing countries, interest rate spreads and margins have been highin Uganda over the past ten years In 2004, net interest margins, banks’ net interest ... non-existing markets results in a risk premium in the lending interest rate, increasing the lending interest rate beyond the level necessary to cover the creditor’s marginal cost of funds plus the intermediation ... regressions) In the case of the margins, a one percentage point increase in overhead costs results in 0.9 percentage points higher margins across banks and over time, but only 0.4 percentage points higher...
... Diverse Forms of Living Ascent on Highin Jewish Sources 31 goal of the ascent on high? In my opinion, the rabbinic version of the ascent is concerned with exercising a certain influence—which can ... on high, gradually gained increasing importance in Jewish mysticism, culminating in eighteenth-century Hasidism However, it should be emphasized that this vector does not represent a unilinear ... with concepts of infinity concerning the nature of the Bible and of divinity, a multiplicity of methods would be a fair approach to inquiry into their views.15 10 ASCENSIONS ON HIGHIN JEWISH MYSTICISM...
... workers in Korea Br J Ind Med 1982, 39:283-289 Hodgkings DG, Hinkamp DL, Robins TG, Schork MA, Krebs WH: Influence of high past lead -in- air exposures on the lead – in – blood levels of lead – ... involved in the heme synthetic pathway This inhibition would then result in increased levels of δ-ALA in the blood and plasma, eventually leading to increased δ-ALA urinary excretion [15,17] Increased ... below This finding is consistent with other reports that show urinary δ-ALA of lead workers increases with an increase in the duration of exposure [18] Although findings published in the literature...
... sealed, lead acid batteries in REHEV and electric vehicles We will use the design reported in Ref w4x as the baseline design We will design batteries having different additives including glass ... estimated 60–70 W hrkg By increasing the specific energy of the baseline battery design the feasibility of using lead acid batteries in electric and hybrid electric vehicles increases When the discharge ... are included in the active material the critical volume fraction increases to 85%, as shown in Fig If these small additives are again considered porous we then have added porosity Ž27% and increased...
... is introduced into the positive lead paste, not only does it maintain the original superiority of graphite, but also it improves the phenomenon that its capacity attenuates faster in the final ... electrode versus a lead electrode was about 1.65 V The types (including compounding forms), quantities, and method of introduction of the additives used in the experiments are given in Table Results ... coke Polyacene AS 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 LeadLeadLeadLeadLead Expanded graphite +AS (1:1) Lead paste Li2SO4 Electrolyte Expanded graphite + AS/LizSO4 1/1 Lead paste/ electrolyte paste paste paste...
... beginning of 1987 for frequency regulation and spinning reserve There were 12 battery strings in parallel and each string had 590 cells in series with a capacity of 1000 Ah This provided, in ... but the manufacturing process can also exert a strong in uence This includes pasting, curing/drying, soaking, and formation Many studies on these subjects have been published in recent years; ... process in a lead acid battery and is consumed during discharge, which 495 results in increase of the specific resistance of the electrolyte Nevertheless, the lead acid battery has a high power...
... capable of triggering TLR4 signaling by trasducing production of proinflammatory markers in macrophages, adipocytes, and liver leading to insulin resistance Insulin resistance is a main pathological ... therefore linking dietary fat with innate immune system and inflammation [15-21,30,31] However, our findings in this model are at odds with the linkage of TLR4 and diet-induced obesity, hyperinsulinemia, ... hyperinsulinemia, and inflammation in response to diet highin saturated fat [23] Although, we did not observe the blunting of TF dietinduced weight gain, hyperinsulinemina, and hyperglycemia in mice with...
... capable of triggering TLR4 signaling by trasducing production of proinflammatory markers in macrophages, adipocytes, and liver leading to insulin resistance Insulin resistance is a main pathological ... therefore linking dietary fat with innate immune system and inflammation [15-21,30,31] However, our findings in this model are at odds with the linkage of TLR4 and diet-induced obesity, hyperinsulinemia, ... hyperinsulinemia, and inflammation in response to diet highin saturated fat [23] Although, we did not observe the blunting of TF dietinduced weight gain, hyperinsulinemina, and hyperglycemia in mice with...
... the domains of Vif that are involved in binding to A3G and A3F [12-17] Furthermore, as a proof of principle, work by Mehle et al has shown that Vif peptides overlapping the A3G-binding domain were ... mutations being the highest in viral DNA, intermediate in cRNA, and lowest in vRNA We also determined the frequency of G-to-A mutations present in vRNA obtained from HIV WT virus infections We ... operating against genomes that had inactivating mutations in the gag gene The observation that a few of the viral RNA-derived sequences had inactivating mutations in the gag gene strongly indicated...
