... bedtime Each is loaded with pills.” —Evansville (Ind.) Courier & Press A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with ... English cataracte, from Latin cataracta, from Greek katarraktes (waterfall, portcullis, floodgate), from katarassein (to dash down) The ophthalmological sense derives from figurative portcullis, ... rendering of a verse by Shakespeare, Rilke, Neruda, cummings, Hughes, or Yeats overhead It has also been a chance for me to start to learn a little about Dutch and Belgian poets such as T’Hooft,...
... has only partial information about the individuals (objects, events, and relations) that are talked about Unless one assumes that the original linguistic analysis can resolve all these uncertainties ... by natural language systems is the ability to reason about whether individuals are equal This issue is often finessed in semantic networks by assuming that each node represents a different individual, ... relations The same problems that arise in representing events arise in representing relations, l:or (try-l) FALL(BALL1), 21 instance, often the analysis of a simple noun-noun phrase such as "the...
... eventIn humans, neocentromerization is usually initiated by a significant chromosomal rearrangement, such as a translocation that produces an acentric fragment, but neocentromeres can also arise ... CenH3binding domains is open and accessible to the transcriptional machinery In contrast to human [1] and Arabidopsis [2] centromeres, each of which has a large core of nearly homogeneous satellite sequence, ... centromeres, the possibility that active genes and frequent retrotransposon insertions are a common feature of grass centromeres cannot yet be ruled out Also, certain maize centromeres in some lines have...
... preparative gels [11] or silver nitrate for analytical gels [12] Image capture and analysis Gels were scanned using a UMAX scanner (Amersham Biosciences, Barcelona, Spain) and the images were analyzed ... kinetic studies [8] indicate that its alanineglyoxylate aminotransferase activity is not favored over aminobutyrate-pyruvate, b-alanine-pyruvate and dimethylarginine-pyruvate aminotransferase activities ... cofactor (p47) Aminoacylase Phosphoglycerate mutase Indolethylamine N-methyltransferase Peroxiredoxin Apolipoprotein A- I Abhydrolase domain containing 14b D-Amino Protein name ApoA4 ActB Nsfl1C Acy1...
... GM-CSF application during vaccination leads to a sustained protection against gastric tumors We observed that this approach (LRAST) increases the systemic anti-tumor immune response and initially ... analyzed using a one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with a Newman-Keuls post hoc test Tumor sizes were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney-U test Differences in expression of cellular markers as ... (APC)-conjugated antimouse CD25 mAb was obtained from Invitrogen For staining of intracellular Foxp3, a FITC-conjugated antibody and buffers were purchased from eBiosciences (San Diego, CA, USA) and staining...
... cross-sections of muscle was measured using image analysis software (Bioquant, Nova Version 4.00.8 Advanced Image Analysis, R&M Biometrics, Inc, USA) and expressed as a percentage of the total area ... gap was cropped Image analysis was carried out using image analysis software (Bioquant, Nova Version 4.00.8 Advanced Image Analysis, R&M Biometrics, Inc, USA) The amount of callus, fibrous tissue ... and cartilage in the fracture gap were quantified and compared Statistical analysis All quantitative data were transferred to the statistical program SPSS (Version 14, Chicago IL, USA) Analysis...
... fibrosis by inhibiting PDGF signalling is supported by data in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, asbestos, bleomycin- and radiation-induced lung fibrosis as well as in fibrosis in other organs such as ... Importantly to us, imatinib treatment starting weeks Figure (a) Kaplan-Meier analysis of mouse survival following thoracic irradiation and imatinib treatment (a) Kaplan-Meier analysis of mouse survival ... fibrosis, ii) if attenuation of the acute inflammation is necessary to block fibrosis and iii) if a late drug administration after radiation insult and after the acute inflammation has subside still...
... expression, whereas RTH is underscored by an inappropriate increase in transcriptional activity in T3 target tissues These data strongly suggest that target-tissue response to T3 administration and the ... analysis of transcriptional response patterns Category Category analysis of transcriptional response patterns Intra-tissue expression patterns of genes showing twofold change or more in iT3 and/ ... cell-cycle/growth-inhibitor genes and WAT In RTH mice this suggests suppression of lipogenesis in the WAT with simultaneous increase in lipogenesis in the heart ing T3 These findings raise the possibility that...
... Bioscience, CA) Statistical analysis All experiments were repeated at least once The data are expressed as means SEM (standard error of the mean) and differences are considered significant at ... nitrocellulose membranes Western blotting was performed using primary antibodies against extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)1/2 according to the manufacturer 's instructions (Cell Signaling Technology, ... NPRA expression We have reported that NPRA plays a role in airway inflammation Knockout of NPRA in mice resulted in less lung inflammation [11] Inhibition of NPRA by small inferfering RNA against...
