... ofthe ARTLGICs The current model forthe mechanism of these channels posits that the binding ofthe ligand causes a preferential rotation of one ofthe β sheets ofthe LBD The resultant conformational ... change to the rest ofthe LBDs to trigger the rotation Furthermore, the extent ofthe applicability ofthe conclusions drawn from the acetylcholine receptor model for other members ofthe superfamily ... members ofthe ART-LGIC superfamily and discuss the general implicationsof these proteins forthe mechanisms and origin ofthe Cys-loop receptors ofthe animal nervous system Results and discussion...
... consequence On the other hand, companies in the emerging markets of Asia and South America are investing and performing better An indication ofthe severity ofthe crisis is the “Manifesto for competitiveness ... the above very fundamental questions It should also be noted, that the title ofthe research is “On the transformation processes ofthe global pulp and paper industry andtheirimplicationsfor ... relevant theoretical concepts and previous research – including those ofthe researcher at Ernst & Young (2) Analysis ofthe profitability ofthe biggest pulp and paper companies ofthe world and the...
... trace bounds forthe product of two general matrices The new trace bounds improve the recent results Then, fortheir application in the algebraic Riccati equation, we get some upper and lower bounds ... 1.6 Journal of Inequalities and Applications Therefore, considering the application ofthe trace bounds, many scholars pay much attention to estimate the trace bounds forthe product of two matrices ... researchers to evaluate the bounds and trace bounds forthe solution ofthe ARE 6–12 In addition, from 2, , we know that an interpretation of tr K is that tr K /n is the average value ofthe optimal cost...
... challenges for students when they often make mistakes in making the subject andthe verb ofthe sentence agree Up to now, no study on this matter has been carried out at HUC Therefore, the situation ... known and convincing researches on which we will rely forthe theory of plural nouns in general, and unmarked plural nouns in particular The presentation of these linguists’ theory is to give the ... at the Faculty of Tourism, HUC, this study adopts quantitative and qualitative methods Below is a description ofthe subjects, the instruments, and procedures forthe study 4.1 The subjects There...
... sister and Moritz fortheir unconditional support, for reminding me that work is not always the most important thing in life andfor giving me the precious feeling of always being there for me ... Egert and Prof Dr Ute Nöthlings fortheir immediate agreement to co-supervise this thesis andtheir valuable comments on my manuscript This thesis would not exist without Dr Anette Buyken, and ... might be necessary Therefore, the overall aim ofthe present thesis was to investigate the relevance of different aspects of carbohydrate quality for selected risk markers of T2D In this regard,...
... assists clients in the design and implementation of IT management systems to maximize the value oftheir IT investment and improve the efficiency and effectiveness oftheir use of information technology ... Telford and Mark Ernest Mounting regulatory demands, the growth of 24x7 online business andthe constant shadow of an uncertain economy underscore the importance of managing risk in all its forms ... revenue and profit What’s the risk if the service fails balanced against the benefit of getting the service up and running?” Mark Ernest, IBM Distinguished Engineer When asked to describe their...
... necessary in the first place Let’s get our hands off the wheel and onto the keypad — where they belong 22 The Future Isn’t What It Used To Be: Changing Trends AndTheirImplicationsFor Transport ... economic: A combination of high unemployment among young peopleand economic troubles fortheir parents is making it harder for younger people to afford to drive But there are also other, longer-term ... limited and unreliable, particularly forthe early years ofthe Twentieth Century The best data sets we could find are presented here The Future Isn’t What It Used To Be: Changing Trends AndTheir Implications...
... to the onset ofthe repair, orange The results were that listeners made fewer errors, the less incorrect information they heard in the reparandum (that is, the shorter the reparandum), and they ... However, the affordances of different media affect the costs of coordinating these activities The actual forms of speech and text corpora are shaped by how people balance and trade off these costs ... fillers than they did on fluent utterances These findings highlight the importance of timing in speech recognition and utterance interpretation The form and length ofthe reparandum and edit interval...
... situated on the side ofthe species in the majority represented in the neighbourhood, the sessile oak The comparison ofthe mean values ofthe groups on the first axis of DFAa by means ofthe F-test ... means ofthe comparison ofthe RAPD marker frequencies of a subsampling of these progenies andofthe adult population Analysis ofthe morphological characters MATERIALS AND METHODS Sampling The ... analysis In the second case ofthe figure, the heterozygote deficit (f) must be considered The frequency ofthe phenotype A+ is the sum ofthe frequency ofthe genotype P : +/+ All ofthe 41 ied...
... Sweden, the Netherlands, and New Zealand Appraisal ofthe guideline We asked the panel members to read the ESHRE guideline forthe diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis and to assess it with the ... ofthe study andthe revision ofthe manuscript JB participated in the design ofthe study, appraised the guideline with eGLIA, and participated in the telephone conference andthe revision of ... Discussion The aim of this study was to investigate the implementability ofthe ESHRE guideline forthe diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis with the aid ofthe eGLIA tool In general, the appraisers...
