Active immunization with amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide 1-42 reverses amyloid plaque deposition in the CNS of patients with Alzheimer's disease and in amyloid precursor protein transgenic mice. However, this treatment may also cause severe, life-threatening meningoencephalitis. Physiological responses to immunization with Aβ(1-42) are poorly understood. In this study, we characterized cognitive and imm...

MicroRNAs regulate multiple aspects of the host response to viral infection. This study verified that the expression of cfa-miR-143 was upregulated in vivo and in vitro by canine influenza virus (CIV) H3N2 infection. To understand the role of cfa-miR-143 in CIV-infected cells, the target gene of cfa-miR-143 was identified and assessed for correlations with proteins involved in the apoptosis pat...

CFA 1090. Fine Art Fundamentals I: Drawing. 3 Credits. Drawing is the fundamental language of visual communication and an essential skill for all visual artists. In this course, you will improve your drawing skills through exercises in mark making, perspective, and line, with assignments also focusing on value, form and mass, and composition. Students will do gesture and contour drawings as wel...

CFA 1090. Fine Art Fundamentals I: Drawing. 3 Credits. Drawing is the fundamental language of visual communication and an essential skill for all visual artists. In this course, you will improve your drawing skills through exercises in mark making, perspective, and line, with assignments also focusing on value, form and mass, and composition. Students will do gesture and contour drawings as wel...

The CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct are fundamental to the values of CFA Institute and essential to achieving its mission to lead the investment profession globally by promoting the highest standards of ethics, education, and professional excellence for the ultimate benefit of society. High ethical standards are critical to maintaining the public’s trust in fi...

Common factor analysis (CFA) and principal component analysis (PCA) are widely used multivariate techniques. Using simulations, we compared CFA with PCA loadings for distortions of a perfect cluster configuration. Results showed that nonzero PCA loadings were higher and more stable than nonzero CFA loadings. Compared to CFA loadings, PCA loadings correlated weakly with the true factor loadings ...

Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against the different coli surface antigens CS1, CS2, and CS3 of colonization factor antigen II (CFA/II) of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) were generated by fusing F/O myeloma cells with spleen cells from BALB/c mice immunized with different preparations of purified CFA/II. Five hybrids that produced antibodies specific for CS1, CS2, or CS3 in high titer we...

OBJECTIVE The common femoral artery (CFA) is an unusual location for endovascular repair (ER). We report the early results after ER of the CFA in a single centre. DESIGN This is a cohort study. MATERIALS/METHODS From 2006 to 2008, ER of the CFA was proposed to 36 patients (mean age 67.9, range 51-92). CFA lesions were classified into four types: in type I, lesions were located at the iliac ...

Although primary particle emissions of ash from coal-fired power plants are well controlled, coal fly ash (CFA) can still remain a significant fraction of the overall particle exposure for some plant workers and highly impacted communities. The effect of CFA on pulmonary and systemic inflammation and injury was measured in male Sprague-Dawley rats exposed to filtered air or CFA for 4 h/day for ...