... plants, insects and mammals [1] In microorganisms, regional centromeres are also extensive; in Schizosaccharomyces pombe they cover 35110 kb [2] Less common are 'point' centromeres, such as those ... the human × chromosome has a conserved core of α-satellite repeats (approximately 170 bp) stretching over 2-4 Mb and flanked by long regions with multiple retrotransposon insertions [5] In S ... Chromosome Res 2004, 12:557-567 Steiner NC, Hahnenberger KM, Clarke L: Centromeres of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe are highly variable genetic loci Mol Cell Biol 1993, 13:4578-4587 Pidoux...
... old male chicks were obtained from 37 different pure lines consisting of 12 broiler (B), 12 layer T = traditional line; L = commercial layer line; B = commercial broiler line Origin of chicks; ... three chicken breeds to pre-slaughter shackling and acute heat stress Br Poult Sci 2005, 46:527-535 Mitchell MA, Kettlewell OJ, Maxwell MH: Indicators of physiological stress in broiler chickens ... from patients with Duchenne muscular-dystrophy Clin Chim Acta 1985, 147:215-221 Dworakowska B, Dolowy K: Ion channels-related diseases Acta Biochim Pol 2000, 47:685-703 Taylor CS: Multi-breed designs...
... presence of P falciparum schizont parasite antibodies in their sera (a : 20 dilution of sera was used) The few Aotus monkeys testing positive for the presence of P falciparum schizont parasite antibodies ... parasite antibodies were returned to the jungle The Aotus monkeys testing negative for P falciparum schizont parasite antibodies were distributed in random groups of five or six for immunization Each ... the 15 days of the experiment Nonprotected monkeys developed patent parasitemia on days or 6, reaching levels of ‡ 6% between days and 10 After receiving treatment with antimalarial drugs in paediatric...
... performed using Students' t-tests and Mann-Whitney U-tests for continuous variables and Pearson's Chi- square tests for dichotomic variables Page of (page number not for citation purposes) The dataset ... significant and all tests were performed using the SPSS 12.0 software package for Windows (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) Results Rheumatoid arthritis patients with and without cardiovascular disease ... made using Students' t-tests or Mann-Whitney U tests for the continues variables and Pearson's Chi- square tests for dichotomic variables aSignificant CVD, cardiovascular disease; DMARD, disease...
... isolated area largely bordering on Germany All in-patient healthcare is provided by a single teaching hospital, supplied with all diagnostic and therapeutic facilities All drug prescriptions are ... regarded as significant All analyses were performed with SPSS for Windows, version 12.0.1 (SPSS, Chicago, IL, USA) The study was approved by the Medical Ethics Reviewing Committee of the Medisch ... other than the selected control, 15 denied taking NSAIDs, 17 refused, had been hospitalised in a psychiatric hospital, was a case who had already been included as such, and for 12 controls relatives...
... homeostasis and chronic disease Cell Mol Life Sci 2002, 59:1117-1128 Taniguchi N, Kawahara K, Yone K, Hashiguchi T, Yamakuchi M, Goto M, Inoue K, Yamada S, Ijiri K, Matsunaga S, Nakajima T, Komiya ... 0.67 Variables that were not listed in the simple and multiple linear regression models did not achieve P < 0.1 Adjusted R2 of the multiple linear regression model = 0.25 aLogarithmic (base e) ... 0.03 0.04 to 0.82 Variables that were not listed in the simple linear regression model did not achieve P < 0.1 Adjusted R2 of the multiple linear regression model = 0.30 aLogarithmic (base e)...
... is elevated, an abrupt rise of at least 0.5 mg/dl to more than mg/dl is all that is required to achieve class Failure Statistical analysis The central tendency for continuous data is expressed ... by means of the Hosmer-Lemeshow statistic We analyzed hospital survival across groups using the chisquare and the Kaplan-Meier methods, and we tested differences between groups using the log-rank ... significant Analysis was performed with the statistical software package SPSS 11.0.1 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) Results Characteristics of patients with acute kidney injury A total of 5,383...
... children’s achievement than children who worship less frequently Parental Concerns about Children's Achievement by Family Structure: U.S Children Aged 6-17, 2003 Source: National Survey of Children’s ... of children’s religious attendance and parental concerns about children’s achievement Children who worship at least monthly are slightly more likely to have parents concerned about their children’s ... Children Whose Parents Were Contacted by School about Children’s Problems by Family Structure: U.S Children Aged 6-17, 2003 Source: National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) 45 Percent of Children...
... divided into quartiles: low p 0–0.6 chicks/year raised on average, below average p 0.6–0.8 chicks/year, above average p 0.8–0.92 chicks/year, high p 0.92–1 chicks/year (regression analysis: reproductive ... convenience: low p bottom third of range (0–0.60 chicks/year), average p middle third of range (0.61–0.80 chicks/year), high p top third of range (0.81–1 chicks/year) B, Differences in annual breeding ... can raise a maximum of one chick per year Breeding success in a given year was therefore defined as a binary response variable, with indicating successful (i.e., raised a chick to the age at which...
