... DeVany, A.S., and W.D Walls (2004) “Motion Picture Profit, the Stable Paretian Hypothesis, and the Curse of the Superstar” Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control Elberse, A., and B Anand (2005) ... interviews and small-scale surveys For instance, Rothman and Lichter (1984) surveyed 95 writers, producers and directors of top-fifty box office grossing films made between 1964 and 1982, and compared ... individual candidates are included three of the four senators from New York and California, where most of the stars in the sample reside Also included, however, are a number of Presidential candidates,...
... phosphatases of similar classes from other organisms MursiF of M tuberculosis was aligned with the PP2C domains of RsbU of B subtilis, SpoIIE of B subtilis and IcfG of Synechocystis sp using T-COFFEE ... questionable To rule out loss of activity of purified MursiF WKD and UsfX during purification or handling, and to check for the presence of other features characteristic of antisigma factors, we carried ... mm KCl, and 10 mm MgCl2, with and without 10 mm MnCl2, mm dithiothreitol, and 0.1 mm EDTA) with 10 lg of each substrate in the presence of lCi of [32P]ATP[cP] (BRIT, Hyderabad, India) and 20 lm...
... of TMD2 [13,23] An alignment of the deduced aminoacid sequence of the human THTR1 with that of the various members of the SLC19A family including rodent (i.e mouse and hamster) THTR1, human and ... 0.5% SDS and 1% 2-mercaptoethanol in the presence or absence of 2000 U of PNGaseF (NEB Inc.) for 45 at 37 °C SDS/PAGE and Western blotting Aliquots of protein extracts (50 lg) or lL of a programmed ... fixed and immunostained as described [12] Each coverslip contained at least · 104 cells and the efficiency of transfection varied between 10 and 20% About 90% of transfected cells exhibited red and...
... aspects and – refinement of the classification results using the knowledge of inactivity zones The rest of the paper is organized as follows: In Section 2, we give an overview of related work and explain ... applying accumulation of evidence are shown in the form of confusion matrix in Table The majority of the classifier errors occur during the transition of states, i.e., from sitting to standing or vice ... shown in Table The true positive and true negatives are considered in terms of sequences of abnormal and normal activity The sequence-based sensitivity and specificity of our proposed method for above-mentioned...
... accumulation of evidence are shown in the form of confusion matrix in Table The majority of the classifier errors occur during the transition of states, i.e., from sitting to standing or vice ... shown in Table The true positive and true negatives are considered in terms of sequences of abnormal and normal activity The sequence-based sensitivity and specificity of our proposed method for above-mentioned ... are 97.67 and 90% sensitivity = tp + fn (13) specificity = tn tn + fp (14) where is the number of true positives, tn number of true negatives, fp number of false positives and fn number of false...
... preparation of the manuscript, and performed statistical analysis FV and VC assisted in the experiments and in the isolation of osteoblasts from human bone PL and HF evaluated and interpreted data and ... efficiency of COX-2, ALPase, OC, Col α1, IL-6, and GAPDH was similar Relative amounts of mRNA in normal and OA cartilage were determined using the standard curve method Serial dilutions of internal standards ... reaction) and at 95°C for 10 minutes (UNG inactivation andactivationof the AmpliTaq Gold enzyme), the mixtures were subjected to 40 amplification cycles (15 seconds at 95°C for denaturation and minute...
... stability of the settings, and e) lack of signal emissions in the absence of movement All the radar devices were set up with the aid of a mechanical object with standardized movement Structure of the ... of aluminium (3 × cm) was attached to the second hand An aluminium protection with a window corresponding to 1/4 of a full rotation was fixed in front of the area of rotation of the second hand ... part of the body while remaining on both hind limbs); • broad head movements; Figure and acquisition window Screening of the metronome and position of the apparatus Screening of the metronome and...
... reduction in body fat composition and increased FFM [2,7,12] The reduction in the measurements of her chest and waist, and increased diameter of her mid-arm, forearm, thigh and calf could have been crucial ... adiposity) and improve the lipid profile without adverse changes in immunologic outcomes However, this is only a case study and the exact contribution of each type of exercise (resistance and aerobic ... infection by means of diet and exercise: case report and proof of principle Clin Infect Dis 2002, 34:390-393 Mutimura E, Stewart A, Crowther NJ, Yarasheski KE, Cade WT: The effects of exercise training...
... growth and function of both the gingival fibroblasts and epithelial cells directly or indirectly These processes are regulated by cytokines and growth factors, and expression of these mediators and ... collection of sample and data; and writing the manuscript HU participated in the collection of samples and writing the manuscript BHÖ carried out tissue processing and immunohistochemistry SB, BHÖ and ... duration, dose, serum and salivary concentrations of the drug, oral hygiene, and the age and sex of the patient, with young males being most susceptible [1,18,19] The mechanisms of GO are unknown...
... antibody therapy in rheumatoid arthritis and the risk of serious infections and malignancies: systematic review and meta-analysis of rare harmful effects in randomized controlled trials JAMA 2006, ... infliximab-coated microplates and detection by peroxydase-coupled infliximab The ELISA was standardized by use of a mouse monoclonal antibody to all subclasses of human IgG The limit of detection was 0.20 ... Roche, and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and took part in conferences and provided expert reports and advisory services for L.F.B (Courtabœuf, France), Roche, Schering-Plough Corporation, and Wyeth...
