... Table listing the identity ofthe PCR primers used forthe production ofthe amplicons, their exact coordinates on the genomes, the sizes ofthe probes generated andthe success ofthe amplification ... manuscript EG, SJ, and FK participated in the design and coordination ofthestudy EG and FK funded the studies All authors read and approved the manuscript Additional material 10 11 12 13 Additional ... printing ofthe array and performed some ofthe expression studies KY carried out the HHV-6A sensitivity experiment JQ participated in the design ofthe experiments for analysis EG and AP drafted the...
... is formed by tandem repeats of individual LRRs The β-strands together form the concave surface ofthe horseshoe/solenoid structure andthe α-helices form the convex surface, lining the outer circumference ... denotations For example, βA and αA are the first β-strand andthe first α-helix, respectively The loops are named by the alphabetical letters ofthe secondary structures they connect For example, the ... cultures andthe expression is influenced by a number of factors including transfection efficiency ofthe given cell type, the quality and quantity of DNA taken up by the cells, the cytotoxicity of the...
... underlying the techniques of X-ray and neutron and digital radiography It then proceeds to discuss the application of these techniques forthestudyof objects of cultural heritage significance Professor ... produced, and how the artefact is produced using those materials For example: what are the origins ofthe yellow, red and black pigments of parietal paintings ofthe Magdalenian era in the caves ofthe ... conservation strategy for preventive conservation, and apply all necessary controls before, during, and at the end ofthe process of restoration 2.7 Forecasting and optimisation ofthe short- and long-term...
... sky near sunset As they walk, the grandfather tells tales ofthe Old Ones, the elders ofthe community, andof their wisdom As the boy absorbs the stories and begins to make their wisdom his own, ... listen forthe breath (that is, the spirit) ofthe ancestors in the voices of fire and water We are then told that those who have died "have never left" and that they are "not under the earth." Rather, ... earth." Rather, they are in the rustling trees, the groaning woods, the crying grass, andthe moaning rocks They are also in the woman's breast, the wailing child, the home, andthe crowd The last line...
... 20% of those are accepted The other 80% often have to spend another year to improve their examination score hoping to get in the year after Some apply to the other 400 private universities and ... though satisfying the needs of customer is not a new organizational concept, it is still very new for educational institutions Therefore, the objective of this study is to understand student satisfaction ... improve it or what they dislike about the services and how to fix the flaws Free Powerpoint Templates Page There are many gaps between customer and service provider Understand these gaps will...
... and in the quality ofthe final disparity maps Forthe assessment ofthe systems a hardware/software platform is developed, which is suitable to prototype and test image processing functions The ... Each row of Figure 13 presents the left image ofthe reference pair, the ground truth andthe depth maps produced by the plain SAD and DP hardware systems, without their enhancements The main ... filtering and replacement of bad matches The result produced by the enhanced version ofthe DP accelerator is shown in Figures 18(b) and 18(d), while the output ofthe plain DP system is shown for...
... penalizing them forthe altruistic act oforgan donation This review was performed in order to measure the impact of altering the use ofthebraindeath determination protocol at the University of Pennsylvania ... in those with brain death, allowing definition ofthe contours ofthe head in such subjects (Fig 2) For each patient in group I, the specific timing ofthe first and second braindeath examinations ... by, and therefore billed to, the OPO during and after thebraindeath stay were not credited against the patient as braindeath stay charges All data are displayed as mean ± standard error of the...
... different types of experiments she has undertaken in thestudyofthe mechanisms underlying the degradation of photographic media In the first, she describes the degradation of old black -and- white ... synchrotron radiation beamlines andofthe strengths and limitations of their photon delivery systems Descriptions will be given of typical beamlines and their monochromators, both ofthe mirror and single-crystal ... electron trajectory add incoherently, andthe total flux from the array is 2N times the appropriate formula for a bending magnet, with the values of B and R taken at the point ofthe (a) (b) Fig...
... Gordon andthe copy editors and typesetters who transformed the diverse styles ofthe manuscripts into the style ofthe Handbook; and to the graduate students who helped so much with the proofreading ... to other articles in the Handbook These may occur either in the body ofthe article in the form THE TITLE OFTHE ARTICLE IN SMALL CAPS, or at the end ofthe article, designated as “Related Reading.” ... environment the inputs to the organism—while the activity ofthe environment will be responsive in turn to aspects ofthe current activity ofthe organism, the outputs ofthe organism The inputs and...
... less adequate help for their problems There are several limitations to this study This study is part of an evaluation ofthe National Plan for Mental Health that was adapted to thestudy aims, the ... Head ofthe Department of Research and Development at the Alcohol and Drug Treatment Health Trust in Central Norway and Associate professor at the Norwegian Centre for Addiction Research at the ... Addiction Research, for valuable help in the final revising ofthe manuscript SINTEF Health Research forthe use ofthe data material Thestudy was funded by the Norwegian Research Council The people...
