... in the credit growth ofthe CEE countries This chapter ofthe thesis has the following structure The following section provides the characteristics ofthe transition in the CEE countries, andthe ... strand of theory, the credit line at the CEE subsidiaries may decline if the financial situation ofthe parent bank and/ or the macroeconomic conditions in the home country worsens On the other ... investigation ofthe impact ofthe parent banks on the credit growth pattern ofthe CEE countries The interest for the fourth chapter of this thesis is based on the following factors First, the credit...
... resemble the Aborigines of our country They load their huge pipes with the dried leaves of this plant, and when lighted, they breathe the dark cloud of smoke from their mouth and nostrils, and as ... men void of understanding; capable of soothing the sorrows ofthe afflicted, of healing the wounds ofthe spirit, and assuaging the anguish of a broken heart But how it fulfils these desirable indications, ... form or other, either to ease the pains of dyspepsia, to allay the horrors of tedium vitæ, or to drown the anguish of a guilty conscience And may not many of these patients say to those ofthe Faculty,...
... residues ofthe 20 conformers ofthe solution structure of HtA Catalytic groups E66 and H113 are shown in red, and side chains of other residues in their vicinity are shown in green (B) Superposition ... groups should affect their pKa values, increasing the pKa of carboxylates and decreasing the pKa of histidines [24] Structurally, the architecture ofthe active site in HtA is unique among the ... decrease the pKa ofthe aspartic acid and increase the pKa ofthe histidine side chain groups Finally, E66 and R95 are in their canonical positions but establish different interactions to those in other...
... indication ofthe lack of economic freedom in the compilation ofthe index, the average score ofthe Nordic countries on the overall economic freedom index is only slightly higher than that ofthe Anglo-American ... Germany and then Japan should be the economic models to follow Finally, almost all ofthe wealth created in the United Statesoverthe past 20 years has benefited the very rich The real income ofthe ... Zealand, Ireland, Australia, and Canada were the countries in the black, with a surplus of 5.5%, 1.4%, 1% and 0.7% of GDP, respectively But the U.S andthe U.K were in the red, with a deficit of...
... and R14 was much lower compared to that of P mirabilis G1 and S1959 andthe structures of their O-polysaccharides are significantly different [21,27] Therefore, in spite ofthe occurrence ofthe ... migrating bands of all LPS tested and slow migrating bands of P mirabilis S1959, G1, and O28 LPS, the banding patterns being clearly different (Fig 5B) These findings together showed that the epitope ... bands ofthree LPS (without R14) and fast migrating bands of P mirabilis G1, O28, and R14 LPS (Fig 5A) These bands correspond to high- and low-molecular-mass LPS species consisting ofthe core-lipid...
... 36% ofthe interaction ofthe full peptide with the binding cavity of SM3 The sizes ofthe surfaces were determined using distances between ligand ˚ atoms and protein atoms of less than A These ... to binding by analyzing the surface ofthe residues covered by the protein They also see an interaction ofthe C-terminal part RPAP with the surface ofthe antibody In the shorter peptide that ... a distance of A or less to the ligand The C-terminal part ofthe peptide (RPAP) has close contacts to the next protein in the crystal cell and is therefore stabilized on the surface of SM3 It...
... Advancing the Health, Safety, and Well-Being of Our People ADVANCING THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELL-BEING OF OUR PEOPLE The Department of Health and Human Services enhances the health and well-being of ... support, loan repayment, and support for the purchase of equipment ACCELERATING THE ADOPTION OF HEALTH IT The Recovery Act includes both additional resources and a new authorization to guide the ... information and strengthen computer defense mechanisms against attacks Accountability: The Recovery Act provides $48 million to the Office of Inspector General for oversight and review of HHS Recovery...
... prevails at the AC(6–7) step (Fig 2A) of PDwt, andthe AT(6–7) step of PDmut (Fig 2E) Likewise, the extent of intra strand base stacking at the GA(23–24) and AT(24–25) steps ofthe PNA strand in both ... at the AC(6–7) (Fig 2A) & CC(7–8) steps (Fig 2B) ofthe DNA strand, and GA(23–24) (Fig 2C) and AT(24–25) (Fig 2D) steps ofthe PNA strand, flanking the A24 C7 mismatch in PDwt (Scheme 1), andthe ... deciphering the origin ofthe destabilization and hence, diminution ofthe melting temperature (Tm) in the former Base stacking in the vicinity of A C mismatch in PNAÆDNA and DNA duplexes Intra strand...
... grown up together (could just as well be girls) and they have been friends all their lives They grew up playing together on the street, riding their bicycles and pulling pranks on other kids As they ... maximise your chances of achieving them: #1 Physically write your goals down, and put them where you can see them The act of physically writing your goals down does a lot inside ofyour brain subconsciously ... keeping them inside your head It re-affirms them and then having them where you can see them means they will be on your mind a lot ofthe time Remember; we become what we think #2 Get yourself...
