Linguistic uncertainty in qualitative risk analysis and how to minimize it.

abstract：:Language and music are human universals involving perceptually discrete elements organized in hierarchically structured sequences. The set of principles governing the combination of these structural elements into sequences is known as syntax. A violation of expectancies concerning syntactic regularities may be reflect...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Jentschke S,Koelsch S,Friederici AD

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The M1 antigens, associated with gastric fucomucin, the early oncofetal precancerous marker for the distal colon, were studied using the immunoperoxidase method in the distal colon. We compared human tumoral mucosa with that of rats during DMH-induced carcinogenesis. In both cases we examined histologically normal muc...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bara J,Decaens C,Burtin P

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of metastasis is a dreadful complication of cancer that is associated with a poor prognosis. Several clinical observations and experimental findings indicate that the metastatic process is nonrandom and involves a sequence of multistep events that may all be targeted for therapy. This includes angiogenes...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Laferriere J,Houle F,Huot J

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allergic contact dermatitis is a common inflammatory skin disease caused by T cells that recognize environmental and industrial allergens (i.e., haptens). Langerhans' cells (LC), which are skin-specific and "immature" members of the dendritic cell (DC) family of antigen-presenting cells, play crucial roles in the indu...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Takashima A,Mummert M,Kitajima T,Matsue H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Constitutively active GPCR have revealed novel properties of drugs that exhibit classical competitive antagonism at the native forms of GPCR. These drugs reverse basal levels of constitutive activity, indicating that they have inverse agonist activity. We were interested in determining if competitive antagonists of th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Egan C,Herrick-Davis K,Teitler M

更新日期：1998-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The studies described in this report suggest a rather complex, albeit incomplete, sequence of molecular events that we believe form part of the cascade of reactions through which a series of hormones, via cAMP, regulates the expression of specific gene products. The majority of our own studies relate to cAMP-mediated ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Jungmann RA,Constantinou AI,Squinto SP,Kwast-Welfeld J,Schweppe JS

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) and balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) were present by 13,700 years B.C.E. in the Catskills Mountains of southeastern New York State. These conifers were, and still are, largely confined to the eastern and far western portions of the region. A gap in the distribution exists between ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kudish M

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of four randomized controlled trials were examined to assess the efficacy of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) for myasthenia gravis (MG) acute exacerbations. The first trial compared plasma exchange (PE) and IVIG in 87 patients. At day 15, the mean change in the Myasthenic Muscular Score (MMS) was 16.6 (9...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Gajdos P,Chevret S

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stationary-phase mutation (a subset of which was previously called adaptive mutation) occurs in apparently nondividing, stationary-phase cells exposed to a nonlethal genetic selection. In one experimental system, stationary-phase reversion of an Escherichia coli F'-borne lac frameshift mutation occurs by a novel molec...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lombardo MJ,Torkelson J,Bull HJ,McKenzie GJ,Rosenberg SM

更新日期：1999-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:This study measured on-road driving behavior in subjects with bilateral vestibular loss (BVL). Data included point-of-regard (what the driver is looking at and attending to), gaze stability (the performance of the vestibulo-ocular reflex), and head movement, during complex maneuvers such as changing lanes, cornering, ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： MacDougall HG,Moore ST,Black RA,Jolly N,Curthoys IS

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence is reviewed that suggests a central role for telomeres in one major model of biological aging, namely, proliferative senescence. Telomeric shortening with each cell division does not only act as a biological clock, but appears to trigger the ultimate loss of proliferative ability via activation of the p53-dep...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： von Zglinicki T

更新日期：1998-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetogens utilize the acetyl-CoA Wood-Ljungdahl pathway as a terminal electron-accepting, energy-conserving, CO(2)-fixing process. The decades of research to resolve the enzymology of this pathway (1) preceded studies demonstrating that acetogens not only harbor a novel CO(2)-fixing pathway, but are also ecologically ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Drake HL,Gössner AS,Daniel SL

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electronic health records (eHRs) play an increasingly important role in documentation and exchange of information in multi-and interdisciplinary patient care. Although eHRs are associated with mixed evidence in terms of effectiveness, they are undeniably the health record form of the future. This poses several learnin...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Berndt M,Fischer MR

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The control of expression of human class II MHC genes has been studied in lymphoid and melanoma cells. Specific unmethylation of all restriction sites nearby the promoter regions has been detected in all cell lines and tissues studied, irrespective of their ability to express class II MHC products. The main functional...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Gambari R,Barbieri R,Piva R,Tecce R,Fisher PB,Giacomini P,Natali PG

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Odorant receptors are thought to be critical determinants of olfactory sensory neuron axon targeting and organization. Nonetheless, a systematic characterization of the onset of odorant receptor expression has not yet been done in the main olfactory epithelium. Here, we briefly review our current understanding regardi...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Rodriguez-Gil DJ,Treloar HB,Miller A,Two A,Iwema C,Greer CA

