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... 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 ofother palms and grasses” ... management, conservation, and poverty alleviation Since 1993, the government has carried out Program 06 in Tha Lang in order to stop opium cultivation and many ofthe local farmers have lost their main ... primary data, 30 households from the 44 total households of Tha Lang hamlet were randomly selected and interviewed The data included: cultivation (rice, maize, cassava, andother crops), animal...
... well as facilitate entry into adequate care Key advantages include the ability to draw inference to the population of patients in care for HIV infection, and beginning in 2008, the availability of ... smallest provider strata, the non-participation ofthe two providers was unlikely to have introduced a large amount of bias Finally, our data reflect only the care and/ or diagnosis information ... states had laboratory reporting of at least some CD4 counts and viral loads at the time ofthe study andthe third had an established, clinically-based HIV reporting system that had been in place...
... and DFSC participated inthe interpretation and preparation ofthe manuscript AHL Jr participated in manuscript design, interpretation and preparation ofthe manuscript All authors read and approved ... appears to have some consequence in muscle pain Concerning the time-frame of supplementation, Nosaka et al [3] evaluated theeffectson muscle damage supplementing an amino acid mixture (BCAA-enriched; ... functionality and relate such effects with molecular pathways involved in muscle repair and regeneration List of abbreviations α- KIC: alpha-ketoisocaproate; ATP: adenosine triphosphate; BCAA: branched-chain...
... also like to thank Miss Mazalisah Binti Matsah, Dr Ahmad Syaarani Bin Yasin, Dr Nik Khairol Reza Bin Md Yazin for technical assistance and Mr Kamarudin Hussin, Research Assistant, for secretarial ... and after the intervention program Statistical analysis Data entry and analysis was done using SPSS version 12.0.1 (SPSS Inc, Chicago, IL, USA) Mean and standard deviations (SD) were calculated ... conduct ofthe survey, analysis ofthe results, drafting and critical revision ofthe manuscript RBN, EBA and LN read and approved the final version ofthe manuscript Acknowledgements The authors...
... technology in clinical settings, the increasing pace of publication of new studies onthe evaluation of CCDSSs, andthe plans for major investments in Page of information technology (IT) and quality assurance ... for the six application areas reviewed and suggested changes for the classification of articles into the six application areas Research staff leads began manuscript writing for each ofthe six application ... was included because ofthe possibility of group contamination in trials in which the patients of an individual clinician could be allocated to the intervention and control groups, andthe clinician...
... design ofthe study, andthe revision ofthe manuscript YB and ZXY participated inthe acquisition andthe analysis ofthe data TSL participated inthe study conception design and interpretation of ... care and use of animals Blood leadand hippocampal lead analysis In each litter, four weaning pups including male and female rats were randomly selected to analyze the blood leadand hippocampal ... evaluate the performance ofthe rats during acquisition training The baselines of pretraining latency and swimming distance of two groups were analyzed with one-way ANOVA Because the experimental...
... technology in clinical settings, the increasing pace of publication of new studies onthe evaluation of CCDSSs, andthe plans for major investments in Page of information technology (IT) and quality assurance ... for the six application areas reviewed and suggested changes for the classification of articles into the six application areas Research staff leads began manuscript writing for each ofthe six application ... was included because ofthe possibility of group contamination in trials in which the patients of an individual clinician could be allocated to the intervention and control groups, andthe clinician...
... containing equal amounts of total protein According to these data, the content ofthe imported protein inthe supernatant was 0.025% of total protein ofthe fraction, whereas that in mitochondria ... imported into mitochondria, it almost completely accumulates inthe membrane fraction: the mitochondria andthe 12 000 g supernatant contain equal relative amounts ofthe recombinant protein The Su9(1–112) ... sorting and conversions in yeast mitochondria (Fig 5) Catalytically active cytochrome P450scc can be accumulated in yeast mitochondria in as much as the protein escapes aggregation inthe matrix...
... referred the patients and participated in interpreting data, and WZR participated in interpreting data and writing the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements ... following the administration of tizanidine, while points above the line indicate abnormal increases The peak-torque values for all subjects were located well below the diagonal line, indicating that ... because of their time constraints, and their data are not included here Patients had sustained a traumatic, motor incomplete non-progressive spinal cord injury, with an American Spinal Injury Association...
... 33:2123-2136 Sasaki T, Kitagawa K, Yamagata K, Takemiya T, Tanaka S, Omura-Matsuoka E, Sugiura S, Matsumoto M, Hori M: Amelioration of hippocampal neuronal damage after transient forebrain ischemia in cyclooxygenase-2-deficient ... participated inthe statistical analysis ofthe data OSL, EM and BLF participated inthe design and coordination ofthe study, reviewed the data, provided consultation and helped to draft the manuscript ... unstained area ofthe fixed brain section was defined as infarcted Cortical and subcortical uncorrected infarcted areas and total hemispheric areas were calculated separately for each coronal...
