... CS: Differential expression of Fas and Fas ligand in acute and chronic graftversus-host disease: up-regulation of Fas and Fas ligand requires CD8+ T cell activation and IFN-gamma production J Immunol ... Arthritis Research Vol No Horwitz et al can serve as a therapy for autoimmune diseases suchas systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) This T-cell-based therapy could also be used to prevent graft rejection ... infections [30] The fact that some regulatory T cells produce predominantly TGF-β and others IL-10 is not fortuitous The combination of TGF-β and IL-10 is more immunosuppressive than either of the cytokines...
... on the farm level Such veterinarians are motivated to collect valid data at the herd level They perceive the collection of the data in and of itself asthe basis for taking relevant action at the ... Some veterinarians regard the two records as totally correlated, others regard them as entirely independent, and still others regard them as correlated, but adjust the score to suit a decision ... estimates of bias and random error This will require another study design The results of the present study could potentially provide the basis forsuch a study Considerations on data quality and different...
... in the study In 1995, studies with tall fescue ceased, and reed canary grass was chosen asthe main crop forthe study The trends in the research strategy forthe crop production research of the ... 1998 and 1999 The effect of cover crop was studied in the same trial Reed canary grass was sown on 30th May either as a pure stand or using barley (cv Arve) asthe cover crop The sowing rate for ... 1991, Lomakka 1993, Wilman et al 1994) as is also the case for Ca, Mg and Mn (Lomakka 1993) In contrast, the concentrations of Si, Al and Fe increase asthe season proceeds (Tyler 1971), being highest...
... and dementias related to psychiatric disorderssuchas bipolar disorder and schizophrenia These dementias usually account for a small percentage of cases in typical clinical settings Should the ... blood glucose for uptake into the brain1 On the other hand, for neuro-oncologic indications, the instruction to the patient to fast before the PET scan may be omitted entirely; in fact, the patient ... outlines the basic elements of a clinical diagnostic evaluation for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other dementias; and also addresses how to identify candidates for a dementia evaluation, discusses the...
... September 11 bombings in the United States, the locality of this virus has become less isolated asthe threat of bioterrorism looms large The Ebola virus is now on the “A” list for hopeful vaccination ... motivation based on ideas of right and wrong when dealing with the geographical distribution of animals and plants This concept of can be used to explain the world’s shockingly small response to the ... Because there was little travel to that region by people of more developed countries, there was not much economic drive for a vaccine, treatment, and aid in prevention Bioterrorism Since the...
... Glossary and References Introduction • Deals with the Nanotechnology as a basis forthe next generation of the mobile devices • Projects the various ethical issues in Nanotechnology • Predicts the ... (1) • The various effects of Nanotechnology over the Wireless Communication devices are classified by: – Wireless Technologies Advancements – Demand for Wireless Communication – Necessity for low-cost ... allowing fast access to secure items • Holographic lenses in eyeglasses that work like bifocals While one hemisphere of the lens is unaffected, the other is connected to networks of information,...
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... knowledge from them Wish their continuous success in business and career Special thanks to Prof Hannu Tenhunen for his great efforts on forming the research areas and enabling the MBA -for- PhD program ... functionalities are added, suchas sensing and data processing capacity of the WSN node, andthe acting capacity of the I2Pack device Key performances are also improved suchasthe system mobility, ... Forthe WSN solutions forthe Food-IoT and Health-IoT applications, one core value of such services is the real-time monitoring (sensing) and tracking of mobile and distributed objects such as...
... contraction of the demand forthe developed countries’ unskilled-labour intensive goods, the demand for their domestic labour and capital is also reduced, and especially the demand forthe least productive ... understanding their effects.24 This has favoured a strong emphasis on the demand side of the relationship between the supply of technical change andthe demand for skills As a consequence, the main ... of and demand for skills in the US from 1940 to 1996 and argued that forthe period 1960-1990 computer -related technical change was the major determinant of the observed shift in the demand for...
... computed for each of the raters using the respective other raters as reference, that is, the mean of the four other raters forthe LE group andthe three other raters forthe OC group Forthe comparison ... 10.4 years The treatment included the excision of the tumour and additional radiotherapy for most of the patient except for T1 grading Recording was performed at least months after the treatment ... different raters on the one hand, and raters/speech recognition system on the other hand, Spearman’s correlation coefficient was used Contrary to other agreement measurements, suchas Kappa and Alpha, correlations...
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... described for determining the tree diameter at breast height (Bitterlich 1996) For testing the accuracy of the method the laser telemeter was used and then the measured diameter was measured using the ... on the borderline The distance was measured using the laser telemeter with half-a-meter scale The diameter was calculated and compared with the control measure using a calliper Secondly, the ... shift The optical measuring of the diameter at various heights of stem using the wedge prism as a tool for measurement is a sufficiently accurate method for measurement and can be used for measuring...
... in the outer cell wall Under stress, e.g in case of lack of nutrition, the pure diffusion process is too slow andthe bacteria need to improve the efficiency of the translocation For those cases, ... constant as well asthe "on" and "off" rates forthe sugar binding Here we used a modified sugar through covalent binding of an ANDS (3-amino-naphtalene-2,7-disulfonic acid) molecule to the reducing ... blocking These data can be used for a fundamental analysis to probe e.g the individual energy barrier and it seems that nature has optimized this channel to have the best turnover number On the other...
... tobacco and drug (prescription and illicit) use as well as current and past alcohol and/ or drug treatment Participants were also asked about whether they use cannabis as a substitute for alcohol, ... recovery [13] The lack of drug and alcohol related problem measures utilized in this study calls for a further investigation into the relationship of such problems andthe use of cannabis as a substitute ... environment increases the likelihood of other substance being brought into that environment; once the presence of alcohol decreases, the presence of other substances might decrease as well Among...
... or harsh conditions They have therefore evolved strategies to survive grazing herbivores suchas insects and snails, defenses against viral, bacterial and fungal pathogens, and protection against ... predict the biomass of a plant by simply measuring its metabolic composition Plant growth and productivity are greatly affected by abiotic stresses suchas drought, salinity, and temperature Dorothea ... compared the regulatory network controlling flowering in Arabidopsis with the one found in the short-day plant Pharbitis nil and with the perennial plant Arabis alpina Coupland showed that the CONSTANS...
... areas 2.2.1.4 Creative Services The creative services department is responsible forthe creation and execution of advertisements The individuals who conceive the ideas forthe ads and write the ... method for measuring the impact of mass media advertising is the use of the rating point (rp) or the more accurate target rating point (trp) These two measures refer to the percentage of the universe ... homogeneity of, as well as positive and negative characteristics of, individual and cultural ideas associated with the product Effective advertising will stimulate demand for a product and build brand equity...