... matter.ã The development of string theory andthe quantum theory of geometry aspromising candidates for the union of quantum mechanics and general relativity.ã The first descriptions ofthe quantum ... as the circular structure in the lower half of the dewar. The rest ofthe internal components are structures for cooling the bar to 4.2 K,for bringing out the signal from the transducer on the ... radiation they emit in the last stages of their formation.ã The use of gravitational waves to probe the universe of complex astro-nomical phenomena by the decoding ofthe details ofthe gravitational...
... matter.ã The development of string theory andthe quantum theory of geometry aspromising candidates for the union of quantum mechanics and general relativity.ã The first descriptions ofthe quantum ... laboratory space, and offices for the observatory staff. One of the 4-kilometer arms disappears out ofthe right-hand side ofthe photo. The other is seenstretching to the upper left. At the 2-kilometer ... bang. The Universe andthe Big Bang. Gravity governs thestructureand evolution of the universe on the largest scales of space and time. This is true even thoughgravity is the weakest of the...
... about the thermodynamics and kinetics ofthe binding of guanidines and N-hydroxy-guanidines to iNOS. Removal ofthe a-amino ora-carboxylate moiety of l-Arg has important effects on the ability of ... Kd and koff. The fol-lowing experiments were performed as a first approachto find the variation in koffas a function ofthe iNOSsubstrate structure. Kinetics ofthe binding of guanidines and N-hydroxyguanidines ... bulgebetween the two heme propionates in contact with the heme andthe side chain of a conserved valine (V338). The decrease ofthe affinity of homo-l-Arg and homo-NOHA compared with l-Arg and NOHA...
... become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences andthe National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, andthe scientific and ... ourunderstanding of Earth processes (NRC, 1995). Although the primary focus ofthe operational systems is on short-term weather prediction andthe protection of life and property, they have ... 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health of the public. The Institute...
... access to the array and, ifother clients had already referenced the data ofthe array, the physical memory cache ofthe array would be directlyaccessible to the client with no further message ... solutionto the unconstrained growth of UNIX. During the last 20 years operatingsystemsand their environments haveundergone dramatic expansion in size, scope and complexity. The Alto operating ... as a cache of secondary storage data pages. The effect of this kind of caching on the performance ofUNIXand its traditional suite of application programs is dramatic. Compilation of a small...
... who is the chief executive officer and chairman ofthe Board of Directors) ã the senior deputy governor, ã the deputy minister of finance, and ãtwelve outside directors 15 - 20 The Case ... operated by the CPA ãacts as the holder of deposit accounts ofthe federal government, the directly clearing members ofthe CPA, international organizations such as the IMF, and other central ... increase the durability of bank notes, and reduce counterfeiting. Copyright 2011 Pearson Canada Inc.15 - 5Formal Structureofthe Bank of Canada IIã The Board appoints the governor and...
... especiallythosewhoholdgeneralbachelor’sdegrees,theirqualificationsserveonlyasasignal of theirpotentialtoemployers.Inmanycases,theytakelongertorealiseemployment and whentheydotheirentryleveljobsdonotnecessarilyrequire the years of schoolingtheypossess.Theystartat the bottom ofthe jobladder and havetoprovethemselvesin the labourmarkettoreachhigherincomelevels.Acombination of theirpotential and trainingwilldeterminetheirprogressionup the ladder.Aswillbeseenin the nextsection, the field of study,whichsignals the type of skillsacquiredthrougheducation,playsasignificantroleinemployability of universitygraduatesinthiscase.PercyMolekeFree ... 4PercyMoleke5InequalitiesinHigherEducation andtheStructureofthe LabourMarketDespite the observedsignificantincreasesin the number of seniorcertificateholdersin the pastdecade, the proportion of learnerswhoactuallysitfor the examremainslow. The quality ofthe seniorcertificateexamalsocontinuestobe of concern. The largemajority of learnersstillopttowrite the seniorcertificateexamon the standardgraderatherthanon the highergrade.Consequently, the proportion of thosepassingwith ... to theirAfrican and colouredcounterparts. The proportion of white and Asiangraduateswithineachcategory of number of yearsworkedwasnotashighasthat of otherracegroupsat the time ofthe survey(Table8).Table8:Number of yearsworkedbythoseinmanagement,byraceNumber of yearsworkedAsian...
