... crossing of mice from these strains resulted in 63 F1 mice Figure activity andbody QTL physical genotypes at a example ofweight on theinthe effects of the A hypothetical relationship the variation ... factors in a linear model and found to be statistically significant WT was therefore adjusted for the effects of these factors by calculating residuals from the model and adding them to the mean weight ... additive and dominance index values, WT, andthe interactions of bodyweight with the index values on distance, duration, and speed Essentially this is an analysis of covariance model where the interest...
... down the steep hill in our backyard I loved the feel of whirling so fast that I was on the brink of losing control I’d lose my bearings, spinning from bodily memory and sheer gravity, landing in ... fascinated me In Turkey, I entertained myself with tumbling inthe backyard, helping my mom prepare the meals, and tormenting my baby brother In Atlantic City, I sat in front of my grandmother’s ... By the time I flipped my body around—going from standing, to back bend, to handstand inthe split position, to a stand again the coach who had placed his hand at my back had stepped away and...
... activity and consequently an early increase inthe progesterone levels could result in an increased susceptibility to uterine infections [20] or in a prolonged calving to conception interval [28] In ... among body condition score, body weight, milk yield, and fertility in dairy cows J Dairy Sci 2003, 86, 2193-2204 Bonnett BN, Etherington WG, Martin SW, Johnson WH The effect of prostaglandin administration ... means were estimated on the logit scale and then back-transformed using the inverse link function π = eχp (χβ)/ [1+eχp (χβ)] to the original scale (probability) by applying the LSMEANS statement...
... changes inthe culture of drinking inthe UK in general andthe Armed Forces inthe last decade [33,34], although the measures used were different inthe two studies Prevalence of PTSD in this ... reported on the prevalence of common mental disordersin a large military cohort inthe US (The Millennium cohort) [26] In spite of the methodological differences in sampling and some of the instruments ... contributed to the design of the study, and contributed to the article submitted NF assisted inthe design of the study, led on the planning and execution of the analysis and co-wrote the article...
... Researchers inthe experimental group received training inthe PRECEDE model before patients were included inthe study This specific training involved two steps: first they were instructed about the ... in both groups were subsequently trained inthe procedure to be used inthe study in three sessions These covered the criteria for including/excluding patients, collecting variables, collecting ... factors influencing the level of easiness or difficulty the patient and his/her family have in undertaking a given behavior -Reinforcing: factors arising after the patient has undertaken the behavior,...
... for the cosmic parameters Wm and WL We shall therefore also investigate the effect of quintessence on the values of these parameters 22 In [22], by studying the geodesics inthe post-recombination ... results and to further understand the physics of the theory The simplest formulation of a unified theory according to Einstein’s proposal in 1950 can be based on a reducible, with respect to coordinate ... complete the origin andthe history of the fundamental length r0 BIANCHI-EINSTEIN IDENTITIES The original derivation in 1951 of the third version of the non-symmetric unified field theory was...
... manifestations Inthe recent years, there has been an explosion of knowledge regarding clinical significance of HBV genotypes in terms of clinical outcomes and therapeutic response to antiviral therapy in ... cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) inthe world Fifteen to 40% of chronically infected people may develop cirrhosis and HCC, the remaining individuals become asymptomatic carriers In perinatal ... Originally HBV/Ba (B2) co-existed as a minor population with HBV/C during the early course of acute HBV infection and then emerged and gradually became the dominant genotype In our patients since...
... versions of the GSRS inthe Indigestion domain, for the Hungarian version inthe Diarrhoea domain, and for the Afrikaans, Hungarian, Polish and Spanish versions inthe Constipation domain Intraclass ... low internal consistency inthe Abdominal pain domain probably reflects the difficulty of measuring this often fluctuating symptom, as well as the fact that the GSRS Abdominal pain domain contains ... distress and Physical/social functioning domains Inthe German versions, the GSRS Abdominal pain and Indigestion domains correlated with all QOLRAD domains, but the GSRS Reflux domain correlated...
... manifestations Inthe recent years, there has been an explosion of knowledge regarding clinical significance of HBV genotypes in terms of clinical outcomes and therapeutic response to antiviral therapy in ... cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) inthe world Fifteen to 40% of chronically infected people may develop cirrhosis and HCC, the remaining individuals become asymptomatic carriers In perinatal ... Originally HBV/Ba (B2) co-existed as a minor population with HBV/C during the early course of acute HBV infection and then emerged and gradually became the dominant genotype In our patients since...
