... counted The histological evaluation ofthe number of foci, the presence of IL-18 in inflammatory foci and ducts, the degree oforganizationofthe mononuclear aggregates, and the presence of germinal ... at RT The sections were rinsed in TBS and stained for anti-IL-18 as described above To verify the specificity ofthe staining, sections with omission ofthe first, the second, or both ofthe primary ... the discrete pattern of expression of IL-18 only in macrophages within the periductal infiltrate is suggestive of an inducible phenomenon associated withthe microarchitectural organization of...
... still studied with an advantage even under these conditions, such as the minimization ofthe risk of loss, the maximization ofthe chance of gain, or the minimization ofthe regret the decision ... requiring a sequence of interrelated decisions to be made over a certain period of time The more complex the chain, the more essential becomes the use of such technique The concept ofthenetwork diagram ... implementation ofthe laws necessary for the reform ofthe economic system These include the National Assembly (NA), the country's legislature; the Standing Committee (SC) ofthe National Assembly,...
... percentage of child deaths in the total the losses of life in the flood seasons in the MD Save the Children (2003) reported that the vast majority ofthe drowning deaths in recent years in the region ... those living in the urban areas, children in the rural area are familiar withthe water in rivers and canals Their daily lives are linked withthe rice fields and flood plains Some of them learn to ... rowed and fell down the water while sleeping In Vietnam, the first day ofthe new academic year is usually in early of September In the MD, this period coincides with a high risk of flood Many pupils...
... model for the transport cycle ofthe active TAP variant 2–1C2 The initiation step and the progress ofthe transport cycle are similar to the hypothesized peptide translocation model ofthe wild-type ... homology of about 75% The most variable part ofthe core NBDs, in other ABC transporters as well as TAP, lies within the helical subdomains Ó FEBS 2003 Regulation ofthe nucleotide binding state of ... top) Thus, the chimeric NBD consisting ofthe core NBD2 withthe C-terminal segment of TAP1 confers the nucleotide binding behaviour of wild-type TAP1 whereas the chimeric NBD1 bearing the core...
... sequence analysis ofthe carB mutant alleles To check if strain A486 was altered in the carB gene, and in order to get further insights into the nature ofthe mutations ofthe carB gene in strains ... membrane-bound enzymes In Phycomyces the analysis ofthe deduced amino-acid sequence encoded by the carB gene reveals the presence of a transmembrane region near the C-terminus ofthe protein [17] De®ciencies ... monomers or for their interaction with other membrane proteins The observed in vitro activation ofthe enzyme could then be explained by a detergent-mediated spatial rearrangement ofthe enzyme complex,...
... one the officers stole out from the cabin with bare feet, and made their way up to the quarterdeck, until some thirty of them were gathered there, being all the officers ofthe regiment, the ... what they were, for when they got within a mile of us two black flags ran up to their mastheads "The captain he trained one ofthe stern chasers hisself, and the first mate took the other They ... porthole, and then raised himself and stood on the muzzle ofthe gun There he could reach the foot ofthe shrouds ofthe foremast, which happened to be immediately above the port He swung himself up,...
... transformation of Vis-TiO2 thin film into the inactive TiO2 nanowires having high surface areas Fig shows the effect ofthe hydrothermal treatment on the XRD patterns of Vis-TiO2/Ti The intensity ofthe ... was found that the hydrothermal treatment ofthe Vis-TiO2/Ti with NaOH aqueous solution led to the drastic increase in the surface area of Vis-TiO2/Ti as well as an enhancement ofthe anodic photocurrent ... can also be ascribed to the existence of small amounts of Na+ which enhances the recombination rate ofthe photoformed electrons and holes The photocatalytic activities of Vis-TiO2/Ti/Pt or NaOH(5)Vis-TiO2/Ti/Pt...
... Care in the Elderly 2012:4 Elderly patient with multiple sclerosis Pain Pain is one ofthe most common symptoms of MS and can be seen in more than half of all patients with MS Pain can either be ... presentation with findings on MRI that are characteristic ofthe disease The new criteria simplify the diagnostic work-up and allow a more rapid diagnosis of MS while maintaining the specificity ... resulting in the need for fewer MRI studies Based on the revised criteria, the presence of at least one T2 lesion in at least two ofthe four locations considered characteristic of MS including...
... the two main trends of selfcare: the nature ofthe turning-points of life, the way to react, the resources, the meaning of self- care and the experience of ageing The individual histories of self- care ... compliance withthe projections of changing the age structure ofthe population in the future period, the aim ofthe programme of nurse education in the field of nursing and care ofthe elderly ... concerning either the past or the future The connection was analysed between the self- care behaviour ofthe elderly people and their perception concerning either the past or the future The items in the...
... forms ofthe receptor The decrease in the amount of TSHRs observed during the chase (Fig 2C) in the presence of MG132 could be explained by the fact that the TSHRs were retranslocated into the ... of TSHR (Fig 4) The association with CNX and/or CRT therefore seems contribute to the stability and/or the maturation ofthe TSHR To obtain further insights into the contribution of CNX and CRT ... with BiP To further investigate the folding and maturation of TSHR, we studied the possible involvement of BiP, one ofthe main molecular chaperones ofthe endoplasmic reticulum, in these events...
