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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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THE ROLE OF ACT1 IN IL-25 DEPENDENT TH2 RESPONSES AND ALLERGIC AIRWAY INFLAMMATION AND AIRWAY HYPERRESPONSIVENESS

Swaidani, Shadi 06 July 2010 (has links)
No description available.
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Russian art and theory in France 1918-25 : A comparative study of artistic avant-gardes

Fer, B. A. January 1987 (has links)
No description available.
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The King's Chambers : The Bedchamber of James I in administration and politics, 1603-1625

Cuddy, N. January 1987 (has links)
No description available.
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Vitamin D levels of anaesthetists in the department of anaesthesiology at the University of the Witwatersrand

Kelly, Eugene Hamerton January 2016 (has links)
A research report submitted to the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Medicine in the branch of Anaesthesiology / Background and Objective There has been a recent resurgence of interest in vitamin D and its far-reaching effects in physiology and pathophysiology. Theatre personnel, and all indoor workers, should be cognisant of vitamin D deficiency as a real occupational hazard. Vitamin D deficiency is a global problem that has been studied extensively in colder climates and even been found in warmer climates. No research was identified among medical personnel in South Africa. The primary objective of this study was to describe serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels of anaesthetists. The secondary objective was to describe and compare factors influencing vitamin D levels in anaesthetists who are vitamin D insufficient to those who are not. These factors included: ethnicity, gender, body mass index (BMI), multivitamin use, calcium or vitamin D supplementation, sun exposure, vitamin D intake from diet alone, vitamin D intake from diet and supplementation and calcium intake (dairy). Methods Data was collected over a period of one month, in winter (mid-July to mid-August 2013). On the morning of sample collection anaesthetists agreeing to participate signed the informed consent (Appendix 2), prior to enrolment in the study. The anaesthetists then completed the questionnaire (Appendix 5). The following data was obtained from the questionnaire: age, gender, ethnic group, dietary supplementation, sun exposure, sunscreen use, BMI and diet. Each participant had 5 ml of blood collected in a standardised manner into a purple top ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid blood specimen tube. The processing of samples was done by qualified laboratory personnel using standard chemical pathology equipment and procedures. High Performance Liquid Chromatography was performed to determine 25(OH)D levels using a Shimadzu® Nexera X2 Ultra performance liquid chromatography system with a photodiode array detector (Shimadzu®, Japan). Results The median 25(OH)D was 43.8 nmol/l (IQR 26-76), with 51 of 89 (57.30 %) anaesthetists being vitamin D insufficient. There was a statistically significant association between ethnicity and vitamin D status (p<0.001). Twenty-one (80.77 %) Indian anaesthetists and 14 (70.00 %) black anaesthetists were vitamin D insufficient, as compared to only 10 (28.57%) white anaesthetists. There was no significant association between the other secondary objectives-gender (p=0.60), sun exposure (p = 0.93), vitamin D intake from diet alone (p= 0.07), vitamin D intake from diet and supplementation (p=0.05) and calcium intake (p=0.55) and vitamin D status. There was no significant difference between BMI and vitamin D status. When a comparison was made between the two groups of BMI <25 and BMI ≥25, using a Mann-Whitney test the two-tailed P value was 0.6791. There was a significant association between multivitamin use (p=0.01) and vitamin D status. Conclusion Vitamin D should no longer be a forgotten vitamin. The insufficient vitamin D levels of anaesthetist in this study, puts them at risk for pathology far beyond bone health. Adequate vitamin D levels should be seen as essential, rather than optional, even in “sunny” climates. / MT2016
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A intervenção da imagem : encanto e desencanto dos documentaristas da Revolução de Abril (1974-1980)