... computed as 4Vf /Vp They mostly fit into these ranges but for total height, they rather stand inthe upper range while for stem form, they stand inthe lower range of 32 L.E Pâques these values Similar ... (2 years of age) Instead of a species effect, these results rather suggest maternal effects, such as the influence of seed weight on growth of seedling during the first years But later on, the ... on standing trees using a device developed by INRA and described in [16] Data were first submitted to analysis of variance including progeny (random) and block (fixed) as main effects using OPEP...
... significant findings concerning the number of episodes, and HT, DO and HA subscales of the PDS When PD was used as the sole factor variable, significant findings were found concerning the endogenous ... shorter brain potentials [25] While it is not possible to interpret what is the cause and what is the effect, it is interesting that there are papers inthe international literature suggesting that ... DMS andthe HDRS depressive index The interaction of PD and DST produced significant findings concerning age, age of onset, number of atypical features, number of stressful life events, and the...
... and hence far more changes in injecting partners [56] Syringe exchange machines were found to be very effective in increasing access to sterile injecting equipment in prisons in Switzerland and ... later in Larvik, Norway Subsequently they were introduced in several European countries including Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, and also in Australia and New Zealand ... syringe vending machines in Berlin Sozial und Praventivmedizin 1994, 39(4):209-216 Leicht A: Characteristics and HIV-infection of users of syringe vending-machines and exchanging programs in...
... inclusion of IL-6 inthe model, the existing associations were weaker and became of borderline statistical significance, except inthe axial compartment for womenand both sexes combined The interaction ... radiographs of the pelvis with weightbearingand with both feet in 10 degrees of internal rotation were obtained Radiographic features of joint-space narrowing (JSN) (superior and axial) and osteophytes ... OA and circulating levels of leptin and IL-6 among older adults Materials and methods Subjects Subjects between ages 50 and 79 years were selected randomly from the roll of electors in southern...
... further advantages including 1) animal welfare perspectives, i.e reduction of stress associated with handling and restraint and 2) refinement of humane end-point criteria in experimental settings ... participated in designing the study, carried out the practical aspects of the animal experiments, carried out data management, evaluating results and drafting the manuscript AU supplied the funding of the ... designing the study, evaluating results and drafting the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements We wish to thank Bente Nilsson and Katrine Fog Thomsen for their...
... protein Cap1, which has the capacity to interact with both actin andthe adenylyl cyclase Cyr1, may play an important role in linking the actin cytoskeleton andthe cAMP/PKA pathway Inthe main body ... shown to bind Abp1, an F-actin binding protein (Olazabal and Machesky, 2001), through the SH3binding domain (P2) This interaction leads to indirect interactions between Cap1 and F-actin Thus, ... Cap1 and actin in regulating the adenylyl cyclase activity of Cyr1 both in vitro andin vivo First, I demonstrated that a protein complex containning Cyr1, Cap1 and actin can be purified and is...
... because they are unable to attain the unrealistic ultra-thin bodyimageIn order to minimize the gap between the internalized thin ideal bodyimageand their own body image, some women are inclined ... independently and together to influence Singaporean college women s views and understandings of bodyimageand related eating behaviors This study provides some unexpected and interesting findings that ... thin bodyimage appearing in various media programs, and their interactions with peers and family members regarding bodyimage have great impact on their understandings of ideal female body image...
... old at the beginning of the experiment Adult beetles were then used randomly, either for survival experiments or biochemical assays To investigate the duration of survival, and changes in amino ... significantly reduced in 20 °CF0° It is interesting to notice that Gln and Ala had an opposite pattern, with the highest level in °Cc, the lowest level in °CF20° and an intermediate level in 20 °CF0° beetles ... inthe cold-exposed insects under FTR The slight, but nonsignificant, accumulation of the other polyols (myo-inositol, ribitol and sorbitol), andthe synthesis of arabinitol in cold-exposed beetles...
... risk in this Chinese population Risk assessment models and absolute risk calculations combining the SNPs and clinical risk factors indicated the small effects of these markers in discriminating ... ethnic Han Chinese women Of the eligible participants, 878 cases and 900 controls were randomly assigned to form the testing set, andthe remaining 914 cases and 967 controls formed the validation ... on the risk score calculated with a linear combination of the SNP alleles or risk factors weighted by the individual odds ratio and then classified into groups by the quartiles Subjects with the...