Food security, poverty, and human development in the United States.

abstract：:Altered metabolism of the Alzheimer's amyloid precursor protein (APP) appears to be a key event in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), and both altered phosphorylation and oxidative stress appear to affect the production of the toxic Abeta fragment. Our results show that altered processing of APP was observe...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Domingues SC,Henriques AG,Wu W,Da Cruz e Silva EF,Da Cruz e Silva OA

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the conductance of molecular films as a function of orientation of the molecules in the film with respect to electrodes. Depending on the angle between the axis of the molecules and the normal to the electrode, the conductance may change by more than an order of magnitude. This is a consequence of the ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kornilovitch PE,Bratkovsky AM

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persorption of large, hard, insoluble, solid particles in micrometer size range is observed with regularity. It is a normal biological effect on the food passage through the intestine. Persorbability of particles is determined by the size of the particles and by their consistency and hardness. PVC particles in microme...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Volkheimer G

更新日期：1975-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies demonstrate major effects of adrenal medullary and catecholaminergic pathways on a wide variety of normal physiologic and regulatory events. Alterations in these pathways, involving changes in catecholamines or in proteins and peptides costored and coreleased with catecholamines, may lead to profound ch...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Parmer RJ,Zinder O

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adults with better jobs enjoy better health: job title was, in fact, the social gradient metric first used to study the relationship between social class and chronic disease etiology, a core finding now replicated in most developed countries. What has been less well proved is whether this correlation is causal, and if...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Clougherty JE,Souza K,Cullen MR

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) and oxidative stress (OS) contribute to the development and progression of diabetic complications. We have reported that dietary AGEs and OS induce acute endothelial dysfunction in vivo, but little is known about their effects on adipokines. Twenty inpatients with type 2 diabetes ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Stirban A,Negrean M,Götting C,Uribarri J,Gawlowski T,Stratmann B,Kleesiek K,Koschinsky T,Vlassara H,Tschoepe D

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maize (Zea mays), also called corn, is believed to have originated in central Mexico 7000 years ago from a wild grass, and Native Americans transformed maize into a better source of food. Maize contains approximately 72% starch, 10% protein, and 4% fat, supplying an energy density of 365 Kcal/100 g and is grown throug...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ranum P,Peña-Rosas JP,Garcia-Casal MN

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both hereditary and environmental factors influence the risk of cancer. Four risk categories, or oncodemes, can exist for a particular kind of cancer, depending upon the presence of neither, one, or both factors: (1) spontaneous, or background; (2) hereditary; (3) environmental; (4) interactive. In the second, mutatio...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Knudson AG

更新日期：1997-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Our tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) analog LK-805 (E107K) exhibited twofold higher specific cytotoxicity on the mouse fibroblast L-929 cell line than its native counterpart. In addition, significantly lowered systemic toxicity was observed in tumor-bearing mouse models treated with this analog. Due to a charge...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Menart V,Fonda I,Kenig M,Porekar VG

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) reactions represent cell-mediated immune responses that exert important immunoprotective (resistance to viruses, bacteria, and fungi) or immunopathologic (allergic or autoimmune hypersensitivity) effects. We have used the skin DTH response as an in vivo model to study neuro-endocrin...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dhabhar FS

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CCR6 chemokine receptor is expressed by most B cells and subsets of T cells and dendritic cells (DCs) found in the gut mucosal immune system. CCL20, the single chemokine ligand for CCR6, is selectively made by the follicle-associated epithelium (FAE) overlying Peyer's patches (PPs) and isolated lymphoid follicles ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Williams IR

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Music can arouse ecstatic "chill" experiences defined as "goose pimples" and as "shivers down the spine." We recorded chills both via subjects' self-reports and physiological reactions, finding that they do not occur in a reflex-like manner, but as a result of attentive, experienced, and conscious musical enjoyment. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Grewe O,Nagel F,Kopiez R,Altenmüller E

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent study demonstrated that M55V variant in SUMO4 at IDDM5 was associated with susceptibility to type 1 diabetes. Subsequent studies, however, showed inconsistency in the association. To clarify the population-wide effect on the association of SUMO4 with type 1 diabetes, we have performed meta-analysis including ou...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Noso S,Ikegami H,Fujisawa T,Kawabata Y,Asano K,Hiromine Y,Sugihara S,Lee I,Kawasaki E,Awata T,Ogihara T

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zoonoses are animal and human diseases. Q fever is primarily a zoonosis-an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans under certain conditions. Recent epidemiological studies suggest that Q fever should be considered as a public health problem in many countries where it is present, but unrecognizable due to inad...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Beslagić E,Hamzić S,Beslagić O,Zvizdić S

