... infusion did not differ among sedation level groups Effectof propofol infusion duration None ofthe ERP and EEG parameters correlated with the total duration of propofol infusion Discussion ERPs ... propofol on (c) propofol off (d) 30 propofol on propofol off 35 30 SEF95 Cz (Hz) 35 SEF95 Fz (Hz) * 20 25 20 15 10 25 20 15 10 propofol on propofol off propofol on propofol off pofol infusion ... spectrum related tothe interruption to propofol infusion The RMS power represents the total power ofthe signal and the SEF95 is the frequency below which 95% ofthe power in the EEG spectrum...
... during the composting process could be due tothe production of ammonium as a result ofthe ammonification process (Huang et al., 2004) The pH patterns were concomitant tothe previous studies onthe ... the first day of composting, total K in pile and were lower than those ofthe other piles may be due tothe lower amount of swine manure added to these piles to obtain higher initial C/N At the ... might be due tothe activity of nitrogen fixing bacteria which was expected to exist in the compost pile These bacteria have the capability to fix N2 from the air to NO3 contained in the pile (Bishop...
... us to calculate the contribution ofthe disulfide bridge tothe increase in the Gibbs free energy of activation of unfolding under native conditions Using the linear extrapolation model [27], the ... contribution ofthe incorporation of calcium ions into pWT tothe Gibbs free energy of activation of unfolding under native conditions When 100 mm EDTA was added to pWT for complete removal of all ... stabilizes the molecule more than calcium ions The influence of isopropanol onthe unfolding rate constant To measure unfolding without the interference of autoproteolysis, the addition of inhibitors to...
... text: the length ofthe question they want to submit This means that there is potentially a large deviation in the effectiveness ofthe text prediction algorithm per user, depending onthe content ... corpus in the initial version ofthe online text prediction application Currently, a demonstration version ofthe application is running for ComPoli-users We hope to collect questions from these ... although the means ofthe two result samples are close to each other, the distribution the scores for the individual questions is different The histograms of both distributions (Figures and 5) confirm...
... Theory Most of these theories are based onthe company's internal structure and the impact of internal factors ofthe company and they are based on assumption of stability of economic factors and ... inflation rate is one ofthe factors that has influence on management decisions about financing and increases the retained earnings of firms Due to this fact that one ofthe resources of companies ... decades and due to this fact that changes of macroeconomic variables represent the economic situations of country, we motivated to investigate the effects of changes in economic situation on financial...
... Discussion P73 were cloned due to their structural similarity to p53 and have been shown to share functions with the tumor suppressor gene p53, but their contributions tothe inhibition of tumor ... type The association between the expression of TAp73 and the presence/absence of K-Ras and B-Raf mutations in response to cetuximab supports their possible apoptotic function and helps to understand ... TAp73 is one ofthe genes responsible for the lack of response to chemotherapy depending on BRaf mutational status Journal of Translational Medicine 2010 8:15 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed...
... attention onthe task of standing still, subjects may have artificially constrained the interactions among underlying postural control system components, thereby increasing the regularity ofthe ... eliminated the opportunity to analyze theeffectof sensory condition (although the interested reader is invited to consult our previous analyses of this effect [21,31].) An important implication of ... lag value to lower the effective sampling frequency ofthe algorithm from 100 Hz to 10 Hz, thereby reducing the influence of extraneous noise in the data As a necessary component of nonlinear...
... light of these many uncertainties, we carried out an invitro study oftheeffectof various antirheumatoid drugs alone and in combination onthe proliferation of osteogenic cells derived from the ... in onthe most influential ones We also found no overall effectofthe COX-2 inhibitor Etoricoxib on osteoblast proliferation, although it did interact with two other drugs The absence of an effect ... 100% 100% 100% 0 0 100% of either 100% of either 100% of either 100% of either The four mixes 5–8 exist for all four drugs from group 3, making 16 combinations Together with the four mixes 1–4, 20...
... oxygen consumption During the reperfusion phase, the StO upslope (%/second) was obtained from the regression line ofthe first 14 seconds of increased StO2 (seven StO2 values) following the ischemic ... occlusion During occlusion, we calculated the StO2 desaturation slope (%/minute) obtained from the regression line ofthe first minute of StO2 decay after occlusion [29] This is a representation of ... (without significant pressure) tothe lateral side ofthe tongue, in an area approximately 1.5-4 cm from the tip ofthe tongue Three video recordings of 20 seconds in duration each at two time points...
... tothe amount of noise present at the output ofthe beamformer Hence, as the Wiener postfilter trades off target distortion with noise reduction, the amount of target cancellation is expected to ... the performance of microphone arrays strongly depends onthe spatial characteristics ofthe interfering noise, the system was evaluated both in conditions of directional and diffuse noise Further, ... reduction performance does not only depend onthe VAD error rates, but also onthe quality ofthe noise estimate and this is especially pronounced at very low SNRs in nonstationary noise The noncontinuous...
