... References Donnenberg MS: Enterobacteriaceae In Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett’s Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases Volume II edition Edited by: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R New York: Elsevier/Churchill ... Health and Nutrition, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Authors’ contributions ZG, HH and SG collected the patient data and participated in the patient’s hospitalization and treatment ... 2420 g, and her CSF analysis and culture were within normal range Afterward, she was discharged with oral ciprofloxacin, co-trimoxazole and rifampicin for another 28-day period Figures and show...
... protein accumulation changes induced by nitrate in both roots and leaves of Zea mays plants The attention was focused on the changes in the pattern of protein soluble fractions causedby the addition ... were affected by nitrogen availability The analysis of these spots by LC-ESI-MS/MS allowed to identify 15 and 14 proteins in root and leaf patterns, respectively These proteins and the changes in ... sugars and sucrose in roots (A, C, E and G) and leaves (B, D, F, and H) and chlorophyll content in leaves (I) of Zea mays plants, previously grown in the absence of nitrogen for 17 days (T0) and...
... areas and the strengthened preparation for disaster management and health services offered by governmental programs, international organizations and NGOs might help explain why the morbidity and ... improve service coverage and quality and health outcomes Water and sanitation services in the study area were already well below the national coverage and were adversely impacted by Cyclone Nargis–these ... Thailand 3Permanent Secretary Office, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand 4Relief and Community Health Bureau, Red Cross Society, Bangkok, Thailand 5Inter-agency Coordination and Emergency...
... Oceanography, University of Maryland, and Columbia University), and several private sector companies provided forecasts of ENSO-based weather andclimate outcomes and of environmental and socioeconomic impacts ... California, and the public’s perception of the event It illustrates several aspects of the communication of climate information and the confusion that can occur between climateand weather Climate ... hydrologic changes due to reservoir and canal releases • Product delivery is now enhanced through an expanded outreach program and Internet and wireless delivery systems • The media and decision...
... Tenebrio 79-kDa pro-PO, and (B) 55-kDa Tm-mas in HW-55S solution by incubation with Ca2+ and b-1,3-glucan and the effects of serine proteinase inhibitors on (C) PO activity and (D) proteolysis of ... TCA and subjected to SDS/PAGE and then immunoblotting with the affinity-purified antibody raised against the 45-kDa Tm-mas solution was preincubated with p-NPGB and p-APMSF, and then calcium and ... larvae and (B) the PO activity of HW-55S solution PO activity was measured by incubation with 30 lL HW-55S solution with Ca2+ and b-1,3-glucan (d), Ca2+ only (m), b-1,3-glucan only (j) and with...
... ecosystem services and benefits to business (2.2.4), biodiversity gains and losses causedby business activities (2.2.5) and interactions between firms and other agents with respect to changes in BES ... the direct and indirect impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services, both positive and / or negative, associated with: • The use and management of controlled and owned land assets (and access ... adopted) and (b) impacts on BES (e.g reform of taxes associated to land-use andchanges in land-use as suggested by Sainteny 1993; Cumming 2009), inclusive of those linked to the dissemination and...
... developments demanded also changes in the organization and structure of these professions Hence in 2004 Albania approved the new law "On Accounting and Financial Statements”6 and in 2009 approved ... which is mandated as the only responsible and authoritative body to compile the National Accounting Standards (NAS) in full compliancy with the international accounting standards IAS/IFRS, and the ... accounting, financial reporting and financial statement analysis and the other the civil law, labor act and company act of Albania) On the other hand, the procedures and criteria to be licensed as...
... semithin sections by light microscopy The ultrastructural morphology of mitochondria was evaluated on five rats for each experimental group (control, 24 and 96 h after PH) and 10 randomly selected ... isopropanol and 7% acetic acid After 10 min, H2O2 30% was added and, after 1–2 min, the greenish-blue bands of heme-containing peptides, among which was cytochrome c, were developed, as described by Broger ... change was calibrated by addition of standard aliquots of Ca2+ to the medium A standard curve was obtained from the pooled results of five independent series of determinations and used for analysis...
... (Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 32, 2001) and “Function Talk and the Artifact Model” (Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences ... Griffiths, and Russell D Gray, editors, 2000 Coherence in Thought and Action Paul Thagard, 2000 Evolution and Learning: The Baldwin Effect Reconsidered Bruce H Weber and David J Depew, 2003 Seeing and ... theses and not the real world —Michael Ruse, “Booknotes,” Biology and Philosophy Contents Preface ix Meaning and the Means to an Understanding of Ends Why Is an Eye? 21 Adaptationism and Engineering...
... scores of to assigned as low and those of to 36 as high) Seasonal changes in mood and behavior Seasonal changes in mood and behavior were measured using items taken and adapted from the SPAQ [13] ... seasonal changes in mood and behavior were to be considered, novel codes and standards that influence the choice of lighting technologies and the design of indoor environments could be developed and ... seasonal changes in mood and behavior and of poor illumination indoors seem to be relevant indicators of the HRQoL and mental well-being Our study was supported in part by the grants #201097 and #210262...
