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... life (QoL) The reliability (internal consistency and test-retest) and validity of the questionnaire were established in a stand-alone psychometric validation study The objective of this paper is ... consent and the pro-tocol was approved by the Ethics Committee Baseline and annual X-rays were provided and assessed by a cen-tralised procedure (Pr C Roux, Cochin Hospital, France) The prevalent and ... its first version had 168 questions and the Osteoporosis Functional Disability questionnaire (OFDQ) [4] focused mainly on pain and handicap rather than QoL and was not generated using patient

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... Thap and Can Tho), b) “Northern Central Provinces” comprising two provinces from Northern Central Vietnam: (Ha Tinh and Nghe An) and 2 provinces that are south of Hanoi (Hoa Binh and Ha Tay) and ... monitoring of two groups of farmers FFS group and non-FFS group in two northern provinces (Nghe An and Ha Tay) and two provinces from Mekong delta (Tien Giang and Can Tho) Continuous monitoring was ... Centre 4 and trainers from Nghe An and Ha Tay provinces The workshop in My Tho was attended by staff from the Southern Regional Plant Protection Centre and trainers from Tien Giang and Can Tho

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 05:20

... strictly concave, and twice continuously differentiable on a nonempty interval I ,andf x is strictly convex on I. Suppose that x k a, b I, where 0 <a<b, and p k 0fork  1, ,n, and suppose ... class of increasing and concave functions. Many other refinements can be found in 2. Theorem 1.1 see 1. Suppose that x k ∈ a, b and p k ≥ 0 for k  1, ,n,wherea>0,and suppose that  ... lemma. 8 Journal of Inequalities and Applications Lemma 1.3. For any integer n ≥ 1, and for all x 1 , ,x n with each x k ∈ a, b and all p 1 , ,p n , where each p k ≥ 0 and  n k1 p k  1, x − θ

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... 1PROTEOMICS – HUMAN DISEASES AND PROTEIN FUNCTIONS Edited by Tsz-Kwong Man and Ricardo J Flores   Trang 2Proteomics – Human Diseases and Protein Functions Edited by Tsz-Kwong Man and Ricardo J Flores ... François Chevalier, Alexandra Chicheportiche, Mathieu Daynac, Jordane Depagne, Pascale Bertrand, François D Boussin and Marc-André Mouthon Trang 7Part 4 Organelles and Secretome Proteomics 347 ... 9of the lack of correlation between mRNA and proteins, and the importance of transcriptional regulations and protein modifications in protein functions and human diseases, proteomics has become

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... (CSF) and serum biomarkers evaluated in TBI animal models and in humans However, many of these candidate biomarkers have failed to exhibit adequate sensitivity and specificity for brain injury, and ... mild, moderate and severe TBI is initially based on a GCS score and this may be influenced by factors such as perfusion and intoxication from drugs or alcohol, sedative medications, and other distracting ... mechanism/magnitude of injury, secondary insults and the patient’s genetic and molecular response Following the initial injury, cellular responses and neurochemical and metabolic cascades contribute to secondary

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 04:20

... up-regulated protein spots Q9WUA6 and P16015, but P6778 and Q9Z2X2 were down-regulated pI 4–7 (x-axis) and MW in kDa (y-axis) (Tang et al., 2006) Fig 3 Semiquantitative RT-PCR (A) and Western blots (B) analyses ... different from D122 and D122v3B (Tang et al., 2006) Fig 5 Semiquantitative RT-PCR (A) and Western blot (B) showing that D122a4 cells overexpressed prohibitin, p53 and mdm4 β-actin and α-tubulin serve ... sequences and the annealing temperature and duration shown in Table 1 were designed with Primer3 Primers Sequences Annealing duration temp & mouse β- actin Forward: 5’-TGAGACCTTCAACACCCCAG-3’ and

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... and Protein Functions and depleted of cell debris and apoptotic blebs prior to fractionation Multidimensional proteomics of the secretomes was performed using one functional and ... Proteomics – Human Diseases and Protein Functions Fig 1 Schematic... staining and in-gel trypsin digestion SSC-apo and SSC-no-apo proteins were also compared and fractionated by HPLC ... cytokeratin 14, Annexin I, SCCA1/2, calgulanulin B and HSP 60, alpha-actinin 4 and 67 kDa laminin receptor, cathepsin D and PKM2, periplakin, calreticulin and GRP78, galectin-7, anti-CD25B antibody[Dong

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 04:20

... 35 h showing one predominant band at 66 kDa and three additional bands between 50 and 70 kDa (Vogelsang GD et al., 1990). Further studies based on the soluble and insoluble fractions after ... protocols and the quality of the sample after autopsy. Proteomics analyses include two key steps, on one hand the separation and isolation of the protein to study and on the other hand the identification ... synthase kinase) 3α and GSK3β and AGC kinases (such as MSK1 (mitogen- and stressactivated protein kinase) belong to this group and have recognition motifs SXXXS or SXXXD/E and RXRXXS/T respectively

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 04:20

... receptor-based and transport functions The latter mainly rely on the properties of the BCECs’ plasma membrane (PM) Relevant information regarding the lipid composition of the whole cell and of the apical and ... bombesin and adrenocorticotropic hormone (clips 1-17 and clips 18-39) from a peptide calibration standard kit (Bruker Daltonics) Briefly, a 25 kV accelerating voltage, a 26.3 kV reflector voltage and ... paracellular transport and polarise the cells, (iii) the molecular transport systems that regulate the exchange of nutrients and enable the passage of signalling molecules across the BBB and (iv) cell