... President and Chief Executive Officer of Spectral Diagnostics and Sepsis Inc ADR is Vice President of Sepsis Inc Both have financial interests in the chemiluminescent assay DME, AND, DH, MR and JP ... Data collection and study definitions Comprehensive clinical and laboratory data were collected on the day of ICU admission Survival status was assessed at 30 days, and at ICU and hospital discharge ... maintained at room temperature and all samples were assayed within 30 of collection To assay levels of endotoxin, a 10 µl aliquot of whole blood was placed in each of three tubes containing luminol...
... range of MW, from < kD to > 50 kD, peaking at 10–50 kD [21] Detection of desmosines allows discrimination, among elastin peptides, of those derived from the breakdown of mature elastin from those ... for each of the biomarkers in each of the three treatment blocks showed no statistically significant difference Mean values and standard deviations of desmosines, JM 403 and PMN-FDP of all available ... safety and tolerability of a single inhalation of hyaluronic acid (HA), using a Pari Boy compressor and LC nebuliser [13] Patients were randomised for a single inhalation of a solution of HA (0.003...
... version of the PACES has been used with adults of mixed ages [2, 18] and was found to be invariant across samples of adult runners and cyclists [19]; however, this sample [19] consisted of mostly ... the factor means to zero and factor variances to Additionally, we tested invariance of latent factor means and variances across groups and time Evidence of invariance of parameters between nested ... psychological and functional changes from exercise and enjoyment and a more modest association between enjoyment and self-reported physical activity There are some limitations of this study worth...
... driven a wave of critical technological advances in the design of genome-wide SNP arrays that allow the rapid and cost-effective genotyping of hundreds of thousands to millions of tag SNPs in ... concentration of uric acid in the serum (between 1.7% and 5.3% increase) and the expression level of the isoform of SLC2A9 was correlated with serum uric acid concentration [24] This isoform encodes ... capable of the cost-effective generation of massive amounts of DNA sequence, are already being used to sequence targeted regions, and in the near future will be capable of sequencing whole genomes of...
... decongestants and is not a constituent of C aurantium Because of the known cardiovascular effects of nor-epinephrine and ephedrine, it has generally been assumed that consumption of p-synephrine and bitter ... rate and blood pressure [8-11] The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of the acute administration of a product containing caffeine from guarana, p-synephrine from C aurantium and ... and increase metabolism, suppress appetite, and/ or slow the absorption of fats and carbohydrates [5] In spite of their widespread use and the lack of credible reports regarding adverse effects,...
... of 0.4 mL of blank blood and 0.4 mL of IS- containing pentane solution in a glass vial with a Teflon-septum screw cap, which has been cooled with ice, and vortex-mixed for s; a 3-µL aliquot of ... present GC conditions, the peak of isobutyl nitrite appears at 7.6 and that of n-propyl nitrate (IS) at 15.9 The recovery of isobutyl nitrite from blood is 86 % [11] Toxic and fatal concentrations It ... detection limits of isobutyl nitrite and isobutyl alcohol in liquid specimens were 62 ng and 1.9 µg/mL, respectively [7] > Figure 8.2 shows EI mass spectra of isobutyl nitrite (A) and isobutyl alcohol...
... analysis of DAEMS, various concentrations of DAEMS are spiked into blank serum specimens containing a fixed amount of DAEMO (IS) each and extracted as described before Since the base peaks of DAEMS and ... Trace Analysis of Chemical Warfare Agents An Approach to the Environmental Monitoring of Nerve Agents Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Helsinki, pp 27, 28, 37–39, 59–64, 72–79 and 90–99 2) ... serum (a) a total ion chromatogram (TIC) and a mass chromatogram; (b) an EI mass spectrum of DAEMS; (c) a CI mass spectrum of DAEMS Poisoning case, and toxic and fatal concentrations VX is much less...
... 2.4 Mass spectra of the methyl ester plus TMS and TMS derivatives of ∆9-THC-11-oic acid The Substance Abuse and Mental Service Administration (SAMSA) in USA set the cutoff value of ∆9-THC-11-oic ... concentrations of ∆9-THC-11-oic acid measured by GC/MS were 78 and 12 ng/mL in urine and blood, respectively; 0.7 ng/mL of ∆9-THC was also detected from blood Case 3: A male died of gunshot injury ... Methods for analysis of cannabis and its components In: The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan (ed) Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis in Poisoning – With Commentaries, 4th edn., Nanzando, Tokyo, pp...
... analysis is made by the comparison of the retention time of a peak of a specimen with that of the authentic standard and also by the confirmation of the absence of such a peak in a blank specimen ... detection of low levels of morphine starting from a large amount of a specimen cannot be a proof of the intake of the drug The level of morphine in urine of healthy subjects determined by GC/MS was ... HPLC analysis Reagents and their preparation • • Standard solutions of morphine for a calibration curve (2, and 20 µg/mL): see “Reagents and their preparation”, above of GC and GC/MS analysis section...