... adhesion molecules on FLS has been implicated inthe pathogenesis inflammation in RA by the induction ofthe infiltration of leucocytes into local joint [32] Because ofthe pivotal role of ICAM-1 ... theactivationof their corresponding signaling pathways, we further elucidated the involvement of different signaling pathways in regulating expression of adhesion molecules and chemokines of ... Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Ngan Shing Street, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, 2Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince...
... paper as the discussion turns to the implications ofthe ability-education-income inter- relationships for the assessment ofthe contribution of education to growth, the possible sources ofthe differential ... H/H,4 and letting N represent the total number of men and e1 the proportion ofthe workers inthe lth category of labor services, one may write the index ofthe total labor input inthe form: L ... and income, even holding many other things constant.8 Also, rational behavior onthe part of employers would lead to the allocation ofthe labor force in such a way that the value ofthe marginal...
... principle in ancient cultures, these not include the modern meaning ofthe concept The first known formulation ofthe principle of legality is contained inthe second law of Ur-Nammu, from the ... foundations of criminal law At the heart ofthe principle of legality in U.S criminal law is the linkage between the courts and the legislator through application ofthe criminal law One ofthe basic ... of criminal law inthe context ofthe structure and the development ofthe principle of legality in human society This chapter outlines the four secondary principles ofthe principle of legality,...
... (CEDAW); • the International Convention onthe Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; • the Convention onthe Rights ofthe Child (CRC); • the International Covenant on Economic, Social, ... the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; • the Convention onthe Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW); • the International ... RIGHTS PROVISIONS INTHE PROTOCOL This section examines key reproductive rights protections inthe protocol within the context of existing international protections for women.20 The section supplies...
... at the child’s growth chart Clinical examination (including growth assessment) There are no specific features on clinical examination that can confirm that the presenting illness is due to pulmonary ... the routine diagnosis of TB in children HIV testing In areas with a high prevalence of HIV infection inthe general population where TB and HIV infection are likely to co-exist, HIV counselling ... formulations and dosing of first- and second-line TB drugs in children DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDREN The diagnosis of TB in children relies on careful and thorough assessment of all the evidence...
... synonym inthe language for the intended conversion-verb, as is the verb to ring, conversion of bell into to bell would not take place, since the meaning is already contained inthe existing ... inclinations towards being converted into nouns 36 Onthe other hand, in combinations with adverbial particles the situation is considerably different In phrasal verb conversion into nouns, these ... undergo a slight change of pronunciation or spelling The most important kinds of alteration are (1) voicing of final consonants, and (2) shift of stress (1) Voicing of final consonants (noun-verb)...
... meaning ofthe saying "pay through 15 the nose" or "run like the wind" can be understood by looking the words up in a dictionary and using some common sense and imagination and the context ofthe phrase ... multiword expression Individual components of idiom can often inflated inthe same way words in a phrase can be inflected This inflection usually follows the same pattern of inflection as the idioms ... presenting although they still remain national specific characteristics Because of people being the emotion, there is similarity in respect of going through inthe impression of objective things...
... Simultaneously, the voluntary efforts of bearing down increases the intra-abdominal pressure, facilitating the development of a stripping wave, resulting in stool evacuation Common causes of constipation in ... colon.20 These fi ndings suggest an increase in inhibitory neurons inthe aging colon, affecting gut motility However, the ignificance of s these studies is unclear since these findings could ... patients consuming fewer meals and caloric intake are more prone to constipation.26 Clinical Interventions in Aging 2010:5 Dovepress New treatment options for constipation inthe elderly Chronic constipation...
... confirmation ofthe authenticity of products This is where application of nanobarcodes incorporated into printing inks or coatings has shown the potential for use in tracing the authenticity of ... designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever onthe part ofthe Food and Agriculture Organization ofthe United ... careful consideration ofthe biokinetics and binding characteristics ofthe ENM under consideration In vitro and in vivo testing Testing systems: One ofthe most important questions for the safety assessment...
... Amount of instructional time in experiment Information about what other literacy instruction participants were receiving, including whether or not the interventions included spelling instruction ... Details of instructional time and of instruction received by the intervention groups, cont Author, date Information about what other literacy instruction participants were receiving, including whether ... Review ofthe Research Literature onthe Use of Phonics inthe Teaching of Reading and Spelling Carole J Torgerson * Greg Brooks ** Jill Hall * * University of York ** University of Sheffield The...
