... DEPARTMENT OF POST GRADUATE STUDIES CANDIDATE’S STATEMENT I certify that the minor thesis entitled: “An investigation into the Reality of Teaching and Learning Speaking Skills to the 2nd year ... Difficult and boring C Interesting and stimulating B Difficult but interesting D Easy and boring What are your difficulties in teaching Speaking skills to the nd year students at PreIntermediate level ... More than periods/ week What you think ofthe materials used for teaching and learning Speaking to the 2nd year non-major English students at Pre-Intermediate levelof Proficiency at your University?...
... businesses, the traditional target client group of savings banks By capturing and channelling more ofthe remittances into the financial system and intermediating the flow ofthe resources, savings ... disbursing of loans and collecting loan repayments Another promising track for savings banks is to invest their savings deposits in microfinance institutions by specialising 18 Microfinance Information ... write-offs ofthe debts and then refinance the remaining amount at a Microfinance Information eXchange, Inc 17 FEATURE ARTICLES MICROBANKING BULLETIN, ISSUE 15, AUTUMN 2007 lower interest rate GSB...
... was greatly involved inthe preperation ofthe mission statement for the authors Finally, we wish to thank the authors for their generous contribution to this project and their patience inthe preparation ... by Provincial Government Officials 318 Reception of Visiting Foreign Dignitaries 319 Participation in International Organizations and International Conferences and Negotiations ... XVII THE STATES AND MOODS OF FEDERALISM CHAPTER 11 THE VOICE OF LNDER, REGIONS AND COMMUNITIES INTHE EUROPEAN UNION Rainer Arnold 349 A Supranational Integration and Federalism/Regionalism...
... and with the combination of erythromycin and Esc(1–18) at their sublethal doses (black bars) Aliquots were withdrawn atthe time intervals indicated, and plated for counting The percentages of ... as a function of peptide concentration, is shown in Fig 4A Interestingly, there was a dosedependent perturbation ofthe OM, andthe greatest perturbation was obtained atthe MIC ofthe peptide ... stabilization of monolayers at different initial surface pressures (p0), the peptide (0.1–2 lm) was injected into the subphase, andthe increment in surface pressure ofthe LPS film upon intercalation of the...
... Tyr-tubulin to the Glu form [14], total tubulin amount was determined from the CPAtreated sheet Cells were treated at 37 °C with various effector drugs and maintained in an incubator until the time of ... experiments that the effect ofthe PP1/PP2A inhibitor was to induce redistribution ofthe enzyme between the microtubuleassociated and nonassociated states rather than to inhibit it Type of phosphatase(s) ... phosphatases, and indicate that PP1 and/ or PP2A are probably the phosphatases involved in regulation of this phenomenon in living cells It remains unclear whether the target of phosphorylation/dephosphorylation...
... deletion of OXA1 decreased the rate of formation of all aminoglycerophospholipids The rate of PtdSer synthesis decreased to 80%, the rate of PtdEtn formation to 70% and that of PtdCho synthesis ... protein that interacts with the Oxa1p insertion machinery ofthe IMM [17] Mba1p binds to the large subunit of mitochondrial ribosomes and thereby cooperates with the C-terminal ribosome-binding ... CAGGTATGTGGTTCCAAGTGTTTGTCGCTCTTTGAATTTGGAATTCGAGCTCGTTTAAAC TCTAATACGACTCACTATAGGGAGAATGTCAATTATGCCAGTTAAG CTTTACATATGATTGCTTTCATTTTAAATCATTCTTTCC AGAACTGCGGTGCTATGGAATAGA TTTGGCACGATCCACAATCTC an overnight culture and cells were harvested inthe mid-log...
... transformations occurredin the reuse of sacred objects, the circulation ofthe remains ofthe dead, the mimesis of ancestral landscapes, andthe rituals that brought the living and dead together in ... to the southern end ofthe complex The variability in tomb types; the size, location, and visibility of these tombs; the number of individuals buried within them; andthe quantity and quality of ... in individuals or groups but is the product of engagement, interaction, and ultimately the social positioning ofthe self and other (ibid.:586) Duringthe Late Neolithic ofthe Iberian Peninsula...
... data, and writing the article RC contributed to analyzing the data andthe interpretation ofthe results RS contributed to analyzing and collecting the data All authors have read and approved the ... clinical data and health status including age, gender, income, duration of diabetes, body mass index (an indicator of obesity), HbA1c level, number of diabetic complications, CES-D scores, and ... Between the UK and US weights, the UK weighted discriminated better for the presence and absence of neuropathy, retinopathy, and cardiovascular complications (the ratios of UK versus US greater...
... differences in physical activity levelandinthe quality of life of stroke survivors in two cities differing in economic aspects ofthe human development indexThe main findings ofthe present ... to the maximum value, the better the situation in terms of development The maximum and minimum values are defined through the observation ofthe world tendencies in terms of indicators for the ... (longevity) andthe right to a decent standard of living (income) Regarding education (HDI-E), the indicators are the literacy rate ofthe population over 15 years andthe proportion of people...
