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... nanotemplates can be divided into two types by < /b> fabrication methods: natural nanotemplates and artificial nanotemplates Many examples of artificial nanotemplates have < /b> been fabricated via several ... bilayer at the < /b> site A< /b> , the < /b> second bilayer has a < /b> choice to < /b> sit at either the < /b> site B or “C” The < /b> third bilayer may < /b> choose either A< /b> or “C” or A< /b> or B depending on the < /b> choice of the < /b> second bilayer ... Silicon carbide (SiC) is a < /b> binary material with a < /b> 1:1 ratio of carbon and silicon atoms Each Si (C) atom is covalently bonded to < /b> four nearest-neighbor C (Si) atoms in < /b> a < /b> tetrahedral coordination...
... the < /b> same number of interns, in < /b> the < /b> traditional arm would have < /b> meant that each intern admitted and cared for more patients In < /b> other words, each intern would have < /b> had a < /b> heavier workload and, therefore, ... hours in < /b> the < /b> hospital remains to < /b> be tested, and should be a < /b> major focus of future work Authors’ response Eric B Milbrandt, Babak Sarani and Louis H Alarcon We would like to < /b> thank Dr Landrigan, ... was based on the < /b> incorrect assumption that the < /b> total number of days in < /b> each schedule was the < /b> same Under this assumption, the < /b> observation that there were more admissions and patientdays, yet the...
... I84V was found to < /b> be in < /b> vitro selected against saquinavir and amprenavir [18], together with Gag mutations against two BILA inhibitors [23], and in < /b> patients treated with ritonavir [22] or indinavir ... (peptides and 1, and 2, and 3), the < /b> Ala to < /b> Val mutation at P2, seen in < /b> resistance, increased the < /b> specificity constant by < /b> two to < /b> tenfold As the < /b> Ala to < /b> Val mutation had a < /b> varying effect on the < /b> specificity ... for the < /b> V82 mutants (Table 3) In < /b> an in < /b> vivo study using indinavir, the < /b> V8 2A < /b> mutation arose with the < /b> P2 Ala to < /b> Val mutation, without the < /b> appearance of P3 Arg mutation [10] In < /b> these mutants the...
... to < /b> context and meaning Language awareness An approach to < /b> teaching about language that aims to < /b> raise awareness of different aspects of language, as opposed to < /b> formal grammar teaching ii Learning ... verbs each form a < /b> paradigmatic class Paragraph composition Paragraphs have < /b> no grammatical status as such, but their arrangement within a < /b> text (e.g the < /b> five-paragraph essay’ in < /b> the < /b> US tradition), ... as a < /b> first language by < /b> a < /b> significant segment of the < /b> population1 We include Australia, Canada, Gibraltar, Ireland, Jamaica and other countries in < /b> the < /b> Caribbean, New Zealand, South Africa, the...
... phytotoxicity was shown by < /b> growth retardation of radish and lettuce whereas Cd phytotoxicity was shown by < /b> growth retardation and leaf chlorosis of Chinese cabbage and lettuce at the < /b> early growing ... 0.2 5b *: within columns, means followed by < /b> the < /b> same letter are not significantly different at the < /b> 0.05 probability level using the < /b> F-test Table Total As uptake in < /b> each plant of chinese cabbage, ... *: within columns, means followed by < /b> the < /b> same letter are not significantly different at the < /b> 0.05 probability level using the < /b> F-test Table Total Cd uptake in < /b> each plant of Chinese cabbage, radish,...
... temperature factors averaged for the < /b> main-chain atoms of spinach glycolate oxidase [19] The < /b> data were obtained from the < /b> Protein Data Bank (entry ID: 1GOX) The < /b> average B -factor < /b> of each residue ... the < /b> increase < /b> in < /b> lactate oxidase thermostability In < /b> the < /b> a-< /b> helix, Gly to < /b> Ala substitution was reported to < /b> stabilize the < /b> helix by < /b> decreasing the < /b> entropy of the < /b> unfolding state [17] In < /b> our 3630 H Minagawa ... determined by < /b> a < /b> peroxidase-coupled spectrophotometric method [12] using H2O2 as the < /b> standard Assays were started by < /b> adding lactate oxidase to < /b> an activity assay mixture containing 1.5 mM 4-aminoantipyrine,...
