... strut in a strut- and- tie model, taken perpendicular to the axis ofthe strut, in.2, Appendix A = area of that part of cross section between theflexural tension face and center of gravity of gross ... addresses the planning, design, and detailing ofthe slabs Background information on thedesign theories is followed by discussion ofthe soil support system, loadings, and types of slabs Design ... conservative than designs bythe Strength Design Method ofthe Code The Alternate Design Method ofthe 1999 Code may be used in place of applicable sections of this Code Appendix A ofthe Code contains...
... PCR, the exon1 sense strand partially hybridizes with the exon2 antisense strand andthe exon1 antisense strand with the exon2 sense strand Then "Amplification PCR" resulted in the accumulation of ... Thirdly, Tat synthesized in the RRL andthe Tat/RRL mixture was added to either one ofthe viral Rluc RNAs and to the control Rluc RNA Under these conditions, increasing quantities of Tat/RRL were ... structures in the 5' UTR of Tat1 and Tat2 RNAs, which are not found in the 5' UTR ofthe genomic RNA [[55] and ref therein], are (i) an interaction between the PBS sequence andthe 5' part of Tat exon...
... expression The activity ofthe intrinsic protease was inactivated by a D25A substitution ofthe catalytic aspartate The location ofthe Gag NC/p1 [53] and pl/p6 [54] sites andthe Gag-Pro-Pol NC/ TF and ... in part, bythe dimerization ofthe protease and RT domains We and others have shown that timed and ordered cleavage ofthe HIV-1 Gag precursors is highly regulated and is necessary for the production ... domains The other feature ofthe system we have used is the reliance of protease cleavages in trans Use of trans protease on the full length precursor allows for the clear evaluation of generation of...
... bythe Creative Research Group of National Science Foundation of China (Grant no 50721003), the Foundation ofthe Ministry of Education of China for Returned Scholars (Grant no 2005383) andthe ... image of SiC nanowires synthesized using the AAO template by thermal evaporation It reveals that large quantities of randomly distributed wire-like products have been obtained The nanowires are of ... about 3:2:2, which corresponds well to the standard SiC and SiO2 The small quantity of oxygen may come from the resident oxide layer The IR spectrum ofthe as-synthesized SiC nanowire samples (Fig...
... with x The change ofthe band-gap energy Eg with temperature is usually attributed to the effect of electrons or phonons The electron-hole pair is believed to soften the lattice vibration ofthe ... the vacancy site, thus softening the normal-mode frequencies ofthe lattice and reducing the zero-point energy ofthe oscillators An increase in the number of Mn atoms in the lattice seems to lead ... material and that the inhomogeneous broadening in Гinh may be accounted for implicitly and partly bythe presence of various site symmetries ofthe Mn2+ ion in the lattice, the existence of stacking...
... Brief Description of SMint The ”objects” of study in the continuous version ofthe multi-WZ theory are expressions ofthe kind F (n, m, y, x)dx and identities between them In the above general ... calculations However, in both forms the evaluation ofthe right side ofthe integral is much faster (for specific m, n, and k) than the direct evaluation ofthe left side of our intergal Hence both forms ... specially designed to handle identities which invlove pure multiple integrals where the integrand is symmetric w.r.t the integration variables The detailed technical description of Mint and SMint...
... the solvent flux across the membrane and θ is the angle between the x axis r andthe normal direction to the membrane n The first and second terms on the right hand side of each Eqs (2.15) and ... permeability properties ofthe cell membrane are functions ofthe aqueous environment and membrane stretching These areas are not central to the present work and hence beyond the scope ofthe thesis 1.5 ... However, the general accuracy ofthe method is limited to the first order 17 as it smears out the jumps of variables by using the discrete delta function In the case of different viscosities across the...
... element model is used only in the immediate vicinity ofthe delamination front andthe remainder ofthe structure is modeled using shell elements The connection between the solid elements andthe ... effective material properties ofthe damaged lamina 0 and E11 , E 22 and G12 are the material properties ofthe undamaged lamina The predicted damage progression patterns agreed with the experimental ... Coefficients of thermal expansion in material coordinate system E Elastic modulus ofthe rod A Cross-section area ofthe rod L One-third ofthe length ofthe rod Fint Internal nodal force of elements...
... Journal of Water and Environment Technology, Vol 7, No 4, 2009 Since the predomination of GAOs instead of PAOs leads to the deterioration of EBPR, it is essential to understand the mechanisms ofthe ... by these two species of bacteria seems to be similar within the initial pH range of to andthe final pH range of around to The value of pH does not seem to be a major determining factor for these ... 2, and In all cases, acetate uptake andthe release of phosphate were observed The pH range narrowed down to around and after the incubation, which originally ranged between and or The effect of...