Santos, Pedro Neves de Carvalho January 2006 (has links)
Durante mais de meio século, o cinema português viveu amordaçado por uma censura férrea que teimava em esconder a realidade. Durante mais de meio século, os documentários portugueses mostravam um país folclórico e afastado da realidade, onde os problemas não existiam e as realidades se escondiam. Mas um dia, a 25 de Abril de 1974, chegou a Revolução. E o cinema soltou amarras para começar a navegar por realidades nunca antes apresentadas. O documentário foi para a rua aos sons das palavras de ordem que clamavam por liberdade. Começou a acompanhar a transformação da sociedade. Começou também ele a transformar-se. Formaram-se cooperativas de cinema, criaram-se Unidades de Produção Cinematográfica. Com uma nova vaga de documentaristas, nasceu o documetário de intervenção. Primeiro cheio de vozes e imagens encantadas, cheio de utopias e sonhos que se revelavam no olhar. Queria educar, intervir, fazer agir, provocar a mudança. queria mostrar tudo o que antes parecia não existir. Filmaram-se projectos de habitação social, vivências comunitárias, ocupações de terras, plenários, greves, manifestações, eleições, tomadas de posse, fábricas em autogestão. Nunca a produção cinematográfica foi tão grande neste país. O cinema reflectia-se na sociedade. E a sociedade reflectia-se no cinema. O grande factor de união entre os cineastas - o antifascismo - entrou em ruptura com a liberdade. Cedo o sonho se desvaneceu. E as imagens encantadas foram substituídas por imagens magoadas. O entusiamo foi dando lugar à lamentação, à introspecção, à reflexão. Em 1980, a Revolução acaba, definitivamente, no documentário de Abril. Hoje, restam as memórias e as imagens do período mais marcante da história do documentarismo português. (...)
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Die adäquate strafrechtliche Sanktion bei Delinquenz nicht nach Jugendstrafrecht verurteilter Heranwachsender und Jungerwachsener ab 21 Jahren /

Schwerin, Hartmut von. January 1997 (has links) (PDF)
Univ., Diss.--Mainz, 1997.
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Možnosti systému Heidenhain iTNC 530 při programování obráběcích strojů / Heidenhain iTNC 530 tools for NC programming of machines

Hejsek, Milan January 2010 (has links)
Short description possibilities control system Heidenhain iTNC530 and machine FV 25 CNC A. Detailed analysis factors single programming function for better action machining on this machina.
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Interleucina 25 na interface materno-fetal em camundongos. / Interleukin 25 in maternal-fetal interface in mices.

