planktonic foraminifera are useful in determining the relative age of the upper cretaceous strata. based on distribution of planktonic foraminifera in kuh-e siah section (212 m thickness), eight biozones have been recognized including dicarinella concavata interval zone (earliest santonian), dicarinella asymetrica total range zone (santonian to earliest campanian), globotruncanita elevata parti...

Neutrophil adherence to cytokine-activated endothelial cell (EC) monolayers depends on the expression of the endothelial leukocyte adhesion molecule-1 (ELAM-1). The ligand for ELAM-1 is the sialylated Lewis-x antigen (SLe(x)) structure. The selectin LAM-1 (or LECAM-1) has been described as one of the SLe(x)-presenting glycoproteins involved in neutrophil binding to ELAM-1. Other presenter molec...

İsmini hüküm sürdüğü engebeli ve yüksek coğrafyadan alan Elam Krallığı, çivi yazılı kaynaklarda “Yüksek Ülke” anlamına gelen “Elamtu” türevi sözcüklerle ifade edilmiştir. bugünkü İran’ın Huzistan, Fars, Luristan, Kirman Senendec bölgelerini içeren genel olarak Güneybatı İran bilinen coğrafyada MÖ 3-1. binyıllar arasında sürmüştür. Krallığa başkentlik yapan Susa Anşan şehirleri göz önünde bulund...

The understanding about influence measures is not new and certainly dates back to the first effort to detect anomalous observations that exert an unduly large impact on the regression output. The earliest development in this context that we have been able to locate is by Cook (1977). In recently the phrase ‘influence measures’ has glimpsed a great surge of research interests. In this paper the ...

the gurpi formation, at the type section (nw of masjed-soleiman) and in sabze-kuh (sw of borujen) are lithologically subdivided into 8 and 11 units, respectively. the study of planktonic foraminifera resulted in recognition of 7 biozones in lali area and 4 biozones in sabzeh-kuh area. these biozones are compared to the most standard biozones defined in tethysian domain. biozones i (globotruncan...

Diabetes mellitus is associated with an increased prevalence of endothelial dysfunction and development of atherosclerotic vascular diseases. We demonstrate here that hyperglycemia results in the expression of adhesion molecules on endothelial cells in vitro. Incubation of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) in a culture medium with 11.0 mM, 16.5 mM and 22.0 mM glucose concentrations...

The study of pottery can be used to provide insight into past cultures. Pottery is ubiquitous on archaeological sites in the Near East and because of its durability; fragments often survive longer than artifacts made from less-durable materials. This study addresses the use of pottery to answer the question: Were Mesopotamia and Elam trading partners from 3000 to 2500 B.C.? Located in present d...

BACKGROUND Delays in reporting of medical errors may signal deficiencies in the performance of hospital-based incident reporting. We sought to understand the characteristics of hospitals, providers and patient injuries that affect such delays. SETTING AND METHODS All incident reports filed between May 2004 and August 2005 at the Kyoto University Hospital (KUH) in Japan and the Brigham and Wom...