... muscle, joint or bone pains Statistical analysis All data were entered and analysed on SPSS version 14.0 (SPSS, Chicago, IL, USA) In order to assess the variables that were significantly associated ... research assistants, three male and three female, (three doctors and three nurses) so that each patient was interviewed by a research assistant of the same sex The explanation indicated that the ... SRQ scores we used analysis of variance (ANOVA) for ordinal variables and Pearson 's correlations coefficient for continuous variables as SRQ scores were normally distributed and homogeneity of...
... constituents such as infinitives Associations (eg part/subpart) and ellipsed items are not allowed in determining elements of Cf We adopted a commonly used C f ordering: Subj > DO > IO > Other Linear sentence ... 6In case of conflict, recency takes precedence 7Annotators must not confer during annotation, so a training dialog is used to clarify unclear annotation instructions In this case, the annotators ... propose a method of evaluating amodel against centering rule 2, measuring the 'cost' of the listener 's inference load A cheap transition has Cbn = C p , - I , otherwise it is expensive Models with...
... text in making its judgements; the original message input to the generator is available as a basis for comparing what was intended with what was actually said The goal is to notice the relationships ... section,we apply this model to the revision of an example summary paragraph The initial generation ofa text involves making decisions of various kinds Some are conceptually based, such as what information ... by indentation in writing, and structurally, such as by initial sentence adjuncts Paragraphs are recursive structures, and thus may be composed of embedded paragraphs In this respect they are similar...
... was ruled out because it is associated with the advanced age (Kawasaki disease and giant-cell arteritis) Sarcoidosis is also considered as a differential of TA, but is only diagnosed after all ... subclavian arteries Page of Discussion Based on the clinical history, examination, imaging studies and serum electrophoresis our patient was diagnosed with Type I TA with beta thalassemia trait ... Kumar V, Abbas K, Fausto N: Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease edition Elsevier Saunders; 2004 Maffei S, Di Renzo M, Bova G, Auteri A, Pasqui AL: Takayasu s Arteritis: a review of...
... a large sample of native Israelis working in the same occupations and workplaces as the immigrants As in BLS, we have data on language knowledge and wages at two points in time Thus, we are able ... consists of physicians and nurses at seven hospitals, including five of the largest hospitals in Israel and two smaller hospitals Interviewers attempted to survey all native Israeli and Russian immigrants ... knowledge, across skill classes Our results are largely supportive of that research We have data on a large sample of immigrants who are not native English speakers, primarily Russian immigrants This...
... BLV strains: BLV Arg 38, BLV GAGA, BLV A and BLV CG The consensus sequences are shown at the bottom A dash is shown in the consensus sequences in areas of nonagreement The bullets show areas of ... BLV strains: BLV Arg 38, BLV GAGA, BLV A and BLV CG The consensus sequences are shown at the bottom A dash is shown in the consensus sequences in areas of nonagreement The bullets show areas of ... oversaw experiments in Syracuse, and participated in data analysis All authors participated in manuscript preparation and experimental design All authors read and approved the final manuscript...
... BLV strains: BLV Arg 38, BLV GAGA, BLV A and BLV CG The consensus sequences are shown at the bottom A dash is shown in the consensus sequences in areas of nonagreement The bullets show areas of ... BLV strains: BLV Arg 38, BLV GAGA, BLV A and BLV CG The consensus sequences are shown at the bottom A dash is shown in the consensus sequences in areas of nonagreement The bullets show areas of ... oversaw experiments in Syracuse, and participated in data analysis All authors participated in manuscript preparation and experimental design All authors read and approved the final manuscript...
... b-gal cat cells SH-SY5Y cells stably transfected with the plasmid containing b-galactosidase cDNA (b-gal) Western blot analysis revealed a significant 1.6-fold increase in a- synuclein expression ... a cellular modelof a- synuclein overexpression, the human neuroblastoma cell line SH-SY5Y was stably transfected with the plasmid containing human a- synuclein cDNA (a- syn) As a control, we used ... significant changes as a consequence of a- synuclein overexpression or as a result of the association of dopamine treatment with a- synuclein overexpression (Fig 3B) The same analysis performed on all...
... choices about quality of life issues CHOICES for Seniors programs include: • Health Insurance Assistance (HICAP): Provides free information, counseling and assistance to seniors about Medicare, ... free line provides information to seniors and their families about Medicare benefits and rights of appeal LAMP staff also offer legal assistance and referrals for non-Medicare cases and coordinate ... centralized information source for senior services and a referral service that coordinates with local providers • Counseling: Provides general assessment of and appropriate assistance to seniors...
... the task As Table demonstrates, we use a small random selection of data consisting of 10 dialogues from each of the Shared Visual Information and No Shared Visual Information conditions Each of ... contexts First, amodelof referring behavior that integrates a component of shared visual information can be used to increase the robustness of interactive agents that converse with humans in real-world ... these parameters in detail Second, we plan to appreciably enhance the integrated model It appears from both our initial data analysis, as well as our qualitative examination of the data, that...