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our studies of Ca2+ release have shown that three classes of compounds--quercetin, which inhibits Ca2+ release by reversal of the Ca2+ pump, H+ ionophores and DCCD, which affect proton gradients, and lipophilic anions, which act to oppose a separation of membrane surface charges--all have potential in probing the mech...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： MacLennan DH,Shoshan V,Wood DS

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human speech perception seems to involve the ability to recognize groupings of speech sounds rather than component phonemes, and to distinguish between permuted orders of items within sequences as holistic entities. Humans can use this Holistic Pattern Recognition (HPR) not only with speech and music, but also with se...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Warren RM

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroimaging research suggests that cerebral white matter (WM) integrity, as reflected in fractional anisotropy (FA) via diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), is decreased in older adults, especially in the prefrontal regions of the brain. Behavioral investigations of cognitive functioning suggest that some aspects of cogni...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Marks BL,Madden DJ,Bucur B,Provenzale JM,White LE,Cabeza R,Huettel SA

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiazolidinediones improve glycemic control by reducing insulin resistance. Some studies have demonstrated that troglitazone had a preventative effect on diabetes in NOD (non-obese diabetic) mice. One of the mechanisms proposed for the prevention of diabetes by thiazolidinediones is an effect on T-helper 1/T-helper 2 ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Shigihara T,Okubo Y,Kanazawa Y,Oikawa Y,Shimada A

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxyradicals are generally considered harmful byproducts of oxidative metabolism, causing molecular damage in living systems. They are implicated in various processes such as mutagenesis, aging, and series of pathological events. Although all this may be justified, evidence is accumulating that it is an oversimplified ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Nagy IZ

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the translational vestibulo-ocular reflex (tVOR) in four healthy human subjects during complex, unpredictable sum-of-sines head motion (combination of 0.73, 1.33, 1.93, and 2.93 Hz), while subjects viewed a target 15 cm away. Ideal eye velocity was calculated from recorded head motion; actual eye velocity w...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Walker M,Liao K

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vertebrate neuromuscular junction (NMJ) is a "tripartite" synapse, composed of three cellular elements: the presynaptic nerve terminal, the postsynaptic specialization, and synapse-associated glial cells, called perisynaptic Schwann cells (PSCs; also called terminal Schwann cells). During development, PSCs grow be...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Feng Z,Ko CP

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High demand of neoplastic tissues for glutamine (Gln) is met by its active transport across cell membranes. Chronic treatment with acrylamide in rodents is associated with an increased incidence of neoplasms, including astrocytomas. In this study, 24-h acrylamide treatment significantly increased the initial rate of l...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wu Q,Sidoryk M,Mutkus L,Zielińska M,Albrecht J,Aschner M

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are multiple lines of compelling evidence supporting the beneficial effect of exercise on the prevention and/or improvement of certain chronic diseases. However, exhaustive or intense exercise causes oxygen free radical generation and oxidative stress, which can lead to injuries and chronic fatigue as well as in...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kim SY,Jun TW,Lee YS,Na HK,Surh YJ,Song W

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular archaeology of the mutation spectra of tumor suppressor genes generates hypotheses concerning the etiology and molecular pathogenesis of human cancer. The spectrum of somatic mutations in the p53 gene implicates environmental carcinogens and both endogenous agents and processes in the etiology of human c...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hussain SP,Hollstein MH,Harris CC

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first step in cancer initiation is the reaction of chemical carcinogens with DNA to form stable adducts, which remain in DNA unless removed by repair, and depurinating adducts, which detach from DNA following destabilization of the glycosyl bond. Depurinating DNA adducts of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons play a ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Cavalieri EL,Rogan EG

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza A virus infections result in approximately 500,000 human deaths per year and many more sublethal infections. Wild birds are recognized as the ancestral host of influenza A viruses, and avian viruses have contributed genetic material to most human viruses, including subtypes H5N1 and H1N1. Thus, influenza vir...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Vandegrift KJ,Sokolow SH,Daszak P,Kilpatrick AM

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) from bone marrow are a source of osteoblast progenitors in vivo, and under appropriate conditions they differentiate into osteoblasts ex vivo. The cells provide a convenient cell culture model for the study of osteogenic tissue repair in an experimentally accessible system. Recent ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Gregory CA,Gunn WG,Reyes E,Smolarz AJ,Munoz J,Spees JL,Prockop DJ

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New data on the organization of the intra-amygdaloid circuit is reviewed, beginning with the basolateral (BL) complex, the main input station of the amygdala for sensory afferents, and concluding with the central (CE) nucleus, an important source of projections to brain-stem structures mediating fear responses. The BL...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Paré D,Royer S,Smith Y,Lang EJ

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analyses of the RNA metabolism of hyperthermophilic archaea highlight the efficiency of regulatory RNAs and RNA-guided processes at extreme temperatures. These organisms must overcome the intrinsic thermolability of RNAs. Elevated levels of RNA modifications and structured GC-rich regions are observed for many univers...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Gomes-Filho JV,Randau L

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00