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  • 1
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    [S.l.] : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
    Journal of Applied Physics 89 (2001), S. 2309-2313 
    ISSN: 1089-7550
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: Dielectric relaxation and steady-state leakage currents were studied over a range of bias voltages for Pt-electroded capacitors in which the 50-nm-thick (Ba, Sr)TiO3 dielectric layer was sputter deposited at 480 °C. A pronounced polarity dependence in the current–voltage characteristic of the capacitors was observed. Dielectric relaxation in the films showed a Curie–von Schweidler time dependence (J=J0t−n) for intervals of 3–200 s duration after application of a voltage step. The relaxation current density was found to depend linearly on electric field for fields up to 700 kV/cm and nonlinearly at higher fields. In addition to the Curie–von Schweidler relaxation currents, a time-dependent leakage current was detected under high voltage bias conditions. An empirical model developed to describe leakage currents in these films is presented. © 2001 American Institute of Physics.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1469-8986
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine , Psychology
    Notes: The aim of the present study is to analyze how well physiological measures of sleepiness derived from pupillography and the Multiple Sleep Latency Test correlate with a subjective measure, the Stanford Sleepiness Scale (SSS) score. The results are based on data from 12 healthy participants, who underwent these tests every 2 hr from 7:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m. Sleep latencies were correlated with four different variables derived from pupillography and the SSS score. The results indicate that the physiologically based variables correspond very well. This is reflected by similar patterns of time-of-day variations, a good agreement at the group level, and correlations at the individual level, whereas the SSS shows a quite different pattern of variation. The two physiological measures of sleepiness seem to reflect the same aspect of the level of tonic central nervous activation, which is not correlated with the subjective feeling of sleepiness.
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  • 3
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science Ltd
    Clinical & experimental allergy 34 (2004), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1365-2222
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Background The ADAM33 gene has recently been associated with asthma and bronchial hyper-reactivity. It codes for a disintegrin and metalloproteinase that triggers intra- and extracellular signalling by protein shedding.Objective We examined whether polymorphisms in ADAM33 are associated with asthma and related traits in two German populations.Methods We genotyped 15 intragenic single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry of allele-specific primer extension products. The transmission disequilibrium test was used for association analysis in the German asthma family study. Additionally, we tested for association of these SNPs in a case–control sample from the European Community Respiratory Health Study using Armitage's trend test.Results In both studies, we found SNPs that were significantly associated with asthma and related traits. In the family study, significant associations were observed for the SNPs F+1, ST+4 and ST+5 (with the lowest P-value for F+1, P=0.005). Remarkably, this association is seen even in the absence of linkage with two microsatellite markers from a previous genome scan either 3.1 million bases (Mb) up- or 5.6 Mb downstream. In the case–control study, SNP ST+7 (P=0.008) was significantly associated with asthma. Some of these SNPs overlapped with those found to be associated with elevated total IgE levels and bronchial hyper-responsiveness.Conclusion This study replicates the recently published association between asthma and ADAM33 gene variants. However, most of the associated SNPs were at non-identical positions in the German, UK and US samples. As linkage disequilibrium is high among the tested SNPs, and there is no known functional polymorphism, either not-tested variants in ADAM33, unknown regulatory elements or a gene in close proximity is responsible for this association.
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  • 4
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    Copenhagen : Munksgaard International Publishers
    Physiologia plantarum 111 (2001), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1399-3054
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Feeding 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxiamide ribonucleoside (AICAR) through the petiole of detached young barley leaves rapidly increased activities of NADH-nitrate reductase (NR) and glutamine synthetase (GS) in leaf extracts and at least partly prevented the usual slow decrease of these enzyme activities during prolonged illumination. Further, AICAR caused drastic changes in amino acid levels: glutamine and serine levels were increased whereas glutamate and glycine were decreased, probably indicating a higher GS activity and more rapid conversion of glycine into serine. The latter may be responsible for the higher ammonium contents found in AICAR treated leaves. We tentatively suggest that GS (located in the chloroplast) and glycine decarboxylase (located in the mitochondria) are regulated in a manner similar to NR. This is discussed in the light of recent reports that 14-3-3 isoforms exist in chloroplasts and that GS binds to 14-3-3s in vitro.
