... least in part an outcome of a process of contestation, con¯ict andbargaining. The class location of husbands and wives bears on their respectivepower inthe household in two ways. First, as in ... relationsare not mere functions of class or anything else, and in this sense theyhave some genuine autonomy.An implication of relatively strong versions ofthe gender-autonomythesis is that the ... arguedthat male domination within the family was rooted in male control of private property. The pivot of this linkage was the desire by men toinsure that their property was inherited by their children....
... ‘voluntary interference’ might be contradictory to the conclusions ofthe Final Document ofthe Moscow Meeting ofthe Conference onthe Human Dimension ofthe CSCE and in breach of Article 19 ofthe ... the core ofthe examination of any interference in the exercise of freedom of opinion is therefore a balancing of interests in which the Court takes account ofthe significance of freedom of ... provisions on net neutrality may be adopted inthe context ofthe revision of Portuguese legislation inthe scope ofthe transposition ofthe European Union directives on electronic communications....
... prevalence of chronic diseases among the elderlypopulation and found that the degree of impact on HRQOL depends onthe type of disease. The results highlight the importance of preventing and controlling ... as the active participation ofthe el-derly inthe community so as to maintainor improve quality of life (39). The present findings stress the needfor better organization of and quality in ... 317curred inthe role-emotional and socialfunctioning scales.DISCUSSIONThis was the first population-basedstudy in Brazil to measure the impact of chronic diseases using the SF-36®sur-vey. In...
... the flow inthe months of flood season in Dong Nai basin has decreasing tendency. The trend of change in monthly flow changing during the flood season is similar to that in flood season flow. ... in Hong-Thai Binh basin. In general, the increase in flood flow inthe A2 scenario is the highest in comparison with the baseline period and inthe B1 scenario the lowest. Meanwhile, the ... decreasing one in Dong Nai river basin. For seasonal flow, in Hong-Thai Binh river basin, the trend of flood flow is upwards, dry season flow downwards. In Dong Nai river basin, the trend of...
... of long peptides oreven inthe context ofthe full protein. Bearing this in mind, a MPRP-S role inthe interaction ofthe MPRwith membranes cannot be excluded. The gp41 ectodomain MPR may therefore ... function in viral fusion through the con-certed and combined action of cholesterol-binding andnon-cholesterol-binding domains (i.e. domains corre-sponding to MPRP-S and MPRP-I, respectively, in ... partitioninto membranes is present inthe short segment at the end ofthe sequence, corresponding to the cholesterol-binding domain (MPRP-S). The peptides used in this work are intrinsically...
... modificationFor modification of amino groups of lysyl residues and the free amino terminus ofthe 23 kDa protein, the purifiedprotein (30 lM) was incubated in a reaction mixturecontaining 20 ... protein atall. These considerations indicate that the loss ofthe bindingability ofthe NSP-modified 23 kDa protein is due toneutralization of positively charged lysyl residues of the protein, ... defective in its ability to bind the 23 kDa protein of PSII. They hypothesized that the domains onthe 33 kDa protein possibly involved in electrostatic interaction with the 23 kDa protein are Glu1,Glu32,...
... flood flow inthe A2 scenario is the highest in comparison with the baseline period and inthe B1 scenario the lowest. Meanwhile, the flow inthe months of flood season in Dong Nai basin has ... that: inthe three scenarios, the average flow has an increasing tendency in Hong-Thai Binh river basin and a decreasing one in Dong Nai river basin. For seasonal flow, in Hong-Thai Binh river ... change, flow, Hong-Thai Binh, Dong Nai. 1. Introduction∗ Hong-Thai Binh and Dong Nai river basins are two ofthe three biggest river basins in Vietnam. Impacts of CC on these river basins can...
