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Receptor for advanced glycation end products is subjected to protein ectodomain shedding by metalloproteinases.
2008
The receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) is a 55-kDa type I membrane glycoprotein of the immunoglobulin superfamily. Ligand-induced up-regulation of RAGE is involved in various pathophysiological processes, including late diabetic complications and Alzheimer disease. Application of recombinant soluble RAGE has been shown to block RAGE-mediated pathophysiological conditions. After expression of full-length RAGE in HEK cells we identified a 48-kDa soluble RAGE form (sRAGE) in the culture medium. This variant of RAGE is smaller than a 51-kDa soluble version derived from alternative splicing. The release of sRAGE can be induced by the phorbol ester PMA and the calcium ionophore c…
Analysis of the Immune Status in Latvian Chernobyl Clean-up Workers with Nononcological Thyroid Diseases
2001
The aim of the present work was to characterize the immune status of 385 individuals who participated in the 1986–90 clean-up work of the after effects of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion. Fifty-nine Chernobyl clean-up workers developed the most common thyroid diseases; euthyroid nodular and diffuse goiter; 47 healthy blood donors were taken as controls. The levels of immunoglobulins (IgA, IgG and IgM), the numbers of peripheral blood leukocytes, lymphocytes, monocytes, T lymphocytes and their subpopulations (CD3+, CD4+, CD8+), B lymphocytes (CD19+), natural killer (NK) cells (CD16+), classical and alternative pathway activity of complement (CH50, APH50), the C3 split product C3d…
Il caso Nicastri e il "sistema criminale" delle energie rinnovabili
2016
Il capitolo mette a fuoco il problematico concetto di «impresa mafiosa» studiando il caso del gruppo imprenditoriale Nicastri e la rete criminale che coinvolge politici, mafiosi, burocrati, imprese e mediatori nell'ambito delle energie alternative. This chapter focuses on the problematic concept of 'mafia enterprise' by studying the case of the entrepreneurial group Nicastri and the criminal network involving politicians, mafiosi, bureaucrats, businesses and mediators in the field of alternative energies.
¿Qué saben nuestros adolescentes de astronomía? Un análisis de los conocimientos básicos relacionados con los modelos mentales del sistema Tierra-Sol…
2020
El objetivo de este estudio es comprobar cuánto sabe de astronomía el alumnado de un instituto y las concepciones alternativas que posee, y explorar si de alguna forma el desarrollo personal y académico a lo largo de los distintos cursos mejora este conocimiento. Para ello se ha elaborado y realizado un cuestionario de preguntas abiertas a 194 estudiantes en el que se estudian los conocimientos relacionados con el sistema Tierra-Sol-Luna. Los resultados confirman que las concepciones alternativas erróneas más comunes están presentes en la muestra y muestran su persistencia en el alumnado a lo largo de los cursos, por lo que una mejora del proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje de la astronomía en…
Uz entropijas mēru balstīts daudzkritēriju lēmumu pieņemšanas modelis
2019
Bakalaura darbs ir veltīts svārstīgās nestriktās lingvistiskās entropijas un šķērsentropijas mēru pielietojumam daudzkritēriju lēmumu pieņemšanā. Darbā aprakstīts, kā, izmantojot kritēriju svaru vektora noteikšanas un alternatīvu kārtošanas metodes, tiek iegūts optimālais daudzkritēriju lēmumu pieņemšanas problēmas risinājums. Metožu teorētisko aprakstu papildina dažādu praktisku piemēru analīze.
Organic food businesses in local alternative agri-food networks in Pirkanmaa region in Finland
2008
Recensione a F. Camera, “L’ermeneutica fra Heidegger e Lévinas”, Giornale di Metafisica, XXV (2003), 2, pp. 430-434
2003
Recensione al volume di F. Camera dedicato all'analisi dell'ermeneutica con un percorso di comparazione fra la posizione heideggeriana e quella levinassiana
Otherwise than quantum
2022
AbstractThe paper focuses on two problems with Alexander Wendt's unification of physical and social ontology on the basis of quantum theory. Firstly, by endowing social phenomena with an ontological foundation in physical reality defined in quantum terms Wendt risks reducing a plurality of worlds as ‘fields of sense’, ordered by their immanent rules, to the physical world ordered by the laws of quantum theory. Secondly, by defining his quantum social science as an ontology Wendt risks excluding from consideration all that which violates ontological laws, yet may still be said to exist or take place: event, potentiality, and alterity. Although the advantages of a scientific ontology are indi…
“Stress e iperattività dell’asse ipotalamo-ipofisi-surrene nella patogenesi dei disturbi psicotici”
2014
Alternative psychotherapies: Conceptual elucidation and epidemiological framework
2020
This article elucidates and defines alternative psychotherapies, as well as describes the variables that explain why some professional psychologists are prone to endorse these practices. First, the novel concept of “complementary and alternative psychotherapies” (CAP) is defined within the framework of the established hierarchy of clinical evidence. Second, we report a literature review to aid understanding of the main variables explaining why some clinicians prefer CAP. We review rejection of scientific reasoning, misconceptions about human nature, and pragmatic limitations of evidence-based practice.