... a common mechanism of addiction through neural adaptation [6, 7] The disconnection ofthe functional pathway between PFC and VTA could significantly reduce the effects of drugs of addiction, including ... stimulation ofthe prefrontal cortex in the rat J Neural Transm 1996, 103: 523-540 44 Tong ZY, Overton PG, Clark D: Stimulation ofthe prefrontal cortex in the rat induces patterns of activity ... that, the functional input loss from PFC and/or NAc may reduce the effects of these drugs onthe addiction process [14, 16-18] In VTA, the AMPA/NMDA receptors’ ratio response of dopamine neurons...
... possible for one journal to satisfy all the needs ofthe reader and the author along the translational medicine pathway Even in this small sample of journals the positioning ofthe journal in the translational ... an intervention This involves assessment ofthe quality ofthe evidence, the risks and benefits of treatments, and the impact of implementation on clinical care pathways by practitioners and those ... application But over twenty years later, only five of these promising advances were in licensed clinical use and only one of them had had a major impact on current medical practice Three quarters of the...
... and in the conditions of a long day (15 hours) Estimation ofthe effect of sub-sterilizing doses on F1 generation was done indirectly, by: (A) evaluation of basic parameters: (1) number of galleries ... Separation was based onthe great density of bristles onthe pronota in females and/or bigger frontal projection typical for males Separation of sexes of living, hand-held beetles was done using ... Preparation of entry holes The time from the release to the start of preparation of entry holes was almost the same for both irradiated and non-irradiated males In spite ofthe fact, that the irradiated...
... limestone good [11] In order to determine theinfluenceof fire onthe seed bank in the soil two nearby areas were selected, one burned in a fire occurring in the summer of 1991 and the other ... regenerative strategies: seasonal regeneration by seed The type of seed bank is type 3, a small amount of seed persists in the soil but concentrations of seed in the soil are only high after seed has ... because it needs environmental conditions of humidity and temperature not present in the field rubra germinates in the surface stratum ofthe seed bank ofthe burned and control areas in very...
... Despite ofthe different explanations, the two ways of interpretation onthe salt effects agree onthe point that the clouding phenomenon of nonionic surfactants is caused by the dehydration ofthe ... greatly influencethe micelle formation of non-ionic surfactants The effects of solvent onthe micelle formation will be discussed in the section of effects of alcohol onthe cloud point of Tergitol ... X-100 At such low concentrations, the ionic surfactants exist in the solutions either in the form of monomer or mixed micelle with the nonionic surfactant The charging ofthe micellar surface...
... include tilting ofthe octahedra, displacements ofthe cations out ofthe centers of their 17 Thesis Vu Thi Huong coordination polyhedra, and distortions ofthe octahedra driven by electronic factors ... process) the temperature drops as the domains [1] absorb the thermal energy to perform their reorientation The randomization ofthe domains [2] occurs in a similar fashion to the randomization at the ... coordination numbers of A cations, B cations or both are reduced Tilting ofthe BO6 octahedra reduces the coordination of an undersized A cation from 12 to as low as Conversely, off-centering of an...
... compared to the β-TCP Also, at four weeks, the healing of these defects was similar to that ofthe control group Onthe other hand, our ultrastructural investigation revealed that the CPCBB caused ... that the successful interaction of a bone graft substitute with the host tissue under normobaric conditions may not be indicative ofthe similar process under hyperbaric environment Conclusion ... 41,3±5,4 Electron microscopy observations In the ultrastructural evaluation ofthe periosteum in one and two week specimens in the control groups without HBOT, there were numerous chondroblasts...
... than the level of HLA-DR in the cell lysates (5ul of a in 10 dilution, from x 106 PBMC) The shed HLA-DR therefore seemed to represent a small fraction ofthe total HLA-DR ofthe cell, however the ... expression Our results support the observations seen in the study of Fumeaux et al (2002) demonstrating that a modification of HLADR, post-translationally, may be one mechanism responsible for the ... 6) Discussion A lowered expression of both the percentage of monocytes expressing HLA-DR and the density of HLA-DR expression have been observed as a feature of sepsis [4;5;7;8;22-25] Only recently...
... stations produces carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide and other greenhouse gases • carbon dioxide traps heat in the atmosphere and causes the temperature ofthe earth to rise • This leads to disruption ... growing population This causes several problems Burning the timber increases the level of carbon dioxide in the air Less trees means less carbon dioxide absorbed for photosynthesis Soil is eroded ... rivers and pollute the water • They may even end up in the food chain In the 1960s, DDT in the food chain threatened bird populations Many birds of prey came close to extinction What can we Do?...
