... experience in clinical treatment of thymomas as a result of a retrospective single centre analysis done within a European university setting The role of a pseudocapsula and its clinical significance and ... unless otherwise indicated p values were calculated by Pearson's Chi-Square test to determine the significance of correlation of clinicopathological parametersand presence of a pseudocapsula ofthe ... received combined treatment, andin another patient an immunotherapy was performed Adjuvant radiation was executed in 26 cases, chemotherapy alone was given in cases, and a combination ofboth was...
... preparation and conduct ofthe study andthe editing ofthe article BR contributed to shaping ofthe article andthe editing ofthe article GEE contributed to the statistical analyses andthe editing of ... manifestations, and LQTS and HCM are both autosomal dominant disorders with variable penetrance and disease expression An important issue in discussing the findings inthe present study is whether the research ... ofthe manuscripts KN participated in preparation andthe editing ofthe article All authors have read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they have...
... synthesises the influence of a setof variables which are determinant to tree physiology and health and all more or less correlated to elevation These variables include the temperature andthe ... valuable in this study The rather loose relationship between the distribution of damage andthe nature of parent rock and soil type could otherwise been have interpreted as a lack of effect ofthe ... out in order to find the combined effects of ecological variables They were conducted at the level ofthe individual management unit Therefore topography was characterised by a mean valueof altitude,...
... population values obtained for the beech stands inthe Sierra de la Demanda The table also offers the values of nitrogen inthe thirty sampling zones; these range between 2.66 % and 2.05 % inthe leaf ... fractions together with the percentages that these represent inthe whole setof litter The importance of knowing the amounts of each of these fractions is evident since the return of N to the soil ... state of development ofthe trees, linked to their age It is therefore of interest to know the variations occurring in mineral composition with the age ofthe trees or, preferably, with the age of...
... other studies are difficult to compare because ofthe wide variety of IR models in use In particular, there is a great deal of variation inthe period of ischaemia, the muscle temperature during ... and drafted the original manuscript WAM participated inthe design ofthe study AM participated in design ofthe study and performed morphological analyses All authors provided intellectual input, ... obtained by counting a minimum of 100 mast cell profiles in tongue, skin and heart as well as skeletal muscle Using 100 X magnification all mast cell profiles that fell within a grid area of 1.35...
... about 60% of them have had one form of orofacial injury or the other before Maxillofacial skeletal and soft injuries due to animal attacks were not infrequent, especially in northern part ofthe country ... exposed to RTC and other causes of maxillofacial injuries [18,50] Most ofthe fractures of maxillofacial skeleton in Nigerian patients were ofthe mandible, the findings comparable to other reports ... of maxillofacial injuries especially in northern part ofthe country [4,43,45,52] The peak age of incidence of maxillofacial injuries was 21–30 years in most centers followed by 31–40 years In...
... years for the control group The mean duration of symptoms inthe FM group was 13.65 ± 9.19 years The mean tender points inthe FM group were 14.9 ± 3.1 points The most prominent features of these ... studies PB and FC participated inthe design ofthe study and performed the statistical analysis PB, PN, and JASA conceived ofthe study, participated in its design and coordination, and helped ... Sakoda H, Asano T, Levine B, Sadoshima J: Distinct roles of autophagy inthe heart during ischemia and reperfusion: roles of AMP-activated protein kinase and Beclin in mediating autophagy Circ Res...
... can be seen in trained muscles of man and rat [13] The aim of this study was to examine the effect ofthe PRKAG3 mutation on boththe metabolic profile andthe fibre characteristics in different ... semitendinosus inthe carriers andthe non-carriers ofthe PRKAG3 mutation are presented in Table The CS activity was higher (P < 0.05) inthe carriers ofthe PRKAG3 mutation than inthe non-carriers ... 0.05) in m biceps femoris and m longissimus dorsi inthe carriers than inthe noncarriers Discussion The main new finding of this study is, that after exercise training the PRKAG3 mutation influences...
... Therefore, the exposure ofthe ingested radon along with the intake of water is less than the inhaled radon from the radon exhalation from the same water (Somashekar and Ravikumar, 2010) Inthe ... salinity and turbidity of water may play a key role in accelerating the rate of increase of 222 Rn concentrations in these 20 groundwater samples Conclusions From the results for the 14 drinking ... Jobbágy, V., Somlai, J., and Kovács, T (2007) 222 Rn concentration of water inthe Balaton Highland andinthe southern part of Hungary andthe assessment ofthe resulting dose Radiation Measurements,...
... depending on the source of pain and nature ofthe stimuli The two major types of pain are nociceptive pain and neuropathic pain Other types of pain include inflammatory pain and psychogenic pain ... region ofthe brain i.e brainstem and PFC could play different roles in pain and contribute to different part ofthe pain system The use of KF38789 in inhibiting P-selectin andthe use of mS100A9p ... system andthe structures it innervates (Renton, 2008) The trigeminal nerve takes up the bulk ofthe sensory cortex ofthe human mind, which explains the highly distressing nature of pain in these...
