... neck of femur is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Hip fracture places considerable physical and physiological strain on the patient and upon the resourcesofthe NHS. In 1990 there ... armamentarium of options for the fixation of hip fractures. Irrespective ofthe technique employed the goal of surgery is the same—it is undertaken in the hope that it will afford the patient ... upon to discuss the pros and cons, the intended benefits and risks of particular surgical procedures with patients and their families. While the epidemiology and pathology of venous thromboembolism,...
... Department of State. A few ofthe groups on the official list,however, are guerrilla organizations. These include the FARC, the LTTE, and the PKK. To be sure, the FARC, the LTTE, andthe PKK engage ... integrate the good and bad parts of the self, which are instead split into the “me” andthe “not me.” These Library of Congress – Federal Research Division The Sociology andPsychologyof Terrorism37 The ... Zealots’justification for their killing of other Jews was that these killings demonstrated the consequences ofthe immorality of collaborating with the Roman invaders, and that the Romans could not protect their...
... of terrorist groups and individuals. The approach used inthis study is twofold. First, the study examines the relevant literature and assesses the current knowledge ofthe subject. Second, the ... allowfor the collection and study ofthe literature produced by each group in the form of autobiographies of former members, group communiqués and manifestos,news media interviews, and other resources. ... describes the German terrorists of the Baader-Meinhof Gang as “children without fathers.” They were sons and daughters of fathers who had either been killed by Nazis or survived Nazism.Their children...
... nineteenth and twentieth century the states of West-ern Europe and North America could come to dominate the rest of the world and leave their imprint upon it. Notwithstanding the presently The Economics ... Who must bear the burden of this? It is recognized and I have of course no intention of disputing the validity of this—that in one sense there can be no44 TheEconomicsand Ethics of Private Property9Here ... question. From the point of view ofthe consumers, its response to their security demandsmust be considered arbitrary. Do we need one policeman and oneFallacies ofthe Public Goods Theory andthe Production...
... series of material and behavioural constraints, not the least of which is the enthusiasm of those at the grassroots, which in the case of the agricultural reforms means the farmers andthe local of cials ... rights, the governmentsets the incentives faced by the manager ofthe farm. Assuming that the main contribution ofthe manager is ‘effort’, then the nature ofthe farmorganization will determine the ... from the farm’s point of view (and in the terminology of production economics) , the higher output can be said to come from the risein the farm’s fixed factor. From the point of view ofthe relationshipbetween...
... AT-MSCs, AT-MSC-Hepa, human primary hepato-cytes andhuman liver. The RNA sample ofhuman primaryhepatocytes was used as the total RNA reference. The pro-cess of hybridization and washing was performed ... AT-MSC-Hepa andhuman liver (Table 3).Noticeably, ofthe 20 genes in the blood clotting cas-cade that are included on the chip, a total of 14 and 15 genes were elevated in AT-MSC-Hepa and human liver, ... 4 6 9Synthesis and degradation of ketone bodies345Urea cycle and metabolismnof amino groups8920a The expression level ofthe gene is higher (fold change > 1) com-pared with the expression...
... if, and how much exposure there is to fungal β-(1,3)-glucan and endotoxin. Therefore the objective ofthe project was to assess whether automobiles are a potential source of exposure to these ... smoke (SHS) and to investigate the interaction between pollutants from SHS and vehicular emissions [10]. They measured the number concentration and size distribution of UFP and other air pollutants ... aldehydes and terpenes) were investigated and quantified in showrooms [15]. Also, the levels ofthe same chemicals were measured in the private houses ofthe car vendors for comparative purposes. The...
... families and five orders, finds accep-tance as food by the locals. Out ofthe 81 species, 9 arerepresentatives ofthe Odonata, 17 ofthe Orthoptera, 16 of the Hemiptera, 15 ofthe Hymenoptera and ... generations.ConclusionUnfortunately the availability of all types of modernfood stuffs andthe degradation ofresources makes eth-nic people worldwide (and the Galo and Nyishi are noexception) inclined to abandon their ... sure thatpractices of entomophagy and entomotherapy do notdisappear; on the other hand, we need to protect the biodiversity ofthe region and to conserve the valuableinsect resources found in...
... together in the genome. For example, all ofthe genes coding for components ofthe capsid are groupedtogether in the left-hand third ofthe molecule, and genes controlling integration of the prophage ... offshoot of basic research into DNA synthesis and modification in living cells, and most of the manipulations make use of purified enzymes. The properties of these enzymes, and the way they are ... structure. The cleavage and packaging processes recognizejust the cos sites andthe DNA sequences to either side of them, so changing the structure ofthe internal regions ofthe e genome, for example...
... directlystimulates the formation of MNCs within the tumor.These results suggest that the effects of GCT-CM,including the stimulat ion of chemotaxis and prolifera-tion of rOPCs but not osteoc lastogenesis, ... signaling and that thissignaling plays important roles in recruiting OPCs into the GCT tissue. On the other hand, ZD4190 did notcompletely block the basal level of chemotaxis and pro-liferation of ... correlationbetween the pY-Flt-1 and pY-FAK expression levels and the clinical stage of GCTs at presentation. The biologi-cal aggressiveness ofthe tumors was classified as pre-viously described [25]. In the...
... stimula-tion, andthe addition of ZD4190 to the GCT-CM inhib-ited these effects (Fi gure 4a and 4b) . These resultssuggest that GCT-CM enhanced the chemotaxis and cell proliferation of OPCs via ... possible that the VEGF produced by GCTs directlystimulates the formation of MNCs within the tumor.These results suggest that the effects of GCT-CM,including the stimulat ion of chemotaxis and prolifera-tion ... by a chemotaxis assay andthe growth of OPCs was examinedusing a cell proliferation assay. The expression of VEGF and activatio n of Flt-1 and FAK in clinical GCT samples and in OPCs were detected...
... suggested by the data. Nevertheless, what can be the interpretation of these values? Two explanations can beoffered. First, in Israel, as in many other education sys-tems, the evaluation ofthe pupils' ... education, gender and age.ResultsFigure 1 presents the distribution of VAS scores for the twoyears combined. The minimum score reported was -20. The mode ofthe distribution is 71–80, andthe distribu-tion ... to the com-mon interpretation of VAS, since true HRQL is unknown.It does exclude, however, the notion of a reference pointbeing the mean score in the population. The end-digitproperties of...
... between decompositions of theseunions. This flexibility of decomposition andthe automorphism group allow the desiredsolution to be constructed. The use of these methods to solve the pancyclic 2-factorizationproblem ... only obstacle towards the solution of these problems is the construction of pairs of 2-factors with the same cycletype, the Oberwolfach aspect ofthe question. The obvious next cases to solve are ... Prof. E. Mendelsohn and Prof. A. Rosa for initially proposing the anti-Oberwolfach family of problems. The author was supported by PIMS postdoctoralfellowship, the Department of Mathematics and...