... HO-1 GTrepeat polymorphism and the carotid atherosclerosis index The number of GT repeats in the HO-1 gene promoter of the participants ranged 16-38 (Figure 1) In both cohorts, 23 and 30 GT repeats ... age- and gender-adjusted analysis remained significant after additional adjustment for a hypertension history and diabetes history Interaction between HO-1 (GT) repeatgenotypesandarsenicexposure ... regarding arsenicexposure The median level of arsenic concentration was unknown for some villages in the BFD-endemic area, in which case, the cumulative arsenicexposure or average arsenic exposure...
... (See Myers and Majluf (1984) and Flannery (1986)) For formal proofs in the case of separating equilibria see Brennan and Kraus (1986) and for the case of pooling equilibria see Nachman and Noe (1994) ... from the high exposure firm by issuing a longterm debt 16 If the high exposure firm is not mimicked by the low exposure firm its short-term debt is correctly priced but the high exposure firm ... cash flow of a high exposure firm is lower than that of a low exposure firm If the low exposure firm issues a long-term debt to finance the project the high exposure firm mimics and also borrows...
... of Fe–As and Ca–As, but increased water-soluble and exchangeable As (WE–As) and Al–As in the CCA soil For the ASC soil, however, treatments decreased Fig Soil pH (a and b) and DOC (c and d) in ... Chinese brake fern growing in arsenic contaminated soils; (2) to determine the effects of composts and phosphate rock on arsenic leachability in arsenic contaminated soils; and (3) to identify possible ... produce volatile arsenicals by a reductive pathway from inorganic and methylated forms of As (Onken and Adriano, 1997) Akins and Lewis (1976) added DSMA-74As to a soil system and measured a loss...
... expressed as number, range and mean ± SD for each group Characteristics of cases and controls and PAGMP exposure were compared using the Mann–Whitney U-test for continuous data and by Fisher’s exact ... Glyphosate (GLYP: A), Gluphosinate (GLUF: B) and 3-methylphosphinicopropionic acid (3-MPPA: C and D) in pregnant and nonpregnant women (A–C) and in maternal and fetal cord blood (D) Blood sampling ... PAGMF and whether these toxicants cross the placenta to reach the fetus Materials and methods 2.1 Chemicals and reagents For the analytical support (Section 2.3), GLYP, AMPA, GLUF, APPA and N-methyl-N-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)...
... understand the patient's occupational exposureand whether he/she has been adequately trained in the dangers of these exposures and how to manage them Removal of the respiratory irritants and substitution ... each job, and an assessment of the extent and duration of exposure The length of time exposed to the Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology ... for COPD caused by these exposures was 20% In this study, the PAR for combined current and former smokers was 56% Smoking and occupational exposures to dusts, gases, and/ or fumes had greater...
... plasma and five CIMM-HCV isolates: serum from patient 081 was compared with 081-T1 and 112B-T1, serum from patient 238 was compared with 238-T1, and plasma from 313 was compared with 313-i and 313-T1 ... at three positions (107, 234, and 243) 112A-T1 and 112AB-T1 differed at two positions (106 and 243), while 081-T1 differed from 112AB-T1 at the same two positions and also at position 107 In addition, ... consensus sequences showed that 081 serum and PCLB-T1 and PCLB-T4a had one difference at position 204 (A vs C), while 081 serum and PCLB-T7 had no changes (Figure 4B) Repeated transfers to new cells of...
... (4.6% and 5.3%) and Gemmatimonadetes (1.4% and 1.9%) were Pesticides in the Modern World Pests Control and Pesticides Exposureand Toxicity Assessment present Whereas Acidobacteria (7.9%) and ... Modern World Pests Control and Pesticides Exposureand Toxicity Assessment 10 A B Fig UPGMA dendrograms of bacterial (A) and fungal (B) communities in rhizosphere and endorhiza of the medical ... agar and SNA for synthetic nutrientpoor agar d) number of replicate from to and e) number of isolate from to 14 14 Pesticides in the Modern World Pests Control and Pesticides Exposureand Toxicity...
... assess the effect of natural and artificial exposure to ABS on the leaf waxes of oak species and on the pollen quality of Quercus ilex in cultures of modified Brewbaker and Kwack (1963) solution ... analysis, is common along the Tuscan coast and in hilly areas further inland and for several years has exhibited abnormally intense flowering (Gellini and Paoletti, 1990) Pollen for our study was ... impaired function of the guard cells), lesions and cracks in the cuticle, trichome abscission and destruction, and the collapse of the secreting heads of glandular hairs (fig 1A-D) Damage decreased...
... between M1, M5 and heart myosin and M6, M24 and brain proteins Molecular mimicry between streptoccocal proteins and heart components has been proposed as the triggering factor of RHD, and CD4+ T ... appear to be DRB1*01 and DRB1*04, which is similar to results from Kudat and colleagues [8] and Wani and colleagues [14] All RF patients in this study have the risk allele DQA1*0401 and the protective ... at 10 V/cm in 0.5 mM TBE buffer and then examined under UV illumination and recorded [24-30] Statistics The HLA DRB1, DQA1 and DQB1 allele frequencies in patients and control subjects were compared...
... Sollentuna, Sweden) were used All animals were kept under standard environmental conditions and had free access to standard laboratory food and drinking water Ethical permission was obtained from ... anticollagen II antibodies and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptides (aCCP) Paws were taken for histologic evaluation and assessed for synovitis and erosion in joints Cigarette smoke exposure DBA/1 mice ... follows: = mild; = moderate; and = severe [25] Destruction of cartilage and subchondral bone was registered separately Knee joints, ankles, elbows, and wrists were inspected, and a mean score from all...