... emphasized that an individuating set is the result of the speaker 's beliefs, not a mirror of what is actually the case A speaker may possess two distinct individuating sets that, unbeknownst to ... think of Shakespeare in terms of this aspect In the second statement, the speaker does not select any particular aspect of Shakespeare from the relevant individuating set Indeed, he may not care ... already been written Called BERTRAND, this program interprets a small subset of English statements, and stores the information in its database, which it then uses to answer questions Individuating...
... tracersdays measured6-OHDA lesion of dopamine terminal loss and inflammaA) Using A) Using micro-PET and selective radioactive tracers we measured in vivo the extent of dopamine terminal loss and ... apoptosis of dopaminergic neurons in hemiparkinsonian rats Brain Res 2004, 996:237-245 Adams FS, LaRosa FG, Kumar S, Edwards-Prasad J, Kentroti S, Vernadakis A, Freed CR, Prasad KN: Characterization ... software and cell density was calculated for striatal and midbrain volumes The striatum was outlined according to anatomical landmarks following the Paxinos atlas[31] To avoid bias in the outline of...
... pixel) using Axiovision 3.1 software Digital images were analyzed using KS300 analysis program (Zeiss) Percentage of immunostained area (area of immunostaining/total image area × 100) was Page of ... photomicrographs presented in Figure 1A, and image analysis using KS300 analysis program (Zeiss) of sections from multiple animals demonstrated that the mean % thioflavine positive area in oligo A and ... image analysis, data analysis and manuscript preparation; IH performed immunohistochemistry, image analysis, data analysis and presentation and assisted with perfusions and animal care; OY performed...
... mouse sVCAM-1 (R & D Systems Inc., MN, USA), according to the manufacturer s instructions The assay sensitivity was 30 pg/ml Statistical analysis All results are presented as mean ± SEM For in ... was used to examine the statistical significance ofin vitro assays Repeated measure test and post hoc Duncan test was used to analyze the statistical significance of VCAM-1 and CD11b studies ... microphotograps per level were analyzed using the Image J software designed by National Institutes of Health Results are presented as intensity of staining per vessel in case of VCAM-1 study or percentage...
... EN, Braak E: Staging of brain pathology related to sporadic Parkinson s disease Neurobiol Aging 2003, 24:197-211 Gallagher DA, Schapira AH: Etiopathogenesis and treatment of Parkinson s disease ... signalling in the pathogenesis of PD Phaseolus vulgarisleucoagglutinin and biocytin, injected into striatum, can later be found in substantia nigra pars reticulate (SNpr) and substantia nigra ... hemiparkinsonian rats Unilateral injection of 6-OHDA into medial forebrain bundle (MFB) induces the loss of dopaminergic cell in the ipsilateral SNpc and was used as a hemiparkinsonian animal modelin this...
... manifestations of adaptive mechanisms to avoid unsteadiness and falling during walking In conclusion, the CatWalk-assisted automated gait analysis system revealed that unilateral infusion of 6-OHDA ... diagonal paws It is used as a measure of inter-paw coordination Step pattern There are a total of six possible step sequence patterns that a rat can use as it places its four paws one after another ... spinal cord contusion and transection injuries Journal of Neurotrauma 2001, 18:187-201 11 Hamers FP, Koopmans GC, Joosten EA: CatWalk-assisted gait analysis in the assessment of spinal cord injury...
... non-Newtonian fluid, as shown by Eq (5) Cross sectional area ΣRc is constant ina Murray system and the cross sectional area of vessels is proportional to ΣR-2 As a consequence, the cross sectional area ... coordinates, this model results ina linear relation between viscosity and shear rate The fluid is shear-thinning like blood (i.e viscosity decreases as shear rate increases) if n
... ECL system (Amersham Pharmacia Biotech, Uppsala, Sweden) Histone3 (Sigma, St Louis, MO, USA, 1:500) was used as an internal control Statistical analyses Data are expressed as mean ± standard ... described in Materials and Methods Tissue biopsy was performed from lumbar L4-L5 spinal cord tissues at indicated time points as described A RT-PCR analyses of TLR4 mRNA expression in rat lumbar spinal ... MAPK kinases activate extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), p38 MAPK, and stress-activated protein kinase/c-Jun N-terminal kinase (SAPK/JNK) (37) MAPKs are important for intracellular signal...
... presents the analysis of results from the main study Critical tasks of this chapter are testing the scales, reliability testing and exploratory factor analysis The final qualified variables of ... of variables represents a discriminated aspect of the construct being studied These extracted variables then can be used as independent variables in later analysis The EFA model is expressed in ... which ranges from 1-strongly disagree to 5-strongly agree, was used in this study 3.4.1 Scale to measure rational associations Scale to measure service quality As discussed in chapter two, banking...