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Snapper, James R., Weixuan Lu, Peter L. Lefferts, and John S. Thabes. Effect of platelet-activating factorreceptor antagonism on endotoxin-induced lung dysfunction in sheep. J. Appl. Physiol. 84(5): 1610–1614, 1998.—To further define the role of platelet-activating factor (PAF) in endotoxin-induced lung dysfunction, we examined the effect of ABT-299, a specific and potent PAF-receptor antagonis...

As part of an ongoing program started at the Canada{France{Hawaii Telescope, we have observed Arp 299 and NGC 7469 in broad and narrow bands with PUEO, the facility adaptive optics system. Locating precisely the regions where starburst activity occurs can help to understand the events that may have led to enhanced star formation. Previous results Rouan, 1998a], Lai etal, 1998a] have shown that ...

The interdependence of regional trade and production networks has important implications for national prosperity, regional stability and the internationalization of production. We ask: What are the locational patterns of trade in value-added in East Asia and how are these patterns changing over time? The disintermediation of value chains and the externalization of business activity create hubs ...

PURPOSE Oct4 was reported to be one of the most important pluripotency transcription factors in the biology of stem cells including cancer stem cells, and progressed malignant cells. Here we report the investigation of gene expression control of Oct4 by selected human microRNAs and the physiological effect of Oct4 silencing in invasive cancer cells. METHODS AND RESULTS High throughput lucifer...

When a customer owns multiple credit cards, the selection of a credit card for a purchase payment is rarely done systematically. Furthermore, the customer has no online options to pay a high cost item with multiple cards. This paper presents a flexible Payment Recommender (PR) system that helps the customer to make a decision on identifying a group of credit cards, called Virtual Card, which pr...

From October 2010 to December 2015, we screened a total of 1716 babies. 809 babies were from well-baby nurseries and 907 babies were from neonatal intensive care unit. 299 babies failed the first screen, but only 66 out of 299 appeared for rescreen. Eighteen babies failed the rescreen and were recommended BERA testing. However, none of the babies turned up for BERA testing or could not be track...

We compared Mycobacterium tuberculosis sputum culture recovery and contamination rates between Lowenstein-Jensen medium (LJ) containing the following decontaminants and LJ alone: (i) PANTA (n = 299), (ii) Selectatab-MB (n = 299), and (iii) penicillin G (n = 234). The contamination rate for LJ alone was approximately 31%, versus 5.0% for PANTA-containing, 2% for Selectatab-containing, and 9% for...