... model and the accumulation model can be found so far though it is necessary to compare these twomodels for appropriate modeling and prediction of heavy metal toxicity and accumulation Funaria ... were 2-fold: (1) to develop two BLMs for the prediction of copper toxicity and copper accumulation in F hygrometrica and (2) to investigate the relationship between two BLMs in terms of each stability ... μm Copper concentration in the diluted solution was analyzed by ICP-AES (SPS-7800, SII, Japan) Models Growth rate of the moss was fitted to the logistic equation (eq 2) using KaleidaGraph ver...
... for the twomodels was plotted The correlation coefficient of gene expression between HTLV-I-Tg and IL-1Ra-KO mice is r = 0.77 (b) Commonly activated genes were extracted in different models using ... pathology of the disease is very similar between twomodels We searched for genes for which the expression levels in the joints changed significantly in both models in comparison with those seen in normal ... identical between twomodels A large population of 594 spots was significantly enhanced, and four spots were suppressed, indicating that the expression levels of these genes changed in both models Because...
... systemic markers or mediators of inflammation in either human or preclinical models Arthritis progression in two rat models - AIA and CIA - is thought to arise from distinct immunopathogenic mechanisms ... with prior AIA and CIA studies in rats showing that these twomodels exhibit differential sensitivity to various cytokine blockers [38,39] Two conundrums in interpreting rodent arthritis studies ... proinflammatory markers and mediators in two rat models of immune-mediated arthritis Local inflammation was best predicted by serum IL-1β levels in both models, while serum TNFα also modestly predicted...
... further biological studies As two curcumin derivatives have relatively low toxicity toward living cells, the fluorescent images of MCF-7 cells labeled with two compounds were captured by two- photon ... Collins HA, Denning RG, Anderson HL Two- photon absorption and the design of two- photon dyes Angew Chem Int Ed 2009;48: 3244e66 [5] Helmchen F, Denk W Deep tissue two- photon microscopy Nat Methods ... range of 500e800 nm for two initiators It suggested that there were no molecular energy levels corresponding to this spectral range, which should be obviously attributed to two- photon-excited fluorescence...
... tocilizumab in this patient population [23] in two well characterized rodent models A T cell contribution to disease has been demonstrated in both models [15-17] In murine CIA, the magnitude of ... calcineurin inhibitor that has also demonstrated efficacy in experimental models of rheumatoid arthritis [27] In rat arthritis models, tacrolimus suppressed paw inflammation, type II collagen antibody ... features of inflammation of the synovial membrane, erosion of bone, and cartilage degradation In both models of RA, we observed dose-dependent inhibition of disease endpoints that correlated with reduction...
... discussed ML and REML estimation for data, invoking a two- stage model which accommodated both growth and longitudinal repeated measurement models In spite of well documented theory, most applications ... breeding have been restricted to models which include only a single random factor apart from the random residual error This paper describes a univariate REML procedure for models where three variance ... H C.R., 1984 Applications of Linear Models in Animal Breeding 462 pp., University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario LAIRD N.M., WARE 974 J.H., 1982 Random-effects models for longitudinal data Biometrics,...
... parameters during the observation period between two groups was analyzed using the Mann-Whitney test because of violation of normality All tests are two- sided, statistical significance was set at ... between the two groups (p < 0.074), with 50% decrease at the PA-LA shunt and 64% decrease at the RA-LA shunt The variable of shunt pressure has statistically difference between the two groups ... decrease Between the two groups, at 20 minutes interval, the observed difference is statistically significant (p < 0.005) Finally, the observed LAD flow variable between the two groups at 20 minutes...
... variables We have observed a dramatic response of F1-ATPase motor movement to two combined inputs Next, we assessed the two inputs imposed separately on the rotating motor Firstly we tested the effect ... at two binding sites [20-28] High intensity illumination may cause photoreactions that modulate the affinity of rhodamine 6G for F1-ATPase [29-31] We have demonstrated that the movement of a biological ... of a bead to the γ subunit (Fig 1a) [7,11], typical time courses of the rotational movement of two Motor response to concerted chemical and physical input Next, we determined the motor response...
