... serial transplantation studies in which sorted cells are grown in xenograft models (typically in non-obese diabetic/severe combined immunodefficiency (NOD/SCID) mice), resorted and Page of 10 retransplanted ... compared to ALDH(lo) cells Serial transplantation of these ALDH (br) cells showed that they were capable of self-renewal and reforming the bulk of the tumor In contrast to the results of Wang et ... an increased ability to metastasize to lung Oct4 Oct4 is a central determinant of embryonic stem (ES) cell identity and one of four transcriptional factors which, when introduced together, were...
... serial transplantation studies in which sorted cells are grown in xenograft models (typically in non-obese diabetic/severe combined immunodefficiency (NOD/SCID) mice), resorted and Page of 10 retransplanted ... compared to ALDH(lo) cells Serial transplantation of these ALDH (br) cells showed that they were capable of self-renewal and reforming the bulk of the tumor In contrast to the results of Wang et ... an increased ability to metastasize to lung Oct4 Oct4 is a central determinant of embryonic stem (ES) cell identity and one of four transcriptional factors which, when introduced together, were...
... we treated the cells with 25, 50, or 75 lM concentrations for 48 h A concentration of 25 lM did not change the growth rate but after 48 h concentrations of 50 and 75 lM had reduced cell numbers ... using approximately 50 lg of cytosolic protein CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase assay CTP: phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase (CT) activity was determined in both the cytosolic and the particulate ... membrane CT activity was assayed without liposomes Diacylglycerol cholinephosphotransferase assay Diacylglycerol cholinephosphotransferase (CPT) was assayed by measuring the rate of incorporation of...
... 11:799 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: • Convenient online submission • Thorough peer review • No space constraints or color figure charges • Immediate publication ... studies have investigated PA only in older people [14,16,29-33] Studies conducted in the USA [28], Australia [21], England [27] and Scotland [22] had reported a trend towards an increased PA in individuals ... being selected by means of random routes and sex- and age-based quotas Surveyors were previously trained about basic communication skills, procedures and the used questionnaire Informed consent...
... profit is maximized under the contracts {0, f ( X )} , when the bureau is used Lender offers contract that gives the borrower higher profits than the pre- 11 bureau contract { f1 (∅), 0} This implies ... equilibria and potential benefits for the two sides of the transaction In this paper, we take advantage of a rare opportunity to analyze this transformation of microfinance lending as reputation and ... rely on formal collateral Second, the use of joint liability contracts for those borrowers who take group loans creates an intricate strategic dynamic between groups and lenders, each of whom bear...
... region of the absorption spectra did not exhibit simple isosbestic points, but were apparently composed of two sets of spectral changes (Fig 6A) Specifically, the spectral changes in the fast phase ... or Leu115 These findings are in contrast with the fact that mutations at the Met95 residue, the distal axial ligand in the Fe(II) complex, C Fig Transient spectra accompanying CO binding to the ... an indirect effect from the L115F mutations trans to the proximal side Nitrite and nitrate anions have been implicated as being important in signal transduction by NO [17] However, these anions...
... demographic-related poverty trap exists Overview in section “Poverty traps”; Chapter in section “How regions are progressing toward the MDGs”; Chapter in section “Poverty traps”; Chapter in Box 3.1 ... Health and the Millennium Development Goals A demographic-related poverty trap exists Chapter 3—Box 3.2 (“The poverty-demography trap”) details the multiple linkages between extreme poverty and high ... education, ensuring contraceptive choice, improving counseling, combating gender violence, discouraging of early marriage, eliminating female genital mutilation and other harmful traditional practices,...
... male, 42% are female and 4.5% are transgender However, because the transgender sample was quite small (n=19), 4.5% is most likely an under-estimate of prostituted transgender youth in NYC As has ... were concentrated in a few hot-spots that were scattered across New York City The John Jay College research team was recruited to partner in this research, in part, because of their track record ... (Abdul-Quader et al 2006, Robinson et al 2006) was attractive given the limited resources available for this component of the overall project Using traditional ethnographic methods or recruiting eligible...
... investor) In contrast, exchangetraded derivatives are standardized contracts (primarily futures and options) that are traded on organized exchanges regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ... (BBB-), and the junior tranches (including equity tranches) were unrated In addition, underwriters frequently obtained credit enhancements for senior tranches to ensure that those tranches qualified ... mezzanine and junior tranches Conversely, losses on the pooled loans were allocated first to the junior tranches, then to the mezzanine tranches, and last to the senior tranches Underwriters...
