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mark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. In H. L. Meiselman, Dimen-
sions of the meal. The science, culture, business, and art of eating (pp.
191±201). Maryland: Aspen.
Raudenbush, B., ... Approximately similar mean
and dispersion statistics have been observed by Pliner
and Hobden (1992) in Canadian students; by Frank et
al. (1997) in US students; and by Frank and Hursti
(1999) in a ... ®nding
that was similar to US and Swedish populations (Frank
& Hursti, 1999). Education is likely to enhance the
access and exposures to various stimuli, events and
issues, and thereby it can perhaps...
... The
noise is assumed to be additive. This is a rather realistic assumption, standard in
factor analysis and signal processing, and allows for a simple formulation of the noisy
model. Thus, the noisy ... as:
sign
(15.26)
where ,and is set to zero in case the square root in (15.26)
is imaginary. This is a shrinkage function that has a stronger thresholding flavor, as
depicted in Fig. 15.1.
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RELATED ... observations . Denoting
by a nongaussian random variable, and by a gaussian noise variable of variance
, we should be able to express the relation between and
in simple algebraic terms. In general,...
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strSQL. Open the connection and execute the command. Notice that the execution
of the command has been wrapped in the ... don't have to add, modify, and delete tables manually. Just make sure that you back
up your data before performing these tasks.
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Technique
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which stimulates GnRH pulsatility. This results in androgen excess
(from both ovaries and adrenals) and anovulation. However, the hy-
perandrogenism ... days
abstinence and evaluated in the laboratory within 30–60 min of
ejaculation.
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treated ... manifestation of hyperandrogenism. Hirsutism
generally has a gradual onset and, in milder forms, occurs prima-
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... data suggested
curcumin andrelated species (curcuminoids) and metabolites might afford
Regulating Alzheimer Pathogenesis 7
controversy since they lack both neuron loss and tangles, even when ... clearance
Curcumin increases CD11c
in phagocytes and
faciliates clearance
Synapse and neuron dysfunction and loss
Curcumin suppresses
A-induced loss of NR2B and PSD-95,
synaptic markers essential for ... Frautschy SA:
Estrogen (E
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Neurochem Int 2001;39:435–448.
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... the alpha- and beta
frequency bands. For instance, in parkinso-
nian monkeys and patients, oscillatory burst-
ing typically emerges in both the 3–8 Hz
band, and a power spectral band around
10 ... honour outstanding scient ists and
clinicians, Toshiharu Nagatsu, Yoshikuni Mizuno, Japan
(Award of the WFN Research Group on Parkinsonism
and Related Disorders), Saskia Biskup, Germany and
Andrew ... bringing
theory to practice and treatment strategies.
The guided poster tours allowed exchange of scientific
ideas and shed light on new findings in etiology, diagnosis
and treatment of PD andrelated disorders.
A...
... ANGPTL2 and ANGPTL6 ⁄ AGF in obesity and
related metabolic diseases, and discuss the possibility that both could func-
tion as molecular targets for the prevention and treatment of obesity and
metabolic ... focus on
the roles of ANGPTL2 and ANGPTL6 ⁄ AGF in obes-
ity andrelated metabolic diseases, and discuss whether
these ANGPTLs could be targets for the prevention
and treatment of these conditions.
Suppression ... regulated and to identify the ANGPTL6 ⁄ AGF
receptor and its downstream effectors.
Conclusions
In this review, we have focused on the roles of ANG-
PTL2 and ANGPTL6 ⁄ AGF in obesity and related
metabolic...
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abrasion, low bulk density, good heat insulation and
water vapour transmission. They also include
mouldability, resistance to wind and liquid water,
and an ability to be stretched and ... wall hangings and
sedan chairs 119
12.15 Carriages and cars 120
12.16 Conclusion 120
Reference 120
13 Materials and techniques: past and
present 121
Marion Kite, Roy Thomson and Aline Angus
13.1 ... 140
15 Furs and furriery: history, techniques
and conservation 141
Marion Kite
15.1 History of fur use 141
15.1.1 Introduction 141
15.1.2 Background and history 142
15.1.3 Husbandry and harvesting...
... obesity andrelated pathologies: Androgen
deficiency and endothelial dysfunction may be the link
between obesity and erectile dysfunction
Abdulmaged M. Traish
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1 ... cycle.
