... and the percentage recovery of state respiration was calculated as the ratio of oxygen consumption before and after oxygen lack All mitochondrial polarographic studies were normalized to total ... employed a mixture of mm malate and 25 lm palmitoyl-l-carnitine as oxidative substrates State respiration (resting) was measured after addition of oxidative substrates, and state respiration after the ... 3B) Again, these changes were abolished in female db ⁄ db heart mitochondria Together, these data suggest that the greater reliance of female murine cardiac mitochondria on glucose than on fatty...
... radiographic examinations because ofthe unnecessary exposure to radiation and the ethical problems The other limitation ofthe study is the lack of sagittal profile information ofthe spine It ... interpretation of data, and drafting the manuscript KH, HM, and YM performed part of literature review KM and KK performed part of acquisition of data YI participated in design and coordination and helped ... normal spine Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2011 6:4 Authors’ contributions TD has contributed to conception and design ofthe study, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation...
... radiographic examinations because ofthe unnecessary exposure to radiation and the ethical problems The other limitation ofthe study is the lack of sagittal profile information ofthe spine It ... interpretation of data, and drafting the manuscript KH, HM, and YM performed part of literature review KM and KK performed part of acquisition of data YI participated in design and coordination and helped ... normal spine Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2011 6:4 Authors’ contributions TD has contributed to conception and design ofthe study, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation...
... [8–11] as reported in the literature Note that the variation ofthe range is caused due to the variability in antenna orientation, clothing, and other on- body RF attenuation characteristics The ... (PD) at the sink node On its way to the sink node, a data packet collects the entire route information in the form ofa list ofthe intermediate node-IDs This allows the extraction and analysis of ... with the destination, thus leveraging the link locality in the form of its age Each node is assigned a utility value basedonthe last encounter time with the destination, and a packet is forwarded...
... necessarily the case in applications that require a delay to be applied to the signal The ability to effect delay is important in applications such as channel equalisation, echo cancellation, and the ... capable of effecting a noncausal response, where a delay of − samples is as readily approximated as a delay of samples, the optimum choice is λ = n0 = ( max + )/2 The example channel has and max ... domain SNR Figure 7: Reconstruction SNR for filterbank FDAF equalisation of constant delay Figure 8: Reconstruction SNR for filterbank FDAF equalisation ofthe linear delay channel The solid trace...
... USA) was then used to measure the crosssectional area of each traced alveolus The degree of alveolar stability – the change in alveolar size during tidal ventilation Available online http://ccforum.com/content/11/3/R64 ... Critical Care Vol 11 No Pavone et al noncompliant due to the accumulation of pulmonary edema and deactivation of surfactant The pressures required to inflate the injured lung areas are consequently ... Individual alveoli were outlined and the area at peak inspiration (I) and end expiration (E) was measured using image analysis software Alveolar stability was assessed by the percentage change in the...
... variability regarding time of postmortal sampling and fixation, the age ofthe paraffin blocks, and age, sex and breed variation ofthe animals However, the used material reflects similar variability ... expression profiles All HSC express vimentin (rat), desmin (rat) and actin (man and rat), but alpha-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) is classically considered as an indicator of activation (man and rat) ... HSC transfer from a quiescent phenotype into an activated or transdifferentiated state characterised by increased proliferation, contractility and migration, as well as loss of vitamin -A containing...
... in the text, tables and figures are displayed as means ± standard error ofthe mean Raw data from each functional and metabolic variable were compared by analysis of variance with repeated measures ... significant, Bonferoni tests were used to compare absolute group means for each variable measured at the same concentration and individual drug concentrations (and washout, WASH) against the initial ... human disease by activating proand anti-inflammatory pathways Another limitation of this study is that in addition to cardiac depression, induction agents also induce a systemic vascular dilatation...
... the Arabs Their patterns have never changed, but the water-jar of to-day is ofthe same form as that carried to the well by the women of thousands of years ago The conversation ofthe Arabs is ... ofthe Arabs that a man of any position should ride a baggage-camel Apart from all ideas of etiquette, the motion ofthe latter animal is quite sufficient warning Of all species of fatigue, the ... ofthe Atbara We left Goorashee onthe following day CHAPTER III The Arabs' exodus-Reception by Abou Sinn-Arabs dressing the hair-Toilet of an Arab woman -The plague of lice-Wives among the Arabs-The...
... mutagenic forward primers were used: Y28 6A, 5Â-GATCA TGAATTGTTTCTGTCGCCAGTAACCAGCTTGGCCC CAGGAGGAGACATAGGCG-3Â; LSYTRF, 5Â-GCAAG AAGAATTGTTTCTGTCGCCAGTGAACCGGGTATAT GACAAAGGAGACATAGGCGAGAGGGGAGC-3Â The ... cross the monolayer via the paracellular pathway, thus the accumulation of dye onthe basolateral side represents paracellular ux Accumulation ofthe dye was determined by taking 25 lL aliquots ... without affecting the rate of surface degradation, whereas F52dup does not affect either basolateral expression or degradation (Figs and 6) The nding of altered basolateral expression ofthe L90V...
... possession ofthe said place of Ste Mary ofthe Falls as well as of Lakes Huron and Supérieur, the Island of Caientoton and of all other Countries, rivers, lakes and tributaries, contiguous and adjacent ... years after that memorable day when Le Caron first said mass onthe shores of one ofthe Great Lakes (Champlain being present) before the farthermost shore ofthe farthest lake is reached by these ... Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth, and the accurate mapping of all that coast now so familiar; there were the arrivals ofthe ship Jonas once with temporal supplies and again, as the Mayflower ofthe Jesuits,...
