... assumed that SAsun has the same photosynthetic rate as a needle area illuminated by a radiation intensity of Edir/SAsun + Idif , and that SAshade has a photosynthetic rate equal to that of a surface ... SAsun (m2) is equal tothe total surface of the needle segments that have a face illuminated directly by the sun SAshade is equal tothe difference between total shoot area (SA) and SAsun We assumed ... than in its presence, whereas assimilation only increased by 20% The dominant climatic control on stomata appeared to be predawn water potential In any case, the stomatal limitation appeared to...
... theater .” The SCPV peak flags a large withdrawal of the hand backward terminating in a downward beat at the word “wombats.” At this point, the nondominant hand enters the scene and both hands join ... original manual coding The subject actually introduced the ideas of “wombats” andthe town “theater” for the first time with the utterance: and see the thing is || is there are wombats in the theater ... USA, 1987 M Halliday, Intonation and Grammar in British English, Mouton Press, The Hague, Paris, France, 1967 E Hajicov´ and P Sgall, “Topic and focus of a sentence andathe patterning of a...
... 25 See Hamashita, China, East Asia andthe Global Economy, pp 57-84; and Leonard Blusse, Visible Cities: Canton, Nagasaki, and Batavia andthe Coming of the Americans (Cambridge: Harvard University ... presenting the latter as backward and stagnant, a similar charge made on the Fairbankian School for its depiction of China Mainland Japanese scholars, on the other hand, understand the kingdom as part ... China anda rapacious Japan On the other hand, Japan has conventionally been regarded as a monocultural society Industrial growth during the Meiji Restoration and rapid postwar recovery and economic...
... respect toa compensated Poisson random measure We start by recalling some facts about Poisson random measures 2.1 Poisson random measures and integrals A recent comprehensive account on Poisson random ... Brownian motion, stable L´evy motion andthe process Yα (t) Integral representations can serve as a unified framework to investigate all three processes andto understand the relation between them ... representation (10) to study local and global structure of the process Yα (t) We show that it can be regarded as abridgebetween fractional Brownian motion and stable L´evy motion and exhibits an intrinsic...
... buyers The sellers are given an item and told that they are its owners They are then asked to indicate the minimum they would accept to sell the item, the WTA Buyers are shown the same item andare ... was the actual round A pen anda picture frame were used in the hypothetical situations, anda coffee mug was used for the actual situation Only the actual round had a real payoff, either the mug ... the random offer, they gave up their item and received the amount of the random offer If the WTA was greater, they kept the item For buyers, if the WTP was greater than or equal tothe random...
... hand, the association between diabetes and atherothrombosis is well known [9] while the association between diabetes and VTE has not been recognised by data available in the Literature [7] However, ... association between diabetes and VTE [6], but recently several Authors showed that atherosclerosis and traditional atherosclerotic risk factor as diabetes should be considered also as risk factor ... expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD) or as number and percentage where appropriated Statistical analysis was performed with STATA http:// www.stata.com with Student t test for unpaired data or...
... thus also recorded betweenthe size and weight of perch andthe cadmium 18 content of the parasites An association betweenthe infrapopulation biomass of A lucii andthe cadmium burden of the ... (Table 2) Taking into consideration correlations betweenthe age and weight of acanthocephalans (see e.g Kennedy and Moriarty 1987) the above association may reflect a longer exposure time and ... from the substratum One sampling site was close tothe Salzburg to Vienna motorway and received road runoff via a small stream entering the lake The reference site was about 10 km away from the...
... regions andthespecific activity of the enzyme, as parameters, were analysed within andbetweenthe Amy and Amy genotypes Line grouping s F was performed according to deviations outside ± standard ... Student’s) and non-parametric tests (Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis analysis of variance and correlation) were used for the analysis of the results In this way, the variability in the number of active ... specific activity of a- amylase was carried out according tothe method described by Noelting and Bernfeld [11] Midgut dissection and aamylase activity pattern were performed according to Abraham...
... obtain the approval from the shareholders Directors are required to manage companies more transparently and make publicly available relevant information about important transactions Either a loan ... of the Board of Management have a general power to call all general meetings97 In a situation in which the management harms the company or the shareholders at any time betweenthe regular/annual ... of it were to discriminate betweenthe majority shareholders andthe minority shareholders, so as to give tothe former an advantage of which the latter were deprived When the cases are examined...
... Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, andthe Philippines, this paper tests the causal relationship betweenthe two variables of GDP growth and FDI inflow Data for Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, ... production Regarding causality of FDI and economic growth, it is an ongoing debated issue Hansen and Rand (2004) analyze the causal links between FDI and GDP andthe causality of these two variables ... significant causal link However, for Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, andthe Philippines, Granger causality tests not show a statistically significant causal relationship between FDI and GDP in any...