... resolution of 0.1 nm, a response time of 1 s, a bandwidth of 1 nm, and atemperature of 20 °C. An average of 10 scans was recorded and corrected by subtracting the baseline spectrum of the buffer. The ... b-sheetstructures dominate. This assumption was confirmedby the calculation ofthe a-helix and b-strand contents of the protein with the online programs dichroweb[25] and k2d [26], respectively. The ... [18], cowpea[19], and poppy [20,21].In the present study, the first insights into the secon-dary and tertiary structureof PLD a2 from cabbageare given. The surface structureofthe enzyme wasinvestigated...
... amide groups of Ile128 and Arg129.Despite these differences in the coordination ofthe res-idues in the tip, the fold ofthe loop is strikingly simi-lar. The rmsd for the Ca atoms ofthe residues ... with strand b9(Fig. 1). The active site is positioned at the C-terminaledge ofthe sheet formed by the five parallel b-strands and the N-terminal ends ofthe helices a1, a7 and a9. The methionine-binding ... the tRNA that releases the loop. We speculate that the KMSKS loop could assist in the positioning of the acceptor stem in the catalytic site. The exact steering and positioning ofthe loop, and...
... comparison ofthe effects of roughandsmoothLPSsofE. coli, both in the presence and absence of EDTA (Fig. 1). The rate of oxidation wasincreased in the presence ofthe LPSs of both the smooth and rough ... measure of the rate of oxidation of oxyHb.RESULTS The effect of pH on the auto-oxidation of cross-linked Hbwas studied. The rate of decrease ofthe concentration of oxyHb increased as the pH ... effects of smooth and rough LPSs of E. coli and S. minnesota on the oxidation of native and cross-linked Hb. Because the auto-oxidationofHbhasbeenshowntodependonthepHand the presence of heavy...
... the site of interaction with AKAP proteins [5,6]. The symmetry axis of the dimer is along the y-axis shown in the Figure. Figure 4Bshows the van der Waals model ofthe top face ofthe best structure ... C-terminus, Cc of Asp and Cd of Glu, and Og of Tyr.Positive unit charges were added at the following atoms: Nt of the N-terminus, Nf of Lys, Cf of Arg, and Ndor Ne of His (depending on the position ... the structural characteristics of RIIa D/D using the final ensemble of 24 structures and the best structure. Figure 4A, shows the backbone and the hydrophobic side chains (depicted in green) of...
... NN:[2,3])3.1 Time The parser has an theoretical time bound,where is the number of words in the sentence to beparsed, is the number of nonterminal categories in the grammar and is the number of (active) ... independently of where the tag is in the rule and where the word is in the sentence.14Assume further that, although tags oc-cur more often than categories in rules (63.9% of ruleitems are tags in the ... shows the effect ofthe tree transforms ontraversal counts. The NOUNARIES settings are muchmore efficient than the others, however this efficiencycomes at a price in terms ofthe utility of the...
... become noticeable. The width of spillover zone depends on the material andthe nature of the detected gas. The influence ofthe contacts on sensor response withdecreased length ofthe sensitive layer ... gas-permeability.However, the process of cracking is hard to control, because the magnitude ofthe sensor parameters change is dependent on the depth and length ofthe cracks. Probably therefore the authors of [113], ... number of oxygen vacancies, and as a result, controls the initial surfaceband bending (eVs) ofthe metal oxide andthe change of eVs atreplacement ofthe surrounding gas.Considering that the...
... fit either of the first two expansions).We extracted all ofthe proper names (i.e.,phrases of category NNP and NNPS) in the PennWSJ treebank and used them as the training cor-pora for the adaptor ... further details.1153 The set of trees generated by the CFG is TS,where S is the start symbol, andthe set of stringsgenerated by the CFG is the set of yields (i.e., ter-minal strings) of ... the Doc and Docnonterminals — but ithas the advantage that the LDA distributions mapstraight-forwardly onto PCFG nonterminals). The terminals W ofthe CFG consist ofthe vo-cabulary V of...
... shown). Theseresults indicate that the mutations had no effect on the secondary and tertiary structure arrangements of the protein and suggest that, in the native state, the effect of the mutations ... destabiliza-tion ofthe native state, as suggested by the decrease of mg and of fluorophores accessibility to acrylamidefor all the variants compared to the wild-type. The replacement by Ala of any ofthe ... [8], and their involvement in interactions withcations offers new perspective in the analysis of the contribution of ions as cofactors in protein folding [38] and in the design of variants of...