... aggressive war-making capacity Nevertheless, the leadership in regulating world order is gradually shifting to the emerging countries The article inthe Financial Times entitled The End of US hegemony: ... globalization After the Second World War in 1945, the United States and the U.S.S.R maintained high profiles in world politics However, another overlapping basic framework for maintaining international ... existed continuously until the end of the Cold War in 1991 1.2 GovernanceStructure Changes and Their Characteristics 1.2.1 Structural Change Background: The End of the Cold War In 1991, the collapse...
... from the many different localities within the cave Part synthesizes the information presented inthe other two parts into a series of analyses designed to explore the implications of the Porcupine ... concern is the question of whether climatic warming will reduce biodiversity to the extent that a given ecosystem loses its ability to maintain the baseline functions that define it Maintaining these ... from the Pit beginning in 1986 For the most part these were not from the CM Pit excavation per se, but from near the surface inthe vicinity of the CM excavation, especially beneath and to the...
... located inthe cores of the large and small domains, respectively, and appear to stabilize their protein scaffolds, allowing the proper positioning of the residues involved in PLP binding, substrate ... at the value determined from the amino acid sequence (45 320 Da) Measurement of the Kd of PLP binding equilibrium PLP binding equilibria were analyzed taking advantage of the protein intrinsic ... PLP binding properties The affinity of wild-type and mutant forms for the cofactor was measured to evaluate the impact of the mutations on thestructure of the PLP binding site Because PLP binding...
... [21,22] Therefore, the incoming Na+ ion is thought to weaken the rather strong interaction between the arginine and the binding site and to promote its loading onto the binding site, aided by the ... ions arriving from the periplasm from escaping to the cytoplasm In order to gain insight into the interaction of the stator arginine with the binding site, we modeled a stretch of seven amino acids ... between the cNH group and the backbone oxygen of cV63, guiding the arginine side chain downwards into the binding pocket In Fig 6C,D, two conformations of arginine coordination are depicted In Fig...
... Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine ... making large strides in improving human health Inthe fall of 2001, the Institute of Medicine convened a committee to examine the roles of academic health centers (AHCs) inthe coming decades in ... secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions inthe examination of policy matters pertaining to the health of the public The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the...
... đổi tổ chức tổ chức công (Theories about Organizational changein Public Organization) Các nhân tố đóng góp vào thay đổi thành công (Factors contribute to successful change) LÝ THUYẾT VỀ THAY ... Tầm quan trọng tác nhân thay đổi (single change agent) người có ảnh hưởng lớn đến tư tưởng (idea champion) Sự cần thiết phải có hỗ trợ liên minh dẫn đường (guiding coalition) F Xây dựng hỗ trợ ... dụng hiệu kênh thông tin liên lạc văn hay miệng hình thức tham gia tích cực nhân viên Yếu tố 1: Đảm bảo tính cấp thiết (Ensure the Need) • Một số nghiên cứu khác chứng minh hiệu việc thuyết phục...
... warming has been getting some attention inthe news Global warming refers to the idea that the world’s average temperature has been increasing over the past 150 years, may be increasing more inthe ... Assuming global warming is happening, you think it is… Caused mostly by human activities Caused mostly by natural changes inthe environment None of the above because global warming isn’t happening ... 2010 Nov 2008 - Q70 When you think global warming will start to harm people inthe United States? They are being harmed now In 10 years In 25 years In 50 years In 100 years Never May 2011 32...
... for inclusion in multivariate models are also presented in Table adjusted for the statistically significant variables included inthe multivariate model The key variables included inthe final ... included inthe final multivariate model are presented in bold All other non-significant variables are also presented adjusted for the variables included inthe final multivariate model confirms the ... network TAHOD involves 15 clinical sites inthe Asia and the Pacific region Criteria for site selection were based on the ability to contribute data in an appropriate format within the initial 3-year...
... covers the main themes of the congress The starting point for the treatment of hip disease depends on how we can preserve the natural hip joint and on steps leading to regeneration of the diseased, ... Osteoarthritic Changeinthe Hip Joint Preservation or Joint Replacement? M Sofue, N Endo (Eds.) Treatment of Osteoarthritic Changeinthe Hip Joint Preservation or Joint Replacement? With 198 Figures, Including ... pinning in of 11 hips (54.5%), osteotomy in of hips (44.4%), and in situ pinning in of hips Additional operations using bone grafts were performed for avascular necrosis of the femoral head in...
... normally the blade is inserted into the axis of the femur vertically normal with the convexity of the anterior margin of the femoral head running into a concavity, which was the anterior border of the ... angle (PTA) joint pain developed in patient in whom there was narrowing of the joint space There was a difference in leg length, ranging from 0.5 to 3.5 cm (mean, 0.7 cm), in 11 of the 22 unilaterally ... hip joint Solid line indicates osteotomy line, which declined 20° varus to the line perpendicular to the femoral neck axis B Lateral view of left hip joint Solid line indicates osteotomy line,...
