No evidence for linkage in Swedish multiplex T1DM families to IL12B on chromosome 5q33-34.

abstract：:The potential of a transdisciplinary research method--Quali-Quantitative Analysis (QQA)--for delivering better evidence for healthy aging is explored. Illustrative reviews from the literature on healthy aging are summarized, as are papers on methodology by Charles Ragin and colleagues. The evidence needs for healthy a...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Bell E

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article describes the process of planning the Memorial of Disappeared Detained Citizens in the City of Montevideo, Uruguay, the construction of which was completed in January 2003. It explores the role that memory, planning, and reconciliation carried out in the public realm can play in the context of an urban env...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kohen M

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane bioreactors can be operated with intermittent permeation and continuous aeration. Aeration close to the surface of a submerged membrane helps to maintain a membrane surface that is free from fouling. The conditions under which this occurs depend on the interaction between flux and aeration rate. Increased flu...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Howell JA,Arnot TC,Chua HC

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is a phenotype resulting from a series of causative factors with a variable risk of complications. Etiologic diversity requires personalized prevention and treatment. Imaging procedures offer the potential to investigate the interplay between organs and pathways underlying energy intake and consumption in an i...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Iozzo P

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The question addressed in this paper is whether the human amygdala processes threat-related stimuli independent of selective attention. This is considered from a functional neuroimaging perspective, describing studies in normal volunteers and patients with brain lesions. The conclusion is that the evidence for such au...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Dolan RJ,Vuilleumier P

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental and observational findings suggest that calcium intake may protect against colorectal neoplasia. To investigate this hypothesis, we conducted a randomized, double-blind trial of colorectal adenoma recurrence. Nine hundred thirty patients with a recent history of colorectal adenomas were randomly given cal...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Baron JA,Beach M,Mandel JS,van Stolk RU,Haile RW,Sandler RS,Rothstein R,Summers RW,Snover DC,Beck GJ,Frankl H,Pearson L,Bond JH,Greenberg ER

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin E is essential for normal neurological function. It is the major lipid-soluble, chain-breaking antioxidant in the body, protecting the integrity of membranes by inhibiting lipid peroxidation. Mostly on the basis of symptoms of primary vitamin E deficiency, it has been demonstrated that vitamin E has a central ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Sen CK,Khanna S,Roy S

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensorineural hearing loss results from the degeneration of hair cells and/or auditory neurons in the cochlea of the inner ear. BDNF and NT-3 were shown to support survival of auditory neurons both in vitro and in vivo. Cochlea from P3-P4 rats were cultured as floating explants and hair cells in the organ of Corti wer...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Kuang R,Hever G,Zajic G,Yan Q,Collins F,Louis JC,Keithley E,Magal E

更新日期：1999-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The selective expression of a gene is achieved through the interaction of protein transcription factors with characteristic DNA sequences located in the regulatory region of the gene, which is usually distinct from the coding region. These proteins contain domains that bind specifically to the DNA sites (or response e...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Klug A

更新日期：1995-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the first demonstrations that mindfulness-based therapies could have a positive influence on chronic pain patients, numerous studies have been conducted with healthy individuals in an attempt to understand meditative analgesia. This review focuses explicitly on experimental pain studies of meditation and attempt...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Grant JA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Socioeconomic stress associated with financial and psychosocial stress is widespread in society. A comprehensive body of research indicates that low socioeconomic status and social stress is associated with a broad spectrum of health risks. This paper reviews epidemiological evidence demonstrating the association betw...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Tamashiro KL

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The investigation of immune senescence has uncovered many changes in B cell development, maintenance, and function with increasing age. However, most of these studies have focused on conventional B cell subsets in the spleen. The B-1 cell subset is an essential arm of the innate immune system, which in general has bee...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Holodick NE,Rothstein TL

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans can discriminate whether a change in the direction of gravito-inertial force (GIF) is caused by body tilt or by linear translation. This ability, attributed to vestibular sensory fusion, is often examined by asking subjects to adjust an indicator to match their subjective earth-fixed vertical (SV). We used two ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Guenther AL,Bartl K,Nauderer J,Schneider E,Huesmann A,Brandt T,Glasauer S

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By using the selective ACE inhibitor captopril, we studied the effect of the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) on larval growth, metamorphosis, and reproduction in a lepidopteran species, the cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis. Captopril was detrimental to adult formation and oviposition, and in female moths it ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Vercruysse L,Gelman D,van de Velde S,Raes E,Hooghe B,Vermeirssen V,van Camp J,Smagghe G

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP), a pleiotropic neuropeptide, exerts a variety of physiological functions through three types of G protein-coupled receptors, PAC1, VPAC1, and VAPC2. Characterization of the molecular forms of PAC1 in mouse heart revealed the presence of four types of variant r...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ushiyama M,Sugawara H,Inoue K,Kangawa K,Yamada K,Miyata A