... study Amino acids are in < /b> one-letter code The < /b> N-terminal pro-sequence is indicated with a < /b> white box, the < /b> mature protein with a < /b> light shaded box and the < /b> mutated amino acids with a < /b> white box (B) Recombinant ... in < /b> vivo in < /b> E coli Inhibitory activity To < /b> test whether ProNtPCI displays the < /b> same biological activity as mature PCI, inhibition studies of carboxypeptidase A1< /b> (CPA1) enzyme by < /b> ProNtPCI and PCI ... members of the < /b> squash inhibitor family and in < /b> PCI as well, where it < /b> plays an important role < /b> on its folding [22] Unlike the < /b> case of conotoxins, in < /b> the < /b> latter molecules this glycine cannot be ascribed...
... that the < /b> MAF transcription factor < /b> transcript levels are induced < /b> by < /b> proinflammatory cytokines in < /b> PHM1-31 myometrial cells and that MAF transcription factor < /b> mRNA is rapidly induced < /b> by < /b> IL- 1B and TNF < /b> ... because Rab proteins plays a < /b> key role < /b> in < /b> membrane trafficking [25] Barbosa et al [26] reported that mutations in < /b> the < /b> Rab gene(s) can cause irregularities in < /b> the < /b> protein transport machinery leading ... as shown by < /b> microarray as well as by < /b> qRT-PCR data There appear to < /b> be differences among the < /b> individual diacylhydrazines, but it < /b> may < /b> be premature to < /b> interpret these data in < /b> terms of structure–activity...
... during walking [11] compared to < /b> therapist-assisted gait training, was about half as effective as conventional gait training without robotic assistance to < /b> the < /b> legs, at least for chronic stroke subjects ... factors, and visual feedback [18] may < /b> also influence slacking The < /b> human motor system has a < /b> limited capacity to < /b> multi-task [20], therefore we hyphothesize that patients who are distracted by < /b> a < /b> secondary ... on an exponential basis when kinematic error is small • Task A:< /b> (the < /b> “baseline” tracking task) track the < /b> target without the < /b> visual distracter and without sound feedback • Task B: track the < /b> target...
... similar to < /b> the < /b> obese subjects The < /b> angle related to < /b> lordosis was significantly increased in < /b> cLBP in < /b> the < /b> start position as compared to < /b> C and O Similar behaviour was observed in < /b> MAX but no statistical ... spine Obesity with cLBP is associated with higher spinal impairment than obesity without cLBP, and an increased lumbar lordosis Lateral bending is performed in < /b> a < /b> qualitatively different modality ... clinical index Further,< /b> angular data allowed the < /b> identification of obese patients with and without cLBP In < /b> line with McGill [45], our data showed that L3 seems to < /b> play < /b> a < /b> key role < /b> in < /b> lumbar kinematics...
... subjects, due to < /b> the < /b> bypass of the < /b> affected neural pathways, i.e the < /b> basal ganglia In < /b> fact, it < /b> has been shown that basal ganglia play < /b> a < /b> primary role < /b> in < /b> the < /b> setting and execution of internally cued ... significantly change gait parameters respect to < /b> basal walking in < /b> any condition involving an optic flow, while the < /b> attentional strategy induced < /b> a < /b> marginally significant increase < /b> of stride length and a < /b> ... spatio-temporal gait parameters were averaged between back and forth, excluding the < /b> turning phase To < /b> ensure data consistency and reliability, all videorecordings were analyzed by < /b> the < /b> same examiner,...
... programs, food labeling, smokefree areas, creating walking and bicycling clubs, walking and cycling campaigns, and a < /b> stop-smoking campaign, in < /b> addition to < /b> commercials on local television and radio, ... Mizutani BM, Mutti A,< /b> D’Elia MP, Coltro RS, Matsubara BB: Quality of life and its association with cardiovascular risk factors in < /b> a < /b> community health care program population Clinics (Sao Paulo) ... Hartslag Limburg started The < /b> aim of the < /b> project was to < /b> decrease the < /b> prevalence of CVD in < /b> the < /b> general population of the < /b> Maastricht region (population 185,000) by < /b> encouraging the < /b> inhabitants to...
... [CCLs] as an MQW structure The < /b> device architecture was developed to < /b> confine excitons inside each EML and to < /b> manage triplet excitons by < /b> controlling the < /b> charge injection A < /b> stacked recombination zone ... isopropyl alcohol in < /b> an ultrasonic bath The < /b> pre-cleaned ITO was then treated with O2 plasma with the < /b> conditions of × 10−2 Torr, 125 W, and All organic layers were sequentially deposited onto the < /b> substrate ... of each EML Methods A < /b> glass substrate coated with a < /b> 180-nm-thick indium tin oxide [ITO] layer has a < /b> sheet resistance of 12 /sq The < /b> ITO was cleaned with acetone, methanol, distilled water, and...
