... from the National Institute of Nursing Research. The content is solely the responsibility ofthe authors and does not necessarily represent the official views ofthe National Institute of Nursing ... was exposed to more light than the other group, thereby confounding the group differencesin the magnitude ofthe phase delay. A further limitation of this study is the relatively small sample size, ... and the duration and pattern ofthe lightpulse(s) [11-14]. As the converse of light exposure, the timing or duration ofthe sleep/dark episode can alsophase shift the circadian clock [15-19].Many...
... are the cartesian coordinates of the position ofthe receiver on the ground and (0, 0) the position ofthe emitter, also on the ground, of the probe signal. The present study is restricted to the ... the MNI ofthe RM is chosento be the same as the MNI ofthe SM. In this case, when the values of all the parameters ofthe setP are strictly equal to their counterparts in the set p and the values ... (D) from the point of itsemission to the point of its reception in the liquid. The solution of Colladon’s problem isobviously C=D/T, and that ofthe related problem ofthe retrieval ofthe position...
... sexuality freely. As the nation lived under the constant threat of death the film seemed to echo the general feeling of living for the day. The film concludes with &apos ;the happiness we have ... intellectual levels of the general public whilst also moderating the amount of information they were exposed towhether it be on the weekly newsreels or a feature film. The general spirit of each film ... raids, many patrons chose to stay in theirseats as they felt safer in the cinema than in their own homes due to the structure ofthe buildings. The use of 'story' documentary was popular...
... measure ofthe costs of climate change is the rising costs of extreme weather events, thoughthese are also a function of and real estate and in-surance values. Overall, the costs of weather-relateddisasters ... estimates of the social cost of carbon the valuation of the damages due to emissions of one metric ton of car-bon, of $30/ton of CO2equivalent (CO2e),20withlow and high estimates of $10/ton ... (the total land mass ofthe continentalU.S. (48 states) is 9,158,960 km2).122 The safety and ensurability of scaling up the stor-age ofthe billion tons of CO2generated each yearinto the...
... to otherproteins of this class, such as the DNA-binding domain of the Mu repressor [21]. Third, the backbone atoms of the region comprising the ÔwingÕ b-sheet (residues 2–4, 35–36and 41–44 of ... functionsobtained under the same conditions as the NMR experi-ments (Fig. 2). Direct comparison ofthe thermodynamicparameters of Xis_wt and Xis_C28S indicated that the influence ofthe Cys28 fi Ser ... or another Xis molecule. The amino acid substitution of Cys28 fi Ser did notsignificantly change either the structure or stability of HK022 Xis. The differences observed in the NMR spectra of HK022...
... tradition. I had the pleasure of meeting them both at the Bisolotti family office, where a statue of Stradivarius is a central fixture. They posed with the statue, as was fitting for the two violinmakers ... toward the subject. Bouncing the flash off the right or left wall can create a better sense of depth by adding natural shades to the subject. - Try different bounce directions. The further the ... subject’s facial expression. The colour ofthe wall or ceiling, and its distance from the flash unit, affects the intensity ofthe illumination reaching the subject. But the desired light level...
... toconsider the cough syncope related to the stimulation of the phrenic nerve by the neoplasm. In fact, after surgicalremoval ofthe tumor, the patient is free from syncope epi-sodes confirming the ... activity ofthe mass on Positron Emission Tomog-raphy study.Left panel: surgical specimen with detail ofthe wedge resection ofthe lingulaFigure 3Left panel: surgical specimen with detail ofthe ... thoracotomy, the neoplasm was carefully isolated, and its origin from the visceral pleura ofthe pulmonary lingula segmentbecame evident. The adhesions with the phrenic nervewere cut preserving the...
