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A reason to be bitter : cassava classification from the farmers' perspective
(2001-11-16)
of bitter
taste of the root tip was a good predictor of cyanogenic glucoside levels
(r = 0.65). Mean cyanogenic glucoside level in 132 roots from "cool"
cultivars was 29 mg HCN eq kg-1 fresh weight (Cl 25-33, range 1 - 123),
and in 360 roots from "bitter...
Endocrine tumour development : with special focus on chromosome arms 1p and 11q
(2002-03-29)
. The most commonly deleted region was the 18cM interval between the markers D1S2134 and D1S1669 (1p32). Furthermore, tumours secreting dopamine had a higher frequency of LOH in the region telomeric of D1S1612 (1p36.2-ter) as compared to non...
Fixation of the cemented tibial component : a radiostereometric analysis
(2003-11-07)
fixation in primary cemented UKA/TKA and if cement around the stem enhance tibial component fixation in TKA Fixation was evaluated with radiostereometry (RSA) up to 2 years after surgery. RSA allows, by accuracy about 10 times that of conventional...
PPAR delta : its role in cholesterol metabolism
(2003-08-08)
unique start site located 380 base pairs (bp) upstream of the ATG initiation codon. PPARdelta is ubiquitously expressed and its mRNA size is 3.8 kb. Radiation hybrid mapping located the PPARdelta gene at chromosomal region 6p21.2.
In order to explore...
Carbon dioxide de-airing in cardiac surgery
(2004-01-09)
: In a cardiothoracic wound model, a full-size torso, the degree of air displacement achieved by the gas-diffuser, was compared with that of a 2.5 mm. open-ended tube, a 6.35 mm open-ended tube, a multiperforated catheter, and a gauze sponge, respectively...
Physical activity in men and relation to prostate cancer
(2004-05-07)
questionnaire and activity records (validity) (r=0.69 when deattenuated for random error in the questionnaire) and 0.65 between the first and a second repeated questionnaire (reproducibility). Significantly higher validity correlations were observed in men...
Birth centre care : reproduction and infant health
(2004-04-02)
This thesis has two general aims, to investigate factors affecting
women s decision to have a second baby and to study the effect of birth
centre care on infant outcome. The specific aims were to investigate 1)
whether ...
Cataract from ultraviolet radiation
(2001-11-09)
Cataract is the major cause of low vision and blindness in the world.
Epidemiological and experimental studies link cataract to (solar)
ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure. Current safety limits of UVR
exposure are based ...
HLA predisposition to human papillomavirus induced cervical neoplasia : population based studies from the Västerbotten county in northern Sweden
(2001-08-08)
Infection with human papillomaviruses (HPV) types 16 and 18 is the major
cause of cervical neoplasia. Although a high proportion of cervical
cancers (CXCA) harbor HPV genomes, only a small number of women infected
with ...
Indoor environment and recurrent wheezing in young children
(2003-02-21)
/concrete slab foundation, compared with those living in buildings erected before 1940, OR 2.5 (1.3-4.8) and OR 2.5 (1.1-5.4). This was not primarily explained by differences in type of ventilation systems, measured ventilation rate, occurrence of house dust mite...