... percentage of child deaths in the total the losses of life in the flood seasons in the MD Save the Children (2003) reported that the vast majority ofthe drowning deaths in recent years in the region ... those living in the urban areas, children in the rural area are familiar withthe water in rivers and canals Their daily lives are linked withthe rice fields and flood plains Some of them learn to ... rowed and fell down the water while sleeping In Vietnam, the first day ofthe new academic year is usually in early of September In the MD, this period coincides with a high risk of flood Many pupils...
... model for the transport cycle ofthe active TAP variant 2–1C2 The initiation step and the progress ofthe transport cycle are similar to the hypothesized peptide translocation model ofthe wild-type ... [31] As the polypeptide chain of TAP2DV ends withthe D-loop region (Fig 1A), the differences in transport activity ofthe TAP2iso product and TAP2DV might be due to the different length ofthe C-terminal ... top) Thus, the chimeric NBD consisting ofthe core NBD2 withthe C-terminal segment of TAP1 confers the nucleotide binding behaviour of wild-type TAP1 whereas the chimeric NBD1 bearing the core...
... one the officers stole out from the cabin with bare feet, and made their way up to the quarterdeck, until some thirty of them were gathered there, being all the officers ofthe regiment, the ... invasion of England He pushed his arguments with fiery zeal, urged the disaffection of all classes, the hatred ofthe Commons, the defection ofthe Lords, the alarm ofthe Church, and the wavering ... what they were, for when they got within a mile of us two black flags ran up to their mastheads "The captain he trained one ofthe stern chasers hisself, and the first mate took the other They...
... transformation of Vis-TiO2 thin film into the inactive TiO2 nanowires having high surface areas Fig shows the effect ofthe hydrothermal treatment on the XRD patterns of Vis-TiO2/Ti The intensity ofthe ... can also be ascribed to the existence of small amounts of Na+ which enhances the recombination rate ofthe photoformed electrons and holes The photocatalytic activities of Vis-TiO2/Ti/Pt or NaOH(5)Vis-TiO2/Ti/Pt ... deposition method at high substrate temperature (873 K) It was found that the hydrothermal treatment ofthe Vis-TiO2/Ti with NaOH aqueous solution led to the drastic increase in the surface area of Vis-TiO2/Ti...
... Care in the Elderly 2012:4 Elderly patient with multiple sclerosis Pain Pain is one ofthe most common symptoms of MS and can be seen in more than half of all patients with MS Pain can either be ... presentation with findings on MRI that are characteristic ofthe disease The new criteria simplify the diagnostic work-up and allow a more rapid diagnosis of MS while maintaining the specificity ... resulting in the need for fewer MRI studies Based on the revised criteria, the presence of at least one T2 lesion in at least two ofthe four locations considered characteristic of MS including...
... forms ofthe receptor The decrease in the amount of TSHRs observed during the chase (Fig 2C) in the presence of MG132 could be explained by the fact that the TSHRs were retranslocated into the ... BiP To further investigate the folding and maturation of TSHR, we studied the possible involvement of BiP, one ofthe main molecular chaperones ofthe endoplasmic reticulum, in these events BiP ... of TSHR (Fig 4) The association with CNX and/or CRT therefore seems contribute to the stability and/or the maturation ofthe TSHR To obtain further insights into the contribution of CNX and CRT...
... [8] The correlations between the items and PCS and MCS components were then compared withthe hypothesised correlations The variance explained (the percent ofthe total measured variance in the ... half ofthe SF-8 items [43] Questionnaires with or more incomplete SF-8 items were excluded from further analysis on the validity and reliability ofthe SF-8 The distribution of item responses of ... were then rotated to orthogonal simple structure These rotated components were then interpreted on the basis of their correlations withthe SF-8 items The results were analysed for strength of...
... nerve symptoms These resolved without any long-term sequelae, and were thought to be due to the rate of distraction Following docking ofthe proximal tibia withthe distal femur, the patient had ... rods (Figure 7) The soft tissues in the front ofthe knee were repaired in layers The patient was allowed to weight-bear in his fixator Figure CT scan demonstrating the lesion in the proximal tibia ... of cells (Figures and 6) En-bloc resection ofthe knee was performed including the proximal cm of tibia, tibial articular surface, the proximal fibula, the patella and quadriceps mechanism, the...
... used to study such problems in the literature These classical techniques include the coincidence degree theory of Mawhin 10 , themethodof upper and lower solutions with monotone iterative technique ... study the variational structure of IBVP 1.1 in an appropriate space of functions and obtain the existence and multiplicity of solutions for IBVP 1.1 by using variational method To the best of our ... bounded in X In the following, the proof of P S condition is the same as that in Theorem 3.1, and we omit it here Secondly, as in Theorem 3.1, we can obtain that condition A2 in Theorem 2.1 is...
