BACKGROUND Interleukin 1β (IL 1β) levels are associated with prognosis in heart failure. The cardiac adrenergic activity as assessed by metaiodobenzylguanidine (I123 MIBG) scintigraphy along with exercise parameters are important predictors of prognosis. The relationship between these variables is not fully established. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association of IL 1β levels with exercise and I...

We have studied the relationship between the length of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT)-mediated nucleotide polymerization and inhibitors of these reactions in cell-free RT assays performed in the presence of either of two dideoxynucleoside triphosphates (ddNTPs), i.e. AZTTP or 3TCTP, or nevirapine, a non-nucleoside RT inhibitor. These reactions employed a heterologous RNA template and three DN...

With the rapid development of VLSI Technology, FPGA exposed many limitations at the area, speed, power, and chip capacity. Newer Xilinx FPGAs (few Spartan & Virtex series) provides the possibility to be reconfigured by Dynamic Partial Reconfiguration (DPR) technique. DPR is defined as the ability of a single system to get reconfigured to perform multiple applications. The main contribution of t...

A new model of therapist skill development is presented. Grounded in information processing theory, it provides a comprehensive framework that accounts for a range of phenomena encountered by trainers and trainees – for example, why different training methods are needed for different elements of therapist skill. The model features three principal systems: declarative, procedural and reflective ...

OBJECTIVE To validate a clinical database for nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) with the aim of monitoring and predicting the prognosis of NMSC treated by dermatologists in clinics in the central and north Denmark regions. METHODS We assessed the completeness of registration of patients and follow-up visits, and positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), sensitivity, and s...

Subject of research: criminal law categories the object and subject fraud in field lending, responsibility for which is provided Art. 166 Criminal Code Donetsk People's Republic (hereinafter DPR), context content property relations regulated by civil legislation DPR).
 The purpose to identify substantive shortcomings formulation crime under DPR, followed a proposal options their eliminatio...

BACKGROUND Cases of Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FTLD) and Motor Neurone Disease (MND) associated with expansions in C9ORF72 gene are characterised pathologically by the presence of TDP-43 negative, but p62 positive, inclusions in granule cells of the cerebellum and in cells of dentate gyrus and area CA4 of the hippocampus. RESULTS We screened 84 cases of pathologically confirmed FTLD a...

Dynamic Partial Reconfiguration (DPR) has been introduced in recent years as a method to increase the flexibility of FPGA designs. However, using DPR for building complex systems remains a daunting task. Recently, approaches based on Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) and UML MARTE standard have emerged which aim to simplify the design of complex SoCs, and in some cases, DPR systems. Nevertheless, ...

Marketing concepts and definitions have remained relatively unchanged until recently. Electronic Customer Relationship Management (ECRM) has forced marketing managers to reevaluate how, when and to what extent they interact with their customers. Organizations will lose loyal customers if they do not recognize and react to the changing demands of customers. In addition, marketing to a new a cust...