... the content of the sentence compared to a human gold-standard Yet, the assessments of the two aspects were often the same—readability/fluency of the sentence is important for understanding the ... lowest fluency scores among machine translations and 300 randomly chosen human translations We then tried the classification task of distinguishing humanand machine translations with different fluency ... overall text quality (Pitler and Nenkova, 2008) The articles were chosen at random and comprised a total of 290 sentences One human assessor was asked to read each sentence and mark the ones that seemed...
... piles of cabbage and cauli-flowers, the rows of tin ware and copper saucepans, the heaps of maccaroni and pastes, of spices and drugs; the garlands of onions and red peppers and piles of apples; ... of the spectator, than the harmony of villainies, of various combinations of black and hog-like bestiality, and fox and wolf-like cunning and ferocity with wicked human thought and self-command, ... also, by the hand of two of her greatest poets, has given us a picture And first, of Roland Of him, of Count Orlando, we are told by Messer Lodovico Ariosto, that in consequence of his having...
... II (PSII) of C reinhardtii [16] We now report the expression of His- and Strep-tagged plant PSI Results A series of cassettes containing tagged variants of the full-length precursor of Arabidopsis ... prepared from pools of plants expressing similar levels of PSI-G, and analysed by immunoblotting, using antibodies to PSI-G and PSI-F, as an indicator of the relative content of PSI in the samples ... upper band (Fig 6B) and we have no reason to believe that the lower band is a degradation product of the tagged versions of PSI-G Cross-contamination with wild-type PSI-G during the process of preparing...
... structure of the last 32 amino acids sufficiently to be visible in electron density maps Substrate specificity of dNK Earlier crystallographic studiesof substrates dT and dC and on the structure of the ... The 3D structure of dNK has previously been determined in complexes with substrates and a feedback inhibitor [12,13] It has a structure similar to that of the human dGK and dCK and belongs to a ... as well as mutation studies, have established some of the basic rules for substrate specificity for this enzyme [7,12,13] Similar studies on human dGK and dCK have confirmed and further complemented...
... region of CS is a repeating disaccharide of glucuronic acid (GlcA) and N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) [-4)GlcA(b1– 3)GalNAc(b1-]n, which may be O-sulfated on the C4 and ⁄ or C6 of GalNAc and C2 of ... AC and ABC lyases generate disaccharides and tetrasaccharides [4] and have been widely used for the analysis of CS ⁄ DS composition These studies have yielded crucial data allowing an understanding ... allowing an understanding of species, tissue, age and pathology related differences and the estimation of changes in CS ⁄ DS abundance and composition However, the reduction of the polymer to its...
... In IB-367 and BM-1, the presence of strong daN(i,i + 1) and weak (or absence of) dMN(i,i + 1) and dbN(i,i + 1) NOE connectivities in the Gly3–Arg8 and Cys14– Gly16 regions of IB-367 and in the ... Arg1 and Arg17, and in the turn in the presence of Arg8 and Arg10 (see Figs and 4) Our conformational studies showed that BM-1 formed a twisted b-sheet structure, similar to that of native PG-1 and ... activity of the peptides A better understanding of the mode of action of these peptides is crucial for the development of a new generation of antibiotics It is known that, in the absence of both...
... series studiesof air pollution and mortality This class of models includes a variety of predictors such as running means of temperature, non-linear functions of running means, multiple lags of temperature ... t/, j=1 Air Pollution and Mortality 185 where the Bj and Hj are known basis functions and m1 and m2 are the degrees of freedom for f and g respectively The functions q and r also have natural ... Zanobetti, A and Bateson, T (2003) Morbidity and mortality among elderly residents of cities with daily PM measurements In Revised Analyses of Time-series Studiesof Air Pollution and Health,...
... the design of the study and performed the electrical studies SK and MA carried out the structural studies SAA and MSA performed the thermal studies MAMK and MA also involved in writing of the manuscript ... observed The copper and the carbon peaks correspond to the carbon coated copper grid of TEM No peaks of other impurity have been detected Therefore, the EDX profile of sample (inset of Figure 2) indicates ... http://www.nanoscalereslett.com/content/6/1/434 Page of A B Figure FETEM and HRTEM images of silver nanoparticles (a) FETEM image of silver nanoparticles (b) High-resolution image of a single silver nanoparticle and inset shows...
... exemplary missions, SOFIA as the successor of the airborne Kuiper Observatory of the 1980s and early 1990s, JWST as the successor of Hubble, and the space probes Herschel and GAIA SOFIA and Herschel ... 7.3 × 109 M/M yr L/L (2.2) 2.2 The Quest to Understand the Formation of Stars 21 where M andand L are the mass and luminosity of the Sun and M and L the same for the star [858] Clearly, this development ... From Dust to Stars Studiesof the Formation and Early Evolution of Stars Norbert S Schulz From Dust to Stars Studiesof the Formation and Early Evolution of Stars Published in association...
... μg/ml of LPS or μg/ml of LPS and 25 μM TMP Following 24 h of treatment, supernatants were collected and levels of TNF-a (A) and MCP-1/ CCL2 (B) were determined by ELISA To assess the effects of ... examined by testing the effects of TMP on TLR-3 and TLR-8-mediated activation of NF-B [26,27] The natural ligands for TLR-3 and TLR-8 are double and single stranded RNA, respectively In these ... Stable expression of TLRs was maintained with the addition of 10 μg/ml blasticidin for (293/TLR3) and (293/TLR8) cells, and 400 μg/ml of G418 (Geneticin) for (293/TLR4) cells Chemicals and biological...
