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... water for domestic use Access to drinking water is the first priority for the use of water. However, on quarter ofthe world’s population is without access to safe drinking water and half of ... 3.2.1 To limit saline intrusion inthe East of Tien Giang Saline intrusion inthe area is increasing which causes damage for rice and aquatic resources in the area. During dry season, when ... DARD, 2004). The reasons of increasing saline intrusion are reduced upstream flow and wind from the sea during dry season. Several development interventions inthe Mekong River Basin have contributed...
... obtained. Phylogenetic treeswith the nt sequence ofthe open reading frame (ORF) of their cDNAs and the corresponding aa sequences, in Table 1. Summary ofthe purification of DNases I from the ... conclude that there are at least two mechanisms that might be involved in changing the thermally stable characteristics of vertebrateDNases I, substitution of Ile130Leu in snakes and insertion of ... from a thermally unstableone: frog, toad and newt DNases I all have a Ser205insertion in a domain that contains an essential Ca2+-binding site inthe mammalian enzymes and are thermallyFig....
... not insulin-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of insulin receptor, exhibited insulinresistance. These findings suggest a new approach inthe study of surgery-induced insulin resistance and indicate ... with indicated concentration of insu-lin for 10 min. Mean SE, n ẳ 5 subjects. In this and the following figures, the insulin-stimulated effect was obtained by setting the value with no insulin ... Similarly, the maximal effects of insulin on the state of tyrosine-phosphorylation ofthe insulin receptor or of IRS1, or of phosphorylation of ERK1 ⁄ 2, was not significantlydifferent in either group...
... had increased from six in 2004 to 54 in 2009. The site expansion was accompanied by an increased number of women testing. There were marked increases inthe rate of HIV testing followingthe introduction ... missing or inconsistent training among those who are doing the routine reporting. Issues related to HIV testing include lack of standard testing algorithm, unreliable supply of test kits and other ... especially followingthe introduction ofthe opt-out HIV testing approach. Consistent with our findings, several studies from resource poor settings including Ethiopia have reported dramatic increases...
... mRNA insta-bility and the involvement ofthe ARE in this process[10,11]. In addition, another destabilizing sequence wasidentified within the coding region of IFN-b mRNA [12,13].Whereas the independent ... encoding the HA epitope wasinserted at the end ofthe IFN-b coding sequence todistinguish the products resulting from the expression of the DNA constructs and the endogenous gene (Fig. 2). Theseconstructs ... significantdeadenylation 8 h after infection independently of the presence or the absence ofthe ARE. Another RNAinstability determinant was identied inthe 3Â-end of the IFN-b coding region [13]. This element...
... usage of lighting defines characters and allows a differentiation ofthe sinfulness of 'David' and the 'Wife of Uriah' and the holiness ofthe Minister. The character ofthe Minister ... implying this ofthe minister. Through drinking thewater he purifies himself andthrough his teachings from the bible he instills this sense of purity in others. Although the prominence of his ... She can hide behind the lipstick asit covers her sins. The minister again is in a position of power as he places the bread the mouths ofthe recipients, aswith the wine. Allthe characters are...
... of 329 youth, and the interviews that research team conducted with the 249 eligible youth that were included inthe final sample. In presenting these findings, we hope to allow the voices of ... here cannot offer any insight into the size of this component ofthe CSEC population as none ofthe youth that were recruited into the study offered any information that hinted at the existence ... the population. The discovered offerings (di) were the actual number of offerings seed (i) received inthe period prior to the end ofthe study. The post-seed sample (Ai) is the number of...
... a pI of 7.6 suggesting thatthe proteincould be a DNA binding protein. In B. subtilis,regulation of the biosynthesis of riboflavin has been studied intensively.FMN has been identified as the effecter ... amount of flavins using the lumiflavin fluorescencemethod. The term ÔflavinsÕ refers to riboflavin, FMN andFAD. P-flavin, which is contained inthe extract of luminousbacterial cells [12], is not included ... in a complete operon in thesamearrangementasthecompleterib operons in otherspecies. The tail of ribD overlapped with the head of ribC(Fig. 3) and the number of amino acid residues of RibD in this...
... generic tasks. These include planning, organ-izing, leading and controlling. Planning involves defininggoals and mapping out ways to reach them; organizingentails arranging and coordinating human, ... reported equally high levels of informal training in health management (around 90%).These included mentoring, in- service training and non-certified programs.Bivariate analyses between the sectors ... representative ofall hospitalmanagers in South Africa. The professional background ofthe respondents suggests that there is a perceptible shift inthe leadership of hospi-tals in South Africa...
... in their HRQL. In other studies that include mental health scales to distinguish a normal scorefrom a psychiatric health problem or other studies of HRQL also includethe definition of cut-off ... wereadapted in parallel and were included inthe Kidscreenproject as validation instruments [11]. As part ofthe proc-ess of obtaining the Spanish versions, interpretabilityissues were defined. The ... forfurther application in clinical practice and health service research the meaning of their scoringsshould be studied in depth. The aim of this study was to increase the interpretability of the...
... papers that belonged in principle to the discipline of psychology wereinevitably included inthe present review. These papersusually reported that a measure of quality of life had beenincorporated ... quality of life but concluded that, although these factors may con-tribute to the initiation of morbidity, the biology of the disease appears to predominate, overriding the potentialinfluence of ... survival [31]. In addition, most studies haveshown that pain and appetite loss are independent deter-minants of overall survival. One found that a 40-pointincrease inthe pain subscale ofthe EORTC...
... be part ofthe intended monitoring.Aims and objectives The main objective of this investigation is to collect pre-cise time data of educators' work task.With the help ofthe intended ... frequently than in the average population [13]. The most frequent complaints include: shoulder and neck pain, sacroiliac or back pain,musing, languor, and uneasiness [11]. As a consequence of job conditions ... singlehanded andpermits the exact time registration by touching the screen. After monitoring, data will be analysed statisti-cally and graphically: the number of individual occur-rences of...
... that had evaluated differentQoL instruments in BD populations and one study that examined the effects of mode of questionnaire adminis-tration. The first of these examined the application of ... improving inter-episode functioning andperceived quality of life. Our review found that there isgrowing interest in characterizing QoL in bipolar disorderpopulations, and determining the impact ... instruments' domains,particularly inthe control group. Finally, Revicki and col-leagues (1997) [65] examined the effects of administering the SF-36 either in person or by telephone in 28 patientswith...
... Questionnaire and changes in the other related questionnaires. The finding that the actual correlations meet these aprioripredictions wouldstrengthen inferences regarding the validity ofthe newquestionnaire.ResultsPatients The ... between the changes in scores in the new instrument and the changes inthe corresponding questionnaires. Most of these correlations met the a prioripredictions we had made regarding their direction ... 8 and not for its individual domains. Since w e built linearregression models in which the independent variableswere the differences in scores in individual domains of the IWQOL-Lite, we could...