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Wake after sleep onset was associated with blunted reward response in youth with anxiety. These data suggest a potential pathway through which sleep could contribute to perturbed reward function and reward-related psychopathology (e.g., depression) in youth with anxiety.Melatonin overcomes apoptosis resistance in human... |
Apoptosis resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most significant factors for hepatocarcinogenesis and tumor progression, and leads to resistance to conventional chemotherapy. It is well known that inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAPs) play key roles in apoptosis resistance, it has become an import... |
Ricin, a lectin with potent protein synthesis inhibitory properties, has been known to cause morphological changes in epithelial cells typical of apoptosis (P. Waring et al., Med. Res. Rev. 11, 1-17 (1991)). In earlier preliminary experiments from this laboratory with murine macrophages and T-blasts (P. Waring, J. Biol... |
ABSTRACT In this work we show evidence of mother-to-offspring transmission in a transgenic mouse line expressing bovine PrP (boTg) experimentally infected by intracerebral administration of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) prions. PrPres was detected in brains of newborns from infected mothers only when mating wa... |
We use homeostasis, the maintenance of steady states in an organism, to explain some of the decisions made by participants in a business process. We use Vickers’ Appreciative System to model the homeostatic states with Harel’s statecharts. We take the example of a doctoral student recruitment process formally defined b... |
Iron foam is iron based material which is widely applied due to its unique properties. However since corrosion is also a problem for this material, coating with innert material is required in enhancing its applications. In the present research, TiO 2 coating is performed on iron foam suface by sol-gel dipping method. F... |
In addition to insulin sensitization, rosiglitazone exhibits favourable circulatory effects. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that rosiglitazone protects against hypertension and vascular derangements caused by diabetes. Diabetes was induced by a single bolus injection of streptozotocin (50 mg/kg, i.p.). ... |
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients have increased rates of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases because the highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) decreased the morbidity and mortality of the disease. Endothelial dysfunction is possibly the most plausible link between HIV infection and relate... |
We introduce a robust mixing model to describe hyperspectral data resulting from the mixture of several pure spectral signatures. The new model extends the commonly used linear mixing model by introducing an additional term accounting for possible nonlinear effects, that are treated as sparsely distributed additive out... |
This paper focuses on airborne oxygen-making system shortcomings of oxygen sensor characteristic drift in, proposes a method of fault diagnosis. Oxygen sensor with a Wavelet packet analysis of feature extraction, based on wavelet neural network method to determine whether the sensor has failed, and sensor to detect har... |
Binding sites of fluorescence isocyanate-labeled lectins, peanut agglutinin (PNA) and Ricinus communis agglutinin-1 (RCA-1), were studied in the interphotoreceptor matrix (IPM) of adult rat retinas that were pretreated with an intravitreous injection of neuroaminidase. The localization of binding sites to the subretina... |
Misfolded protein aggregates elicit a stress response, and their clearance is crucial for cell survival. These aggregates are transported by cytoplasmic deacetylase HDAC6 and dynein motors to the aggresome via the microtubule network, and are removed by autophagic degradation. HDAC6 activity is necessary for both the t... |
Background. Although CT is considered the method of choice in the evaluation of inflammatory sinus disease, plain film radiography is still used, as repetitive CT examinations may impart a considerable radiation dose to the lens. We designed a new low-dose CT examination and compared this and plain film radiography to ... |
Since at least the fourteenth century, the Sahara has served the West as a canvas on which to paint its greed, fears and ambitions. In that initial medieval moment, the painting was literal: the unknown wastes of the Sahara were depicted with brilliantly coloured pictorial representations of camel-riding nomads, exotic... |
In most medicinal and aromatic plants, the vegetative tissue (e.g., roots, stems, leaves) is the source of the economic product. These plants are inherently heterozygous (natural allelic hybrids) and maintain their genetic makeup in nature by obligate vegetative propagation. Under seed cultivation, these plants incur p... |
The path integral formulation has been combined with several methods to determine free energies of quantum many-body systems, such as adiabatic switching and reversible scaling. These techniques are alternatives to the standard thermodynamic integration method. A quantum Einstein crystal is used as a model to demonstra... |
The paper deals with the issue of detecting plagiarism in source code, which we unfortunately encounter when teaching subjects dealing with programming and software development. Many students want to simplify the completion of the course and therefore submit modified source codes of their classmates or even those found... |
This paper, based on the authorpsilas new model of granular computing--the theory of granular set, puts forward the concept of granular family, granular system, concept granular system, granular concept, through upgrading the mapping to the power set and mapping from one-way to two-way. And, they are described respecti... |
PURPOSE |
To determine an accurate method of intraocular lens (IOL) power calculation in highly myopic eyes with previous radial keratotomy (RK). |
METHODS |
Five eyes that had undergone RK with preoperative myopia >-14.0 diopters (D) were studied retrospectively. The keratometric values obtained with the clinical history method, contact lens over-refraction method, conventional keratometry, adjusted keratometry, and Orbscan II were compared to the true keratometric value c... |
RESULTS |
The true keratometric value was closest to that from the contact lens over-refraction method in one eye and to the flatter keratometric value between simulated keratometry (Sim K) and the 3-mm diameter central zone mean keratometric value obtained with axial keratometric power map of Orbscan II in four eyes. |
CONCLUSIONS |
