... elementary calculus to handle the new applications of mathematics World War I1 had indeed created many new demands for mathematical skills in a variety of fields Mark was persuasive and I prepared a ... an algebraic equation of degree n for A , called the characteristic equation ofthe matrix AThe eigenvalues ofA are simply the real roots ofthe characteristic equation (The complex roots of ... it may happen that, for some scalar A , Av = hv (1 .78 ) If this occurs, we say that h is an eigenvalue ofA and that v is an eigenvector of A, associated with the eigenvalue AThe concept of eigenvalue...
... Moreover, there is also a variant ofthe BCP for self-maps ofa non-Archimedean metric space proved by Prieß-Crampe [10] (also see Petalas and Vidalis [9]) It turns out that, in general, the contraction ... obtain only some particular cases ofthe contraction principle via a discrete argument Finally, we discuss a variant of ET given by Rus [11] (cf Remarks 2.1 and 4.3) Proof of Eilenberg’s theorem ... Actually, a minor modification ofthe above proof shows that the assumptions of Theorem 1.1 could be weakened: the relations Rn need not be transitive if we assume the uniqueness ofa point x...
... extravasation ofthe mucinous Umbilical endometriosis: endometriotic glands with metaplasia ofthe mucinous type and extravasation ofthe mucinous secretion into the adjacent stroma Majority of these ... presence of endometriotic glands with mucinous type metaplasia and extravasation ofthe mucinous secretion into the adjacent stroma (Figure 1) No epithelial atypia was seen and the excision appeared ... Endometriomas appear homogeneously hyperintense on T1-weighted sequences [10] MRI also has an advantage over laparoscopy for evaluating pelvic and extraperitoneal diseases, as well as lesions concealed...
... seen on the top ofthe left-hand side ofthe tongue (please see Figure 2) No other disability was reported and the sense of taste had also returned to normal The author(s) declare that they have ... left-hand side ofthe tongue was normal apart from mild restriction caused by the swelling No other pathology on the oral mucosa or in the throat was observed There was no skin rash or any other systemic ... interests Authors' contributions OA examined the patient, provided accurate management and arranged the initial case presentation report CD provided the references and amended the presentation Consent...
... per annum decreased from 2 .77 to 2.68, and remained significant There was an increased risk of disability pension for people who were smokers at baseline, whereas there was no effect of BMI (table ... was stronger among men (OR=3.13) than among women (OR=2 .19) (Table 2) Additional analysis treating days of sickness absence during 199 0 asa continuous variable showed a clear trend of increase ... have analysed the determinants measured using the baseline DWECS questionnaire and disability pension data derived from DREAM among the 4 177 persons categorized as 18-45 year old employees at...
... anesthesia workload and that a typical epidural takes about half the time ofa typical cesarean Accordingly, the OAAI for each hospital was calculated as ((0 .75 * number of epidurals per year) + (1.5 ... (1) The ratio ofthe epidural and cesarean components ofthe OAAI (OAAI EPI and OAAI CD) was also calculated as follows: OAAICD/EPI = ( no of cesareans per yr *1.5 ) / ( no of epidurals per ... patient-controlled analgesia pumps The OAAI ignores clinical activities other than epidural analgesia and cesarean anesthesia (including anesthesia for retained placenta and complicated vaginal deliveries, antenatal...
... 5¢-GCAGCAUCUUUAAUGAAUAdTdT-3¢ and 5¢-AUAAGUAAUUUCUACGACG dTdT-3¢; Nup358, 5¢-CCAGUCACUUACAAUUAAAd TdT-3¢ and 5¢-UUUAAUUGUAAGUGACUGGdTdT-3¢ (siNup358-1), 5¢-UGAAGCACAUGCUAUAAAAdTdT-3¢ and 5¢-UUUUAUAGCAUGUGCUUCAdTdT-3¢ ... CCACCGCTTGAGAGACTTACTCTTGATTGTAACGA GGATA-3¢ and 5¢-AGCTTATCCTCGTTACAATCAA GAGTAAGTCTCTCAAGCGGTGGTAGCTGAAGAGG A- 3¢) were annealed and inserted into the BglII and HindIII sites of pEGFP-NLS The oligonucleotide ... differentiation Nucleic Acids Res 29, 3439–34 47 22 Yasuhara N, Shibazaki N, Tanaka S, Nagai M, Kamikawa Y, Oe S, Asally M, Kamachi Y, Kondoh H & Yoneda Y (20 07) Triggering neural differentiation of...
