... of Strophanthus gratus plants and a longknown inhibitor of the sodium pump, has been identified in blood plasma, adrenal glands, and the hypothalamus of mammals The adrenal gland as a source of ... proliferation as well as the expression of isoforms of Na+/K+-ATPase When infused for weeks in rats, ouabain and digoxin differentially affected the expression of isoforms of the sodium pump in different ... concentrations of endogenous ouabain, reduced heart rate, and greater left ventricular mass and stroke volume of the heart [48] Circulating levels of endogenous ouabain correlate directly with mean blood...
... USA), and detergent and cell debris were removed by centrifugation at 12 000 g for 20 MM0632 was reconstituted by addition of mm FeCl3, mm Na2S and 10 mm dithiothreitol to the cleared lysate, and ... mL of buffer W Catalase (250 U mL)1) was added to prevent inhibition by peroxides Addition of xanthine (0.2 mm) and xanthine oxidase led to the generation of superoxide anions and reduction of ... incorporation of Fe3+ was not detected (not shown) The presence of iron–sulfur clusters was investigated by quantification of nonheme iron and acid-labile sulfur after desalting and overnight...
... class of random variational inequalities and random quasivariational inequalities, Journal ofMathematical Research and Exposition (1989), no 3, 385–393 (Chinese) [8] Y J Cho, N.-J Huang, and S ... research works of these fascinating areas have been accelerating the random variational and random quasi-variational inequality problems to be introduced and studied by Chang [4], Chang and Zhu [7], ... algorithms, and give some existence theorems of random solutions for this class of general random implicit quasivariational inequalities We also discuss the convergence and stability of a new perturbed...
... the area of statistical signal processing, and his primary interests are in the theory of modeling, detection, estimation, and time series analysis, and its application to a wide variety of disciplines ... electrical engineering from the University of Belgrade, in 1981 and 1986, respectively, and his Ph.D degree in electrical engineering from the University of Rhode Island, in 1990 From 1981 to 1986 he ... joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Stony Brook University, where she is currently an Assistant Professor and teaches courses in digital communications and information theory...
... b1 and the i-th b from the right b2 If b1 = b2 we call u good of type b and define ψ(u) by changing b1 to a and b2 to ab Then ψ(u) has the same length and the same weight as u but the number of ... left and a2 the a immediately in front of bl If a1 = a2 we call u good of type a and define ψ(u) as follows We change a1 to b and drop a2 Then it is clear that ψ maps the set of good words of ... set of good words of type b in such a way that words with an even number of b s are mapped onto words with an odd number of b s and vice versa If a1 = a2 we call u bad of type a Then u is bad of...
... histologically, by determination of plasma amylase and lipase activity, andby immunoassays • In vitro and ex vivo studies on leukocyte migration, adhesion, cell surface marker expression, and reactive oxygen ... administration of b-adrenergic and cholinergic agonists, and removal of the cervical sympathetic ganglia that innervate the salivary glands resulted in increased levels of SMR1 protein in the submandibular ... development and perpetuation SIRS, inactivate and destroy virulent pathogens through the release of superoxide and enzymes andby phagocytosis [56] In OA sensitized rats the extracellular release of superoxide...
... and A91T/E in subtypes B, C, and CRF02; S119G and T122I in subtypes B and D; K219N and N222K in subtypes C and CRF02, and T124A and S283G in subtypes A and C 17 of the CCD pairs involved position ... R20 and K34 and the CCD side chains T206, Q209, and E212 [6] Of these interacting residues, R20K, K34R, and T206S occurred in 4%, 2%, and 16% of group M sequences, respectively, whereas Q209 and ... isolates Level of from the six subtypes the which the acids of protease, 560 amino acids of RT, and 288 amino acids of integrase for Level of Shannon's entropy across the 99 amino acids of protease,...
... measure and (4.12) holds Since the left hand side of this equation converges and the right hand side is known to be the tail integral of a Lévy measure, it follows from ∞ (α) 0,ri the proof of (2.4) ... distributions, and hence all infinitely divisible distributions by Corollary 8.8 in [11] This shows G = I( d ) and hence F = Eα ( d ) by Theorem 2.3 (α) −1 (ii) and (iii) follow in analogy to the proof of ... the Lévy measure of µ and νξ below is the radial component of ν Thus, the spherical component λ of ν is equal to the spherical component λ of ν, and the radial component νξ of ν satisfies that,...
