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... source of protein for many people living inthe sampling watershed However, at the same time, levels of contaminants in fish are of considerable interest because ofthe potential effects on the ... than the Indonesian drinking water standard (1000 ng/l) (Public Health Minister of Indonesia, 2002) The highest of mercury concentrations at st 403 is related to the location ofthe sampling point, ... source of water pollution The primary pollution ofthe river associated with gold mining is mercury using inthe gold extraction process However, the impacts of mercury on river environments in the...
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... IMPROVEMENT INTHECLINICALLABORATORY FIGURE 1.1 Example of an error reporting form for theclinicallaboratory ACCURATE RESULTS INTHECLINICALLABORATORY VARIATION, ERRORS, AND QUALITY INTHECLINICAL ... quality program to minimize theclinical impact of errors intheclinicallaboratory ACCURATE RESULTS INTHECLINICALLABORATORY VARIATION, ERRORS, AND QUALITY INTHECLINICALLABORATORY References ... determine appropriate corrective actions and process improvement initiatives ACCURATE RESULTS INTHECLINICALLABORATORY ERRORS INTHECLINICALLABORATORY TABLE 1.1 Types of Error intheClinical Laboratory...
... treatment of selected RDQ scales; 2) assessmentofthe concordance between RDQand physician-generated ratings ofdisease severity; and 3) assessmentofthe internal consistency reliability ofthe translated ... Lind are AstraZeneca employees, and Ingela Wiklund was an employee at the time ofthe study 15 16 Authors' contributions FJ was the principal investigator inthe study, and was involved inthe ... defined as +5 to +7 Other assessments At both clinic visits, a clinical trial assessment interview and a physical examination were conducted by the investigators Patients were asked about the...
... homeodomain regions harboring the tooth-agenesis mutations; rather, they locate to other regions ofthe protein, some inthe remaining conserved motifs described above, and some outside them (Figure 1a, ... Interpreting pathogenicity from sequence conservation and protein motifs Finnerty et al [1] examined the impact of amino acid changes inhuman MSX1 using the multivariate analysis of Journal of Biology ... those involving the MH1C domain) The authors further proposed that the CL/P variants are acting as dominant-negatives Although ingenious, this explanation is not entirely convincing From the genetic...
... depth of 500 μm [18] The signal intensity therefore provides information on the superficial collagen integrity of cartilage The decrease in signal intensity in site C cartilage (Figure 3b) and the ... and an increase of water content induces the decrease ofthe speed of sound [25] The water content increases with the swelling ofthe tissue [27-29] Swelling in fibrillated cartilage [27] with ... cartilage The greater degree of hydration inthe grade cartilage affects the interval between signals Information such as the macroscopic findings of cartilage degeneration is therefore helpful to interpret...
... treating single de novo lesions in patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease has been examined inthe first four trials ofthe ongoing ENDEAVOR clinical trials program The results of these ... however, the incidence of MACE inthe ZES treated group was 10% at the end ofthe two year follow-up (Table 4) Additionally, the incidence of Q wave MI ranged from 0% to 0.3% inthe first four ... with the in- hospital incidence of MACE (1.7%) for the ZES treated group in our study Despite the small population size used in our study, our results confirm the in- hospital rate of MACE of E-Five...
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... TK1 Inthe first crystal structure of TK1-type enzymes ofhuman and mycoplasmic origin [14], the feedback inhibitor dTTP was bound inthe substrate pocket, similar to the binding of dTTP to the ... origin ofthe two classes of deoxyribonucleoside kinases However, the exact binding of ATP is not clear, as the enzyme is a tetramer with dTTP inthe active site for all TK1 structures except the ... [27– 29] Inthe light of these effects, the complex regulatory and structural properties of hTK1 may be important for maintaining a balanced supply ofthe DNA precursor This underlines the importance...
... from the earthen shrimp ponds and leakage from sludge piles during rainfalls Inthe south of Thailand, the most obvious impact from the leaking of brackish water to the surroundings is the loss of ... Figure Mangrove roots In Chapter the values ofthe mangrove forest and the impacts ofthe destruction ofthe mangroves are described in greater detail In short, the values ofthe mangrove forest ... accumulation of elevated mud walls around the bottom ofthe ponds The trapped larvae are prevented from returning to the sea with the withdrawal ofthe tide by a screen placed inthe sluice ofthe wall...
... suggesting that steric hindrance can again be evoked to explain the lack of affinity of [(R)-b2-HPhe8]SP for the NK-1 receptor Gly9 inthe sequence of SP constitutes a hinge between the helical domain ... ofthe pyrrolidine ring or non optimal F-value However, the introduction of a second methyl group on the Ca of Gly9 in [Aib9]SP induces a strong repulsive interaction Although the three b-amino ... authors b-alanine) has been previously introduced inthe sequence ofthe C-terminal heptapeptide of NKA, another peptide ofthe tachykinin family that binds the NK-1 and NK-2 receptors [HGly8] NKA(4–10)...
... member of these complexes suggesting that regulation of trehalose synthesis and breakdown may be integrated mechanisms These findings indicate a divergence inthemolecular designs controlling trehalose ... considering themolecular mass of each putative subunit, 84 kDa) An intriguing fact is that there is a small but reproducible shift inthe elution behavior of trehalase depending on the nature ofthe ... allow the construction of vectors with Ha6H tag fusions at the C-terminus The resulting plasmids were digested at the unique SfiI site within the ntp1+ coding region (at position 1665) and the linear...
... residues for binding the coenzyme The C-terminal domain has a largely a-helical structure, and serves mainly in substrate binding The active site is located inthe interdomain cleft, and contains a highly ... mm), and so the choice ofthe constant level of Fru was not critical for determination of DKm (1.23 0.15) The KIE data in Table are instrumental in delineating the kinetic mechanism of AfM1PDH ... value of $ 3, indicates that NADH binds to the enzyme prior to binding of Fru6P The absence of a KIE on kcat Km for the substrate binding rst is a clear requirement ofthe strictly ordered kinetic...
... rain forest, the massacre of Father Nery Lito Satur and several others inthe Philippines, and the public hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other members ofthe Movement for the Survival ofthe ... waste dumping, natural resource exploitation, and the consequent degradation ofthe means of subsistence of indigenous people The roles ofthe state and MNCs in suppressing the rights of communal ... non-core countries Basically, institutionalized discrimination refers to the policies ofthe dominant institutions inthe core and the behavior of individuals who control these institutions and implement...
... suggestive of CD without increasing the risk of misclassification Preconditions are • • • • high quality serology including EMA taking quantitative antibody levels into account HLA typing full information ... 04-E029-2, 2004 NICE Clinical Guidelines 86 Coeliac Disease: Recognition and assessmentof coeliac disease UK, May 2009 Guidelines: AHRQ (USA, 2004) Main issues Sensitivity/specificity of serological ... Agenda • • • • Change inclinical paradigm Definitions of coeliac disease New diagnostic guidelines Algorithms Interlaken ESPGHAN criteria (1979) Small intestinal biopsy: villous atrophy...