... Engineering, National University of Singapore, and Institute of High Performance Computing, for providing computing resources and funding to this research Finally, a heartwarming thank to my family Thanks ... therefore diminishing the domain pinning effects and space charge effects Moreover, close examinations of the atomic positions in the clusters indicate that the domain pinning enforced by the tail-to-tail ... However, the more striking finding is that the group VB substitutes induce head-to-head polarization patterns in the xy plane, which makes the domain pinning effects even weaker IX In summary, we predict...
... while maintaining a tolerance risk of normal tissue toxicity [3] Better local control outcomes with an acceptable toxicity have been obtained by using high total doses radiation administered in two ... actin cytoskeleton, MAPK signaling, epithelial cell signaling in helicobacter, Erb B signaling pathway, renal cell carcinoma, natural killer cell mediated cytotoxicity, T cell receptor signaling, ... late reactions limiting the efficacy of RT Knowledge of individual variations of normal tissue toxicities determining tolerance would be of great value in patients treated with high- dose radiation...
... Quanjer; #Obtained from the chi-square test when comparing frequencies and from the Kruskal Wallis test when comparing mean values between gender and high blood pressure, indicating that high blood ... pressure, its medical treatment and lung function in further prospective studies Conclusions Our findings are in line with previous observations showing an inverse association between blood pressure ... 3-minute pause after a rest of at least minutes in a sitting position on the right arm The mean of the last two measurements was used for the current analyses High blood pressure (HBP) was defined...
... computer control, the imaging probe was placed either against the skin or at a distance from the skin in water for pre-treatment imaging The integrated transducer was mounted in a degassed water reservoir ... sizes in the cytoplasm and chromatin margins and karyopyknosis in some cells Electron microscopic examination revealed further details such as presence of karyopyknosis and chromatin margination in ... Extracorporeal high intensity focused ultrasound ablation in the treatment of 1038 patients with solid carcinomas in China: an overview Ultrason Sonochem 2004;11:149-54 Leslie TA, Kennedy JE High intensity...
... FBG = fasting blood glucose; FINS = fasting insulin; HOMA-IR = homoeostasis model assessment- insulin resistance; TG = triglyceride; TC = total cholesterol; HDL-C = high- density lipoprotein- cholesterol; ... population [17,18] In our study, the obese and MetS group both demonstrated increased fasting insulin than control group rather than fasting blood glucose Meanwhile, fasting insulin and HOMA-IR levels ... analysis, suggesting a link between IMT, insulin resistance and dyslipidemia Insulin resistance is a common phenomenon and plays an important role in the cardio-cerebrovascular disease in obese population...
... graduation in 1975, and his specialty training in Internal Medicine in 1985 He has well over 16 years of experience as a consultant physician His primary research interest is in neuroepidemiology Arindam ... Medical College, Calcutta, India and had further graduate training in otolaryngology and public health between 1993-1999 He had clinical and postgraduate training in medicine and public health from ... such as India, but there are studies, which have documented a high prevalence rate of hypertension in developing countries [1,2] Urban studies from India in last decade have shown increasing overall...
... The initiator caspase group includes caspase-2, caspase-8, caspase-9, and caspase-10, having long NH2-terminal prodomains, which interact with adapter molecules to form a death-inducing signaling ... expression in the persistently HBV expressing cell line HepG2.215 and its parent cell line, a non-HBV expressing cell line HepG2 We found that cIAP1 and cIAP2 were clearly increased in the HBV expressing ... main well-characterized mechanism is the inhibition of active Int J Med Sci 2005 2(1) 34 caspases by the direct binding of IAPs In the many case, for example, in the lung carcinoma cells, the interaction...
... Limited in Social life Limited in others PANAL B Detraction in daily life Limited in Business/school Limited in sports Limited in hobbies Limited in Garden work Limited in Work at home Limited in ... Detraction in daily life generally and in parts of daily life variable PANAL A Detraction in daily life Limited in Business/school Limited in sports Limited in hobbies Limited in Garden work Limited in ... are in line with the literature (1-6, 9, 10) Quality of life in long term follow-up: Prior to interventional therapy, patients mainly suffered from symptoms like tachycardia, increasing incidence...
... Getting students to speak freely Teaching listening Teaching writing Teaching reading Teaching speaking Using dictation Using songs Correcting students’ errors Giving instructions for classroom activities ... Teaching listening Teaching speaking Teaching writing Grammar practice activities Using songs Testing comprehension Presenting new grammar Testing spoken English Practicing new vocabulary Teaching ... teaching and learning in JHSs in Quang Ngai province Time and efforts have been spent on accumulating information about teachers and teaching methods applied in JHSs, viewing teaching and learning...