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Cognitive mediators of aggression
A large amount of research suggests that aggressive children differ from their nonaggressive peers in the way they process social information in conflict situations. Using Crick & Dodge's (1994) Social Information Processing following Provocation Model as a theoretical framework, this investigation …
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Inflammatory mediators in diabetic retinopathy
… of five studies. Up-regulation of inflammatory mediators and leukocyte adhesion molecules was demonstrated in serum and eyes of diabetic subjects with both proliferative DR and no or non-proliferative DR in humans. The roles of oxidative stress as well as of inflammation in retinal …
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Implementing Mediators with Cheap Talk
In this work we study the effects of cheap-talk in games with rational agents. We begin by showing that all asynchronous interactions between $n$ players and a mediator can be $t$-bisimulated without the mediator if $n > 4t$. Intuitively, $t$-bisimulation means that for any deviation performed by …
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Immune Mediators of Murine Lyme Arthritis
Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease in both the United States and Europe; however, its pathogenesis is incompletely understood. The studies described in this thesis aid in the elucidation of mechanisms regulating murine Lyme arthritis and may suggest mechanisms by which human Lyme …
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Mediators of monocyte activity in inflammation
C-reactive protein (CRP) is the prototypic acute phase serum protein in humans. CRP is currently one of the best markers of inflammatory disease and disease activity. One of the keys cells involved in inflammation within chronic inflammatory diseases is the monocyte. Monocytes are able to modulate …
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Inflammatory Mediators Associated with Pre-eclampsia
… are activated to increase level of inflammatory mediators, NF-kB, JNK, iNOS and COX-2, and this phenomena may be related to pre-eclampsia. These results may provide new insights into the key mechanisms that trigger pre-eclampsia and new therapeutic targets that will improve the management of …
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Teachers as Change Mediators in Educational Reform
In theory, sustaining and scaling instructional reform hinges on teachers' ability to introduce new ideas, tools, and practices into their local environment and to provide concrete models of change for their peers. Yet, in spite of the critical role teachers play in propagating reform, no …
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Molecular mediators of cardiac-specific enhancer activation
Understanding how transcription factors (TFs) control gene expression programs is critical for determining the genetic pathways responsible for development. Heart development is particularly sensitive to precise control of gene programs as faulty regulation leads to congenital heart defects (CHD), …
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Social Structure and Anger: Social Psychological Mediators
… data to examine potential social psychological mediators, suggested by equity theory and research on distress, of the relationship between social structure and anger. A broader social structure and personality approach to anger is compared with the equity and stress models proposed. Among social …
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Role of biological mediators in periodontal healing responses
… origin cells in response to chemokines. Various mediators induce the healing process, such as interleukins, PDGF, TGF-b, IGF- 1, FGF-2, VEGF, and EGF. Non-coding RNAs have been found to be associated with inflammatory reactions including periodontal diseases. The important functions of cytokines …
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Hypertension in Older African Americans: Testing Psychosocial Mediators
<p>Past research has shown that low socioeconomic status (SES) and experiencing racial discrimination are both related to hypertension in African Americans. Further, low SES and racial discrimination have been found to affect hypertension indirectly through stress, low levels of psychosocial …
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Targeting pro-inflammatory mediators to treat visceral pain
… further understanding of the pro-inflammatory mediators and mechanisms underpinning visceral nociception in disease states is required. In GI disease, mast cell number is elevated in the gut and activation leads to synthesis and release of many pro-inflammatory mediators, which modulate …
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Intergenerational Transmission of Convictions: Family Factors as Mediators
… to identify childhood risk factors as possible mediators of this transmission. Based on qualitative prospective in-depth interviews, the case histories of eight CSDD men and their family members across three generations were presented to provide a picture of the complexity of factors and …
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Effects of DFO-Induced Hypoxia on Key Signaling Mediators
… three main types of opioid receptors and are key mediators in morphine-induced analgesia. Therefore, in this study, the effect of hypoxia on MOR gene expression was examined using human neuronal cells treated with DFO to create a hypoxic-mimic condition. We found that MOR expression was shown to …
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New Mediators and Novel Mechanisms in Allergic Airway Inflammation
… smooth muscle directly and to identify novel mediators involved in allergic airway inflammation. The effect of the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-4 on airway smooth muscle contractions was investigated in an organ culture model. Prolonged exposure to IL-4 enhanced contractions …
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Mesenchymal stem cells as trophic mediators of neural differentiation
Intense excitement and optimism surrounds the rapidly-expanding field of stem cell research, owing to their high capacity for self-renewal and intrinsic ability to differentiate into mature cell lineages. Although it may be envisioned that embryonic stem cells will be of significantly greater …
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Cognitive Systems as Mediators of Ratings of Teaching Performance
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