... Gopalsamy, Stability and Oscillations in Delay Differential Equations of Population Dynamics, vol 74 of Mathematics and Its Applications, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, ... equations,” Proceedings ofthe American Mathematical Society, vol 117, no 1, pp 199–204, 1993 S Ahmad and A C Lazer, “On the nonautonomous N-competing species problems,” Applicable Analysis, ... 1.10 is better than 1.9 Advances in Difference Equations Proof of Theorem 1.2 The following lemma can be found in 10 Lemma 2.1 Assume thatA > and y > 0, and further suppose that (1) y n ≤ Ay...
... set of edges of G intersected by the (dual) edges of C ∗ Then G − F is actually a plane embedding, and we easily add the edges of F back to G − F , making a plane drawing D with at most |F | pairwise ... with a proof of Theorem 1.1) We remark that our constants are not unreasonable (see Theorem 3.4) B¨r¨czky, Pach and T´th showed [2] that for every surface χ there isa constant c χ oo o such that ... approximation algorithm isthatthe crossing number of bounded degree projective graphs is bounded by above and by below by quantities that are within a constant factor of each other The required...
... center ofthe basketball_mc movieclip instance to be locked tothe vertical and horizontal positions ofthe mouse pointer TIP The startDrag() action is not the only way to drag amovieclip instance ... boundary = 60 Right boundary = 490 As shown by the arrows, all coordinates are based on the distance ofthat side from the top and left sides ofthe stage TIP An easy and visual method of determining ... mimic the x and y coordinates ofthe mouse pointer, so it appears to be dragged The advantage of this technique isthat it allows you to drag multiple movieclip instances simultaneously In contrast,...
... Católica de Chile, Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiolog a Alameda 340 Santiago, Chile Full list of author information is available at the end ofthe article different aspects ofthe ... CCATTTGTTTGTTTC-3’) and qPCR_AtACT2rev (5’GGCATCAATTCGATCACTCA-3’) Page 12 of 14 Stomatal aperture and water loss measurements Stomatal assays were performed on abaxial epidermis strips, incubated in 30 ... (5’-CTCCTTGCTGTGATAAAGTTGGTAT3’) and Vv60R2 (5’-ATTCAGGTTTTCGTACTCAAGAATG-3’) The control AtACTIN2 gene (At3g18780) [46] was amplified using primers AtACT2F (5’-GTGT TGGACTCTGGAGATGGTGTG-3’) and AtACT2R...
... communication of findings may also help avoid the iatrogenic disability that can arise as a result ofthe medicalization of imaging findings that are of questionable clinical significance, such as “disc ... therapists, psychologists, massage therapists, kinesiologists, naprapaths and acupuncturists This has resulted in what has been termed the “supermarket approach” tothe management of SRDs [19] That ... [63,64] An appreciation of minimalism in spine care: The primary spine care practitioner would have to understand that often in spine care “less is more” That is, an approach that focuses on education...
... next lemma isa crucial tool for the proof ofthe local propertyofthe class Em,χ (Ω ) Lemma Let Ω be a hyperconvex domain in Cn and ≤ m ≤ n Assume that u ∈ Em0 (Ω ) and χ ∈ K such that χ (t) ... [13] implies that Hm (u) isa positive Radon measure on Ω The proof is complete Now we prove our main result about the local propertyofthe class Em,χ (Ω ) The local propertyofthe class Em,χ ... following propertyofthe class Em,χ (Ω ) Corollary Assume that Ω isa bounded hyperconvex domain and χ ∈ K satisfies all hypotheses of Theorem Then Em,χ (Ω ) ⊂ Em−1,χ (Ω ) Proof Assume that u ∈...
... Ω and c isa constant only depending on Ω , Ω , Ω and χ Proof Repeating the proof of Lemma 3.2 in [HHQ] The next lemma isa crucial tool for the proof ofthe local propertyofthe class Em,χ and ... [HHQ] the authors introduced the class Eχ,loc (Ω) and established the local property for this class The section is devoted to study the local propertyofthe class Em,χ (Ω) In the sequel ofthe paper ... improvement ofthe exposition ofthe paper The paper was done while the authors were visit to Vietnam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics (VIASM) The authors would like to thank the VIASM for...
... formation and endocytosis PMA is known to bind tothe C1b domain of PKC and to activate its activity To elucidate whether activation of PKC indeed mediates mature TACE disappearance we stimulated ... TACE disappearance Activation of PKA by dibutyryl-cAMP, a more stable cAMP analogue, did not influence the degradation of mature TACE indicating that this effect is not dependent on PKA A PMA ... catalytically active members ofthe ADAM family is thought to act as an inhibitor ofthe proteinase via a cysteine switch mechanism [42,43] Therefore removal ofthe prodomain is required to obtain the...
... antennas placed near the human are characterized The frequency- and distancedependent characteristics ofa UWB channel are analyzed in this paper, where an NLOS channel is shown to have larger path ... relative tothe distance between the antennas, such thatthe diffracted signal becomes stronger [18] Note thatthe path loss ofthe on-body channel is much larger than the LOS channel and comparable ... loss changes slightly as the distance extends The reason isthat when the human body interrupts with the transmission channel, theareaofthe human body that interrupts the signal becomes small...
