... projection requirement is met [4]; (ii) missing wedge artifacts are minimal and (iii) isosurface rendering optimally fits the NM surface Our results indicate that, in principle, the characterization ... characterization and definition of NM can benefit from application of conventional BF ET In the scope of putting this technique in practice for the characterization and definition of gold and silica NM, ... hardly sensitive to radiation damage, extensive data collection using a high frequency of imaging can be applied Because our software and hardware limit the amount of data that can be aligned and reconstructed...
... process for the fabrication of high specific surfacearea porous SiC ceramics, which are coated completely with reticulated amorphous SiC nanowires Commercially available phenolic resin and silicon powders ... This is in accordance with the XRD analysis mentioned above Table lists the data for the obtained high specific surfacearea porous SiC ceramics coated completely by reticulated SiC nanowires measured ... and Design Institute, Beijing, China) and silicon powder (average particle size of 9.4 mm; Beijing Da Di Zelin-Silicon Limited Company, Beijing, China) were used as carbon source and silicon source,...
... wild -type andthe K650M mutant receptor was analysed as in (B) A faint biotinylated band is visible with the K650M mutant after and h significant amounts of biotinylated receptor after h Similar ... back to the plasma membrane The E3-ubiquitin ligase c-Cbl is directly involved in the ubiquitylation of several RTKs [24–26,32] and may participate in the downregulation of FGFR1 via an indirect ... that propagate FGFR signals via different signalling pathways resulting in the regulation of many cellular processes including proliferation, differentiation, migration and survival [1–4] Dominant...
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... antigens or peptides andthe rapid identification of novel antigenic epitopes Classical methods allowing the physical identification andthe sorting of cells endowed with peculiar functional profiles ... multimer staining of antigen specific T cells, intracellular staining with cytokine specific antibodies, ELISPOT or ELISA assays for antigen driven cytokine production, antigen specific cytotoxicity ... laboratory facilities Indeed, although the subsequent analysis of cytokine gene expression requires adequate infrastructure, initial antigen stimulation and safe storage and transportation of...
... trained in clinical skills, clinical training skills and advanced training skills, as well as the number of trainings each clinical trainer and advanced trainer had conducted since the training http://www.human-resources-health.com/content/7/1/11 ... participated in the analysis ofthe trainer data, as well as contributed to the literature review and writing the article RMcL conducted the analysis ofthe TIMS data for the external evaluation ... St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, and Surinam in 2003; to Barbados andthe Bahamas in 2004; and to Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, and Turks & Caicos in...
... Society's international journals and books, and acts as European distributor for selected publications ofthe American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), the Indonesian Petroleum Association ... Salem, MA 01970, USA: the item-fee code for this publication is 0305-8719/06/$15.00 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available fromthe British ... pedogenetic processes, and implications for ecological risk assessment 63 BA~UELOS, G S & LIN, Z.-O Reuse of agricultural drainage water in central California: phytosustainability in soil with high...
... reviewing the literature on extra-abdominal migration of swallowing foreign bodies, Macchi at al reported a case ofa 48-year-old man with esophageal perforation, mediastinitis, and evidence of ... require emergent surgical intervention Ventilation, airway compromise andthe risk of aspiration should also be assessed If the swallowed object is radio-opaque, a single frontal radiograph that ... perforation ofthe ascending aorta during surgical drainage ofthe mediastinum They reported finding a fish bone under the aortic arch at autopsy [5] Kunishige et al presented a 79-year-old woman...
... extensive areas of fibrosis and patchy acute and chronic non -specific inflammation were also seen in the wall ofthe appendix No significant cytological atypia or invasion ofthe appendiceal wall ... this distinction remains elusive and cannot be established with any degree of reliability if we are to depend solely on physical examination findings and radiological imagings Histopathological ... findings in patients with mucinous cystadenomas include cystic masses with low attenuation, irregular wall thickening and absence of associated appendiceal inflammation [1,7] Mural calcification...
... chest radiograph showed an air-fluid level within a dilated stomach (Figure 2a) In view ofthe examination and chest radiograph findings, she had a nasogastric tube and urinary catheter inserted ... obstruction and its associated complications, other complications of bezoars include ulceration, intussusception, and bowel perforation Intraluminal bezoar is a serious condition, with a mortality rate ... condition but can potentially cause significant morbidity and mortality Consent Written informed consent was obtained fromthe patient for publication of this case report and any accompanying images...
... Occasional macrophages were present (haematoxylin-eosin × 160) ative radiographic examination was negative at that time and no cystic lesion was found in thearea during the surgical extraction of ... ofthe patients had a definite history of trauma andthe author noted that the severity ofthe trauma was a striking feature in most ofthe cases and that this finding suggests that trauma may ... in order to reach the lesion TheThe following is an account ofa well documented radiographically and histopathologically atypical case of TBC involving the ramus ofthe mandible, which is also...