... were 5’-CAACGTGATATGGTCGTAGAC-3’ (A) and 5’-AACACCGGTTCTCGTCCGATC-3’ (B), obtained from the 5S rRNA sequence of the mussel M edulis [6], and 5’-CAAGCACAGAGGCAGGAG-3’ (C) and 5’-CGATCCGCGGTTTACCTG-3’ ... rDNA repeat unit A single band of 550 bp was also obtained, and after cloning two clones were sequenced (Ce3 and Ce4) The complete repeat unit consists of 544-546 bp and the alignment of fulllength ... On the other hand, C edule differs from S velum and from M edulis at only four nucleotide positions, although C edule and S velum share a common ancestor in Precambrian and C edule and M edulis...
... defined by the averaged length of (GT) n repeats Averaged length of (GT) n repeats of the HO-1 gene promoter was calculated for each patient Age was expressed as mean ± SD and compared by Student's ... distribution had two peaks at (GT) 23 and (GT) 30, respectively The averaged length of the (GT) n repeats had similar distribution, but they ranged from15 to 35 with peaks at 27 and 30 Therefore, we defined ... Therefore, we defined genotype short (S) for those with averaged length Ϲ26 GT repeats, and genotype long (L) for those with length of >26 GT repeats, which included around 70 percent of patients Stroke...
... NH and OB conceived of the study, participated in its design, and in drafting the manuscript HT and JB participated in the study design and coordination and in discussing manuscript NH, NBF and ... bp), B (281 bp), and C (122 bp) for the first one andgenotypes D (119 bp), E (167 bp), and F (97 bp) for the second These two genotyping methods are unable to identify genotype G and H Both HBV ... Three HBV genotypes were detected by PCR-RFLP: D, A and B (Figure 1) Genotype D was observed in 89% of the cases with a restriction pattern corresponding to D2 (undigested with Ava II and bands 306...
... in Germany and Greece, where the prevalence of HCV genotypes 1b and have decreased andgenotypes 1a, 3a, and increased Such changes were not noticeable in Luxembourg where genotypesand were the ... prevalent genotype [16] and in Egypt genotype 4a was predominant [17], genotypes 1a and 1b were common in the United State and Europe [18,19] In Pakistan and Japan Genotypes 3a and 1b were common ... found to be positive for HCV and could thus be genotyped Four different genotypes were reported in this study including genotypes, 1,2,3 and The distribution of these genotypes were variable among...
... sequence[6] Genotype A is pandemic and is most prevalent in Northern Europe, North America, and Central Africa Isolates of genotypes B and C have been observed in Southeast Asia and the Far East Genotype ... USA and France[9] Genotype H was also recently found in Central America[10] The genotypesand subtypes are useful clinical and epidemiological markers[11,12] because it is well known that genotypes ... the anti-HBs monoclonal antibody, and vaccine resistance The following primers were selected: 1) FHBS1, 5'GAG TCT AGA CTC GTG GTG GAC TTC-3'; 2) FHBS2, 5'-CGT GGT GGA CTT CTC TCA ATT TTC-3'; 3)...
... China blood donor candidates were mostly clustered into B and C genotypes These pathogens, which appear to have developed from a common parent, could not be clustered into similar genotypes from ... samples The serological and personal data of the HBV DNA-reactive donors are noted in Tables and Consistent with virus load, donors 3, 4, and had higher ALT levels (Table and Fig 1C), which were ... genome difference greater than 8% [24,25] Genotypes A, B, C and D are all observed in China Consistent with other reports, we confirmed that the B and C genotypes are the most common in China [26]...
... genotype and its subtypes 4a and 4c/d Mixed infection with the two genotypes was also detected HCV genotype and its subtypes are the predominant genotypes in Gaza strip (64.1%) Genotypesand were ... with genotype andgenotypes or [25] Moreover patients infected with type and had a higher viral load than patients infected with other genotypes [26] The two major HCV genotypes (1 and 4) were ... The forward primer: CCCTGTGAGGAACTWCTGTCTTCACGC (W is A or T) and the reverse primer: GGTGCACGGTCTACGAGACCT were designed to specifically bind the region between -299 and -1 of HCV genome 5'UTR...
... Columbia Columbia Columbia Columbia Columbia Columbia Columbia Columbia Landsberg Landsberg Landsberg Landsberg Landsberg Landsberg Landsberg Columbia Columbia Columbia Leaf Flower – shoot Root Seed ... specificity and possible inducibility of expression for ~170 NBS-LRR-encoding and related genes Most of the NBS-LRR-encoding and related genes investigated were expressed at low levels and with ... effectors such as Apaf-1 and Ced-4 [33] The NBS domains of two NBS-LRR proteins, tomato I2 and Mi-1, have been demonstrated to be able to bind and hydrolyze ATP [34] and the ATP binding form...
... of helmet and airway (lung) flow and pressure during HF-BiPAP, BIVENT, and PSV Compliance was 90 ml/cm H2O, resistance was and airway (lung) flow and pressure during HF-BiPAP, BIVENT, and PSV cm ... contributions OM, PH, MQ, and PP planed and designed the study and developed the measurement setup OM, PH, and PP performed the measurements and analyzed the data PS and EC performed pilot studies ... Statsoft, Inc., and Microsoft Excel) Statistical analysis For all conditions, 15 measurements were obtained The data was presented as mean ± standard deviation (with median and 25th and 75th percentiles...