... in rigidcapsules, capsuleglands and albuminglandsare pres-ent in acomplexof pallial glands. Thesediffer in theirorigin and function (Chukchin,1984).Oviductalglands in octopussecrete an adhesivecement,whilethoseofcuttlefish and squidsecrete ... Itincludestheirtransportandaccumulation in differentparts of the reproductive system and theirconversionintospermato-phores in males and eggs with protective coverings in females (i.e.physiologicalmaturity,func-tional ... same time, aclusterofindividualeggs is formed.Theeggsare sheltered and protectedby the female in octopusbutnot in cuttlefish. In squid, with theexceptionofEnoploteuthinae,(Youngand...
... stimulatingfactor treatment of Crohn’s disease is associated with the appearance ofcirculating interleukin-10-producing T cells and increased lamina propriaplasmacytoid dendritic cells. Clin Exp ... [2]. InitialstudiesinmicesupportedaroleforG-CSFinimmunedeviation towards T helper type 2 (Th2) cytokine pro-duction [3]. In humans, G-CSF increases interleukin(IL)-4 release and decreases interferon ... atthe indicated time- points and used to evaluate IL-12p40, TGF-b1 and HGF levels by ELISA. Bars depict median values and interquartile rangesrecorded in 12 independent experiments performed in...
... about a single point intimeand does notallow evaluating the effect of long-standing high bloodpressure. Another explanation for this lung function decrement could be that those with persistent ... acute and chronic effects and thecausality between high blood pressure, its medical treat-ment and lung functionin further prospective studies.ConclusionsOur findings are in line with previous ... Relationship between lung functionand blood pressure in Chinese men and women of Beijing and Guangzhou. PRC-USACardiovascular and Cardiopulmonary Epidemiology Research Group. Int JEpidemiol 1998,...
... vitamins (retinol, tocopherol and cholecalcifer-ol), and trace elements and heavy metals (Zn, Cu, Fe, Cd, Pb and Mn) in patients with CAD and the control group are shown in Table 2. Compared with ... increase in urine Cu levels in patients suffering from myocar-dial infarction (MI) (15). Reunanen et al. (1996) found increased levels of serum Cu in patients with CAD (14). In contrast, in our ... 2002; 162: 2443-2449. 31. Rock E, Winklhofer-Roob BM, Ribalta J, et al. Vitamin A, vita-min E and carotenoid status and metabolism during ageing: functional and nutritional consequences (VITAGE...
... before eating Hand washi ng without s oap before eating No hand washing before eating Hand washing after defecation with soap Hand washing after defecation without soap No hand washing after ... overhead latrine or not having a latrine, not filtering or boiling water, no water treatment procedures, defecating in open field rather than a latrine and without hand washing (with and without ... defecating in latrine -0.76* 0.07 Hygiene practices Hand washing with soap before eating -0.79** -0.13 Hand washing without soap before eating 0.31 -0.32 No hand washing before eating 0.85**...
... only increases when the date interval spans months or years. Date in DaysThe following script shows one way to make dateandtime calculations much easier. Because UNIX and Linux calculate time ... like to get those routine notices by page during the day and by e-mail at other times.The following script determines whether the current day and hour are within a certain time frame that you ... 's/0*//'`year= `date +'%Y'`22CHAPTER 3 ■ DATEANDTIME MANIPULATIONAlternatives for Finding the Datein SecondsThere are two other ways to calculate the number of seconds since the epoch....
... surgery/interventions (including ablations)Group 1 Patients after cardiac surgery/interventions (including ablations)1.1 Without remaining findings (complete correction)1.2 With minimal findings1.3 ... forms of exercise and games in childhoodTypes of exercise with a high dynamic/low static componentRunning, skipping, jumping, cycling, swimming, inline skating, skateboarding, running games,ball ... expected in this setting. Recommended types of exercise include interval training at moderateintensity, e.g., ball games and running games, or moderate stamina training. Their afterloadreducing...
... proteins indicating mainly1O2was involved[28]. In spinach thylakoids, illumination at low lightintensity resulted in the degradation of PsaB geneproduct into two fragments of 51 and 45 ... strong light and started to degrade after 1 h and completely vanished after 3 h. With histidine, this pro-tein declined by 45 and 60% after 3 and 6 h of illu-mination, respectively, while with n-propyl ... structural perturbationsinvolved altered pigment–protein and protein–proteininteraction, contributing to the observed decreasedefficiency of energy migration and capture, and leadingto Chl degradation.Experimental...
