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The initial event upon binding of insulin-like growth factor 1 to the insulin-like growth factor type-I receptor (IGF-1R) is auto-phosphorylation of tyrosine residues within the activation loop of the kinase domain followed by phosphorylation of other receptor tyrosine residues and the subsequent activation of the intr... |
The purpose of the present study was to establish, through a replication in a second community, the reliability and predictive validity of the Parent Guide to Quality Day Care Centers. 28 women were asked to use the items in the guide as a basis for observing in 11 licensed day care centers prejudged by child care expe... |
In a few patients, 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) derived from reduced-lead-set configurations do not match the standard ECG. Constructing an ECG from a reduced number of standard leads should minimize this problem because some of the resultant 12 leads would always include "true" standard leads. The purpose of this... |
Investigation of magnetic fields in medium voltage switchgears (up to 40 kV) becomes a strongly topical business, which has several reasons. Nowadays, various switchgears and substations of this kind are often installed in densely populated areas (for example in buildings for commercial purposes etc.) and may represent... |
To cite: Behjati S. Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed 2013;98:49–51. As the arsenal of clinical investigations is continuously changing, it can be challenging to choose the right test for your patient. Novel tests arrive and supersede old ones; indications for established tests change; test results have to be reinterpreted ... |
High-throughput techniques have revolutionized the study of genomics and molecular biology in recent years. These methods provide a large quantity of sequence data, and have applications in different areas of bioinformatics. One can sequence parts or whole of an organism's DNA to determine genetic information about an ... |
This study compared factors associated with and predictive of performance by stroke clients on two tests, namely a Meal Preparation Scale and the Barthel Index (a measure of independence in self-care and mobility). There is some overlap between factors associated with independent meal preparation and those associated w... |
We describe Alpha du Centaur (ADC), a prototype environment for the design of parallel regular algorithms. In ADC, a program is specified using the Alpha language, using system of parameterized linear recurrence equations. The goal of ADC is to make it possible to transform the initial specifications into a parallel al... |
The first section of the paper is devoted to a presentation of the model underlying ADC, i.e., system of recurrence equations. The second section summarizes briefly the knowledge we have on this formalism, and presents some open problems. In the third section, we describe the architecture of ADC, which is based on the ... |
A solvent based composition containing a non-aqueous solvent and a substantially non-gelled polymeric composition is disclosed. The polymeric composition comprises the reaction product of an A polymer which is an addition polymer having 3.5 or more reactive functional groups per polymer chain and a B polymer having abo... |
This paper proposes an online control approach for real-time energy management of distributed energy storage (ES) sharing. A new ES sharing scenario is considered, in which the capacities of physical ESs (PESs) are reallocated to users, so that each user manages its own virtual ES (VES) without knowing detailed operati... |
In this paper, coordinated motion control of the pneumatic-cylinder-driven biaxial gantry for precise contour tracking is investigated. An adaptive robust coordinated motion controller is developed by incorporating the task coordinate formulation into the adaptive robust control architecture. Specifically, a task coord... |
Abstract: Hepatic failure is a significant medical problem which has been unsuccessfully treated by hemodialysis. However, similar therapies using recirculated dialysate regenerated by sorbents in place of single‐pass dialysate have been beneficial in treating acute‐on‐chronic liver failure. The advantages of sorbent‐... |
An aluminum calorimeter was investigated as a possible real-time dosimeter for electron beams with an ultra-high dose per pulse (DPP), as used in FLASH radiation therapy (a few Gy/pulse). Ionization chambers, the most widely used active dosimeter type in conventional external beam radiation therapy, suffer from large i... |
There are two main types of variations, namely, common and special causes leading to in‐control and out‐of‐control states, respectively. Control charts are popular tools used to differentiate between these two states of a process. Implementation of runs rules schemes with control charts is an attractive approach for pr... |
Aim: A study was undertaken to analyse trends in mortality from major external causes of death, and to detect urban/rural differences by cut points over the period of socioeconomic transition. Methods: Information on deaths from major external causes (traffic accidents, suicides, and homicides) for the 1990 - 2000 peri... |
The changing growth rate method is adopted for the first time to improve the performance of ambipolar organic field-effect transistors (OFETs). Pentacene and N,N '-ditridecylperylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic di-imide (PTCDI-C13) are chosen as p-type and n-type organic semiconductors, respectively. By modifying the diel... |
