... comprehensive treatise by Finlayson-Pitts and Pitts (1986), and reference should be made to reviews on tropospheric air pollution (Finlayson-Pitts and Pitts 1997) and atmospheric aerosols (Andreae and ... of freshwater environments — lakes and rivers — fewer relate to the marine environment In view of the area of the globe that is covered by open sea this may seem surprising, and the degradation ... alteration, ozone formation, and destruction, and the possible environmental roles of trichloroacetic acid and nitroarenes The analysis and distribution of these and other—transformation products...
... stipulating activities of air and inland waterway freight forwarding services has put obstacles and created gaps for enterprises to take advantages, resulting in negative impacts in business activities ... improve the transaction standards and the quality of business activities for enhancing the efficiency of export and import activities, expanding the external economic relations and co-operate with ... logistics industry in Vietnam and continue to give comments on revising Commercial Law with chapters pertaining to logistics activities Follow up and give comments on revising Vietnam Maritime Code,...
... price, brand, and brand prominence In a first logistic regression (columns and of Table 4), we include price and brand information but omit brand prominence In a second regression (columns and of ... dissociate from the poseurs and proletarians In Study 3, we test this directly by studying the impact of brand and brand prominence on signal recognition vis-à-vis brand recognition and price knowledge ... from individual luxury brands Chanel (most expensive), Louis Vuitton, and Coach (least expensive) For each brand, we selected a bag pre-tested to rate at the high end on the prominence scale and...
... price, brand, and brand prominence In a first logistic regression (Columns and of Table 4), we include price and brand information but omit brand prominence In a second regression (Columns and of ... the individual luxury brands Chanel (most expensive), LV, and Coach (least expensive) For each brand, we selected a bag that was pretested to rate at the high end on the prominence scale and one ... inexpensive fillers (one Ralph Lauren, one Kipling, and one Longchamp) For both LV and Coach, the quiet handbag was more expensive than the loud handbag For Chanel, the loud bag was more expensive and...
... scintillation detector As shown in Fig 2, the radioactive substrate was virtually completely depleted and up to 94% of the proffered radioactivity was transformed into lipidsoluble material Next, ... consecutive action of three recombinant E coli enzymes (specified by the ispD, ispE and ispF genes) has been described [24–29] Orthologs of ispD and ispE from Arabidopsis thaliana and tomato, respectively, ... label between (Z)- and (E)-methyl groups of DMAPP derived units and for the corresponding IPP-derived internal units A similar partial scrambling of label between the (Z)- and (E)-methyls of...
... with and activate CaMKs Previous reports have demonstrated that CaMKs can phosphorylate PKB, ERK and JNK in vitro [23,33,35] However, little is known about the expression of kinases directly activated ... of ERK phosphorylation and a dramatic inhibition of PKB phosphorylation (Fig 2) Although there are some indications that CaMKIV and CKLiK may influence ERK activation in vivo [23,35], our data ... family of serine/threonine kinases activated by binding of Ca2+/calmodulin and includes, CaMKI, CaMKII, CaMKIV, CKLiK and CaMKK Until now there has been no evidence for a specific role of these...
... an excitation wavelength of 280 nm, as described previously [16,41] Papain and cystatin concentrations were 1.0 and 1.2 lM, respectively, giving > 99% saturation of enzyme with inhibitor in analyses ... Cystatin and cystatin-derived peptides have antibacterial activity against the pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis Biol Chem 379, 1371–1375 Collins, A.R & Grubb, A (1998) Cystatin D, a natural salivary ... and a favorable T cell response J Immunol 166, 4020–4028 10 Ruzindana-Umunyana, A & Weber, J.M (2001) Interactions of human lacrimal and salivary cystatins with adenovirus endopeptidase Antiviral...
... bands are equal to each other and they merge into one wide band ranging from 476 nm to 533 nm The blue and green bands are characterized by radiation transition of electrons from conduction band ... in ZnS and Co in ZnO, the self-activated luminescence bands characterized by vacancies of zinc and oxygen are extinguished or their intensities decrease In PL spectra of ZnS:Cu, ZnS:Mn and ZnO:Co ... the conduction band down to acceptor levels and levels of Cu2+ ions in the band gap of ZnS, respectively in which acceptor is vacancies of Zn bonding to Cl (VZn - Cl) The 693 nm band of bulk sample...
... MATERIALS AND METHODS Biological material Wild-type, E139K, E139Q and E139D forms from Anabaena PCC 7119 FNR were produced as described previously [24] UV–visible absorption spectroscopy and SDS/PAGE ... c reductase activity The effects observed by replacement of E139 in FNR were larger when analysing cytochrome c reductase activity (Table 3), where, apart from the interaction and ET Table Kinetic ... ˚ The Vm is 3.3 A3/Da with one FNR ˚ and c ¼ 96.37 A molecule in the asymmetric unit and 63% solvent content Data were processed and reduced with MOSFLM and SCALA from the CCP4 package [26] The...
... included epileptiform activity as well as other pathologies not limited to glioma and misery perfusion syndrome Thus, an EEG was obtained, and it confirmed nonconvulsive seizure activity from the right ... did not reveal evidence of stroke (Figure 1) Discussion Stroke mimics account for 5-30% of “brain attacks.” Of those patients receiving thrombolytic therapy in the European Cooperative Acute Stroke ... would offer good accuracy and sensitivity in such cases [12] However, it is often not utilized because of its decreased availability in contrast to the short acquisition time and wide availability...
