... to the quality thereof, andin it turns, strengthen the ‘brand image’ by producing products with the same quality throughout the market and (iii) the recognition ofthe products which enables the ... approach to the assessment of combinations of vertical restraints For instance, the use of quantity forcing or the setting of a maximum resale price may limit the increase in price as intrabrand competition ... franchisor andthe franchisee, individually or jointly have, or obtain some degree of market power as defined inthe Guidelines on the application of Article 81(3) ofthe Treaty and (ii) the franchise...
... mentioned earlier inthe Introduction, the first aim of this study is to explore the motivation inlearning English of second-year students in FoBF The findings ofthe questionnaire andthe interview ... researchers There have been few attempts investigating into the situation of business students‟ motivation inlearning English in terms of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, especially to the extents of ... data and analyzing data ofthe study The following chapter will deal with the findings and discussions 19 CHAPTER 3: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS In this chapter, the students’ motivation in learning...
... difficulties inthe classroom setting, the research was aimed at finding out: (1) the students’ assessment ofthe importance of oral presentation skills in their future work, (2) the problems they might ... giving presentations, and (3) factors causing their difficulties and their suggested solutions Specifically, the study has been conducted inthe form of survey research, with the informants ofthe ... Besides, the data from the study confirm the fact that the infrequent and inadequate feedback and assessment from teacher(s) andthe institution’s lack of conductive facilities also contributed to these...
... formula, in which P stands for the main point; R stands for the reason for the speech; E stands for the example to illustrate the main point and P stands for restating the main point Secondly, the ... developing the main body ofthe presentation; reinforcing the ideas outlined inthe main body and presenting the conclusion In second language classrooms, oral presentations are usually inthe form ... assessing learners inthe process of forming the competencies and skills with the goal of helping them to continue that growth process On the other hand, formal testing occurs at the end of the...
... discovery of a brain-specific MT isoform, GIF, in 1991, sparked considerable interest in understanding the role of all MTs inthe brain, and particularly within the injured or diseased brain Inthe ... studies examining the role of GIF in AD, linked to its initial discovery as a factor deficient inthe AD brain There remains no clear consensus on the role of GIF inthe pathogenesis of AD, and therefore ... whether GIF acts in a neuroinhibitory manner when administered directly into the brain following traumatic brain injury In one such study, the injection of GIF into the site of a stab wound promoted...
... Protein targeting to the microsomes requires the cotranslational insertion ofthe newly synthesized protein into the microsomal membrane, where the N-terminal hydrophobic signal sequence ofthe ... mitochondria-targeting signal inthe yeast system Mitochondrial localization of intact CYP2E1 in yeast cells Because ofthe existing ambiguity inthe literature on the nature and extent of CYP2E1 import into ... < 10% inthe a ⁄ c mutant and < 3% inthe a ⁄ b mutant, as compared to about 25% inthe control strain We also tested the targeting to mitochondria of Su9-DHFR, in which the presequence of ATPase...
... determine the roles of these DHSs on the transcription of Ig-b gene and on the maintenance ofthe active chromatin state Results Generation of DT40/Cre cells with a long deletion in one allele ofthe ... (given in kb) was determined by kHindIII Size ofthe bands observed in each autoradiogram is indicated at the right side The 6.6 kb band detected in lanes b, c, and d in autoradiogram (B), and lanes ... state ofthe cells with any deletion inthe regions I–IV inthe Ig-b locus, judged by DHSs as the indicator, was the same as that in predeletion cells, the region required for the maintenance of the...
... with the size under 6nm inthe channels of SBA-15 and at this state, Pt/SBA-15 catalyst showed the highest activity and selectivity inthe oxidation of glucose When increasing the content of Pt ... continuously to maintain pH value at during the oxidation process In table 2, we also see that increasing the Pt contents led to decrease in catalytic activity The average particle size ofthe ... Oxidation procedure of D-Glucose The reaction was carried out in liquid phase with the presence of oxygen in air, at the range of temperature 50-900C The pH value was maintained at and air flow was...
... gradient inthe levels of rat FABP1 mRNA is established inthe intestine during the late fetal stage The mRNA concentration inthe intestine increases sharply by three- to four-fold within 24 h of ... FABP1 during zebrafish embryogenesis The distinct patterns of expression for the fabp1b (in the intestine) and fabp10 (in the liver) genes inthe developing zebrafish combined represent the expression ... (1984) Fatty-acid-binding proteins Occurrence of two fatty-acid-binding proteins in bovine liver cytosol and their binding of fatty acids, cholesterol, and other lipophilic ligands Hoppe Seylers...
... work ofthe expanding middle class, roughs earned honor and status through the giving and receiving of pain, as they were either unable or unwilling to acquire it through the climbing ofthe economic ... scripture study, and another going off to drink and wench and brawl, and then coming back to bust up the temperance meeting and pour mule urine on the teetotalers On the one hand you had 17-year-old ... consisted of a group of equal peers, the fighting could be flexible, impromptu, and hand-to-hand, battles were infrequent and short-lived, andthe reason for fighting was the protection ofthe tribe and...
