Adaptive Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) aim at helping students going through the resolution of a given problem in a principled way according to the desired outcomes, the intrinsic capabilities of the student, and the particular context in which the exercise takes place. These systems should be capable of acting according to mistakes, boredness, distractions, etc. Several works propose diff...

Although coup risk plays an important role in theories of war, revolution, and democratization, scholars have not developed a rigorous conceptualization and valid measure of the concept. We develop a structural understanding of coup risk as distinct from proximate causes of coups as well as coup-proofing strategies that regimes implement to avert coups. Theoretical insights into factors that pr...

Two different genomic genes for the COUP-transcription factor, COUP-TF I and COUP-TF II, have been isolated from a human cosmid genomic library using a [32P]-labeled cDNA probe. Data obtained from Southern blot analysis of these cosmid clones indicated that two closely related genes exist in the human genome and have a similar genomic organization. The genes are similar in the hormone and DNA b...

Chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter-transcription factor II (COUP-TFII) plays an essential role in angiogenesis and development. It is differentially expressed in tumor cell lines, but its role in carcinogenesis is largely unknown. We demonstrate here that noninvasive human lung cancer cells become invasive when COUP-TFII was expressed. The expression of extracellular matrix degrading proteinas...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe and progressive muscle-wasting disease caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene. Although dystrophin deficiency in myofiber triggers the disease's pathological changes, the degree of satellite cell (SC) dysfunction defines disease progression. Here, we have identified chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter-transcription factor II (COUP-TFII) hyperact...

Isomers of retinoic acid are considered likely regulators of developmental pattern formation in vertebrate embryos. The orphan receptor COUP-TFI, which can alter cellular responses to retinoic acid in cultured cells, is expressed in distinct regions of the developing zebrafish and mouse anterior central nervous system. We asked if COUP-TFI can modulate retinoic acid signaling and anterior neura...

The gene for cholesterol 7 a -hydroxylase ( CYP7A1 ) contains a sequence at nt 2 149 to 2 118 that was found to play a large role in determining the overall transcriptional activity and regulation of the promoter. Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 (HNF4) and chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter transcription factor II (COUP-TFII) synergistically activate transcription of the CYP7A1 promoter. Transacti...

We demonstrate that chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter-transcription factor II (COUP-TFII) mRNA is more abundantly expressed (than COUP-TFI mRNA) in skeletal muscle C2C12 cells and in (type I and II) skeletal muscle tissue from C57BL/10 mice. Consequently, we have utilized the ABI TaqMan Low Density Array (TLDA) platform to analyze gene expression changes specifically attributable to ectopic C...

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