... obtained by combining, weighting and screening the results of several multiple alignment programs The 3D model ofthe SsAH-K96R mutant was obtained from the 3D model of SsAH-WT by replacing the ... than the SsAH-WT (Table 1) The behaviour of this mutant can be rationally explained on the basis ofthe homology model, as the increased occupancy deriving from the arginine side chain in position ... exist in this enzyme (and in other members ofthe family) involving Cys145 as well as Ser171 and Lys96 Our hypothesis is based on several lines of evidence A 3D model, built on the basis of a...
... QGR, theexpressionof iNOS mRNA inthe LPS group was 83% of that oftheexpressionof GAPDH inthe control group Effect of QGR on iNOS protein expressioninthe liver As shown in Fig 4, the level ... 80% of that oftheexpressionof β-actin inthe controls However, pretreatment with QGR inhibited the increased expressionof iNOS protein that was induced by LPS to 50% oftheexpressionof β-actin ... the level of iNOS protein expressionin control cells was approximately 25% of that oftheexpressionof β-actin inthe controls In addition, iNOS protein expressionin LPS treated mice increased...
... to get 95% ofthe species gene pool, assuming that the strains chosen adequately represent the ecological diversity ofthe species But there are exceptions, depending on the level of diversity ... sequencing projects ongoing at JGI One is a study comparing high- and low-nutrient environments: Wisconsin farm soil and Iron Mountain acid mine drainage, respectively The results show that the ... of these recombination events over the course of an infection leads to increased antigenic presentation andthe establishment of a low-level chronic disease The first decade ofthe genomics era...
... culture of ginseng cell and some attempts have been made to increase biomass and ginsenoside yield of Ngoc Linh ginseng cell culture Materials and methods Induction of callus Fresh mountain ginseng ... inthe medium The maximum production of ginseng saponin and polysaccharide obtained (1.5 g/L and 2.19 g/L) at the initial nitrogen concentration of 40 mM [12] Inthe simultaneous production of ... cut into sections of 2-10 mm and then were inoculated into MS solid medium (Murashige and Skoog, 1962) containing 30 g/L sucrose, mg/L 2,4-D, and 0.1 mg/L kinetin After month callus were induced...
... for 10-30 min, and then rinsed repeatedly with sterile distilled water The sterilized roots were cut into sections of 2-10 mm and then were inoculated into MS solid medium [7] containing 30 g/L ... [8] The cell line was maintained in MS liquid medium supplemented with mg/L indole-3-butyric acid (IBA), 0.1 mg/L of kinetin and 30 g/L sucrose The pH was adjusted to 5.8 before autoclaving Cells ... elements inthe MS medium Cultures were maintained in 300 ml conical flasks for weeks Concentration of macro element NH4NO3 KNO3 Determination and analyses Extraction and determination of ginsenoside...
... meet the needs of protein synthesis, the maintenance of amino acid pool levels within the leaves, and nitrogen transport to the growing apical sinks and roots via the phloem First, the glutamine ... synthesis in Arabidopsis [9] The amino acids are then translocated inthe apoplasm andinthe phloem via the plasma membrane-located amino acid transporters [10] Glutamine and asparagine, and ... overall arginine synthesis inthe carB mutant In fact, amino acid synthesis is tightly correlated with amino acid transport under the ne control ofthe cellular and subcellular expressionofthe nitrogen...
... 6-OHDA The brain was removed and immediately transferred to ice and cut at the level ofthe infundibular stem forming a hindbrain block containing the SN The SN were dissected, snap-frozen in liquid ... lateral to the midline, and 7.8 mm below the dura) The microinjection coordinates used were obtained from a rat brain atlas by Paxinos and Watson The injection was made at a rate of μl/ using a 10 ... ±0.6 turns/min at days and 3.7 ±1.3 turns/min at 21 days induced by apomorphine administration, andbothof these values are less than 7.0 turns/min So the dose of 6-OHDA (16 μg) used in this experiment...
... parts ofthe summation in (3.9), one for t close to k andthe other for t close to µk For most values of k, one dominates the other, but at the point where they become comparable in magnitude they ... distinct local maxima oftheexpression being summed, and one takes over from the other as global maximum as k increases So it only remains to determine which of S0 and S1 dominates the other ... − t By the “shape” of a partition of an n -set we mean the multiset ofthe cardinalities of its blocks As noted just above, for the partitions into distinct parts, the shape (which is a set) is...
... assays following the method of Bradford (1976) using bovine serum albumin as a standard The final protein content ofthe intracellular fraction in 100 ml of liquid medium was mg Preparation of mycelial ... decline of total stilbene glycosides to 73% (compared with the control) The decline inthe levels of isorhapontin and astringin continued 24 h after PF application representing less than 68% and ... containing 0.1M KCl and stirred for h at 20°C The extract was centrifuged (3,000 g for 10 min) andthe protein content ofthe supernatant was determined (Bradford 1976) using bovine serum albumin...
... quantity of 1’s inthe binary expansion of each entry; the darker the shade, the fewer 1’s there are binary expansion ofthe entry in question Thus, the darker the shade, the fewer 1’s there are ... note three distinct [classes of] regions inthe coloring of A2 : The region of elements in green along the main diagonal (“spindle”) Other regions of green, all starting from the top left corner ... open questions Theorem 4.4 explains the striations inthe spindle (recall Figure 6) But what explains the striations inthe rest ofthe array? In particular, why is the striation inthe background...