A quali-quantitative survey was done in two fragments (75 and 100 ha) of semideciduous forest in rural São Paulo State. The aim was to characterize the bird community according to richness, abundance, and occurrence frequency in these areas. The qualitative survey showed 145 species in the Estação Ecológica de São Carlos-EESCar (Brotas)--and 173 in the Fazenda Santa Cecília-FSC (Patrocínio Paul...

PURPOSE Relative costs and utilization-related outcomes of a fluticasone propionate 250 μg + salmeterol 50 μg combination (FSC), tiotropium bromide, and ipratropium as initial maintenance therapy in COPD have not been compared in a commercially-insured population. METHODS This retrospective, observational cohort study used health care claims data from January 2004 to June 2009 from a large ad...

We establish the convergence of the fuzzy subspace clustering (FSC) algorithm by applying Zangwill’s convergence theorem. We show that the iteration sequence produced by the FSC algorithm terminates at a point in the solution set S or there is a subsequence converging to a point in S. In addition, we present experimental results that illustrate the convergence properties of the FSC algorithm in...

In vitro and in vivo studies suggest that liver fat-storing cells (FSC) may play an important role in the development of liver fibrosis. We explored the effects of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), epidermal growth factor (EGF), transforming growth factor (TGF)-alpha and TGF-beta, and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) on DNA synthesis and growth of rat liver FSC. PDGF, EGF, TGF-alpha, ...

BACKGROUND This retrospective cohort study compared the risks of exacerbations and COPD-related healthcare costs between patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) initiating tiotropium (TIO) alone and patients initiating triple therapy with fluticasone-salmeterol combination (FSC) added to TIO. METHODS Managed-care enrollees who had an index event of ≥ 1 pharmacy claim for TI...

Diese Arbeit behandelt die Klassifizierung des Himmels in Bergbildern. Zu Beginn wird ein Verfahren zur Abschätzung des Himmels in einem Bild vorgestellt. Im Anschluss folgt die Vorstellung eines auf FloodFill-basierenden Klassifikators. Abschließend werden die Ergebnisse verschiedener Klassifikatoren vorgestellt. Eine Klassifizierung des Himmels dient der Vorbereitung für eine spätere Segmenti...

Monocytes infiltrate the portal space during chronic liver inflammation. Monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) is a cytokine that induces monocyte chemotaxis and activation. We investigated if human liver fat-storing cells (FSC) secrete MCP-1, and the mechanisms that regulate MCP-1 production. Unstimulated FSC secrete MCP-1 as measured by radioimmunoassay as well as a chemotactic assay and exp...

Adult stem cells are maintained in specialized microenvironments called niches, which promote self-renewal and prevent differentiation. In this study, we show that follicle stem cells (FSCs) in the Drosophila melanogaster ovary rely on cues that are distinct from those of other ovarian stem cells to establish and maintain their unique niche. We demonstrate that integrins anchor FSCs to the basa...

Within the last years (89)Zr has attracted considerable attention as long-lived radionuclide for positron emission tomography (PET) applications. So far desferrioxamine B (DFO) has been mainly used as bifunctional chelating system. Fusarinine C (FSC), having complexing properties comparable to DFO, was expected to be an alternative with potentially higher stability due to its cyclic structure. ...

Heat transfer of magnetothermal convection with the presence or absence of the magnetic force acting on the susceptibility gradient (fsc) was examined by three-dimensional numerical computations. Thermal convection of water enclosed in a shallow cylindrical vessel (diameter over vessel height = 6.0) with the Rayleigh-Benard model was adopted as the model, under the conditions of Prandtl number ...