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endometriosis is a complex gynecologic disorder that has long been recognized as showing heritable tendencies, with recurrence risks of 5-7% for first-degree relatives. Familial and epidemiologic studies support that this disease is a genetic disorder of polygenic/multifactorial inheritance. The current investigationa...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bischoff F,Simpson JL

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information from the vestibular nuclei ascending through the brainstem to the oculomotor and trochlear nuclei (NIII, NIV), the interstitial nucleus of Cajal (INC), the pretectum, or thalamus, is thought to be distributed in at least five different pathways. They include the medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF), the as...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Zwergal A,Strupp M,Brandt T,Büttner-Ennever JA

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews the implementation processes for interventions that integrate nutrition and psychosocial stimulation for children under 5 years of age in low- and middle-income countries. We examine the content of these programs, the delivery strategy, intensity and duration, personnel training and supervision, c...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Yousafzai AK,Aboud F

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Knockout Mouse Project (KOMP) Repository archives and distributes vectors, embryonic stem cell clones, frozen germplasm, and live mutant mice for 8,500 knockout genes. Here, we describe the creation and functions of the KOMP Repository. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Lloyd KC

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we have sought to identify differences in alcohol consumption patterns and problems among young adult males from white, black, and Hispanic ethnic groups entering drug treatment programs. In overall consumption patterns we found results similar to those obtained in general population studies. However, ab...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hubbard RL,Schlenger WE,Rachal JV,Bray RM,Craddock SG,Cavanaugh ER,Ginzburg HM

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Landesberg and Sideman's four state model of the cardiac cross-bridge (XB) hypothesizes a feedback of force development to Ca(2+) binding by troponin C (TnC). We have further modeled this behavior and observed that the force (F)-Ca(2+) relationship as well as the F-sarcomere length (SL) relationship and the time cours...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ter Keurs HE,Wakayama Y,Miura M,Stuyvers BD,Boyden PA,Landesberg A

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endocannabinoid system, through the cannabinoid receptor CB1, is involved in the modulation of adaptive responses to environmental conditions. However, little is known about the role of the cannabinergic system, particularly CB1 receptor expression, in relation to the effects induced by xenoestrogens concerning th...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Palermo FA,Angelini M,Cottone E,Virgili M,Franzoni MF,Mosconi G,Polzonetti-Magni AM

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding thermostable alanine recemase from Bacillus stearothermophilus was cloned and expressed in E. coli. The enzyme was purified to homogeneity from cell extracts of E. coli carrying a plasmid designated pICR4. The alanine racemase gene sequenced was found to contain an open reading frame of 1158 nucleoti...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Soda K,Tanizawa K

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recognizing the self-activity of matter through complexification can lead to seeing evolution as a process of union. This process approach emphasizes a metaphysics of becoming rather than of being. Advances in the science of thermodynamics lead to understanding chemical self-organization as a stage in this process of ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Salmon JF

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper is dedicated to the transient liquid crystal technique measurements for multiple view access by using a novel digital recording and image processing system. The transient liquid crystal technique is widely used for heat transfer investigations in turbomachinery. It has been applied in our laboratory in seve...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Vogel G,Boelcs A

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The counterregulatory response to hypoglycemia is a complex and well-coordinated process. As blood glucose concentration declines, peripheral and central glucose sensors relay this information to central integrative centers to coordinate neuroendocrine, autonomic, and behavioral responses and avert the progression of ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Tesfaye N,Seaquist ER

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The innervation of muscles in patients with the post-polio syndrome (PPS) may differ from limb to limb or even within the same limb because of the segmental nature of the initial involvement and the varying degree of subsequent recovery. Consequently, the compensatory effort of the neighboring muscles varies even in t...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dalakas MC

更新日期：1995-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The Pawtucket Heart Health Program, a research effort testing a process of community activation for cardiovascular risk factor behavior change, risk factor change, and coronary heart disease event rate change, utilizes risk factor behavior change programs for the entire population of a northeastern city. A diversity o...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Carleton RA,Sennett L,Gans KM,Levin S,Lefebvre C,Lasater TM

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptors (TLRs) recognize molecular patterns relating to a variety of microbial infections. Stimulation through TLRs leads to activation of antigen-presenting cells, production of inflammatory cytokines creating inflammation, and production of type 1 interferons (IFNs) that include IFN-alpha and -beta, and ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Wong FS,Wen L

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune diseases include a diverse group of over 80 conditions. Sjögren's syndrome is the second most common autoimmune rheumatic disease, with an estimated prevalence in the United States of 2-4 million persons. There are prominent and consistent oral and dental findings in Sjögren's syndrome related to the autoim...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Fox PC

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Science is concerned not just with objects but also with their various aspects, such as their colors, temperatures, sizes, and shapes. These aspects, or properties, are generally thought to be of at least two kinds: primary properties, such as shape, size, and motion and secondary ones, such as temperature and color. ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Vollmer SH

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00