... were designed and RT-PCR procedures were developed forthe specific detection of PVM in various potato samples andforthe confirmation of PCR amplicons The efficacy of RT-PCR for indexing seed ... In this paper we report on the analysis ofthe coat protein (CP) gene sequence of several Canadian PVM isolates andthe comparison of PVM isolates from Canada and other countries Oligonucleotide ... bioassay, RT-PCR, RFLP and sequence analysis ofthe CP gene Data from all the tests positively identified the virus as PVM Sequence analysis of these PVM isolates and eight other known PVM strains/isolates...
... processing in the future Helping people to chang the crop system and improve the incomes forpeople in some districts in the province of Yen Bai The result ofthe building taro cultivation model and results ... including: single-crop land and lowland in the river bank Therefore, the study of growth and development of taro some selected local varieties then finding out the promise one to study the technical measures ... increase the income ofpeople in the province, become the basis forthe expansion in some districts in the province aiming to plant restructuring, and increase income for farmers From the above theory,...
... Quang Son Pham and all the current and former members of Prof Huimin Zhao’s and Prof Zhi Li’s laboratory fortheir wonderful friendship andfor making my Ph.D life interesting and wonderful Lastly ... allow the cycle to begin again Cytochrome P450s are involved in the biotransformation of drugs, the bioconversion of xenobiotics, the metabolism of chemical carcinogens, the biosynthesis of physiologically ... compound The pH indicator assay, on the other hand,53 utilizes the indicator color change which correlates to the number of proton released during the hydrolysis of esters such that the need for a...
... leaf The comparison ofthe red and UV excitation quantifies the screening effect due to polyphenols and therefore the content ofthe latter in the epidermis (modified after Force-A, 2010) The ... changing the amounts ofthe above-specified compounds In the K experiment, the lack of P in the nutrient solutions ofthe treatments K30 and K60 caused by the reduction of KH2PO4 was compensated by the ... availability, the more resources are required for growth processes at the expense of centelloside synthesis Therefore, the objectives ofthe present study were to examine the significance of N, P,...
... to the scatter pattern ofthe Pb emission inside the polychromator The bandpass at half-height forthe scattered background peak is about one and a half times that ofthe analyte Te peak The bandpass ... surface ofthe disk to a depth of about ~6 of an inch The top surface is at the top ofthe disk mold and is exposed to air during cooling Sampling the disk as described above is a simple procedure and ... sulfides, or stay in the elemental form during solidification ofthe lead T h e s e compounds and elements precipitate out of solution and rise to the top ofthe mold because these precipitated...
... variables in each ofthe [site x year] combinations ofthe study, for each stage and each provenance The coefficients of variation (CV), ie the ratio ofthe mean to the standard deviation of these values, ... as the difference between the predicted and actual dates The mean value of these errors over the [site x year] combinations should be null The standard deviation represents the standard error of ... multivariate approach (Moser et al, 1990) The non-violation ofthe assumptions ofthe analysis of variance, particularly the adequacy ofthe model andthe homogeneity of residual variances, were checked...
... cancer therapies The major hindrance oftheir usage in humans is their instability in vivo andthe toxicity secondary to their excessive incorporation into DNA, which causes cell cycle arrest These ... and in the beginning ofthe leader region of HIV1 The U3, R, U5 and leader regions are indicated Nucleotide (nt1) is the start of U3 in the 5'LTR The transcription start site corresponds to the ... Following the synthesis ofthe first molecules of Tat, this viral protein migrates to the nucleus Tat then binds to the RNA hairpin TAR, located in the 5' region of all nascent HIV-1 transcripts and...
... the ways their ideas are articulated in public, the events they attend, the way they dress, the lifestyles they lead, the issues and concerns they discuss, andthe prestige of descent ... work exposed and censured the style of thinking ofthe Singapore religious elite, namely the Mufti andreligious officials in religious council (MUIS), fortheir restrictive and conservative ... Finally in Chapter 5, we examine the ideas ofthereligious elite on the ‘Other’. The ‘Other’ here refers to groups that are not part ofthe ‘mainstream’. It can mean peopleof other faiths and ethnicity, and even ...
... region and periphery ofthe Seto Inland Sea The location ofthe research area andthe distribution ofthe citrus groves in Matsuyama region are shown in Fig Matsuyama is situated in Shikoku Island ... fruits is popular The ratio ofthe citrus groves to the total land use is more than 10% in Ehime alone Furthermore, it is reported that the pH ofthe grove soils is less than 4, andthe soil contains ... kind of citrus called Iyokan is mainly cultivated There are two small streams on the upper part ofthe hill andthe streams flow together from 47 m above sea level The water in the stream is the...
... production [7, 27] These reports, however, lack information on the biochemical and kinetic properties ofthe secreted enzymes Such information may be useful in gaining better understanding ofthe lignocellulose ... 600C and 150 rpm for 120 h andthe enzyme activities determined thereafter 2.6 Enzyme assays The cellulase and xylanase activity were determined by the assay method of Dutta et al [31] and Cheng ... (filer paper), BWX and PWSD The enzyme kinetic studies for cellulase and xylanase (Km and Vmax) were performed with 1-10 mg/ml of CMC and BWX, respectively [35] The crude cellulase and xylanase were...