... analyses Bone biomarkers Biochemical markersofboneturnover were assayed in archived serum and urine stored at -70°C We measured two serum bone formation markers: osteocalcin and bone- specific ... Crutchfield M, Jannausch ML: The associations ofbone mineral density andboneturnovermarkers with osteoarthritis of the hand and knee in pre- and perimenopausal women Arthritis Rheum 1999, ... knee Bone density measurement In addition, the Framingham participants underwent measurement taken ofbone mineral density (BMD) Because bone density may influence the levels ofbone biomarkers and...
... 509-8492 Website: www.boneandcancerfoundation.org Email: bcfdn@aol.com The Boneand Cancer Foundation is a program of The Paget Foundation for Paget’s Disease ofBoneandRelated Disorders, an ... Multiple myeloma Disease of the bone marrow in which certain cells grow out of control and break down bone Oncology Branch of medicine dealing with cancer Pituitary gland Master gland in the brain that ... development for the treatment of men with bone metastases Osteoporosis in Men with Prostate Cancer 14 Q What is osteoporosis? A Osteoporosis is a condition of general loss ofbone mass that can lead...
... effects of TNF blockade on local boneturnover TNF blockade was initiated at the stage of early arthritis and was continued for six weeks We then determined the extent of local bone damage and quantified ... compartments of periarticular bone, where a direct in situ analysis ofboneturnover would be of interest (Figure 1) The first is the cortical bone directly adjacent to articular cartilage at the cartilage-pannus ... as well as osteoblasts per bone perimeter (cell numbers per millimeter ofbone surface), and the amount ofbone surface covered by osteoclasts and osteoblasts (percentage) All analyses were carried...
... Birds and tissues analyzed Page of observed by visual examination of different fields of the tissue from at least birds of each species of specific age as observed under 200× magnification of light ... epithelium of the species of birds even at Page of one day of age, indicate that both avian and human influenza viruses may utilize these receptors for binding to initiate infections The presence of ... distribution and intensity of a2,6SA-gal (stained by MAA) and a2,3SA-gal (stained by SNA) receptors on different tissues of 1-day-old, 2-4-week old and adult layer chickens, ducks and turkeys Pillai and...
... their aim to facilitate the freer and wider dissemination of information of all kinds” and “encourage cooperation in the field of information and the exchange of information with other countries” ... international legal provisions related to the subject; 2) on the examination and assessment of the efficiency, the advantages and disadvantages of various international and national content regulation ... the Moscow Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension of the CSCE and in breach of Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Article 10 of the European Convention...
... and ganglion, and the expression profile of DTKR corresponds with immunostaining of DTKs, suggesting the involvement of DTKs in the control of hormone release, and modulation of chemosensory and ... diversity of neuropeptides such as the TK and TKRP family is correlated with the evolution and divergence of the nervous system and their biological roles, and thus, functional characterization of oct-TKs ... ORF of 430 amino acids flanked by 33 bp of 5¢-UTR and 66 bp of 3¢-UTR Multiple sets of clones in every PCR were analyzed, and gave identical nucleotide sequence The sequence showed the presence of...
... method of measuring bone density The T-score relates bone density to young, healthy, race and gender-matched bone It is easily obtained and provides an objective quantitative number The T-score and ... model and the explanatory variables of Tscore and body mass index demonstrated that the femoral failure rate could be as high as 87% if a patient has a T-score of -2.4 and a body mass index of 43 ... T-score of 2.3 and a body mass index of 28 kg/m2, which was revised to a THA at two months post-operatively; the other case was in a female patient with a T-score of -2.1 and body mass index of 28...
... set sample size and parameters were approximately 1200 male and female adults aged between 20 and 59 years, with an equivalent number of males and females in each age bracket Of approximately ... The Japanese version of the SF-8 meets the standard criteria for content and the construct and criterion validity [17] The practical advantage of SF-8 is briefly to assess and directly compare ... 964, p = 007), andage level (Male: Wilk's λ = 921, p = 004; Female: Wilk's λ = 929, p = 012) were significant Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes...
... than demand and often a low percentage of total production is sold in the fair-trade market, for instance in the case of coffee from Kagera, KNCU and Arusha cooperatives in Tanzania, andof Kuapa ... Wildlife and landscape management (10) Crop rotation and variety choice Demonstration and recording of what is being achieved is provided by measurements of performance and control of whether standards ... harvesting and post harvest handling and facilities Environmental standards include criteria on the selection, use, storage and transportation of pesticides and fertilizers; use of integrated crop management;...
... standard error of the biomass stock in ageclass i, rV,i the relative standard error of the estimate for total stem volume in age- class i, and rbef,i is relative standard error of the BEF in age- class ... is relative standard error of the total biomass (sum of all ageclasses), Wi the biomass stock in age- class i and rstock,i is the relative standard error of the biomass stock in age- class i These ... in the Svealand and Götaland regions In Svealand, the use of BEFs for Norway spruce in young stands resulted in lower, and in mature stands, higher biomass estimates than did use of the biomass...