... and E Hovy 2004 Determining the sentiment of opinions In Proc of COLING, pages 1367–1373 M Koppel and J Schler 2005 Using neutral examples for learning polarity In Proc of IJCAI (poster) D Lin ... (particularly the short ones) have all zeroes in them In other words, none ofthe bigrams from the training set appears in these reviews This suggests that the main problem with the bigram model ... relation is capturing two different situations, one in which the author himself likes the movie, andinthe other, the author’s cousin likes the movie The overgeneralization resulting from these “stemmed”...
... Randall and others, 1988; Melvin and others, 1992; Tiedeman and others, 1997; Lyford and others, 2003; Kontis and others, in press), with the thin till at the upper end ofthe reported range The ... streamflow in September inthe Assabet River about doubled at the outlet ofthe Main Stem Headwaters subbasin and increased by about percent at the outlet ofthe Main Stem Upper subbasin These increases ... components of average A, March; and B, September nonstorm streamflow in subbasins ofthe Assabet River Main Stem, in a hypothetical scenario of increased withdrawals and discharges inthe Assabet...
... GM-CSF is involved inthe proliferation of primary RA FLSs [7] Inthe present study, we investigated cell proliferation and MLN51 expression using an RA FLS cell line, MH7A, inthe presence of GM-CSF ... upregulated inthe FLSs of RA patients, and is enhanced days after GM-CSF treatment [7] Inthe present experiments, we assessed the dose and time kinetics ofthe effects of GM-CSF on MLN51 expression in ... localization, and regulation ofthe stress-activated protein kinases, extracellular signal-regulated kinase, c-JUN N-terminal kinase, and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase, in synovial tissue and cells...
... is then grasped by the thumb, fore and middle fingers ofthe left hand, leaving the little and ring fingers free; the edge ofthe glass is then detached from the skin by the middle finger ofthe ... weight into the skin During the minute that the skin was allowed to tumefy under the cup, the scarificator was warmed inthe palm ofthe hand in preparation for the most difficult part ofthe operation ... or the fingers to insure puncturing the vein.[53] The incisions were made diagonally or parallel to the veins in order to minimize the danger of cutting the vein in two.[54] For superficial veins,...
... ofthe Indias The Company next acquired the privilege of farming all the taxes andthe whole revenue ofthe kingdom; and presently bought out the mint, andthe right of coinage, lor a sum of money ... of effecting payments by the transfer of these credits from the account ofthe payer to that ofthe receiver In this way the trouble of counting large sums of coin, andof transporting it from ... the Bank of England Chapter V Scotch Banks Two banks were established in Scotland by charter from the king; one the Bank of Scotland, in 1695; the other, the Royal Bank of Scotland, in 1727 These...
... guidelines and principles for the specific laws in environment protection, including the laws on prevention of atmospheric pollution Since the establishment ofthe People’s Republic of China, there ... comes from the power plants in China The industry sector emits 40%, andthe remaining 19% belongs to other sectors.142 The production of SO2 is more decentralized in China than inthe United ... Governments in both China andthe United States should set up emissions trading systems for the sake of environmental improvements inthe long term instead of special interests inthe short term and...
... regions within the bulk of fluid membrane and which are enriched in cholesterol and (glycero-)sphingolipids In addition the fatty acid chains ofthe phospholipids composing these rigid domains are ... than those inthe lipids ofthe surrounding membrane In fact, this fatty acid composition favors a tighter packing of phospholipids and cholesterol, increasing the rigidity of these domains [32–35] ... implications of this subfamily of receptors in cellular signalling make them attractive therapeutic targets The coupling between stimulation ofthe P2X receptor andthe generation of intracellular...
... human fucokinase cDNA is similar to the long splice variant of mouse fucokinase cDNA at the 3¢ splice region The first and third methionines inthe murine sequence, inthe upstream end ofthe CDS, ... neither is the splice junction between exon 23a or 23b, and exon 24 In conclusion, the alternative splicing maintains the reading frame along the entire protein, therefore the protein variants ... variants ofthe murine fucokinase genes were expressed in COS-7 cells in frame with a 10-amino acid E2Tag present inthe pQM vector The molecular masses of fucokinase proteins were determined by...
... site ofthe N-terminal lobe of human and bovine lactotransferrins Importance ofthe glycan moiety andofthe non–covalent interactions between the N- and C-terminal lobes inthe stability ofthe ... trypsin and chymotrypsin on thein vitro antimicrobial and iron-binding properties of lactoferrin in human milk and bovine colostrum Unusual resistance of human apolactoferrin to proteolytic digestion ... lactoferrin where the protein has to survive the harsh environment ofthe gastrointestinal tract Thus, on the basis of this study, rhLF may be preferred over bLF in oral applications of lactoferrins in...
... for and 21 days [22], and some of these genes were also present inthe herbicide SSH libraries (including glutamine synthetase and cathepsin) In our experiments, we tested a cocktail ofthe three ... preventing the plant from producing an essential amino acid and by inhibiting the enzyme enolpyruvylshikimate-phosphate synthase which reduces the production of protein inthe plant, thereby inhibiting ... [63] Inthe fish, Cyprinus carpio, an increase in GS was observed after several days of exposure to cypermethrin At the same time, there was a decrease inthe amount of free amino acids coincident...