... relationship shows function The knife cuts the bread; the ax chops the log 116 232.b Closet is to shirt as kitchen cabinets are to cans of food The shirt is stored in the closet; the food is stored ... 234 c Toothbrush is to toothpaste as butter knife is to butter This relationship shows function The toothbrush is used to apply the toothpaste to teeth; the knife is used to apply butter to bread ... Fly is to ant as snake is to lizard The fly and ant are both insects; the snake and lizard are both reptiles 236 a Sail is to sailboat as pedal is to bicycle The sail makes the sailboat move; the...
... !His/Asn147 !Ser D-chymotrypsin mutants displayed the same half -life and kinetics in both the presence andthe absence of Ca21 ions, indicating that the Tyr146 !His andthe Asn147 !Ser substitutions altered ... amounts of trypsin (Table 2) The cleavage of the interdomain and autolysis loops To follow the autolysis of D-chymotrypsin andthe mutants, the gel-electrophoretic patterns of their digests were ... Cys122 !Ser substitution The activator enterokinase, due to its specific cleavage site preference is unable to digest D-chymotrypsinogen at sites other than the activation site Furthermore, the...
... qualityof -life measures two weeks before medication was given and on the day it was first administered Investigators used score means as baseline values and reassessed these means at six months They assessed ... Participation Index This index assesses the degree of participation in social events Sexual Symptoms Distress Index This index assesses distress in areas such as sexual desire or impotence Copyright ... 1981) This measure assesses people 's views of their own prior, current, and future health and their susceptibility to illness by asking them to respond to questions such as "During the past month,...
... Relationship Assessment Scale, is a self-report measure consisting of questions to assess relationship satisfaction and quality The scale reports good internal consistency (alpha ϭ 86) Sense of Coherence ... expression, sometimes considered the antithesis of repression, is the ability to acknowledge and express emotions The literature demonstrates a positive association between emotional expression and ... Glaser, 1994; Peterson & Stunkard, 1989) Recent research suggests that responding to breast cancer with feelings of helplessness /hopelessness increases risk of relapse and death (Watson, Haviland,...
... abstruse stores as records and charters: and they being jejune and narrow in themselves, very acute criticism is necessary to strike light from their assistance If they solemnly contradict historians ... his brother and sisters? Would not the act have specified the daughters of Edward the Fourth if the sons had been dead? It was to bastardise the brothers, that the act was calculated and passed; ... Virtues and vices were rated by the standard of bigotry; andthe militia of the church became the only historians The best princes were represented as monsters; the worst, at least the most useless,...
... tumefaciens, termed metA, appears to function as a riboswitch that senses S- adenosylmethionine (SAM) This SAM-II riboswitch class has a consensus sequence and conserved structure that is distinct ... discriminates greater than 1,000-fold against both these compounds, and therefore SAM-II appears to be at least as sensitive tothe presence of the S- methyl group as SAM-I Further binding studies ... 3-phosphoglycerate into 3-phosphoserine during the first two steps of serine biosynthesis SerC can also catalyze a related step in pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) biosynthesis involving a similar substrate...
... intravenous transplantation of MSCs is whether the MSCs can migrate into and proliferate in the target tissues, which is the basis of therapeutic effects of MSCs In adults, MSCs remain the potentials ... expressed as means ± standard deviation (SD) Statistical analysis was performed with SAS6.12 statistic software package and Student t test was carried out for comparisons A value of P
... Let students choose topics themselves to discuss D Use other authentic materials (visual aids, stories, songs, video clips, movies, etc.) E Involve students in the real English Speaking environment ... and structures B Ask students to practise English everyday C Ask students try to speak as much English as possible D Advise students try to communicate with native speakers E Suggest students ... Collection Methods 19 2.2.4 Data Analysis of the Teachers’ and Students’ Survey Questionnaires 20 2.3 Findings and Discussions 33 2.3.1 Teachers’ and Students’ Attitudes towards Speaking and Speaking...
... equipment costs, as well as administrative andother overhead costs Combining these services is also considered likely to reduce the cost tothe individual accessing these services, but this has not ... than broader services They also prefer to separate programmes and support for HIV/AIDS services from those for SRH services, even when mechanisms such as sector wide approaches (SWAps) are in place.23 ... of SRH programmes in the fight against HIV/AIDS itself ‘‘has drawn attention to neglected issues in public health, such as the problem of other RTIs/ STIs, and has brought impetus to efforts to...