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  • 5
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Adenocarcinoma Gastroesophageal junction Loss of heterozygosity Microsatellite instability
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract. Adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction is rapidly rising in incidence. It has been proposed that these tumors be classified as three different types: distal esophageal (AEG I), cardia (AEG II), and subcardia (AEG III). Using comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) analysis, one recent study reported that the 14q chromosomal arm showed a significantly higher rate of deletion in esophageal than in cardia adenocarcinoma. Using a microsatellite analysis technique, we analyzed this area and regions in the vicinity of the APC, DCC, and p53 genes. Tumor and normal tissues were microdissected from 54 cases (27 AEG I and 27 AEG III). DNA was extracted and then amplified using seven fluorescent-labeled microsatellite markers, one pair each on 5q, 18q, and 17p and four on 14q. The results were analyzed for loss of heterozygosity (LOH) and microsatellite instability (MSI). LOH varied from 20% to 30% at each locus except for the 17p locus, where it was slightly above 50% in both groups. No significant differences in LOH or MSI were found between the esophageal and gastric tumors, including the 14q chromosomal arm. These results fail to confirm the finding that abnormalities on the 14q chromosomal arm distinguish between distal esophageal and proximal gastric tumors.
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  • 6
    ISSN: 1432-2048
    Keywords: Key words: Cytosolic nitrate – Cytosolic NADH – Nitrate reductase – Nitrate reduction in vivo – 14-3-3- phosphonitrate reductase – Protein phosphorylation
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract. Nitrate reductase (NR) activity in spinach leaf extracts prepared in the presence of a protein phosphatase inhibitor (50 μM cantharidine) was measured in the presence of Mg2+ (NRact) or EDTA (NRmax), under substrate saturation. These in-vitro activities were compared with nitrate reduction rates in leaves from nitrate-sufficient plants. Spinach leaves containing up to 60 μmol nitrate per g fresh weight were illuminated in air with their petiole in water. Their nitrate content decreased with time, permitting an estimation of nitrate reduction in situ. The initial rates (1–2 h) of nitrate consumption were usually lower than NRact, and with longer illumination time (4 h) the discrepancy grew even larger. When leaves were fed through their petiole with 30 mM nitrate, initial in-situ reduction rates calculated from nitrate uptake and consumption were still lower than NRact. However, nitrate feeding through the petiole maintained the in situ-nitrate reduction rate for a longer time. Initial rates of nitrate reduction in situ only matched NRact when leaves were illuminated in 5% CO2. In CO2-free air or in the dark, both NRact and in-situ nitrate reduction decreased, but NRact still exceeded in-situ reduction. More extremely, under anoxia or after feeding 5-amino-4-imidazole carboxyamide ribonucleoside in the dark, NR was activated to the high light level; yet in spite of that, nitrate reduction in the leaf remained very low. It was examined whether the standard assay for NRact would overestimate the in-situ rates due to a dissociation of the inactive phospho-NR-14-3-3 complex after extraction and dilution, but no evidence for that was found. In-situ NR obviously operates below substrate saturation, except in the light at high ambient CO2. It is suggested that in the short term (2 h), nitrate reduction in situ is mainly limited by cytosolic NADH, and cytosolic nitrate becomes limiting only after the vacuolar nitrate pool has been partially emptied.