Carvalho, Aline 10 November 2016 (has links)
Durante a gestação, a interação entre os organismos materno e embrionário é mediada por diversas moléculas reguladoras produzidas no ambiente uterino que são fundamentais para o estabelecimento de um ambiente tolerante ao feto. A expressão de uma grande variedade de mediadores inflamatórios também participa deste processo influenciando o ambiente uterino e a própria placenta. As citocina, potentes mediadores celulares, regulam as respostas imunológicas, integrando a rede sinalizadora que controlam a gestação. Desbalanço nos perfis de citocinas, sistêmica ou localmente no ambiente placentário tem sido descrito em muitos distúrbios gestacionais que podem culminar com perdas fetais. Evidências recentes mostraram que a expressão de uma nova citocina, a Interleucina 25, está alterada em pacientes que apresentam abortos recorrentes, sugerindo um papel imuno-regulador da IL-25 nas funções reprodutivas. Neste contexto, torna-se bastante interessante avaliar a presença da IL-25 na interface materno-fetal durante toda a gestação. Neste estudo objetivamos caracterizar a expressão de IL-25 e seu receptor IL-17BR em células placentárias e no sangue materno ao longo da gestação em camundongos. A análise da expressão gênica de IL-25 e seu receptor IL-17BR por qRT-PCR, foi realizada em sítios de implantação e em porções fetais e materna de placentas nos dias 10,5, 13,5, 16,5 e 19,5 de gestação (dg). Células mononucleares do sangue (CMNs) e tecidos placentários dissecados foram utilizados para ensaios de Citometria de fluxo nos mesmos dias de gestação. A imunolocalização de citocina e receptor foi avaliada em cortes histológicos nos diversos dias gestacionais estudados. Nossos dados demonstraram que a expressão gênica de IL-25 se intensifica após o período implantacional, aumentando os níveis de mRNA gradativamente a partir de 10,5dg até 16,5dg. Citocina e receptor são expressos de forma diferenciada pelos compartimentos placentários. A análise da expressão proteica por citometria de fluxo confirmam os dados de expressão gênica e as marcações observadas nas reações de imunohistoquímica. IL-25 e IL-17BR são expressos em toda a interface materno-fetal, sendo a citocina prevalente na placenta fetal, enquanto o receptor se expressa de forma intensa na porção materna. Entre as populações celulares que poderiam contribuir para os níveis de citocina na placenta fetal, observa-se a presença de células trofoblásticas, fenotípicamente caracterizadas, produtoras de IL-25 e células leucocitárias (CD45+) expressando o receptor IL-17BR na região da decídua materna. Entre o período gestacional estudado, a expressão de IL-25 e IL-17BR ocorreu principalmente nos dias 13,5 e 16,5 dg. O significado funcional destes achados, no entanto, merece investigações mais detalhadas, entretanto, devido ao caráter imunoregulatório atribuído a citocina IL-25, está parece estar associada ao controle das funções placentárias contribuindo para a formação de um ambiente imunológicamente tolerante ao desenvolvimento fetal. / During pregnancy, embryo and maternal organisms interaction is mediated by different regulatory molecules produced in the uterine environment that are essential to the establishment of a tolerant environment to fetus development. The expression of a variety of inflammatory mediators influence the uterine and placenta environment. Cytokine are potent cellular mediators, regulating the immune responses by signaling and controlling pregnancy. Cytokine imbalance systemic or locally in the placental environment has been described in many pregnancy disorders, leading to fetal loss. Recent evidence showed that the expression of a novel cytokine, Interleukin 25 is decreased in patients with recurrent abortions, suggesting for IL-25 a immunoregulatory role in reproductive function. In this context, it is interesting to evaluate the presence of IL-25 in the maternal-fetal interface throughout pregnancy. This study aimed to characterize the IL-25 expression and its receptor IL-17BR in placental cells and maternal blood during pregnancy in mice. The analysis of gene expression of IL-25 and its receptor IL-17BR by qRT-PCR was performed on implantation sites and fetal and maternal portions of placentas in the days 10.5, 13.5, 16.5 and 19, 5 of gestation (dg). Peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMCs) and placental dissected tissues were used for flow cytometry analyses on the same days of gestation. The immunolocalization for cytokine and receptor was evaluated in histological sections for different gestational days. These data shows that IL-25 gene expression is intensified after the implantation period, increasing mRNA levels gradually from 10,5dg to 16,5dg. Cytokine and receptor are expressed differently by placental compartments. Analysis of protein expression by flow cytometry confirm the gene expression data and reactivity observed in the immunohistochemistry reactions. IL-25 and IL-17BR are expressed throughout the maternal-fetal interface, and the cytokine prevalent in the fetal placenta, while the receptor is major expressed in the maternal portion. Among the cell populations could contribute to the cytokine levels in fetal placenta is observed the presence of trophoblast cells phenotypically characterized producing IL-25 and leukocytes (CD45 +) expressing the IL-17BR in the maternal decidua. Among the period studied, IL-25 and IL-17BR expression mainly occurred on days 13.5 and 16.5 dg. The functional significance of these findings needs further investigation, however, due to immunoregulatory character attributed to IL-25 cytokine, it is seems to be associated with the control of placental functions contributing to the formation of an immunologically tolerant environment for fetal development.
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"Estudo comparativo do desempenho em testes neuropsicológicos de pacientes com diagnóstico de doença de Alzheimer e demência vascular" / Comparative study of the performance of patients with Alzheimer´s disease and vascular dementia in neuropsychological tests

