It is accepted that pulmonary exposure of rodents to porcine pancreatic elastase (ELT) induces lesions that morphologically resemble human emphysema. Nonetheless, extensive analysis of this model has rarely been conducted. The present study was designed to extensively examine the effects of ELT on lung inflammation, cell damage, emphysematous change, and cholinergic reactivity in rats. Intratra...

GATA transcription factors play important roles in directing developmental genetic programs and cell differentiation, and are conserved in animals, plants and fungi. C. elegans has 11 GATA-type transcription factors that orchestrate development of the gut, epidermis and vulva. However, the expression of certain GATA proteins persists into adulthood, where their function is less understood. Accu...

This paper tries to examine how Japanese university students conceptualize English and Japanese ELT by analyzing their interview texts. As an analytical approach, I used Critical Discourse Analysis in order to identify how the students’ conceptualizations of English and Japanese ELT were established in the discursive structures constituting Japanese ELT discourse, such as power relationships be...

BACKGROUND Cataract surgery combined with excimer laser trabeculotomy (phaco-ELT) can reduce intraocular pressure (IOP). The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of phaco-ELT on IOP in patients as a function of preoperative IOP. METHODS Patients with open-angle glacuoma or ocular hypertension who received phaco-ELT between 01/2008 and 10/2009 were included. Patients were assigned base...

BACKGROUND Available models for designing the structure of specific simulation-based learning (SBL) activities need further analysis. METHOD This retrospective study was conducted using independent samples t tests to examine differences in mean clinical nursing judgment development scores between students who completed a nursing program prior to the introduction of an experiential learning th...

Code-switching in multicultural and multilingual classrooms is a highly acceptable phenomenon that has repertoire of attributions country like Fiji, where English taught as compulsory second language (ESL). Naturally, the knowledge literary code-switching can be considered distinguishable from general because it used writing tool by authors texts. As worldwide changes teaching ESL methodologies...

BACKGROUND Simulation-based learning is a common educational tool in health care training and frequently involves instructional designs based on Experiential Learning Theory (ELT). However, little research explores the effectiveness and efficiency of different instructional design methodologies appropriate for simulations. The aim of this study was to compare 2 instructional design models, ELT ...

Seam cells in Caenorhabditis elegans provide a paradigm for the stem cell mode of division, with the ability to both self-renew and produce daughters that differentiate. The transcription factor RNT-1 and its DNA binding partner BRO-1 (homologues of the mammalian cancer-associated stem cell regulators RUNX and CBFβ, respectively) are known rate-limiting regulators of seam cell proliferation. He...

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted English language teaching (ELT) in many ways, and it pushed educators to the limit. Due shift virtual education, non-mediated in-person support that instructors used acknowledge their students’ needs, is no longer available. A question of significant relevance this ongoing emergency is: How do differentiate remote instruction? Differentiated Remote Instruction...