The formation of striatal PNNs may thus reflect a consolidation of these connections, akin to increased PNN expression demarcating the closing of the visual cortical 'critical period' due to monocular deprivation [37].
Thus, this gene fusion may be establishing a pro-oncogenic metabolic milieu, akin to the increased levels of sarcosine reported in prostate cancer [ 99].
But the way drugs are often portrayed as nothing but harmful and damaging is quite disconcerting; it suggests that taking drugs is akin to trying to increase the speed of your computer by pouring coffee over the motherboard; you're going to experience a lot of new sights, sounds and smells, but cause irreversible damage in the process.
Akin to the increases in articular bone area expansion that occurs when menisci are damaged, it has been shown that meniscal damage is also associated with higher regional periarticular tibial BMD in the same compartment [ 27].
More recently, the Acute Kidney Injury Network (AKIN) modified these criteria to increase the sensitivity, and recommended that a small change in serum creatinine (more than 26.5 μmol/L from baseline) within 48 h be recognized as stage I AKI [ 3].
This reflects one of the intentions of the Acute Kidney Injury Network to increase the sensitivity of AKIN compared to RIFLE [ 2].
He has written that ergonomic studies used to draft the rules were akin to "junk science" and would serve only to increase business costs.
Our antibiotic arsenal has undergone a stepwise tailoring of core structures, akin to evolution, to both increase their spectrum of activity and overcome resistance mechanisms.
Falchi says that, considering this, choosing LED lights is akin to stripping an automobile of its emissions control devices to increase engine efficiency.
She measures companies by sales, but national economies by GDP (which is a measure of value added, more akin to corporate profits).Rather than increasing their hold over the universe, big companies have been losing ground.
