... generated and expanded in vitro, might tip the balance and allow a true curative action in animal models of T1D [12], and much work is now directed to this area [20] Two recent studies in T1D and experimental ... withdrawal of anti-TNF-α [19] and thus, despite the dampening of joint inflammation and the reinstatement of fully functional CD4+CD25+ Treg, RA is still not cured These strands of evidence seem to ... series of studies in RA and other chronic autoimmune joint inflammatory diseases such as juvenile idiopathic arthritis and spondyloarthropathies, in which phenotype, distribution and functional studies...
... well-known risk factor for knee OA, and to a lesser degree for hip OA and hand OA, and probably acts through a change in load distribution in the knee [72], and systemic and local inflammatory ... roups and g treatment can be reliably assessed and poten ial t confounders can be adjusted for [10] Essential for such an analysis is that the baseline data with respect to defining subgroups and ... the authors compared the before and after effects in the NSAID group between hip and knee patients, and not the in-between effects of NSAIDs versus placebo between hip and knee patients If the...
... Biology and Medical Modelling 2006, 3:34 describe a computer simulation model that follows the formation and destruction of red blood cells (RBC) When standard assumptions about red cell formation and ... well-known process of RBC formation and destruction In so doing it shows the cause for hitherto unexplained observations [13] and predicts other clinical applications for routine blood analysis ... unexplained changes in the MCV and RDW-CV% and their clinical significance For simplicity, I have Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling 2006,...
... (2003), European Unilateralism-Environmental Trade Barriers and the Rising Threat to Prosperity through Trade Website 16 http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/index.html 17 http://vietnamese.vietnam.usembassy.gov/ambassador.html ... http://environment-safety.com/courses/EnvManagement/envStandards.htm 44.http://vea.gov.vn/vn/khoahoccongnghe/nhanxanh/gioithieunhansinthai/Pages 45 http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade 46.http://www.customs.gov.vn/Lists/TinHoatDong ... biết, Nxb Hà Nội Tiếng Anh 13 Adam McCarty (2001), Vietnam in ASEAN, Regional Intergration Process and Challenges, Hanoi 14 Damien J Neven (2000), Evaluating the effects of non-tariff barriers, University...
... into Efforts to Improve YRH By providing students with informationand skills, sexuality education complements other efforts to provide quality reproductive health informationand services and to ... youth-friendly services, and policy dialogue and advocacy School and livelihood opportunities complement and reinforce these approaches Table Effective YRH Program and Policy Actions Program and Policy Action ... nontreatment or delayed treatment; the need for early and effective treatment; the need to inform sexual partners and to treat them for STIs; and the effective methods for preventing STIs, especially correct...
... Economic Rise: History, Trends, Challenges, andImplicationsfor the U.S Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in China China’s trade and investment reforms and incentives led to a surge in FDI beginning ... includes electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles ... responsible for its economic rise, and to take a more active leadership role in maintaining that system; and (2) that further economic and trade reforms are the surest way for China to grow and modernize...
... and Doctrine Command, Army Capability Integration Center, and was conducted within RAND Arroyo Center’s Force Development and Technology Program RAND Arroyo Center, part of the RAND Corporation, ... Szayna, and Derek Eaton for substantial feedback on interim ideas and products, and Lauren Caston for input into regular meetings Critical reviews of this document by Karl Mueller (of RAND) and Douglas ... rigorous peer review to ensure high standards for research quality and objectivity Unfolding the Future of the Long War Motivations, Prospects, andImplicationsfor the U.S Army Christopher G Pernin,...
... Data for China for years 1998 and 2001 are taken from Zhang and Liang (2006); Data for Vietnam are adapted from Nguyen Thi Kim Anh and Pham Thi Hoang Oanh (2007) for 1998, 2001 and 2004, and are ... forward rate allowed and the forward rate that would equate supply and demand Currency options were first introduced by Eximbank into Vietnam’s forex market in 2003 However, trading in this form ... NOTES The data for NEER and REER have been compiled by the authors on the basis of exchange rate and foreign trade data provided by the IMF and GSO For details, see Nguyen Tran Phuc and Nguyen DucTho...
... T time slices, and N and are computed for each slice t Figure illustrates why such a modication is useful It depicts the frequency of the terms neural networks and expert system for each year ... Frequencies in the rst (left bar) and second (right bar) halves of an AI discussion forum 4.1 Acronym formation In Section 2, we introduced the notions of rising and falling terms Figure shows relative ... common terms and their acronyms in the rst and second halves of a corpus of AI discussion board postings collected from 1983-1988 While the acronyms increased in frequency, the expanded forms decreased...
