Browsing by Publisher "Wiley"
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A Fluorescence Study on Swelling of Hydrogels (PAAm) at Various Cross-Linker Contents
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Publisher and Date:(Wiley, 2009)Disk-shaped acrylamide (AAm) gels were prepared from AAm with various NN'-methylenebisacrylamide (Bis) contents as cross-linker in the presence of ammonium persulfate as an initiator by free-radical cross-linking copolymerization in water. Polyacrylamide (PAAm) gels were dried before using for swelling experiments. Steady-state fluorescence spectrometer was employed during the swelling of PAAm hydrogels in water. Pyranine was introduced as a fluorescence probe. Fluorescence intensity of pyranine ...
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Absolute configuration and biological profile of pyrazoline enantiomers as MAO inhibitory activity
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Publisher and Date:(Wiley, 2019)A new racemic pyrazoline derivative was synthesized and resolved to its enantiomers using analytic and semipreparative high-pressure liquid chromatography. The absolute configuration of both fractions was established using vibrational circular dichroism. The in vitro monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitory profiles were evaluated for the racemate and both enantiomers separately for the two isoforms of the enzyme. The racemic compound and both enantiomers were found to inhibit hMAO-A selectively and ...
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Alone but together autonomous but related: Self-construal effects on happiness in social experiences
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Publisher and Date:(Wiley, 2018)Communal tables and open workspaces have become popular servicescapes that is contemporary spaces for experiencing dining or working alone but together. Previous research demonstrates that experiencing with close others (e.g. with friends or family) increases happiness and satisfaction but experiences shared with strangers in contexts such as communal tables or workshops have not yet been thoroughly analyzed. Addressing this research gap from a social-psychological perspective we suggest that even ...
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Apolipoprotein B gene variants are involved in the determination of blood glucose and lipid levels in patients with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
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Publisher and Date:(Wiley, 2006)We have examined the frequency of the EcoRI XbaI and MspI RFLPs of the apolipoprotein B (apo 13) gene in I 10 type 2 diabetic patients and 9 1 healthy control subjects in order to ascertain whether variation in this gene may influence the development of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (type 2 diabetes). Serum lipids including total-cholesterol (T-Chol) triacylglycerol (TAG) apolipoprotein E (apo E) apolipoprotein Al (apo Al) apolipoprotein B and lipoprotein (a) (Lp(a)) were analysed. Genomic ...
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Broadband matching via reflection function optimization
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Publisher and Date:(Wiley, 2017)In this paper a practical approach is presented for designing broadband matching networks via reflection function optimization. In the proposed algorithm the input or output reflection function of the matching network is expressed in terms of three real polynomials describing the matching network load and generator reflection coefficients. Next one of the polynomials is optimized to get minimum reflection function values in the passband. Then matching network topology and element values are obtained ...
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Competition in Turkish Banking: Impacts of Restructuring and the Global Financial Crisis
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Publisher and Date:(Wiley, 2014)This paper investigates the evolution of competition in the Turkish banking industry by taking into account the transformation in the sector in the aftermath of the country's financial crisis of 2000 to 2001 and the global financial crisis. The results demonstrate that the level of competition in the system did not increase despite the restructuring that was undertaken and the increased foreign bank participation. In addition the level of competition in the sector deteriorated during the global ...
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Distinctive communication networks in inactive states of beta(2)-adrenergic receptor: Mutual information and entropy transfer analysis
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Publisher and Date:(Wiley, 2020)Mutual information and entropy transfer analysis employed on two inactive states of human beta-2 adrenergic receptor (beta(2)-AR) unraveled distinct communication pathways. Previously, a so-called "highly" inactive state of the receptor was observed during 1.5 microsecond long molecular dynamics simulation where the largest intracellular loop (ICL3) was swiftly packed onto the G-protein binding cavity, becoming entirely inaccessible. Mutual information quantifying the degree of correspondence ...
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DNA polymorphism of Pvu II site in the lipoprotein lipase gene in patients with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
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Publisher and Date:(Wiley, 2005)We studied the effect of variation at the lipoprotein lipase (LPL) gene locus on the susceptibility of individuals with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) in a population of 110 NIDDM patients and 91 controls. Our objective was to study the relationship between the LPL-Pvu II polymorphism and NIDDM and lipid metabolism. PCR-RFLP was used to determine the DNA polymorphism of the sixth intron of the LPL gene. The frequencies of the genotypes in case and control groups were 29.1 and 30.8% ...
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Economic policy uncertainty, stakeholder engagement, and environmental, social, and governance practices: The moderating effect of competition
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Publisher and Date:(Wiley, 2020)his paper investigates the effect of the economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on corporate environmental, social, and governance practices (ESG), using 6,562 firm-year observations from 15 developed European countries covering the period from 2004 to 2017. The results show that during periods of high uncertainty, firms increase their overall ESG performance, corporate environmental performance, and performance in governance. The relationship is valid for emission, resource use, workforce, management, ...