... stations produces carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide and other greenhouse gases • carbon dioxide traps heat in the atmosphere and causes the temperature ofthe earth to rise • This leads to disruption ... growing population This causes several problems Burning the timber increases the level of carbon dioxide in the air Less trees means less carbon dioxide absorbed for photosynthesis Soil is eroded ... rivers and pollute the water • They may even end up in the food chain In the 1960s, DDT in the food chain threatened bird populations Many birds of prey came close to extinction What can we Do?...
... smoke." The opinion, that the use of tobacco preserves the teeth, is supported neither by physiology nor observation Constantly applied to the interior ofthe mouth, whether in the form of cud or of ... Illustrative ofthe Effects of Tobacco An Essay ontheInfluenceof Tobacco upon by R D Mussey 12 A gentleman of distinction, in the profession of law in New Hampshire, wrote me under date of Dec ... seconds from the moment that the oil was put upon the tongue EXPERIMENT To the tongue of a young and rather less than half-grown cat, a drop ofthe oil of tobacco was applied In fifteen seconds...
... bird raised The Poisson regression model is the development ofthe Poisson distribution presented in Equation to a nonlinear regression model ofthe effect of independent variables x i on a scalar ... is, the coefficients ofthe marginal effects ofthe Poisson model can be interpreted as the proportionate change in the conditional mean if the jth regressor changes by one unit Finally, the ... and asset portfolio rather than solely the poultry income, thereby providing a more accurate measure ofthe impact ofthe disease If one looked only at the impact of HPAI onthe income from poultry...
... high accuracy of DEM Theinfluenceof interpolation technique onthe DEM accuracy depends onthe type of topography, and the distribution of sample points, what is directly related to the surveying ... point of interest to the sample point i ; and the power p controls the significance of sample points to the interpolated values, based on their distance to the output point The higher the power, the ... higher the weight, the smoother the output surface For the tension spline, the higher the weight, the coarser the output surface More detailed information about the spline interpolation can be...
... "Studies onthe History of Soviet Cinema", in preparation bythe Cinema Section ofthe Institute of History ofthe Arts ofthe Academy of Science ofthe U S S R Describes the development ofthe cinema ... ontheinfluenceofthe cinema on young people W h e n studying reactions to the feature f l ,the investigator is confronted im with the problem of not being able to vary the composition ofthe ... numerous spectators The second section outlines a theory, based on this research, oftheinfluenceofthe film onthe unconscious, together with a number of pedagogical conclusions (Bibliography)...
... self-report on user’s satisfaction with houses in the Hot List3 is randomly assigned to one ofthe three conditions Then, the subject interacts with the evaluation framework and at the end ofthe interaction ... going through the architecture ofthe evaluation framework 3.1 The evaluation framework architecture Figure shows the architecture ofthe evaluation framework The framework consists of three main ... explicitly questioning the user at the end ofthe interaction about the rationale for her decision (Olso and Zanna 1991) This can provide valuable information on what aspects ofthe argument were...
... abandon the absolute monarchy Consequently, he called a constitutional convention.15 The constitutions main drafter, Monrad, modelled the draft mainly onthe Belgian Constitution of 1830 and the ... tenet ofthe Norwegian constitutional tradition ofthe 19th century In 1905, Norway left the union with Sweden but the Constitution remained in force, and apart from the dissolution ofthe Union there ... any further, the constitutional history and the outlines ofthe constitutional systems ofthe countries in question will be sketched briefly 1.1 A BRIEF OVERVIEW OFTHE CONSTITUTIONS OF NORWAY,...
... diffusion of silicon atoms from the surface to the catalyst/NW interface Here, h is the height ofthe NW and O is the atomic volume of a silicon atom in a silicon lattice, the factor is the ratio of ... in the critical region ofthe fluxes, depending onthe initial conditions onthe catalyst particle surface (which generally are weakly controllable), the surface may come to Fig The solutions of ... incapable of describing these fine details in the surface distribution of atoms, nevertheless correctly predicts the dependence ofthe concentration onthe flux in the catalyst’s central part, where the...
... and the electron occupation on them In some cases, even the concentration ofthe adsorbed gas ions can be measured from the change of potential barrier w15x The potential barrier at the GB ofthe ... Ž under the depletion approximation Here, q is the electronic charge, Nd the donor concentration, W the depletion Ggb s Go exp ž yqVi kT / , Ž where Go is the conductance ofthe grain itself When ... than the exponential one since the desorption effect adds onthe exponential temperature dependence given by Eq Ž5 But the decrease of film resistance is faster than the exponential one only...
... answer the question of how television content might influence youth In contrast, the content of online and other new media can change and can so in response to others’ feedback For example, the ... such theories were either too broad to provide these kinds of specific predictions (for example, the Theory of Reasoned Action) or were too specific to account for the variety of predictions that ... a television show versus another Others look at, for example, associations between the sexual content seen during a television season and subsequent initiation of intercourse One ofthe latter...