... of Strophanthus gratus plants and a longknown inhibitor ofthe sodium pump, has been identified in blood plasma, adrenal glands, andthe hypothalamus of mammals The adrenal gland as a source of ... the adrenal gland being a major place of synthesis and/ or storage of ouabain, adrenalectomy leads to a lowering of ouabain plasma levels [18,29] The adrenal cortex is likely to be the place of ... demonstration that the administration of certain precursors increases the rate of synthesis ofthe cardiotonic steroid or, if given in their radioactive form, leads to the formation of radioactive...
... One unit of activity was defined as the amount of enzyme needed to inhibit 50% ofthe reduction of Nitro Blue tetrazolium EPR spectroscopy The aim of this assay was to test the interaction of MM0632 ... forming the [Fe(NHis)4(SCys)] are indicated by black boxes Cys residues involved in the coordination ofthe [Fe(SCys)4] center are indicated by asterisks The insertion and extensions ofthe methanoferrodoxin-like ... X-band EPR spectra of MM0632 (A) difference spectrum obtained by subtracting the spectrum ofthe dithionite-reduced sample from that ofthe as-isolated enzyme The spectra were recorded at K and...
... 20, 25] andthe references therein) Heng-You Lan The study of such types of problems is inspired and motivated by an increasing interest in the nonlinear random equations involving the random ... works, we refer to [2, 4] andthe references therein Further, the recent research works of these fascinating areas have been accelerating the random variational and random quasi-variational inequality ... that the mapping g : Ω × D → E is expansive, then the inverse mapping g −1 of g exists and each xn (t) is computable for all t ∈ Ω Now, we prove the existence of solutions ofthe problem (1.1) and...
... in 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 ... 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 ... 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...
... get the first term if the last letter ofthe Fibonacci word is a If the last letter is b we need the following result of [6]: the electronic journal of combinatorics 10 (2003), #R19 Lemma The ... elementary proofs which not need much theory From (2.11 ) and (2.12 ) we see that Theorem 3.1 and Theorem 3.2 are equivalent So it suffices to prove one of them a) We first give a direct proof of (3.2 ... 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 andthe same weight as u but the number of b’s is one less If b1 = b2 we call u bad of type b...
... administration of b-adrenergic and cholinergic agonists, and removal ofthe cervical sympathetic ganglia that innervate the salivary glands resulted in increased levels of SMR1 protein in the submandibular ... the first draft ofthe manuscript, and composed and edited the figures RM contributed literature searches andthe rewriting and editing JSD and ADB provided important discussionand editorial comments ... Effect of feG on neutrophil chemotaxis, adhesion, and function Results of in vivo studies point to the neutrophil as the primary target cell for the immunopharmacologic actions of feG and other...
... structures ofthe CCD plus CTD domains [5] andthe CCD plus NTD domains [6] have been solved, but the relative conformation ofthe three domains andofthe active multimeric form ofthe enzyme ... in clinical use or to a DNA template Because ofthe difficulties in obtaining structures ofthe most biologically relevant forms ofthe enzyme andof most integrase-INI structures, much ofthe ... 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,...
... is almost sure Proof (The proof follows along the lines of Proposition 2.4 of Barndorff-Nielsen et al [3] However, we give the proof for the completeness ofthe paper.) (i) The function f (t) ... 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, andthe radial component νξ of ν satisfies that, ... α > 0, and furthermore to the two-sided case The second motivation is the following In Maejima and Sato [9], they showed that the limits of nested subclasses constructed by iterations of several...
... Tuy nhiên, trước vấn đề tranh cãi, chọn cho quan niệm mà theo có tính thuyết phục -15- nhiều người đồng tình Chẳng hạn phân vùng PNNB theo phân vùng đòa lí nay, quan điểm võ đoán phi võ đoán ... cửa (tính theo thứ tự từ Bắc vào Nam): Tiểu, Đại, Ba Lai, Hàm Luông, Cổ Chiên, Cung Hầu (đúng Cồn Ngao) thuộc sông Tiền Đònh An, Ba Thắc, Trần Đề (sự thực Trấn Di) thuộc sông Hậu [theo 66; 367] ... lớn anh ơi, buôn bán không lời chèo chống mải mê”… Theo Nguyễn Chí Bền hình ảnh sông nước xuất 85 lần 550 ca dao tình yêu lứa đôi Nam Bộ [dẫn theo 52; 66] 1.1.1.4 Đảo, bờ biển rừng Nam Bộ có vùng...
