books on human behavior

... Convention against Torture, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention ... Convention against Torture, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention ... international human rights standards, including: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant on Economic,

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 19:20

... self-control dilemmas we studied did not confound actions and inactions CONSEQUENCES OF SELF-CONTROL REGRET FOR CONSUMER CHOICE An intriguing question that has important implications for both consumers ... Judging Others’ Regret on Personal Choice Method Ninety-one respondents (train station travelers) were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: (1) a near-past choice condition (i.e., two hypothetical ... commission and omission (actions versus inactions) Gilovich and Medvec (1995) demonstrate that actions (errors of commission) evoke more regret in the short run, but inactions (errors of omis-sion)

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 20:20

... author mentions “pharaoh” as a contribution of Koehn et al, but the second and third use different nuggets to represent the same contribu-tion: use of trigrams However, as the last citation shows, ... collective behavior seen in interactive content contribution and text summarization in on-line social media In collective discourse each in-dividual’s behavior is largely independent of that of ... Nenkova and Passonneau, 2004) These evaluation methods assess the information content in the sum-maries that are generated automatically Finally, recent research on analyzing online so-cial media

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 21:20

... he calls traditional On the basis Trang 36Religion and the Question of Human Germline Modifi cation 23of traditional Christianity, he identifi es specifi c limitations or conditions that must be ... dimensions of refl ection on the meaning of our humanity Is This Book Really Needed? Even so, many may think that a book on religious perspectives on human germline modifi cation is not needed One ... guide human behavior, and the meaning human-of our use human-of medicine and technology to maintain our health and to improve our condition A public conversation about germline modifi cation has

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 12:51

... RT-PCR and ELISA Consistently, PGSE showed inhibition on TNF-α-induced CXCL-10 expres-sion (Figures 1A and 2A) but augmentation of TNF-α-induced IL-8 expression (Figures 1B and 2B) By contrast, there ... actions in humans Since our study is focused on immunomodulation, only the list of cytokines or cytokine-regulated genes is reported in Table 2 Here, the PGSE can cause a potent inhibition on ... Administrative Region, PR China and 2 Molecular Chinese Medicine Laboratory, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, PR China

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 15:20

... driven proliferation of CD4 + T cell among human PBMCs We have previously reported that addition of azabisphos-phonate capped dendrimers (3a-G1) on human PBMCs together with human recombinant ... the same assay at var-ious concentrations of the cytokine Irrespective of IL-2 concentration, 3a-G1 locks CD4+ T cell proliferation In contrast, NK cell proliferation increased gradually from ... reached a clear saturation step Moreover, at low concen-tration, the staining curve increased faster than at higher concentration, indicating a two-component binding interaction Indeed, using a root

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 15:20

... its concentration: rapid at first and progressively slowing down as ozone is being depleted With the therapeutically high ozone concentration of 80μg/ml per ml blood, the H2O2 con-centration measured ... that also ozone may be soon included into this cate-gory One of the basic functions of ozone, after dissol-ving in the water of plasma is to accelerate the exchange of protons and electrons or, in ... 53100, Siena, Italy. Authors ’ contributions VAB and VT conceived, outlined the direction of, provided information to shape the manuscript content and discussion, gathered references, and drafted

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... ultrasonication The stock suspensions were sonicated for 20 min to distribute the particles, and then dilutions were made in complete media to achieve desired testing concentrations The test suspensions ... tetroxide at 4°C for 1 h After dehydration in series concentrations of ethanol and infiltration in acetone, cells were embedded in Epon 812, and ultra-thin sections cut with glass knives were stained ... the protein expression slightly decreased at the low concentration, while without signifi-cant differences (P > 0.05) At high concentration, the cytochrome C protein expression of all treated

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 01:20

... similar results (Additional file 3) In addition, we used diges-tion with methyladiges-tion-sensitive restricdiges-tion enzymes to con-firm the ASM (Additional file 3) For amplicons with ASM, we included ... Allele-specific methylation and expression of the first exon of the C21orf81 gene We observed strong ASM on the first exon of the C21orf81 gene where we studied the methylation pattern of amplicon 23_2 and ... DNA methylation [%] DNA methylation [%] Trang 6Allele-specific methylation of an RIPK4 intronAmplicon 232 is located on a CpG island in an intron of the gene RIPK4 near the transcriptional start

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 20:21

... functions for a particular spectral component obtained from the Fourier decomposition [26] Since the 24-hour Behavioral entrainment-correlation functions Figure 6 Behavioral entrainment-correlation ... entrainment-correlation functions Figure 6 shows two behavioral entrainment-correlation functions relating the transformed CS data to the activity data: one for the day-shift nurse (Figure 6a) and one for ... melatonin suppression, but as demonstrated by Zeitzer et al [23], both light-induced phase shifting and nocturnal mela-tonin suppression in humans appear to have similar, if not identical, functional

