... research, contributed to protocol planning, was a primary data gatherer and drafted the manuscript SC participated in data collection and statistical analysis VN performed statistical analysis ... ventilation, length of stay, andthe number of failing organs Statistical analysis Continuous variables' data are expressed as mean value ± SD Bi-variate hypotheses involving continuous variables ... criteria and were evaluated during the study period Demographic and clinical characteristics ofthe study patients enrolled are shown in Table The mean age ofthe study population was 53.9 ± 19 years...
... P, Ahmad A, Mandal D, Senapati S, Sainkar SR, Khan MI, Ramani R, Parischa R, Kumar PAV, Alam M, Sastry M, Kumar R: Angew Chem Int Ed 2001, 40:3585 14 Ahmad A, Senapati S, Khan MI, Kumar R, Ramani ... laboratory Authors also extend their thanks to Prof Dhananjai Pandey, School of Material Science and Technology, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu References Korbekandi H, Iravani S, Abbasi ... biomass-based reduction Characterization of Gold Nanotriangles Experimental Details Isolation of Endophytic Aspergillus clavatus The host plant Azadirachta indica A Juss was surveyed, and samples...
... re-evaluation of cases Reliability is most important during the data collection phase, and involves the use of case study protocol as well asthe case study database already mentioned Validity and ... described the case study and its most common manifestations and applications, has briefly discussed the process of preparation, and has summarized major criticisms An epistemological base for analyzing ... researchers are to be able to repeat a research programme: It is for this reason that researchers like Yin are especially adamant that a case database be created and maintained to \allow repetition and...
... hyperphosphorylation occurs because ofan imbalance in the activity of tau kinases and phosphatases [3] One particular tau kinase pertinent to metal dyshomeostasis in AD is glycogen synthase kinase-3 ... Furthermore, an increase in extracellular metals can catalyse Ab oligomerization and aggregation, andthe amyloid plaques that subsequently form may then exacerbate intracellular metal deficiency ... (1997) Abnormal phosphorylation of tau andthe mechanism of Alzheimer neurofibrillary degeneration: sequestration of microtubule-associated proteins andandthe disassembly of microtubules by the abnormal...
... 2000 from Statistics Canada (Statistics Canada, 2002) The data and analysis related to the availability and quality of childcare for Canadian women and those from the four comparisons nations comes ... been a convergence of ideas about why and how early childhood care and education are important not only for individual Canadian children and families but for Canadian society at large There ... Canada and four comparison nations, 2001 Canada Overall rank Seats in parliament (%) Female legislators, senior of cials, managers (%) Female professional and technical workers (%) Ratio female:male...
... PsbQ are 61 and 29% between spinach and C reinhardtii, respectively In addition, the green algal and higher plant PSII did not react with any antibodies against the cyanobacterial and red algal ... were also found in all cyanobacteria and green oxyphotobacteria analyzed (d) PsbQ is present in green algae and higher plants, and psbQ-like genes were found in most of cyanobacteria anda red alga ... Rhodophyceae (red algae) Cyanidioschyzon merolae Nuclear DNA Chloroplast DNA Cyanidium caldarium Chloroplast DNA Bacillariophyceae (diatoms) Thalassiosira pseudonana Nuclear DNA Chloroplast DNA Odontella...
... White and Asian/Pacific Islander participants reported the poorest health and Hispanic and African Americans the highest, the opposite has been true in previous studies It is possible that this ... Afghanistan and Iraq as well as homeland security During this time, a large percentage of our participants were literally moved overnight and many were moved to "undisclosed locations" (meaning their ... smoking status and discharge from the military Smoking status at the one-year follow up was assessed using a 7-day point prevalence analysis [16] Discharge was assessed both after BMT and after technical...
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... long and this allowed its tuber to attain a large size Areas of swidden rice, maize and cassava were calculated from the number of kilograms of planted rice, planted maize andthe number of cassava ... forest They include fruits, nuts, vegetables, fish and game, medicinal plants, resins, essences, anda range of barks and fibers such as bamboo, rattans, anda host of other palms and grasses” ... cultivated swidden rice and maize for - years but cassava was planted and gradually harvested for 1-5 years and then the swidden fields were fallowed for - years Time for growing cassava lasted...
... explanatory factor which was much significant than the other variables and factors available Thus overall, the damage factor had both a statistical anda causal value, i.e functional and more precisely ... “undamaged” level), and Pi was the proportion of plants exposed to level i damage Finally, for each ofthe years following the frost, a one way analysis of variance was used to compare annual growth depending ... P1 and P2 together, made it possible to test simultaneously the effect ofthe available variables and factors: damage level, height in 1994, plot, andthe interactions of plot × damage level, and...