... absence of acyclovir (22 to 89 μM). In con-trast, there was a decrease inthe concentration of [2-14C]creatinine inthe apical compartment inthe presence of quinidine or cimetidine, compared ... tubular secretion of creatinine. It isimportant to determine whether acyclovir inhibits the tubular transport of creatinine, because if this is the case, then in addition to creatinine, other biomarkersshould ... fold increase within 4 days Mild reduction in urine outputCreatinine returned to normal 1 week following acyclovir discontinuation[3]1 child 2 fold increase within 6 days Creatinine continued...
... dual-tasking and not to the order of presen-tation ofthe conditions. The main effect of group on stride length was not signifi-cant but inspection ofthe data revealed that one of the control ... (cognitive) factors inthe regulation of gait.One common way to study effects of cognition on gait isby examining the effect of a secondary cognitive task on the control of locomotion. The dual-task ... contributionsCJCL was the main investigator ofthe study, analyzed the gait data and was involved in revising the manuscript. JFSdrafted the manuscript, was involved inthe design of the study and inthe data...
... in rats onthe effects of gestational exposure to cholinotoxicants nicotine andCPF, alone and in combination, showed increased GFAPexpression in offspring inthe CA1 sub-field ofthe hippo-campus, ... expression[17,18]. The effect of dermal application of CPF on GFAP expression inthe hippocampus has not beenreported. The aim of this study was to determine the expression of GFAP inthe hippocampal ... reduction in neuronal density in all areas of the hippocampus. Neuronal density inthe CA3 area of the hippocampus was also shown to be significantlyreduced in rats after prolonged pain stress in the...
... StructuresFirst-principles calculations within the framework of den-sity functional theory (DFT) were applied to study the in uences of H onthe adsorption of Ag onthe Si(111)-7 9 7 surface using the Vienna ... [20–25]. In present work, we take Ag asan example to investigate thein uences of H on the adsorption of metal onthe Si(111)-7 9 7 surface usingfirst-principles calculations. H is the main surfactant ... bonding in thesesystems inthe determination ofthe atomic geometry andelectronic structure. A plane-wave method with the Van-derbilt ultrasoft pseudopotentials [32] was used within the spin-independent...
... scarification the top-soil horizons were moved into line windrows, which caused marked degradation ofthe soil environment. e present revitalization ofthe soil environment is based onthe principle of ... the organomineral zone ofthe root balls of plants, and the condition ofthe soil environment on spread windrows and changes in pedochemical properties as a result of applied fertilization ... species were observed mainly in regions exposed to the heavy deposition e effect of point application of fertilizers on the soil environment of spread line windrows in the Krušné hory Mts.D....
... mountain populations. Because the seedlings originating from pollination with pol-len of high-elevation trees are generally smaller, the discarding of small seedlings inthe course of sorting in ... Biotopes in Changing Environmental Conditions.Effect of initial height of seedlings onthe growth of planting material of Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) in mountain conditionsA. J, ... considered as culls.CONCLUSIONSe monitoring of plantations on mountain re-search plots inthe course of 10 years showed that the outplantings established from seedlings grow-ing slowly in...
... significant increase of relativeproportion in diploid and tetraploid cells (p<0.01), as com-pared to that ofthe control.Discussion On the basis of DNA contents, four main germ cellpeaks including ... added.After incubation for 10 min at RT, 1000 µl of ice-cold solu-tion C [Stock solution containing 416 mg of PropidiumIodide (PI) and 1160 mg of Spermine tetrahydrochloride]was added. The solutions ... added to 200 µl of cell suspension(1 × 107 cells/ml). After standing for 10 min at RT, 1500 µl of solution B (Stock solution containing 500 mg of Trypsininhibitor and 100 mg of RNase A/L,...
... 48 h of incubation time (Fig. 2). However, the taxol concentration used was critical for the level of cytokine production; 1 μg/ml of taxol induced only marginal production of these cytokines. ... taxol increased the expression ofthe anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-xL, and increased the mobilization of p65 subunit molecules into the DC nucleus. Furthermore, we found that the inhibition of ... enhances DC viability. These findings provide a basic rationale for the use of taxol in DC immunotherapy and insights into the development of combinational DC therapies with other anticancer drugs...