... not have sociodemographic information onthe non-participants ofthe comparison group The situational context of questionnaire completion at the clinic or at home also needs consideration The ... sensitivity and responsiveness in longitudinal studiesThe Hungarian translation ofthe PedsQL™ may further facilitate international comparisons and analysis of pediatric health care outcomes across countries ... took part in the adaptation process forthe PedsQL™ 3.0 Cardiac Module only; the Hungarian Generic Core Scale was already available through the MAPI Research Institute Of 1000 families approached...
... (Colorado, USA) (11) Dog (Colorado, USA) Javelina (12) Javelina Raccoon dog T dog Tanu (13) Raccoon anu (Japan) (Japan) Dog (T aiwan) (14) Dog (Taiwan) Dog Hamam (Japan) (15) Dog Hamam (Japan) ... CDV strains localize in the hippocampus of raccoons as we accumulate additional data from future outbreak, and after we conduct animal tests with the viruses we isolated In contrast, CDV targets ... KDK1 (Japan) (16) Dog KDK1 Dog Ueno (Japan) (17) Dog Ueno (Japan) Dog Yanaka (Japan) (18) Dog Yanaka (Japan) Giant panda (China) (19) Giant panda (China) Dog 5804 (Germany) (20) Dog 5804 (Germany)...
... (Colorado, USA) (11) Dog (Colorado, USA) Javelina (12) Javelina Raccoon dog T dog Tanu (13) Raccoon anu (Japan) (Japan) Dog (T aiwan) (14) Dog (Taiwan) Dog Hamam (Japan) (15) Dog Hamam (Japan) ... CDV strains localize in the hippocampus of raccoons as we accumulate additional data from future outbreak, and after we conduct animal tests with the viruses we isolated In contrast, CDV targets ... KDK1 (Japan) (16) Dog KDK1 Dog Ueno (Japan) (17) Dog Ueno (Japan) Dog Yanaka (Japan) (18) Dog Yanaka (Japan) Giant panda (China) (19) Giant panda (China) Dog 5804 (Germany) (20) Dog 5804 (Germany)...
... Anxiety and Depression Scale Acta Psychiatr Scand 1991, 83:81-85 Malasi TH, Mirza IA, el Islam MF: Validation ofthe Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in Arab patients Acta Psychiatr Scand 1991, ... bi-dimensional modelofthe HADS [17,18,26] Large sample sizes are generally desirable in confirmatory factor analysis and the conservative sample size ofthe current study may have contributed to the ... that may account forthe ambiguous factorial conclusions in the current investigation concerns the issue of translation Translating English language instruments to Chinese language versions can...
... areas of health have somewhat equal contributions to the total score This is the case forthe domains pain and mood/mental health However, the content and weights ofthe other domains show considerable ... relationships with out of SF-6Ddomains Only mood and mental health behave as expected, as they have a strong relationship with each other and lower correlations with all other domains The EQ-5D and SF-6D ... Statistical analysis A qualitative assessment was carried out by comparing (dis-)similarities among domains [17] and their relative contribution to the utility scores Relative contribution was...
... paper [14] The dataset was then divided in two by taking a random sample of 60% ofthe data and separating that data from the remaining 40% to provide an estimation dataset and a validation dataset, ... categorical variables in estimation and validation datasets Variable Estimation dataset, n (%) Validation dataset, n (%) Mean (SD) EQ-5D (estimation dataset) Gender Male Female p-value (estimation dataset) ... models was constructed using the estimation dataset with a combination of these variables depending upon their importance basedon adjusted R2 values The variable that gave the largest increase...
... the ASCLT for self-normalized partial sums of random variables in the domain of attraction ofthe normal law, we will show that the ASCLT holds under a fairly general growth condition on dk = k−1 ... domain of attraction ofthe normal law, if there exist constants an > 0, bn ∈ R such that S n − bn d −→ N, an where N is the standard normal random variable We say that {Xn }n∈N satisfies the ... in the domain of attraction ofthe normal law Therefore, the class of random variables in Theorems 1.1 is of very broad range Remark 1.5 Essentially, the open problem should be whether Theorem...
... Feng et al Journal of Inequalities and Applications 2011, 2011:29 http://www.journalofinequalitiesandapplications.com/content/2011/1/29 Page of 14 A time scale is an arbitrary nonempty closed ... submultiplicative, that is, fora ≥ 0, b ≥ we always have ω (a + b) ≤ ω (a) + ω (b) and ω(ab) ≤ ω (a) ω(b) τ, a, j are the same as in Theorem 2.1 If u(t) satisfies the inequality (1) with the initial condition (2), ... Foundation of Shandong Province (ZR2009AM011, ZR2010AQ026, and ZR2010AZ003) (China) and Specialized Research Fund forthe Doctoral Program of Higher Education (20103705 110003)(China) The authors...
... goodness -of- fit test, we assessed whether the distribution of actual deaths associated with each duty was the same as that of expected deaths, basedonthe estimates ofthe average time dedicated ... surveys of 17 large metropolitan fire departments conducted by the International Association of Fire Fighters (2005) (Moore-Merrell L.: personal communication) National data are from annual national ... metropolitan fire departments conducted by the International Associ ation of Fire Fighters (2005) (Moore-Merrell L: personal communication) National data are from annual national surveys conducted...