Securing electricity supply in ...

1. Introduction, by Z. Lukszo, M. Weijnen,G. Deconinck; 2. The future of electricity systems: general trends, developments (not yet focused on ICT), b ...

Exposure assessment of microbio ...

Introduction -- The process of exposure assessment -- Modelling approaches -- Data for exposure assessment -- Variability, uncertainty and sensiti ...

The challenge in disaster reduc ...

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .V Water and Sanitation: Suspension ...

Environmental management system ...

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 The objectives of this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

The world of risk management

Structure-based study of viral ...

Human rhinovirus cell entry and uncoating -- Role of lipid microdomains in influenza virus multiplication -- Functions of integrin alpha2beta1, a co ...

Nutrition almanac

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ix SECTION I Nutrients 1 Macronutrients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Ca ...

Food, consumers, and the food i ...

1: The Present Status Introduction A Perspective on Events Leading up to the Present The Present Status on the Threshold of the Third Millennium 2 ...

Initial UK experience of the le ...

A study was performed to establish the tolerance, acceptability and associated e¤cacy of a levonorgestrel-releasing intravaginal ring (IVR) in a samp ...

Evolutionary Ideas on the Natur ...

Abstract—Aging is shown to be an agedependent fractal increase of the number of deviations from homeo stasis at the cellular, subcellular, cellular ...

Fingolimod: an Oral Disease-Mod ...

This paper presents a summary of the current knowledge of the mechanism of action of fingolimod (FTY720; Gilenya®; Novartis Pharma Stein AG, Stein, ...

Evolution of myogenesis in fish ...

Patterns of initial muscle formation are well documented for teleost fish. Here, attention is focused upon sturgeons, which arose close to the base ...

Changes in the number and distr ...

The mature rat parotid gland shows hardly any cell bodies of myoepithelial cells around the acini, only a few cell processes being visible. However, ...

Achievement of Lipid Targets wi ...

Objective The objective of this study was to assess the proportion of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) attaining individual and combine ...

Contrast-enhanced MRI of the sm ...

Recently, magnetic resonance imaging has emerged as a valuable tool in evaluation of small bowel Crohn’s disease. MRI provides several advantages to ...

Clinical usefulness of diffusio ...

Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) and multidetector-row computed tomography (MDCT) ...

Scrotal swelling caused by acut ...

Scrotal involvement is a rare complication of acute pancreatitis. It presents as scrotal swelling and skin color change, which mimics the presentati ...

Extramural venous invasion by g ...

The purpose of this article is to describe and demonstrate the appearances of extramural vascular invasion on computed tomography in gastrointestina ...

MR findings of lithium-related ...

Purpose: To describe MR features of the kidney in patients on chronic lithium therapy and to correlate findings with the level of renal impairment. ...

Systemic and spinal administrat ...

Painful diabetic neuropathy is one of the most common forms of neuropathic pain syndromes. Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) is a proinflammat ...

Insulin resistance is independe ...

In addition to chronic hyperglycemia, insulin resistance itself has been proposed to cause a diabetic neuropathy. We evaluated the role of insulin r ...

Deterioration of glycemic contr ...

Islet autotransplantation (IAT) is performed at the time of total pancreatectomy (TP) to prevent or minimize post-surgical diabetes. Corticosteroids ...

Severely fibrotic pancreases fr ...

While it is known that islet cell mass increases considerably after birth, general uncertainty surrounds the source of new beta cells in humans. Chr ...

HBV and HCV infection in type 2 ...

Viral infections and the metabolic syndrome may coexist in several individuals, due to the large prevalence of obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus ...

Kidney function and retinol sta ...

Kidneys play an important role in retinol turnover. We postulated that retinol homeostasis is disturbed in diabetic nephropathy. The aim of this res ...