... GHQ-12 in a general population sample: an investigation of long-term retest effects Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2000, 35:508-512 Rosenthal NE, Bradt GH, Wehr TA: Seasonal Pattern Assessment ... Montgomery County, Maryland Arch Gen Psychiatry 1989, 46:823-833 Beck AT, Ward CH, Mendelson M, Mock J, Erbaugh J: An inventory for measuring depression Arch Gen Psychiatry 1961, 4:561-571 Partonen ... Psychiatry Res 2004, 128:245-251 Michalak E, Tam E, Manjunath CV, Levitt AJ, Levitan RD, Lam RW: Quality of life in patients with seasonal affective disorder: summer and winter scores Can J Psychiatry...
... Taniguchi K, Clark HF, Forrester B: Polymerase chain reaction amplification and typing of rotavirus nucleic acid from stool specimens J Clin Microbiol 1990, 28:276-282 Green KY, Sears JF, Taniguchi ... visualization of genetic variation Embnet News 1997, 4:14 Okada J, Urasawa T, Kobayashi N, Taniguchi K, Hasegawa A, Mise K, Urasawa S: New P serotype of group A human rotavirus closely related ... Hummelman EG, Bresee JS, Miller MA, Glass RI: Global illness and deaths caused by rotavirus disease in children Emerg Infect Dis 2003, 9:565-572 Rao CD, Gowda K, Reddy BS: Sequence analysis of VP4 and...
... brain parenchymal fraction (BPF) are detailed in Additional File Data Analysis SPSS (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, version 15.0) statistical program was used for all statistical analyses One-way ANOVA ... Raine CS: Multiple sclerosis–the plaque and its pathogenesis N Engl J Med 2006, 354:942-955 Lucchinetti CF, Bruck W, Lassmann H: Evidence for pathogenic heterogeneity in multiple sclerosis Ann ... communication and signal transduction J Biol Chem 2000, 275:25616-25624 Stockinger W, Brandes C, Fasching D, Hermann M, Gotthardt M, Herz J, Schneider WJ, Nimpf J: The reelin receptor ApoER2 recruits...
... GraphPad Prism 3.0 (GraphPad Software Inc, San Diego, CA, www.graphpad.com) and SPSS 13.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL) software Between-group differences were evaluated by the Mann-Whitney test Correlations ... Foundation (to ZI) 14 References 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Ceulemans AG, Zgavc T, Kooijman R, Hachimi-Idrissi S, Sarre S, Michotte Y: The dual role of the neuroinflammatory response after ischemic ... from the CRP Pooling Project members Stroke 2005, 36:1316-1329 Song IU, Kim YD, Kim JS, Lee KS, Chung SW: Can high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and plasma homocysteine levels independently predict...
... Taniguchi K, Clark HF, Forrester B: Polymerase chain reaction amplification and typing of rotavirus nucleic acid from stool specimens J Clin Microbiol 1990, 28:276-282 Green KY, Sears JF, Taniguchi ... visualization of genetic variation Embnet News 1997, 4:14 Okada J, Urasawa T, Kobayashi N, Taniguchi K, Hasegawa A, Mise K, Urasawa S: New P serotype of group A human rotavirus closely related ... Hummelman EG, Bresee JS, Miller MA, Glass RI: Global illness and deaths caused by rotavirus disease in children Emerg Infect Dis 2003, 9:565-572 Rao CD, Gowda K, Reddy BS: Sequence analysis of VP4 and...
... 46:498-507 13 Heimburger DC, Koethe JR, Nyirenda C, Bosire C, Chiasera JM, Blevins M, Munoz AJ, Shepherd BE, Potter D, Zulu I, Chisembele-Taylor A, Chi BH, Stringer JS, Kabagambe EK: Serum phosphate predicts ... independently predicts HIV-related outcomes among women and children in a resource-poor setting AIDS 2007, 21:2067-2075 12 McDermid JM, Jaye A, Schim van der Loeff MF, Todd J, Bates C, Austin S, Jeffries ... April 2011 Published: 10 April 2011 References Stringer JS, Zulu I, Levy J, Stringer EM, Mwango A, Chi BH, Mtonga V, Reid S, Cantrell RA, Bulterys M, Saag MS, Marlink RG, Mwinga A, Ellerbrock TV,...
... related research has already been presented in a workshop on sound sketching [10], although the focus was on vocal sketching only In practical situations in which people communicate sound information ... noisy construction site (mainly the machinery noise of a jackhammer) sound of fireworks sweeping tone knock (knocking on a hard material like a door, twice) chirping of an insect (like a cricket) ... from laser printers and copy machines and their contribution to product image,” in Proceedings of 17th International Congress on Acoustics, p 3C.16.01, 2001 [6] K Yamauchi, M Takada, and S Iwamiya,...