BACKGROUND Recently, people have begun showing heightened interest in skin whitening. Melanin is an important factor that determines skin color. The purpose of this study is to investigate the inhibitory effect of Taraxacum mongolicum (TAM) with phreatic water (PW) from Dogo Hot Springs on melanin synthesis. METHODS We assessed the inhibitory effects of TAM on melanin synthesis in B16F10 mous...

The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) predicts the user acceptance of end-user applications by specifying causal relationships among belief and attitudinal constructs that subsequently influence usage behavior. Although the perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use constructs have received a great deal of attention in MIS literature, very few follow-up studies have used the original TAM co...

Dieser Beitrag beschreibt den Transfer des Technologieakzeptanzmodells (TAM) auf kartenbasierte Lernspiele sowie die Untersuchungen zur Nutzungsakzeptanz bei diesem Spieltyp. Lernspiele für die Wissensvermittlung, die zu den Serious Games zählen, werden in unterschiedlichen Formen in Schule, im Studium und bei der beruflichen Weiterbildung eingesetzt. Für das Anwendungsfeld Luftbildauswertung w...

The testing time for a system-on-chip(SOC) largely depends on the design of test wrappers and the test access mechanism(TAM).Wrapper/TAM co-optimization is therefore necessary to minimize SOC testing time . In this paper, we propose an efficient algorithm to construct wrappers that reduce testing time for cores. We further propose a new approach for wrapper/TAM co-optimization based on two-dime...

Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) is capable of explaining user behavior across a broad range of end-user computing technologies and user populations. In its original form TAM has been extensively incorporated as a methodology to measure attitude towards technology adoption from users in multiple domains, as well as within financial domain. TAM variations have also been proposed and applied for...

Secondary instabilities of Faraday waves show three regimes: (1) As seen previously, low-viscosity (ν) fluids destabilize first into squares. At higher driving accelerations a, squares show low-frequency modulations corresponding to the motion of phase defects, while theory predicts a stationary transverse amplitude modulation (TAM). (2) High-ν fluids destabilize first to stripes. Stripes then ...

Tamoxifen citrate (TAM), is widely used for treatment of breast cancer. It showed a degree of hepatic carcinogenesis. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the antioxidant capacity of green tea (Camellia sinensis) extract (GTE) against TAM-induced liver injury. A model of liver injury in female rats was done by intraperitoneal injection of TAM in a dose of 45mg Kg(-1) day(-1), i.p. for 7 s...

Breast cancer patients have an increased risk of endometrial pathology. To investigate whether the incidence of endometrial abnormalities and their clinicopathological features were affected by receiving tamoxifen (TAM), non-steroidal aromatase inhibitors (AIs) or no treatment (NT), 333 peri/postmenopausal breast cancer patients, who were referred to the Department of Gynecological, Obstetrical...

The technology acceptance model (TAM) has been applied in different contexts to investigate a wide range of information technologies (IT), and a cumulative tradition has already been developed in this stream of research. Most TAM studies have been empirical investigations, using the survey approach with great success. TAM is a mature model and has been validated in different contexts. However, ...

Tumor-associated macrophages (TAM) with an alternatively activated phenotype have been linked to tumor-elicited inflammation, immunosuppression, and resistance to chemotherapies in cancer, thus representing an attractive target for an effective cancer immunotherapy. In this study, we demonstrate that particulate yeast-derived β-glucan, a natural polysaccharide compound, converts polarized alter...