... outcomes and adjusted for age and BMI A significant (p < 0.05) difference in serum T, DHEAS, SHBG, and fasting insulin levels, and in HOMA, GIR and FAI was observed between patients who had and who ... insulin, GIR and HOMA differed significantly according to the pregnancy outcomes showing an impairment of androgen and free androgen levels and insulin resistance markers On the other hand, no relevant ... A, DHEAS, SHBG and fasting insulin levels, and in HOMA, GIR and FAI in PCOS and control groups Significant differences (p < 0.05) were observed in the variations in T, DHEAS, SHBG and fasting insulin...
... production by coated fruits and vegetables In this regard the gas barrier properties and permselectivity of the edible coating applied to the skin surface and their dependence on relative humidity and ... CGC and chitosan showed 2.41% and 2.71% weight loss, respectively, as compared to 3.71% and 3.13% weight loss in control and glucose-coated mushroom Mushroom weight loss is mainly cause by water ... mushrooms treated with CGC and chitosan coatings could be due to their higher antifungal activity, and covering of the cuticle and lenticels, thereby reducing infection, respiration and other senescence...
... features, laboratory manifestations and treatment of pneumonia causedby M pneumoniae, C pneumoniae and L pneumophila 1.4.1 The clinical features of pneumonia causedby M pneumoniae, C pneumoniae, ... characteristics of atypical pneumonia causedby Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and Legionella pneumophila Chlamydia pneumoniae 1.2.1 Epidemiology characteristics of pneumonia causedby Mycoplasma pneumoniae Disease ... prevalence of pneumonia causedby C pneumoniae from 4337 patients was 8% in North America, 7% in Europe, 6% in Latin America and 5% in Asia Forest (2007) The disease affects both genders and all age groups...
... Evolutionary Biology [7] and the other in Molecular Biology and Evolution [8], Finn and colleagues examine an example of a cluster of genes that emerged by duplication and that apparently has ... gene and genome duplication and subsequent reciprocal gene loss and/ or differential paralog evolution in divergent populations leads to genomic incompatibilities between isolated populations and, ... vertebrates and the occurrence of the 1R/2R genome duplications remain elusive and will require additional data from cartilaginous fishes, agnathans and non-vertebrate chordates Adapted from [10] and...
... Interpretation of changes in the concentration of any tissue compound across treatments may be misleading because it is affected both bychanges in the pool of that compound andbychanges in biomass ... (left) and watering (right) on plant starch concentration (abscissas) and starch pool size (ordinates) LF, MF and HF are low, moderate and high fertilization, respectively, and LW, MW and HW ... (left) and watering (right) experiments LF, MF and HF are low, moderate and high fertilization, respectively, and LW, MW and HW are low, moderate and high water treatment, respectively Values...
... of repair and progression and the whole hand/foot direct assignment All analyses on agreement were carried out with unweighted kappa statistics Exercise III Complete sets of hands and feet were ... heal and leave no structural changes indicative of the healing process These cases would not be recognized by an expert under the circumstances of Exercises I or II because of the randomization and ... measurement error and anticipation bias The former includes the true measurement error, which includes reading error and error invoked bychanges in radiographic positioning and exposure Anticipation...
... 845 joints were examined by US, 300 by MRI, and 795 by x-ray Ultrasonography observations in PsA and RA patients and CTRLs The observations by US in PsA and RA patients and CTRLs are listed in ... detection of inflammatory and destructive changes in finger and toe joints, tendons, and entheses in patients with PsA by comparison with MRI, x-ray, and clinical findings Materials and methods Patients ... insertional changesand capsular/extracapsular changes were found more frequently, but not exclusively, in PsA Observations by ultrasonography, MRI, and x-ray in the MRI-examined hand The observations by...
... supplied by Bio-kit (Spain) and involved using a turbidimetric assay as previously described by Price et al (1987) [26] Measurement of plasma concentration of D-dimer and von Willebrand Factor ... the study Changes in the measured parameters during ischaemia and reperfusion were determined by repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA – using the sweeping by treatment method) and the ... vessels was supported by the reduction in monocyte and granulocyte cell numbers, and the increased shedding of CD62L and up-regulation in CD11b cell surface expression of monocytes and neutrophils...
... between 58 and 87 years old (mean age = 77 for both THR and TKR), and were all scheduled for elective surgery due to osteoarthritis patients were scheduled for THR (3 females and males) and patients ... intensity (MFI) and represent the changes in the CD62L cell surface expression of neutrophils and monocytes following THR and TKR surgery (Figures 2a+b) Following THR surgery significant changes were ... from the arm by means of the cannula, upon the release of tourniquet at and 15 minutes reperfusion, day 1, and postoperatively Preparation of cell suspensions Purified neutrophils and mononuclear...