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... Starlike and Convex Functions Defined by Certain Integral Operator 325 Theorem 2. Let the functions f ∈T.Afunctionf ∈TQ(α, β, σ, γ) for some α>0,β >−1, 0  σ  1 and 0  γ  1 if and only ... convex functions and corresponding class of starlike functions, Tamkang J Math 28 (1997) 17–33 2 I B Jung, Y C Kim, and H M Srivastava, The Hardy space of analytic functions ... (α>0,β >−1) (5) and J α f(z)=z + ∞  n=2  α +1 α + n  a n z n , (α>−1). (6) Uniformly Starlike and Convex Functions Defined by Certain Integral Operator 321 By virtue (5) and (6), we see

Ngày tải lên: 06/08/2014, 05:20

... G = (V, E), f (0) = 0 and f (x) > 0 for x ≥ 1 For the sequences 0 ≤ s = s(n) ≤ b n2c−1 and 0 ≤ s0 = s0(n) ≤ s(n), assume that ∆f is non-negative and decreasing till s and for each s ≤ x ≤ b ... that for any i ∈ V , and any uv ∈ E i,j \ E i,j−1 , we have that i is at distance j from one of u and v, and at distance at least j from the other one Therefore, for any i ∈ V , and any uv ∈ E i,j ... interval (0, s + 1) F 0 and F 00 exist, F 0 ≥ 0, F 00 ≤ 0 and increasing, one can change the right hand side of (21) to −κ(F, s0, s)(1 − o(1)) · n 4 Z s−1 Proof Mutatis mutandis, we follow the proof

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 08:22

... bialgebras, Partition lattices, and symmetric functions in noncommutative variables N Bergeron∗1, C Hohlweg∗2, M Rosas∗1, and M Zabrocki∗1. ∗1Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University ... interpreted as an analogue of the Schur functions for NCSym and providing an answer to an open question of [17] 1 NCSym and the basis {xA} We recall the basic definition and structure of NCSym Most of ... [21] in extending the funda-mental theorem of symmetric functions to this algebra and later by Bergman and Cohn [9] More recently Rosas and Sagan [17] considered this space to define natural bases

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 13:21

... functioning and pain subscales (r = -0.80 and - 0.60), the FIQR overall impact domain correlated best with the SF-36 physical functioning and pain subscales (r = -0.60 and -0.64), and the FIQR ... weighting in the FIQ (columns 2 and 4). Columns 3 and 5 present the observed (actual) means for the FIQR and FIQ Table 3 Demographics of fibromyalgia patients and other groups Fibromyalgia RA/SLE ... the FIQ between function and symptom (7% and 74%) has been markedly improved in the FIQR (28% and 53%), approximating the new weighting given to scoring the FIQR (30% and 50%). The contribution

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... distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Research Homo-binding character of LMO2 isoforms and their both synergic and antagonistic functions in ... Jurkat, MOLT-4 and Raji cells were cultured in RPMI1640, HEK293 cells were cultured in DMEM, and both media were supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (GIBCO BRL, Grand Island, NY, USA), 100 ... U937, HL-60 and K562, the expression of both LMO2-L and -S was apparent, with LMO2-S always lower than LMO2-L. Furthermore, the activity of LMO2-a, b and c promot- ers, termed P1, P2 and P3, respectively,

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21

... 70, and 30%) and water Sections for morphological studies were processed and stained with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) as described previously [32] Immunofluorescence study Deparaffinized and ... the effects of SCI therapy on bladder and renal functions are generally not evaluated In this study, we tested whether simvastatin improves bladder and renal functions in a rat model of experimental ... including statins, on bladder and renal functions is not known Therefore, this study investigates the therapeutic efficacy of simvastatin for restoring bladder and renal functions following SCI Statins

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 03:20

... distribution, and reproduc- tion in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Research Simvastatin protects bladder and renal functions following spinal cord injury in rats Anandakumar ... effects of SCI therapy on bladder and renal functions are generally not evaluated. In this study, we tested whether simvastatin improves bladder and renal functions in a rat model of experimental ... including statins, on bladder and renal functions is not known. Therefore, this study investigates the therapeutic efficacy of simvastatin for restoring bladder and renal functions following SCI.

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 06:22

... germination and regulatory functions of Gibberellin and abscisic acid Yong-Qiang An 1* and Li Lin 2 Abstract Background: Seed germination is a complex multi-stage developmental process, and mainly ... provide a representative and distinct physiologi- cal and developmental stage, and can be accurately and easily identified based on the relative timing of germina- tion and morphology of seedlings. ... Germination, GA and ABA differentially regulated genes were compared and displayed as Venn diagrams 10A compares GA and germination; 10B compares ABA and germination; and 10C shows

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 11:21

... title, aims and objectives, scope, methods and design of the study Chapter II introduces an overview of English adjectives with the definitions of adjectives and their semantic and syntactic functions ... and He wore dirty and old shoes I have a young and beautiful sister When there more than two adjectives, they may be separated by commas and apart from the last adjective which separated by and ... He wore dirty, wet, old and worn shoes But, there are some fixed phrases of adjectives which are often linked by and : old and musty with, a long and winding road, hard and fast rules When the...

Ngày tải lên: 10/04/2013, 14:46

... IRn and let f1 , , fm be convex functions Let also and w1 , , wm ≥ Then w1 f1 + · · · + wm fm and max1≤i≤m fi (x) are convex functions More generally, let {fi }i∈I be a family of convex functions ... if and only if S is R convex Moreover,  f is proper and convex  S ⊆ I n nonempty and convex R =⇒ f + δS is proper and convex  dom f ∩ S = ∅ We have a correspondence between convex sets and ... Convex sets and convex functions taking the infinity value Passing from sets to functions A common device to construct convex functions on IRn is to construct a convex set F in IRn+1 and then take...

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