Energy expenditure and fat-free mass (FFM), as well as the relationships between these parameters, were investigated in thirteen pairs of monozygotic twins discordant for SCI. Basal energy expenditure (BEE) and resting energy expenditure (REE) were determined by indirect calorimetry. Measurements for FFM and fat mass were obtained by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry. Total body potassium was de...

In a prospective epidemiologic study in company employees in Westfalia aimed at improving early diagnosis of coronary heart disease in 3069 men and 1387 women, concentrations of HDL-apolipoprotein A-I and HDL-cholesterol were measured and the results were correlated with several risk factors of coronary heart disease. A negative correlation between hypertriglyceridaemia and HDL-cholesterol (r =...

0026-2714/$ see front matter 2012 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.microrel.2012.02.018 ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +61 7 3365 1387; fax E-mail address: [email protected] (G. Zeng). The development of lead-free solder alloys for high-temperature applications is required to meet increasing demands for reliable replacements for lead-containing alloys. This paper provides a review of recent research...

D ESPITE its attended complications. immunosuppression for graft acceptance and the impending threat of chronic rejection are two of the many overwhelming factors that have necessitated the implementation of strategies aimed at inducing donor-specific tolerance (OST). With the postulation that persistence of donor cell chimerism after organ transplantation (Tx) may play a notable role in allogr...

1Alumni and George Peak Jr. Professor of Forest Economics and Policy, School of Forestry and Wildlife Science, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849-5418 (phone: 334-844-1067; fax: 334-844-1084; e-mail: [email protected]). 2Assistant Professor, Institute of Finance and Economics Research, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, No. 777 Guoding Road, Shanghai, PR China, 200433 (correspondin...

1387-7003/$ see front matter 2009 Elsevier B.V. A doi:10.1016/j.inoche.2009.08.021 * Corresponding author. Tel.: +49 89 2180 77404; f E-mail address: [email protected] (P. Kl The two novel binuclear pyrazole-3,5-dicarboxylato-bridged {RuNO} complexes K2[{Ru(NO)Cl}2(l-pzdc)2] (1) and [{Ru(NO)(H2O)}2(l-pzdc)2] 4H2O (2) (pzdc = pyrazole-3,5-dicarboxylate) were synthesized and characterized...

VCAM-1 and monocyte adherence in arteries exposed to altered shear stress. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 1995;15:2–10. 24. Danesh J, Wheeler JG, Hirschfield GM, Eda S, Eiriksdottir G, Rumley A, Lowe GD, Pepys MB, Gudnason V. C-reactive protein and other circulating markers of inflammation in the prediction of coronary heart disease. N Engl J Med 2004; 350:1387–1397. 25. Tall AR. C-reactive prot...

A content analysis of 1387 commercials broadcast in China and Hong Kong in 1993 and 1998 was conducted using Cheng and Schweitzer’s framework of cultural values. The five cultural values that dominated Chinese television advertising were ‘modernity’, ‘family’, ‘tradition’, ‘technology’ and ‘collectivism’. The five dominant cultural values in Hong Kong television advertising were ‘quality’, ‘eff...