This study investigated the association between HLA antigens and inflammatory bowel disease in 65 Iraqi patients (50 ulcerative colitis, 15 Crohn disease) compared with 67 matched controls. At HLA class I region, the patients showed significantly increased frequencies of A9 and B41 and a decrease of A11. Similar results were found when the clinical types were considered separately, except for A...

When parallel applications are run in large-scale distributed environments, such as grids, peer-to-peer (P2P) systems, and clouds, the set of resources used can change dynamically as machines crash, reservations end, and new resources become available. It is vital for applications to respond to these changes. Therefore, it is necessary to keep track of the available resources—a problem which is...

Comparative analysis of the inducible elements of the mouse interferon A4 and A11 gene promoters (IE-A4 and IE-A11) by transient transfection experiments, DNase 1 footprinting and electrophoretic mobility shift assays resulted in identification of a virus-induced binding activity suggested to be involved in NDV-induced activation of transcription of these genes. The virus-induced factor, termed...

INTRODUCTIONS: It is well understood that dopamine (DA) has an action in the brain as a neurotransmitter and neuromodulator. However, little is known about the roles of DA in the spinal cord. The periventricular, posterior region (A11) of the hypothalamus is the principle source of descending dopaminergic pathways. Focal electrical stimulation in the region of the A11 area suppresses the nocice...

Recombinant antibody phage display technology is a vital tool that facilitates identification of specific binding molecules to a target enabling the rapid generation and selection of high affinity, fully human, or mouse antibody product candidates essentially directed towards disease target appropriate for antibody therapy. In this study, a recombinant single-chain Fv antibody fragment (scFv) A...

Energy required for vehicles Low case High case A1(S1) 2007 onroad vehicle miles traveled in the U.S. (mi/yr) 3.237E+12 3.237E+12 A2 (S2) Total onroad vehicle fleet mileage (mpg) 1.711E+01 1.711E+01 A3=A1/A2 Gallons of fuel (gas+diesel) used (gal/yr) 1.892E+11 1.892E+11 A4 Lower heating value gasoline (MJ/kg) 4.400E+01 4.400E+01 A5 Gasoline density (kg/m3) 7.500E+02 7.500E+02 A6 Gallons per cub...