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... necessaryforthe initiation and progression of disease Therefore, the initial aim of this study was to monitor the migration of fluorescence-labeled ‘arthritogenic’ T cells into the joints of mice ... inhibit the development or reduce the severity of PGIA in either the primary or the adoptively transferred form ofthe disease These results not seem to be consistent with the report by Wang and ... and ELISA assays AL collected all the data andperformedthe statistical analyses TTG was involved in study design and carried out the PG immunizations and histological assessment of arthritis...
... reduce these shortcomings andtheneedfor this is further highlighted by the findings of this study The limitations of this study were thatthe data was only collected from the women's point of ... to bethe mother forthe first time and she feels it was very bad for her to realise that she was supposed to get NVP RG06WB' Page of (page number notfor citation purposes) AIDS Research and Therapy ... to mothers not receiving their results The testing kit used in this context isthe rapid HIV test It is therefore unclear why women were not given their results and this issue requires further...
... and analysis, interpretation ofthe results, and drafting ofthe manuscript WR was involved in interpretation ofthe results and revision ofthe manuscript GL was involved in interpretation of ... function Increasing the orders ofthe filter may reduce the distortion imposed on the M wave Implication for application ofthe MUNIX measurement This study also investigated the effects of notch filtering ... laborious and time-consuming), the most advantage ofthe MUNIX measurement doesnot lie in the improved performance for adequate estimation of motor unit numbers Instead, the most advantage of the...
... (x) is small under the assumptions of Theorems 2.7 and 2.8 Also, we derive the asymptotic behavior of solution u(t) Proof of Theorem 2.7 The existence of solution for (1.1) in small u0 can be ... t−(1+λ)/(m+2) , andthe Proof of Lemma 3.4 is completed (3.42) < t ≤ T Proof of Theorem 2.4 Noticing thatthe estimate constant C0 in (3.12)–(3.13) and (3.27)– (3.28) is independent of i, we have from the ... estimate for u(t) In this section, we derive a priori estimatesofthe assumed solutions u(t) and give a proof of Theorem 2.4 The solutions are in fact given as limits of smooth solutions of appropriate...
... would have been uncomfortable with such a project during the best of times; that they were unenthusiastic about a history ofsuch a titanic failure is only human Therefore, I must ask the reader’s ... Meriwether was only the public face of Long-Term The heart ofthe fund was a group of brainy, Ph.D.-certified arbitrageurs Many of them had been professors Two had won the Nobel Prize All of them ... throughout the life ofthe fund, as well as information on the results of investors It was an invaluable resource and, indeed, the source of many ofthe figures in this book Finally, I am grateful to the...
... population of 250,000 individuals in Zimbabwe with the same age and sex distribution and incidence of diseases asthe country as a whole The number of treatments for each disease was determined ... incidence andthe health seeking behaviour ofthe population Information on incidence of diseases was drawn from a national study which provided estimatesof new cases of disease by age and sex ... length of time were recalculated to match the life expectancies at various ages of onset ofthe disease as indicated in the formula below: mation on the number of individuals in each age and sex...
... remove the effects of other QTL anddoesnot allow the analysis of epistasis Although the authors state thatthe evaluation ofthe accuracy ofthe estimation is an important issue, their program does ... hypothesis will notbe rejected The rejection of any subset ofthe null hypothesis will lead to the rejection ofthe null hypothesis In comparison with strategies based on information criteria and ... study, the asymptotic standard deviation ofthe position estimates was not a good criterion forthe accuracy ofthe position estimatesand may be much too optimistic in many cases The observation that...
... worked in the communications sector Twenty years later, though the number of men remained unchanged, the number of women rose to 550 000 A similar situation was seen in the wholesale and retail ... 450 000 by 1995 The number of men grew only marginally from 425 000 to 480 000 over the same period In defence, the number of men declined from 225 000 to 200 000, while the number of women rose ... answer: The two decades between 1975 and 1995 brought significant changes in the representation of women in Freedonia's work force, according to the graphs In 1975, for example, some 300 000 men and...
... defects, the spacer should notbe implanted as a hemiarthroplasty, but rather as a total arthroplasty, consisting of a spacer stem and a cup (Figure 3) This is also of benefit in cases where the spacer ... if • the patient isnot compliant, • partial weight bearing ofthe operated extremity cannotbe tolerated, • the spacer is insufficiently fixated onto the proximal femur, • the size ofthe spacer ... of prosthesis reimplantation, the spacer head can be easily removed andthe modular prosthesis parts (neck and head) placed This procedure offers a stable fracture treatment and facilitates the...
... strands and activation of p53-dependent growth arrest and apoptosis [28] It was therefore not surprising that CY administration resulted in a decrease in the proliferating cell number in both the gastric ... is likely thatthe cell cyclearresting action of CY in the stomach in this study was due to the activation of p53 and therefore leading to the suppression ofthe c-Myc/ODC pathway All these findings ... hematopoiesis [25] All of these results are consistent with the present findings that AP is a tonic to hematopoietic system Concerning angiogenesis, it is believed that one ofthe anti-tumor mechanisms...
