Strengthening systems for integrated early childhood development services: a cross-national analysis of governance.

abstract：:Corn flour and maize meal fortification can benefit the consumer when the added nutrient contents are in amounts appropriate to address nutrient gaps. Legislative instruments (standards and regulations) are needed to provide guidance to the producers and food control authorities. We reviewed a number of national stand...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Makhumula P,Dary O,Guamuch M,Tom C,Afidra R,Rambeloson Z

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The life expectancy of patients with thalassemia major has significantly increased in recent years, as reported by several groups in different countries. However, complications are still frequent and affect the patients' quality of life. In a recent study from the United Kingdom, it was found that 50% of the patients ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Borgna-Pignatti C,Cappellini MD,De Stefano P,Del Vecchio GC,Forni GL,Gamberini MR,Ghilardi R,Origa R,Piga A,Romeo MA,Zhao H,Cnaan A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is not confined only to late shock states but is a typical finding in intoxications with such oxidizing agents as O3, NO2, chlorate, or paraquat. Under experimental conditions, alpha-tocopherol in a high enteric dosage (2 x 50 mg/kg) was able to prevent alterations of pul...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wolf HR,Seeger HW

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to clarify the role of nitric oxide (NO) and lipid peroxidation (LPO) processes as well as the contribution of various neurotransmitters in pathophysiological mechanisms of neurotoxicity induced by amphetamine (AMPH). NO level was determined directly in brain tissues using electron paramagnet...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bashkatova V,Kraus MM,Vanin A,Hornick A,Prast H

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some syphilitic sera still fluoresce with Reiter treponemes as the antigen after treatment with the sorbent used in the FTA-ABS test; this finding indicates incomplete removal of group antitreponemal antibody. Levels of this antibody in normal sera have been studied in relation to the titration of sorbent for use in t...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wilkinson AE,Johnston NA

更新日期：1975-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) frequently develop and progress in settings in which sympathoadrenomedullary and gonadal hormone levels are changing, e.g., during pregnancy, postpartum period, menopause, estrogen administration. This paper addresses the view that adrenal and gonadal ho...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wilder RL,Elenkov IJ

更新日期：1999-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we show that the same panel of three microsatellite markers is useful for the detection of alterations in the DNA of tumor cells and plasma from patients diagnosed with SCLC and NSCLC. In 31% of the SCLC patients, we detected a microsatellite alteration(s) or LOH in at least one locus. In the group of p...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bruhn N,Beinert T,Oehm C,Jandrig B,Petersen I,Chen XQ,Possinger K,Fleischhacker M

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial cell division is facilitated by the divisome, a dynamic multiprotein assembly localizing at mid-cell to synthesize the stress-bearing peptidoglycan and to constrict all cell envelope layers. Divisome assembly occurs in two steps and involves multiple interactions between more than 20 essential and accessory ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Egan AJ,Vollmer W

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the sedative/hypnotic and euphoric effects of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), the recreational use of the drug has increased significantly. In the current study we investigated the sedative and rewarding effects of GHB in Swiss Webster mice. Although the acute administration of GHB (200 mg/kg) caused marke...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Itzhak Y,Ali SF

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over most of the past century, it was thought that the adult brain was completely incapable of generating new neurons. However, in the last decade, the development of new techniques has resulted in an explosion of new research showing that (i) neurogenesis, the birth of new neurons, is not restricted to embryonic deve...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Arlotta P,Magavi SS,Macklis JD

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acanthamoeba castellanii (A. castellanii) is a common soil- or water-borne protozoon that feeds on bacteria by phagocytosis. A. castellanii can grow between 4 and 32 degrees C and has to adapt quickly to chilling in order to survive. We have identified a Delta12-fatty acid desaturase as key to low temperature adaptati...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Harwood JL

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper is a progress report on our present understanding of iron nutrition in man, particularly in developing countries. We will be concerned with the quantitative aspects of iron balance and in particular with the availability of dietary iron, the recognition of iron deficiency and its prevalence, the effects of ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Finch CA

更新日期：1977-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the role of zinc and copper in the development of pseudoexfoliation (PSX) syndrome, 34 cataract patients with PSX syndrome and 27 cataract patients without PSX syndrome were included in the study and groups were matched for age and gender. During the cataract surgery, lenses were obtained intraoperative...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Yildirim Z,Uçgun NI,Kiliç N,Gürsel E,Sepici-Dinçel A

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conspicuous similarities between Cushing's syndrome and the Metabolic Syndrome X open up the possibility that hypercortisolemia is involved also in the latter. Salivary cortisol is possible to measure during undisturbed conditions including perceived stressful events during everyday life. Such measurements clearly...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Björntorp P,Rosmond R

