common carotid intima-media thickness measured with echotracking: relation with risk factors. Eur Heart J 2013;34:2368–2380. 28. O’Leary DH, Bots ML. Imaging of atherosclerosis: carotid intima-media thickness. Eur Heart J 2010;31:1682–1689. 29. Stafford M, Black S, Shah I, Hardy R, Pierce M, Richards M, Wong A, Kuh D. Using a birth cohort to study ageing: representativeness and response rates i...

Constrained optimization has been extensively used to solve many large scale deterministic problems arising in economics, including, for example, square systems of equations and nonlinear programs. A separate set of models have been generated more recently, using complementarity to model various phenomena, particularly in general equilibria. The unifying framework of mathematical programs with ...

The activated carbon was prepared from fast precarbonization of reed lignin in the fluidized-bed followed by K2CO3 activation. The impregnation ratio was = 1:1 in this research. The effect of activation temperature upon the BET specific surface area and specific pore volume of the carbon was closely investigated. Increasing activation temperature led to an opening and widening of the porous str...

A model recently proposed by Siddiqi & Glass ( Plant, Cell, and Environment 25, 1211–1217, 2002) attempts to reconcile discrepancies in the measurement of cytosolic nitrate concentrations ([NO 3 – ] cyt ) in plant root cells, specifically between low (~ 4 m M ) homeostatic values reported in studies using ion-specific microelectrodes on the one hand, and wide fluctuations in [NO 3 – ] cyt repor...

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between mucosal gizzard lesions and caecal Clostridium perfringens counts. Gross pathological changes in the gizzard and small intestine, and caecal C. perfringens counts from 1217 meat-type chickens were recorded during the course of six experiments and were statistically analysed. C. perfringens counts increased significantly (P < 0.00...

AGE ASSOCIATED DECLINES IN EXERCISE TIME TO EXHAUSTION AND VENTILATORY PARAMETERS IN TRAINED CYCLISTS. Frank B. Wyatt, Jason P. Mccarthy. JEPonline. 2002;6(1):1217. The purpose of this study was to investigate the cardiopulmonary parameters in a cross section of fit, aging cyclists to determine the associations between age, heart rate and ventilation on exercise time to exhaustion. Subjects wer...

The sediment concentrations of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPHs), polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), Pb and (207/206)Pb isotope ratios were measured in seven cores from the middle Clyde estuary (Scotland, UK) with an aim of tracking the late Anthropocene. Concentrations of TPHs ranged from 34 to 4386 mg kg(-1), total PAHs from 19 to 16,163 μg kg(-1) and total ...

An adult male rufous turtle dove, Streptopelia (S.) orientalis (Aves: Columbiformes), was found dead in Yorii-machi Town, Osato District 369-1217, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, and subjected to necropsy. A large number of immobile hypopi (deutonymphs) of the hypoderatid mite, Hypodectes (H.) propus (Acarina: Hypoderatidae), were found individually encapsulated subcutaneously primarily in the adipo...

The vascular consequences of estrogen treatment may be driven by its initiation timing. We tested the hypothesis that the duration of ovarian hormone deprivation before estrogen reintroduction affects the role of estrogen as mediator of endothelial function and vascular relaxation in nondiseased vessels. Rats were ovariectomized and implanted with 17 -estradiol (E2) or oil capsules 1, 4, and 8 ...

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