... DNA segments inthe absence of ATP (B) The relaxation of supercoils inthe presence of topo II and ATP Two supercoils are removed in each enzymatic cycle, resulting in an increase inthe DNA extension ... length ofthe DNA The extension of a confined polymer inthe Odijk regime (D ( p) is dominated by the interplay of confinement and intrinsic DNA elasticity The interactions ofthe polymer with the ... Fig (A) Schematic representation ofthe buckling instability of dsDNA undergoing topo II- mediated clamping inthe absence of ATP Topo II can stabilize the DNA supercoil by binding to the crossover...
... 48 hours caused the accumulation ofthe unprenylated form ofthe small GTPase Rap1A, thereby demonstrating that ALN inhibits protein prenylation in osteoclasts [2,22] Incubation of osteoclasts ... retraction and alterations in plasma membrane morphology) are consistent with the inhibition of FPP synthase This leads to the inhibition of protein prenylation andthe slow accumulation of unprenylated ... hours of cytokine starvation, although the levels of Bcl-1 and Bcl-xL did not Page of (page number not for citation purposes) change during this time (Figure 4b) The loss of Mcl-1 that occurred in...
... locus in populations from the types of micro-habitats It would also be interesting, however, to study the difference inthe genetic diversity ofthe kinds of populations Inthe case of laboratory ... that were mainly found in populations of region 111 Discussion We compared thelevelof polymorphism in populations originating from distilleries to those collected in villages inthe case of ... number of alleles (each investigated allele taken into account) and average heterozygosity - indicate a higher levelof polymorphism inthe field as compared with the distillery populations atof the...
... following order, deprivation index, antidiabetic drugs, statin utilisation, x- and y-coordinates The multivariate model was used in analysing AMI-incidence vs statin utilisation In order to minimise ... representing the change in statin utilisation andthe change in AMI mortality were plotted against each other The utilisation of statins, AMI-mortality, AMI-incidence and coronary revascularisation rates ... Inhabitants and Day (TID) [7] The DDD for simvastatin was 15 mg, atorvastatin 10 mg and pravastatin 20 mg The DDD for antidiabetic drugs included both insulin and oral drugs The number of deaths...
... analysis and interpretation of data and helped draft the manuscript TU helped to draft the manuscript and participated inthe data collection AJH, HN and KH participated inthe study design and data ... area under the curve (AUC) of 0.69 The combination of slightly increased accuracy and positive likelihood ratios remaining above suggested some gain in informative value of lowering the threshold ... sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein levels were determined locally atthe participating centres Serum was frozen at baseline and stored at -70°C and used to analyse anti-citrullinated protein...
... distribution ofthe lice population is well known The population increases duringthe winter, decreases with the shedding ofthe winter coat inthe spring and remains low duringthe summer (Gojmerac ... 1990) The seasonal variation inthe frequency of light flecks and spots show a pattern that can be related to the variation inthe lice population duringthe year The frequency of light flecks and ... collected from the 28 herds inthe main group before the start ofthe lice eradication programme The herds The selection criteria, the prevalence of lice inthe herds andthe clinical examination procedure...
... sufficient in unsedated or only lightly sedated patients inthe ICU setting Data from the investigations cited above and our data suggest that the BIS monitor might be useful inthe case of moderate ... subjective interpretation and that information about thelevelof sedation can only be obtained intermittently Deeper levels of sedation are difficult to assess using clinical sedation scores ... repeated measurements in one patient were included inthe study [25,27,28] The objective ofthe present study was to evaluate use ofthe BIS to monitor levels of sedation in paediatric ICU patients...
... all ofthe data inthe study and take responsibility for the integrity ofthe data andthe accuracy ofthe data analysis The authors have no funding or support References Key messages • In this ... variable inthe analysis and could not explain the results even though the infection rate andthe duration of mechanical ventilation were not increased inthe obese group Studies of critically ill patients ... determine the role of DM in modifying the effect of obesity Materials and methods Study population The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study is a prospective, population-based study of the...
... recombination involving synthesis of both the minus and plus strands of retroviral DNA[6-10] However, increasing evidence suggest that the majority of recombination events occur during synthesis of ... products Calculating the frequency of recombination inthe multiple cycle dual infection assay To determine the frequency of recombination after multiple rounds of infection and replication in tissue ... GATTTAGGTGACACTATAGATATAATGAGGTAGTCAAACAATTA-3' and 5'-TTTATTCTGCATTTGAGAGT-3' for 115-A, 5'GATTTAGGTGACACTATAGATATAAGGAGGTAGCCAAACAATTA-3' and 5'-TTTATTCTGCATTGGAGAGT-3' for 120-A, and 5'GATTTAGGTGACACTATAGTATATAGAATGGAATAAAACTATAC-3'...
... trajectory in terms of purpose and nature: that of disseminating information and facilitating exchanges of opinion, leading to unanticipated impact on real life politics and civic participation Inthe ... participate in activism at all I gathered data on political bloggers’ perception of others andthe nature ofthe collective identity shared with other political bloggers in Singapore; the nature of their ... participants andthe ensuing differences inthe roles they play 22 in a movement; the role of social ties (informal and formal) and multiplex ties inthe recruitment and mobilization of movements, and the...