... neither affects the photosynthetic capability ofthe bacteria nor the efficiency of exchange ofthe ubiquinol molecules between the RC and the bc1, as judged from the reduction kinetics of cytochrome ... ambiguous the attribution ofthe PufXD2)19 strain to the wild-type or the PufDX cluster Isolation ofthe photosynthetic complexes from the mutant strains As described previously [16], the photosynthetic ... suppose that the discrepancy is related to the presence ofthe LH2 which could influence the shortening processes ofthe assembled PufX protein The exchange of ubiquinone between the RC and the cyt...
... GRAMMAR ZATION ORGANI- The global organizationofthe grammars (leaving transformations out of consideration) is the same for all languages, as is required by the isomorphic method The grammars are ... deal withthe proper incorporation of propositional units into the structure, e.g transformations dealing with control phenomena, and transformations dealing withthe proper positioning of verbs ... derived Some of these results can be used as arguments to the verb sehijnen 'seem' In the VPPformalion subgrammar the verb sehijnen is combined withthe variable z¢ into a VPP(z~ sehijn) The SENTENCEs...
... that the replicative capacity ofthe virus was linked to the level of protection This led to the question - is protection from superinfection due to the presence ofthe virus in target cells or the ... decline when compared with other subtypes To determine whether the sequence ofthe lentiviral genome itself could play a role in AIDS pathogenicity, the ability of a series of 500 bp long RNA fragments ... worldwide Thenetwork is a major hub for Page 10 of 12 providing AIDS reagents Thenetwork is fully described at http://www.europrise.org An extremely successful facet ofthenetwork is the cadre of...
... [8] The correlations between the items and PCS and MCS components were then compared withthe hypothesised correlations The variance explained (the percent ofthe total measured variance in the ... age were collected The sample size was determined withthe aim of measuring the reliability coefficients for the PCS and MCS scores ofthe SF-8 This used the assumption that the reliability coefficients ... half ofthe SF-8 items [43] Questionnaires with or more incomplete SF-8 items were excluded from further analysis on the validity and reliability ofthe SF-8 The distribution of item responses of...
... self- excision ofthe mini-F plasmid during the growth ofthe virus in the CEF, following the expression ofthe functional cre in these cells Thus the data from the Southern blot hybridization showing the ... demonstrating the presence ofthe mini-F plasmid in these DNA samples The absence of gpt signals in the DNA sample from vRB-1B*X6 (lane 4), similar to the wtRB-1B virus (lane 5), confirms the self- excision ... including the cre gene itself This results in the excision ofthe mini-F plasmid leaving just one copy of loxP site in the virus genome The cre/loxP system has been used on BAC clones of other herpesviruses...
... that the replicative capacity ofthe virus was linked to the level of protection This led to the question - is protection from superinfection due to the presence ofthe virus in target cells or the ... decline when compared with other subtypes To determine whether the sequence ofthe lentiviral genome itself could play a role in AIDS pathogenicity, the ability of a series of 500 bp long RNA fragments ... worldwide Thenetwork is a major hub for Page 10 of 12 providing AIDS reagents Thenetwork is fully described at http://www.europrise.org An extremely successful facet ofthenetwork is the cadre of...
... nerve symptoms These resolved without any long-term sequelae, and were thought to be due to the rate of distraction Following docking ofthe proximal tibia withthe distal femur, the patient had ... rods (Figure 7) The soft tissues in the front ofthe knee were repaired in layers The patient was allowed to weight-bear in his fixator Figure CT scan demonstrating the lesion in the proximal tibia ... of cells (Figures and 6) En-bloc resection ofthe knee was performed including the proximal cm of tibia, tibial articular surface, the proximal fibula, the patella and quadriceps mechanism, the...
... and b show a step-by-step evolution ofthe surface ofthe nanostructures after and 15 s of annealing, respectively For example, the ratio ofthe height ofthe edges along [01 – 1] compared to ... a nm hill of GaAs The average separation between two QDs in a pair is about 130 nm, comparable withthe original lateral size of Ga droplets The tips of two QDs are about nm above the GaAs hill ... processes on the GaAs surface can play a more important role in the shape evolution ofthe GaAs nanostructure In particular, the GaAs forms more quickly then it can diffuse away from the droplet With...
... from the same preparation The markers indicate the integer spots ofthe molybdenum substrate The unit cell ofthe superstructure described in the text is shown by the white rectangle Fig (a) The ... dependence ofthe B1s XPS spectra The preparation temperatures are indicated on the right hand side The double peak represents the two chemical states ofthe boron in the two-phase region (b) The coverages ... coverages of nitrogen and boron, the latter resolved in the two phases, plotted versus the preparation temperature The coverage of boron in the h-BN follows, as expected, the coverage of nitrogen The...