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We had previously shown that transplanting bone marrow and hematopoietic stem cells could generate renal cells and lead to the preservation of kidney function in a mouse model for cystinosis (Ctns(-/-)) that develops chronic kidney injury, 4 months post transplantation. Here, we determined the long-...
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PMID: 21248718
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Among the 208 cases, 11 patients had endoleaks other than type II and were excluded, leaving 195 patients for analysis. In all, 28 (13.4%) patients were diagnosed with EL-II. All had ≥4 patent lumbar arteries (mean diameter >2.3 mm). Ten patients with a transient EL-II had a mean of 4.3 patent lu...
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PMID: 21679064
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This paper presents a formulation for the three-dimensional numerical simulation of mechanically regulated bone adaptation. Attention is focussed on a phenomenologically-based approach to bone remodelling that can be used as a computationally efficient tool to provide insight into th...
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PMID: 21616467
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We measured the impact of a natural-enemy-free environment on the capacity of the current ET to limit yield loss. In 2008 and 2009, caged microplots were assigned to one of three treatments: plants kept aphid-free (referred to as the control), plants that experienced a population of 250 aphids per p...
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PMID: 21735903
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The possible existence of a relationship between breastfeeding duration, educational status and waist-hip ratio (WHR) as a measure of fertility and biological fitness in a sample of the Polish population is examined in this article. Data on age, height, weight, waist and hip circumfe...
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PMID: 21761604
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Bodyweight loss during spaceflight has been observed among astronauts since the early space missions. Considerable mission data has been accumulated, including data from female astronauts, on the many Shuttle and International Space Station missions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the a...
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PMID: 21702312
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability of two long jump tasks and their ability to predict 10 m sprint performance in elite adolescent female athletes. Eight junior national-level female track and field athletes completed three standing (SLJ) and reactive long jumps (RLJ) on portable f...
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PMID: 21834392
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We tested the hypothesis that Egr-1 is required for timely hepatocyte entry into the cell cycle after CCl(4)-induced liver injury. Acute liver injury was induced by a single injection of CCl(4). Assays were employed to assess indices of the cell cycle in liver after CCl(4) exposure. Bromodeoxyuridin...
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PMID: 21415413
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We evaluate its association with human and murine atherosclerosis, and assess the role of platelet-derived NPY in lesion vulnerability. NPY immunoreactivity (NPY-ir) was measured in the platelet-poor and platelet-rich (PRP) plasmas, and NPY receptors (mitogenic Y1R and angiogenic Y2 and Y5Rs), CD26/...
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PMID: 21468772
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We hypothesized that HRQOL in anemic CKD patients has a multifactorial etiology, including the effects of anemia and inflammation....
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PMID: 21612756
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Restrictive transfusion strategies have been suggested for cardiac surgical patients, leading to various degrees of postoperative anemia. This study investigates the exercise tolerance during rehabilitation of cardiac surgical patients who did not receive transfusions, with respect to their level of...
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PMID: 21592458
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We show that calbindin immunoreactivity in granule cells has been decreased in epilepsy regardless of its etiology. In cases of cortical malformations or hippocampal sclerosis, calbindin immunoreactivity was undetectable in most granule cells. In tumor-related resections, in patients who had a long...
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PMID: 21621747
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The objective of this study was to identify changes in weight that occurred during deployment to Iraq or Kuwait between 2005 and 2008. Data on length and type of deployment among 16,365 male U.S. Navy personnel were combined with weight measurements before and after deployment from the Physical Readi...
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PMID: 21634293
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is regularly monitored in military personnel, as occupational demands require a certain level of fitness. Distance run (eg, 2 mile) is typically carried out to measure aerobic fitness, but an alternative test could be the 20 meter shuttle run test (20 m SRT). The present study aimed to evaluate valid...
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PMID: 21634295
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The scope of implementation mostly depends on political factors, whereas economic and health-related variables scarcely account for cross-country variance. Only the scope and importance of the domestic information and communication technology market have a significant effect on the scope of implemen...
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PMID: 21476924
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We apply statistical mechanical analysis to the learning processes in a simple neural network model to clarify the effects of two kinds of credit assignments and their interactions. Our model is based on node perturbation learning with eligibility trace. Node perturbation is a stochastic gradient le...
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PMID: 21728508
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Among the external manifestations of scoliosis, the rib hump, which is associated with the ribs' deformities and rotations, constitutes the most disturbing aspect of the scoliotic deformity for patients. A personalized 3-D model of the rib cage is important for a better evaluation of the deformity, a...
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PMID: 19789100
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Basilar-membrane responses to white Gaussian noise were recorded using laser velocimetry at basal sites of the chinchilla cochlea with characteristic frequencies near 10 kHz and first-order Wiener kernels were computed by cross correlation of the stimuli and the responses. The presence or absence of...
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PMID: 20542757
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We developed a flexible measuring system for muscle area using ultrasonography. This method is completely safe and is particularly suitable for elderly people because the subjects are not required to perform any muscular contraction during measurement. The ultrasound probe is installed on a mechanic...
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PMID: 20550979
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To prospectively assess effects of select dietary fats on cognitive decline.
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PMID: 21568955
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We concluded that tissue elasticity and tissue damping are coupled at the level of the stress bearing element, and to the mechanisms underlying dynamic nonlinearity of lung tissue....
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PMID: 21565986
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These results are in close agreement with pathophysiological fundamentals and suggest that the airflow pattern becomes less complex in asthmatic patients, which may reduce the adaptability of the respiratory system to perform the exercise that is associated with daily life activities. This analysis...
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PMID: 21565988
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: While RA subjects were more likely to have elevated BNP, few RA patients with elevated BNP actually have LVDD. Also, normal BNP levels are less likely to rule out LVDD in RA than in non-RA subjects. Thus, BNP may be less effective for screening in RA subjects compared to the general population....
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PMID: 21557527
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We investigated the linearity of lag in a Varian 4030CB a-Si FP operating in dynamic gain mode at 15 frames per second by examining the rising step-response function (RSRF) followed by the falling step-response function (FSRF) at ten incident exposures (0.5%-84% of a-Si FP saturation exposure). We i...
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PMID: 21776774
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