... administrative functions to the PA Israel continues to maintain border and migration statistics The Israeli sources include: • Israel Civil Administration for the Territories/Israel Central Bureau ... through mid-year 2004 The Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (ICBS) had been responsible for recording population data in the Territories during Israel’s Civil Administration from 1967 until 1994-1995 ... in conformity with the 1993 Oslo Accords, it transferred this responsibility to the PA and ceased its own work The PA established the Palestine Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) to perform this...
... dependant on the nation’s administration system Cadres and staff at various administrative levels put policy into practice, as that policy transfers from the central government down to the grassroots ... book concentrates on China’s recent demographic changes and their wide-ranging consequences and profound Transition and Challenge long term impact A brief review of China’s demographic transition, ... RAPID DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION Demographic transition can be briefly defined as the process in which both mortality and fertility fall from high to low levels China’s demographic transition began...
... PubMed and archived on PubMed Central yours — you keep the copyright Submit your manuscript here: http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/publishing_adv.asp BioMedcentral ... and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:9 Publish with Bio Med Central and every scientist can read your work free of charge "BioMed Central will be the most significant development for disseminating ... personality in the general population, (2) if the publication was an original article (e.g no poster abstracts, letters to the editor etc.), (3) if they were published in peer-review journals, and (4)...
... acceptance cited in PubMed and archived on PubMed Central yours — you keep the copyright BioMedcentral Submit your manuscript here: http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/publishing_adv.asp Page 11 of 11 ... 27:261-8 http://www.hqlo.com/content/6/1/92 Publish with Bio Med Central and every scientist can read your work free of charge "BioMed Central will be the most significant development for disseminating ... years Click here for file [http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/supplementary/14777525-6-92-S1.doc] Acknowledgements We would like to thank the administrative and health informatics staff at Keele...
... was translated back into English by a professional English native translator who had not seen the original version The conceptual equivalence between the original instruments and the back-translated ... acceptance cited in PubMed and archived on PubMed Central yours — you keep the copyright BioMedcentral Submit your manuscript here: http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/publishing_adv.asp Page 14 of 14 ... in the neutral or dissatisfied groups The OSS scores showed the expected inverse relationship with OIDP scores (r = -0.44, p < 0.01) As depicted in Table 3, the OIDP and OSS demonstrated significant...
... acceptance cited in PubMed and archived on PubMed Central yours — you keep the copyright BioMedcentral Submit your manuscript here: http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/publishing_adv.asp Page 11 of 11 ... Standardized CRQ Europ Respir J 2005, 25(1): Publish with Bio Med Central and every scientist can read your work free of charge "BioMed Central will be the most significant development for disseminating ... M, Grueter T, Brandli O, Lichtenschopf A, Guyatt GH, Schunemann HJ: Self-administration and interviewer-administration of the German Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire: instrument development...
... number of subpopulations with cancer risk related to a number of exposure factors as illustrated As illustrated, a study may have identified just in excess of doubling of the lung cancer risk in ... 6:24 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: • Convenient online submission • Thorough peer review • No space constraints or color figure charges • Immediate publication ... concern and to subsequently communicate measures to the employers and employees on preventive strategies The establishment of specialized hospital-based departments/clinics for occupational medicine...
... immediately fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde and transferred to the pathology department After 24 hours, they were decalcified in 0.5 M ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA) for two weeks Subsequently, ... microscope As a negative control, the reaction was carried out without terminal transferase, and as a positive control, DNA strand breaks were induced by DNaseI treatment (Roche, 0.5 mg/mL) Immunohistochemistry ... it is demonstrated that proliferative zone and hypertrophic zone of the growth plate were more compact and clustered together which was different from long bone growth plate illustrated in text...
... acceptance cited in PubMed and archived on PubMed Central yours — you keep the copyright BioMedcentral Submit your manuscript here: http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/publishing_adv.asp Page of (page ... Japanese men Diabetes Care 1999, 22:1071-6 Publish with Bio Med Central and every scientist can read your work free of charge "BioMed Central will be the most significant development for disseminating ... reversed The score for the MHI-5 was computed by summing the scores of each question item and then transforming the raw scores to a 0–100-point scale [18] Items (i) and (iii) are almost identical...
... was constructed in English, translated into Kiswahili by two Tanzanian professionals fluent in Kiswahili and English and back translated into English by two independent translators Project staff ... acceptance cited in PubMed and archived on PubMed Central yours — you keep the copyright BioMedcentral Submit your manuscript here: http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/publishing_adv.asp Page 11 of 11 ... interview schedule was piloted before administration to identify questions which were not clear The interview was administered in the field by two trained research assistants before the participants...