... 1979, 301:5-8 Kaplan C, Valdez JC, Chandrasekaran R, Eibel H, Mikecz K, Glant TT, Finnegan A: Th1 and Th2 cytokines regulate proteoglycanspecific autoantibody isotypes and arthritis Arthritis Res ... technical assistance and Marina Freudenberg for providing TLR-2-/- and TLR-4def mice We also thank Thomas Boehm for valuable suggestions and for reading the manuscript critically This work was supported ... 2:116-126 20 Matsuyama T, Yamada A, Kay J, Yamada KM, Akiyama SK, Schlossman SF, Morimoto C: Activation of CD4 cells by fibronectin and anti-CD3 antibody A synergistic effect mediated by the VLA-5 fibronectin...
... organ transplants Acknowledgements This research was supported in part by National Institutes of Health grant AI 41768, The Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation, andthe Arthritis Foundation-Southern ... self-tolerance; deficit ofa T cell subset asa possible cause of autoimmune disease J Exp Med 1985, 161:72-87 Kuniyasu Y, Takahashi T, Itoh M, Shimizu J, Toda G, Sakaguchi S: Naturally anergic and ... produce predominantly TGF-β and variable amounts of IL-10 and IL-4 have been called Th3-type cells, and they have been generated in vivo by immunization through an oral or other mucosal route [2,20]...
... M, Alameda Aragoneses V, Blanco Espinosa A, Moreno Arcas P, Requena Tapia MJ: Malignant fibrohistiocytoma ofthe bladder [in Spanish] Actas Urol Esp 2000, 24:581-583 Froehner M, Manseck A, Haase ... tomography ofthe pelvic cavity at the levels ofthe neoplasm was detected at the L5 spine level, and palliative radiation therapy in that area was suggested Despite aggressive surgical treatment along ... manifest as macroscopic hematuria or irritative urinary symptoms [5] As in our patient’s case, some authors have found an association between malignant fibrous histiocytoma and radiation therapy...
... Misra S, Agarwal PK, Tandon RK, Wakhlu AK, Misra NC: Bladder teratoma: a case report and review of literature Indian J Cancer 1997, 34:20-21 Agrawal S, Khurana N, Mandhani A, Agrawal V, Jain ... associated with bladder diverticuli and vesical stones [5] This tumour was a solitary tumour at the apex ofthe bladder It contained calcified material and fat The anterior midline position ofthe ... andthe patient as well asthe Figure Sweat glands, hyalinized fibroblastic tissue Sweat glands, hyalinized fibroblastic tissue Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Medical...
... this article as: Ypsilantis and Tisi: Involvement ofthe genicular branches in cystic adventitial disease ofthe popliteal artery asa possible marker of unfavourable early clinical outcome: a case ... later, with claudication ofthe same (right) limb occurring at a distance of more than half a mile and after exercise A repeat Duplex scan demonstrated that his popliteal artery was widely patent ... patient’s magnetic resonance imaging scan The sagittal image on the left demonstrates one cyst in the posterior wall ofthe popliteal artery anda further anterior wall cyst causing stenosis The axial...
... his last check in 2003, approximately three weeks after therapy simplification (Figure 1) Neither a preNNRTI GRT assay was available at that time, nor samples of plasma drawn in advance ofthe ... a single dose of NVP for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission Table GRT of proviral and plasma HIV, as interpreted by the Stanford HIV database algorithm (as of March, 2006) HIV-DNA ... for a systematic evaluation of GRT in naïve patients and after any type of interruption of NNRTI-based HAART regimens, as well asthe need for a wise strategy of NNRTI interruption Abbreviations...
... control ofthe subclavian artery above the clavicle (Fig 3A) Simultaneous exposure ofthe brachial artery in the antecubital fossa was performed anda size Fogarty embolectomy catheter passed distally ... history ofan acutely ischaemic right upper limb with motor and sensory deficit A hard tender, pulsatile mass was palpable in the right subclavian area with significant bruising; there was a palpable ... (subclavian exposure), carried out the literature review and constructed the manuscript RM was first assistant (brachial exposure), photographer, carried out the literature review and drafted and...
... preparation, editing, and submission APK was involved in the literature review and manuscript preparation EPM was involved in the patient's evaluation All authors read and approved the final manuscript ... whereas the anterior wall appeared hypokinetic andthe apex akinetic A coronary arteriography performed on the same day showed a total occlusion ofthe LAD branch in its proximal part along with an ... 11 12 13 Tanaka K, Sato N, Yasutake M, Takeda S, Takano T, Ochi M, Tanaka S, Tamura K: Clinicopathological characteristics of 10 patients with rupture of both ventricular free wall and septum...
... of diseases such as malaria on individuals and nations within malaria endemic areas, if such nanoparticles are shown by trials to have promise for eradicating malaria, it may be justifiable to ... pip, clone AJ970201; andAn sinensis AJ970301) Acknowledgements We thank the editorial team at BMC Theor Biol Med Model, and particularly Dr Agutter Paul, for the patience and assistance rendered ... spread by the female anopheles mosquito [1,2], andthe nematodes Brugia and Wuchereria, which cause lymphatic filariasis (or elephantiasis), spread through the bite ofthe aedes mosquito Among...