... the early stageof atherosclerosis, the number of Cx43 gap junction plaques increased and the diameter of gap junction became smaller in during endometrial thickening During the progression of ... connections The present study aimed to detect the expression of Cx40 and Cx43 in the artery at early stageof high fat diet induced atherosclerosis and to investigate the effects of AT1 antagonist ... changes The internal wall of vessels was slick in the normal group, while lumens were smaller in the high fat diet group than in the normal group Vessel wall is in the condition of rugosity and the...
... O1: the degree ofthe participation before the experiment of Class A O2: the degree ofthe participation at the end ofthe experiment of Class A O3: the degree ofthe participation before the ... and at the end ofthe experiment were compared and then some conclusions were drawn out about the relationship between the use ofthe two techniques and the level ofthe participation in the classroom ... each stage, the researcher and the other teacher in turn observed the two classes in four lessons Then the researcher took the average amount ofthe students’ ‘time-on-task’ and ‘time-off-task’ The...
... the Battle ofthe Bulge BOB MCBRIDE: “For about the first twenty-one days, they had us out walking But most ofthe German soldiers were civil people They were like neighbors of ours back in the ... bests But the heritage goes much deeper Numbers can’t capture the spirit and the grit Here is the story of Notre Dame football—told by the men who lived it PART I THE FORTIES SHADOW OFTHE ROCK ... but there were priests all over the place Many ofthe classes were taught by priests The rector of every dorm was a priest Then, on every floor of every dorm, you had a prefect He was another...
... treatment reduces coughing, the amount of sputum produced, the number of organisms in the sputum, and the viability ofthe organisms in the sputum However, the duration of therapy required to decrease ... Factors That Increase the Risk for Probability ofTransmissionof M tuberculosis The probability ofthe risk for transmissionof M tuberculosis is increased as a result of various environmental ... potential ongoing transmission for the respiratory therapists (because of evidence of health-care–associated transmission) The rest ofthe setting was classified as medium risk To address the problem,...
... Warkentin D, Ship JA The role of salivary 20S JADA, Vol 138 function in modulating chemotherapy-induced oropharyngeal mucositis: a review ofthe literature Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod ... M Management of salivary hypofunction during and after radiotherapy Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2007;103(supplement 1):S66-S73 Bergdahl M Salivary flow and oral complaints ... colonization ofthe lungs with gram-negative anaerobes from the gingival sulcus.21 Dentures The lack of saliva and lubrication in the denture-mucosal interface can produce denture sores, and retention of...
... the core ofthe "lending view," we focus the empirical analysis on the change in bank loans.9 Because ofthe limited length ofthe time series for constrained banks (23 quarters), the power of ... reduce their lending as a result ofthe imposition of a formal regulatory action, and that the response BANK LENDING AND TRANSMISSIONOF MONETARY POLICY 61 occurs discretely at the time ofthe bank ... quarters of data, the power ofthe statistical test is low Nonetheless, the results are broadly consistent with the simple model from the previous section Moreover, the evidence highlights the fact...
... structure The thirteen exons ofthe fad49 gene on chromosome 11 are represented by vertical bars in the top part ofthe figure The size of each exon is indicated in the bottom panel the database ... isolate the full-length ORF of human fad49 We first used the human genome database to predict the ORF region of human fad49 by splicing out the introns and combining the exons ofthe ORF of human ... studied relatively thoroughly In contrast, the overall mechanisms of events in the early stageofthe differentiation programme, including MCE and induction ofthe C ⁄ EBPb and C ⁄ EBPd genes, remain...
... short-term rates, so the outcome depends upon the direction and extent ofthe impact ofthe official rate change on expectations ofthe future path of interest rates A rise in the official rate could, ... rate is the ‘official rate’ mentioned above The box opposite outlines how the Bank implements an official rate decision in the money markets The quantitative effect of a change in the official ... discussion ofthe role of monetary aggregates in thetransmission mechanism Part II provides some broad quantification ofthe effects of official interest rate changes under particular assumptions There...
... the Soviet Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) were engaged in a dangerous confrontation The end ofthe Cold War, the collapse ofthe Warsaw Pact, and the dissolution ofthe ... commitments ofthe NATO Treaty’s Article 5.5 Yet, like other members ofthe EAPC/PFP, Russia is excluded from these aspects of NATO’s role as a nonsignatory ofthe treaty From the North ... attack occurs, each of them, in exercise ofthe right of individual or collective self-defence recognised by Article 51 ofthe Charter ofthe United Nations [UN], will assist the Party or Parties...