... Intra- and inter-annual variations of transpiration, leaf area index and radial growth ofa sessile oak stand (Quercus petraea), Ann For Sci 53 (1996) 521–536 [22] Granier A. , Anfodillo T., Sabatti ... the control one) The importance of LAI as a limiting factor of stand transpiration has been demonstrated [19] For each year and each plot, T/LAI was calculated for oaks and was always < 0.3 Except ... basal area decreased respectively from 189 to 159 trees ha–1 and from 20.9 to 18.3 m2 ha–1 The average height of oak in both plot is 24 m Besides pedunculate oak, forest overstory basal area is...
... according to leaf area development For periods of leaf area expansion and leaf fall, daily transpiration was calculated with an equation based on daily PET and on a relative LAI (LAIi/LAImax), with ... in Mathieu [24] Table I summarises each plot’s basal area, LAI and SA for the years and for each type of species Total LAI was estimated from litter Evapotranspiration in a declining oak stand ... use of water within forest, where transpiration tend to dampen more than to amplify the variations in evaporative demand or annual variations in water availability [17, 29] Total stand transpiration...
... PR are 5' GAA GAT CTA CGC GTT CCG GAG CAG ATG ATA CAG TAT TAG AAG 3' and 5' CGG AAT TCG GAT CCT TAA AAA TTT AAA GTG CAG CCA ATC TGA GT 3' Cells Human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293T cells were maintained ... 5' CCG GAA TCT AAT AGA GCT TCC TTT AAT TGC CCC CCT ATC TTT ATT GTG ACG A 3', 5' GGG GTC GCT GCC AAA GAG TGA TCT GAG GGA AGC TAA AGG ATA CA 3' and were used to fuse Vpr in frame to PR at the Bgl ... GagPR plasmid The annealed oligonucleotides consisted of 5' GAT CTG TAT CCT TTA GCT TCC CTC AGA TCA CTC TTT GGC AGC GA 3', 5' CCC CTC GTC ACA ATA AAG ATA GGG GGG CAA TTA AAG GAA GCT CTA TTA GAT T...
... expression and that PTEN enhances its expression (Unoki and Nakamura, 2001) It is widely known that activity ofthe mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) isa major inhibitor ofthe progression of apoptosis, ... contrast to an upregulation of autophagy and autophagosome production As such, the matter of whether injury increases autophagy, or autophagy exacerbates injury is still debated Nonetheless, autophagic ... ipsilateral gray matter containing clearly identifiable RECA-1+ vasculature was outlined in ImageJ Theareaofthe outlined region of interest was calculated by the software, and this area was...
... release Caspases Figure 4: The intrinsic pathway of apoptosis BAX and BAK are effectors ofthe intrinsic pathway of apoptosis that are required for the permeabilization ofthe mitochondrial outer ... induction of apoptosis and enhancing telomerase activity MAP kinase pathway The MAP kinase pathway consists ofa phosphorylation cascade that regulates gene transcription The phosphorylation cascade ... kinases consist of an extracellular domain that contains a ligand-binding site, a transmembrane helix and a cytoplasmic domain The cytoplasmic domain contains a kinase active site that catalyzes tyrosine...
... Komaru et al Novel aggregate formation of an alkaline phosphatase frame-shift mutant Hypophosphatasia is an inborn error of metabolism characterized by defective mineralization of hard tissues and ... proteasome pathway TNSALP (D289V), which is associated perinatal hypophosphatasia, is another example [14] These findings suggest thatthe biosynthesis of TNSALP is under scrutiny ofthe ER quality ... fraction was collected from the top ofthe gradient and assayed for alkaline phosphatase activity (ordinate, unit per mL fraction) BSA (b, 68 kDa), alcohol dehydrogenase (a, 141 kDa) and catalase (c,...
... determined numerical values ofthe ratio a/ b, and isthe theoretical numerical value of ratio a/ b for a mixture of aromatic amino acids (Tyr and Trp), containing the same molar ratio as the protein ... script aisthe peak–peak distance between the maximum at %287 nm and the minimum at %283 nm, and the script b isthe peak–peak distance between the maximum at %295 nm and the minimum at %290 ... good and the programs did not mark any as poor or inappropriate Another structural analysis, obtained by the VERIFY3D program [61], gave an average value of 0.21, which is greater than zero, the...
... mutagenesis reactions together with oligonucleotides ECF-Q69G d(5¢-AACAACGCAGCTGGGCTCTG GAACCAT), ECF -A1 41Q d(5¢-TCAACCTCTAACCAG GCTACTCCGCTG) ECM-G77Q d(5¢-AACAACGCTGG CCAGCACGCTAACCAC) and ... and T Matsumoto for the analyses of iron and manganese in protein samples We also wish to thank H Steinman for the gift of E coli OX32 6A We finally thank Mr M Farrugia for photographic assistance ... glutamine tothe active site location ofthe iron enzyme (Fe [A1 41Q]) has a very similar effect to removal ofthe existing glutamine and SOD activities are reasonably similar between the two mutants...