... release of these chemicals to theenvironmentThe specific research gaps identified inthe context of understanding thefateand transfer of SVOCs in SEA are summarized below: I Determination of atmospheric ... a combination of laboratory experiments, field studies and theoretical models, has provided key insights into our understanding ofthefateand distribution of SVOCs inthe multi-media environment ... of these pollutants on the natural environmentand human health, it is important to gain a comprehensive understanding ofthefateand transfer of organic pollutants upon their release into the...
... 3B) The pK2 increased as the size ofthe residue at position 169 increased The effect ofthe size ofthe residue at position 169 may be related to the solvent accessibility ofthe side-chain of ... side-chain of His210 increased with the decrease in size ofthe side-chain at residue 169 (Table and Fig 3A) However, the ASAs of Asp113 and His57 remained constant when the side-chain at residue ... determined as part ofthe investigation into the shielding from solvent ofthe electrostatic interaction between Asp113 and His210 With increasing NaCl, the maximum activity decreased, while the...
... Randall and others, 1988; Melvin and others, 1992; Tiedeman and others, 1997; Lyford and others, 2003; Kontis and others, in press), with the thin till at the upper end ofthe reported range The ... streamflow in September inthe Assabet River about doubled at the outlet ofthe Main Stem Headwaters subbasin and increased by about percent at the outlet ofthe Main Stem Upper subbasin These increases ... components of average A, March; and B, September nonstorm streamflow in subbasins ofthe Assabet River Main Stem, in a hypothetical scenario of increased withdrawals and discharges inthe Assabet...
... identified as a single point in Fig Point (∼17:00) is an interception ofthe plume at a lower altitude upon return into the MCMA The higher mixing ratios of MTBE at the beginning andthe end ofthe flights ... further reduction ofthe boundary layer height inthe morning together with some contribution from traffic and industry during the early morning before the boundary layer has expanded During the ... highlighted inthe discussion section There were a number of flights in which the C130 flew over the city including the T0, T1, and T2 ground stations and these are shown inthe lower panel of Fig A...
... ofthe Indias The Company next acquired the privilege of farming all the taxes andthe whole revenue ofthe kingdom; and presently bought out the mint, andthe right of coinage, lor a sum of money ... of effecting payments by the transfer of these credits from the account ofthe payer to that ofthe receiver In this way the trouble of counting large sums of coin, andof transporting it from ... the Bank of England Chapter V Scotch Banks Two banks were established in Scotland by charter from the king; one the Bank of Scotland, in 1695; the other, the Royal Bank of Scotland, in 1727 These...
... human fucokinase cDNA is similar to the long splice variant of mouse fucokinase cDNA at the 3¢ splice region The first and third methionines inthe murine sequence, inthe upstream end ofthe CDS, ... neither is the splice junction between exon 23a or 23b, and exon 24 In conclusion, the alternative splicing maintains the reading frame along the entire protein, therefore the protein variants ... variants ofthe murine fucokinase genes were expressed in COS-7 cells in frame with a 10-amino acid E2Tag present inthe pQM vector The molecular masses of fucokinase proteins were determined by...
... were those involved in H S production through the biosynthesis ofthe sulfur-containing amino acids andthe sulfate assimilation pathway (Figure 2c) Addition of DAP, on the other hand, upregulated ... 67% ofthe genes involved in sulfate assimilation andthe synthesis ofthe sulfur-containing amino acids (Figure 2c) This appears to conflict with our phenotypic observations at the sampling point ... intermediate inthe biosynthesis ofthe sulfur-containing amino acids (pathway is illustrated in Figure 2c) This pathway involves reduction of sulfate; the most abundant sulfur source in grape must, into...
... performance of BMPs in addressing social and environmental issues and overall sustainability ofthe catfish farming sector inthe Mekong Delta On the basis of this study andthe key findings and conclusions, ... between each other and others inthe community The diversity and complexity ofthe catfish farming industry Broadly speaking there are three categories of different farmers represented inthe survey ... suffuse the industry and highlight the implicit and explicit roles of farmer associations in accessing and sharing information (and therefore likely role in BMP adoption and implementation going...
... versions ofthe training data The clean and noisy testing sets consisted then of all the detected signal frames which did not belong to the training data Note that the testing data included also the ... models The standard models were trained using the clean training data The noise-compensated models were obtained by using multi-condition training approach, that is, the models were trained using ... improved by using models trained on noise-corrupted training data, since such models can accommodate the effect of noise The use ofthe same noise conditions for training the models, and testing is generally...
... Recycling 945 Distribution inthe Environment, in Foods, andin Living Organisms 946 Distribution intheEnvironment 946 Mercury Emissions to theEnvironment 946 Mercury Species intheEnvironment ... Foods, and Living Organisms 1117 Contamination oftheEnvironment 1117 Inorganic Tin 1117 Organic Tin 1118 Contamination of Food and Living organisms 1119 Uptake, Absorption and Elimination in Plants, ... Important Compoundsand Uses, Waste Products, and Recycling 1088 Distribution inthe Environment, in Foods, andin Living Organisms 1090 Uptake, Absorption and Elimination in Plants, Animals, and Humans...
