... The authors declare that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions All authors had substantial contributions to conception and design, analysis and interpretation of data, drafting ... (Bristol, Avon) 1997, 12(5):273-280 Wingstrand H, Wingstrand A, Krantz P: Intracapsular and atmospheric pressure in the dynamics and stability of the hip A biomechanical study Acta Orthop Scand 1990, ... Nilsson LT, Thorngren KG, Onnerfalt R: Traumatic hip joint tamponade Two cases with femoral head ischaemia Acta Orthop Scand 1985, 56(1):81-5 Robertsson O, Wingstrand H, Onnerfalt R: Intracapsular...
... detection and an autosuppression recycle mode (Dionex DX 300, Sunnyvale, USA) This was associated with an automatic were 2.4.3 Amino-acid analysis Extraction was carried out at °C 40 μL of internal ... ofa bunch of primary leaves), of the tap root (TR) andof the three longest lateral roots (LR; as an assessment of the length of the lateral roots) of each plant were measured just before harvest ... that P concentrations measured = = content with 2.4.2 Soluble sugar analyses detected by a thermal To determine K, Na, Mg, Ca and P contents, 20 mg of each sample were dry-ashed at 500 °C and ashes...
... optimal anaesthetic and surgical strategies are to be taken into consideration Anaesthetic strategies Multidisciplinary team approach and close collaboration with the anaesthetist, is required Page ... Scan of the chest, PET scan, schematic representation of the tumor and Bronchoscopy before and after carinal resection showing tracheo-bronchial anastomosis Parissis and Young Journal of Cardiothoracic ... long term survivors following RSP at 50 and 39 months Finally, the only patient with the Tracheal sarcoma was alive at 29 months and the patients with the carcinoid tumors were alive at 26 and...
... of Laboratory Animal Care” formulated by the National Society for Medical Reseacrh and “Guide for the Care and the Use of Laboratory Animlas” prepared by the US Natinoal Academy of Sciences and ... new, a limited amount of data is available related to long-term side effectsand toxicity [1,21] A limitation of this study is that only acute and earlystage effectsof ABS were evaluated Long-term ... proximal to the iliac bifurcation using an iris blade ABS solution (1 mL) in a glass vial was poured ona gauze tampon through a syringe Either an ABS-soaked or plain gauze tampon was applied to Page...
... performance, affective commitment, and work motivation: the roles of pay administration and pay level Journal of Organizational Behavior, 27: 365385 Lawler, E.E (1971) Pay and managerial effectiveness: A ... company studies by Kahn and Sherer (1990), what was called a merit pay plan was not really a pay-for-performance plan (because there appeared to be no relationship between pay and performance) As ... from an economic perspective, the liquidity of cash bonuses causes such rewards, ona dollarper-dollar basis, to have a greater present value than a comparably sized stock award That is, a $1 award...
... compare categorical data A mixed models analysis was employed using SAS Systems A repeated-measures ANOVA was used, where the year was regarded as the repeated measure and the factor was the variable ... execute the neonatal transfers Therefore, ambulances avoided wasting time in an attempt to locate a neonatal ventilator or working incubator The allocation ofa dedicated ambulance ensured that vehicle ... this article as: De Vries et al.: A retrospective evaluation of the impact ofa dedicated obstetric and neonatal transport service on transport times within an urban setting International Journal...
... Douglas fir and the ponderosa pine should have a water potential of greater than -0.5 MPa in order to avoid low survival and poor growth The same results have also been established for radiata pine ... parameters of plant performance were measured on 90 plants from each treatment (table II) Relative increments of the height and dry weight of transplants were then calculated Proportional data ... level and located on acidic soils (pH 5.3) with sandy loam texture Trials were set up with 4-year-old transplants of Picea orientalis from the provenance of Cataldere-Maden as three replications...
... after planting Data collection and analysis Data were collected at the time of infection as well as on weekly basis Plant height and number of leaves were taken weekly over a period of weeks after ... America Phytopathologyical Society 1975 IITA: Annual Report Ibadan Nigeria IITA 1975:136 Anno Nyako FO: Identification, partial characterization and some properties ofa virus causing a mild ... dearth of information on such a phenomenon, the objective of this study was to examine the effectsofsingleand mixed infection by CMeV and CMV on growth and yield parameters of six Cultivars of...
... literature uses various measures of accruals to proxy for earnings quality We follow Kothari, Leone, and Wasley (2005) and Chen et al (2008), and calculate performancematched discretionary accruals ... plant and equipment at the end of year t; ROAt–1 = return on assets in year t-1, calculated as the ratio of income before discontinued operations and extraordinary items to total assets; and TAt–1 ... Contemporary Accounting and Economics (1): 65-92 Chi, W., H Huang, Y Liao, and H Xie 2009 Mandatory audit-partner rotation, audit quality and market perception: Evidence from Taiwan Contemporary...
... at Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics At hour day month 2014 Further information: National Linbrary of Vietnam and Library of Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics INTRODUCTION Rationale ... historical period and each different dynasty, the position and role of Confucianism are different In one thousand year of feudalism, Confucian in general and the theory of “Father - Husband - Son” and ... “Work-Appearance- WordCharacter” in particular had a profound influence on the Vietnamese life and people Confucian contributed to build the national traditions, ideology and culture and the image...
