... is consistent with the often-found ten-dency in the field of addiction to evaluate the impact of psychopathology on the outcome of a treatment interms ofthe severity ofthe psychological/psychiatricproblems ... during the period of treatment. TEC is the percentage ratio between the number of urinalysesthat proved to be negative for the presence of morphine and the number of urine analyses that the protocol ... to one ofthe five differentsubtypes on the basis ofthe highest factor scoreachieved (dominant SCL-90 factor). This procedureallows the classification of subjects on the basis of theirdominant...
... reduces the pep-tide binding affinity by 100-fold andthe lifespan of the complex by 10-fold, as judged by koff. The physiologicalchaperone cycle probably consists ofthe rapid binding of the ... hypothesize that the proton-ated state ofthe chaperone initiates this cycle, whereas the deprotonated state occurs upon completion of the maturation process ofthe partner. The nature of the signal ... common feature of this newfamily of chaperones. It is worth mentioning that the function of these proteins is not restricted to the recog-nition and binding ofthe N-terminus ofthe nascentmetalloprotein,...
... account the economies of scale in household consumption, suchas the costs of having a refrigerator and lighting, which are somewhat the same regardless ofthe number of per-sons in the household. ... ormore) in the preceding 12 months, and using the public system as their source of health care (Table 3). The use of pre-scribed medications in the preceding 3 months andthe number of visits ... both for the entirepopulation of Bambuí and for just the older persons in the community. The results of this study do not con-firm the observations in some devel-oped countries of a lack of associationbetween...
... stretching of the sulphonic acid. The peaks at 818 cm− 1 and 800 cm− 1were observedfor PANI_PTSA and PANI_HCl_PTSA due to the C–H out of plane bendingvibration. Therefore, the compliance ofthe ... non-solvent. Thermogravimetric analysis investigated the thermal properties of the solid PANI salts. Elemental analysis of both PANI synthesized in presence of PTSA and PANI synthesized inpresence of ... measured as the time between the entry of ammonia gas to the polyaniline sensor and the saturation of its response. The recovery time is the time in be-tween the saturation response to the initial...
... was washed off with freshmedia. The cells were incubated without or with curcuminfor 4 and 8 h, and then stained with PI. The effect of curc-umin on the kinetics ofthe release ofthe mitotic ... depolymerization of both the interphase and mitotic microtubules of MCF-7 cells after 24 h of incubation (Fig. S1A,B). In the control population, 70% and 30% ofthe mitoticcells were found to be bipolar and ... ofthe mitotic cells were mono-polar in the presence of 24 lm curcumin, suggestingthat curcumin induced the formation of monopolarspindles. The effect of curcumin on the polymerized mass of microtubules...
... replications ofthe suggested method of choosing subsets (16 firms) ofthe original sample are tested. The test results reject the hypothesis that there is no difference between the groups and substantiate ... approaches, and (2) that the most serious change in the majority of these ratios occurred between the third andthe second years prior to bankruptcy. The degree of seriousness is measured by the yearly ... contributions of each independent variable; (2) evaluation of intercorrelations among the relevant variables; (3) observation ofthe predictive accuracy ofthe various profiles; and (4) judgment of the...
... carries the greatest burden of HIV infection and where large-scale ignorance about the cause and preven-tion ofthe disease prevails.Several studies have reported the knowledge, attitude, and behavior ... dis-semination of information to the citizenry of Nigeria hasbeen reported previously.[11,14] The present study fur-ther strengthened the evidence that the mass media ismaking the desired impact ... acknowledging their HIV status. Itwas not surprising, therefore, that the majority of the patients said that they would maintain secrecy should any of their family members become HIV-positive. The schizophrenic...
... in the equations are the first differences ofthe trade balance and balance of payments ratios andthe first differences ofthe difference between the domestic and foreign ratios for the other ... Furthermore, 10 ofthe 15 countries havethe largest deficit ofthe 7-year period in the 3 years following devaluation, and two more havethe largest deficit in the year of devaluation. Ten of the 14 ... case, the results are esentiallv thesame for both the trade balance and the balance of payments. The results, therefore, do not appear sensitive to either the weighting wheme or the tvpe of...