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  • 7
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    Springer
    Der Pathologe 21 (2000), S. 449-455 
    ISSN: 1432-1963
    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter Knochentumoren ; Klarzellchondrosarkom ; Histologie ; Differenzialdiagnose ; Keywords Bone tumors ; Clear-cell chondrosarcoma ; Histology ; Differential diagnosis
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Abstract Clear-cell chondrosarcoma is a rare, low-malignant bone tumor. The lesion most commonly occurs in adults, generally in the 3rd or 4th decade. Clear-cell chondrosarcoma has a predilection for the epiphyses of long tubular bones, particularly the femoral head. Radiologically, it is a sharply defined radiolucent lesion. Histologically, it is characterized by large tumor cells with distinct boundaries and a clear cytoplasm. In addition to areas of conventional chondrosarcoma, there are partially mineralized trabecular osteoid formations. On the basis of 16 cases of clear-cell chondrosarcoma, we present the observations of the Hamburg Bone Tumor Register. The cases were examined according to age distribution, location, and radiological and pathomorphological criteria. The proximal femur was the most frequent location; rare manifestations in the rib, os ilium, and distal phalanx of the hand were also present. In 50% of the cases high-malignant osteosarcoma or conventional chondrosarcoma was considered. In addition to the epiphysis of the proximal femur, clear-cell chondrosarcoma can also involve other, rather unusual sites in the skeleton. Knowledge of the histomorphology of this tumor is therefore of crucial importance for the diagnosis.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Das Klarzellchondrosarkom ist ein seltener niedrigmaligner Knochentumor. Betroffen sind v. a. Patienten in der 3. und 4. Lebensdekade. Bevorzugte Lokalisation sind die Epiphysen langer Röhrenknochen, insbesondere der Femurkopf. Radiologisch imponiert es meist als eine epiphysär gelegene, scharf begrenzte lytische Läsion. Histologisch charakteristisch sind die großen Tumorzellen mit deutlichen Zellgrenzen und einem hellen Zytoplasma. Daneben finden sich auch Areale mit dem histologischen Bild eines konventionellen Chondrosarkoms sowie unterschiedlich breite, z. T. mineralisierte trabekuläre Osteoidformationen. Anhand von 16 Fällen mit Klarzellchondrosarkom werden die Erfahrungen und Beobachtungen des Hamburger Knochentumor-Registers dargestellt. Die Fälle wurden nach Altersverteilung, Lokalisation sowie radiologischen und pathomorphologischen Kriterien untersucht. Das Hauptmanifestationsalter lag innerhalb der 5.–7. Lebensdekade. Das proximale Femur stellte den Hauptlokalisationsort dar. Daneben fanden sich auch eher seltene Manifestationen im Bereich der Rippe, Os ilium und Grundphalanx der Hand. In 50% der Fälle wurde auswärtig zunächst differenzialdiagnostisch ein hochmalignes Osteosarkom oder ein Chondrosarkom diskutiert. Da das Klarzellchondrosarkom außer in der Epiphyse des proximalen Femurs auch an anderen, eher ungewöhnlichen Stellen des Skeletts auftreten kann, ist die Kenntnis der Histomorphologie dieses Tumors von entscheidender Bedeutung für die Diagnosefindung.
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  • 8
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    Springer
    Der Onkologe 6 (2000), S. 709-722 
    ISSN: 1433-0415
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Maligne Knochentumoren machen nur etwa 1% der bösartigen Geschwülste beim Menschen aus. Die Sicherung der Diagnose bei malignen Knochentumoren kann in der Regel nicht durch die histologische Untersuchung allein, sondern nur in enger interdisziplinärer Kooperation zwischen Radiologen und Pathologen erfolgen. Aufgrund dieser Seltenheit maligner Knochentumoren ist es nicht realistisch zu erwarten, dass jeder Radiologe und jeder Pathologe umfangreiche diagnostische Erfahrungen auf diesem Spezialgebiet erwerben kann. Patienten mit malignen Knochentumoren sollten deshalb möglichst in spezialisierten Einrichtungen versorgt werden, in denen entsprechende diagnostische und therapeutische Voraussetzungen gegeben sind (Tabelle 1).
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  • 9
    ISSN: 1546-1718
    Source: Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: [Auszug] Williams syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by the hemizygous deletion of 1.6 Mb on human chromosome 7q11.23. This region comprises the gene CYLN2, encoding CLIP-115, a microtubule-binding protein of 115 kD. Using a gene-targeting approach, we provide evidence that mice with ...
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  • 10
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    s.l. ; Stafa-Zurich, Switzerland
    Key engineering materials Vol. 192-195 (Sept. 2000), p. 897-900 
    ISSN: 1013-9826
    Source: Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
    Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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