... List of tables viii List of figures viii PART ONE: INTRODUCTION .1 Rationale for the study Aims ofthe study Scope ofthe study ... Scope ofthe study Significance ofthe study Methods ofthe study Structure ofthe study .3 PART TWO: DEVELOPMENT ... 10 1.3.2.3 Learners’ anxiety and confidence .10 1.3.3 Learning environment and Text books 11 CHAPTER TWO: THE STUDY 12 2.1 The context ofthe study 12 2.1.1...
... process of teaching and their understanding ofthe systems in which they work and their roles within it Teachers have to believe in the effectiveness of a particular approach or method of teaching and ... parts: Part One: The Introduction: This part presents the rationale, the aims, the scope, the significance, the methods andthe structure ofthe study Part Two: The Development includes of following ... students of their opinion ofthe importance of speaking skill, their attitudes to the application of a task-based approach in teaching and learning English speaking and their perception of advantages...
... expulsion of respirable micron size allergen-containing particles from grass pollens [10,11] The small size of these subcellular particles allows them to reach the deeper airways and may explain the ... Comparison of natural and recombinant group grass pollen allergens Although the majority of rPhl p was detected in the insoluble pellet fraction of infected insect cells, up to 0.75 mgÆL)1 of soluble ... that disruption of native structure by fragmentation has led to a strong reduction ofthe IgE binding capacity and allergenic activity ofthemajor birch pollen allergen, Bet v [31], the cross-reactive...
... data and assessment ofthe resource base The practice of urban forestry could be upgraded and brought into the mainstream of forestry science It will therefore be of interest to evaluate the forests ... spread to other parts ofthe city, culminating by AD 300 with half ofthe land covered by green-landscape enclaves Temple grounds and related religious pockets, in particular, harbour many ofthe city’s ... forests of other cities in both the developed and developing realms, and gauge the validity ofthe above observations under different natural and cultural regimes 117 Acknowledgements: The help...
... structures with vesicles and coils The formation ofthe thick outer layer occurs very rapidly after the apparition ofthe short root, close to the elongating tip ofthe long root The most spectacular ... 10) They differ in their dense and smooth black surface and by the fact that their parenchyma contains no hyphal coils or vesicles The fine roots of D guianensis, P venosa and occasionally other ... coast) These sites are representative ofthe wide diversity of soil conditions and forest structure prevailing in the region and are found: - Saint Elie track in the ECEREX (Sarrailh, 1984) The...
... high scores However, the symptoms in these strains did not proceed in relapses as they did in the QD and B10.Q mice, and therefore resulted in a lower mean score than for the other strains (Fig ... correlation between the titer of anti-matrilin-1 antibodies and clinical symptoms, in both the IL-10-deficient andthe heterozygous mice Surprisingly, several ofthe IL-10 knockout mice, all of which were ... mice from the acute phase and two from the chronic phase) As was seen in the QD and B10.Q mice, more macrophages were observed in the acute than in the chronic stage aScore tion, and their heterozygous...
... to the origin ofthe head of pancreas The tumor infiltrated the transverse mesocolon, greater omentum, and tightly adhered to duodenum and superior mesenteric artery Along the surface ofthe ... acquisition and drafted part ofthe manuscript PLQ and KFD performed the surgery, carried out data acquisition and drafted part ofthe manuscript All authors participated in the editing and have read and ... infiltration and adherence of adjacent organs and tissues was an important feature ofthe present case Couinaud , Jouan , Prot , Chalut , Schneiter : [Hemolymphangioma ofthe head ofthe pancreas]...
... EA: Design and standardization of PCR primers and protocols for detection of clonal immunoglobulin and T-cell receptor gene recombinations in suspect lymphoproliferations: report ofthe BIOMED-2 ... data and wrote the manuscript; CA performed research and analyzed data; ES and FB analyzed data; SC and GM were responsible for patient care and provided clinical information; AG, CM, SR, and ... analyzed data; SAP and PPP performed research, analyzed data and wrote the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript VT and CA contributed equally to this work; SAP and PPP contributed...
... performed the literature search and assisted in the writing ofthe manuscript MJW oversaw the study and assisted with the writing ofthe manuscript All authors read and approved the final version ofthe ... interpretation of patient samples Authors’ contributions TWC was involved in the design ofthe study, assisted in the literature search and wrote and revised the manuscript DF was involved in the design of ... laboratory, radiological and clinical details of these cases and our own are shown in Table Ofthe 21 cases retrieved in our literature search, 57% ofthe patients were men, and overall the patients’ median...
... defervescence and cessation ofthe diarrhea Due to the severe humoral immunodeficiency in our patient, ciprofloxacin was continued for a total of 28 days Our rationale was the evidence in the literature ... several ofthe case reports, as was the strain isolated from our patient Conclusions The isolation of S enterica ssp arizonae is commonly associated with a deficit ofthe immune status, as in the ... contributions SD and MM monitored our patient during hospitalization and analyzed data from the literature EB isolated and identified the bacterium AC, PN and ST performed the follow-up of our patient...