... degradation of land-scapes, there is a need for better understanding of the mutual interaction between the landscape and the urbanization that transforms the landscape and is the basis for ... 69.43%, and in 1974 it was 44.24% of the size ofthe area of interest. Commercial zone had only begun to appear there in 1988, when they ac-counted for 0.16% ofthe area. At thesame time, the ... on the functional properties of a landscape. Any changes in the landscape structure (in space and time) change the course of energy-material flows in the landscape, affect the permeability and...
... the argument in the proof of Theorem 3.2, the number of ways of embeddings ofthe n − i − juntwisted edges is 2n−j−i(n − j − i)!G(n, j + i). Hence, for the given i and j, the number of embeddings ... 2k, then each of the 2xjsemi-edges can be the first semi-edge in Aj, i.e., each ofthe 2xjletters can be the first letter in the liner order of letters Aj. According to Theorem 3.1 and ... study the flexibility of embeddings of Bnon the projective plane andthe Klein bottle. The numbers of embeddings of Bnonthese two nonorientable surface are obtained in explicit expressions. Then...
... the nitrogen and quercitolconcentrations and C:N ratios ofthe bark andthe defoliation as the predictor variables, were conducted with the RSQUARE procedure(SAS 8.1). The significance ofthe ... astandard. For the determination of soluble sugars and cyclitols, 20 mg of the lyophilized and pulverized bark material from the control and the repeatedly defoliated oaks (one sample per tree and ... determinedas the slope b ofthe linear relationships between the log values of rela-tive conductivity (RC; %) ofthe incubation solution andthe duration of bark tissue incubation (h) during the investigation...
... establish Theorem 6. We begin by noting that two graphs X and Y have thesame zeta function if and only if they havethesame number of primitive circuits of identical lengths.Proposition 7. Let X and ... between Rn and Zl and between Ln and Zr.By Theorem 10, these two expressions are equal, and so the number of circuits in Rnwhich use the bridge 2k times is thesame as the number of circuits ... In the next section, weprove t hat the theorem is true in general by showing t hat for all natural numbers k, thereare thesame number of circuits of length k in Rn and Ln.2. Proof of Main...
... diffi-cult and requires a modification ofthe method [25, 26].Assessment of needle traces of spruce starts with the innermost tree ring close to the pith of each annualshoot. Sandblasting ofthe surface ... assessment ofthe folia-tion of spruce by means ofthe needle trace method],Dissertation Thesis, Univ. Hamburg, 1997.[25] Sander C., Eckstein D., Reconstruction ofthe foliation of Picea abies ... the vary-ing hardness ofthe wooden tissue andthe needle tracesbecome visible as small “pins” (figure 2). They arearranged in diagonal lines according to the phyllotaxis of the needles. The...
... between 44%, and 75% [6-10]. The significance and the severity of ventricular diastolic dysfunctionamong these patients are not well elucidated. On the other hand, estimation ofthe degree of DD peri-opera-Published: ... recognition and diagnosis of this entity and relies on the aggressive man-agement ofthe underlie aetiology of this insidious dis-ease.Competing interests The authors declare that they have no ... captopril, and β-agonists (or decreasing the action of phospholamban), results in improvement of diastolicrelaxation [28].Pathophysiology and diagnosis of DDAnother aspect of DD is the relationship...
... ystemic therapy capable of reversing the aggressive nature of this disease is cur-rently not available [5]. Therefore, an understanding of the molecular mechanisms of osteosarcoma is one of the ... -CCCCAGAAAACCCGAGCGAGT-3’ , antisense strand 5’ -GGGCACCGCGTCCGCTAATC-3’,Theexpressionofinterestgeneswere determined by normalization ofthe threshold cycle(Ct) of these genes to that ofthe control b-actin.Western ... cells.Effects of LV-COX-2siRNA-1 on VEGF, EGF and bFGFexpression in SaOS2 cellsTo further elucidate the mechanism of LV-COX-2siRNA-1-mediated downregulation of invasion and migration, the expression of...