... hindlimb ischemia in < /b> mice By < /b> measuring the < /b> ratio of tracer uptake in < /b> the < /b> ischemic limb to < /b> the < /b> contralateral control limb, we were able to < /b> show in < /b> live animals that in < /b> the < /b> absence of RAGE, the < /b> angiogenic ... macrophages and the < /b> inflammatory response to < /b> ischemia is increased in < /b> diabetes, angiogenesis based on uptake of 99m Tc-HYNIC-RGD in < /b> the < /b> ischemic hindlimbs may < /b> have < /b> been overestimated in < /b> the < /b> diabetic ... Secondary stains were performed using avidin-biotin visualization systems (Vectastain ABC Kit, Vector Laboratories) All brown staining capillaries were counted for each of to < /b> sections for both the...
... cells attached to < /b> the < /b> sensor, the < /b> higher the < /b> impedance that could be monitored with RT-CES Because the < /b> test is labeling free and quantitative, the < /b> RT-CES assay allows real-time, automatically and ... endocytosis induced < /b> holes in < /b> the < /b> cell membrane in < /b> the < /b> presence of Ni nanoparticles could lead to < /b> the < /b> alteration of permeability of cell membrane and facilitate the < /b> drug uptake of quercetin into the < /b> cancer ... nanoparticles capped with positively charged tetraheptylammonium could improve the < /b> permeability of hepatocellular carcinoma cell membrane, and remarkably enhance the < /b> accumulation of quercetin...
... groups The < /b> cell capacity data shown in < /b> Table are based on initial cell capacity The < /b> table includes the < /b> values of the < /b> capacity loss rate and the < /b> average delivered capacity per cycle, both based on the < /b> ... had a < /b> higher initial capacity and average capacity per cycle Similar results can be found in < /b> Table However, the < /b> initial capacity and average capacity could be increased up to < /b> 8% in < /b> the < /b> ES driving ... additive in < /b> the < /b> positive electrode will not substantially increase < /b> the < /b> initial capacity Groups B and C with 0.01–0.05 M Na SO4 additive had a < /b> higher initial capacity and average capacity per cycle All...
... fracture surface of the < /b> composite appeared to < /b> be dominated by < /b> pull-out damage rather than fiber breakage A < /b> similar fracture surface was found by < /b> Adhikary et al in < /b> wood plastic composites made ... the < /b> interfacial bonding The < /b> molar sorption of the < /b> composites increased with increasing fiber loading The < /b> uptake of water was due to < /b> the < /b> increased cellulose content In < /b> the < /b> presence of a < /b> coupling ... polymer matrices, leading to < /b> changes in < /b> performance and a < /b> reduced < /b> sensitivity to < /b> water In < /b> the < /b> study by < /b> George et al.,9 the < /b> addition of isocyanate (6% by < /b> weight of fibers) reduced < /b> the < /b> water uptake...
... disc material is visible as a < /b> heterogenous mineral opacity mass involving the < /b> ventral vertebral canal and right lateral recess (large arrow) The < /b> dorsal longitudinal ligament appears as a < /b> linear ... disc material may < /b> be limited by < /b> the < /b> size of the < /b> hemilaminectomy window, size of the < /b> thoracolumbar vertebral canal, and the < /b> amount of intra-operative hemorrhage It < /b> is therefore possible that some ... extrusions to < /b> be associated with a < /b> regional loss of epidural fat due to < /b> spinal cord swelling Epidural hemorrhage may < /b> be seen as a < /b> rim of hyperattenuation that outlines the < /b> margins of the < /b> thecal sac cranial...
... collected in < /b> monitoring programs in < /b> areas such as Tres Marias, Montes Claros, Ipatinga, Guanhães and Paraopeba (State of Minas Gerais), São José dos Campos, Caçapava, Guararema and Jambeiro (State ... between the < /b> number of individuals of Glena unipennaria, Sabulodes caberata and Stenalcidia grosica (Geometridae) and temperature (°C) and rainfall (mm) in < /b> a < /b> Eucalyptus grandis plantation in < /b> the < /b> Municipality ... show any significant correlation with these factors what indicates that this species did not have < /b> a < /b> specific pattern of occurrence with temperature and rainfall and that other factors may < /b> be affecting...