... know the benefit of having the connection of their latrines to biogas plants At the installation, the community agreed to share the 20% ofthe installation cost andthe 100% of cleaning cost of ... because the people were involved from the beginning ofthe installation and they understood the benefit ofthe option from the combination of hygiene education and their experience from the test ... according to the baseline and follow-up surveys, 98% ofthe sampled households used only one ofthe pits ofthe alternate pit latrine The other pit was no more used andthe people extended their house...
... BKI1 to the C-terminal portion of BRI1 In the presence of BR, BKI1 is released by the direct binding of BR to the 70-amino acid island region in the extracellular domain of BRI1 [7] Then, BRI1 ... line To determine the hormone sensitivity of bri1-120, we added 20 μM of IAA, GA, kinetin, and ACC and 50 μM of JA to 1/2 MS MS plates and processed them the same way All ofthe chemicals were ... domain of BRI1 revealed that the 70-amino acid island domain andthe subsequent four LRRs before the transmembrane domain are frequent mutation sites, indicating their functional importance to the...
... (IGFBP)-4 and IGFBP-5 Proteolysis of IGFBPs regulates the bioavailability of IGFs, and because ofthe association between IGF levels and prostate cancer [33], strategies for the direct inhibition of ... against the consensus sequence ofthe known transcripts for the target gene Microarrays carry multiple probes against the same gene distributed throughout the length ofthe transcript, some of which ... performed the RTPCR detection ofthe TMPRSS:ERG fusion product MS is the surgeon who provided the patient samples, pathology results and other clinical data NJM participated in the study design and...
... Department of Biochemistry who, through the peculiarities and profundities of weekly seminar, have expanded the globe of my scientific exploration I thank every single member ofthe Clapp and Yang ... of Mek-Erk inhibition in disease management verges on the immediate horizon Of concern, though, many ofthe mechanistic and functional conclusions regarding Erk1 and Erk2 derive either from the ... (JMML), and tumors such as optic glioma andthe namesake neurofibroma The disease’s hallmark signs include hyper-pigmented areas ofthe skin (café au lait macules) and hamartomas on the iris...
... Yang Lili and Wu Yayun, for their friendship andthe happy days we have been together Finally, I would like to thank my parents, my sister and brother for their love, understanding, and patience ... STUDY ON STRUCTURE, FUNCTIONAND DIACHRONIC EVOLUTION OF CHINESE EXTENDED MIDDLE CONSTRUCTION 蔡淑美 CAI SHU MEI (Ph D, NUS) 新加坡国立大学中文系 博士学位论文 A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY ... literature review on the current research of this construction, and briefly outline the organization of my dissertation The central claim of chapter two is that, although there exists disagreement...
... -Assess the yield in the U.S market on the modified BRE ofthe emerging Market credit, then add the sovereign yield spread Finally, compare the resulting required yield with the yield in the market ... Rate One can measure the cumulative mortality rate (CMR) over a specific time period (1,2,…, T years) by subtracting the product ofthe surviving populations of each ofthe previous years from ... cumulative defaults 10 Marginal and Cumulative Mortality Rate Equation MMR(t) = Total value of defaulting debt in year (t) total value ofthe population at the start ofthe year (t) MMR = Marginal...
... Concerns in Education What is the purpose of school? Concerns in Education What is the purpose of school? ? Interdisciplinary Students not see the connections between the different subject areas ... Instruction Authentic projects for authentic audiences Science Classes Project-Based Instruction Authentic projects for authentic audiences Communities Learning with the community, in the community, ... Instruction key ingredients: Authentic projects Authentic audiences Extend learning beyond the school & school day Collaborate with the community for resources, opportunities, and expertise Projects...
... tumors and liquid tumors Solid tumors are tumors of solid tissues, consisting of two types: carcinomas and sarcomas Carcinoma is the cancer ofthe epithelium lining inside and outside ofthe organ ... with other cancer therapies Targeted therapy is the newest form of treatment that is developed based on human knowledge about the molecular aspect of cancer biology Targeted therapy is the use of ... block the activity of critical protein molecules involved in the growth, spread and death avoiding machinery of cancer (12) The main advantage of targeted therapy is that they focus to the specific...
... ether strands mimic the distance between the nucleobase andthe diphospho-bridge, but on the other hand likely are involved in polar interactions with the cADPR receptor protein Certainly, the ... northern and southern riboses are primarily necessary as linkers between the base adenine (or hypoxanthine) andthe diphospho-bridge, as they can be replaced by much simpler ether strands These ... properties of derivatives modified in the northern ribose of cADPR in permeabilized T-cells, it was observed that replacement ofthe hydroxyl group at C2¢¢ [for clarity atoms ofthe ‘northern ribose’...