... mTOR and its downstream targets 4E-BP1, eEF2, and eEF2 kinase in relationships with tau in Alzheimer’sdisease brainXu Li1, Irina Alafuzoff2, Hilkka Soininen3, Bengt Winblad1 and Jin-Jing ... proteins with either polyglutamine or polyalanine expansions in Huntington disease, Huntington related diseases, and various forms of a-synuclein associated with Parkinsondisease and synucleinopathies ... sectionsprocessed in parallel, the corresponding stainingswere weak in all of these areas as compared with theAD brain sections (data not shown). In AD brain,immunostainings with the antibody against p-eEF2...
... Her2-pDNA vaccina tion in conjunction with GM-CSF and IL-2administration is safe, well tolerated and can induce long-lasting cellular and humoral immune responses againstHer2 in patients with advanced ... clinical responses and/ or improved time to relapse when administered in theadjuvant setting in women with Her2-expressing breastcancer as a single agent or in combination with chemo-therapy ... s.e.m.) binding activity of patients evaluable at all time points (patient #3,4, 8, pre, post and late). C. Binding activity in the serum of all patients at all available individual time points...
... myocardial inflammation and an increasedexpression of pro inflammatory cytokines, such as tumornecrosis factor a, interleukin-1, and interleukin-6 from adamaged myocardium [3-6]. In heart failure ... linked to each other in terms of expres-sion and/ or function (black thick lines), and to a num-ber of molecules, namely Norepinephrine, Endothelin-1,IL-1A, Galectin-3, TNFa, IL-6 and IL-18 [13], ... vscontrols. In contrast, IL-7, IL-5, and Interferon (IFN)-g were decreased in both ICM and NIDCM groups as comparedto controls. Plasma IL-6 and IL-1 b were increased in ICM and decreased in NIDCM,...
... the self-administered and validatedGerman version of the HADS[19] The HADS measuresdepression and generalised anxiety in in- and outpatients and in community settings. It contains 14 statementsdescribing ... determine the minimal important differ-ence of the HADS. The CRQ is a widely used instrument in respiratory rehabilitation and measures dyspnea,fatigue, emotional functioning and coping with COPD.[20] ... approximately 1.5 points in COPDpatients. Investigators and those interpreting clinicalresearch can use this minimal important difference todetermine whether treatment effects are in a range that...
... than in groups 1 and 5, and significantly lower in group 5 as compared with that in group 1.DiscussionCombined Therapy with Cyclosporine and EPO ProvidedAdditional Benefits of Limiting Brain Infarct ... substantially increased in group 2 than in other groups, remarkably higher in g roups 3 and 4 than in groups 1 and 5, and significantly higher in group 5than in group 1.On day 21 following acute IS induction, ... superiority of combined cyclosporine A (CsA)-erythropoietin (EPO) therapycompared with either one in limiting brain infarction area (BIA) and preserving neurological functionin rat afterischemic...
... Morganti-Kossmann1,2*AbstractBackground: The combination of diffuse brain injury with a hypoxic insult is associated with poor outcomes in patients with traumatic brain injury. In this study, we investigated the impact ... metalloproteinases [90].IL-1b mRNA is upregulated within minutes after TBI, and increased protein levels are detectable within anhour after TBI [ 21,91-93]. In this study, IL-1b increasedearly ... protein)0246S 2 24 48 72 96 Time Post-Injury (hours)Brain IL-10 (pg/mg protein)ABCDEFFigure 5 Cytokines IL-6, IL-1b and TNF are increased in r ats after traumatic axonal injury with...
... greater in weight bearing bones(5.1% at lumbar spine and 2.5% at femoral neck) thatnon-weight bearing non-dominant distal radius (0.9% in tBMD, 0.2% in iBMD, and 0.1% in cBMD). This findingwas ... tomography (pQCT), and bone turnover markers, including bone formingalkaline phosphatase (BALP) and bone resorbing urinary Deoxypyridinoline (DPD). Allmeasurements were repeated at 6 and 12 months.Results: ... non-weight bearing skeletons.Alendronate is a known strong inhibitor of bone resorp-tion mainly by inducing apoptosis and impairing the function of osteoclasts as well as by preventing the apop-tosis...