... 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 ... about 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 ... identify a spokesperson who can present the group’s ideas in a class discussion Brainstorm about your answers and present them in any format that will communicate them most effectively For example,...
... also endured and prospered—because they found the right balance of cooperative and competitive behaviors, the right blend of commons and private goods Understanding the principles ofthe commons ... with their peers than with their employers They share competitive information and resources across organizational boundaries, and favor the integrity of their work over the integrity of their ... Obstacles and Structures Loyalty and Trust: The Role of Group Identity Empires and democracies, science and capitalism are all the result ofthe largely unconscious evolution of institutions of collective...
... believed that the role of this system was mainly structural, providing the support needed to maintain the shape and organization ofthe cell andthe scaffolding for the actions of catalytic molecules ... palytoxin action against the actin cytoskeleton (Fig 3) At present, in spite ofthe importance ofthe unpolymerized actin pool for the maintenance ofthe F-actin system, the cellular response Fig ... these toxins modify the cytoskeleton of neuroblastoma cells: (a) the distortion ofthe actin cytoskeleton begins at early stages, being detectable after 10 of toxin incubation; and (b) both microfilament...
... head ofthe company’s corporate citizenship program The company decided to reduce the cost ofthe beer by offering it on draft rather than bottled, and in addition sought to reduce the tax on the ... as 'the end ofthe beginning' rather than 'the beginning ofthe end.' Aligning markets and sustainability outcomes will require constant renewal and adaptation from businesses themselves and ... impact on the company’s environmental performance.1 In the 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...
... regions surround the active site and are named according to the residue in the midpoint ofthe respective loop, as shown in Fig To the east ofthe active site the 37- and 60-loops border the S2¢ ... that the most similar regions of these proteinases mediate interaction ofthe two b-barrels, formation ofthe catalytic machinery and structures required for binding ofthe main chain ofthe substrate ... Lys224– Tyr228 (the back ofthe pocket) andthe disulfide bridge Cys191–Cys220 (the front ofthe pocket) (Fig 4A) The backbones of these segments form a deep hydrophobic pocket with the negatively...
... scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare Upon the authority ofthe charter granted to it by the Congress ... 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 ofthe public The Institute ... 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...
... scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare Upon the authority ofthe charter granted to it by the Congress ... Academy of Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health ofthe public The Institute acts under the responsibility ... emission and safety requirements and offer all ofthe characteristics that result in strong customer appeal This report contains the committee’s assessmentofthe overall balance and adequacy of the...
... activities; and/ or when there is the lack of legal framework for the independence ofthe supervisory agency such as the appointment and removal ofthe head ofthe banking supervisory agency; or the ultimate ... analysis we report and use the sum ofthe individual components, after normalization ofthe credit control component Since each ofthe seven components can take values between and 3, the sum takes ... shows the distribution of liberalization over the sample period Changes were relatively rare in the early and late part ofthe sample, with most reforms concentrated in the first half ofthe 1990s...
... To further investigate whether inhibition of apoptotic signaling affects the subcellular localization of CD95 and ⁄ or FADD, BJAB cells were treated with the caspase-8 inhibitor z-IETD, and FADD ... activation, and a significant proportion ofthe 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 ... rather, involved in the nonapoptotic functions of FADD, such as regulation of cell cycle progression [21,22] Another signaling event potentially involved in the translocation of FADD from the...
... last two decades ofthe 20th century and on into the 21st century, there has been a complex deepening and widening ofthe trends first recognized in terms ofthe new Hollywood, andthe present paper ... main factors; the Paramount antitrust decision of 1948; andthe advent of television in the 1950s The Paramount decision forced the majors to divest themselves of their extensive theatre (cinema) ... successful (A C HE SO N and M AU LE , 1994) The data given in Table shed important light on the evolving world ofthe majors Thetable indicates the number of releases by majors and their subsidiary...