... 3B) Again, these changes were abolished in female db ⁄ db heart mitochondria Together, these data suggest that the greater reliance of female murine cardiac mitochondria on glucose than on fatty ... employed a mixture of mm malate and 25 lm palmitoyl-l-carnitine as oxidative substrates State respiration (resting) was measured after addition of oxidative substrates, and state respiration after the ... addition of 300 lm ADP to the electrode chamber To test the ability of mitochondria to withstand oxidative stress, mm ADP was added after state respiration, and the chamber was closed and sealed...
... healthy subjects to undergo radiographic examinations because ofthe unnecessary exposure to radiation and the ethical problems The other limitation ofthe study is the lack of sagittal profile ... analysis and interpretation of data, and drafting the manuscript KH, HM, and YM performed part of literature review KM and KK performed part of acquisition of data YI participated in design and ... correlation coefficient was calculated Numerical value shows the gamma of interclass correlation coefficient and the range ofthe 95% confidence interval Page of Table Intrerobserver reliability analysis...
... healthy subjects to undergo radiographic examinations because ofthe unnecessary exposure to radiation and the ethical problems The other limitation ofthe study is the lack of sagittal profile ... analysis and interpretation of data, and drafting the manuscript KH, HM, and YM performed part of literature review KM and KK performed part of acquisition of data YI participated in design and ... correlation coefficient was calculated Numerical value shows the gamma of interclass correlation coefficient and the range ofthe 95% confidence interval Page of Table Intrerobserver reliability analysis...
... [8–11] as reported in the literature Note that the variation ofthe range is caused due to the variability in antenna orientation, clothing, and other on-body RF attenuation characteristics The ... (http://www.xbow.com/) The Mica2Dot nodes run from a 570 mAH button cell with a total sensor weight of approximately 10 grams The default CSMA MAC protocol is used with a data rate of 19.2 kbps Via software adjustments ... (PD) at the sink node On its way to the sink node, a data packet collects the entire route information in the form ofa list ofthe intermediate node-IDs This allows the extraction and analysis of...
... necessarily the case in applications that require a delay to be applied to the signal The ability to effect delay is important in applications such as channel equalisation, echo cancellation, and the ... that of an FIR filter For equalisation ofa linear delay channel, a filterbank FDAF can require in excess of an order of magnitude more bins than the number of taps required by a FIR filter The ability ... such as LMS [1] Let the delay that the transmission channel has imposed on the kth filterbank bin ofthe primary signal be denoted by If the filterbank decimates the time domain data by a factor of...
... outlined and the area at peak inspiration (I) and end expiration (E) was measured using image analysis software Alveolar stability was assessed by the percentage change in the area of individual alveoli ... fields were analyzed in each animal at each timepoint A mean of 38 alveoli (range 8–65) per timepoint per animal was analyzed The large range was due to alveolar collapse (atelectasis) in the HP/LP ... complete tidal breaths Image analysis of alveoli We analyzed the alveolar mechanics by replaying the video frame-by-frame and capturing still images of individual alveoli at peak inspiration (I) and...
... Diagn Invest 2000, 12:307-311 Sako T, Shimoyama Y, Akihara Y, Ohmachi T, Yamashita K, Kadosawa T, Nakade T, Uchida E, Okamot M, Hirayama K, Taniyama H: Neuroendocrine carcinoma in the nasal cavity ... variability regarding time of postmortal sampling and fixation, the age ofthe paraffin blocks, and age, sex and breed variation ofthe animals However, the used material reflects similar variability ... expression profiles All HSC express vimentin (rat), desmin (rat) and actin (man and rat), but alpha-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) is classically considered as an indicator of activation (man and rat) [6,9,11]...
... text, tables and figures are displayed as means ± standard error ofthe mean Raw data from each functional and metabolic variable were compared by analysis of variance with repeated measures ... human disease by activating proand anti-inflammatory pathways Another limitation of this study is that in addition to cardiac depression, induction agents also induce a systemic vascular dilatation ... etomidate is also associated with a decrease in systolic arterial blood pressure in animal models and patients with advanced age and heart disease [21] In contrast, s(+)ketamine showed cardiac functionality...
... (cow ofthe desert) After sixteen hours' actual marching from Cassala we arrived at the valley ofthe Atbara There was an extraordinary change in the appearance ofthe river between Gozerajup and ... a good hygeen, or dromedary, and a baggage-camel, as between the thoroughbred and the cart-horse; and it appears absurd in the eyes ofthe Arabs that a man of any position should ride a baggage-camel ... Arabs Their patterns have never changed, but the water-jar of to-day is ofthe same form as that carried to the well by the women of thousands of years ago The conversation ofthe Arabs is in the...
... 5Â-GATCA TGAATTGTTTCTGTCGCCAGTAACCAGCTTGGCCC CAGGAGGAGACATAGGCG-3Â; LSYTRF, 5Â-GCAAG AAGAATTGTTTCTGTCGCCAGTGAACCGGGTATAT GACAAAGGAGACATAGGCGAGAGGGGAGC-3Â The complementary sequences were used as ... apical and basolateral compartments ofthe culture dishes The MDCK cell monolayer provides a barrier between the apical and basolateral compartments The voltage drop over the membrane was measured ... cross the monolayer via the paracellular pathway, thus the accumulation of dye on the basolateral side represents paracellular ux Accumulation ofthe dye was determined by taking 25 lL aliquots every...
... coast of South America, and, still another is in waiting at the western terminus ofthe Panama Canal to assist the ships across the Pacific A fair regularity and reliability of rainfall have made ... Europe into America They were travelling over the edge of Champlain's map, away from Europe, away from Canada, away from the Great Lakes As far as that trail which led through the grass and reeds ... Plymouth, and the accurate mapping of all that coast now so familiar; there were the arrivals ofthe ship Jonas once with temporal supplies and again, as the Mayflower ofthe Jesuits, with spiritual...