... 270) Ó FEBS 2003 Fig Structureofthe 4-kDa peptide A, the best-fit superposition ofthe backbone (N, Ca and ¢C) atoms ofthe 15 NMR-derived structures ofthe 4-kDa peptide The structures are superimposed ... Maryland) Results and discussion Possible physiological functionofthe 4-kDa peptide To investigate the physiological functions ofthe 4-kDa peptide, we transiently expressed the peptide in the cultured ... the venom of cone snail and x-agatoxin-IVB from the venom of funnel web spider [23] (Fig 6C) The X-ray crystal structureof CPA–CPI complex has revealed that CPI recognizes the enzyme using the...
... zero even at the 95% level in Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK andthe US Moreover, while in some countries, (including Finland, the UK andthe US) residential ... also for these countries the existence of cointegration could not be rejected We therefore specify the VAR models in the level ofthe variables Nevertheless, we neither impose the number of cointegrating ... to offset the macro economic effects ofthe collapse ofthe bubble).2 Of course, it is by no means clear that central banks are better able to judge the appropriate level of asset prices and the...
... in the wrist due to gout [6,8,9] The prevalence of gout in the USA ranges between 0.5–2.8% in men and 0.1–0.6% in women [2] The prevalence rises to 4.4% of men and 1.8% of women over the age of ... at the carpal-metacarpal joint at the base ofthe thumb The report stated that the radiographs were otherwise normal The patient's symptoms worsened with increased pain and swelling over the ... incidence of gout has been reported in the USA and New Zealand over the past 30 years, while the prevalence of gout has been reported to have risen three-fold in the UK over 20 years of follow-up...
... for the operation ofthe Bank rests with a Board of Directors, which consists of fifteen members: • the governor (currently Mark Carney, who is the chief executive officer and chairman ofthe ... policy and for the regulation of Canada’s deposit-based financial institutions Copyright 2011 15 - Origins ofThe Bank of Canada II Copyright 2011 15 - Formal Structureofthe Bank of Canada ... the Board of Directors) • the senior deputy governor, • the deputy minister of finance, and • twelve outside directors Copyright 2011 15 - Formal Structureofthe Bank of Canada II • The Board...
... onethird of all mutations in the BTK gene are missense and some of these reduce the stability ofthe protein This is exemplified by mutations in the BTK motif ofthe Tec homology (TH) domain [18] ... identify individuals with mild disease, thereby providing the missing data The phenotype of XLA andthe potential of BTK and ITK inhibitors The outcome of defective BTK signaling in humans has ... low and often undetectable in immunoblot analysis The activation of CD4+ cells, however, dramatically induces transcription ofthe ITK gene and is key for the productive infection of HIV in these...
... has the right to earn income, i.e., the cash flow right And third, the owner has the right to transfer the share andthe associated control and cash flow rights to another party The value ofthe ... 25% of Firm B the weakest link in the chain of voting rights At the same time, the entrepreneur owns about 8% ofthe cash flow rights of Firm B, the product ofthe two ownership stakes along the ... have noted theimportanceofthe effects of earnings credibility Teoh and Wong (1993) report that the market perception ofthe quality of accounting earnings, as proxied by the size ofthe firm’s...
... despite (i) the very similar structural architecture of OYE1 and PETN reductase, and (ii) geometry for the binding of steroid compounds and 2-cyclohexen-1-one [2,19] Thestructureofthe Y186F ... resolved and are bound between the progesterone andthe protein (Fig 7A) In comparison to the oxidized structures, the FMN isoalloxazine ring is less planar, with both the N5 atom andthe C8-C7 ... s, and indicate re-oxidation ofthe flavin andthe formation ofthe hydride-Meisenheimer complex of TNT (C) As for panel B except the spectral changes are recorded over an extended time period and...
... measure the quality ofthe legal system and enforcement (i.e., efficiency ofthe judicial system, rule of law, and corruption index) SIZE is the book value of total assets at the end ofthe fiscal ... (1) the classification ofthe legal origin, and (2) the general quality ofthe legal system and enforcement (LEGAL) measured by the mean of three institutional variables (i.e., efficiency ofthe ... is the book value of total assets at the end ofthe fiscal year (in EUR thousands) Financial leverage (LEV) is measured as the ratio of total debt to the sum of total debt plus book value of...
... to h The participants were given an explanation regarding the purpose ofthe feedback, the purpose ofthe conceptual model, some background ofthe research that lead to the development ofthe ... By these definitions, and due to theimportanceofthe role of project management in the success of projects, the authors consider related department collaboration on product development by the ... in SMEs To understand theimportanceof coordinating these sections with the project manager and validated the model, the author interviewed 20 project managers The majority of project managers...
... significantly absorbed in the intestinal tract, and reach the colon mainly intact [27] They are therefore bioavailable to the epithelial cells in the intestinal wall, where procyanidins and other phenolics ... investigated the relationship of different structural factors of procyanidins, such as the mean degree of polymerization and percentage of galloylation, with their antiproliferative potential and their ... from green tea, is a potent antioxidant and chemopreventive agent [21,22] These and other results suggest that the galloylation of catechins andthe presence of gallocatechin moieties in natural...