... posterior tilting angle Results The chief complaint was hip joint pain in 11 patients, pain from the hip joint to the knee in 3, pain from the hip joint to the thigh in 1, femoral pain in 1, and ... 1, and lower limb pain inThe mechanism of injury was sports in patients, falling during running in 1, falling on the stairs in 1, long-distance walking in 1, and unknown in 3: most patients ... with the convexity of the anterior margin of the femoral head In Situ Pinning for SCFE 63 In type B, the anterior outline of the head and neck appears as a straight line and the anterior margin...
... According to the preoperative planning, ARO with 20° varus position was expected to result in more than 34% of the ratio of the intact articular in both the joints The osteotomy was carried out in ... carried out inthe right hip joint, and then inthe left hip months after the first operation Four years after operations, collapse has not progressed in either of the hip joints, and no OA changes are ... Hatched area indicates necrotic area All the photographs show the anterior view According to anterior rotation, the osteotomy line is 10° inclination away from the perpendicular to the neck (a)...
... 14c) The tissue, therefore, most likely has originated inthe bone marrow If S-100 protein is used to stain the tissue, most cells stain positive, substantiating the finding that they are indeed ... cartilaginous cells, within the meshlike network of the fibrous structure (Fig 14b) Inthe deep layer, within the fibrous structure, which runs completely perpendicular to the weightbearing surface ... the fibrous structure is relatively coarse Looking at the superficial layer, there are spindle-shaped cells within the fibrous structure that run in parallel to the articular surface (Fig 14a) The...
... a bicycling accident The femoral neck fracture was pinned, and the tracks are visible both on the radiograph and inthe intraoperative photograph (insert) Note the extensive defects inthe femoral ... osteoarthritis of the hip joint in Japan Clin Orthop 241:190–196 26 Hoaglund FT, Yau AC, Wong WL (1973) Osteoarthritis of the hip and other joints in southern Chinese in Hong Kong J Bone Joint Surg 55A(3):545–557 ... technique [31] resulted in a significant improvement inthe initial stability and durability of the prosthesis by eliminating the cases of early femoral component loosening These latter results suggest...
... bone–implant interfaces inthe Gruen zones and [26] Only 0.5% of radiolucent lines in these zones were found inthe Bicontact multicenter study of 553 implantations in four German institutions [27] The ... (9 hips) In no instance, however, was the femoral head replaced into the true acetabulum The indication for THA was pain inthe dislocated hip, associated with stiffness and limitation in activity, ... The dissection of the inferior part of the elongated capsule led to the true acetabulum, which was exposed properly by a hooked retractor inserted beneath the inferior margin The acetabulum then...
... anesthesia, monitoring of the spinal cord potential (SCP) is recommended At each step of the operative procedure, the shape and the height of the SCP waves are checked If there is no changeinthe ... if the strength of the bone is unknown The cerclage system could even cut into the bone while attempting to reach a certain level of tension I would rather rely on my own feeling in judging the ... external fixator After the femur is pulled down to the level of the original acetabulum, the femoral prosthesis is implanted inthe second stage and the joint is reduced To avoid intraoperative nerve...
... domain Binding of the surface subunit gp120 to CD4 and a co-receptor on the T-cell surface triggers conformational changes inthe Env complex, leading to the insertion of the hydrophobic N-terminal ... [32-35] The X-ray structure of the HIV1 Env protein is consistent with this possibility because amino acid 431 is located within the critical CD4 binding domain [37,38] Alternatively, the amino acid ... the C4 region in gp120 have the ability to suppress the T20 inhibitory effect either by preventing T20 from binding to the C4 region in gp120 and/or by modulating gp41 conformational changes via...
... are facing a television campaign that uses humor to present a serious message A group has gathered what it calls "a wealth of information" about the political and criminal activities of the American ... As the economy has changed, major new employers are companies like Wal-Mart WalMart says unions are not needed in its stores It says it does not need a “middle man” in its relationship ... American labor movement The Center for Union Facts says it is supported by foundations, businesses, union members and the general public It does not name its supporters And that's the VOA Special English...
... tin mining involved the elite while cattle rearing and trade involved the masses Foreigners participated inthe tin-cattle economy too, namely the Straits Chinese and the British in tin mining ... nineteenth century.58 Late nineteenth century writers referred to the mines in Sai as the Tomoh/Temoh Mines or the Telubin mines (the valley in which the Tomoh mines were located).59 Gold inthe ... Foreign mining companies and individuals were attracted to invest inthe Bannang Sata tin fields inthe early part of the twentieth century, following the movement away from the depleted mining areas...
... speckles are dynamic structures and there is a continuous shuttling of splicing factors in and out of the speckles Inthe event of transcription inhibition, either through the use of inhibitors or as ... ASC-2-containing co-activator complexes Absent, Small or Homeotic-like American Type Culture Collection Bovine serum albumin CREB binding protein Central domain CpG-binding protein Chromatin immunoprecipitation ... transcription inhibition These observations suggest the role of MLL5 inthe transcription or splicing process Given the close interplay between the transcription and splicing processes, the effects of changes...