... overall picture ofthe bacterialDNA environment present in the SF ofthe actively inflamedjoints of arthritis patients. Characterization ofthe DNA revealsa wide spectrum of organisms so far ... http://arthritis-research.com/content/11/4/R102Page 9 of 11(page number not for citation purposes)allowing solely the determination ofthe bacterial genus but not the identification ofthe species level. This is, to our knowl-edge, the first ... other arthropathies. However, in most studies, the PCR products were of sufficient length to determine the genus ofthe bacteria in the synovial samples, but were notlong enough to identify the...
... whether distor-tion or chronic irritation ofthe upper ankle may havecaused or influenced the development of TGCT.ConclusionsSince they are rather rare, soft tissue tumors are ofteneither ... and a talar shift of more than10 mm. The patient underwent an arthroscopy ofthe left ankle. The tumor was resected via open surgery. The articular sur-face ofthe talus and the distal tibia ... classification of the tumor is essential. As a result of this, and also ofthe pos-sible malignant degeneration ofthe tumor, some call the TGCT a semimalignant tumor [5-8],.There has been...
... 10:55http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2229/10/55Page 9 of 10, where the plv is the frequency ofthe vth allele at the lth locus. The phylogenetic UPGMA tree was generated based on amatrix ofthe frequencies and distances using the Log-SharedAllele ... against the peptide databases ofthe indicated plant species. The curves represent the percentages of S. hermonthica unigenes that showed higher levels of identity than the values on the x-axis. ... at the equivalent positions. There-fore, we estimated that approximately 75% ofthe clonesin the S. hermonthica library encode full- length cDNAs.Among the 59 sequenced full- length clones, the...
... communities alsoprofoundly affect weather and the move-ment of water among the oceans, atmos-phere, and land. Much ofthe rainfall in the forests ofthe western Amazon basin consists of water that ... produce more offspringthan can survive and reproduce given the constraints of food, space, and otherresources in the environment. These off-spring often differ from one another in ways that are ... comparison, they all share some of the characteristics of their common ancestors.Evolution also explains the great diversity of modern species. Populations of organismsTeaching AboutEvolution and the...
... four centuries. The central feature of this revolution has been the abandon-ment of one notion about stability afteranother: that the earth was the center of the universe, that the world’s living ... Tyrannosaurus rex. More than 99percent ofthe species that have ever livedon the earth are now extinct, either becauseall ofthe members ofthe species died, the species evolved into a new species, ... members of the same bird species might be larger anddarker in the northern part of their range,and smaller and paler in the southern part.In this case, differences might be explainedby the advantages...
... the rest ofthe class period, the stu-dents investigate the fossils. They soonrealize that the number of ribs is related to the size ofthe fossils, so the groups focuson measuring the lengths ... recognizing the causes and effects of phenomena. Thus, scientists develop expla-nations for the changing ofthe seasons, the movements of heavenly bodies, the struc-ture of matter, the shaping of mountainsand ... features the distribution of landand sea, features ofthe crust, the composition of the atmosphere, global climate, and populations of livingorganisms in the biosphere. The material offering...
... for other parts ofthe science educa-tion system, the content standards—and their treat-ment of evolution—point toward the levels of scien-tific literacy needed to meet the challenges of the twenty-first ... ofthe earth systemã Origin and evolution ofthe universe The discussions ofthe origin and evolution of the earth system and the universe relate evolution touniversal physical processes: The ... notoriginally contain oxygen. The Origin and Evolution ofthe Universe The origin ofthe universe remains one of the greatest questions in science. The “big bang” theoryplaces the origin between 10...
... ofthe old batch on the renewed fly population at the farmer’s barn.Nevertheless, despite the freshness ofthe solution,only a few ofthe flies died. The same batch ofthe insecticide was thentried ... in the size ofthe population and in the size ofthe gene pool.Step 12. Allow the students enough time to re-sort the colored dots into the appropriate bags. Besure the students recount the ... fresh batch of insecticide.Moreover, the weather conditions at the time of the effective spraying ofthe distant barn were the same as when the spray was used without successat the experiment...