... Psychosocial influences on the development and course of coronary heart disease: Current status andimplicationsfor research and practice Journal of Consulting andClinical Psychology, 70, 548-568 Spanier, ... call for a framework for women’s health within health education, gender itself is “a key determinant of health” (p 189); therefore, “a broader understanding of the meaning of women’s health and ... furthering science, understanding etiology, and testing promising interventions Gendered Selves To understand the possible causal role that gendered psychological and social attributes may play in...
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... evaluation file that contained one record for each document This file was analyzed to obtain descriptive information about the test corpus and to compare attributesand ratings We used the Searchable ... rating and assigning attributes to the 2,727 test corpus documents and LEADs I would also like to thank Breck Baldwin, Afsar Parhizgar, David Schmeer and Paul Zhang for their comments and suggestions ... that to be the case for most list and newsbrief documents andfor many transcripts Beyond news data, this holds for case law documents, many types of financial documents, and others matic Condensation...
... published for prokaryotic ABC exporters are summarized in Table Resolution is highest for the ADP-bound form of Sav1866, and ˚ decreases to < A for the MsbA structures in the unliganded state (unliganded ... between TM helices andand between TM helices and provide noncovalent interactions with sites on the NBD These latter two linker regions, called intracellular loops and (ICL1 and ICL2) can both ... distances, residue accessibility and conformational transitions [38] For MsbA, several studies have attempted to determine the likelihood of the extreme conformations observed, and to verify the structures...
... dataset used for structure determination and refinement was collected at the Diamond Light Source, UK Integration and scaling were performed using denzo and scalepack [37] Subsequent data handling ... V Fulop et al ¨ ¨ St Edmund Hall, Oxford We thank N Brown for very helpful crystallographic discussions, A Holehouse for preliminary experiments, and H Lill for the gift of plasmids encoding the ... in ball and stick representation, as are the methionine and histidine side chains that coordinate the heme iron, and the cysteine side chain that forms a thioether bond between heme and protein...
... Service Economics and National Security: Issues andImplicationsfor U.S Policy overhead, gaining efficiency, and closing the Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Virginia.19 (For further discussion, see ... Defense for Networks andInformation Integration, also known as NII, and organization within the Joint Staff’s J6 Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems, the Business Transformation ... including the B-1 visa for business visitors, the E visa for treaty traders and investors, J and Q visas for cultural exchange, and the L visa for intracompany transfers 107 For further discussion, see...
... services and settings, the populations that need care, and the providers who comprise the formal and informal workforce Next I review the major issues that affect financing, delivery, and workforce ... long-term care policy— financing, delivery, and workforce and identifies some of the major demographic and policy trends that will affect the demand for, and supply of, long-term care in the future ... program for the poor, is the major public program covering long-term care for the elderly andfor disabled people of all ages Despite the public’s tremendous interest in, and demand for, care...
... publication provides information about biofuels for use in helping to understand technology-related implications of biofuels development It seeks to provide some context for (a) understanding the limitations ... development and demonstration efforts are needed Commercial production of thermochemical biofuels could begin in five to 10 years Metrics for understanding and evaluating biofuel systems include land ... publication provides information about biofuels for use in helping to understand technology-related implications of biofuels development It seeks to (a) provide some context for understanding the limitations...
... changes and service strengthening are needed to effectively enforce legislation that protects women and girls from gender-based violence and enables effective care and legal redress and protection for ... implications of these for HIV risk, prevention and care? This paper seeks to move beyond the epidemiology and the measurement of behaviours and associations and enable us to understand these empirical ... childcare and caring for sick and disabled relatives, or support for gender equality and opposition to against violence against women [48,49] There are also many women who are single mothers and economically...
... toxicities, and 18 (51%) and 11 (32%) of the 86 cited reasons for ART discontinuation and modification This gives a total error rate (comprising missing and incorrect items) of 67% for OIs, 52% for ART-related ... 559 and 1233 patients in the routine clinic database were recorded for severe bacteria pneumonia (81.8% and 96.4%, respectively), herpes zoster (83.3% and 88.8%), oral candidiasis (55.9% and ... at the routine clinic visits, but standardized data collection forms were used, and there was additional information collected on sexual behaviour, adherence and quality of life On average, about...
... (ΔP) and to the fourth power of the capillary radius (r), and inversely proportional to capillary length (L) and blood viscosity (h): Capillary flow = π r4 P/8Lη Because capillary length and viscosity ... surface and in which various substances, such as superoxide dismutase and antithrombin, are embedded The glycocalyx facilitates the flow of red blood cells and limits adhesion of white blood cells and ... confirmed in large animal models and in humans Conclusions Multiple experimental andclinical trials have shown that microcirculatory alterations occur in sepsis and that these may play a role...