... Introduction: “Where Was the Ethics Officer”?1 With the wreckage ofthe first generation of Enron-type corporate scandals in the rear view mirror, andthe chaos of Madoff andthe subprime meltdown ... speech and memorandum from the chief executive officer (CEO) delivered, and an “ethics officer” appointed, then all the employees and managers will join hands in a “Kumbaya” moment, andthe program ... INDEPENDENCE AND VOICE One ofthe resounding themes ofthe conference was that many ofthe concrete elements of corporate compliance and ethics programs, such as codes of conduct, hotlines, and formal...
... localizes in the cytoplasm of human epithelial cells ofthe gastrointestinal tract and liver, two central organs in the regulation of ironmetabolism [20,21]. After their synthesis in the endo-plasmic ... proliferation of stelleatecells and synthesis of collagen [36,37], the in vitro datapresented here may be relevant for understand some of the complex mechanisms responsible for the develop-ment of fibrosis ... of CD1d molecules at the cellsurface of iron-loaded HepG2 cells in a non-nativeform may have implications at two different levels; at the level ofthe hepatic cell itself and at the level of...
... authenticmember ofthe Family I soluble PPases. We also provideinformation concerning the kinetics and properties of the enzyme. More strikingly, we show a novel role ofthe PPaseenzyme in the ... hypodermis, and the longitudinally oriented somatic musculature. The ecdysis of an old cuticle and deposition ofthe components of a newcuticle that are synthesized in the hypodermis and aresecreted ... fromhomologies ofthe PPase amino acid sequences by the neighbor-joining method andthe confidence ofthe branch-ing order was verified by making 1000 bootstrap replicatesusing the programCLUSTALW1.8. The...
... contraction and instantaneous atrial volume). The pressure ofthe point at the bottom right corner ofthe loop is the pressure in the ventricle at the end ofthe cardiac cycle and is called the end-diastolic ... understanding ofthe heart as a muscular pump andofthe interaction between the heart andthe vasculature. The concepts of contractility, preload and afterload are paramount to this understanding ... understanding and will be the focus and repeating theme throughout the text. A sound understanding of cardiac physiology begins with basic understanding of cardiac anatomy andof the physiology of muscular...
... commented on the problem of ensuring Refugees and Asylum seekers access the services that were available to them. He recognised the impact of culture and acknowledged the importance of understanding ... briefed on the aims ofthe study and were instructed to take care when they translated concepts and terms from one language to another and to make sure that they did not imbue the responses of interviewees ... compared. Codes and frameworks were rooted in the aims ofthe project and guided by the nature ofthe interview data generated. Consumer Involvement A draft version ofthe report and a summary...
... other evaluation criteria, 25% to 74% ofthe maxillary and 27% to 84% of mandibular dentures 16speed of bone loss in mandible is different in different parts ofthe jaw: distal parts ofthe ... changed by the time ofthe follow-up examination. In the follow-up, 52% ofthe dentate had a removable prosthesis; 35% ofthe subjects had ARPD that was also the most frequent form of prosthetic ... N.Y., USA). In the mandible, vertical RRR was measured from five sites in each jaw. The distance from the tangential line ofthe most inferior points ofthe body of mandible andthe alveolar crest...
... which results inblocking ofthe binding ofthe SH2 domain to the substrate and thereby preventing interaction of the substrate with the kinase domain. For active n-Srcin which the C-tail tyrosine ... binding ofthe phosphorylatedC-terminus to the SH2 domain and ⁄ or binding ofthe SH2 kinase linker to the SH3 domain, lock the molecules in a closed conformation, disrupt the kinase active site, and ... reduced bydysfunctions ofthe SH2 and ⁄ or SH3 domains ofthe protein. Furthermore,we found that dysfunctions of SH2 and ⁄ or SH3 domains reduce auto-phosphorylation ofthe kinase activation...
... studiedconsidered the role of HIV/AIDS as a risk factor in PTBdevelopment. On the other hand, our study of communi-ties underlined that shortage of food andthe habit of using khat and smoking as major ... is similar to the beliefsfound in a previous study in another part of Ethiopia [19].While the community perception about the role of star-vation and smoking as the cause ofthe disease cannot ... cough as the main symptom of PTB. About 87.7% ofthe interviewees and all the discussants suggested that PTB is treatable with modern drugs. All the discussants andthe majority (95%) ofthe interviewees...
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... demonstration ofthe presence of RFamide pep-tides in the brain of any species of agnathans. On the basis ofthe results of phylogenetic analysis and amino acid sequence comparison, the identified ... regulation of locomotor activity. In mammals, in situ hybridizationreveals that the nucleus ofthe solitary tract and dorsalhorn ofthe spinal cord express the highest levels of the mRNA of NPFF, ... at their C-ter-mini.Phylogenetic analysis ofthe precursors of lamprey PQRFamide peptides and otherRFamide peptidesBased on the structures of vertebrate RFamide pep-tides, five groups of the...
... indispensable for the assembly of subunits A and B. Hirata et al. [19] investigated the functions of Vma11p and Vma16p in the S. cerevisiae V-ATPasecomplex, and reported that the two subunits c0 and c00areessential ... ratio ofthe three proteins could not be estimated.Forgac described in a recent minireview [21] that the VOdomain consisted of six copies ofthe c/c0subunits and singlecopies ofthe other ... isoforms as observedin higher plants V-ATPase. We have also isolated twodifferent cDNAs coding for the subunits A and B of V-ATPase. The intracellular localization of these isoforms and the...
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