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We analyzed the current state of management of private dental offices in Japan using the 11th Survey of the Current Economy of Medicine and Dentistry conducted in September of 1997. The analysis was mainly performed by comparing the survey in 1997 with the survey conducted in 1989. The results show the medium-term tend... |
The effectiveness of five temperature control algorithms for dual control volume grand canonical molecular dynamics is investigated in the study of hydrogen atom diffusion in a palladium bulk. The five algorithms, namely, Gaussian, generalized Gaussian moment thermostat (GGMT), velocity scaling, Nosé-Hoover (NH), and i... |
This paper analyses factors impacting faculty-student rapport. The instrument used for this research was professor-student scale by Wilson et al (Georgia Southern University, 2010). 800 students from eight private universities/institutions of NCR, India were the respondents for this research. These private universities... |
Liquid-feed flame spray pyrolysis (LF-FSP) of selected metalloorganics provides [NiO]0.25[Al2O3]0.75 and [NiO]0.5[Al2O3]0.5 spinel nanopowders (NPs) without aggregation and with good stoichiometric control. Both compositions were processed to thin films as a first step in preparing Ni:Al2O3 nanocomposite films for cata... |
In this paper, Koelreuteria paniculata roots was taken as the research object, and its active substances were analyzed. First, Koelreuteria paniculata roots was crushed, dried, extracted, filtered, and concentrated by rotary evaporation. Then, the active substances of Koelreuteria paniculata roots were extracted with e... |
The right course for a person's health later in life is set during pregnancy, infancy, and early childhood. A healthy lifestyle at this sensitive stage of life has a significantly positive impact on the health of a mother, her child, and the entire family for the long term. In Germany, a special emphasis is placed at t... |
In this study, the use of inter-simple sequence repeats (ISSR) to assess genetic diversity between cultivated potatoes (Solanum tuberosum subsp. tuberosum) is reported. ISSR technology rapidly reveals high polymorphic fingerprints and thus determines the genetic diversity among potato cultivars. Nine primers were selec... |
The helicopter community has been plagued during the latest forty years by accidents due to unanticipated yaw, also called Loss of Tail rotor Effectiveness (LTE). Thanks to official reports, the first part of this paper will be devoted to the genesis of this problem and recommendations provided at that time. An analys... |
Current-quark model in a 3P0 condensed vacuum. |
In this work we assume that quarks are described by Dirac spinors, with current masses which eventually can be set to zero, interacting through a confining and chirally invariant potential. Other than the strength of the interquark potential and the current masses of the quarks we have no free parameters. {sup 3}{ital ... |
On the Actualities and Possibilities of Constructionism: Towards Deep Empiricism Drawing from the example of critical psychology, this paper examines how dissatisfaction with an existing scientific paradigm can stimulate interest in philosophy and social theory. The emergence of a social constructionist understanding o... |
Retrospective preliminary report of 19 cases undergoing partial ankle joint arthroplasties with open surgical procedures were rehabilitated with continuous passive motion (CPM). Preoperative and post-operative ankle range of motion and subjective findings (pain, physical signs, activity, quality of motion) were evaluat... |
Background: KDM5 enzymes are H3K4 specific histone demethylases involved in transcriptional regulation and DNA repair. These proteins are over-expressed in different kinds of cancer, including breast, prostate and bladder carcinoma, with positive effects on cancer proliferation and chemo-resistance. For these reasons, ... |
In an experiment conducted in natural settings (in a restaurant), we explore the uninvestigated link between mimicry, its impact on hospitality, and the time during which the mimicry takes place. Under particular experimental conditions, the waitress either did not verbally mimic the customer, mimicked the customer onl... |
A historical survey of studies of seedling morphology and anatomy in the palm family is given. The traditional three germination types—adjacent ligular, remote ligular, and remote tubular—that have been commonly recognized are reevaluated. The study includes seedlings of 63 species, representing the six subfamilies of ... |
By the 1940's, China already had a well-established tradition of student activism. The most famous of the Chinese student movements had originated with the demonstration of May 4, 1919, against the Versailles Peace Settlement. Punctuating Chinese politics thereafter were numerous student demonstrations: the protest aga... |