... 6.28% ofthe sample Distribution of all participants in terms of gender and age group is shown in Table Statistical analysis Feasibility Feasibility ofthe Hungarian version oftheCardiac Module ... congenital heart disease (such as isolated small or repaired atrial and septal defect without residua), congenital heart disease with moderate complexity (for example, coarctation ofthe aorta, moderate-tosevere ... unit aged 5-18 years and 254 parents of children aged 2-18 years It was the mother who answered the questionnaire in 92.52% ofthe sample, and it was the father in 7.48% ofthe sample No parent...
... (Taiwan) Dog Hamam (Japan) (15) Dog Hamam (Japan) Dog KDK1 (Japan) (16) Dog KDK1 Dog Ueno (Japan) (17) Dog Ueno (Japan) Dog Yanaka (Japan) (18) Dog Yanaka (Japan) Giant panda (China) (19) Giant ... USA) (9) Raccoon (Michigan, USA) A7 5/17 (10) A7 5/17 Dog (Colorado, USA) (11) Dog (Colorado, USA) Javelina (12) Javelina Raccoon dog T dog Tanu (13) Raccoon anu (Japan) (Japan) Dog (T aiwan) (14) ... mortality in large felids [2], fresh-water seals (Phoca sibirica) [3], and various other animals CDV killed more than 10,000 Caspian seals (Phoca caspica) in year 2000 [4], and decimated an African...
... (Taiwan) Dog Hamam (Japan) (15) Dog Hamam (Japan) Dog KDK1 (Japan) (16) Dog KDK1 Dog Ueno (Japan) (17) Dog Ueno (Japan) Dog Yanaka (Japan) (18) Dog Yanaka (Japan) Giant panda (China) (19) Giant ... USA) (9) Raccoon (Michigan, USA) A7 5/17 (10) A7 5/17 Dog (Colorado, USA) (11) Dog (Colorado, USA) Javelina (12) Javelina Raccoon dog T dog Tanu (13) Raccoon anu (Japan) (Japan) Dog (T aiwan) (14) ... mortality in large felids [2], fresh-water seals (Phoca sibirica) [3], and various other animals CDV killed more than 10,000 Caspian seals (Phoca caspica) in year 2000 [4], and decimated an African...
... IA, Bajwa MA, Bhatti MR, Karim R: The translation and evaluation of an Urdu version ofthe Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale Acta Psychiatr Scand 1991, 83:81-85 Malasi TH, Mirza IA, el Islam ... results ofthe CFA are summarised in Table and reveal that the two-factor model of Moorey et al [25] and the three-factor model of Dunbar et al [17] offered the best fit to the data The model ... manuscript CM participated in the design ofthe study, performed the statistical analysis and assisted in the drafting ofthe manuscript Acknowledgements All the authors would like to thanks the...
... performed the statistical analysis and drafted the manuscript EB conceived ofthe study and participated in it's design Both authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements Financial ... Comparison of maximal theoretical contribution to the utility score Comparison of maxim al theoretical contribution to the utility score Domains measuring the same area of health have similar colors ... study was provided in part by grant 2002B45 from the Netherlands Heart Foundation and in part by grant OG 98–026 from the Netherlands National Health Insurance Council The authors thank the Octopus...
... paper [14] The dataset was then divided in two by taking a random sample of 60% ofthe data and separating that data from the remaining 40% to provide an estimation dataset and a validation dataset, ... index as the dependent variable and age, sex and a proxy for disease stage as explanatory variables in the model using the estimation dataset The proxy 'disease stage' variable was created by taking ... http://www.hqlo.com/content/8/1/54 Page of 13 Table 3: Summary of categorical variables in estimation and validation datasets Variable Estimation dataset, n (%) Validation dataset, n (%) Mean (SD) EQ-5D (estimation dataset)...
... domain of attraction ofthe normal law, if there exist constants an > 0, bn ∈ R such that S n − bn d −→ N, an where N is the standard normal random variable We say that {Xn }n∈N satisfies the ... establish the ASCLT for self-normalized partial sums of random variables in the domain of attraction ofthe normal law, we will show that the ASCLT holds under a fairly general growth condition on dk ... A note on the almost sure limit theorem for self-normalized partial sums of random variables in the domain of attraction ofthe normal law Qunying Wu1,2 College of Science, Guilin...
... arising in the theory of differential equations J Math Anal Appl 251, 736–751 (2000) doi:10.1006/jmaa.2000.7044 19 Sun, YG: On retarded integral inequalities and their applications J Math Anal ... is, for a ≥ 0, b ≥ we always have ω (a + b) ≤ ω (a) + ω (b) and ω(ab) ≤ ω (a) ω(b) τ, a, j are the same as in Theorem 2.1 If u(t) satisfies the inequality (1) with the initial condition (2), then for ... t0 A suitable application of Theorem 2.1 to (73) yields the desired inequality Remark 3.1: In the proof for Theorem 3.1, if we apply Theorem 2.2 instead of Theorem 2.1 to (73), then we obtain another...
... firefighter’s age, sex, and job status (professional or volunteer); the date, cause, and mechanism of death; and the city and state ofthe fire department Duties at the Time of Death On the basis ofthe ... only about to 5% of firefighters’ professional time each year, accounted for 32% of deaths from coronary heart disease and was associated with a risk of death from coronary heart disease that was ... metropolitan, and national data) to calculate the ratios of actual to expected deaths for each firefighting duty The 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for these ratios were calculated on the basis of the...