... terminals ofthe magnetizing winding onthe sample; or the induced pressure in a secondary winding onthe sample mav be measured, this method eliminating the resistance-drop inthe magnetizing winding ... stating that the distortion ofthe wave ofthe exciting current is due, not to the energy lost inthe iron, but to the magnetic characteristic or the bending ofthe saturation curve, and therefore ... form This brings up the question ofthe desirability of extending Dr Bedell's investigation to still higher harmonics, the fifth, seventh, ninth, etc An interesting investigation ofthe wave-shape...
... (cognitive) factors inthe regulation of gait One common way to study effects of cognition on gait is by examining the effect of a secondary cognitive task onthe control of locomotion The dual-task ... coordination Table 1: List of movement Stroop words (Dutch original in parentheses) walking jumping climbing waving kicking bending lifting clambering skating playing football jogging leaning skiing ... multiplying stride time by the speed ofthe treadmill, and by then adding the (positive or negative) change inthe x-direction ofthe marker at the moment of heel strike relative to the position of the...
... inhibited by incorporating NH4Cl inthe Al The decomposition of NH4Cl enhances the porosity ofthe Al melt thereby promoting the transfer of Al into the gas stream Onthe other hand, the reaction of NH4Cl ... 6d Conclusion We have investigated the synthesis of In2 O3 NCs by direct oxidation ofIn with O2 and also by the incorporation of NH4Cl intheIn under N2 The reaction ofIn and NH4Cl yields InN ... point out that the In2 O3 NCs were also obtained via the sublimation of NH4Cl inIn under the presence of O2 for T \ 900 °C In contrast, no In2 O3 NCs were obtained inthe case ofthe oxidation of...
... the discriminant ofthe characteristic equation of (2.2) and (2.3) The following John H Jaroma 147 two theorems pertain to the rank of apparition of a prime ofthe form 2n p ± inthe Lehmer sequences ... results for the rank of apparition of a prime ofthe form 2n p ± inthe sequences of Fibonacci and Lucas numbers In both sequences, R = −Q = and ∆ = R − 4Q = First, inthe following category of primes, ... Lehmer’s modification ofthe Lucas sequences shown in (2.2) and (2.3) was motivated by the fact that the discriminant P − 4Q ofthe characteristic equation of (2.1) cannot be ofthe form 4k + or...
... determined using the analysis of Section for the FIR filter If the filterbanks are capable of perfect reconstruction with independent bins, then the sum ofthe error power within each bin of this equaliser ... equalisers and That is, the number of bins inthe frequency domain implementation is equal to the number of time domain taps On the Compensation of Delay inthe Discrete Frequency Domain noise cancellers, ... then the sinc function is sampled only at its peak and at its zero crossings In this case, the summation inthe denominator of (13) equals unity and the SNR is in nite 2046 EURASIP Journal on...
... critical for the metabolic degradation of dopamine (Blanchard et al., 2011) It is involved inthe function of dopamine inthe prefrontal cortex ofthe human brain thus it is involved in frontal lobe ... β-defensin (DEFB1) may have unfavourable consequences onthe Th1 cytokines causing an over abundance of these proteins in some 20 An International Perspective onthe Future of Research in Chronic ... changes inthe expression of certain genes involved inthe signalling pathways of these immune indices MAPK9 codes an important signalling molecule known as the JNK2 protein kinase and its disruption...
... shows the inequality between the last term ofthe first line and the first term inthe second line of (3.10) For graphs consisting of more than two cycles or paths there is no total ordering by ... numerator ofthe right-hand side of (4.10) Divide this number of choices by the number of permutations of {1, , rn} to deduce the lemma Using the methods inthe proof of Theorem 4.4 we get the Corollary ... stated first our conjectures inthe first version of this paper in Spring 2005 Since then the conjectured were restated in [3, 4] and some progress was made toward validations of these conjectures We...
... thus the weight ofthe tree remains the same If j is the parent of j + 1, then they have the same common ancestors with i; otherwise, the common ancestors of i and j become the common ancestors of ... 1) Theorem (cf Dobrow/Smythe, Theorem 7) In a random increasing tree with n nodes from a simple family, the distribution ofthe depth of node k is the same as the distribution ofthe number of ... corollary: Corollary The probability that j lies onthe path between and k does not depend on k Remark None ofthe above theorems depends onthe size ofthe increasing tree Inthe case of very simple...