... or the Amish, Icelanders or indigenous groups in Brazil, all of whom confront the interventions of geneticists They also involve the genomes ofthe dog, the cloned sheep, andthe chimpanzee, and ... presents the revised versions ofthe papers and reflects what transpired during our time together at Teresópolis It offers not only a unique appraisal of issues and problems ofthe age of genetics and ... around dwarfism The practices and discourses ofthe Little People of America, andofthe scientists and physicians they engage, reflect a new convergence of genetic normalization and biotechnological...
... or the Amish, Icelanders or indigenous groups in Brazil, all of whom confront the interventions of geneticists They also involve the genomes ofthe dog, the cloned sheep, andthe chimpanzee, and ... presents the revised versions ofthe papers and reflects what transpired during our time together at Teresópolis It offers not only a unique appraisal of issues and problems ofthe age of genetics and ... around dwarfism The practices and discourses ofthe Little People of America, andofthe scientists and physicians they engage, reflect a new convergence of genetic normalization and biotechnological...
... courtesy of Hocoma AG) over the ball from the participant if the exertion ofthe participant was weak and to walk slower when the subject participated actively Within the VE, the position ofthe camera ... were revealed by comparison of THER and VR (t = 4.034, p = 0.007) but not for comparison of THER andthe combination of VR + THER (t = 2.552, p = 0.043) The analysis ofthe questionnaire (Figure ... measurements output by the Lokomat the so-called biofeedback values [18] The biofeedback values are weighted averages ofthe forces at the hip and knee joints, calculated for the stance and swing phase...
... driving simulator They demonstrate the importance ofthe interval between signs and events In all of them, exercises were passive and subjects were sitting on the chair or standing while viewing ... measured, there is the limitation of ANA-related indices estimated from measured biosignals Then, the questionnaire was often used as a subjective index A certain level of quantization of sensory ... in the brain The trigger factors have a short time scale and are related to display devices and video images, and sensory and cognitive systems The accumulation factor has a long time scale and...
... relies on the existence ofthe same hardware-software interface At the same time, the development ofthe software implementation of VP component makes use ofthe same interface Such use ofthe VP ... level At the algorithmic level, the model ofthe system contains no architectural information andthe partitioning ofthe system is done on a purely functional basis Hence, the model ofthe system ... controlling the modes of operation of each process The second type of information is data, the actual values which are processed in the system and have no influence on the mode of operation of any...
... Describe the functions ofthe system from the viewpoint ofthe user, and point out the operator of all the functions Static figure Include the class diagrams, object diagrams and package diagrams The ... product ofthe unified and standardization of modeling approach It is proper for all stages of system development, and can establish the static structure and dynamic behavior model ofthe system ... for their support throughout the project Finally the editor would like to thank her husband Ferenc Sik, her sons András Sik and Gergely Sik for their patience and Professor Janos Schanda, the...
... sold brand of TB drugs, followed by Rimactane, Rimactazid, and Pyrazid The sale ofthe Myrin and Myrin-P was based on their high prescription by doctors and low cost The number of packets of TB ... to drugs, the average being 2.8 drugs Table 18 shows the names ofthe drugs prescribed to these patients andthe number of times they were repeated among the prescriptions The duration of treatment ... knowledge about the cause of TB, and were aware ofthe preferences ofthe patients regarding a short and inexpensive course of therapy for TB DOTS was not viewed as an approach of choice by most...
... regional offices and country offices While headquarters leads the development of global policies, norms and standards, the six regional offices focus their efforts on coordination and facilitation of ... employed andthe presentation ofthe material in this publication not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part ofthe World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any ... addressing these issues and ensuring the meaningful engagement of communities andthe protection and promotion of human rights in the design and delivery of services Core elements of Strategic Direction...
... display the VR environment [9] The subjects were asked to place their hands on the table with the palms facing downwards, and faced the monitor at a distance of approximately 70 cm The image on the ... (O&MI) and Imitation (IM) Stimulation onand offset is indicated by the dotted lines The difference observed between the unilateral andthe bilateral group is concerned about the aspect of handedness ... analysis, and drafted the manuscript TM and FS carried out the MATLAB® pre-processing KE and DK participated in the design ofthe study MW participated in the design and coordination ofthe study All...
... environment On the other hand, the observation of a patient in daily contexts generates many issues about the reliability and interpretation of collected data In order to avoid biases, the design of an ... version ofthe Wisc-R paper and pencil (P&P) mazes First, patients are asked to perform the paper and pencil version of eight mazes, and after to use them in order to find the right way into the ... together with working memory ability and speed of processing Our results can be interpreted according to Moffat and Resnick hypothesis, that emphasizes the role of nonspatial memory components of...