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Effects of GNP addition on optical properties and band gap energies of PMMA films
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Publisher and Date:(Wiley, 2019)In this study the effects of graphene nanoplatelet (GNP) doping on the optical parameters (absorption coefficient alpha and extinction coefficient k) and the optical transition energies (optical band gap and Urbach energies) of poly(methyl methacrylate)/graphene nanoplatelet (PMMA/GNP) composite films were studied. PMMA/GNP composite films with various GNP mass fractions were prepared by spin coating technique. The absorbance (A) changes of the prepared composites were measured by using UV-Vis ...
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Effects of leucocytospermia on semen parameters and outcomes of intracytoplasmic sperm injection
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Publisher and Date:(Wiley, 2005)Leucocytes are present throughout the male reproductive tract but the clinical significance of leucocytic infiltration in the human ejaculate is controversial. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines leucocytospermia as the presence of peroxidase-positive leucocytes in concentrations of >= 1 x 10(6)/mL of semen. The goals of this study were to clarify the relationship between leucocytospermia and semen parameters including sperm concentration progressive and total motility before and after ...
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Epitope Based Hla Matching By Using Antibody Reactivity With High Resolution Allele Typing And Hlamatchmaker Algorithm Based Software
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Publisher and Date:(Wiley, 2017)
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Executive function and theory of mind as predictors of socially withdrawn behavior in institutionalized children
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Publisher and Date:(Wiley, 2018)False‐belief understanding and executive functions are two main sociocognitive abilities reliably linked to child social competence. Although institution‐reared children are especially at risk for behavioral problems and cognitive delays, the role that executive function and false‐belief understanding might play in the social withdrawal of institutionalized children has not been examined. The current study used two‐wave data to investigate the concurrent and longitudinal relations of social ...
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Inverse Coefficient Problem for a Second-Order Elliptic Equation with Nonlocal Boundary Conditions
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Publisher and Date:(Wiley, 2016)In this research article the inverse problem of finding a time-dependent coefficient in a second-order elliptic equation is investigated. The existence and the uniqueness of the classical solution of the problem under consideration are established. Numerical tests using the finite-difference scheme combined with an iteration method are presented and the sensitivity of this scheme with respect to noisy over determination data is illustrated. Copyright (C) 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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Ligand-binding affinity of alternative conformers of human beta(2)-adrenergic receptor in the presence of intracellular loop 3 (ICL3) and their potential use in virtual screening studies
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Publisher and Date:(Wiley, 2019)This study investigates the structural distinctiveness of orthosteric ligand-binding sites of several human beta(2) adrenergic receptor (beta(2)-AR) conformations that have been obtained from a set of independent molecular dynamics (MD) simulations in the presence of intracellular loop 3 (ICL3). A docking protocol was established in order to classify each receptor conformation via its binding affinity to selected ligands with known efficacy. This work's main goal was to reveal many subtle features ...
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Minority Adolescents in Ethnically Diverse Schools: Perceptions of Equal Treatment Buffer Threat Effects
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Publisher and Date:(Wiley, 2016)Can perceptions of equal treatment buffer the negative effects of threat on the school success of minority students? Focusing on minority adolescents from Turkish and Moroccan heritage in Belgium (M-age=14.5
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New insights from children with early focal brain injury: Lessons to be learned from examining STEM-related skills
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Publisher and Date:(Wiley, 2019)The study of cognitive development in children with early brain injury reveals crucial information about the developing brain and its plasticity. However information on long-term outcomes of these children especially in domains relevant to science technology engineering and math (STEM) remains limited. In the current review our goal is to address the existing research on cognitive development of children with pre- or perinatal focal brain lesion (PL) as it relates to children's STEM-related skills ...
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Partitioning 3-arcs into Steiner Triple Systems
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Publisher and Date:(Wiley, 2017)In this article it is shown that there is a partitioning of the set of 3-arcs in a projective plane of order three into nine pairwise disjoint Steiner triple systems of order 13.
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Psychosocial interventions to improve outcomes among dialysis patients
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Publisher and Date:(Wiley, 2018)Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) report high levels of emotional problems and poor compliance with treatment and quality of life. Nevertheless there are not many studies which examine the effectiveness of different psychosocial interventions in ameliorating these poor outcomes. Theories have been helpful in identifying targets for interventions to improve compliance with treatment adjustment and quality of life. However their effects have been mixed. In particular interventions ...
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Quantitative expression analysis of glucocorticoid receptor (GcR) gene in metabolic syndrome
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Publisher and Date:(Wiley, 2006)
