... slightly lower mean rates of carbon uptake before and during the first day of cold acclimation After days of cold exposure, the mean rate of carbon uptake was significantly lower for C24 than for Rsch ... T, Sawodny O, Ederer M & Heyer AG (2010) Mathematical modelling ofthe central carbohydrate metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana reveals a substantial regulatory influence of vacuolar invertase ... Experimental procedures, the rate of assimilate export from photosynthetically active source organs to consuming sink organs or metabolic pathways other than carbohydrate pathways was calculated as the...
... purposed the assessment ofthe migration capacity ofthe cells At the moment there is no consensus in establishing acceptance criteria forthe migration capacity of BM-MNC in cardiac regeneration ... invalid value, based on acceptance criteria, was observed in the first run forthe 1:10 dilution The results ofthe validation assay are reported in Table Page of (page number not for citation ... and coordination All the authors read and approved the final manuscript References Regulation (EC) No 1394/2007 ofthe European Parliament and ofthe Council of 13 November 2007 on advanced therapy...
... Surface area ofthe catalyst before and after use in the reaction was measured using surface area & pore size analyzer (NOVA 1000e, Quanta chrome Instruments) All the chemicals were used as-received ... method forthe preparation of oximes The methodology also offers chemical, economical, and environmental advantages On the other hand, Bi2O3 is remarkably easier to use, nonhazardous, inexpensive and ... [6], amines [7], and synthesis of azaheterocycles [8] are some ofthe synthetic applications of oximes They are also useful for selective a- activation [9] and are extensively used as intermediates...
... in the passband but also in the transition band The mean value ofthe group delay ranges below that of linear-phase filters ofthe same length The observed overall signal delay lies within the ... than those ofthe AFB for reasons stated in [7] Forthe implementation ofthedesign algorithm the built-in function fmincon ofthe Optimization Toolbox of Matlab is used again The given stopband ... minimizes aliasing and imaging The demand for low group delay particularly ofthe AFB prototype filters has not been asked for explicitly Based on the algorithm [15] theapproach [16] introduces additional...
... Nazarpour, S Sanei, and J A Chambers, A novel semiblind signal extraction approach incorporating PARAFAC forthe removal ofthe removal of eye-blink artifact from EEGs,” in Proceedings ofthe ... clean signals coming from nonfrontal areas 3.3 Performance evaluations In order to provide a quantitative measure of performance forthe proposed artifact removal method, the CC values ofthe ... signature of factor The spatial signature of factor (c) (d) Figure 6: The extracted factors by using PARAFAC; (a) and (b) illustrate, respectively, the spectral and temporal signatures ofthe extracted...
... The mainstay of surgical therapy in primary or metastatic disease is to achieve a complete resection with negative margins [7] Conventional chemotherapy and radiation therapy may have minor adjunctive ... Kubota K, Makuuchi M, Kusaka K, Kobayashi T, Miki K, Hasegawa K, Harihara Y, Takayama T: Measurement of liver volume and hepatic functional reserve as a guide to decision-making in resectional ... colorectal liver metastases Am J Surg 2003, 185:221-229 Kawasaki S, Makuuchi M, Kakazu T, Miyagawa S, Takayama T, Kosuge T, Sugihara K, Moriya Y: Resection for multiple metastatic liver tumors after...
... and assisted in providing a critical appraisal and review ofthe manuscript JO prepared the images, advised on the format and design and assisted in providing a critical appraisal ofthe manuscript ... Figure of Schema the abdominal wall Schema ofthe abdominal wall (A) The normal abdominal wall (B) Left: postoperative conditions after bilateral TRAMflap Right: abdominal bulge that developed in the ... sac was partly resected, leaving sufficient material to facilitate a peritoneal closure ofthe abdominal cavity In order to reach an adaptation of both lateralized anterior rectus sheaths, a...
... codon)-3’ and the “second round PCR” (one -for- all) primer set: One -for- all-forward: 5’-GGGGACAAGTTTGTACAAAAAAGCAGGCT-3’ and One -for- all-reverse: 5’-GGGGACCACTTTGTACAAGAAAGCTGGGTC-3’ PCR products containing ... in large scale as described by Soutscheck et al [12], rearranged in line assay format and validated with a number of pre-characterized serum samples These validation data confirmed the seroreactivity ... development and validation of VZV antigens in Line format AL, JH, HN and GJ participated in thedesignofthe study AB conceived the study, and participated in its design and coordination and wrote the...
... Critical Care Vol 10 No Garnacho-Montero and Amaya-Villar Van de Woude et al [1] propose a clinical algorithm based on the criteria defined by an international conference on the diagnosis of aspergillosis ... of bronchoalveolar lavage was not positive [13], a criterion not universally accepted Moreover, a high resolution CT scan is nowadays mandatory and a normal portable chest X-ray may lead to an ... Garnacho-Montero J, Amaya-Villar R, Ortiz-Leyba C, León C, Álvarez-Lerma F, Nolla-Salas J, Iruretagoyena JR, Barcenilla F: Isolation of Aspergillus spp from the respiratory tract in critically...
