AIMS To assess the accuracy of tissue Doppler imaging-derived myocardial positive pre-ejection velocity (+Vic) in detecting myocardial viability defined by dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE), fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (PET), and contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and in predicting recovery of left ventricular (LV) function after coronary ...

Three dimensional (3D) hydrogel platforms are powerful tools, providing controllable, physiologically relevant microenvironments that could aid in understanding how various environmental factors direct valvular interstitial cell (VIC) phenotype. Continuous activation of VICs and their transformation from quiescent fibroblast to activated myofibroblast phenotype is considered to be an initiating...

01-P007 Characterising microRNA expression and function during embryonic gonadal development Stephanie Bannister, Henk Buermans, Ivano Broz, Mark Tizard, Timothy Doran, Andrew Sinclair, Craig Smith Livestock Industries, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Vic., Australia Center for Human and Clinical Genetics, Leide...

Eleanor C Saunders, David P De Souza, James I MacRae, Vladimir A Likic’ & Malcolm J McConville 1 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bio21 Institute of Molecular Science and Biotechnology, University of Melbourne, 30 Flemington Road, Parkville, VIC 3010 2 Metabolomics Australia, Bio21 Institute of Molecular Science and Biotechnology, University of Melbourne, 30 Flemington Road, Pa...

IMPROVING EFFICIENCY OF SERVICEORIENTED CONTEXT-DRIVEN SOFTWARE AGENTS Kutila Gunasekera a , Seng Wai Loke b , Arkady Zaslavsky c & Shonali Krishnaswamy a a Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, Caulfield East, VIC, Australia b Department of Computer Science & Computer Engineering, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia c Faculty of Information Technology, Monash Universi...

01-P007 Characterising microRNA expression and function during embryonic gonadal development Stephanie Bannister, Henk Buermans, Ivano Broz, Mark Tizard, Timothy Doran, Andrew Sinclair, Craig Smith Livestock Industries, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Vic., Australia Center for Human and Clinical Genetics, Leide...

The vic two-component signal transduction system of Streptococcus pneumoniae is essential for growth. The vic operon comprises three genes encoding the following: VicR, a response regulator of the OmpR family; VicK, its cognate histidine kinase; and VicX, a putative protein sharing 55% identity to the predicted product (YycJ) of an open reading frame in the Bacillus subtilis genome. We show tha...

Much remains to be discovered about the etiology of heart valve disease and the molecular level mechanisms that drive it. The MAPK/ERK pathway influences calcification in many cell types and has been linked to the expression of a contractile phenotype in valvular interstitial cells (VICs). However, a direct correlation between MAPK/ERK pathway activity and VIC calcification has not been previou...

Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC. Johnson George, MPharm, PhD Scholar; David C M Kong, MPharm PhD, Lecturer; and Senior Pharmacist, The Alfred, Melbourne, VIC; Kay Stewart, BPharm(Hons), PhD, Senior Lecturer. Ambulatory and Community Services, The Alfred, Melbourne, VIC. Lisa L Ioannides-Demos, BPharm, PhD, Senior Research Scientist; and Re...

This paper addresses the effectiveness of auctions and legal unbundling as regulatory measures to tender a vertically integrated industry more competitive. Specifically, I analyze if implementing auctions and legal unbundling can counter market power in an industry where a Vertically Integrated Corporation (VIC) has a monopoly position in an essential, scarce upstream activity and also owns one...