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The efficacy of preoperative PET/CT for prediction
of curability in surgery for locally advanced
gastric ... approximately
45 minute s before receiving an intravenous injection of
440 MBq of 18F-FDG. Scanning began 60 minutes later.
A combined PET/C...
... receive
training so as to integr ate preoperative instructions into
the routine nursing care. When relaxation techniques
such as relaxing the muscles, taking deep and rhythmic
breaths and involving ... operation,
including information about the pain and discomfort
of an operative wound, the length of the home
recovery period, and the necessity of and the prac-
tices when coming for...
... participating in an intervention arm–the
number of ComRem or postal reminders sent in each of
the follow-up periods are monitored in the laboratory
database. Combined, this monitoring gives series of ... an intervention in periods
where the intervention is discontinued. All statistical ana-
lyses are performed using SAS, version 9.2 (SAS Institute
Inc, Cary, NC).
RCT A: Comparin...
... Gaudin C &
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ch JP (1999) Sequence analysis of scaffolding
protein CipC and ORFXp, a new cohesin-containing
protein in Clostridium cellulolyticum: comparison of
various cohesin domains ... dockerin domain; Ig, immunoglobulin-like domain of cellulase; X2, Ig-like module of unknown func-
tion; M
r
, theoretical molecular mass of the mature protein. The cleavage site was...
... cysteine-HCl [32]. Buffer and assembled enzyme
complex were pre-incubated at 55 °C for 10 min to allow
binding of TPP to E1. The assay, in a final volume of
1 mL, was started by the addition of ... (Millipore)
for 30 min. Sequencing grade, modified porcine trypsin
(Promega) (60 ng) was added and the sample incubated at
37 °C for 16 h. A portion of the sample was diluted in 5%...
... domains 1–4, 8 in domain 5
NELL1 (rat) 6 5 10 in domains 1–4, 8 in domain 5
NELL2 (human and rat) 6 5 10 in domains 1–4, 8 in domain 5
Protein kinase C (BP) 6 5 10 in domains 1–4, 8 in domain ... which
contain only eight cysteine residues. In all of the examples of
proteins containing shortened VWFC-like domains, the
motif is abbreviated by loss of the C-terminal region,...
... assigning a single point for each of the fol-
lowing: (1) serum ferritin ≥ 1,000 ng/mL, (2) greater than
25 transfused units of red cells, and (3) marrow iron stain
of 6+. The sum of points, ranging ... were
identified. Cutoff values for each parameter were deter-
mined independently using comparative statistics. Using
this method, multiple pre-defined cutoffs were examined
and co...
... been induced to
undergo premature senescence [30]. The function of cyc-
lin D1 in this non-dividing cell population has not been
determined. Our findings show that single and dual ATM/
ATR kinase ... and radiosensitizing prop-
erties. It remains unclear if the decline in cyclin D1 levels
results from ATR inhibition, the inhibition of both ATM
and ATR, or from the inhibition of an un...
... causes
for all of the men who received radiation treatment,
because of the competing cause of death from prostate
Cumulative incidence of death functionsFigure 3
Cumulative incidence of death ... top line shows
the cumulative incidence of non-prostate cancer death calcu-
lated using the Kaplan-Meier method without accounting for
competing deaths from prostate cancer. The mid...
... and interpretation of the
study. He was responsible for the statistical treatment of data, kindly
delivering the manuscript’s Figures. He was involved in drafting the
manuscript and revising ... examined aberrations in FISH painted chromosomes in in vitro irradiated blood samples of a group of
patients suffering from breast cancer. In parallel, a follow-up of side effects...