... mutagenesis of CL1 and CL2 site residues of tACE and ACE2 The residues surrounding the chloride ion at the CL1 and CL2 sites of tACE and ACE2 are shown in Fig In tACE, the residues that coordinate the ... obtained for the inhibition ofthe ACE2 variants by MLN-4760, andthe inhibition ofthe tACE variants by captopril, in the absence and presence of NaCl (500 mm) The IC50 values derived from these dose–response ... [23] The CL2 chloride site is absent in ACE2 as a result of substitution ofthe tACE residues Pro407 and Pro519 with Glu398 and Ser511, andthe resulting projection of their side-chains into the...
... for the eye The dashed line corresponds to the band-gap for the undoped Si-nw Fig 11 shows how the FE for the B and P codoped Si-nw changes as function ofthe position ofthe dopants within the ... approaching asymptotically the value ofthe band-gap ofthe undoped Si-nw This is another indication of how doping can modify the electronic and optical properties ofthe Si nanostructures Conclusions ... HOMO and LUMO states reveal their localization within the Si-nc, in particular the HOMO state is localized on the B impurity, while the LUMO is localized on the P one [17] The presence of these...
... O-polysaccharides of Proteus [16] Studies ofthe O-polysaccharides of Proteus genomospecies andandthe comparison ofthe corresponding 13C NMR spectra indicated that they are identical to those of P vulgaris ... (C2 of GlcN and GalN and C3 of Qui3N) at d 49.0–58.0, 17 oxygen-bearing ring carbons in the region d 68.8–81.8, andthree N-acetyl groups at d 23.4–23.8 (CH3) and 175.1–176.0 (CO) Accordingly, the ... analysis ofthe acetylated methyl glycosides showed the presence of GalA GLC analyses ofthe acetylated (S)-2-(+)-butyl glycosides demonstrated the d configuration of Glc, GlcN, GalN, and GalA The...
... sequences ofthe ligE and ligF genes of S paucimobilis SYK-6 [13] b-Etherase is a member ofthe glutathione-S-transferase superfamily [14] It catalyzes the reductive cleavage ofthe b-aryl ether linkage ... we found the radiolabeled oxygen at the Ca and Cb positions in a comparison ofthe mass spectrum with that ofthe products ofthe reaction with GG and unlabeled water The incorporation of 18O from ... the b-aryl ether linkages of GOUbz (III) and GOGbz (IV) In addition, the b-aryl ether cleavage enzyme failed to cleave the b-aryl ether linkage of GOU aO (Fig structure V) Thus, the b-aryl ether...
... society from the discontent ofthe poor, the aggressions ofthe rich, the multiplication and ferocious treatment of slaves, andthe social rivalries ofthe capital, the condition of Italy andthe general ... new The new nobles rapidly drew aloof from the residuum ofthe plebs, and, in the true parvenu spirit, aped and outdid the arrogance ofthe old patricians Down to the time ofthe Gracchi, or thereabouts, ... 150,000 The king ofthe Arverni was caught and sent to Rome, andthe Allobroges became Roman subjects It was the year ofthe death of Caius Gracchus, ofthe famous vintage, andof a great eruption of...
... ofthe RM is chosen to be the same as the MNI ofthe SM In this case, when the values of all the parameters ofthe set P are strictly equal to their counterparts in the set p andthe values of ... cartesian coordinates ofthe position ofthe receiver on the ground and (0, 0) the position ofthe emitter, also on the ground, ofthe probe signal The present study is restricted to the case in which ... reliable retrieval ofthe imaginary part of ℑµ for ±10% discordance of any ofthe other mechanical descriptors or of x1 On the other hand, it was shown that a ±10% discordance ofthe mechanical...
... representation ofthe splicing variants ofthe wSsLCE gene The black triangle indicates putative N-terminals of mature enzymes The structures ofthe normally spliced form (wSsLCE1) andthe alternatively ... the upper and lower lines, respectively, together with each cDNA product The regions ofthe exon and intron are indicated by upper-case and lower-case letters, respectively RNA was employed The ... ofthe SsHCE1 and SsHCE2 genes was detected, andthe band intensity of SsHCE2 transcripts was about half that of SsHCE1 For the wSsLCE gene, the 33 cycles of RT-PCR gave these bands at about...
... is the angle between the projection ofthe tilt ofthe z axis on the xÂ, y plane (dened direction of tilt of z andthe x axis), and j % a + c denes the location ofthe rhombic (x, y) axes The ... The two structures of WT metHb and rWT metHbH2O, exhibit signicant differences in the interaction ofthe FG loop with the heme and in the position ofthe B-helix, with Tyr32(B10) closer to the ... of WT andthe other of rWT metHb, exhibit differences that include important portions ofthe protein that we have characterized above Thus parts ofthe FG corner move away from the heme and the...
... understand why they are doing what they are doing andthe consequences of their actions, and if they are to appreciate the limits and possibilities of their practice, it is useful for them to ... roots in the sociology of sport, I needed no convincing ofthe relevance of ‘social things’ in the coaching context, and had often found the lack of theoretical and considered thought to support ... reflect in the next stage ofthe process Not only is the overt action observed but so are the effects of action (intended and unintended), the circumstances ofand constraints on action, [and] the...