... normalization.7FollowingPang et al. (2002), we use frequency as presence. In other words, the ith element ofthe documentvector is 1 if the corresponding unigram is present in the document and 0 otherwise. The ... natural language processing systems.We will focus on an important linguistic aspect of polarity classification: examining theroleof avariety of simple, yet under-investigated, linguis-tic knowledge ... re-moving them from the reviews is not effective in terms of improving performance. To determine the reason, we examine the n-grams and the depen-dency relations that are extracted from the non-reviews....
... The tumor invades the cervical stroma (arrowhead). c DWI with b = 1,000 s/mm2shows awell-defined hyperintensity mass inthe cervical area. The shape of the uterine cervix is distorted inthe ... of peritoneal dissemination is rendered difficult by the poor contrast resolution vis-a-vissurrounding organs. DWI clearly discriminates the abnor-mal signal intensity of peritoneal dissemination ... controls).Further study using larger numbers of patients is neededto establish the accuracy of ADC measurement in monitoring the effect of therapy for uterine cervical cancer.For the diagnosis, McVeigh et...
... of PKA inthe mitochondrial targeting of CYP2E1 The roleof PKA in mitochondrial targeting of CYP2E1 was investigated using two approaches. The first approach involved measuring the level of mito-chondrial ... suggesting the importance of PKA in protein trafficking [47,48]. In this study, we usedPKA knockout mutants to determine theroleof PKA in mitochondrial targeting of CYP2E1. In mutantslacking ... mitochondria-targeting signal in the yeast system.Mitochondrial localization of intact CYP2E1 in yeast cellsBecause ofthe existing ambiguity inthe literature on the nature and extent of CYP2E1 import into...
... form ofthe protein. The results obtained with the K22V/R120K doublemutant protein point toward a central roleof arginine 120 in the conformational process occurring during catalysis.Therefore, ... providedfurther insight into the molecular mechanism driving the formation ofthe covalent C115–fosfomycin adduct. Aconservative exchange of K22 to arginine maintains fosfo-mycin binding, while ... mechanism for the formation of a covalent adduct. This in turn suggeststhat UDPNAG assists inthe assembly ofthe properinteractions inthe active site by stabilizing the closedconformation of the...
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... that the Trp169–His210 pair functions inthe high catalytic activity of thisprotease at pH9 [10]. Further interest inthe aromaticstacking isintheroleofthe electrostatic properties in enzymatic ... the pKa of His210 is 2 pH units higher than that of His57 is the buried charge interaction with Asp113. The shieldingeffect of Asp113-His210 by Trp169 was supported by the independency ofthe ... position. Inthe struc-tural deviation, the solvent ASA ofthe side-chain of His210increased with the decrease in size ofthe side-chain atresidue 169 (Table 1 and Fig. 3A). However, the ASAs of Asp113...
... importance ofthe Gly pair, located inthe vicinity of the active site ofthe cold adapted enzyme and to study itspotential roleinthe establishment of its psychrophiliccharacter.This work uses, in ... of the model, the behavior ofthe G261A variant can beinterpreted in terms of constraints introduced by the Alaside chain. The presence ofthe additional Gly at position261 possibly offers increased ... respectively. By introducing an Ala residue inthe place of Gly it is expected that the conformational flexibility of the main chain can be constrained with a minimum perturba-tion ofthe local structure,...
... DptF is GLDSV,indicating that this putative ACP domain is one of the few ACPs in which valine replaces isoleucine (I) orleucine (L) inthe conserved sequence. To determinewhether DptF isthe ... by the C domain ofthe initiation module of dapto-mycin. That DptE and DptF are involved in the lipidation processof daptomycin was first shown byMiao et al. [1]. In their work, the daptomycin ... of the nonribosomally synthesized peptide is necessary.Here, we report the results of a steady-state kineticanalysis of DptE. The aim of this kinetic study was todetermine the specificity of...
... clarify the effect ofthe interface mutations on the antigen-binding affinity. To investigate systematically thisunsought relationship between the antigen-bindingaffinity of Fv and the VH⁄ VLinteraction ... However, as a result of covalentlinkage ofthe variable domains through the C-terminalconstant domains, not much is known about the distri-bution ofthe VH–VLinteraction strength in naturalB-cell ... to retain the specificity and affinity to antigen in itself [7,20]. Atleast for these antibodies, theroleofthe VLdomainmight be to increase the affinity by supporting the VHdomain. The phenomenon...
... Cardie, Vincent Ng, David Pierce,Chris Buckley. Ex-amining theroleof statistical and linguistic knowledgesources in a general-knowledge que stion answering sys-tem. In Proceedings ofthe 6th ... example, inthe case of questionQ209: “Who invented the paper clip ?”, the expected answer type is PERSON and so is the subject ofthe verb invented , lexicalized as the nominalization inventor. ... Reims?Q-711 :What are the names ofthe tourist attractions in Reims?Q-712 :What do most tourists visit in Reims?Q-713 :What attracts tourists to Reims?Q-714 :What are tourist attractions in Reims?Q-715:What...
... graduation. Bussey (1967), in a study inthe U.K., found that the most popular occasion is Christmas, which is followed by birthday. This finding is just reverse ofthe finding of Belk (1973). Ruth, ... choice of gift is one ofthe most important decisions inthe study of consumer in gift-giving behavior. Lows et al. (1971), inthe British study, categorized the most relevant types of gifts ... that the most popular occasion is birthday (35 percent) and the second one is Christmas (29 percent). The other occasions listed in his study are wedding, Mother’s Day, Father’s day, wedding...
... predictors of wilt. Race is significant in some models (with Blacks having an advantage) but not others. Somewhat surprisingly, income is never significant. Also, when youth savings is included inthe ... school. Conley (2001) finds that a doubling of net worth results in an 8.3% increase inthe probability of attending college. Further, when net worth is included inthe model, Black youth are ... Youth savings. Youth were asked in 2002 whether they had a savings or bank account in their name. If they had an account, they were also asked whether they were saving some of this money for...