... (2.29) The theorem is proved Remark 2.5 If |rk | > 1, ≤ k ≤ p, in Theorem 2.3, then the sequence (yn )n≥0 is uniquely determined Proof The proof follows from Remark 2.2 Remark 2.6 If there exists ... (2.17) Proof We prove Theorem 2.3 by induction on p For p = 1, the conclusion of Theorem 2.3 is true in virtue of Lemma 2.1 Suppose now that Theorem 2.3 holds for a fixed p ≥ We have to prove the following ... |rs | = 1, then the conclusion of Theorem 2.3 is not generally true 106 Hyers-Ulam stability of a linear recurrence Proof Let ε > 0, and consider the sequence (xn )n≥0 , given by the recurrence...
... to the domain of attraction ofthe normal law or it has slowly varying tails and one ofthe two tails completely dominates the other The interest of considering resampling sizes different to the ... ∗ (A) > 0), which completes the proof Proof of Theorem 2.1 If EX < ∞ then s2 → σ a.s Therefore, the theorem follows if we show that n ∗ the conditional distribution of YnNn converges weakly to ... belongs to the domain of attraction ofthe normal law Hall [10] completes the analysis in this setup showing that when there exists a bootstrap limit law (in probability) then either the parent...
... Although the qualitative results ofthe simulations fit very well withthe measurements without modifying any ofthe kinetic parameters taken from the literature, it should be noted that the kinetic ... addressed the question of whether blockage of TPI causes a redirection ofthe metabolic flux from glycolysis to the PPP By genetic means, we showed that the oxidant resistant phenotype of cells with ... equivalent of NADP+ due to the presence of one wild-type copy of either SOL4 or SOL3 Thus, these experiments clearly demonstrate that the protective effect of reduced TPI activity is indeed based on the...
... Considering these findings in addition to the characteristics of CDC similar to those of urothelial cancer, chemotherapy is the currently favored approach for patients with metastatic CDC In the case ... was treated with sunitinib rather than systemic chemotherapy, considering her poor performance status After courses of sunitinib therapy with 37,5 mg daily schedule, metastases to the lungs and ... Although the precise molecular mechanism involved in the antitumor activity of multiple tyrosine kinase inhibitors against CDC remains largely unknown, these findings suggest that the efficacy of these...
... vascularity ofthe sublining layer, infiltration ofthe sublining layer, and the presence of lymphoid aggregates, plasma cells, and PMNs A separate analysis in 93 samples showed that the evaluation ofthe ... reflecting the strength ofthe observed differences To assess the significance of this relationship, a value q is calculated by permutations ofthe measurements to estimate the percentage of parameters ... contrast with CD163, no differences were found for the pan-macrophage marker CD68 in the lining or sublining layer The number of plasma cells, which were found in 32 ofthe 82 SpA samples and 40 of the...
... surgical specimen with detail ofthe wedge resection ofthe lingula Right panel: solitary fibrous tumor ofthe pleura, whorled fibrous tissue is evident on the cut section Page of (page number ... consider the cough syncope related to the stimulation ofthe phrenic nerve by the neoplasm In fact, after surgical removal ofthe tumor, the patient is free from syncope episodes confirming the direct ... opacity on the left side Left panel: chest x-ray showing a large opacity on the left side Right panel: the CT scan ofthe chest showing a solid mass of 11 × cm in the left hemi thorax, with vertical...
... then, that the association of this polymorphism with RA may be population specific This is analogous to the association ofthe PTPN22*R620W polymorphism with RA in European, Northern and Southern ... showed that the associated polymorphism controls the levels of gene expression The association was replicated in the same study in another cohort of RA patients, with systemic lupus erythematosus ... Caucasians of Northern European descent and Far Eastern populations for the non-HLA RA susceptibility genes identified to date Hence, the aim ofthe current study was to assess whether the same...
... modulating the expression ofthe CD154 gene As with other cytokine genes, the 3' UTR ofthe CD154 mRNA contains binding sites for RNA–protein complexes that are responsible for the lability ofthe mRNA ... for the comparison of allele frequencies was performed withthe STPLAN software The arcsin approximation ofthe binomial distributions of allele frequencies was used with a two-sided test and with ... whether the association of any variable with RA depended on the presence of any other variable This analysis revealed that the association of DQ3 with RA was dependent on DR4, as expected from the...
... of 11 years (sd 11, range 0.7 - 26 years) In five of them newly developed tricuspid valve regurgitation was treated with replacement ofthe tricuspid valve with a prosthetic valve In one of these ... mortality Page of Non-Rastelli group The non-Rastelli group comprised 18 patients who were operated with preservation ofthe left ventricular outflow tract In this group in the early part ofthe study ... atresia In of them an ASD was present In all patients the ventricular septal defect was closed with a prosthetic patch and the pulmonary stenosis or atresia was treated with a conduit from the left...
... longitudinal incisions on the lateral and medial fragment ofthe navicular bone The gap of pseudarthrosis was filled with soft tissue and there was no movement between the two fragments The talonavicular ... in the talus (Figure 3) We suspected there was avascular necrosis ofthe navicular bone fragment, and primitive osteoarthritis ofthe talonavicular joint because ofthe preserved joint space The ... aspects of osteoarthritis ofthe talonavicular joint and pseudarthrosis ofthe navicular bone, and we suspected lidocaine penetrated to the talonavicular joint and the gap of pseudarthrosis Therefore,...