... HIV-2SBL and HIV-2ROD Env-mediated fusion, on the other hand, showed no appreciable lag time and 50% of maximum fusion was reached in 23 ± and 28 ± minutes, respectively Binding of HIV-1 and HIV-2 ... its CD4 and CXCR4 binding profile than HIV-2ROD gp120 (Figure 2) Specificity of binding was demonstrated by sCD4 inhibition of CD4 binding and a lack of CXCR4 binding in the absence of sCD4 (data ... in the design of the study and helped to draft the manuscript and RB conceived of the study, participated in its design and coordination and wrote the manuscript All authors read and approved...
... down the process of strand-swap dimerization Therefore, the X-dimer probably is an intermediate state in strand-swap dimerization process and could enhance the kinetics of the strand-swap dimerization ... Xiangyang provided me a global insight and guided the direction of my research Dr Liu Ruchuan took care of the details of my research works His valuable experiences and suggestions have made me through ... unbinding of Type I and Type II cadherins in SMD simulations 63 3.2 Dimer unbinding of Type I and Type II cadherins in AFM experiments 66 3.2.1 Control experiments 66 3.2.2 Type I and...
... SYNTHETIC STUDIESOF AZIDO-INOSITOLS AND INOSITOL-BASED GLYCANS SANDIP PASARI (M.Sc Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT OF ... cleavage of trans ketal and THP acetal of inositol derivatives 35 Scheme 1.23 Selective hydrolytic cleavage of inositol orthoformate 1-88 36 xiv Synthetic Studiesof Azido-Inositols and ... Synthetic Studiesof Azido-Inositols and Inositol-based Glycans 2012 Table of Contents: Research Summary ix List of Figures: xi Lists of Schemes: xiii List of...
... Appendix 1: NMR Spectra of the Selected Compounds in Chapter 2012 Appendix 1: NMR Spectra of the Selected Compounds in Chapter 2012 Appendix 1: NMR Spectra of the Selected Compounds in Chapter ... 2012 Appendix 1: NMR Spectra of the Selected Compounds in Chapter 2012 Appendix 1: NMR Spectra of the Selected Compounds in Chapter 2012 Appendix 1: NMR Spectra of the Selected Compounds in Chapter ... 2012 Appendix 1: NMR Spectra of the Selected Compounds in Chapter 2012 Appendix 1: NMR Spectra of the Selected Compounds in Chapter 2012 Appendix 1: NMR Spectra of the Selected Compounds in Chapter...
... Appendix 2: NMR Spectra of the selected Compounds in Chapter 2012 Appendix 2: NMR Spectra of the selected Compounds in Chapter 2012 Appendix 2: NMR Spectra of the selected Compounds in Chapter ... 2012 Appendix 2: NMR Spectra of the selected Compounds in Chapter 2012 Appendix 2: NMR Spectra of the selected Compounds in Chapter 2012 Appendix 2: NMR Spectra of the selected Compounds in Chapter ... 2012 Appendix 2: NMR Spectra of the selected Compounds in Chapter 2012 Appendix 2: NMR Spectra of the selected Compounds in Chapter 2012 Appendix 2: NMR Spectra of the selected Compounds in Chapter...
... Appendix 3: NMR Spectra of the Selected Compounds in Chapter 2012 Appendix 3: NMR Spectra of the Selected Compounds in Chapter 2012 Appendix 3: NMR Spectra of the Selected Compounds in Chapter ... 2012 Appendix 3: NMR Spectra of the Selected Compounds in Chapter 2012 Appendix 3: NMR Spectra of the Selected Compounds in Chapter 2012 Appendix 3: NMR Spectra of the Selected Compounds in Chapter ... 2012 Appendix 3: NMR Spectra of the Selected Compounds in Chapter 2012 Appendix 3: NMR Spectra of the Selected Compounds in Chapter 2012 Appendix 3: NMR Spectra of the Selected Compounds in Chapter...
... better understanding both multidimensional and global constructs of successful ageing and its measurements Study I and II would evaluate the validity of multidimensional and global models of successful ... two studies would shed light on how the two constructs of successful ageing could 17 be used and the advantages and disadvantages of using multidimensional and global models In studies III and ... Dimension of successful ageing model: Assessment 66 of spirituality and religiosity component 3.2.3.8 Dimension of successful ageing model: Assessment 67 of quality of life 3.2.3.9 Dimension of...
... SCIENCE STUDIESOF GRAPHENE FILM AND NANOISLANDS LU JIONG (B.Sc Fudan University) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHYLOSOPHY DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE ... (b), and N = (c)], calculated band structure of a zigzag ribbon (d), and the projected band structure of 2D graphite onto a zigzag axis (e) The width N of the ribbons is measured by the number of ... graphene band structure Figure 1.4 Calculated E(k) of zigzag ribbons [N = (a), N = (b), and N = (c)], calculated band structure of a zigzag ribbon (d), and the projected band structure of 2D graphite...
... However, most of these studies were focused on Pd-, Ni-, Ru- and Rh-NHC complexes NHC complexes of copper and gold have been relatively overlooked in spite of the wide use of copper and gold in ... centers on the structural and bonding curiosities of σ-dominant carbene moiety on the electron-rich and soft late-metals that usually require an intricate balance of σ and π ligands.48,49 Another key ... the catalytic activities of NSHC complexes, there is still a general lack of systematic and parallel studiesof NSHC and other NNHC counterparts The immense potential of NSHC complexes in catalysis...