... in the work presented in most ofthe papers contained in this special issue ofthe Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation One glance at the academic affiliations ofthe authors of these ... of each respective discipline, and in which the goals for each discipline becomes overlapping with the skills and goals ofthe other fields of endeavor andofthe consumer [2] Such interdisciplinary ... This collection of papers provides an up-to-date description ofthe state ofthe art in the field of virtual reality as applied to rehabilitation The field is rapidly advancing and numerous research...
... response ofthe virtual environment to the user's actions For example, if there is too much lag between the time a person moves his or her hand andthe time the image ofthe hand is updated on the ... component, the application component, andthe output component The input processing component captures and processes the user input (typically from the mouse/keyboard) and provides these data to the ... fingers The glove is used as a gestural input device in the VE This usually requires the development of gesture-recognition software to interpret the gestures and translate them into commands the...
... performed andthe P-values are displayed as calculated using the Student’s t-test The mean and standard deviations ofthe absolute numbers of observed colonies are indicated (B) Number of colonies ... performed andthe P-values are displayed, as calculated using the Student’s t-test The mean and standard deviations of absolute numbers ofthe observed colonies are indicated (C) Number of colonies ... andthe P-values are displayed, as calculated using the Student’s t-test The mean and standard deviations ofthe absolute numbers of observed colonies are indicated overexpression of OTUB1 and...
... of new proteins is based on the GH family ofthe catalytic module andthe modular organization ofthe protein, or on the identity ofthe catalytic domain with another characterized protein (see ... percentage of amino acid coverage in the matched proteins; Mpep, the number of unique matched peptides; Upep, the number of unmatched peptides in the MALDI-TOF experiments The function of new proteins ... (A) and straw (B), respectively White bars indicate the theoretical sum ofthe activities ofthe individual fractions measured independently (at half or one third ofthe protein concentration) The...
... understanding ofthe structure of both the Ab monomer and its various assemblies could help in the design of new therapeutic strategies targeted at preventing the formation or ameliorating the activity ... prevent Expression and purification ofthe amyloid b-peptide degradation A common drawback of such approaches is the cost ofthe affinity resins used to isolate the fusion protein andthe proteases ... increases the cost ofthe purification, andthe require1276 ment for HPLC increases the length and complexity ofthe purification procedure Moreover, as with the studies by Lee et al [21] and Subramanian...
... inducible and two constitutive isoforms of HSP70 are synthesized in the gills and mantle of C gigas [26] The expression level ofthe constitutive forms increases after thermal stress, whereas the inducible ... actively synthesized and ⁄ or renatured under these conditions The upregulation of all of these chaperones confirms the severity ofthe thermal stress under our experimental conditions A number of genes ... is the amplification efficiency ofthe target or gene of interest, Eref is the amplification efficiency ofthe reference (ribosomal 18S) and Ct is the crossing threshold Statistical analysis The...
... the final evaluation ofthe kinetic parameters in the presence of stearate Evaluation of kinetic parameters Fig Comparison of three models for the catalytic action of plasmin in the presence of ... parameters of plasmin in the presence of fatty acids The values of kp and Km were determined from the amidolytic assay of plasmin activity, according to Model I, in the presence of oleate (OA) and arachidonate ... (J2) andthe enzyme product complex (J3)], which accounted for the progressive decrease of plasmin activity in the course ofthe assay in the presence of stearate (Table 1) The good fit of Model...
... hydrothermalis AL662 The analysis of this sequence revealed that the encoded enzyme is a member of GH-57 [21,22] The cloning and expression of apu in Escherichia coli has led to the production of ... length and, in the case of equal lengths, alphabetically The division is based on the evolutionary trees (Fig 4) For the amylopullulanase from Thermococcus hydrothermalis (Q9Y8I8_THEHY), the numbering ... located near the C-termini ofthe strands b4 and b7 ofthe catalytic (b/a)7-barrel [16] However, these residues have no Ó FEBS 2004 2868 R Zona et al (Eur J Biochem 271) Fig Schematic view of conserved...
... common (i.e the cycles in such a combination not touch each other) The value (the sign) of a cycle is the product ofthe values (the signs) of its steps The sign ofthe magnitude of a Ôminus ... The absolute magnitude of a combined autoinfluence path is the product of all the rates divided by the product of all the concentrations of its species Therewith the coefficient of order p ofthe ... equals (and not zero, as otherwise) Such an influence exists and is positive if the substance on the right is the product of that reaction (then there is a factor b equal to 1) andthe right hand...