... regardless ofthe degree of resection The optimal management of local recurrence is indicated by the size ofthe recurrence andthe overall systemic disease burden present at the time of recurrence ... contributions LL gathered the data, performed the literature review, and edited the manuscript LJZ and CSZ participated in the acquisition and analysis ofthe literature data and helped to draft the manuscript ... enhanced vessels around the tumor, which indicate the vascular origin ofthe tumor The uncertainty ofthe rectal origin reflects the large exophytic nature ofthe tumor and its relatively small...
... Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011, 5:52 http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/5/1/52 Page of disease is rare in the Americas and Europe and is more prevalent in Turkey andthe Middle and ... 10 -year period in a University Hospital in Turkey, and Behçet’s disease constituted themajor group in the etiologic distribution [12] Although Budd-Chiari syndrome caused by occlusion ofthemajor ... in the oral cavity and vagina, and painful transient erythema nodosum on her forearm and legs She reported recurrent erysipelas, light smoking and moderate alcoholism She denied abortion, use of...
... choriocarcinoma, with the periods between the last pregnancy and development of tumor being 11, 15 and 18 years [22] O’Neill et al and Okamoto et al reported choriocarcinoma 22 and 23 years after last ... accompanying images A copy ofthe written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of this journal Page of Acknowledgements The authors thank the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology for ... respectively [4,5] Conclusions To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of choriocarcinoma after a latent period of 38 years after last pregnancy and 23 years after menopause [3-5,9,19,20]...
... structures and compressive manifestations such as pain, neuropathies [11] and myelopathy [12] The majority of cases report the maxilla and mandible as the main sites of occurrence [9] Other common ... staff, did the literature review and wrote the manuscript WV and JIMZ helped to interpret the patient’s medical record, were part ofthe medical staff and helped to write and review the manuscript ... migration and differentiation of monocytes into osteoclasts, increasing the number ofthe latter in the bone tissue Enhanced activity of osteoclasts and osteoblasts leads to bone resorption and a...
... obtained from the next of kin ofthe patient for publication of this case report and accompanying images A copy ofthe written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of this journal ... echodensity within the wall ofthe RA and a second, 16 cm2 echodensity, that extended across the atrioventricular groove (Figure 1); 2) a contrast computed tomography (CT) ofthe chest, abdomen and pelvis ... diagnosis of epicarditis Discussion Our case highlights the importance of cardiac biopsy in the differential diagnosis of cardiac masses Despite the absence of metastasis on radiographic imaging, the...
... are the swine leukocyte antigen (SLA) complex, where the centromere of chromosome separates the class II region from the other parts ofthe MHC [34] andthe recently described class I genes ofthe ... genes They found eight 200-900 kbp scaffolds that contained orthologs to many ofthe genes in the eutherian MHC The interpretation is that the syntenies ofthe MHC region are ancient and predate the ... the echidna sex chromosome chain andthe positions ofthe MHC chromosomes contained therein The comparative mapping ofthe MHC in echidna and platypus provides evidence for homology between the...
... here ofalignment mouse Individualthe theERV ESI-MS B6thevolume of MUPs Details ofselfgenome the genomic spectra of from the comparison visible tion pseudogeneof of urine is seen once The change thefileB ... again there is no evidence for secretion ofthe protein Discussion This is the first in depth analysis ofthe Mup gene clusters of two distinct strains of mice, strengthened by resolution ofthe ... cluster; we refer to these as peripheral loci The timing ofthe oldest divergence amongst the lineage of these genes is estimated at 11.2-22.4 Mya between genes 16 and 19; the timing ofthe minimum at...
... case of MZ with mirror-imaging of AC in the literature In this case, we describe the second case of MZ with mirror-imaging of AC and discuss the possible clinical implications First, Helland and ... lack of systematic monitoring and follow-up Therefore, a large percentage of patients with AC are probably undiscovered Mirror images, on the other hand, are present in approximately 25% of MZ Therefore, ... consider that it is mandatory to monitor the counterpart ofthe symptomatic patient with AC as early as possible, irrespective ofthe absence of symptoms Conflict of Interest The authors have declared...
... craniotomy because ofthe proximity ofthe sinus to the orbit andthe anterior skull base [5] The frequency of bilateral absence ofthe frontal sinus has been reported in 3-4% to 10% of several populations ... reliability between observers and was 0.86 Fig Unilateral absence ofthe frontal sinus; on the right, the absence ofthe frontal sinus, and on the left, the limited aeration ofthe frontal sinus; axial ... sinuses, although there is only one frontal sinus ostium The size ofthe sinus and, therefore, its anatomic relationships also depend upon the extent of pneumatization [11] The extent of pneumatization...