... Effectsof hypoxia and dopamine infusion on cardiac index, and systemic and pulmonary artery pressures i, initial (3 average at 30 of infusion at that dose); f, final (3 average at 60 of infusion) ... Discussion Both dopamine and epinephrine are commonly used medications in the treatment of shock and hypotension in sick newborns Our study is the first that compares the effectsof dopamine and epinephrine ... epinephrine infusion on systemic and pulmonary vascular resistance indices i, initial (3 average at 30 of infusion at that dose); f, final (3 average at 60 of infusion) *P
... over-expression of choline kinase and hypoxia on invasion potential of prostate cancer cells 86 4.6 Effect of over-expression of choline kinase and hypoxia on expression of pro-invasion factor, ... affects of hypoxia and over-expression of choline kinase on proliferation, migration, invasion and colony formation of non-invasive LNCaP cells and highly invasive PC-3 cells 27 CHAPTER I Choline ... Effect of over-expression of choline kinase on choline uptake 82 4.2 Effect of over-expression of choline kinase and hypoxia on population doubling time 83 4.3 Effect of over-expression...
... kicks off another round of events that involves the serine/threonine phosphorylation of pleckstrin homology (PH-) domain containing proteins which include 3-phosphoinositide dependent protein kinase-1 ... representation of my findings addressing the effectsof huApoE isoform and ageing on PI3K/AKT signalling in the CNS 85 Figure 22 Total amount of cholesterol of liver lysates in female huApoE3 and ... activation Insulin binds to extracellular alpha subunit of insulin receptor and triggers autophosphorylation the tyrosine residues within the β-subunit of insulin receptor This leads to the activation...
... PCS and 1.0 points in MCS • Cancer: reduction of 3.6 points in PCS and points in MCS • Arthritis: reduction of 4.5 points in PCS and 1.5 points in MCS • Mental illness: reduction of 3.9 points in ... main findings relating to the effectsof education (section 2.1) and health (section 2.2) on wages 2.1 Education and wages The influence of education on wages has been investigated extensively Often ... conditions on the wages and hours of work ofmenandwomen They found that temporary health conditions have no significant effect on labour market outcomes for men or women Permanent health conditions...
... pleasing if the subject were positioned decidedly off center and facing out of the frame, violating these conventions to convey feelings of isolation, loneliness, and/ or longing Although such considerations ... functions for right-facing and left-facing instructional conditions The results of a two-way analysis of variance on the positions of the centers of the objects indicate a main effect of facing ... the method of constrained adjustment in Experiment and free-choice in framing photographs in Experiment The latter tasks are important in determining whether the effects obtained in the 2AFC...
... health screening, immunizations, school examinations, and disease counseling and education Adult day care Child care Medical research and education Nursing and other professional training Home‑delivered ... our findings and conclusions based on our audit objectives specified in the scope section of the report We believe that the evidence obtained provides a reasonable basis for our findings and conclusions ... sale in June 2009 and placed conditions on the transaction Some of these conditions included maintaining emergency medical services and acute psychiatric services at the same level as History of...
... This inhibition might be caused by direct binding of heparin to DNase1l3 and ⁄ or an alteration of the chromatin structure (see below) Employing aprotinin in pDNA (data not shown) and chromatin ... activity found in DNase1 KO mice also occurred in WT mice, and was activated by the addition of aprotinin, thereby masking the inhibitory effect of aprotinin on DNase1 ⁄ plasmin-induced chromatolysis ... chromatin at internucleosomal sites on its own and is inhibited by proteolysis by plasmin In contrast, serum DNase1 degrades chromatin only in combination with proteases such as plasmin The plasmin...
... Hong Kong 2Department of Social Work, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong 3Department of Community Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong 13 14 Authors’ contributions WSW, ... These findings offer insights to the current understanding on the paindepression relationship that whether pain and depression be a predictor or mediator in impacting QoL is dependant on the ... Wong et al Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010, 8:1 http://www.hqlo.com/content/8/1/1 depression, and QoL, considering the mediating effectsof both pain and depression on two core dimensions...
... reports on the effectsof the combination of medications and electroacupuncture The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectsof electroacupuncture, corticosteroid, and combination of two ... examination After induction of paresis, all dogs were examined everyday on motor and sensory functions by postural reaction, superficial pain and deep pain These neurological examinations were continued ... tapered according to clinical signs and complications Cage confinement was applied concurrently Electroacupuncture In groups B and AB, 48 hours after induction of spinal cord compression, electroacupuncture...
... survival assessment andof the final survival assessment Effectsof desiccation and freezing on seedlings 61 62 K Radoglou and Y Raftoyannis water of known conductivity (Cin), shaken and then left ... desiccation and freezing on plant survival Seedling survival of all species, at the beginning of the growing season (late April), were influenced by pre-planting desiccation and freezing treatments ... species in both desiccation and freezing treatments Ψroot correlated well with survival at the beginning of the growing season in desiccation treatments, in all species and particularly in C sativa...
