A Turing degree d is homogeneous bounding if every complete decidable (CD) theory has a d-decidable homogeneous model A, i.e., the elementary diagram D(A) has degree d. It follows from results of Macintyre and Marker that every PA degree (i.e., every degree of a complete extension of Peano Arithmetic) is homogeneous bounding. We prove that in fact a degree is homogeneous bounding if and only if...

We examine CD lymphocyte responses and survival patterns in persons with ad vanced HIV infection who were randomly assigned to treatment with one of two antiretro viral drugs didanosine ddI and zalcitabine ddC Analyses of CD lymphocyte count over time are performed using longitudinal random e ects models which allow for the possibil ity of a drug induced CD increase Probit regression is also us...

This paper aims to assess the relationship between the urinary activity of N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase (NAG) and its isoenzyme B (NAG-B) and cadmium (Cd) concentration in the urine as well as to evaluate which of these lysosomal enzymes may be a more useful biomarker for the monitoring of Cd-induced tubular damage. For this purpose we have used an experimental model in rats chronically exposed...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of cadmium (Cd) (5 and 50 mg Cd/l in drinking water) and ethyl alcohol (ethanol, EtOH) (5 g EtOH/kg b.wt., intragastrically), administered alone or simultaneously, on the concentrations of pro-inflammatory (interleukin-1, IL-1α; interleukin-6, IL-6; tumor necrosis factor-α, TNFα and interferon γ, INFγ) and anti-inflammatory (interleuki...

1.はじめに CGで現実感のある画像を生成する技術は、いかにして物体を 忠実に表現するかの技術である。物体を特徴付ける要素として は、大きく分けて、物体の形状と、物体表面の色情報や光学属 性などの表面属性がある。物体の表面属性を表現する場合、一 般的には、バンプマッピングなどのさまざまなマッピング手法 がとられている。CGデザイナがマッピングに利用できる素材と しては、市販の CD-ROM やインターネット経由で入手できる素 材集、およびテクスチャ生成のプログラムから出力されるデー タなどがある。 本報告で取り扱う石畳を表現する場合、CGデザイナが路面の 敷石を1つ1つモデリングして表現することが理想ではある が、大変な労力を要するため現実的ではない。一方、石畳の写 真素材を路面にマッピングして表現することも可能であるが、 以下のような問題が生ずる。 ・テクスチャ全体として凹凸が激し...

The hfarerirds Science Cimrion Index w on CD-ROM, a new specialty index launched by the Institute for Scientific Information’@, is discussed. The index contains searchable author abstracts,

BACKGROUND A previous study suggested an association of the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs72796353 (IVS4+10 A>C) in the NOD2 gene with susceptibility to Crohn's disease (CD). However, this finding has not been confirmed. Given that NOD2 variants still represent the most important predictors for CD susceptibility and phenotype, we evaluated the association of rs72796353 with inflammator...

BACKGROUND Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune disease characterized by immunemediated inflammatory damage of the small intestinal mucosa, precipitated by the ingestion of gluten-containing foods. Since human leucocyte antigen DQ2 (HLA-DQ2) is a marker of nonresponsiveness to hepatits B virus (HBV) vaccine, CD may also be associated with this nonresponsiveness. OBJECTIVES The aim of this stu...

abstract aim: to assess anti-neuronal antibodies (na) prevalence and their correlation with neurological disorders and bowel habits in celiac disease (cd) patients. background: neurological manifestations are estimated to occur in about 10% of celiac disease patients and na to central nervous system (cns) and enteric nervous system (ens) are found in a significant proportion of them. little is ...

the association of celiac disease and type i diabetes mellitus has been known for some time. this study was undertaken to investigate the prevalence of celiac disease (cd) in diabetic children and adolescents. eighty-seven patients (44 females, 43 males) aged 2- 18 years, with type i diabetes participated in this study. a group of 87 healthy unrelated girls and boys matched for age and gender s...