... from thesedimentphase into theaquatic phase, (2) resuspension ofparticulatematter from thesedimentphase into the water column, and (3) theroleof interstitial water inthesedimentphase ... from the aqueous phase into biota, into sediments, and into the atmosphere are cardinal determinants ofthe dissemination of xenobiotics after discharge For theaquatic phase, the complexity ofthe ... pairs of phases: between the aqueous phaseand biota including fish, algae, and higher plants; between the aqueous phaseand sediments including particulate matter; and between the aqueous phase and...
... well They include constraints on the supply of labor and other inputs, upward pressure on wages and rents, congestion of infrastructure, and (if fiscal incentives are provided to the locating ... innovation Small firms are the great innovators in some industries, while large firms are the great innovators in others Moreover, small and large businesses interact in innovative activity The ... growth from the second quarter of 2000 into job classes using beginning size of firm, mean size of firm over the period, and end size of firm If the beginning size ofthe firm is used to classify...
... understand the meaning ofthe questions in this section Each session took 30 including instructions at the beginning, the listening comprehension task, and completion ofthe questionnaire The questionnaire ... placement inthe IEP was determined on the basis of an in- house placement test of listening, reading, and writing skills (reliability coefficients for the listening and reading sections of this ... the listening task so as not to bias any ofthe responses Results and Discussion To give the reader a better idea ofthe types of gestures the participants saw inthe lecture, discussion of the...
... businesses, the traditional target client group of savings banks By capturing and channelling more ofthe remittances into the financial system and intermediating the flow ofthe resources, savings ... disbursing of loans and collecting loan repayments Another promising track for savings banks is to invest their savings deposits in microfinance institutions by specialising 18 Microfinance Information ... countries andin Latin America and Asia, the figures also remain well below the average requirement ofthe banking system The microcredit schemes of savings banks Although savings banks are savings...
... Figure Lack of HPV16 Infection inthe absence of cathepsin B Lack of HPV16 Infection inthe absence of cathepsin B HPV16 infection levels in cathepsin B and cathepsin L deficient (-/-) and wild ... cathepsin B or cathepsin L protease, Figure Cathepsin B and L treatment of HPV16 increases binding Cathepsin B and L treatment of HPV16 increases binding Reporter virus binding was compared in ... cathepsin L enhanced infectivity by cleaving and removing a highly glycosylated mucin domain inthe Ebolavirus glycoprotein and resulted in increased binding suggesting that cathepsins are indeed...
... grouping) in relation to big enterprises Role as supporter of innovation and new industry Role as absorber and creator of employment Roleof developing and stabilizing the regional economy Role to ... peak of 319,716 companies but the numbers have been declining since then Inthe latter half ofthe 1960’s, a comparatively remarkable increase inthe number of SMEs with a capital scale of 1-5 ... lower Thus the income level will be lower inthe region where the prevalence of small-scale business is high On income level inthe region, I make use ofthe indicator of prefectural income per...
... 2) initiated our interest intheroleof NK cells inthe development of nasal polyps and chronic sinusitis The aim of our study is to investigate the involvement of NK cells inthe chronic inflammation ... eight Chinese Inthe allergic rhinitis group, there were seven Chinese, three Indians and one Malay Inthe control group, there were three Chinese, one Malay and one Indian All the patients inthe ... difference inthe NK cell numbers inthe inflamed sinus mucosa, andinthe middle turbinate of allergic rhinitis and controls Z values andthe P values of Mann-Whitney test are shown in Table 51...
... N-terminal domain of TIMPs and more specifically the "functional binding edge" is interacting with the catalytic domain ofthe ADAM proteinase [32] The interaction ofthe catalytic site-bound Zinc ... catalytic centre ofthe enzyme [22,23] Structure of ADAMs and ADAMTS is highly conserved and involves metalloproteinase and disintegrin domains endowing them with features of both proteinases and adhesion ... is active in only about half of ADAM proteinases The following domains are characteristic of ADAMs and include a disintegrin domain mediating cellcell, cell-matrix interactions via the interaction...
... nurses, and PAs The group also determined to look after the ‘mental health’ ofthe incident command group and others providing leadership and service during the incident A shelter cannot and should ... a member ofthe joint incident command staff and invited to attend the three daily briefing meetings Total absence of narcotics, including methadone, at the shelter clinic site was mandated Health ... having a member ofthe medical group on the podium at each press conference, coordinating the medical information with the Joint Information Center, and neutralizing any misinformation or incomplete...
... important roles inthe persistence of mucosal inflammation andin inducing nasal airway remodeling IV There may be ethnic based differences controlling cell patterns involved inthe chronic inflammation ... by the National Medical Research Council of Singapore andthe institutional review board ofthe Medical Faculty ofthe National University of Singapore Table Patient groups inthe study of inflammatory ... staining of inflamed sinus mucosa and its paired middle turbinate B Anti-tryptase (mast cell) staining of inflamed sinus mucosa and its paired middle turbinate 174 Figure 14, Continued A Inflamed...