... the bottomland plains of the south-eastern United States (Gardiner and Hodges,1996), and were consistent with the observed distribution of Nothofagus solandri and N menziesii in New Zealand (Sun ... August onwards Pots were drained on September, and left to drain up until 25 September After the beginning of waterlogging, A and w g were measured in situ for all seedlings once daily during the ... patterns of Q robur, Q petraea and Q rubra seedlings (see, eg, Dreyer, 1994) As expected, shading induced only limited effectson growth owing to the late date of application (beginning of July,...
... was the minor influence of irradiation and the combination of goserelin incubation and irradiation on cell viability One limitation of this method was the measurement of exponentially growing cultures ... expression of this protein after incubation with goserelin than after irradiation alone Goserelin incubation and irradiation induced the expression of phosphorylated ERK1/2 in LNCaP cells In PC-3, only ... lines, andin Western Blot analysis we could show an effect of goserelin incubation on protein expression independent of irradiation effects Our experiments were done under androgen deprivation...
... typsin, centrifuged for min, resuspended, and rinsed by centrifugation in PBS at 4°C The cell pellet was resuspended in 490 μL PBS containing μL of FITCAnnexin and μL of 250 ug/mL PI and incubated ... 3) 2.4 Effectsof UTI and TAX on the growth of ed breast tumor xenografts One mouse in the control group died on day 13 and one mouse in the UTI group died on day 18 due to consumption and cachexia ... cultured in vitro and xenografted into nude mice Table Effectsof UTI and TAX on the weight and restraining rate of breast tumor xenografts in nude mice Figure Effectsof UTI and TAX on IL-8 mRNA...
... control (a), ulinastatin (b), docetaxel (c), and ulinastatin plus docetaxel (d) groups (SP, ×400) Page of Figure Effectsof docetaxe and ulinastatin on expression of uPA, uPAR and p-ERK1/2 in ... ulinastatin can inhibit uPA at genetic level and subsequently reducing the expression of uPAR ERK belongs to a class of serine/threonine protein kinases found in late 80s of the last century and is ... its role in initiation of cell apoptosis and consequent activation of ERK pathway and p-ERK-dependent upregulation of uPA expression In addition, reports have shown that pretreatment of cells...
... KB, Sanders AB, Otto CW, Ewy GA: Effectsof graded doses of epinephrine on both noninvasive and invasive measures of myocardial perfusion and blood flow during cardiopulmonary resuscitation Crit ... unresponsive to increases of catecholamines in the standard shock therapy In the epinephrine group, resuscitation efforts lasted longer and a significantly higher quantity of additional epinephrine ... depended on the year of incident (vasopressin has been the first therapy in ventricular fibrillation since November 2003 andin asystole since January 2005) andon accessibility of vasopressin in our...
... haplotype combinations in similar numbers of animals = = = RESULTS Antibody titer distribution in the i F and F populations titer distributions in the H and L lines of the 9th generation andin the ... being the rj estimated effectsof MHC genotypes of haplotypes i and j, and r and j, respectively, and p being the number of pairwise combinations Methods II and III were applied in the following ... present in the L line of the 9th generation (Pinard et al, 1993) Estimation of MHC genotype effectson the antibody response Estimates of MHC genotype on the Ab response to SRBC in F and F animals...
... Tendinitis Inflammation of the tendon xvi Tendinopathy A broad term encompassing disease conditions occurring inand around tendons Tendinosis Degeneration of the tendon Tension A force resulting ... action of a spring appears relatively simple, the springing action of tendons serves many functions, including conservation of energy, amplification of muscle power output, and attenuation of muscle ... CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction The musculoskeletal system, consisting of bones, muscles, ligaments, and tendons, is a dynamic system that serves several functions in the body, including...
... corresponded to increases in soluble phenolics concentration in seedlings grown in BA Thus, the application of BA maintained the juvenility of the caixin seedlings On the other hand, high concentrations ... final aim of application in a food product or evaluation of its effectson the human system From the initial quantification and identification of phenolic content of the foods, determination of ... activation and cytosolic Ca2+ increases (Kwak et al., 2003) ROS are vital also in cell expansion and development, as ABA-induced inhibition of root elongation 11 and seed germination was reduced in...
... findings and practical contributions - The finding of the prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency inwomen with GDM serves the base for making recommendations on vitamin D insufficiency screening ... 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration inwomen with gestational diabetes mellitus To initially examine effectsof vitamin D supplementation on insulin resistance inwomen with gestational diabetes mellitus ... 1.1.4 Recommendations on vitamin D supplementation and treatment of vitamin D deficiency There has not been also a widespread concensus on vitamin D supplementation and treatment of vitamin D deficiency...
... of information for people interested in traveling This systematic examination of causal relationships among the constructs could facilitate a clearer understanding of the nature of behavior and ... and services Tourist satisfaction is important to successful destination marketing because it in uences 47 the choice of destination, the consumption of products and services, and the decision ... achieved In particular, one of the indicators of destination loyalty on exogenous variables was highly correlated with one indicator in the pull motivation construct Thus, after examining the...