... toshow the relative positions and movements of the sun, planets, and moon as they cir-cled the earth. As the center ofthe uni-verse, the earth was a sphere in the center of the orrery. The other ... that ropes A and C were the two ends ofthe same rope and B and D were two ends of anotherrope. Karen had A and B as ends of the same rope and C and D as ends of anotherrope, and her explanation ... informed not only by the beauty and majesty ofthe heavens, but by a deeperunderstanding ofnatureand by an appreci-ation ofthe power ofthe human intellect.This triumph ofthe human mind says...
... that ropes A and C were the two ends ofthe same rope and B and D were two ends of anotherrope. Karen had A and B as ends of the same rope and C and D as ends of anotherrope, and her explanation ... informed not only by the beauty and majesty ofthe heavens, but by a deeperunderstanding ofnatureand by an appreci-ation ofthe power ofthe human intellect.This triumph ofthe human mind says ... biological evolution and the natureand history of science. ã Chapter 5, Frequently Asked QuestionsAbout Evolution andtheNatureof Science, ”gives short answers to some ofthe questionsasked...
... past the point where I paid it any mind. So I sat and waitedwhile she finished.Finally, she pulled out the page, gathered it togetherwith one or two others and, still not looking up, passedthem ... relaxed and happy—didnot. On this stern-faced woman and her opinion of mywork, my livelihood depended. And now she wanted myopinion of something she’d written?Umm, maybe, I ventured, there ... transition? And this word, here, perhaps itwasn’t exactly what she meant?Elise took back the manuscript and looked at it, hard, the way she always did—no knitted brows, just the blank screen of her...
... education, or interest in it. Science writers and editors needn’t start off knowingmuch science. Some ofthe best of them do, but some of the best of them don’t. They must, though, be able to ... into the rare and splendidprecincts of her mind. And in doing so, she’d bestow just the sorts of insights you’ll find in the pages of this book. I speaknow not of such matters of common sense and ... intelligentquestions, and shake off the high intimidation quotient of adense, jargon-laden article in the Proceedings ofthe National Acad-emy of Sciences. Elise was a member of this breed; she...
... indicate the 5Â-ter-minus of 33 clones isolated after 5Â-RACE. (B)Primer extension analysis of fgl2 mRNA. The left side ofthe figure is the sequence ladderusing the same primer andthe pM166 ... indicates the nucleotide thatis matched to the band present in the primerextension reaction on the right. The sequence of the primer is 5Â-CCTCCACCGCTCGGCAGGCAGCGAGGACGG-3Â. The laneson the right ... recruitedto the fgl2 promoter and then facilitate the furtherrecruitment and binding of other positive trans-regulators,such as Oct-1, Ets-1, and Stat3-like protein (Fig. 5). In othersystems...
... Kawachi is Professor of Health and Social Behavior andthe Director ofthe HarvardCenter for Society and Health at the HarvardSchool of Public Health. His research concerns the social and economic ... reviews the relevant literature and demonstrates that thenatureof parents’ working conditions, rather than the merefact of parents’ employment, is what determines whether the effects of parental ... uni-laterally to problems. The end ofthe nineteenth andthe beginning ofthe twentieth century experiencedwhat has been referred to as early globalization, and countries saw the growth of a moreintegrated...
... evaluation ofthe percentage ofthe expected loss;(2) the other, deals with the physical vulnerability of individual structures and on the estima‐tion ofthe likelihood of occurrence of physical ... representing the degree of loss/potential damage ofthe element at risk (see Table 1). The evaluation of vulnerability andthe combination ofthe hazard andthe vulnerability to obtain the risk differs ... after the event) through the use of interviews, questionnaires and field mapping. The main advantage of these methods is the use of real data. However, the results are very much dependent on the...
... Proximity ofthe Atlantic or the Mediterraneancoastlines, of allogen rivers or of Lake Chad, constitute yet other factors of differentiation, while thenatureofthe soil (whether it is rocky or sandy) ... deposited along the bedding planes ofthe sandstone bedrock as a consequence ofthe recharge of the hydrographic net inside the mountain and they implicate a high precipitation rate.A number of U/Th ... (Fedoroff and Courty, 1989; Cremaschi and Trombino, 1998).According to the stratigraphic sequence of Uan Afuda, in which this type of soilwas observed at the top of Unit 3, the development of the...
... describes the oscillation of someobject on half-line. The controlling cost at each step is unbounded and is definedby conditional expectation ofthe cost caused by the number of jumps andof the integral ... andof the integral ofthe square ofthe difference ofthe state and control processes. The goal of controlling is to minimize the cost evarage on infinite time inter-val. The main result obtained ... controlling strategy.1.2. Definition ofthe CostIf at the n-th step, the state of elementary process is x and we selected a controlwith the parameter μ(μ>0) then we define the cost at this step by formularn(x,...
... specimen of ductal adenocarcinoma in the head of the pancreas showing stenosis ofthe common bile duct and the pancreatic duct.Plate 60.2 Ductal adenocarcinoma with well-formed tubular and glandular ... (10 àM). The images below illustrate the configuration andthe distribution ofthe elevated [Ca2ϩ]iduring the height of a spike. It isclearly seen that the Ca2ϩsignal occurs in the apical ... MDProfessor of Surgery and Chairman, Department of General,Visceral and Vascular Surgery, University of Halle, GermanyDouglas Evans MDProfessor of Surgery, Department of Surgical Oncology and...
... by 0.0167 gặcm)3, from the start of the experiment. By the end ofthe measurement, the thickness had increased by 0.342 nm, the mass hadincreased by 0.10 ngặmm)2 and the density haddecreased ... interferome-ter, the AnaLight Bio200, which measures the mass, thick-ness and density ofthe protein layer bound to the surface of an optical sensor [35]. The sensing chip used in thesea-Crystallin and ... fluores-cence. The subsequent plateau phase is associated witha decrease in the concentration of small species, or the aggregation and precipitation of fibrils [37]. The kinet-ics of these three stages of...