The gallstone prevalence rate in Croatia is in the range of 10 to 20 per cent and for the population above age 65 years is around 30 per cent. Human gallstones are classified into two categories, i.e. cholesterol stones and pigment stones. Cholesterol stones account for 70-80% of gallstones. They are formed due to the ... |
The behavior of spontaneous emission of emitters embedded inside metamaterials with hyperbolic dispersion has been investigated. A simple technique has been developed to fabricate lamellar metal-dielectric hyperbolic metamaterials on substrates which can be flat, flexible or curvilinear in geometry. Moreover, this meth... |
To test tissue specificity of zebrafish gene promoters in a heterologous fish species, two transgenic medaka lines under two zebrafish promoters were generated. Under the zebrafish skeletal muscle‐specific mylz2 promoter, transgenic medaka expressed green fluorescent protein (GFP) exclusively in skeletal muscles, mimic... |
The common way to check converter stability is via frequency domain analysis, by measuring the open loop frequency response, and observing the control loop cross-over frequency and phase margin at the cross-over point. It is a complicated measurement, requiring specialized, expensive equipment and fine skills. A simple... |
Fluorescence detectors of the Pierre Auger Observatory have been operating in a stable manner since January 2004. After a brief review of the physical characteristics of the detectors, the associated atmospheric monitoring, the calibration infrastructure and the detector aperture, we will describe the steps required fo... |
Graphs estimated from empirical data are often noisy and incomplete due to the difficulty of faithfully observing all the components (nodes and edges) of the true graph. This problem is particularly acute for large networks where the number of components may far exceed available surveillance capabilities. Errors in the... |
T7+ phage are unable to plate on a strain of Shigella sonnei D2 371-48. Spontaneous phage mutants arise (ss--mutants) that are able to plate on this strain of Shigella. We have shown by complementation studies and genetic crosses that the ss--mutation maps in gene 10, the structural gene for the major protein of the ca... |
Purpose of study The tissue protective receptor (TPR), a heterodimer of &bgr;- common receptor (BCR) and erythropoietin receptor (EpoR), triggers a tissue protective mechanism in neurons. An in-vitro model of neuronal ischemia requires oxygen and glucose deprivation (OGD). OGD experiments on neonatal mouse neurons reve... |
Polysplenia syndrome is a congenital disorder of situs that is characterized by the presence of multiple spleens and a variable combination of thoracic and visceral anomalies. We present three adult cases of polysplenia syndrome with emphasis on the diagnostic imaging findings. Computed tomography could best determine ... |
O ncologists have dreamed of them for years: noninvasive alternatives to tissue biopsies that can quickly identify tumors by the cells, DNA, or other cell components that they shed into patients’ blood. Now, several promising studies and a wave of prototypes suggest that such tests may be within reach. These new approa... |
A novel taxon was found as epiphytic sooty molds on Syngonium podophyllum from Thailand. A new genus, Alloscorias gen. nov. is established to accommodate a novel taxon, named A. syngonii. The morphological characters of the species are observed in culture. Phylogenetic analyses of a combined dataset of LSU, ITS, TEF-1α... |
An efficient 175-MHz programmable finite impulse response (FIR) digital filter is implemented. It uses a novel switchable unit-delay to allocate the optimal hardware resources to each filter tap. The authors' prototype circuit can have up to 32 linear taps with 16-bit I/O in a die size of 5.9mm by 3.4mm using 1.2 /spl ... |
Corynebacterium urealyticum (formerly Corynebacterium group D2) has been implicated as a cause of alkaline-encrusted cystitis and urinary tract struvite calculi. Despite preselecting urine specimens with neutral and alkaline pHs and using prolonged incubation on a selective medium, isolation of this organism was rarely... |
Using electroencephalography for diagnosis of seizure attacks has been in a great attention as it records abnormal electrical activities of the brain. This paper proposes a novel technique for diagnosis of epileptic seizures based on non-linear entropy features extracted from maximal overlap discrete wavelet packet tra... |
This article reports the results of a study investigating teachers' perceptions of intervention alternatives used to control classroom behavior problems. Regular and special educators from a two-state area completed a 65-item questionnaire assessing teachers' perceptions of the relative effectiveness, ease of use, and ... |
Modified labeling theorists have long argued that the stigma of mental illness has important consequences for the lives of people with mental illness. We propose that social rejection is an enduring force in the lives of people with mental illness and that these experiences are central to understanding the poor self-co... |
This holding structure, susceptible of being used both as a prevention means and as a curative means comprises three parts hinged between each other, respectively: a first rigid part (1), called rod and intended to surround partially and bear against the lower end of the user's leg and, subdivided in the terminal area ... |
