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... in understanding of sophisticated pathways of atherogenesis and the emergence of a multitude of laboratory and instrumental markers of atherosclerosis are seemingly shifting preventive and therapeutic ... incidence and prevalence of psychosocial and medical disorders and are often the healthiest subgroup of the general population (Mathers, 1998) Despite this good news, the general health status of adolescents ... and eating habits in several ways: • • • Recall of intake of fruits and vegetable and how much and how many servings per day; recall of sugar intake and how many added sugar drinks or foods and...
... in understanding of sophisticated pathways of atherogenesis and the emergence of a multitude of laboratory and instrumental markers of atherosclerosis are seemingly shifting preventive and therapeutic ... incidence and prevalence of psychosocial and medical disorders and are often the healthiest subgroup of the general population (Mathers, 1998) Despite this good news, the general health status of adolescents ... and eating habits in several ways: • • • Recall of intake of fruits and vegetable and how much and how many servings per day; recall of sugar intake and how many added sugar drinks or foods and...
... the value of intention as a predictor of enrolment in and attendance of preventive programs At this stage health behaviour is not severely restricted by a case of emergency or the burden of a disease ... informed shortly about the program and procedures by means of a covering letter at baseline andby an informative meeting The coaching program offered was free of charge but participation at five ... of intention and other covariates and the elimination of irrelevant variation Yet, improving the predictive power by using the full set of covariates comprising intention runs into problems of...
... domain, consideration of physiochemical properties andstabilityof test substance, number of replicates, number of concentration levels and their range and spread, suitability of administration ... ethinylestradiol is one of few substances where a significant amount of both standard and non-standard test data is available Table presents the lowest reported standard and non-standard effect values ... while non-standardized methods are typically performed by research scientists and published in scientific journals Standard tests are often performed according to GLP, whereas non-standard tests...
... (IMRT) and the use of heavy ions demands absolute reliability of new diagnostics and treatment planning for prostate and brain tumors By the fact that the rare earth metals trapped inside of the ... metallofullerenes as MRI contrast agents Acad Radiol 2002; (Suppl 2): S495-S497 Tang J, Xing G, Zhao F, et al Modulationof structural and electronic properties of fullerene and metallofullerenes by ... possible and to estimate the T1 relaxivity on MR (1.5 T) Historically already in 1994 electron-spin-resonance and mass-spectrometry studies of metallofullerenes were documented by the Dunsch group and...
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... modification of language models led by the addition and deletion of words is hard to quantify and we choose to add and delete as fewer words as possible, which is just a simple heuristic On the other hand, ... same clustering method proposed by Mangu et al (2000) to convert the word lattice to a strict linear sequence of clusters, each consisting of a set of alternatives of character hypotheses, or a ... minimization and other applications of confusion networks Comp Speech Lang., 14(2):373–400 Andrew Y Ng and Michael I Jordan 2001 On discriminative vs generative classifiers: A comparison of logistic...
... high-frequency wing of the amide II band and was sometimes partly merged with it [40] A band at 1542 cm)1 was also visible and is characteristic of the amide II groups In the WSM spectrum, other bands were ... characterized by the predominance of acidic glycoproteins It is known as intracrystalline and is considered to play an important role in induction of oriented nucleation, inhibition of crystal growth and ... and iconography, respectively This study was partly funded by a Siera SA/CNRS Research and Development contract andby grants (PRAXIS XXI/BPD/11811 and PRAXIS XXI/BD/20023) from the Science and...
... lipoprotein (VLDL) andby the entrapment of Lp(a) into matricellular proteins (81) This situation leads to a retention of Lp(a) and recruitment of monocytes, upregulating the expressionof the plasminogen ... stages of atherogenesis Aramaki et al (83) recently provided direct evidence, by cDNA and short interference RNAs (siRNAs) transfection, that LOX-1 acts as a receptor for RLP (Figure 1) and whereby ... site (cited from Ref 18) These results were explained by the induction of Rho-kinase and Rho-kinase , of which mRNAexpression was enhanced by the treatment with RLP but not that with non-RLP It...
... led by Naohiro Terada of the University of Florida and the other by Austin G Smith of the University of Edinburgh— initially set out to see whether adult stem cells from the bone marrow of mice ... foundational stratum of our story and scientists as the premier mythmakers of our time Michael Shermer is founding publisher of Skeptic magazine (www.skeptic.com) and author of The Borderlands of Science ... males are capable of impregnating females, andby staying small and immature (in terms of secondary sexual features) they minimize the amount of food they need and lower the risk of serious conflict...
