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INTRODUCTION Sex hormones are well known to increase the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD). The CYP17 gene encodes the enzyme cytochrome P450c17, which functions at key steps during the process of human sex steroid hormone synthesis. A T/C polymorphism in the 5 promoter region of the CYP17 gene influences its expression and the resulting serum levels of androgens and estrogens. The aim of t...

The present study retested previously reported empirical evidence suggesting an iconic relation between sound and emotional meaning in poetry. To this end, we analyzed the frequency of certain phoneme classes in 48 German poems and correlated them with ratings for emotional classification. Our analyses provide evidence for a link between the emotional classification of poems (joyful vs. sad) an...

In a paper from the Dutch group long-term consequences of tympanostomy tube treatment is reported. Three hundred fifty-eight subjects with a positive and negative history of OM or tympanostomy tube insertion derived from a birth cohort had been followed-up from preschool to adult age. TM abnormalities were investigated at ages of 8 and 18 years. The occurrence of myringosclerosis was 6 times as...

Unexplained, persistent cough limits the use of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors in a significant number of patients. It has been speculated that occurrence of this adverse effect is genetically predetermined; in particular, variants of the genes encoding ACE, chymase, and B2-bradykinin receptor have been implicated. To investigate this question, we determined genotypes for common...

Because the probable maximum events selected in FSAR for nuclear plants may not be the maximum possible events, they could possibly be exceeded by more severe events in the future. As such, there is a need to re-evaluate the other external hazards, especially those associated with the natural phenomena. To ensure that the maximum possible intensities of the natural phenomenon hazards are identi...

to identify the fungi associated with foot and root rot of wheat in the khuzestan province, diseased samples were collected at all growth stages in three growing seasons of 2004-2007. pieces of infected parts of the root and foot were surface sterilized and cultured on acidic and non acidic pda media. one hundred and fifteen isolates were obtained and on the basis of macroscopic and microscopic...

This paper analyzes the use of hybrid language models for automatic speech transcription. The goal is to later use such an approach as a support for helping communication with deaf people, and to run it on an embedded decoder on a portable device, which introduces constraints on the model size. The main linguistic units considered for this task are the words and the syllables. Various lexicon s...