... 75oC for one hour, and then the initiator was charged for 10 Pre-emulsion took place in the dropping funnel under continuous flow into the reactors at constant speed The rate of pre-emulsion or ... where the first is for the formation ofthe core styrene and the second is for grafting butyl acrylate tothe styrene core to complete the shell (ratio of core-shell to feeding time) The results of ... significantly affects the polymerization result Figure and Table show theeffectof aging time onthe conversion of core-shell emulsion polymers The results indicate that the conversion increases with...
... containing at room = The electrolyte leakage from the tap roots was determined in the same way on a 1.5-2-cm-long section cut from midway down the tap root The main effects and interactions of ... Seedling morphology By the end of production at the nursery, the height ofthe birch seedlings was more than double the height ofthe other three species (figure 1a); however, there was uncut much ... being produced from the cut end ofthe tap roots, and relatively few from along the sides 3.2 Moisture content In brief, the effects of desiccation on shoot and root moisture content varied between...
... germination responses of one particular species to only one or two environmental stimuli [1–4, 12, 14] A more holistic approach to determine the effects of other environmental factors and their ... globulus a) Effectof temperature on germination capacity of an unsorted lot b) Effectof temperature on germination rate of an unsorted lot c) Effectof temperature and seed size on germination capacity ... d) Effectof temperature and seed size on germination rate e) Effectof water potential on germination capacity of seed size class at 25 ºC f) Effectof water potential on germination rate of...
... For the total number of female cones per tree (Table 11) there is no significant difference between the GA4/7 treatments In contrast tothe observations on Douglas fir, GA4/7 often reduced the ... located at the very top ofthe tree, these differences in elongation might also be related to a stage of vegetative development in the higher whorls more favorable for flowering induction (BonnetMasimbert, ... cones were counted the following spring onthe entire branch Also, the total number of female cones onthe entire tree was counted On each sampling branch, terminal and subterminal shoot elongation...
... relatively short-term outcomes Therefore, further larger-scale studies should be needed to determine the role of EBRT and theeffectof EBRT volume on locoregional control for nonanaplastic thyroid cancer ... http://www.ro-journal.com/content/5/1/69 as the risk of anaplastic transformation in patients with long-standing locoregional disease, the increased risk of re-operation, the patient’s mental anguish, and the considerable ... from the thyroid bed only tothe thyroid bed and regional nodal areas These large differences in EBRT volume could partially explain the differences in the observed locoregional control of disease...
... participated in the design of reactor irradiation MS helped the measurement of boron concentration YS helped reactor irradiation KO provided cell lines and participated in the design ofthe study TO provided ... strongly than SAS/mp53 cells At a dose of Gy, the Figure BNCT Suppression ofthe colony formation of oral SCC cells by Suppression ofthe colony formation of oral SCC cells by BNCT SAS/neo and ... was associated with the overexpression of Wee1 and phosphorylation of cdc2, followed by the prolongation of G2 arrest and subsequent induction of apoptosis Consistent with their results, we found...
... in the design, as well as the conduct ofthe MBCT intervention, as contributed to intellectual content ofthe manuscript SM contributed tothe design ofthe study, as well as interpretation of ... to evaluate the effects of MBCT on: Patients’ reduction of worry symptoms post intervention at months Patients’ reduction of depressive symptoms post intervention at months Patients’ reduction ... in the conduct of intervention CYML participated in the coordination, as well as the revision ofthe manuscript She - 14 - also participated in the drafting ofthe protocol for the intervention...
... infant age of 10.5 month rather than 12 months of age + unadjusted effectof concurrent CMD at two month time point ++ unadjusted effectof two month postnatal CMD on 18 month nutritional status ... disposing of rubbish onthe field We aggregated these three variables as all of them are known risk Page of 13 factors of undernutrition in Ethiopia even though the internal consistency ofthe resulting ... +++ unadjusted effectof concurrent CMD at 18 month of age § unadjusted effectof postnatal CMD on three month nutritional status §§ Reported effects are on nutritional status of 6-24 year old...
... vascular response to flicker provocation Therefore, beside modifications in the NO dynamics, practically any change in the quantity and composition ofthe circulating fluid due to dehydration and/or ... involved in the statistical analysis and interpretation RC made substantial contributions tothe design and collection SH made substantial contributions tothe design and collection All authors ... Consent Written informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this case report and any accompanying images A copy ofthe written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief...
... changes in the morphology and physiology of different organs and tissues One ofthe theories that tries to explain the exercise effects defends that it may be in part due tothe accumulation of oxidative ... mentioned, free radicals have been implicated as mediators on exercise-induced cellular dysfunction and cell to cell signalling Onthe other hand, it is known that mitochondrial production of oxygenderived ... the inflammatory response CO is a physiologically synthesized molecule that shares some ofthe mechanisms of action and physiological effects of NO [8,9] The main endogenous sourceof CO is heme...