In the past three years, we have seen three children who required prolonged inpatient admissions for severe feeding dysfunction resulting in nutritional and growth problems. The pregnancies were significant for severe maternal alcohol abuse during the entire pregnancy. All of the subjects had multiple physical find ing... |
A robotic wheel chair with inverse pendulum control has been proposed so that a wheel chair bound person can climb over a step. The proposed robotic wheel chair generally moves using four wheels on a flat floor in order to maintain the stability. When the robotic wheel chair moves just in front of a step, the robotic w... |
Coombs-positive anemia developed in cats inoculated with Haemobartonella felis. Cold agglutinins were detected in serum during the acute stage of the disease when anemia was present. The cold agglutinating activity was associated with IgM, was demonstrated at 4 C, and was abolished by treatment of sera with 2-mercaptoe... |
3 cases of contact allergy due to the biocides 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one and 2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one are reported. 2 workers exposed to a soluble oil containing these 2 biocides experienced allergic contact dermatitis from them. The 3rd case was that of the chemist who separated the 2 materials for t... |
We quantify the capability of coupling wind farm and hydraulic plant, in view to produce energy without fluctuations, like wind farm alone. In fact, we suppose the hydraulic plant is like a buffer, and the wind farm fed this buffer. The aim is to satisfy a certain quantity of energy, more particularly, a percentage of ... |
The air cargo industry is a USD 60 billion business, and passenger-accompanied air cargo is a major profit maker accounting for approximately 15% of the industry's overall revenue. At a high level aviation security conference held by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in September 2012, ICAO advised t... |
Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs) in exocrine tissue from the avian nasal salt gland are coupled to phospholipase C and generate inositol phosphate and Ca(2+) signals upon activation. An early effect of receptor activation in the secretory cells is a transient accumulation of c-Fos protein. In cooperation wit... |
The dose-response effects of intraruminal infusion of propionate on feeding behavior of lactating dairy cows were evaluated with eight ruminally cannulated Holstein cows past peak lactation. Treatments were mixtures of propionic acid and acetic acid containing propionic acid at eight different concentrations in Experim... |
Query by image example is still a challenge in image retrieval. The goal of similarity retrieval in images is to get the similar images quickly and accurately in high-dimension space. The accuracy of similarity retrieval in high-dimension space is mainly decided by the features representing images and the method used f... |
Ion Beam Assisted Deposition (IBAD) offers the opportunity to prepare highly textured templates for YBa<sub>2</sub>Cu<sub>3</sub>O<sub>7-δ</sub> (YBCO) coated conductors. We investigated a new simplified buffer layer architecture on mechanically polished stainless steel tapes with an amorphous Ta<sub>0.75</sub>Ni<sub>0... |
Knowledge of the hardness of abrasive particles that are used in polishing is a key to the fundamental understanding of the mechanisms of material removal. The magnetorheological-finishing process uses both magnetic and nonmagnetic abrasive particles during polishing. The nanohardnesses of the micrometer-sized magnetic... |
The next international version of the System of National Accounts will recommend that R&D (Research and Development) expenditures be capitalized instead of being immediately expensed as in the present System of National Accounts 1993. An R&D project creates a new technology, which in principle does not depreciate like ... |
Resistance toward imatinib and other BCR/ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitors remains an increasing clinical problem in the treatment of advanced stages of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). We recently have identified the heat shock protein 32 (Hsp32)/heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) as a BCR/ABL-dependent survival molecule in CML cell... |
The effect of cholesterol in the liposome bilayer on the stability of incorporated retinol was studied. Retinol was incorporated into liposomes containing soybean phosphatidylcholine (PC) and cholesterol (CH) at various ratios, and the liposomes were prepared as multilamellar vesicles by the dehydration–rehydration met... |
A hollow‐fiber enzyme reactor, operating under isothermal and nonisothermal conditions, was built employing a polypropylene hollow fiber onto which β‐galactosidase was immobilized. Hexamethylenediamine and glutaraldehyde were used as spacer and coupling agent, respectively. Glucose production was studied as a function ... |