... distribution ofthe myocarditis lesions in the affected hearts The number of myocarditis lesions and their surface proportion were determined with H&E-stained sections ofthe hearts ofthe untreated ... Evaluations for the severity of myocarditis and virus replication The prominent cardiac inflammation area is observed in Figure The percentage ofthe pathological area ofthe heart sections in the BIFN, ... not clear whether oral administration of IFN can treat CVB3-induced myocarditis in vivo In this study, the effect of IFN-transformed B longum by oral administration on the development of CVB3-induced...
... minimize the number of animals and their suffering during the experiments, and procedures were approved by the Ethics Committee ofthe University of Barcelona under the supervision ofthe Generalitat ... adjusted volume feature of Quantity One 5.6.4 software (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Hercules, CA, USA) Data are expressed as the ratio ofthe band intensity ofthe protein of interest to the loading control ... grades ofthe disease, 0.5 was added to the lower score To study the effects ofthe drug, two different administration protocols were performed: in the first one, treatment began on the first day of...
... distribution ofthe myocarditis lesions in the affected hearts The number of myocarditis lesions and their surface proportion were determined with H&E-stained sections ofthe hearts ofthe untreated ... Evaluations for the severity of myocarditis and virus replication The prominent cardiac inflammation area is observed in Figure The percentage ofthe pathological area ofthe heart sections in the BIFN, ... not clear whether oral administration of IFN can treat CVB3-induced myocarditis in vivo In this study, the effect of IFN-transformed B longum by oral administration on the development of CVB3-induced...
... where n is the index ofthe selected PRB, and Qs,n denotes the CQI ofthe PRB n reported from the UE s In other word, the UE with the highest data rate acquires the highest priority The PF algorithm ... After all, for the efficiency of power consumption, the MP algorithm considers the transmit power and the number oftransmission bits at the same time The implementation complexity ofthe MP scheduling ... order ofthe ratio ofthe transmit power Ps,n to the number oftransmission bits bs,n as follows: (s, n) = arg s,n f bs,n Ps,n = arg , s,n gs,n bs,n bs,n (4) where gs,n is the channel power of the...
... it can provide high -transmission rates of up to 70 Mbps [12, 13] Of course, there is a tradeoff between the distance and transmission rates WiMAX is now in its early stageof deployment and is ... site The third is a compact helicopter live video transmission system to send video images ofthe drill site The portable live video transmission system is to send detailed information ofthe ... each other via a fixed attenuator and a variable attenuator To measure the maximum transmission rate, software called “Iperf ” was used This software can measure the maximum transmissionof a network...
... injected with the mosquito's saliva into the bloodstream 3 An unsuspecting victim is bitten and the parasites are injected with the mosquito's saliva into the bloodstream They then travel to the liver ... at night, when the vast majority of mosquito bites occur And they can reduce transmission as much as in areas with high coverage rates distributes these nets with the support of many organizations ... but they’re usually $$$$$ And erradicating the mosquitos isn’t easy… But there is a solid alternative Protective Nets Protective Nets Insecticide-treated bed nets prevent thetransmissionof malaria...
... from the stand Presently the stand is in the final phase ofthe intermediate forest stage An important role for the relatively fast emergence ofthe intermediate stage forest was played by the ... ofthe total fine root biomass in the intermediate forest correspond to the data presented by other authors The distribution ofthe total fine root length in the soil profile corresponds to the ... assumed that the reason for the fast decrease in the root tip number is the higher proportion of roots from the larger diameter classes together with the decline ofthe root length in the finest...
... comparison ofthe early events of infection between E urophylla and both strains of P tinctorius shows important differences at the interface Indeed, it seems that the plant reacts to the presence of ... with strain was in evidence at the surface ofthe fungal plasmalemma as well as in the vacuoles The plasmalemmal activity was detected when the hyphae were close to the roots, while it was nearly ... surface Where the hyphae are in contact with the root, a thickening ofthe host plant cell wall can be observed, resulting from deposition of dense granular or fibrillar materials on the internal...
... On the basis of these observations, we hypothesized that proliferating RA-SF express a specific set of genes that promotes proliferation and/or inhibits the apoptotic process Thus, the aim of ... further experiments Then, the efficiency ofthe amplification and the optimal cycles were confirmed for each set of primers After this optimization, we compared the expression of each gene All PCR ... mention just the name of clones in our experiments lining of synovial tissues, and the levels of mRNA expression were calculated as a percentage of positive cells (b) Glutamine synthetase Ribosomal...