... describes the work and transmits the final report oftheCommittee on Proposal Evaluation for Allocation of Supercomputing Time fortheStudyof Molecular Dynamics, Second Round Thecommittee ... committeeof experts to evaluate the proposals submitted in response to the aforementioned RFP Thecommitteeof 17 was chaired by Dr Robert L Jernigan, Director ofthe Baker Center for Bioinformatics ... the areas of protein-lipid interactions and channel functions and who provided thecommittee with an initial assessment of a subset ofthe proposal submissions The goal ofthe second RFP for Biomolecular...
... depends on the kind of data used (e.g the level of detail andthe amount of inherent ambiguity) andthe sampling method ‘Geometric’ methods might limit the number of orientations selected for docking ... assessment of which residues ofthe labeled molecule are perturbed by the formation ofthe complex One then repeats this procedure with the second molecule labeled Under the assumption that the perturbed ... In the docking literature one often finds the distinction between ‘bound’ and ‘unbound’ docking: the former refers to docking using the structures ofthe single proteins as they are present in the...
... by ligaments andthe translations within the knee at every timestep during the gait cycle The authors found that the ACL carried loads throughout the stance phase and that these loads peaked early ... model; the body segment inertial parameters; kinematic behavior ofthe joints; the bony geometry and muscle attachment locations; the mathematical model of muscle force generation; the muscle force ... function such as the aggregate deviation from a given motion Each of these choices has the potential to affect the performance ofthe simulation and thus may also affect the validity of clinical applications...
... p67phox and Rac2 are critical forthe function ofthe complex [25,60], whereas p40phox and p47phox function as adaptor proteins and are responsible forthe assembly ofthe complex [61] The precise ... in thestudy base who, during thestudy period andforthe first time, received a diagnosis of RA based on the American College of Rheumatology criteria of 1987 [5] All cases were examined and ... randomly selected from thestudy base and matched on age, sex and residential area Ofthe cases and controls, 71% and 72%, respectively, are female; the mean age was 51 ± 13 years in cases and...
... important part ofthe IDES forms While the Harris Hip Score andthe Knee Society Knee Score and Function Score are integrated into Clinical Evaluation subforms ofthe hip and knee modules, the AOFAS ankle ... a standardized tool for proper and uniform documentation and reporting of interventions and outcomes, we have developed a new set of questionnaires, which conform to the principles of IDES The ... are of similar structure andthe additional subform pre-revision radiology deals with angles, radiolucent lines, and radiographic abnormalities like cysts and component subsidence The followup forms...
... between them The aims ofthestudy are to: (i) Describe the frequency and pattern of co-occurrence of radiographic features of symptomatic OA in the following foot joints: the 1st MTPJ, the 1st and ... asking the participant to walk on the spot for a few steps and then stand relaxed Forthe dorso-plantar view the participant will stand with the plantar aspect of both feet on the detector The x-ray ... in the conception and design ofthe study, and drafting ofthe manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests HBM is Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Foot and...
... 10 11 12 13 The authors declare that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions BS and VT participated in the design ofthe study, performed the experiments and drafted the manuscript ... involved in the entry of numerous viruses [39-41] andthe TJ proteins CLDN1 [7] and occludin [8,9] have recently been shown to be involved in HCV entry Therefore, we assessed the expression and organization ... 4B shows that the majority of Huh7 cells were positive forthe HCV E2 glycoprotein and that the entire aggregate was permissive for HCV infection rather than just the cells at the periphery,...
... 10 11 12 13 The authors declare that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions BS and VT participated in the design ofthe study, performed the experiments and drafted the manuscript ... involved in the entry of numerous viruses [39-41] andthe TJ proteins CLDN1 [7] and occludin [8,9] have recently been shown to be involved in HCV entry Therefore, we assessed the expression and organization ... 4B shows that the majority of Huh7 cells were positive forthe HCV E2 glycoprotein and that the entire aggregate was permissive for HCV infection rather than just the cells at the periphery,...
... as the liver, lungs, andbrainThe uniqueness of this model is derived from its lack of NK cells; therefore, the lack of innate immunity allows forthe presentation of a susceptible model forthe ... T and B lymphocytes This mutation resulted in the ability of these mice to accept foreign tissues, therefore allowing the engraftment of human cells and/ or tissues This model represents the landmark ... suitable for a specific kind of experimental model Here, we focus on the development of each of these models forthestudyof human retroviral infection, i.e., with HIV-1 and HTLV-1 The comparison of...
... duration ofthe second subsystem, and hence leads to the decrease ofthe idle duration ofthe first subsystem Similarly, the fourth subsystem will increase the Td (n) ofthe first subsystem, andthe ... reviews and discusses the two major areas related to the work described herein These are thestudyof TCP performance in adhoc networks andthe mathematical approaches to model TCP in the Internet ... transmission window is determined for a n-hop chain and is the value of BDP plus Chapter Introduction 1.3 Organization ofthe Thesis The rest ofthe thesis is organized as follows In Chapter 2,...