... responses. The northward and southward shifts in the belts of desert, grassland and savannah repeatedlyopened and closed the door between tropical Africa andthe Mediterranean. 140 Neanderthals and ... intrusions during cold and arid climate. The significance of these changes was in the exposure of large areas of conti-nental shelf and not in the opening up of land bridges (the Strait of Gibraltar,for ... those of the middle Pleistocene (Jahns et al., 1998). The complexity ofthe African climate is the result ofthe size and heteroge-neous nature ofthe continent. Nevertheless links between Northern...
... affect sterol biosynthesis dur-ing the formation of a mating projection. Nevertheless, the phenotypes of mutants defective in ergosterolsynthesis clearly demonstrate the importance of sterolsfor ... were dried briefly and furtherdeveloped to the top ofthe plate using the second mobilephase consisting of light petroleum ⁄ diethyl ether (49 : 1,v ⁄ v). To visualize separated bands, TLC plates ... whether Are1p and Are2p areinvolved in apical bud growth, we overexpressedCLN1 in the corresponding deletion strains and scoredfor the presence of hyperelongated buds. The deletion of either ARE1...
... addresses IB development and adoption by the U.S. chemical and liquid biofuelindustries and is divided into this and three other chapters that together address the elements of the request letter. ... biotechnology and is outside the scope of thisinvestigation. The downstream synthesis of pharmaceuticals using living organisms orderivatives thereof is white biotechnology and is included in this ... xiiiCONTENTS–ContinuedPageTables–Continued4-9. Comparison of U.S. and foreign mandatory use regulations for blended fuels 4-304-10. U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Energy: 2008 biomassresearch and development grants...
... agencies, offices, and councils;ã Helps science and technology decisionmakers understand the likely conse-quences of their decisions and choose among alternative policies; and ã Helps improve understanding ... application of knowledge or understanding, directedtoward the production of useful materials, devices, and systems or methods, includ-ing design, development, and improvement of prototypes and new ... schools and others havemany, this pattern skews the distribution of federal R&D funds among the variousstates considerably.Implications for Federal R&D Priorities The profile of federally...
... lifespan.Malnutrition: The result of a lack of nutrients needed by the body for appropriate growth and development and adequate to meet the body’s energy demands.Maternal Health: The health of mothers during ... the postnatal period and in the two years after birth and supports the health of the fetus during pregnancy andthe child during the postnatal period and its early years.92 The phases ofthe ... The health of a child from birth through the first 28 days of life.Postpartum Period: The time from the delivery ofthe placenta through the first few weeks after the delivery; usually considered...
... to the Act, the objectives andthe scope ofthe activities ofthe Expert Panel are to “provide an objective review of activities to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV” (human immunodeficiency ... part ofthe fabric of health care provided to women and children. Conclusions The members ofthe Expert Panel emphasize the importance of maximizing the extent to which PMTCT, one ofthe ... accordance with the provisions ofthe Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, codified in 5 U.S.C. App. According to the Act, the objectives andthe scope ofthe activities ofthe Expert...
... lawfully retain and devote to the private benefit of their members the earnings ofthe organization, (2) cannot allocate the factors of production in accordance with the preferences ofthe organization's ... tomers, of burdensome procedures, andof quality fads in general. This eclectic, yet related, series of topics is the foundation ofthe book. The broad nature of the subject matter offered ... viii Contents The Role ofthe ASQ(C) in Promoting Supplier Regulations Recent Trends: The Ideology of Management (Soft Quality) The Quality Function andthe Economy of the Firm 164 Conclusion...
... State". Based on the concept of the inevitabledecline and decadence of the Welfare State in the wake of the failure, in the mid-seventies, of the growth model on which it ... the buccaneering tradition of off-shore finance centres such as the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. France,Germany and the Netherlands, not to mention the FBI, have demanded ... the issues.New York 2001In New York in November 2001 the Institute and the UNDESA under the chairmanship of the Ambassador of Portugal, H.E. Francisco Seixas, President of the ...
... conformation under the influence of destabiliza-tion ofthe latter.Microcalorimetry studiesIn order to obtain the thermodynamic parameters of the thermal unfolding of cyt c6 and its mutants, DSCwas ... two state model (NfiU). The temperature dependence ofthe heat capacity was describedas a linear and quadratic function for the native and unfol-ded species, respectively [39]. The corresponding ... float during the curve fitting, with the exception of the first- and second-order coefficients ofthe unfoldedheat capacity, which were fixed and evaluated from the amino acid content as described...
... inelastic in the early part ofthe sample, during the oil price shocks ofthe 1970s, there was a dramatic and permanent increase, in absolute value, in the own price elasticity of demand, reflected ... Table 5 by a large range and a standard deviation which is at least an order of magnitude larger than that for labor and materials. In the last year ofthe sample, the own price elasticity ... (Pesendorfer, 2003), and, relative to the 1970s, lower capacity growth. VI. Summary and Conclusions In order to better understand the production and cost characteristics ofthe U.S. paper and paperboard...
... that the diverse musics ofthe world are central to the lives ofthe people that perform and listen to them, that they are worthy of academic study, and indeed, an openness to include them ... different degrees ofthe experience of 14 beyond the roof ofthe world being. Moreover, the fi ve factors also describe the broad categories of power that music, prayer, and meditation possess and ... by the addition of ân, ât, or hâ on the end of a word. For simplicity and clarity, I have opted to use “-s” to indicate plural forms. Beyond the Roof of the World 22 beyond the roof of the...
... adopting the perspective ofthe other toward ourselves. Whoone is depends on the values, ideals, and goals one has: it is a question of what has significance and meaning, and this, of course, ... Subjectivity and Internal Otherness 156III Beyond Empathy 163IV The Transcendence ofthe Other 168V A Multidimensional Approach 1747|Theory of Mind, Autism, and Embodiment 179I Theory of Mind ... compilation of introspective evidence.2Notonly does it address issues and provide analyses that are crucial for an under-standing ofthetrue complexity of consciousness and which are neverthelessfrequently...
... on the third day of their march. The men ran out of provisions on the fourth day, and on the night ofthe sixth—July 4th—they descended into the Mississippi valley, on the opposite side of asmall ... partially funded through private sponsors.5 Of course, there is still plenty to do once the artifacts are out of the ground, andthe publication ofthe studies, the display ofthe materials, and the ... por-tion ofthe realities ofthe time, and those writings also reflect a partic-ular vantage point. This holds especially true for the descriptions of the western settlements ofthe first half of the...
... identity sawas one of their most important tasks the rewriting of history to convincetheir fellow citizens ofthe glorious achievements of their ancestors and thus to breathe pride and confidence ... END OFTHE OLD ORDERWith the end of World War I and soon thereafter the demise ofthe Otto-man Empire, a spirit of nationalism slowly spread throughout the Turkishpopulation of Anatolia and ... become the ‘‘new’’ historical thesis ofthe republic,were laid during the last two decades ofthe nineteenth century.2While Gökalp preached his reformist ideas to the elite, others, suchas the...