... Kanazawa, A. , Tanaka, M., Yoshimura, T., Chikara, H., Takigawa, T., Morimoto, K., Nakayama, K and Shibata, E (2009) Regional differences in residential environmenets andthe association of dwellings ... Japanese dwellings.65) Dermatophagoides pteronyssiums, and Dermatophagoides farinae are important allergens causing allergies in Japan.66) Chemical Factors VOCs are organic compounds that have ... SO2 are associated with the use of coal and other fuels for heating and cooking.52) Biological Pollutants Dander, mold, dust, and other organisms carried into by animals and people are biological...
... The target sequences for the mRNA of b-catenin were 5¢-AAAGCTGATATTGATGGACAG-3¢ The siRNA against luciferase mRNA was used as a control siRNA The target sequence for luciferase mRNA was 5¢-AACG ... TACGCGGAATACTTCGA-3¢ The siRNAs were customsynthesized by Qiagen (Valencia, CA, USA) and were transfected into lung fibroblasts using Qiagen RNAiFest transfection reagent in accordance with the ... Thr390-phosphorylated and Ser9-phosphorylated GSK3b without an alteration in the protein contents of total p38 MAP kinase, total Akt, and total GSK3b, suggesting that a- defensin-1 and a- defensin-2 cause the activation...
... of the chamber to dissipate any heat built up in the transducer The transducer was affixed to an offset cam to allow it to rotate in a horizontal plane against the bottom of the ultrasound chamber ... and increased lumen diameter due tothe loss of all spermatocytes and spermatids (D) Tubules that appear to have a larger epithelial layer and smaller diameter lumen were still missing spermatocytes ... treated animals, performed necropsies and analyzed sperm All authors participated in experimental design and read and approved the final manuscript The authors declare that no actual or potential conflict...
... Korea Iceland Sweden Denmark Finland Japan Luxembourg Norway United Kingdom Switzerland Netherlands Australia Belgium Germany France Canada United States Spain Austria New Zealand Italy Ireland ... both fixed and mobile, are based) The Netherlands and Canada both well on the fixed-broadband penetration front, but are substantially weaker on 3G; while Italy and Spain exhibit the inverse ... Denmark, Norway, and Iceland, as well as the Netherlands, Switzerland, and South Korea The second quintile includes, in addition to Sweden and Finland: Canada, the United Kingdom, Belgium, and Luxembourg...
... calculating the peak area during the dissociation process The rate of change in the peak area shown in Fig 3A was estimated according to an equation of single exponential decay [7], peak areaịt ... 5Â-AGTACATGTGGGACGTCAC CATGGAGTATGTCCC-3Â (forward) and 5Â-GGGACAT ACTC CATGGTGACGTCCCACATGTACT-3Â (reverse); for the H89V mutant, 5Â-TCTGCTGCAGCA GGGTGTT GAGAAGCGCTGGATG-3Â (forward) and 5Â-CATCCAG CGCTTCTCAACACCCT ... The thermal power obtained was averaged for 30 s prior tothe subsequent injection to obtain the most accurate power measurements These rates were corrected for DHapp andthe data were tted to the...
... 5¢-GCC AGATCCCAAATTAGTGC-3¢; QaTGFbsfR2, 5¢-TGAA ACCACAGCCTCAGTTG-3¢, where ‘s’ anda indicate sense and antisense primers, respectively Accurate amplification of the target amplicon was checked ... (blastula, gastrula, trochophore larvae, D larvae, and 14 days post fertilization larvae, pediveliger larvae and metamorphosing larvae) were used as samples Although Cg-BMPR1 and Cg-TGFbsfR2 transcripts ... in flies (mad Drosophila mutants) and worms (sma Caenorhabditis mutants) These move tothe nucleus to associate with transcriptional coactivators and regulate the transcription of target genes...
... and execution -specific objectives and tasks and relate these to higher-level military and national security objectives Then, we adapt and apply the closedloop framework to theater airlift planning ... contributed to this research; we assume responsibility for any errors Abbreviations ACS AE AECT ALCT AMC AMCT AMD AME ANG AOC AOR APOD APOE ARCENT Agile Combat Support Aeromedical Evacuation Aeromedical ... tothe COMAFFOR A3 /5 enhanced staff andtothe TACC and USTRANSCOM DDOC • A J3 organization needs to be established and staffed to perform integrated requirements forecasts and guidance (demand-side)...
... transcription, 24 h and 48 h (lanes 16 and 17) of cel7 after transfer to lactose The bottom panel is the 18S ribosomal RNA loading control ˚ for the main chain were 20.91 A2 and root-mean-square deviations ... (GenBank: AAA19802), T reesei (GenBank CAA49596), A niger (GenBank AAF04491), H grisea (GenBank AAD11942) andA aculeatus (GenBank BAA25183) gave sequence identity values of 65%, 64%, 73%, 51% and ... GenBank AAA19802), and Trichoderma reesei (T.reesei; GenBank CAA49596) Residues in white against a black background are amino acids that are identical or have a conserved substitution in all...