... environmental and global domains of QOL Age had no significant impact on any of the domains of QOL (data not shown) Association of psychological stress and QOL Tables and present results of separate ... sex, age, level of stress and quality of life The statistical significance of differences between groups was tested with Mann-Whitney-U-test (tables and 3) Each quality of life domain was correlated ... 75% of the probands had a monthly income of 350 U.S $ or less (Table 2) Psychological stress, clinical, social and demographic factors Table presents mean comparisons of the domains of quality of...
... the relevance of CTX-II to cartilage collagen metabolism in situations of oestrogen Page of 12 (page number not for citation purposes) deprivations, and addresses therefore several of the above ... Karsdal MA: Effects of ovariectomy and estrogen therapy on type II collagen degradation and structural integrity of articular cartilage in rats: Implicationsof the time of initiation Arthritis ... sequence of the α1 chain of human and rat type II collagen Intra- and inter-assay variations (CVs) were lower than 9% and 14%, respectively [20] Serum levels of Helix-II were measured in rats, and...
... genome-based tree and given the coverage of our strain collection andof the MLST database, we estimate that about half of the circulating strains of S pneumoniae fall into one of the six lineages To quantify ... different regions of the alignment θ ranged between 7.06 × 10-5 and 0.019, with an average of 0.0032, while r ranged between 9.3 × 10-5 and 0.98, Page of 19 Figure Histogram of the number of genomes ... ancestor of the S pneumoniae species (1), of the S mitis species (2), andof the S pneumoniae-S mitis complex (3) composed of 1,888 genes, and the genome of the common ancestor of S pneumoniae and...
... characteristics and depression -related attitudes of older adults and participation in stages of implementationof a multi-site effectiveness trial (PRISM-E) International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry ... Journal of Mental Health and Aging 2000, 6:29-38 53 Bonvicini KA: The art of recruitment The foundation of family and linkage studies of psychiatric illness Family Process 1998, 37:153-165 54 Levkoff ... Institute of Psychiatry and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust The funding body had Page of 10 no role in study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in...
... efficiency in terms of improved vision and quality of life outcomes, compared with current standard management, and the extent to which the initial cost of ranibizumab will be offset by savings ... probability of no change in visual acuity by subtracting the probability of an increase of ≥ 15 letters from the probability of a loss of < 15 letters, and the probability of a loss of 15 letters ... ranibizumab: the cost of medical care for age- related macular degeneration, the cost of medical care attributable to vision loss, and the cost of caregiving by family, friends and professional carers...
... The variability of FibroTest and ActiTest was acceptable without clinical consequences for the prediction of the stage of liver fibrosis and grade of activity Standardized methods and assay calibration ... methods and enzymatic calibration should be used particularly for GGT and ALT assays Expression of ALT and GGT in multiples of the upper limit of reference values should be avoided Page of 10 (page ... aminotransferase (ALT) and γ-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) variability according to laboratory and units of enzymatic expression: international units (IU) and upper limit of normal (UNL) Page of 10 (page number...
... The maximum values ofmarkersof collagen Page of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) synthesis and degradation did not differ between those receiving steroid treatment and those who did ... on the maximum PINP and PIIINP and maximum lactate level (P < 0.001 for both PINP and PIIINP) and PINP and PIIINP and liver and kidney-specific SOFA scores ROC curve analysis of maximum PIIINP ... PINP and ICTP values of the septic patients and controls on day one were compared In addition, the maximum PIIINP, PINP and ICTP values of the surgical and medical, survivors and non-survivors, and...
... investigated the effect of therapeutic dose enoxaparin and four doses of DAA on blood coagulation status andmarkersof fibrin formation, activation of fibrinolysis, and fibrin dissolution in ... the analysis of laboratory markersof coagulation and fibrinolysis activation Samples were lost in two cases, and could not be used for laboratory analysis due to pre-analytical and handling mistakes ... anticoagulant effect of enoxaparin, leading to more rapid decline in soluble fibrin and the other fibrin -related markers in patients with high levels of these fibrin -related markers The currently...
... NUS and the Department of Pharmacy for the award of my research scholarship My PhD committee; A/Prof Paul Ho and A/Prof Chan Sui Yong had been very supportive and understanding Madam Napsiah and ... pathophysiology, symptoms and triggers of asthma, while Section B assessed their understanding of asthma medication, including the mode of action, usage and side effects of the main classes of asthma medication ... and demographics 106 4.3.2 Overall performance for Asthma Perception (AP) and Asthma Treatment and Management (ATM) Sections 107 4.3.2.1 Influence of socioeconomic and sources of...
... perceptions of agriculture The study of images may be able to contribute to both of these problem areas 17 Images When an individual views an image there are many ways in which that image can engage ... perceptions of images picturing traditional and conventional livestock housing………………………… 108 5.1.6 Objective 5: To assess a sample of the general public‟s knowledge and perceptions of current and proposed ... perceptions of images picturing traditional and conventional livestock housing………………………………………………….88 4.6 Objective 5: To assess a sample of the general public‟s knowledge and perceptions of current and...