... HJ have made substantial contributions to acquisition of data and analysis and interpretation of data, have been involved in drafting the manuscript and revising it critically for important intellectual ... intellectual content, and have given final approval ofthe version to be published KM and WC have made substantial contributions to conception and design, analysis and interpretation of data, have ... involved in bone formation, activation and survival of osteoblasts and osteoclasts Several pathways regulating the function of bone remodeling have been reported inthe past, including TNFalpha/TNFR/TRAF1...
... HJ have made substantial contributions to acquisition of data and analysis and interpretation of data, have been involved in drafting the manuscript and revising it critically for important intellectual ... intellectual content, and have given final approval ofthe version to be published KM and WC have made substantial contributions to conception and design, analysis and interpretation of data, have ... involved in bone formation, activation and survival of osteoblasts and osteoclasts Several pathways regulating the function of bone remodeling have been reported inthe past, including TNFalpha/TNFR/TRAF1...
... seasonal rainfall andthe annual trunk growth, andthe only correlation shown is that ofthe rainfall values inthe spring season, there is no correlation between the growth ofthe rings andthe ... the rainfall in any other season or the annual total Figure shows the relationship between these two variables; spring rainfall and ring growth on that particular year, with the exception ofthe ... normal rainfall [23, 25] and so that they can handle a cloudburst originating a great runoff [1, 21] Ontheother hand, the banks must have overflow channels to avoid the flooding ofthe afforestation...
... made substantial contributions to study design, acquisition of data, drafting the manuscript, and analysis and interpretation of data YK Sung and CB Choi have been involved in drafting the manuscript ... additional replications among separate sets of patients with different ethnic backgrounds, such as African and/ or Asian populations, would strengthen the confidence in any association study and allow ... Arthritis Research & Therapy Vol No Shin et al laboratory data were obtained: sex, age, ages at onset of first symptom and clinical diagnosis, ACR diagnosis, and Systemic Lupus International...
... between the intervention and control groups Table shows the mean scores ofthe respondents ofthe intervention and control groups andthe results ofthe ANOVA analysis on each ofthe four scales at ... provided a training course of two half-day sessions to all NPs and GP assistants inthe intervention centres During the first session, information about the prevalence and treatment of hypertension among ... respondents anonymity in collection, analysis, and presentation ofthe data Results All but two ofthe 25 invited NPs and GP assistants (92%) from the intervention PCHCs attended the training course After...
... down-regulation activity) andtheother acting onthe intrinsic capacity to boost viral replication and persistence (Hck activation, viral co-receptor down-regulation activity, and enhancement of viral ... Hck activation; whereas the AxxA variant Nef (Pro76Ala and Pro79Ala) did not Page of show substantial activation (Figure 2B) The 85F variant Nef did not affect Hck activation, whereas the Hck activation ... research from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture of Japan and by a grant -in- aid for AIDS research from the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare of Japan Authors’ contributions...
... reflected as alveolar tidal hyperinflation [11] Inthe region of minimal Ers, the tidal re-aeration and hyperinflation areas possibly coexisted in balance, and this could explain the steady elastance ... Strandberg A, Tokics L, Brismar B: Ventilation-perfusion relationships and atelectasis formation inthe supine and lateral positions during conventional mechanical and differential ventilation Acta ... aerated areas decreased with a concomitant increase in hyperinflated areas Possibly a part of poorly aerated areas became normally aerated whereas a similar amount of normally aerated areas became hyperinflated...
... which a bone belonged The length and width of each bone was measured with a caliper andthe width ofthe neck ofthe scapula andthe head ofthe humerus were measured and recorded The angle at which ... and Lancaster, 19G4; Grondalen, 197 4a; Lawrisuk et al, 1987), and trauma (Nakano and Aherne, 1988) In addition, it has been demonstrated repeatedly that heredity plays a significant role inthe ... significance ofthe differences of bone dimensions other than length was not clear All dimensional changes in bone, other than length, occurred inthe scapula and humerus, bones located above the...
... A bestiatum, A popoffii, A salmonicida, A caviae, A media, A eucrenophila, A sobria, A jandaei, A veronii, A schubertii, A trota, A encheleia andA allosaccharophila (Janda, 2001) Thus, the extreme ... and lateral flagellins Mutations of flhA and lafK abolished the expression of polar and lateral flagellins, respectively Although RpoN may play a global regulatory role inthe expression ofa ... detection of ascV gene andthe construction of aopB and aopD mutants 126 Table V.3 A hydrophila AH-1 putative proteins and their homologs inother bacteria 132 Table VI.1 Bacterial strains and plasmids...