... (a) by year; and (b) by decade (developed by the Geoscience Division of Munich Re) 6 Figure 1.2 Losses due to significant U S natural catastrophes: (a) by year; and (b) by decade (developed by ... of preparing for these types of extreme events A major earthquake or hurricane can result in loss of life and serious damage to buildings and their contents Bridges and roads can be damaged and ... individuals as well the general public to be keenly aware of the risk of catastrophes Unfortunately, this awareness often fades with time and the importance of being prepared is often forgotten There...
... sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS), (c) TBT by level of development and (d) SPS by level of development An analysis of provisions for TBT and SPS measures shows that about 60 percent of all ... of International Relations, forthcoming Baccini Leonardo and Andreas Dür 2011 “The New Regionalism and Policy Interdependency,” British Journal of Political Science, forthcoming Baier Scott and ... International Relations: Understanding the Effects of the GATT and the WTO on World Trade,” International Organization 61(1):37-67 Grant Ruth and Robert Keohane 2005 “Accountability and Abuses of...
... trials RNA Interference (RNAi) RNA interference, or RNAi, is the inhibition ofexpressionof specific genes by double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) It is becoming the method of choice to knockdown geneexpression ... viral mRNA targets AS-ONs inhibit viral protein production by both blocking viral mRNAtranslationand triggering its degradation Since the discovery of viral inhibition effect of AS-ONs by Zamecnik ... (Rz) or siRNA (SI) pair with their complementary target genomic DNA, RNA or mRNA AS-ONs can block recombination, transcription, translationof the mRNA or induce its degradation by RNaseH Rz...
... trials RNA Interference (RNAi) RNA interference, or RNAi, is the inhibition ofexpressionof specific genes by double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) It is becoming the method of choice to knockdown geneexpression ... viral mRNA targets AS-ONs inhibit viral protein production by both blocking viral mRNAtranslationand triggering its degradation Since the discovery of viral inhibition effect of AS-ONs by Zamecnik ... (Rz) or siRNA (SI) pair with their complementary target genomic DNA, RNA or mRNA AS-ONs can block recombination, transcription, translationof the mRNA or induce its degradation by RNaseH Rz...
... powered by many types of energy sources, including natural gas, solar thermal, biofuels, and waste heat The benefits include generally lower source energy use, much lower peak electricity demand, and ... the benefits and improvements of DEVap A/C technology, we must discuss standard A/C Standard A/C reacts to SHR by cooling the air sensibly and, if dehumidification is required, by cooling the ... Research) A double-effect regenerator expands on the scavenging air regenerator by first boiling the water out of the liquid desiccant solution (250°–280°F) and reusing the steam by sending it through...
... HS, Conley RR, Roberts RC, Tamminga CA, Pandey GN: mRNAand protein expressionof selective alpha subunits of G proteins are abnormal in prefrontal cortex of suicide victims Neuropsychopharmacology ... experimental findings of Cocchi et al [1], Donati et al [15], Hameroff and Penrose [16,17] and Hameroff [17] Because of the possible similarity in behaviour of platelets and neurons, membrane ... activation of adenylate cyclase by the ligand-receptor complex or by microaggregation of ligand-receptor complexes, is associated with lateral movements of components of the membrane which are determined,...
... site of infection), and the potential of inhibiting the migration of cells that are able to produce an array of proinflammatory cytokines at the site of inflammation The identification of the ... overlapping and distinct effects of chemokines and their receptors Furthermore, animal models can be used to assess the role of several pathogenic factors at various stages of disease, and thus ... Therefore, initial proof -of- principle studies followed by well controlled studies of sufficient duration will be essential to realise the potential of chemokine blockade for the treatment of RA 18 19 20...
... the shedding of membrane IL-18Rα as a marker of enhanced proteolytic activity; the activation and release of IL-18 by the inflammasome as a marker of innate immunity; and the alternatively spliced ... Bresnihan B: Synovial tissue and serum biomarkers of disease activity, therapeutic response and radiographic progression: analysis of a proof -of- concept randomized clinical trial of cytokine blockade ... diagnosis and prognosis in RA (reviewed by Carrasco and Barton [7]) Soluble IL-18 receptor complex Cytokines and cytokine-related molecules play a key role in the pathogenesis of RA Levels of TNFα,...
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