Matioli, Maria Niures Pimentel dos Santos 26 October 2005 (has links)
A doença de Alzheimer (DA) e a demência vascular (DV), especialmente a sua forma subcortical, são responsáveis pela maioria dos quadros de demência em idosos, nem sempre facilmente diferenciadas do ponto de vista clínico. O objetivo do estudo foi comparar o desempenho de pacientes com DA e com DV em uma bateria breve de testes cognitivos (Mini-exame do estado mental e bateria Neuropsi para confirmar o diagnóstico de demência; CLOX 1 e 2, fluência verbal categoria animal e fonêmica, EXIT 25 e teste de memória tardia da bateria breve de rastreio cognitivo), e verificar seu valor no diagnóstico diferencial entre elas. O desempenho do grupo DV foi inferior ao DA nos testes: CLOX 2, fluência verbal animal e fonêmica. O grupo DA obteve desempenho inferior a DV no subitem evocação do teste de memória tardia. / Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD), especially its subcortical form, are responsible for the majority of dementia cases in the elderly and are not always easily differentiated from a clinical point of view. The aim of this study was to compare the performance of mild VaD and AD patients in a series of brief cognitive tests (Mini-mental State Examination and Neuropsi battery, in order to confirm the diagnosis of dementia; CLOX 1 and 2, category and letter fluency, a delayed recall test of 10 simple figures and the EXIT 25), and to evaluate the potential use of these tests for the differential diagnosis between them. The performance of the VaD group was significantly impaired, in relation to the AD group, in the tests CLOX 2, category verbal fluency and letter verbal fluency, while the AD patients performed significantly worst in the delayed recall test.
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Analys av 25-hydroxyvitamin D i primärvården

Börjesson, Emma January 2015 (has links)
Background: The interest of vitamin D has increased in the last years. That is because there is so many possible positive effects of vitamin D and also because many individuals has vitamin D deficiency. Modern man spends much time indoors which leads to lower levels of vitamin D. People who have emigrated from a sunny climate to a Nordic climate often gets a deficiency due to a more pigmented skin which requires a larger amount of UVB to get an adequate synthesis of vitamin D. Aim: The aim with this study is to compare and evaluate how similar the instrument mini VIDAS measures 25(OH)D total against the current existing method cobas e 602. A discussion about if 25(OH)D total has a place in primary health care is included in the study. Method: The comparison was based on 39 samples. The samples was analyzed on cobas e 602 and mini VIDAS. A precision test was performed. External controls from DEQAS was also included in the study. The results have been presented with simple linear regression analysis, mean value, SD and CV. Results: The comparison between cobas e 602 and mini VIDAS gave a coefficient of determination of 81,34 %. mini VIDAS was closest to the external controls target values. Conclusion: There is no obvious conclusions about if mini VIDAS fulfills the requirement to be introduced to primary health care. The coefficient of determination of 81,34 % should be at least 95 %. However is mini VIDAS closer to the external controls target values then cobas e 602. There is factors that implies that 25(OH)D total has a place in primary health care with regards to demand, use and because many individuals has vitamin D deficiency. The instrument is also user-friendly to a primary health care laboratory. / Bakgrund: Intresset för vitamin D har ökat de senare åren. Det beror dels på att det finns många eventuella positiva effekter av vitamin D och dels på att många individer har brist på vitamin D. Nutidens människa spenderar mycket tid inomhus vilket leder till lägre nivåer av vitamin D. Personer som har utvandrat från ett soligt klimat till nordiskt klimat får ofta brist på grund av en mer pigmenterad hud som behöver större mängd UVB för att få en adekvat syntes av vitamin D. Syfte: Syftet med den här studien är att jämföra och utvärdera hur lika det patientnära instrumentet mini VIDAS mäter 25(OH)D total mot befintlig metod cobas e 602. Diskussion om analysen 25(OH)D total har en plats i primärvården ingår även i studien. Metod: Jämförelsen baserades på 39 st prover. Proven analyserades på cobas e 602 och mini VIDAS. Ett precisionsförsök gjordes. Externkontroller från DEQAS inkluderades även i studien. Resultaten har presenterats genom enkel linjär regressionsanalys, medelvärde, SD och CV. Resultat: Jämförelsen mellan cobas e 602 och mini VIDAS gav en förklaringsgrad på 81,43 %. mini VIDAS var närmst externkontrollernas målvärden. Slutsats: Det går inte att dra självklara slutsatser ifall mini VIDAS uppfyller kraven att införas i primärvården. Förklaringsgraden som är på 81,43 % bör vara minst 95 %. Däremot överensstämmer mini VIDAS med externkontrollerna bättre än cobas e 602. Det finns faktorer som tyder på att analysen 25(OH)D har en plats i primärvården med avseende på efterfrågan, användningsområde och antal individer med brist. Instrumentet är dessutom användarvänligt för ett primärvårdslaboratorium.

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