The flatter keratometric value between Sim K and the 3-mm zone mean keratometric value from Orbscan II was closest to the true postoperative RK keratometric value of the central cornea.The Impact of Anogenital Warts on Health-Related Quality of Life: A 6-Month Prospective Study |
Background: The burden of anogenital warts will be a determining factor when making decisions about the type of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to be used (bivalent or quadrivalent) and whether to vaccinate males. We conducted a multicenter prospective study to (1) describe the impact of anogenital warts on quality ... |
Tor is a popular low-latency anonymous communication system. However, it is currently abused in various ways. Tor exit routers are frequently troubled by administrative and legal complaints. To gain an insight into such abuse, we design and implement a novel system, TorWard, for the discovery and systematic study of ma... |
Object oriented programming (OOP) methodology has gained widespread acceptance despite concerns on slow execution. Object oriented languages typically use indirect function calls to implement polymorphism, and there have been concerns about the branch predictability of object oriented programs. Our measurements on the ... |
Using volume-surface integral equation, a rigorous probe feed model is applied to simulate the practical coaxial exciting to microstrip antennas, then, a cylindrical conformal antenna and a conformal phased array is considered. By comparing the calculated results to the FEM results from HFSS with fine meshes, the probe... |
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are suited for neurochemistry because of their biological inertness, ability to withstand biofouling, and superior electron transport kinetics. Dopamine, the canonical monoaminergic neuromodulator, contributes to reward, cognition and attention, however, its detection in real-time is challenging... |
In the planned NextGen aviation operations, it will be critical to ensure shared situational understanding and cooperative problem solving between aircrews and air traffic controllers (ATC). A first step in predicting how future changes will impact flight crews and ATC is to examine the current system and to pinpoint p... |
Postoperative liver failure is a life-threatening complication after hepatic resection. The purpose of this study was to review the liver failure as a result of hepatic resection and to propose strategy for decreasing the risk of its developing. From January 1991 to December 2000 73 patients with primary liver cancer (... |
Since the turn of the century there has been an increase in the use of translanguaging in multilingual learning |
contexts. Many researchers have shown how translanguaging enhances multilingual students’ ability to understand academic content. |
This experimental study provides empirical evidence that translanguaging can enhance reading comprehension. An experimental group |
and a control group were used to establish whether there was a significant difference between the performances of the two groups |
after reading an academic text. Using the t-test analysis, the results show a significant difference in the performance of the |
control group and the experimental group. These findings prompt us to conclude that translanguaging is an effective strategy that |
enhances reading comprehension.Perinatal carotid artery ischemic stroke: Report of two cases. |
The mechanisms of perinatal stroke are poorly understood but preclinical studies point to the crucial role of perinatal inflammation. Carotid artery occlusion represents a very rare and severe cause of perinatal stroke. We describe two cases diagnosed with extensive ischemic stroke due to carotid artery occlusion. In b... |
Abstract We describe a Pennsylvanian (Late Carboniferous) Parapostibulla edrioasteroid that competed for living space with an encrusting cryptostome bryozoan on the brachiopod Composita. The colonial bryozoan grew faster than the solitary edrioasteroid, and the bryozoan increased its colony size by slowly encircling th... |
Virtual tour enables people to experience a mediated travel during a pandemic. The study aims to clarify the motivational functions affecting acceptance of virtual tour as a substitute for physical tour during a pandemic. 102 People who experienced virtual tours arranged by tour operators responded to a questionnaire r... |
We present a case of left atrial sarcoma presenting as acute myocardial infarction. Echocardiographic finding of left atrial mass, absence of angiographic evidence of coronary atherosclerotic disease, and incidental finding of prior splenic infarct strongly point to coronary emboli. The relatively low incidence of card... |
In the past decades, a large number of photovoltaic (PV) plants have been built. Due to the minor physical differences between PV cells and the influence of environmental factors such as rains, temperature, and humidity, the aging of a PV array is often distributed unevenly within each PV module. This non-uniform aging... |
We evaluated the effectiveness of three best management practices for flue-cured tobacco production—reduced tillage, grassed field-side filter zones, and forested filter zones—to determine the total reduction in suspended solids from storm water runoff. Use of reduced tillage in comparison with conventional tillage dec... |
We report a patient who underwent repeat orthotopic liver transplantation complicated by intraoperative blood loss of more than 59 litre. During liver transplantation, a constant rate propofol infusion was given and plasma samples were obtained throughout the procedure for propofol assay. Before the anhepatic phase of ... |
This work is devoted to electrical characterization (internal space charge, breakdown voltage, capacitance, Thermally Stimulated Discharge Current) of different papers (thickness from 80 to 125 /spl mu/m) used in electrical engineering (insulation for electric motors, transformers...): aramid paper, hybrid organic and ... |
To the Editor: Chen et al. (March 24 issue)1 report the absence of the Stevens–Johnson syndrome and its related disease, toxic epidermal necrolysis (SJS–TEN), in subjects who were screened for the HLA-B*1502 allele and were advised not to take carbamazepine if they carried the allele. Case–control studies involving sub... |
Placenta and corpus luteum (CL) have acquired different functions for progesterone synthesis and maintenance of pregnancy in the course of placentalia evolution. In the cow and pig, progesterone is produced by the same CL during the entire gestation period with minor or no contribution from the placenta. In the case of... |
BACKGROUND |
There is still a lack of long-term follow-up data from a large nationwide acute myocardial infarction (AMI) database. |
AIMS |
Assessment of 5-year outcomes of patients discharged after hospitalization for AMI in Poland in relation to age. |
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