... radial and circumferential strain and strain rate by 2DST in normo-, hypo-, akinetic and dyskinetic seg-ments of post-infarct patients 8-13, 30-37, which were not reliably accessible by TDI. ... tracking. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2008; 24(5): 479-491. 5. Sutherland GR, Di Salvo G, Claus P, D'Hooge J, Bijnens B. Strain and strain rate imaging: a new clinical approach to quantifying ... (38%) as infarcted, 162 (30%) as adjacent and 173 (32%) as non-infarcted. The comparison of infarcted and non-infarcted segments showed a significant difference (p < 0.05) according to...
... tetrachloride was widely used as a cleaning fluid, in industry and dry cleaning businesses, andin the household. Carbon tetrachloride also was used in fire extinguishers andas a fumigant to kill insects ... naturally in crude oil andin the tolu tree. It is produced in the process of making gasoline and other fuels from crude oil. Toluene is also used in making paints, paint thinners, fingernail ... 1,1,1-trichloroethane usually by breathing contaminated air or by drinking contaminated waterand eating contaminated food. Health effects People who breathe air containing high levels of 1,1,1-trichloroethane...
... whereas increasing the EBCT by increas-ing the bed depth can bring about sharp reductions in numbers of organisms in GACfiltrate, increasing EBCT by decreasing flow rate did not decrease, but ... remaining in the effluent immediately after start-up decreased as theEBCT increased to about 20 min, and that the time to reach a steady-state effluentconcentration increased as the EBCT increased.Graese, ... theadsorption of other compoundsin that water. The IAST was applied to the problem of trace organic adsorption in naturalwaters by Najm, Snoeyink, and Richard (1991) using a procedure that was subse-quently...
... FLEXPART parameterizes turbulence by solving Langevin equations (Stohl and Thomson, 1999) and convection by using25a buoyancy sorting principle base scheme (Emmanuel and ˘Zivkovi´c-Rothman, 1999;Seibert ... strong in uence on the measuredconcentrations.From the observed levels of pollutants in the plume andin layers below and above, itis possible that O3has increased up to 20 ppbv during the ... triggered by forest fires may be able to inject aerosol into the stratosphere at high latitudes. In the present case, when progressing from Portugal to United Kingdom, the weak extra-tropical low was associated...
... and 5·-RNaseHI proteins by 28.8, 10.1 and 6.7 °C, respectively, in Tm, and 20.7, 7.2 and 4.8 kJÆmol)1, respectively, in DDGm.The stabilities of the 4·-RNase HI, 5·-RNase HI and 6·-RNase ... 4·-RNase HI and 5·-RNaseHI proteins by 27.0, 14.8 and 7.0 kJÆmol)1 and 3.1, 1.7 and 0.8 m, respectively. Thus, the stabilities of the5·-RNase HI and 6·-RNase HI proteins against urea-induced ... N29 and Nd and E131 and Oe2, in the wild-type protein are shown as green broken lines, and the ion pair between the e-amino group of K29 and the carboxyl group of E131 in 6·-RNase HI is shown as...
... 3¢-terminal55-base sequence. The remaining 5¢ region was assembledtaking into account conserved D-loop bases and thebase-pairing requirement of the D-loop and acceptorstems, while bearing in mind ... December2008)doi:10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.06866.xl-Canavanine occurs as a toxic non-protein amino acid in more than 1500leguminous plants. One mechanism of its toxicity is its incorporation intoproteins, replacing l-arginine and giving rise to functionally ... FEBSbean and soybean. When binding of arginine in thepresence of tRNA was investigated, some changes in the binding architecture were observed [35], in thatN(153:Y), in addition to interacting with...
... faint band was alsoseen at an Mrof 43 000. This band appeared as adegradation product during freezing and thawing ofthe protein that was stored at )30 °C. As revealed by immunoblotting, ... lgÆmL)1colloidal chitin and incubated at20 °C for 5 min (solid line) and 60 min (dotted line). Ten microlitresof the sample was subjected to HPLC-MS. The signal was recor-ded in the single ion mode ... transduc-tion pathways and has been studied extensively in Vibrio furnissi [4–7].Chitinases (EC 3.2.1.14) are classified into glycosylhydrolase families 18 and 19, depending on their aminoacid sequences...
... used was based, in principle, on the techniquefor determining the hydride transfer stereospecificity ofnicotinamide adenine dinucleotide-linked oxidoreduc-tases by MS [21].ResultsThe following ... 7,8-didemethyl-8-hydroxy-5-deaza-riboflavin derivative (Fig. 1). The coenzyme, which isgenerally present in 1 mm intracellular concentrations[1], functions as a redox mediator in methanogenesis, in NADP+reduction andin glucose-6-phosphatedehydrogenation ... pyridine nucleotidesthan to flavins [3]. Both F420 and NAD(P) transferhydride anions and not single electrons. In the reducedform, both F420 and NAD(P) have a prochiral centre,F420at C5 and...
... needs assessment) as the activities involved in gathering information that will serve as the basis for developing a curriculum which meet the learning needs of a particular group of students. In ... be stated in terms of goals and objectives which, in turn, can serve as the bases for developing tests, materials, teaching 21ability. The study concluded that a training course in English ... observations, and questionnaires were used to gather information about the objective needs of students. The findings indicated that communicating with clients and colleagues in the clinical setting was...
... pArg5 in the noncanonical binding mode. Therefore, histidineresidues within the binding groove of HLA-B27 mole-cules serve important functions in maintaining a boundpeptide in place. As indicated ... anchored to B*2709 by a hydrogen bond connecting pU5O7 and His116NE2, as indicated by a dashed red line. Oxygen atomsare shown in red, nitrogen atoms in blue. B*2705 binds the peptide in canonical ... previously, it was to be expected thatthe distinct water networks within the HLA-B27 bind-ing groove might be in uenced by lowering the pH tovalues that predominate in an in ammatory milieu[12]....
... rating terminology across asset classes, so that named ratings correspond to a standard range of default probabilities and expected losses independent of asset class and issuing entity.8 In ... stress; and • standardizing credit rating terminology across asset classes, so that named ratings correspond to a standard range of default probabilities and expected losses independent of asset ... feasible given the number and uniqueness of rating scales and differences in credit rating methodologies used by credit rating agencies. Further, requiring standardized credit rating terminology...