Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) is a critical protein for cell development and growth. Alternative splicing of the igf1 gene gives rise to multiple isoforms. In rodents, proIGF-IA and proIGF-IB have different carboxyl-terminal extensions called the E-peptides (EA and EB) and upon further post-translational processing, produce the identical mature

BACKGROUND Family history and African-American race are important risk factors for both prostate cancer (CaP) incidence and aggressiveness. When studying complex diseases such as CaP that have a heritable component, chances of finding true disease susceptibility alleles can be increased by accounting for genetic ancestry within the population investigated. Race, ethnicity and ancestry were stud...

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PURPOSE To evaluate by vector analysis the corneal astigmatic changes occurring in keratoconic corneas during a 3-year follow-up and to determine the relationship between these changes and other clinical changes. METHODS Keratoconic eyes (n = 114) of 75 patients ranging in age from 14 to 70 years were retrospectively reviewed in four different centers. In all cases, a 3-year follow-up was com...

Tingchun Chen, MIT This paper proposes an analysis of Amis (Formosan, Austronesian; VSO) case alternations, implemented in a dependent case model (Marantz 1991), in which nominals crucially may receive case multiple times. Moreover, I argue that, contra some previous proposals, e.g. Levin (2016), the presence of a nominal in multiple phases is not a prerequisite for multiple case assignments, b...

Though critics of traditional epistemology agree that we need to account for the role that social factors play in inquiry, developing a viable social epistemology has proved to be difficult. According to Helen Longino, it is the processes that make inquiry possible that are social, for they require a number of people to sustain them. These processes facilitate inquiry, and ensure that the resul...

First responders to forest fires, especially in areas that cannot be reached by land, are carried out helicopters. In large lands, the necessity of helicopters reach fire shortest time reveals importance heliport locations. this study, set-covering problem is handled optimizing locations a heavily forested Milas district Muğla, Turkey, where fires have occurred severely recent years. The aim co...

Abstract Backgrounds Though better short-term outcomes were frequently reported, differences in specimen parameters and the rate of subsequent peritoneal recurrence between intracorporeal anastomosis (IA) extracorporeal anastomoses (EA) for laparoscopic right hemicolectomy have not been analyzed. We aimed to compare pathologic oncological these two approaches. Methods retrospectively analyzed 2...

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