... replace the term “sinusitis” Lanza et al.27 in 1997 suggested a broader definition of sinusitis, including inflammation ofthe nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses andofthe fluid within these cavities ... Chapter The involvement of Trichophyton rubrum inthe pathogenesis of nasal polyps and chronic sinusitis 5.1 Roleof fungi inthe pathogenesis of nasal polyps and chronic sinusitis 5.1.1 Incidence of ... and they form the lateral wall ofthe nose They are considered to be the main nasal passages Below the turbinates are the superior, middle and inferior meatus which are the openings beneath and...
... rolein protein stability [8], and their involvement in interactions with cations offers new perspective inthe analysis ofthe contribution of ions as cofactors in protein folding [38] andin ... those observed for the wild-type, indicating the involvement of Glu53 and Asp287 inthe interaction with the cation (Fig 1E,F) The regain of aromatic chirality at 295 nm andinthe 260270 nm region ... [2] The solid lines through the mutants unfolding data points (lled symbols) are intended to guide the eye ofthe reader and not represent the tting ofthe data Reversibility points are indicated...
... inhibitors The protein phosphatase inhibitor OA andthe protein kinase inhibitor, the broad spectrum inhibitor of protein kinase ST for example, often exert opposing effects on protein modification ... activation is under the direct control of kinases and phosphatases, andthe indirect control of phosphorylation through the regulation of other apoptotic proteins Furthermore, many kinases and phosphatases ... increases the release of cytochrome c from mitochondria into the cytosol through inactivation with Bcl-xL and Bcl-2 [69] Inactivated Bax and Bad bind 14-3-3, the phosphoserine ⁄ threonine binding proteins...
... enthalpies of binding and stoichiometries were determined from the binding isotherm by fitting a : binding model to the data using the software provided by the manufacturer Results Reaction of fosfomycin ... replacement of R120 by lysine reduces the probability of forming the fully closed form ofthe protein The results obtained with the K22V/R120K double mutant protein point toward a central roleof arginine ... chain of K22 participates in fosfomycin binding, thus providing a rationale for the loss of fosfomycin binding to the K22V and K22E mutant proteins However, two other positively charged amino...
... S&T IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT vide the backdrop for this report on theroleof S&T in foreign assistance Maintaining and strengthening the contributions ofthe science, engineering, and medical ... by the Academy, the Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences andthe National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the ... overlapping S&T interests of U.S departments and agencies in developing countries; • Emphasize within the joint State-USAID planning process andinthe field the payoff from broad interagency coordination...
... Lending booms coincide with a decline in inflation in most ofthe countries Inflation at the start ofthe lending boom is much higher inthe crisis countries and declines sharply during the credit ... usually a lagging indicator of banking system problems, and there have been some indications of a decline in capital adequacy and some increase in credit risks in many ofthe countries inthe group ... andthe extent of their hedging has remained limited There are also indications of potential liquidity risks in some ofthe countries, as suggested by the maturity of loans A decline in margins...
... The motif present in DptF is GLDSV, indicating that this putative ACP domain is one ofthe few ACPs in which valine replaces isoleucine (I) or leucine (L) inthe conserved sequence To determine ... carrier proteins (ACPs) [14,15] The genes dptE and dptF are localized immediately upstream ofthe NRPSs of A21987C The resulting proteins DptE and DptF were predicted to be involved inthe lipidation ... Assay Fig In vitro phosphopantetheinylation of apo-DptF and apoAcpK Coomassie blue-stained SDS–PAGE gel (left) and in- gel fluorescence (right) ofthe fluoresceinyl-ACP (+) indicates the reaction...
... important for explaining wilt Inthe case of income, youth living in low-income households experience higher levels of wilt (45%) than youth living in either modest-income (35%) or high-income (23%) ... accumulating school savings may have effects apart from financing school Conley (2001) finds that a doubling of net worth results in an 8.3% increase inthe probability of attending college Further, ... for their youth Youth savings Youth were asked in 2002 whether they had a savings or bank account in their name If they had an account, they were also asked whether they were saving some of this...
... Tyr These mutations may in uence the shape and volume ofthe acyl binding pocket and thereby alter the binding mode and affinity ofthe enzyme for PAA and derivatives thereof, while maintaining the ... maintaining the structure ofthe binding site given the short distances of ˚ ˚ 3.5 A and 3.9 A between bF57(CZ) andthe substrate binding residues bP22(CB) and bF24(CE2), respectively Changing ... residues and interactions in uence the performance of PA inthe formation of semisynthetic b-lactam antibiotics The X-ray structure ofthe complex of PA with PAA shows that the acyl binding site of...