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:20

... with a fluorophore on the reducing Trang 3ter-minus The variations in molecular size, branching fre-quency and solution conformation were shown to have an impact on the elimination half-life, volume ... circulating granulocytes, monocytes or macro-phages via the complement receptor (CR)-3 The immune response will then be turned on, one of the actions is the phagocytosis of the monoclonal antibody tagged ... peripheral blood mononuclear cells proliferation [46] It can also enhance phenotypic and functional maturation of mono-cyte derived dendritic cells with significant 12 and IL-10 production Similar findings

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 22:20

... SR141716A on TNF-a secretion was due to inverse agonism or to antagonism of tonically active endocannabinoids, we analysed whether or not LPS induces the formation of 2 endocannabinoids, 2-arachidonoyl ... terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 ), Trang 3Effect of the Cannabinoid Receptor-1 antagonist SR141716A on human adipocyte inflammatory ... restored adiponectin secretion to normal levels after LPS treatment Lastly, no effect of SR141716A was detected on human pre-adipocyte differentiation, although the compound enhanced adiponectin gene

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 03:20

... 24263) No human specific region USP25 Basal expression in all human tissues but high expression only in fetal brain and adult testis [19,20] N/A NCAM2 Expression in adult human brain [21] No human ... mouse and human brain [29,30] No human specific region TIAM1 Expression in adult mouse and human brain [18] No human specific region SOD1 Expressed in human and mouse brain [31,32] 1 region used ... human specific region S100Beta Expression in adult mouse and human brain (particularly astrocytes and spinal, medullar, pontine and deep cerebellar neurons) [18,21,85] No human specific region

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 07:21

... FMLP-induced adhesion was 283 ± 28% vs control: it has been shown that the tested concentration produces near-maximal activation of PMNs [35,36,20] Concentrations of the other stimuli were chosen on the ... as per-centage inhibition versus control adhesion Control adhesion was 51 ± 9 cells/microscope field (mean ± SEM, n = 26) PAF, FMLP, IL-1β, PMA and TNF-α stimulation vs control was, respectively: ... or PGI2 production we might conclude that the mechanism of action of NF161 and NF177 does not involve COX enzymes (Table 1) Effect on O 2 - production induced by FMLP on PMNs Considering that

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 08:21

... dimension that was comparable to the controls MFs cultured with IFX only showed no sig-nificant change of contraction behavior compared with the controls (Figure 5a, b and Table 1) The addition of ... regulation processes emphasize once more the con-cept of tissue-specific regulation of MF function Despite this positive stimulatory effect on cell prolifera-tion, we found that the contractile ... functional inhibition of ECM con-traction by human joint capsule MFs upon TNF-α treatment was clearly associated with a significant downregulation of α-SMA and collagen type I gene expression Interestingly,

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 11:22

... differentiation process from monocytes to macro-phages on the expression of TLRs byin vitro monocyte maturation Expression levels of TLR2, TLR4 and TLR9 were monitored by flow cytometry in the transition ... comparison of the TLR mRNA expression of alveolar macrophages Table 1 Constitutive surface expression of TLR2, TLR4 and TLR9 Constitutive surface expression of TLR2, TLR4 and TLR9 on human monocytes ... in both cell types Discussion The expression profile of TLRs and its potential contri-bution to human innate pulmonary immune responses in the alveolar spaces in response to bacterial compo-nents

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:20

... two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) map of human articular chondrocyte proteins obtained in this work Pro-teins were resolved in the 3 to 11 (non linear) pH range on the first dimension, and on 10% ... de-creased by GS alone and in combination with CS A Underexpres-sion values of SOD2 determined by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis on cultured human articular chondrocytes treated ... influ-ence of GS and CS on oxidative stress is a possible mech-anism of action for its protective effect on chondrocytes [55] Conclusions Taking into account the limitations of an in vitro study,

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:22

... Propositions 17–20, measuring conical volumes. Interlude Propositions 21–2, finding proportions holding with a circle and an inscribed polygon. Section 2: Main treatise Chapter 5 Propositions 23–34, ... stretched to the limits and beyond: the mini-treatise at the end of the work relies essentially upon conic sections; the notion of the exponent is ad- umbrated in Proposition 8. Both treat geometrical ... definite article alone. Thus the Greek may contain expressions such as “The by the AB, B” goal of the translation 3 translations of On Floating Bodies, the Method and the Stomachion will be published...

Ngày tải lên: 21/09/2012, 11:00

... against Women, 1993. * Conventions: 4. European Convention on Human Rights, 1950. 5. Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989. 6. Convention against Discrimination in Education, 1960. Source: ... Declaration of Human Rights and European Charter on Human Rights. (European Convention on Human Rights). Charter of the United Nations; Universal Declaration of Human Rights; International Covenants ... Conflict (Convention on the Rights of the Child). Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Convention against Discrimination in Education). * Differentiating from the Preamble of a Declaration,...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 14:17

... obligations under the present Convention. Reports shall also contain sufficient information to provide the Committee with a comprehensive understanding of the implementation of the Convention in ... effective implementation of the Convention and to encourage international co-operation in the field covered by the Convention: (a) The specialized agencies, the United Nations Children's ... Convention shall affect any provisions which are more conducive to the realization of the rights of the child and which may be contained in: (a) The law of a State party; or (b) International...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 14:17