... exclusion of claudin-1 from the nucleus (Figure 1B) This implies that active PKC may exist in the nucleus of melanoma cells, andthe presence of active PKC isoforms in the nuclei of many cell types has ... ester treatment, and decreased by inhibitors of conventional PKC isoforms, implying that, in melanoma, claudin-1 expression is dependent upon PKC isoforoms suchas α, β and γ (4) In this study, we ... due to the fact that it was expressed in the cytoplasm, rather than solely at the cell membrane (4) Other studies have shown that protein kinase activity is important forthe regulation and localization...
... responsible forthe consistency ofthe active component that can act as a barrier to the spread of any bacteria penetrating the tissues including those ofthe periodontium It is conceivable that hyaluronan ... access forthe tools and facilitate the direct clinical view ofthe defect [fig 3-4] A full-thickness flap was elevated andthe granulation tissue was removed showing the true extension and depth of ... migration of inflammatory cells, fibroblasts and endothelial cells into the damaged site It has been showed that fibroblasts cultured in presence of increasing doses of HA have an increased production...
... examine the expansion ofthe software industry in India, Ireland, Israel and Brazil The growth in the first three countries has been fuelled by exports whereas thatof Brazil is rather based on the ... suggested as possible candidates The first is openness to trade (and the globalisation process) andthe second is technical progress andthe associated organisational change The third is based on ... hand in hand has been discussed since Griliches (1969) There is some disagreement about what is cause and what is effect On the one hand, Bartel and Lichtenberg (1987) provide evidence that the...
... daily, was flowed into the system The characteristics ofthe influent wastewater were as follows: 160–200 mg/L of SS, 55–80 mg/L of TOC, 45–55 mg/L of T-N, and 4.0–5.5 mg/L of T-P In this study, ... the influent and effluent ofthe phosphorus adsorption column The small graph at the right shows the breakthrough point (PO4-P concentration: mg/L) ofthe adsorbent at day 119 Asthe amount of ... solubilized by ozonation, and a large part ofthe solubilized phosphorus consisted of PO4-P Over 90% ofthe solubilized phosphorus was absorbed, andthe effluent PO4-P concentration was maintained at...
... Hiroshima, and others Therefore, it is considered that a large amount of pollutants runs into the sea from the urban as well as industrial areas Asthe area around the Seto Inland Sea has a small ... in the reservoir, and dissolved Al and Mn were removed more from the water On the other hand, the removal of dissolved Zn was not so obvious It is considered that soluble zinc hydroxide was formed ... microorganisms suchas bacteria also played some role along with the algae, because it was observed that SS were also increased through the cultivation andthe ratio ofthe increased amount of SS to the...
... Fig.5 The large decrease was observed between and day andthe temporal increase of GSH in Run was clarified Whenthe decrease ofthe cadmium concentration was large, the GSH concentration was high ... sulfide is formed To highlight the removal of soluble cadmium compounds in plant, the hydroponic culture like thatof Ait Ali et al (2004) was employed in this study On the other hand, it is known that ... basically the same asthat in the previous study (Sagehashi et al., 2009) The volume ofthe total culture broth was set as L and was circulated by a liquid pump To avoid the direct effects on the removal...
... of course to the modeled fuel cell andisnotnecessarilythe same for other fuel cells However, the method andthe tendencies ofthe results presented are more general Based on this model, the ... pressure is below the saturation pressure, water is present in the gaseous phase only On the other hand, whenthe saturation pressure is reached, water condenses in the cell and both phases are ... in the gas can be computed via a mass balance between the inlet and outlet vapor pressures in the channel The difference between the inlet andthe outlet water vapor pressure is here due to the...
... analysis isperformed with different mass flow rates andthe outlet temperature is computed which is then given to all the four stages asthe initial guess andthe same mass flow rate is equally distributed ... yield is computed and it is plotted in Figure 10 It is found that with the increase in number of stages, the temperature difference between the stages decreases because of which there is no improvement ... forthe month of December, the distillate yield is minimum of 24.245% for fresh water and it decreased to 22.805% for brackish water, 20.694% for saline water and 17.802% for brine solution The...
... long-term changes in the task-based performances In addition, on the basis ofthe argument thatthe AS- unit allows for ellipsis andis thus a more sensitive measure forthe spoken language (Foster ... of task planning are distinguished based on the criterion ofwhenthe planning happens (Ellis, 2005) They are pre-task planning (before task performance) and within/online planning (during task ... the best of my knowledge and belief, this minor thesis contains no material which has previously been submitted and accepted for any other degree in any university The thesis is my own work and...