... Minnesota musicians, storytellers, filmmakers, and video artists to address the themes of weather and courtesy—stereotypical characteristics of life in Minnesota chronicled in the musings of Garrison ... Fantasies, Worries, Obsessions, Problems, Ideas, and Opinions Students place notes recording their interests, preoccupations, anxieties, and general thoughts, guided by the labels Periodically the ... signs evoking the textures and colors, ruins and memories of razed homes On the south side of the overpass, the sign is written forward (left to right); on the north side, the town name runs backward...
... spectra of the single species The spectral resonances were assigned to all the protons present in the two domains and are listed in supplementary Tables S1 and S2 This result indicates that the ... NOESY and TOCSY (not shown) spectra of the two domains permitted the full sequence-specific assignments, the identification of the spin systems andthe assignment of 398 and 252 of the NOESY cross-peaks ... used, together with the NOESY spectra, to obtain their sequence specific assignments (supplementary Tables S1 and S2 ) The resonances of the new Cu(I) -containing species differed mostly by several...
... consistent with our biochemical data As expected, Rv1399c consists of three domains The largest domain encompasses strands b1 to b6 and strand b7 tothe C-terminus The central b sheet is composed ... parallel b strands associated to an antiparallel strand (b2) and is surrounded by helices (a1, a2, a3, a7 and a8) The second domain consists of helices a4, a5 and a6 all clustered on the top of the ... bacterial strains, different temperatures, media and fusion protein constructs were unsuccessful In all cases, the recombinant protein was expressed as inclusion bodies with the highest expression...
... in the test set, the set of six runs was ranked by the scores assigned by 69 one assessor, with rank one assigned tothe best run and rank six the worst run If several systems had the same score, ... then assigned its mean rank over the 100 justifications Figure shows how the mean rank of the runs varies by assessor The x-axis in the figure shows the judge assigning the score andthe y-axis the ... between” and “there is a match” were worse than useless: judges assigned no expository value to such assertions and penalized them as clutter Judges were also adverse tothe use of system internals and...
... was measured for 300 s (starting after 100 s) and dissociation was measured for 900 s in the presence of HBS alone Receptor binding is expressed in response units (RU) These results are representative ... 900 s in the presence of HBS alone Receptor binding is expressed in response units (RU) These results are representative of at least duplicate experiments performed on dierent sensor chip surfaces ... Further mutations have led tothe general consensus that the B and C domains contain residues most involved in IGF1R binding, the A domain represents the IGF2R-binding site, while the B domain and...
... the prestigious National Speakers Association where he is the one called to teach other professional speakers how to make their audiences say WOW! Tom was starting offensive guard for the West Virginia ... business and personal life better Numerous benefits are associated with the appropriate use of humor in both business and social settings This book focuses on a specific use of humor; that is, ... and Usage Blunders • One-Liners • Parody • Props • Proverbs and Fortune Cookie Humor • Question and Answer Sessions • Quotations • Roast Humor and Insults • Self-Effacing • Signs • Simile • Toasts...
... needs of customers, constant learning is inevitably an ingredient of success A training needs analysis can be undertaken to assess the gaps in skills and knowledge essential tothe business strategy, ... individuals’ personal preferences Key Points Assess the strengths and weaknesses of yourself and your business, including all stakeholders Use the PRIMEFACT checklist Ask outsiders to help – they ... affecting businesses and offers some pointers towards solutions There are many hurdles to overcome, compromises to be made and tough decisions to make along the way So first it s worth taking stock...
... and some awfully silly investment schemes The rest of this book will help you to sidestep the greed andthe silliness — to take only the best parts of ETF investing and put them to their best use ... also the trading costs Yes, when mutual funds trade stocks or bonds, they pay a spread and a small cut tothe stock exchange, just like you and I That cost is passed on to you, and it s on top ... Prius versus SUV.) This section of the book also begins the discussion of how to actually buy ETFs — the very best of them — hold them, and, when necessary, cash them out Part II: Building the Stock...
... striking structural similarities to ArcB andtothe genes regulated by these two-component systems, in the present study we investigated whether quinones may also be a relevant signal for the BvgS and ... concentrations After SDS/PAGE analysis the relative amount of the phosphorylated histidine kinases was determined by PhosphorImage analysis The figure shows representative autoradiographs of the samples ... points samples were taken and analysed On the x-axis time is shown in minutes; on the y-axis the log of the relative phosphorylation level at the various time points is shown On the right the autoradiographies...
... prices than their competitors This study is to bridge the gap of a representative study on test prices andthe available testing capacity The study seeks to establish a statistical basis for a standard ... during the tests, and intermediate results; because they often determine the effort and inputs for single tests; and as such the costs/prices of these That is the exact actual costs/prices could ... comparatively small sample size andto reasons of comparability we limited the following presentation and discussion of the single tests to mean and median values Analysis of prices The reasons not to use...