... IFNγ Statistical analysis All data are expressed as mean ± standard error of mean (s. e.m.) After log transformation, airway responsiveness to methacholine was statistically analyzed by a general ... aggravates AHR and serum IgE responses inamouse model of asthma GITR stimulation aggravates AHR and serum IgE responses inamouse model of asthma A OVA-induced asthma model Sensitization: i.p injection ... research systems, obtained through EMKA Technologies, Paris, France) in response to inhaled methacholine (Sigma-Aldrich) Airway responsiveness was expressed in enhanced pause (Penh), as described...
... magnification used during the study NADH fluorescence intensity was measured using Sigma Scan (Jandel Scientific Inc., now part of SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) and was expressed in arbitrary fluorescence ... Hewlett-Packard Co., Mississauga, ON, Canada) The heart rate (HR) was determined from a recording of the arterial pressure trace at time and at 40 minutes post-sc injection Blood samples were also drawn ... made using a repeated measures analysis of variance, with post hoc paired t tests to detect specific differences A p value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant Results Table...
... target usually results in cleavage of the mRNA [8,9], whereas imperfect base pairing leads to translational repression by various mechanisms, including stalling translation, altering mRNA stability ... expression data from Exiqon microarray analysis Additional data file is a table listing retinal miR expression data from Ambion microarray analysis Additional data file is a table listing highly ranked ... profiling All samples and replicates were analyzed on separate miR microarrays Two-step qPCR was performed using ABI 's TaqMan miR Assay (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA), in accordance with...
... mechanisms that are required to regulate degenerative pathways in axons and synapses remains in its infancy One powerful experimental tool that has already yielded novel insights into such pathways is ... cell stress pathways induced by Wlds in vivo and in vitro Changes in cell cycle status in terminally differentiated neurons are often associated with corresponding changes in cell stress pathways ... cerebellar slices and cultured cells were then washed in PBS and incubated in TOPRO (Molecular Probes, Carlsbad, CA, USA) for 10 minutes before mounting in Mowoil Staining was visualised on a laser scanning...
... Discussion) (a) alterations in ion transport in C rodentium-infected SW mice, including subtle decreases in expression of some apical transporters and compensatory increases in basolateral water ... transformed data A p-value < 0.05 was regarded as statistically significant Abbreviations A/ E, attaching and effacing; AP, activator protein; AQP, aquaporin; CA, carbonic anhydrase; CFTR, cystic ... comparable microbial status and minimize commensal microbiota biases Animals were housed in microisolator cages ina specific pathogen-free facility approved by the Association for Assessment and...
... THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK by Sheila Anderson a Lerner Publications Company · Minneapolis A grassland is a habitat It is where plants and animals live Animals have special adaptations ... Glossary adaptations – things that help a plant or animal live ina specific habitat claws – the sharp points found on the hands and toes of animals coats – layers of fur habitat – where a plant or animal ... North Minneapolis, MN 55401 U .S. A Website address: www.lernerbooks.com Library of Congress Cataloging -in- Publication Data Anderson, Sheila What can live ina grassland? / by Sheila Anderson p...
... THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK by Sheila Anderson a Lerner Publications Company · Minneapolis A lake is a habitat It is where plants and animals live Lake animals have special adaptations ... turtle s toes helps the turtle swim It uses strong jaws to eat plants and small animals 19 Fun Facts The alligator snapping turtle has a pink tongue that looks like a worm When a fish comes close, ... feet and long legs that make them great swimmers Beavers have tails shaped like paddles When danger is near, a beaver will slap its tail on the water to warn other beavers 21 Glossary adaptations...
... THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK by Sheila Anderson a Lerner Publications Company · Minneapolis A forest is a habitat It is where plants and animals live Forest animals have special adaptations ... branches 21 Glossary adaptations – things that help a plant or animal live ina specific habitat bills – beaks coat – a layer of fur habitat – a place to live quills – long, stiff, pointed rods ... forest floor Hummingbirds use long, thin beaks as straws to drink from forest flowers Monkeys have long arms, legs, and tails that they use to swing from branch to branch Some moths are the same...
... assays alone cannot accurately assess the severity or cause of AP After initial diagnosis of AP using serum enzyme activity tests, a series of physiological parameters should be taken and assessed ... biological marker that accurately diagnose AP, initial diagnosis is based on the presence of at least or features, which include abdominal pain, increased serum amylase/lipase/trypsin levels and imaging ... pancreatic digestive enzymes in pancreatic acinar cells The resulting injury causes acute pancreatic inflammation In severe cases, the exaggerated inflammation causes systemic complications accompanied...