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over seventy percent of unexpected infant deaths are registered as SIDS. Over 85,000 infants have been screened at birth and one month of age for risk of unexpected death using the Sheffield Score system. Scores range from below 400 to over 800 points. Infants with scores over 800 are at more than 16 times greater ris...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Carpenter RG,Gardner A,Harris J,Judd M,Lewry J,Maddock CR,Powell J,Taylor EM

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although many authors have considered a direct interaction between allergic reactions and behavioral changes, supporting evidence has been elusive. In this series of studies we show that after oral or nasal ovalbumin (OVA) challenge, allergic mice present increased Fos expression in the paraventricular nucleus of the ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Costa-Pinto FA,Basso AS,De Sá-Rocha LC,Britto LR,Russo M,Palermo-Neto J

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The musical pitch of harmonic complex sounds, such as instrumental sounds, is perceived primarily by decoding either the fundamental pitch (keynote) or spectral aspects of the stimuli, for example, single harmonics. We divided 334 professional musicians, including symphony orchestra musicians, 75 amateur musicians, an...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Schneider P,Sluming V,Roberts N,Bleeck S,Rupp A

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of the ability of the EPR spin trap DEPMPO to detect both superoxide and hydroxyl radicals produced by systems in vitro and in vivo are presented. Experiments using free radical-generating systems confirmed the suitability of the EPR spin trapping technique but also revealed the existence of an undesirable con...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Mojović M,Vuletić M,Bacić GG

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The flash thermal diffusivity measurement technique is applied to tissue for the first time. Making use of its minimal contact with the specimen, the flash technique is extended to allow for well-defined, biaxial, finite strain. As an example application, the radial component of thermal diffusivity of bovine descendin...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Doss DJ,Humphrey JD,Wright NT

更新日期：1998-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Asbestos-induced pleural fibrosis is the most common radiographic abnormality among asbestos-exposed persons. Circumscribed pleural plaques and diffuse pleural thickening account for more than 90% of the asbestos-induced chest wall abnormalities, and their prevalence is expected to increase for the next 15 to 20 years...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Schwartz DA

更新日期：1991-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Improved technology and medical advances have increased the lifespan for people with thalassemia. As thalassemia is no longer exclusively a pediatric blood disorder, consideration must now be given to transition planning from pediatric to adult care. The complexity of thalassemia disease, coupled with the changing fac...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Levine L,Levine M

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AZT inhibited replication of an immunodeficiency-inducing strain of feline leukemia virus (FeLV-FAIDS) in vitro at concentrations as low as 0.005 microgram/mL. This antiviral activity was augmented an additional 25-30% when AZT was combined with human recombinant alpha-interferon (2b) (IFN alpha). Administration of AZ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hoover EA,Zeidner NS,Mullins JI

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown that the medial preoptic area (MPO) in the hypothalamus is a major site where interferon (IFN)-alpha acts to induce suppression of splenic natural killer (NK) cell activity through an activation of sympathetic nervous system (SNS) in rats. Here, we discuss the hypothalamic mechanisms of the cytokine acti...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Katafuchi T,Duan S,Take S,Yoshimura M

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In thalassemia, iron overload is the joint outcome of excessive iron absorption and transfusional siderosis. While iron absorption is limited by a physiologic ceiling of about 3 mg/d, plasma iron turnover in thalassemia may be 10 to 15 times normal, caused by the wasteful, ineffective erythropoiesis of an enormously e...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Hershko C,Link G,Cabantchik I

更新日期：1998-06-30 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 recent identification of tumor-associated antigens (TAA) and TAA-derived peptides presented by MHC molecules to T cells has provided the tools to design and test clinical vaccines for treating human malignancies, such as melanoma. While the most effective adjuvant for use in vaccine formulation remains unclear, au...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Zitvogel L,Couderc B,Mayordomo JI,Robbins PD,Lotze MT,Storkus WJ

更新日期：1996-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a model for signaling events induced by fluid shear stress that incorporates many of the features discussed in this paper (FIG. 4). First, heterotrimeric G-proteins, as well as a small G-proteins, are activated by flow. Indeed, a G protein appears to be required for ERK1/2 activation by flow because ERK1/2 ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Ishida T,Takahashi M,Corson MA,Berk BC

更新日期：1997-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Several years of survey data indicate that illicit drug use among U.S. youth was at its highest level in 1979. Generally, the use of some illicit drugs declined progressively throughout the 1980s, stabilized, and then decreased slightly. Reducing illicit drug use among U.S. youth continues to be a priority of federal,...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Banken JA

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this brief review, we introduce some major themes in the regulation of energy, lipid, and glucose metabolism by the central nervous system (CNS). Rather than comprehensively discussing the field, we instead will discuss some of the key findings made regarding the interaction of the hormones ghrelin and leptin with ...

journal_title：Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

authors： Nogueiras R,Tschöp MH,Zigman JM

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00