... may constitute a pathogenic link between emphysema and fibrosis This was done in two animal models in which these two pathologies were induced either by BML or chronic exposure to cigarette smoke ... patients with IIP [7] These data all together suggest a common pathway in the development of these two pathologies According to a current view, pulmonary emphysema originates from an imbalance between ... of tissue damage in this condition This hypothesis is based on a mixture of evidence from animal models, broncho-alveolar lavage fluid (BALF) data, in vitro experiments, and from the high incidence...
... distribution, shunt fraction, and end-expiratory lung volume (EELV) in two different models of ALI This research question was tested in porcine models of hydrochloric acid (HCl)-induced ALI and in the combination ... period was hours Four animals died in the course of the experiments: two pigs died directly after induction of lung injury; in two others, for technical reasons, no CT scans were obtained, resulting ... non-aerated tissue per ROI (SD%atelect) over all slices of the spiral scans did not differ between the twomodels of ALI (SDatelect: 4.3 versus 3.9; SD%atelect: 0.13 versus 0.13, for HCl-induced versus...
... proteins (B) Western blot of iNOS, representative of two blots Lanes 1–2: two different NL livers Lanes 3–4: two different PPVL livers Lanes 5–6: two different CCl4 cirrhotic livers Lane 7, marked ... proteins (C) Western blot of nNOS, representative of two blots Lanes 1–2: two different NL livers Lanes 3–4: two different PPVL livers Lanes 5–6: two different CCl4 cirrhotic livers Lane 7, marked ... endothelial cells were used as positive control Lanes 2–3: two different NL livers Lanes 4–5: two different PPVL livers Lanes 6–7: two different CCl4 cirrhotic livers Prestained markers indicated...
... airflow rate and ACH estimations made by the two mathematical models and this is summarized in Tables and The ACH estimation difference between the twomodels range as high as 31% ISSN 2076-2895 ... conditions This also allows for a comparative assessment of the results from the two mathematical infiltration models The AIM-2 model singly works out the airflow associated with wind and likewise ... terrain class parameters in the model [15, 20] Two climatic aspects for the site, which are required inputs for both the superposition air infiltration models, were also examined One is the average...
... Applications of Two- Photon Photoluminescence Two- photon excitation has been used widely in three main fields, namely: (a) two- photon microscopy (b) two- photon photodynamic therapy and (c) two- photon ... include 3D optical microfabrication,129 two- photon excited imaging,130 two- photon excited photoluminescence,131, 132 and two- photon related chemical and biological applications.133, 134 These ... enhancement of two- photon photoluminescence of noble metal nanoparticles Firstly, two- photon excited photoluminescence and two- photon induced singlet oxygen generation of Au nanospheres and two ratios...
... Abstract We explore a variety of two- dimensional twisted sigma models at the perturbative level in an attempt to furnish purely physical interpretations ... rigorous mathematical construction of conformal fields theories, possibly associated with sigma models in two- dimensions, without resorting to mathematically non-rigorous methods such as the path integral ... CDO’s defined by Malikov et al in [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], and to explore a variety of other two- dimensional twisted sigma models which may provide us with purely physical interpretations of various mathematical...
... depicted geometrical objects Thus, two geometrical lines may be assumed equal, while their diagrammatic representation is of two unequal lines and, even more confusingly, two geometrical lines may be ... century B C A B D 3.3 E G H 13 Marc Lat 327 The two books On the Sphere and the Cylinder The two books translated here by Archimedes, together with the two commentaries on them by Eutocius, constitute ... train from Cambridge to London, we compare the two railroads, the real and the ideal Surprisingly perhaps, the two have to coincide on at least two points (namely, the start and end points) Other...