... the type of motorcycle that will attract new riders After you collect and analyze the information, you will be able to develop a design First, you will generate a list of questions and ideas ... Type of Motorcycle Exercise 1: Determining Your Gathering and Analysis Process Your research indicates that more people would like to ride motorcycles, but that they not like the design of current ... each source Different sources may require different types of questions Assume that the three sources you identified have provided all of the information you need to start your motorcycle project...
... understanding of cooperation and cooperative strategy—as well as the basic dilemmas that tend to trigger competitive and cooperative behavior This understanding and a host of examples of how ... Obstacles and Structures Loyalty and Trust: The Role of Group Identity Empires and democracies, science and capitalism are all the result of the largely unconscious evolution of institutions of collective ... scientific and medical knowledge and limiting the benefits of discovery to a few The open source, peer production of software (e.g., Linux) has offered an alternative way of collectively building and...
... a natural blocker of the Na+ pump and an inhibitor of palytoxin action, have provided interesting findings Through the partial inhibition of Na+ ⁄ K+-ATPase, and regardless of changes in intracellular ... activated by the initial depolarization of the membrane; (b) Na+–Ca2+ exchanger in reverse mode, which drives Ca2+ into the cells because of the intracellular Na+ influx and membrane depolarization; and ... contraction and the separation of daughter cells by the contractile ring during cytokinesis; it controls cell– cell and cell–substrate interactions, together with adhesion molecules; and it actively...
... common understanding of the importance of sustainability, as long-term drivers of consumer demand and resource constraints have been accelerated by the economic downturn A majority of CEOs now ... importance of sustainability principles to their companies, an awareness of both the societal and business value of more sustainable operations and products, and a strong sense of what the next era of ... words of Brian Moore, the company’s Vice President of Men’s Product, on the launch of Timberland’s Earthkeepers 2.0, the first range of Timberland boots to be designed to be disassembled and recycled,...
... and emerging subfamily of serine proteases Crystal structure of the catalytic domain of DESC1 Experimental procedures Cloning, expression and purification Cloning, expression and purification of ... favored regions of the Ramachandran ˚ plot and r.m.s.d values for bond and angle of 0.005 A and 1.37 ° as shown in Table References Table Data collection and refinement statistics of DESC1 Numbers ... subgroups of the HAT ⁄ HAT-like ⁄ DESC and corin subfamilies exists We therefore cloned, expressed and purified the serine proteinase domain of DESC1 and solved the crystal structure of the complex of...
... kinds of matter interact with gravity in the same way If a violation of this principle is observed, it could offer understanding of dark energy and evidence for quantization of gravity, some of ... submitted by individuals and teams from the community, and numerous briefings and direct exchanges The purpose of this brief interim report, as requested in spring 2010 by the sponsors of the study, ... of the spaceflight environment on astronauts’ functioning and health; • Human and animal biology research to increase basic understanding of the effects of spaceflight on biological systems and...
... president of the National Academy of Engineering The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions ... REVIEW OF THE Research Program of the for a of Seventh Report Standing Committee to Review the Research Program of the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles Board on Energy and Environmental ... public, and the scientific and engineering communities The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine Dr Bruce M Alberts and Dr Wm A Wulf are chairman and vice...
... framework and practices of on-site and off-site examinations is not provided or when no on-site and off-site examinations are conducted Coded as when the legal framework of on-site and off-site examinations ... of financial liberalization experiences These include Williamson and Mahar (1998), Fanelli and Medhora (1998), Johnston and Sundararajan (1999), De Brouwer and Pupphavesa (1999), and Caprio and ... range of economies, both in terms of regions and levels of economic development Of the 91 economies in the dataset (Table 1), 16 are from South Asia and East Asia, 17 are from Latin America and...
... activation, and a significant proportion of the surface expression of CD95 observed at 30 and 60 following receptor engagement in the presence of caspase inhibitors appears to be a consequence of CD95 ... subsequently generated by softworx software (Applied Precision) Quantitative analysis of images to determine relative pixel values of fluorescence intensity was performed using iVision software (Biovision ... Nuclear (lanes and 2) and cytoplasmic (lanes 3–8) fractions were prepared from total cellular lysates and were immunoblotted using antibody against FADD Effective separation of nuclear and cytoplasmic...
... sight entirely of the production system itself as a dense regional complex made up of thousands of intricately interdependent firms and, by the same token, of the independent segment of the industry ... be represented in terms of the size of its component units and the standardization (or variability) of their outputs This idea is codified in Fig 1, where scale and standardization represent orthogonal ... represented on the one side by the majors and associated firms (both subsidiaries and independents), and on the other side by a mass of independent production companies whose sphere of operations rarely...