... measured as described [ 17] DNase I protection assay Rat liver and HeLa nuclear extracts were prepared as described previously [18 ,19] The DNase I protection assay was performed as described [ 17] ... were dried and autoradiographed Competitor DNAs used in EMSA analysis were: NF1 wt, 5¢-TTTTG GATTGAAGCCAATATGATA-3¢; NF1 mut, 5¢-TTTT GGATTGAATAAAATATGATA-3¢; Site-2 wt, 5¢-GCGT CTCACCCTAGTCCTGGTCCTGCTCCAAGGGTTTT ... (5¢-TGACCTTGTCTCGTTGCCTCACCC-3¢) and ) 378 (5¢-GCTACAGGGATGCCAAAAGAACCC-3¢) for the Site-3, and primer set )346 (5¢-GCGTCTCACCCTAGT CCTGGTCCTGC-3¢) and )214 (5¢-GGAAGGGGCGGG TCCAGAGAACA-3¢) for the Site-2 element PCR was performed...
... 5¢-CCGAATTCGAAGAAATCACACTTGAAAGG-3¢, and reverse: 5¢GGATCCCCATCATTCATATACATACTTGT GGGTT-3¢; PDZ3, forward: 5¢CCGAATTCCTTGGAGA TGATGAAATTACAAGGG-3¢, and reverse: 5¢GGATCCA TTCTTCAGGTCGATATTGTGCAAC-3¢ PCR products ... with the manufacturer’s instructions The sens mutagenic primers were: GRRF-PDZ1: 5¢GAAAGGGGAAATTCAGGGCGTCGT TTCAGCATTGCAGGAGG-3¢; GRRF-PDZ2: 5¢-ATTA AAGGTCCTAAAGGTCGTCGGTTTAGCATTGCTGGA GG-3¢; RAAV-MEK2: ... least one MAPK implicated in ERK activation to facilitate a functional interaction and regulate the localization and the duration ofthe signal For example, the MEK partner directs the ERK cascade...
... together, confirmed that “damage” was an explanatory factor which was much significant than the other variables and factors available Thus overall, the damage factor had both a statistical and a causal ... itself in a way, as its characteristics are always difficult to define accurately at the tree scale This type of experiment also has the advantage that the relative risks can be calculated easily It ... – – Undamaged 38 62 100 Total 1 07 102 209 Table II Main features ofthe logistic fit (Tab IIa), parameters estimates (Tab IIb), and comparison ofthe effect of damage (Tab IIc) The fit was performed...
... Retroperitoneal xanthogranuloma Am J Cancer 193 5, 23: 477 -489 Zafisaona G: Inflammatory fibrous histiocytoma ofthe stomach Apropos ofacaseof xanthogranuloma? Arch Anat Cytol Pathol 19 87, 35:149-153 Zhang ... xanthogranuloma as was found in the current case In our case, the gastric xanthogranuloma was preoperatively misdiagnosed as an advanced gastric cancer This occurred for the following reasons: ... Aikawa M, Ishii T, Nonaka K, Nakao M, Ishikawa K, Arai S, Kita H, Miyazawa M, Koyama I, Motosugi U, Ban S: Acaseof gastric xanthogranuloma associated with early gastric cancer Nippon Shokakibyo...