The patient with Capgras' syndrome claims that people very familiar to him have been replaced by impostors. I argue that this disorder is due to the destruction of a representation that the patient has of the mind of the familiar person. This creates the appearance of a familiar body and face, but without the familiar ... |
We have used the density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) method to study the linear and nonlinear optical responses of first generation nitrogen based dendrimers with donor acceptor groups. We have employed Pariser-Parr-Pople Hamiltonian to model the interacting pi electrons in these systems. Within the DMRG method... |
This work purpose was to estimate the implication of suspected adrenal function deficiencies, which was influenced by oxidative stress (OS) that are generating brain plasticity, and reorganization of the functional control. This phenomenon was revealed in two-hemodialysis patients described in this paper. Blood oxygena... |
New learning often interferes with the production of older, previously learned responses. However, the original responses usually appear to spontaneously recover and regain their dominance after a delay. This article takes a new approach to questions of interference and recovery by examining performance on immediate an... |
We conducted a large‐scale, hospital‐based case‐control study to evaluate differences and similarities in the risk factors of female breast cancer according to menopausal status. This study is based on a questionnaire survey on life style routinely obtained from outpatients who first visited the Aichi Cancer Center Hos... |
A significant milestone in the evolution of financial reporting systems occurred when the international financial reporting standards (IFRS) were first applied in the year of 1989. The XBRL (extensible business reporting language) phenomenon marked a new stage in the development of global accounting and reporting syste... |
This study aimed to determine symptoms of depressive, anxiety and somatic and perceived threat of coronavirus disease among health care workers. The study was conducted in Istanbul. 315 health care workers who completed the online questionnaire included in the study. Measurement tools consisted of a questionnaire inclu... |
We investigate the influence of local magnetic field on the spin-dependent transport properties of magnetic granular metals. By means of electron-beam-induced-deposition we fabricate a complex granular system made of Co nanopillars embedded in a Pt-C nano-granular metal matrix. We identify two different spin-dependent ... |
Au-195m is a radio-isotope with an ultra-short half-life with which multiple sequential evaluations of ventricular function can be made. In order to evaluate the reliability and reproducibility of analyses of overall and regional ventricular function by radio-isotope ventriculography with Au-195m we studied 10 healthy ... |
Terrestrial gastropods contain ecdysteroids, the origins of which are unknown. Whether they are synthesized by the animals or they arise from the diet is an open question. To address this problem, labeled cholesterol and various molecules which are efficiently converted into ecdysone by arthropods were tested as possib... |
The microbiology of pulmonary disease in cystic fibrosis has altered over the past 10 years. The major pathogens in this disease are now Pseudomonas aeruginosa and, increasingly, Pseudomonas cepacia. P. aeruginosa respiratory infection in these patients is rarely eradicated and this is often the only pathogen found at ... |
trauma, and are rarely associated with biliary malignancy. The most common type is the cholecystoduodenal fistula, and this accounted for 76% of cases in the Mayo Clinic study of 424 patients with fistulae.I Cholangitis is frequently found with the cholecystocolic type.':' Cholecystocolicfistulae are best treated by on... |
An analysis of bacterial infection in the intensive and intermediate care nurseries (special care unit) of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania was made over a 3 year period to determine if changes in the predominant organisms for neonatal sepsis had occurred. From Jan. 1982 to Sept. 1984, 98 bacteremias were... |
allowed me great freedom in my work and put a lot of trust in me. Nevertheless, you were always there with good advice and great ideas when I needed you. I am very proud that I was given the opportunity to work in your group. Thank you for supporting me during my time in Austin and beyond. I am equally thankful to my f... |
This essay raises some objections to the emerging critical consensus that Spenser’s political values were, at least in certain significant ways, aligned with Renaissance republicanism. Noting Spenser’s tendency to downplay the Roman state’s own institutional history in favor of its relations to predecessors and success... |
The aging population represents a growing concern of governments due to the extent that it will take in the coming decades and the speed of its evolution. This problem will result in increasing number of people affected by many diseases associated with aging such as the various types of dementia, including the sadly fa... |
This thesis provides potential solutions to the problem outlined, which deals with spatial recognition of activities of daily living of a person with Alzheimer's disease. It proposes to adapt a theory of spatial reasoning, developed by Egenhofer, to a new model for recognition of activities. This new model allows ident... |
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