... finally examined the effect of deletion ofthe components ofthe PDZ binding motif on the signaling properties ofthe receptor in Ca2+ imaging experiments Truncation ofthe receptor from the final eight ... significance ofthe observed interaction Further studies are necessary to shed light on the function of this interaction in the in vivo situation By influencing the duration ofthe Ca2+ signal of ORs in the ... source of olfactory signaling andthe sites of expression of ORs are the ciliary structures ofthe OSNs Interestingly, we found MUPP1 to be predominantly expressed in the apical compartment of OSNs...
... Installing the game content To get all the content for the game that will be used over the course ofthe book, head to the Packt website and download the code file Unzip the file, and place the folder ... we will make our game dance and twirl They are the tools that change the position, rotation, and scale ofthe node the NodePath handles Each of these tools is made up of several methods, one to ... none of them are strictly necessary for this book since all ofthe content they create is provided with the book Nevertheless, we'll mention them here and provide tutorials on using some of them...
... from the slopes ofthe curves recorded during the first ofthe reaction and from the NADH concentrations using the value e340 ¼ 6.22 mM)1Æcm)1 Inhibition studies The inhibitory activities of ligands ... 4583 the T brucei and T cruzi proteins These Kd values actually represent the ligand affinities for a nonactive conformation ofthe enzyme in the absence of substrate and cofactor Molecular modelling ... positioning ofthe active residue Cys166 andthe nicotinamide ring ofthe NAD+ cofactor during catalysis The average isotropic temperature factor values for the main chain and all atoms ofthe 359...
... identified the reverse products and shown that the CMP activation ofthe reverse of synthesis is by a different mechanism from base exchange [20] Further analysis ofthe products released from PtdIns by ... alignment on the same plot ofthe values found for de novo synthesis in the presence of 7.5 or 2.5 mM MnCl2 with various amounts of EDTA, or in the presence of MnCl2 only [11], as a function ofthe concentration ... extracted andthe amount of labelled PtdIns was determined (Table 1) In the absence of CMP, the presence of AtPIS1 allows the incorporation of labelled inositol into PtdIns, according to the enzymatic...
... decrease in the affinity for GDP of Ga andthe subsequent substitution of GDP by GTP [10] Such an agonist-dependent decrease in the affinity for GDP can be detected as the increase in binding ofthe nonhydrolysable ... identified the human Gao (accession no NM138736) as the most similar Ga in mammals The amino acid sequence of GOA-1 is 82.2% identical to that of Gao Although the similarity ofthe aA–aE region andthe ... recognition are the a2 helix, the b6 ⁄ a5 loop, the a5 helix andthe N- and C- extreme termini [31] In addition, the a4 helix and a4 ⁄ b6 loop region of Gai1 are important for specific recognition of receptors...
... to the syntheses of linear tetrapeptides of somatostatin [20] andof cyclic tetrapeptide and pentapeptide analogues ofthe RGD sequence [19] With the cyclic compounds it is uncertain whether the ... differences in biological activities between [Ala9]SP and [Gly9]SP on the one hand, and [b2-HAla9]SP and [HGly9]SP on the other hand Indeed, the higher pharmacological potency of [b2-HAla9]SP compared ... position of SP are tolerated bythe NK-1 receptor, the substitution ofthe flexible Gly bythe even more flexible HGly causes a 30- to 40-fold decrease in affinity and biological activity Substitution by...
... color, odor and flavor, and suppression of hemolysis andthe bitter tastes of drugs [6,14,17] Taking into account the size ofthe hydrophobic pockets of CDs andthe chemical structure of GA (Fig ... portion of GA should penetrate into the hydrophobic pocket of c-CD To determine the thermodynamic parameters, the area of each exothermic peak as observed in Fig 2B was integrated, andthe heat of ... antisweet effect of GA is diminished bythe addition of c-CD to the tongue The binding stoichiometry determined by ITC and NMR revealed that GA forms a complex with c-CD in the ratio of : The DLS results...
... providing the house dust mite kgt11 library, Fridolin van der Lecq and others for their quick and excellent work on the protein sequences (Sequentie centrum, Utrecht, the Netherlands), and Dr Maurits ... (Fig 6B) The 25-kDa mature band was recognized by rabbit antibodies against nDer p 1, con®rming the identity ofthe 25-kDa band as Der p (not shown) The 10-kDa fragment referred to as the propeptide ... the BCA method as described bythe manufacturer (Pierce, Rockford, IL, USA) SDS/PAGE and immunoblotting Proteins were separated by SDS/PAGE (4±12%) (Novex) as described bythe manufacturer, and...
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... downregulation of mRNA and protein levels of PAR-1 On the other hand, inhibition of PKA by its inhibitor H-89 prevented PAR-1 downregulation Similarly, the involvement ofthe PKA pathway andthe lack of ... rate or the rate of internalization and degradation of PAR-1 protein As we and others [15–17,26,33] have shown the role of cAMP in the suppression of fibroblast function and promotion ofthe antifibrotic ... elements on the DNA and thereby regulates the transcription of genes, either positively or negatively Another pathway includes the direct activation of Epac (exchange protein directly activated by cAMP)...