... the analysis of living trees, this procedure indirectly evaluates the variability ofthe dying-off of trees within individual developmental stages Inthe advanced phase ofthe growth stage, the ... starts to dominate from the aspect of yield and function at this stage Because ofthe dying-off of trees ofthe upper layer and damage to the lower layer by falling trees the correlation index for ... were found inthe processes ofthe formation and structure of dead wood A significant increase inthe necromass volume inthe optimum stage, confirming the observations of Saniga and Schütz (2002),...
... cells with the dominant function of water and minerals supply The ratio between the fine root length andthe number of root tips is an indicator ofthe intensity ofthe fine root forking A direct ... almost a linear character inthe mineral soil The comparison ofthe amounts of explained variance (r2) andthe parameters ofthe linear and nonlinear (exponential) regression shows that the replacement ... between the specific density of root tips inthe finest diameter class of fine roots andthe soil depth The decrease inthe root tip number is caused rather by the increasing root Table 6 Mean and...
... France [32] there should be a mean temperature increase of oC or oC, more marked inthe summer andinthe south ofthe country, increased precipitation inthe winter but a reduction inthe summer, ... differences inthe range and value ofthe indices, in relation to the size ofthe areas and their altitudes Thus A numidica, A nebrodensis and A pinsapo have high indices due to their positions ... bearing in mind the uncertainty about the real evolution of climatic parameters and also the complexity ofthe phenomena involved: flower induction, fertilization, fruiting, seed dispersal, germination...
... made the development ofthe physical mapping ofthe canine genome possible The objective ofthe present study was the chromosomal localization of NORs inthe dog karyotype andthe analysis of their ... terminal part ofthe q arms of chromosome pairs: and 17 The third chromosome pair, also bearing NORs inthe terminal part ofthe q arm, belongs to a group of small autosomes not yet included inthe ... included inthe canine standard karyotype The banding pattern of this chromosome is shown in figure 1A Inthe male karyotype, a NOR occurred also inthe terminal part ofthe long arm ofthe Y chromosome...
... diagram of enzymes and major products inthe synthesis of chlorogenic acid in plants A simplified diagram of enzymes and major products inthe synthesis of chlorogenic acid in plants The product ... downstream enzymatic step Indeed the involvement ofthe HQT gene inthe profile of phenolic acids accumulated can influence the kind of response to the UV stress as reported in a previous study on ... timepoint considered, the Ct values ofthe samples of interest (CtI) with the appropriate calibrator (CtM) The Ct values of both the calibrator andthe samples of interest are normalized to the...
... regarding the methods of implementation and technical characteristics ofthe ventilation devices (Table 3) and regarding the definition and adequacy of criteria for ETI (Table 3) The analysis of ... CPAP, the optimal levels of pressure when using NPPV and definition ofthe best time to start non-invasive ventilation Competing interests The authors declare that they have no conflicting interests ... presented in Table There were several different definitions of ACPE (see Table 3), but most of them included the basic criteria considered in our definition (existence of dyspnea of sudden onset, increased...
... EGDT) was still only 1.6% and its non-NFR mortality lower These findings are relevant to other institutions considering the application of EGDT and to the powering of future randomized controlled ... ventilation inthe ICU Of these 52 study patients, 37 (71.2%) survived hospital admission, two (3.8%) died inthe ED, eight (15.3%) died inthe ICU and six (11.5%) died inthe ward Using the lactate ... summarizes their primary sources of infection Available online http://ccforum.com/content/10/3/R80 Table Table Clinical and laboratory findings inthe emergency room Primary source of infection in patients...
... PCO2, and this is a pragmatic issue in modern emergency medicine [12] Also, the use of capnography inthe prehospital setting is interesting: there might be situations in which a rapid and rough ... But the sheer simplicity ofthe technique used by Rumpf and colleagues [1] is appealing and certainly deserves validation in a large-scale prospective study Indeed, it emphasizes the use of expired ... hemodynamic effect of thrombolysis in such patients [13] Finally, the merit ofthe article by Rumpf and colleagues [1] is to remind us that clinical applications of capnography are still growing, especially...
... from the beginning of intron andthe novel microsatellite, which included a tandem repeat of (TC)n is located approximately at 1264 bp from the beginning of intron 3.3 Allele frequencies in different ... for fine QTL mapping of production traits and for the study ofthe expression of porcine CA3 An assessment ofthe relationships between the CA3 functions andthe characterisation of its genomic ... association analyses ofthe three microsatellite markers within the CA3 gene Additionally, the expression patterns ofthe porcine CA3 gene during the porcine skeletal muscle development andin different...