A study by Zohdy et al. [95] related MetS and
androgen deficiency with ED in 158 obese men and
showed that, with increasing BMI, the frequency of
hypogonadism and ED was increased, whereas TT
showed ... II and
TNFa. These factors have a downstream effect on the activity of
NO synthase (NOS) and NO synthesis, adhesion molecules, MCP-1
and M-CSF. Adapted from Chudek and Wiecek [37].
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... enter and
allow the entry and release of ions and other cell
constituents [26]. In most instances, the pores are
Table 1. Bactericidal activity of HNr and H4-(86–100) in Gram-nega-
tive and Gram-positive ... H4-(86–100) and some
related compounds were also assessed by the radial dif-
fusion assay (Fig. 5). In this test, H4-(86–100) was
equipotent with HNr and compound 3, and about 4.2
and > 8.5 ... gyrase.
Results
Antimicrobial effects of HNr andrelated peptides
and nonpeptides
H4-(86–100) and HNr (Fig. 1) were tested for their
bactericidal activity against Gram-negative and Gram-
positive bacteria (Table...
... successful, and well
respected in her community. At home, she and her husband especially enjoyed
spending time with their six grandchildren. There, Helen could put numbers
and finances and tax forms ... the United States
and in several foreign countries.
14
LIFE OUT OF FOCUS: ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE ANDRELATED DISORDERS
The children were all grown and on their own when her husband
retired from the ... stillness. And silence.
Helen and Mary died within a month of each other, two years after
20
LIFE OUT OF FOCUS: ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE ANDRELATED DISORDERS
Late one night, police found Helen wandering...
... respectively;
and my family—my wife Wei, our kids, our parents Donna and Robert and Pei and
Robert, and my sibs Anne, Beth, and Mikhael, whose contributions of friendship,
love, understanding of ... patients and asking questions to
gather information about a patient’s behavior and appearance, ambulation and move-
ment, mood and affect, speech, thought processes and content, insight and judgment, ... age -related
cognitive decline and early dementia, and differentiating among different types of
D.H.S. Silverman (ed.), PET in the Evaluation of Alzheimer’s Disease andRelated Disorders, 3
DOI:...
... association between nitrite and nitrosamine
intake and GC, between meat and processed meat intake
and GC and OC, and between preserved fi sh, vegetable
and smoked food intake and GC, but is not conclusive. ... Preserved
vegetables: (e1) pickled vegetables (e2) dried vegetables (e3) salted vegetables
(e4) preserved vegetables; B: Processed meat, preserved fish and preserved
vegetables and oesophageal ... nitrite and
nitrosamine intake and gastric cancer (GC), between
meat and processed meat intake, GC and oesophageal
cancer (OC), and between preserved fi sh, vegetable and
smoked food intake and...
... signaling components
together and regulate their activity in complex and
dynamic ways, involving activation and repression of
activity. Adaptor proteins are usually smaller and their
function is simpler, ... Management and
Research Exploitation, KPI) and a ‘Lendu
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from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (for LB).
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of PDZ-domain -related ... neuronal and immune cells, which are
highly polarized and form complex structures termed
synapses. Synapses contain a plethora of receptors, ion
channels and signaling proteins for sensing and pro-
cessing...
... properties of TBBT, and a number of related
benzotriazoles and benzimidazoles, at the NTPase/helicase
sites of HCV and the related viruses Japanese encephalitis
virus (JEV) and WNV, as well as ... released
strand and to the nonunwound substrate were cut out and
32
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scanned and the radioactivity associated with the released
strand and with ... C andrelated viruses;
inhibitors; halogenated benzimidazoles/benzotriazoles.
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, which results in chronic
or acute hepatitis, and may lead to liver cirrhosis and
hepatocellular...