Dendritic cells (DCs) are key coordinators of the immune response, governing the choice between tolerance and immunity. Despite their importance, the mechanisms controlling the size of the DC compartment are largely unknown. Using a mouse model allowing continuous DC depletion, we show that maintenance of DC numbers in... |
In this paper, interactive survey analysis is broadly conceived so that discussion is not limited simply to researchers fondling data files. The digital computer -- especially the time-shared type -- has potential for constructive use by researchers well beyond the process of analyzing survey data. Consideration is giv... |
We present our experiences evaluating the power-performance tradeoffs of a sensornet network protocol on a power-aware testbed. We characterize the power draw of the entire network while running the Collection Tree Protocol (CTP), as a function of low-power-listening interval. We find that message transmission counts a... |
To develop an animal model of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, transgenic mice carrying part of the HCV cDNA (C980) encoding HCV‐core and envelope proteins under control of the mouse class I major histocompatibility complex gene (H‐2K) regulatory region were produced. HCV‐C980 RNA and HCV‐core protein were present in... |
The color patterns that adorn lepidopteran wings are ideal for studying cell type diversity using a phenomics approach. Color patterns are made of chitinous scales that are each the product of a single precursor cell, offering a 2D system where phenotypic diversity can be studied cell by cell, both within and between s... |
To predict the phase noise in an 80-MHz crystal oscillator, on the basis of the classical Leeson model, we analyzed and selected the oscillator noise figure F and transistor corner frequency fc reasonably, and then calculated the loaded Q (QL) value of the oscillator according to the parameters in the selected Butler o... |
The article raises the problem of structural changes in higher education through an appeal to the theoretical framework of the field (P. Bourdieu). Using the example of the practice of class attendance, it is shown how, under the influence of the mass transition to distance learning, the contours of a new field began t... |
In cooperation with a range of government and non-government institutions, FAO has established an international shared knowledge resource on technical information about plants and pests. This Global Plant & Pest Information System (GPPIS), is an Internet-based service for information access but also a process for harne... |
[The Editor welcomes short statements-normally from 300 to 1,000 words-of research results and conclusions. Such statements should not include detailed supporting data, but should make a clear reference to the location of such data (published or unpublished) so that interested readers may refer to the material. Sentenc... |
‘Brazil hosts the Olympic Games’ examines the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on 5 August 2016. This was the first time the games took place in South America. Watched live by hundreds of millions of people around the world, the four-hour ceremony reveals something about Brazil and its natio... |
An in-house, low-cost method was developed to determine the genotypic resistance of immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) isolates. All 179 Venezuelan isolates analysed belonged to subtype B. Primary drug resistance mutations were found in 11% of 63 treatment-naïve patients. The prevalence of resistance in isolates fro... |
Nanoscale diamond has recently received considerable attention due to the various possible applications such as luminescence imaging, drug delivery, quantum engineering, surface coatings, seeding etc. For most of these fields a suitable surface termination and functionalization of the diamond materials are required. In... |
OBJECTIVE |
To investigate the effect of eletroacupuncture with close-to-bone needling treatment on expression of Sox9, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and type X collagen (ColX) in impaired cartilage of rabbits with knee osteoarthritis (KOA) and explore its possible mechanisms. |
METHODS |
Forty New Zealand rabbits were randomized equally into normal control group, KOA model group, eletroacupuncture with close-to-bone needling group (CN group), and normal thrust needing group (NTN group). In the latter 3 groups, KOA was induced by Hulth-Telhag treatment and evaluated with X-ray examination, and 6 weeks a... |
RESULTS |
The rabbits in the model, CN and NTN groups showed significant changes in behaviors and cartilage histomorphology after the modeling and after the treatments. HE staining showed that cartilage injury was repaired and tended to recovery in CN and NTN groups. The cartilage pathologies was severer in the model group than ... |
CONCLUSION |
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