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After World War II the United States dismantled many of its wartime bases but maintained an important military presence in Europe and Asia in an effort to contain the Soviet Union.

Given its availability, relatively low cost, and absence of ionizing radiation or need for contrast materials, US has maintained an important role in the evaluation of the acute abdomen even during the recent diffusion of MDCT.

The type-III interferons maintained an important biological role in anti-viral response, and copies arose via gene locus duplication, and in some species, via retrotransposons.

Sequence alignment has maintained an important central role within the field and is often used as a link between other analyses and/or domains.

Further, their control of resources is substantial: beyond the patent to the ABCC6 mutations causing the disease, PXE International has built and maintained an important biobank of patient samples and data, and they use these to attract researchers, enforce cooperative relations among them, and steer the course of their work.

Ten week-old NP42T-treated R6/2 animals presented a lower score (146.83 ± 12.69 s) compared to wild-type mice treated with empty NP (placebo) or NP42T (respectively 269.75 ± 9.69 s and 248.72 ± 10.59 s), but maintained an important advantage compared to placebo-treated R6/2 mice (97 ± 8.56 s).

Kazakhstan also maintains an important relationship with China, with whom it settled lingering border demarcation issues in 1999.

Harley-Davidson, the motorcycle manufacturer that began operations in Milwaukee in 1903, still maintains an important presence in the state.

After all, they noted, Dominicans here maintain an important economic lifeline to the island, sending hundreds of millions of dollars to relatives.

Russia also maintains an important naval base at the Syrian port of Tartous, giving the Russian fleet access to the Mediterranean Sea.

One Manhattan developer sees the city as maintaining an important position in technology, only in more of a supporting role -- as a center for back offices or warehouses for expanding Internet and other technology businesses.