... literature For example, Lame [5] and Granieri and Bacarini [7] described a total of six cases, all consisting ofa bony structure of at least two bony elements and at least one (pseudo-) articulation ... ofacase Radiology 1 974 , 110:355-3 57 Lame EL: Case report 32 Skeletal Radiol 19 97, 2: 47- 48 Greenspan A, Norman A: The "pelvic digit": an unusual developmental anomaly Skeletal Radiol 198 2, 9:118-122 ... al [8] reported acase series where one patient had one phalanx and one pseudoarticulation, and two other cases with three bony segments and two pseudoarticulations A similar configuration was...
... cystoprostatectomy years earlier and had also had an endovascular stent-graft repair of an infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm The patient complained of abdominal pain in his right flank A physical ... that has been used to treat urothelial carcinoma since 1 976 and has been reported to eradicate disease in more than 70 % of patients with in situ and stage I disease [1] Although intravesical therapy ... examination revealed general poor health but pulmonary and cardiac examinations were unremarkable and the patient was afebrile Laboratory investigations were normal with the exception of anemia,...
... whereas the anterior wall appeared hypokinetic and the apex akinetic A coronary arteriography performed on the same day showed a total occlusion ofthe LAD branch in its proximal part along with an ... the literature in the late 1 970 s and early 198 0s established that there was no Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008, 2:85 place for procrastination, ... the anteroseptal AMI was complicated by VSD near the LV apex The episode of hypotension at the fifth post-infarct day was probably the manifestation ofthe second cardiac rupture (FWR), which was...
... has given approval ofthe manuscript Consent The role of transvaginal drains and the effect of intra-fallopian antibiotic instillation on fertility still remains unclear One possible way to assess ... multiple necrotic areas oozing pus The fimbrial end was oedematous with a radius of cm The left fallopian tube was slightly enlarged and was found postrolateral to the uterus, adherent to the sigmoid ... irrigated generously with a 0.9% saline and Betadine mixture Microbiological analysis ofthe pus revealed Escherichia coli and anaerobes but not Chlamydia or Candida spp A postoperative Gastrografin...
... RIPA buffer (50 mM Tris-Cl; pH 7. 5, 1% NP-40, 0.05% SDS, 150 mM CGAGATCCGTTCACTAATCGAATG B GGATTAACTGCGAATCGTTCTAGC C CGAGATCCGTTCACTAATCGAATG BA1 (b-actin) CATGTGCAAGGCCGGCTTCG BA4 (b-actin) GAAGGTGTGGTGCCAGATTT ... siGENOME SmartPool (UAGAUGAACUGAGUCGUUA, GACCAGGCCAGUAACAUUU, ACCCA GUGCUUGAUUAUGA, CCAGUGAGAGUUCAUUU AU), siGENOME Non-Targeting siRNA Pool #1 Either HeLa cells or 293T cells were transfected ... data AM conceived and coordinated the study, analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they have...
... (CDD) databases (Figure 2a; Additional data file 2) Components of canonical signaling pathways were included (for example, Ca2+, cAMP, and ERK), as well as less characterized and putative signaling ... d-siRNAs that resulted in an absolute value ofthe CAsH score ≥0.95 (see Additional data file for the list of primary hits and Figure S4 in Additional data file for the distribution ofthe CAsH ... image-based quantification of iron-loaded transferrin uptake in HeLa cells Automated image-based quantification of iron-loaded transferrin uptake in HeLa cells (a) Schematic representation of the...
... Cooperation APL Administrative Procedure Law of PRC (198 9) ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASRCC Annual Statistics Reports of Chinese Customs ATCA Alien Torts Claim Act BIT Bilateral ... many academic staff ofthe Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, notably Prof Tan Khee Jin, Alan, Professor Teo Keang Sood, Prof Thio Liann, Associate Prof Lim Chin Leng, Associate ... responsibility The removal of trade barriers such as tariffs, regulations, certain standards, legislation and regulatory measures, as well as removal of restrictions on capital flows and investments play a...