... E.C.Jameson, Electrical Discharge Machining – Tooling, Methods And Application, Dearborn Michigan, USA (1983) [10] Indrajit Basak, Amitabha, Jounal of Materials Processing Technology, Krakow, 1997 ... Electrical discharge machining Tooling, method and application, Hannover university, Germany, 2001 [8] Erik L.J Bohez, Electrical Discharge Machining School of advanced Technology, 1995 [9] E.C.Jameson, ... quan hệ điện a p a nh lư a (Uz) và dòng phóng tia lư a điện (Ie) đến độ nhám bề mặt (Ra) chi tiết thể hiện qua công thức (1) là hàm phi tuyến, tính toán ta chuyển sang hàm logarit...
... registration accuracy for the liver Registration accuracy was validated using intrahepatic vessel bifurcations as landmarks Three to four landmarks were set in the CT and MRI image data of ten patients ... images) and corresponding liver tolerance doses as well as the standard deviation between the examinations at and 12 weeks (6W and 12W) A total of 96 follow-up MRI examinations of 30 patients ... Lüdemann et al.: In vivo assessment of catheter positioning accuracy and prolonged irradiation time on liver tolerance dose after single- fraction 192Ir high- dose- rate brachytherapy Radiation Oncology...
... in accordance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by Institutional Review Boards All subjects gave informed consent Drug administration and vaccination Abatacept ... repeated-measures analyses of covariance on the natural logarithm of the antibody levels, with the treatment group and the study day as factors and the log of the baseline (prevaccination) antibody ... by ELISA at 14 and 28 days after vaccination by a central laboratory Abatacept serum concentrations were measured at the same time as the antibody titers were determined This study was carried...
... collected and analysed data, and wrote the manuscript TT collected and analysed data IF participated in the design of the study, analysed data and reviewed the manuscript MGN analysed data and performed ... the statistical analysis VP analysed data and reviewed the manuscript CY collected and analysed data SR analysed data YK reviewed the manuscript All authors reviewed and approved the manuscript ... in metabolism and fatigue perception during exercise For example, Fatouros et al [4] manipulated the carbohydrate intake of rats and found a higher concentration of b-endorphin in plasma and hypothalamus...
... aim of validating the questionnaire (Lendal et al 1998) Data analysis Initially bivariate analyses were performed, and variables having p-values below 0.15 were included in the multivariate analysis ... M Larsen et al be an indication that AR has developed Some parasites survive treatment, what facilitates selection of AR parasites (Prichard 1994) This makes it necessary to investigate the association ... (0,0746) any immunity, which means that a greater accumulation of encysted cyathostominea in the caecal and colonic mucosa is allowed In this stage they not yet contribute with massive faecal egg...
... one-generation selection for early and late reproduction in populations maintained for 10 generations at lowandhigh levels of larval density work on MATERIALS AND METHODS Life history of Acanthoscelides ... Through each pair’s mortality rate data the least square linear regression was calculated as well None of the estimated average mortality rate differences between any pair of compared populations ... early and late-reproduced parents within populations with lowandhigh larval densities The average longevity, fecundity > 10 d, last d of egg laying, age of peak fecundity and laying rate were higher...
... OXIDATION Fatty acid synthase (Fas), a key-regulating enzyme in de novo lipogenesis, catalyzes all the reactions for the conversion of acetyl-coenzyme Aand malonyl-CoA to palmitate (Wakil et al., ... saturated fat (Lichtenstein, 2006) Not all saturated fatty acids have identical effectson plasma cholesterol concentrations Studies have concluded that saturated fatty acids, particularly lauric ... acid biosynthesis This provides a mechanism for physiological regulation of betaoxidation in all mammalian tissues and for cellular fuel sensing based on the availability of fatty acids (McGarry...
... Calibration curves of storage modulus as a function of polymer concentration for agarose and gelatin at and 25°C 33 Figure 4.4 Storage and loss modulus variation as a function of temperature and ... of observation for gelatin and agarose on cooling to 0oC 29-30 Figure 4.2 Storage and loss modulus variation as a function of temperature and time of observation for gelatin and agarose on cooling ... representations of ideal rubber, gelatin and agarose Figure 1.3 Changes in calculated modulus as a function of SX Figure 4.1 Storage and loss modulus variation as a function of temperature and time of...
... CACCATGGCTAGAAAATATTTTGTCGCAGCAAACTTCAAATGTAA GAACCTTTATTCGCTATTGGTACCGGTAAA GAACCTTTATTCGCTATTGGTACCGGTAAA TCACCGGTCCATGATCCATT NcoI KpnI KpnI HaeIII 4178 FEBS Journal 276 (2009) 41694183 ê 2009 The Authors ... interface of PfTIM DHAP Fig Key backbone hydrogen bonds between K12 and the side chains of N10 and Q64, which maintain the unusual Ramachandran angles for the K12 residue, anda Ramachandran scatter ... Borchert TV, Abagyan R, Jaenicke R & Wierenga RK (1994) Design, creation, and characterization ofa stable, monomeric triosephosphate isomerase Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 91, 15151518 15 Casal JI, Ahern...
... Discussion Computational studies confirm that the conformational space of b-amino acids is larger than that of a- amino acids, but low- energy conformations of the b-amino acids backbone, corresponding ... solvent variation, causing an underestimation of calculated CSDs These CSDHa and CSDCa variations demonstrate the formation of more stable and abundant helical structures for [Aib9]SP than for ... conformations, whereas b3-HAla has a more limited conformational space (Fig 2) For both gauche(–) and gauche(+) conformers, regions of the (/ – w) diagram can overlap canonical b-sheet, a- helix and...