更新日期：1999-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV encephalopathy has been in the past years the most typical CNS disorder in patients with AIDS. Histologic abnormalities consist in astrocytosis, myelin pallor, infiltration by infected macrophages, resident microglia and multinucleated giant cells, generally in absence of direct infection of neurons. Mononuclear p...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Antinori A,Giancola ML,Alba L,Soldani F,Grisetti S

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiation of embryonic stem (ES) cells in vitro yields abundant hematopoietic progenitors, but achieving stable hematopoietic engraftment of irradiated mice has proven difficult, begging the question of whether ES cells give rise to hematopoietic stem cells in vitro, and limiting the application of ES cells as e...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Daley GQ

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperprolactinemia is often observed in lymphocytic hypophysitis (LYH). To clarify the possible autoimmune pituitary involvement in patients with apparently idiopathic hyperprolactinemia we investigated the presence of antipituitary antibodies (APA) in hyperprolactinemic patients with idiopathic hyperprolactinemia and...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： De Bellis A,Colao A,Pivonello R,Savoia A,Battaglia M,Ruocco G,Tirelli G,Lombardi G,Bellastella A,Bizzarro A

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extension of mammalian health and life span has been achieved using various dietary interventions. We previously reported that restricting dietary methionine (MET) content extends life span only when growth hormone signaling is intact (no life span increase in GH deficiency or GH resistance). To understand the metabol...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Brown-Borg HM,Rakoczy S,Wonderlich JA,Borg KE,Rojanathammanee L

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since NTS neurons receive synaptic input from many sensory modalities, it is crucial to understand the neuronal mechanisms involved in synaptic processing. We have proposed that GABA-containing neurons in the NTS are the primary target for somatic afferent fibers activated by skeletal muscle contraction. In our model,...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Potts JT

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within the past few years, developmental scientists have switched their attention from the study of DNA sequencing to the epigenetic state of the genome. Studying epigenetics could present the key to understanding gene expression changes without altering the basic structure of DNA. For example, the blastocyst, trophec...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Palini S,De Stefani S,Scala V,Dusi L,Bulletti C

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of rhythmic auditory stimulation (RAS) on gait in adolescents with acquired brain injury (ABI) were investigated. A total of 14 adolescents with ABI were initially recruited, and 12 were included in the final analysis (n = 6 each). They were randomly assigned to the experimental (RAS) or the control (conve...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kim SJ,Shin YK,Yoo GE,Chong HJ,Cho SR

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In epithelial and endothelial cell layers tight junctions form selective apicolateral paracellular barriers separating luminal and extracellular spaces from the underlying tissues. Within the tight junctions the tetraspan transmembrane proteins occludin, claudins, and tricellulin form anastomosing strands of protein c...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dörfel MJ,Westphal JK,Huber O

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate that task relevance dissociates between visual awareness and knowledge activation to create a state of seeing without knowing-visual awareness of familiar stimuli without recognizing them. We rely on the fact that in order to experience a Kanizsa illusion, participants must be aware of its inducers. Whi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Eitam B,Shoval R,Yeshurun Y

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mass changes of skeletal muscles occur in a variety of species during the migratory period. Phenotypic flexibility of flight muscle mass is considered to represent adaptations of the flight muscle to changing power requirements associated with changes in body mass. We analyzed the relationship between muscle masses an...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bauchinger U,Biebach H

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complete recovery of ischemic cardiac muscle after myocardial infarction is still an unresolved concern. In recent years, intensive research efforts have focused on mimicking the physical and biological properties of myocardium for cardiac repair. Here we show how heart regeneration approaches have evolved from cell t...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Soler-Botija C,Bagó JR,Bayes-Genis A

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This volume provides a small sampling of the rapidly growing science of cancer immunology. Growth in the field includes advances on the requirements for immunization or vaccination and the ways in which immunity can be suppressed or blocked, including active tumor-based mechanisms. I would like to introduce the papers...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Steinman RM

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A diverse array of organisms live longer under dietary restriction. Here, a hypothesis is proposed as a framework for interpreting this phenomenon. Dietary restriction is explained in terms of evolution and antagonistic pleiotropy. Focusing on the decline in reproductive capacity seen in dietary restriction, it is sub...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Koochmeshgi J

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plaques with lipid macrophages and macrophages containing undigested myelin fragments from five multiple sclerosis patients were studied by light microscopy of epoxy-embedded tissue (five cases) and electron microscopy (one case). Cell counts determined electron microscopically revealed that oligodendrocytes were redu...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Prineas JW,Kwon EE,Cho ES,Sharer LR

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An attempt has been made to describe several actions of progesterone related to the preparation of the uterus for decidualization. These actions result from classical ligand-receptor interactions as well as from nonreceptor-mediated changes, that is, those imposed by metabolic inactivation of the steroid. By opposing ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Yochim JM

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have heard a wide-ranging set of talks on cosmology and high energy astrophysics at this conference. All I can really do in this short talk is to present my subjective impression of an arbitrary selection of highlights. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rees MJ

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00