The absence of a significant effect on α-crystallin expression is expected because of the construct we used to express the transgene.
Otherwise, cross-cultural comparisons of findings made using KINDL-Kid questionnaires could be misleading because the equivalence of the construct measured is questionable.
Because the size of the construct has a critical influence on efficiency of protein transduction [ 53], we tested several truncated versions of the previously described NC128 protein [ 19] and chose N89 as the shortest protein with the full inhibitory potential.
Both other studies are of fair methodological quality because the aspects of the construct to be measured were poorly described, and it was not taken into account whether all items referred to relevant aspects of the WLQ [ 27, 37].
Because the meaning of the construct the instrument is designed to measure may differ from one culture to other, it is of paramount importance to ensure cultural equivalence before using a translated version of the scale in the Hong Kong Chinese context.
Because of the importance of the construct of social cognition for real world functioning and because of its strong psychometric properties, the managing emotion branch of the MSCEIT was included as a separate domain within the MCCB [ 25].
However, the region is undergoing rapid socioeconomic changes because of the newly constructed road connecting Pleiku City (Gia Lai) to Banlung City (Ratanakiri), and the designation of Ratanakiri and Gia Lai provinces as a special economic border zone by the Cambodia Laos Vietnam Development Triangle Master Plan.
Thinness is indisputably a striving for the beauty ideal in modern western societies because of the socially constructed idea that physically attractiveness is one of the women's most important assets.
All cells inside a tissue engineering construct die within a short period of time after implantation of the construct because vascularization and establishment of connections to the recipient circulatory system is a time consuming process.