... encouraged to investigate alternative approaches in summarization and report their results NeATS participated only in the fully automatic multi-document summarization task A total of 12 systems participated ... Croatia, Yugoslavia, Slovenia, republic, and are joined due to the connections as follows: • Slovenia Croatia • Croatia Slovenia • Yugoslavia Slovenia • republic Slovenia Closed class words (of, ... 53% This suggests assessors did write something similar in their summaries but not exactly the same; once again illustrating the difficulty of summarization evaluation (4) Despite the low inter...
... Cys83Ala R-TDPX1 Cys83Ala TATATCATATGTCTATCTACGACTTCAAGGTC ATATAGGATCCTCACGATTGAGTGCTTGG ATATATCATATGTCCGGTGTCGCAAAG ATATAGGATCCTTACTCGTCTCTCCACGG ATATATCATATGTCCTGCGGTAACGCC ATATAGGATCCTTACTGCTTGCTGAAGTATC ... Despite the fact that Leishmania 5644 spp are obligate intracellular parasites of macrophages, and therefore live in a potentially hostile oxidizing environment in the mammalian stage of their life ... wild -type activity with TryX indicating that formation of an intramolecular disulde is important for interaction with TryX In contrast, this mutant displayed signicant activity with dithiothreitol...
... regulating the induction of collagen I synthesis by CTGF Further examination ofthe intracellular signalling mechanisms revealed an essential involvement of Gai, PLD and PC-PLC Their inhibition abolished ... human primary dermal fibroblasts Statistical analysis Statistical analysis was performed using GraphPad Prism version 3.02 All data were expressed as means ± SEM and statistically analysed using ... Palmitoylation of endothelin receptor A Differential modulation of signal transduction activity by translational modification J Biol Chem 271, 20811–20819 25 Takigawa M, Sakurai T, Kasuya Y, Abe...
... regions in the protein serve as the initial attacking point for proteases and thereby play a key regulatory role The protease that plays a crucial role in the degradation of CII in vivo is HflB The ... tertiary interactions ofthe aromatic residues, while there was a significant gain of secondary structure There are three tryptophan and two phenylalanine residues in the CII protein and tyrosine ... conformation ofthe protein, thus shifting the equilibrium More detailed investigations on the interaction ofthe guanidium ion with this protein are needed to understand the physico-chemical basis...
... measles Laboratory Animal Science 1996, 46(3):315-320 Takeda M, Kato A, Kobune F, Sakata H, Li Y, Shioda T, Sakai Y, Asakawa M, Nagai Y: Measles virus attenuation associated with transcriptional impediment ... the complexity andthe diversity ofthe experimental systems previously used made a clear-cut interpretation of these data difficult in the estimation ofthe role oftypeI IFN in the attenuated ... (Biogentex, Ozyme, France) and treated with DNase I (Sigma) Detection and quantification of MV -specific RNA Detection of efficient replication in mice brains (presence of mRNA coding for N), was...
... Guerraggio and Tan [4] etc for quasi-equilibrium problems and quasivariational inequalities; Blum and Oettli [5], Tan [7], Minh and Tan [8], Ky Fan [9] etc for equilibrium and variational inequality ... conditions, is also a solution of some other systems of quasi-optimization problems, quasi-equilibrium problems, quasivariational problems etc Preliminaries and Definitions Throughout this paper, as in the ... Fan, A minimax inequality and application, in Inequalities III, O Shisha (Ed.), Academic Press, New-York, 1972, p 33 10 D T Luc, Theory of Vector Optimization, Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical...
... remained on the same place at the heater axis on the frontal image Similarly the disappearing warm zone remained symmetrical along the axis ofthe heater at the radial images ofthe smoothed ... scheme and lower left IRimage) Ratio of heat conductivities, R, in axial and tangential directions in stems is always higher than 1 .The stem xylem is a complex material consisting mainly of cell-wall ... Visualization ofthe heat field also allows evaluation of optimal positioning ofthe sap flow sensors For this purpose the mathematical properties ofthe dynamics of heat field (via ellipses with...
... 66 female and male animals of different lines raised on a fattening farm ofthe southern region of GDR, andfrom 461 A .I boars ofa breeding station Each sample (2.0 ml) was incubated at 37 °C ... in A .I boars ofthe Landrace Among 62 Landrace animals analysed, boars showed a heterozygote 13/17 Robertsonian translocation In the other breeds investigated, this translocation was absent In ... translocation carriers among theA .I boars ofthe Landrace indicates that possible effects on performance not effect an elimination ofthe translocation from breeding animals All the carriers in this study...