... Academy of Engineering was established in 1964, under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, as a parallel organization of outstanding engineers. It isautonomous in its administration and ... Functioning in accordance with general policies determined by the Academy, the Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the NationalAcademy of ... USAIDprogram interests. The following reports concerning the importance of S&T in international affairs in general and ininternational development in particular were also citedby USAID officials...
... experimental spectrum reasonably well. It cannot,however, explain the remarkably broad wings of the signal. The broad lineshape and the enhanced relaxa-tion properties ofthe signal at 77 K indicate ... microscopic particles inthe gas phase inside the graphite furnace as a result of incomplete combustion,causing an increase ofthe background signal and thus a sig-nificant deterioration ofthe signal-to-noise ... manganese thatis the limiting factor determining the amount of func-tional metalloradical cofactor obtained. In addition,relatives of corynebacteria belonging to the genusArthrobacter were ineffective...
... would have to take into account the evolution of real wages as well as of wage arrears. However, a remarkable point is that a substantial proportion of firms (31.5% ofthe sub-sample) has increased ... enterprises,as well as the actual constraints exerted by the structure ofa balance sheet are still limited, a qualitative survey may actually offer a stronger appraisal of their actual behaviors.Section ... the end ofthe high inflation periodwhich characterised the first phase of Russian reforms (1992-1996), the overall capacity of the financial system to drain domestic savings and allocate financial...
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... lacks the 3¢-phospho-ADP moiety of CoA, having a pivalategroup at the 11-hydroxyl moiety of pantetheine instead(Fig. 1). The acetyl and acetoacetyl thioesters of PP(Ac-SPP and AcAc-SPP) have ... to analyse in detail,using X-ray crystallography and isothermal titrationcalorimetry, the factors that in uence the productivemode of binding ofa CoA substrate to the active site of biosynthetic ... (5.7 A ˚), reflecting the overallweakening ofthe sulfur–sulfur van der Waals interac-tions inthe CoA binding mode ofthe C8 9A variant,especially concerning Met157 (Table 2), in addition tothe...
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... BAFs.BAF-QSAR application: Areas of application of the BAF-QSAR include the categorization of bioaccumulativesubstances, the derivation of water quality criteria and the estimation of total ... underestimated. The reason forusing the upper 97.5 % probability interval ofthe empiricaldata rather than the more conventional 95% is that the majority ofthe BAF data inthe BAF data represent BAFs ... growing and/or (iv) metabolize the substance at a significant rate. The BAF-QSAR exhibits a ™parabolic∫ shape. At lowKOW, the BAF increases with increasing KOW in a linearfashion, as partitioning...
... corresponds to a point where a Raman spectrum was measured. (C) Raman signal from a scan on the graphene piece. Each colored scan is data taken at each ofthe matching colored circles. The top scan is ... has strained carbon nanotubes lying on an oxide surface up to 2 percent, and the van der Waals force remains sufficient to hold the nanotube in place. The Lieber and Park group at Harvard have ... electrons are confined in 2 and 0 dimensions in this unique material. Inthe next chapter, we will examine the mechanical properties of materials with a focus on characterizing nanoscale mechanical...
... president ofthe National Academy of Sciences. The National Academy of Engineering was established in 1964, under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, as a parallel organization of outstanding ... tech-nology appears to offer as a tool to enhance and expand international comparative research, the role ofinternational video in informing edu-cational research and professional development inthe ... practitioners. International videotapes serve as a record of teaching ina par-ticular time and place, and make that teaching available for multiplereexaminations; they facilitate collaboration among...
... up an excellent national and international reputation in these fields. The two institutions also complement each other in terms of both staff and subject matter: their areas of research and approaches ... program. Both have many years of experience of teaching and research on the subject of international economics and, especially, macroeconomics and monetary theory and policy, and they have ... who are familiar with the issues intheinternational economy. The recurring crises in financial markets, and their implications for economies in general, show how important the functioning of...
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... platinum-based che-motherapy. Clinical data were obtained from the medi-cal record. The disease-free interval was defined as the interval between the surgery and the date of progression of the ... cisplatin and paclitaxel-induced cell death, cisplatin and paclitaxel being twodrugs that are usually part ofthe initial treatment forovarian cancer. Cisplatin IC50was i ncreased by ascitesOVC346, ... and OVC509 ascites. Ovariancancer a scites OVC432 had little anti-apoptotic activityagainst cisplatin, paclitaxel and TRAIL. These datademonstrate that the inhibitory effect of ascites againstdrug...