... metastasis preoperatively is also very small In a series reported, sensitivity and spesificity of PET in the diagnosis of liver metastasis was 85% and 74% respectively, 67% and 88% in lung metastasis ... Standard histopathological confirmation could not be possible So, sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values and accuraccy could not be calculated Ozkan et al World Journal of ... is known to have a low sensitivity and spesificity at N staging of the Page of Table The rates of concordance and discordance and calculated Kappa values for PET/CT and spiral CT CONCORDANCE DISCORDANCE...
... postoperative pelvic RT (A) Pelvic failure-free survival and (B) Overall survival rates treatment for liver metastasis before receiving pelvic RT The two year pelvic failure-free survival rates ... liver metastasis stage, local treatment for liver metastasis, and adjuvant pelvic RT, in order to determine their influence on pelvic control and overall survival For pelvic failure-free survival, ... median survival to fourteen to twenty-four months [4-6] Resection of both the primary and metastatic liver tumors resulted in a median survival of thirty-seven months and a five-year survival rate...
... an overall survival rate of 59.2 month, in stage II of 58.5 month, in stage III of 47.7 month and in Masaoka stage IV survival rate of 49.8 month were found (Fig 1) The 5-year survival rate decreased ... patients in stage II, in stage IIIandand were referred to IVa or IVb, respectively (Table 1) 85% of the patients staged in WHO A-B2 were classified in Masaoka stage I and II Nineteen patients presented ... Survival rates were calculated with the Kaplan-Meier method, statistical difference in survival was determined by using the log-rank test and in case of significance a univariate analysis and...
... CRP and fibrinogen this relationship is determined by body adiposity and not by insulin sensitivity or glucose control [11] On the other hand, NASH is characterized by increased spleen size and ... radiations and with reduced costs Obviously, a clear differentiation between FL and NASH in the spectrum of NAFLD is quite impossible without liver biopsy that is not always performed for ethical and ... ascertain j) the differences, if any, between young obese individuals with such an apparently harmless phenotype without IR and young obese individuals with IR, jj) the correlation between the http://www.journal-inflammation.com/content/6/1/6...
... the data JG and LDV participated in the design of the experiments DI and WV conceived and supervised the study WV, FL, LDV and MH helped to draft the manuscript All authors read and approved ... third cell division (D) Cell line Lower semicell formed after the first, upper semicell after the second cell division (E) Cell line 18 Upper semicell resulting from the first cell division, after ... during cell division and growth could be observed Line 11 exhibited strong lobe elongation without loss of growth polarity after the first cell division (Figure 8B) The lobes were stretched and rounded...
... support devices has not substantially improved survival In an analysis of risk factors and outcomes for postcardiotomy mechanical support in 19,985 Cleveland Clinic patients, 0.5% received circulatory ... circulatory support with overall survival of 35% [7] Included were patients who were converted to the HeartMate I implantable system and bridged to transplantation with 72% survival In the absence of the ... [2] A collective review of 279 patients who had dialysis-dependent coronary bypass reported a 12.2% hospital mortality [3] Similarly the Mayo Clinic Group reported a 14% perioperative mortality...
... cardiomyopathy is characterized by volume and pressure overload of the left and/ or right ventricle The ventricular wall and the interventricular septum are stretched and therefore thinned The myocardial ... significantly smaller, free of noise, and have lower power consumption than the pulsatile devices (Fig 2) Most of these devices are placed above the diaphragm and not need a pocket between two abdominal ... the application of mechanical assist devices as a method to save the lives of patients who are facing imminent death [17] The development of cardiac assist devices has made much progress within...
... undergoes an elective surgical procedure and subsequently develops stress gastritis and life-threatening upper gastrointestinal bleeding Despite adequate and aggressive resuscitation and medical management, ... short and long term Therefore, off-label use of FVIIa in this setting is not only warranted but also potentially beneficial and life saving Con: Recombinant FVIIa is not a cure for all bleeding Sandro ... and should not preclude its use Con’s response: Use of rFVIIa requires not only bleeding but also a reasonable expectation of benefit Sandro Scarpelini and Sandro Rizoli Many believe that rFVIIa...
... ảnh hưởng vi cấu trúc, đơn vị bề mặt, nhiệt độ, số lượng chất kết tủa thể vùi (có thể hiểu loại vi khuẩn) vi cấu trúc kim loại, tất chúng chắn ảnh hưởng đến vai trò có lợi yếu tố hợp kim vi c chống ... ý vi c ngoại suy phải thực cách cẩn thận, đặc biệt nói đến môi trường kiềm, chẳng hạn môi trường liên quan đến cấu trúc xi măng bê tông Ví dụ, số báo gần số kết bất ngờ đó, điều kiện kiềm, vi c ... đóng vai trò vi c ổn định pha austenite Biểu thức thường sử dụng chống ăn mòn lỗ gọi số tương đương (PREn) Như đề cập từ trước, PREn có quan hệ đến thành phần nguyên tố đóng vai trò vi c kháng...
... expression in human BM- and AD- MSCs Table B and C represent data from two donors cells of AD-MSCs Mouse IgG1 and IgG2a were used as the isotype controls and five thousand events per antibody ... buffer and loaded with 5μM Fura2/AM (Molecular Probes, Invitrogen Singapore) Human BM- and AD- MSCs were separated into samples of 0.2 million cells, and were incubated at 37oC for 30 and agitated ... human BM- and AD- MSCs proliferation Figure 4.6 Function of S1P and serum in human BM- and AD- MSCs proliferation Human BM -and AD- MSCs were cultured in different conditions for days, and cell...