... information Information in the form of software abstraction also includes the organization of that information, as opposed to a physical object The software aspect ofthe centralized information-processing ... and access of biological information via the DNA transcription machinery One ofthe limitations ofthe Central Dogma (and, for that matter, the abstract description ofa digital computer as a Von ... percent of eukaryotic DNA, does not appear to participate in the “classic” Watson and Crick role of DNA as an information repository for protein synthesis; therefore the majority of human DNA appears...
... significant clinical benefits like disease stability in 80% of patients after 2–3 doses of vaccine The mean survival rate was 13 months for melanoma patients and months for renal cell carcinoma patients ... very small prostate tumors This, in association with radical prostatectomy and radiation therapies, has contributed to increasing the curative indexes [2] After several years of primary therapy, ... metaanalyses of ten clinical trials in melanoma patients (167 patients total) These data support mature DCs as the best choice for conducting clinical trials We prepared DC vaccines using allogeneic...
... Tanaka et al., 2006; Twu et al., 1993) ; and upregulating amongst other signaling pathways, the Ras-Raf-MAPK signal transduction pathway, the JAK/STAT pathway and the protein kinase B pathway ... presentation of HCC, where the dearth of symptoms at the early stage ofthe disease results in detection of cancer only when at an advanced stage (Usatoff and Habib, 2002) Another is the paucity of ... proteins that reacted with normal and patient sera 76 4.1 Autoantigens that make up a TAA panel that enable early detection of HCC as well as risk stratification of HCC patients 92 4.2 Criteria for...
... Comparison of Two Approaches in the Same Capacity System Parameters and Strategic Approaches New Allocation with the Efficiency Approach New Allocation with the Productivity Approach Selected Cases ... 6.1 6.2 The Data ofthe System with the Current Allocation Efficiency Approachfor Resource Allocation with the Same Capacity Productivity Approachfor Resource Allocation with the Same Capacity ... economic and institutional considerations The co-production approach extends and generalizes the traditional approaches including the firm approach and the customer approach The existing tradeoffs...
... activity ofthe mammalian enzymes, leading to harmful consequences for human health Taking advantage ofthe structural differences and similarities between the mammalian and bacterial specificity ... conformational space was exhaustively searched 2057 Sites forthedesignof inhibitors of PepX activity and a total of 150 docking runs were performed for each simulation A cluster analysis was finally ... Kollman united-atom charges were assigned and atomic solvation parameters were added Hydrogen atoms were also added and Kollman united-atom charges assigned forthe ligands before the nonpolar hydrogens...
... if the system has confirmed the place of departure, the destination, the day of departure and the departure time, and if a final check with the instance's database indicates that the combination ... which the system at large has access to the detailed information it needs to complete the transaction If as a result ofthe interrogation above, there are several candidates for 'handling instance' ... operator and passes the enquiry to the most relevant subclass fora more detailed analysis specific to that subclass Any available attributes ofthe travel enquiry day, time, etc - are also forwarded...
... the quantities of water and BuOH indicate the extent of each reaction The theoretical yields are 191 mL of water and 52 mL of BuOH The actual volume of water removed was 184 mL and of BuOH was 50 ... with the release of BuOH and excess water After this stage, the pressure ofthe reactor was reduced to less than 100 Pa and maintained for 1.5 h The excess water and BuOH was separated from the ... comparison of its refractive index against standard BuOH and the lower layer is water The presence ofthe two layers indicates that the hydrolysis reaction has occurred as predicted, while the...
... potential for practical application, at least in the case of balsam fir where of 14 power spectra (= two spectra from each ofthe seven treatment × foliage age combinations available; see Tab I) of ... transformation; the proposed approach falls into this category All transformations pose the challenge of deciding on an acceptable loss of information and interpretation ofthe results Our approach provides ... within- and among-group variances and covariances in classical multivariate transformations such as principal components and factor analysis are less clear [48] As demonstrated, a vegetation spectrum...
... preclinical rectal efficacy trials and Garg, et al [18,19] have summarized preformulation and formulation from a pharmaceutics approach However, to date, the ideal functional characteristics fora rectal ... the ease of manufacture anticipating eventual scaling up to Wang et al AIDS Research and Therapy 2011, 8:12 http://www.aidsrestherapy.com/content/8/1/12 Page of 10 Table Compatibility of binary ... representing a measure of practical acceptance, our work suggests that both aqueous and non-aqueous based formulations could be acceptable forthe rectal administration ofa microbicide The rheological...
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... Though, there is no data available on the water contaminants by pathogens, several reports on diarrheal disease indicate they occur frequently The major vectors for diarrheal disease are bacteria, ... two categories are waste from offices and kitchens, and waste of sharp, infectious, pathological, pharmaceutical, radioactive wastes The hazardous waste; sharp, infectious, pathological, pharmaceutical, ... color, and cannot guarantee that the water is pathogen free The bio-sand filter should be used as part ofthe multi-barrier approachfor providing safe water Similar to other types of water filters,...