The proceedings present the accepted contributions for the 5 International Workshop on Critical Systems Development Using Modeling Languages (CSDUML’06). CSDUML’06 takes place on October 1, 2006, in Genova, Italy, and is organised in conjunction with MoDELS’06 (October 1 – 6, 2006). The papers represent research in four areas: specification and analysis, system synthesis, verification, and indu...

Objective. To determine whether the level of apoptosis induced by infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) is related to the amino acid sequence of the BH2 domain of the VP5 protein and the level of infectivity. Materials and methods. Three IPNV strains were used, the VP2 protein gene was amplified for genotyping and the VP5 sequence was also obtained. The infectivity of the strains was calc...

OBJECTIVE Neuroimaging studies have revealed abnormalities in brain structure, including the striatum, in obese people. In this study, the cellular and parenchymal basis for these findings in post-mortem brain tissue was investigated. METHODS Design-based (unbiased) stereology combined with histochemical and immunocytochemical staining was used to quantify total number of neurons and astrocyt...

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 3 te l-0 06 06 51 2, v er si on 1 6 Ju l 2 01 1

Galetin 3,6-dimethyl ether (FGAL), a flavonoid from the aerial parts of Piptadenia stipulacea (Benth.) Ducke, was found to exert a relaxant effect on carbachol (CCh)-pre-contracted guinea-pig trachea. Based on cumulative concentration-response curves to CCh, FGAL antagonized muscarinic receptors pseudo-irreversibly and noncompetitively, since it inhibited and shifted these curves towards higher...

This article presents the results of evaluating the changes in peri-implant soft tissue dimensions associated with immediate implant placement into anterior postextraction sockets for four treatment groups: no BGPR (no bone graft, no provisional restoration), PR (no bone graft, provisional restoration), BG (bone graft, no provisional restoration), and BGPR (bone graft, provisional restoration)....

INTRODUCTION The association of guttate psoriasis with a streptococcal throat infection and HLA-Cw*06 allele is well established in different populations. Nevertheless, only few studies on this form of disease have been performed in the Polish population. AIM To analyze the frequencies of streptococcal-induced guttate psoriasis and HLA-Cw*06 allele in 70 patients with guttate psoriasis origin...