2. C (H, E, B) is a function of the values Pr (X | B) and Pr (Y | Z ∩B) assume on the at most 16 truth-functional combinations X, Y, Z of E and H . 3a. If Pr (E | H ∩B) < Pr (F | H ∩B) and Pr (E | B) = Pr (F | B), then C (H, E, B) ≤ C (H, F, B). 3b. If Pr (E | H ∩B) = Pr (F | H ∩B) and Pr (E | B) < Pr (F | B), then C (H, E, B) ≥ C (H, F, B). 4a. C (H, E ∩ F, B)−C (H, E ∩G, B) is determined by C...

Background The benefit of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) for patients with COPD diminishes over time. We investigated a new strategy involving home-visit and phone contact and compared this to usual care in maintenance of PR benefits. Methods A total of 172 stable COPD patients receiving 8-week PR program were recruited for this prospective study. Patients were allocated into usual care group ...

Reactions of [8,8,8-(H)(PPh(3))(2)-9-(Py)-nido-8,7-RhSB(9)H(9)] (1), [1,1-(PPh(3))(2)-3-(Py)-closo-1,2-RhSB(9)H(8)] (2), and [1,1-(CO)(PPh(3))-3-(Py)-closo-1,2-RhSB(9)H(8)] (4), where Py = Pyridine, with HCl to give the Cl-ligated clusters, [8,8-(Cl)(PPh(3))-9-(Py)-nido-8,7-RhSB(9)H(9)] (3) and [8,8,8-(Cl)(CO)(PPh(3))-9-(Py)-nido-8,7-RhSB(9)H(8)] (5), have recently demonstrated the remarkable n...

The mechanism that initiates human parturition has been proposed to be functional progesterone withdrawal whereby the 116-kDa B isoform of the progesterone receptor (PR-B) switches in favor of the 94-kDa A isoform (PR-A) in reproductive tissues. Recently other PR isoforms, PR-S, PR-C, and PR-M generated from the same gene have been identified and partially characterized. Using immunohistochemic...

Background. Regulation of myometrial progesterone receptor (PR) expression is an unresolved issue central to understanding the mechanism of functional progesterone withdrawal and initiation of labor in women. Objectives. To determine whether pregnant human myometrium undergoes culture-induced changes in PR isoform expression ex situ and, further, to determine if conditions approaching the in vi...

It has been noticed that all the known binary sequences having the asymptotic merit factor ≥ 6 are the modifications to the real primitive characters. In this paper, we give a new modification of the character sequences at length N = p1p2 . . . pr, where pi’s are distinct odd primes and r is finite. Based on these new modifications, for N = p1p2 . . . pr with pi’s distinct odd primes, we can co...

Berry seeds are a tocopherol-rich by-product of fruit processing without specific commercial value. In a human intervention study, the physiological impact of blackcurrant seed press residue (PR) was tested. Thirty-six women (aged 24 +/- 3 years; twenty non-smokers, sixteen smokers) consumed 250 g bread/d containing 8% PR for a period of 4 weeks (period 3). Comparatively, a control bread withou...

The ligation of a N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) to group 11 metal salts (Cu, Ag) was explored as an alternative to PR(3) ligands for the formation of copper- and silver-chalcogenolate cluster complexes. AgOAc and CuCl salts ligate with the NHC 1,3-di-isopropylbenzimidazole-2-ylidene ((i)Pr(2)-bimy) forming [Ag(OAc)((i)Pr(2)-bimy)] 1, [Ag(OAc)((i)Pr(2)-bimy)(2)] 2, [CuCl((i)Pr(2)-bimy)](2)3 and [...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) expression in breast carcinoma. METHODS Samples were obtained from 31 patients with breast carcinoma who received neo-adjuvant chemotherapy, ER or PR expressions were analyzed in preoperative core biopsies and final surgical specimens. RESULTS ER level was up-regulated in...

Arabidopsis nonexpresser of pathogenesis-related (PR) genes (NPR1) is the sole positive regulator that has been shown to be essential for the induction of systemic acquired resistance. In npr1 mutant plants, salicylic acid (SA)–mediated PR gene expression and pathogen resistance are abolished completely. NPR1 has been shown to interact with three closely related TGA transcription factors—TGA2, ...