... phases ofthe audit process. Decisions and actions taken by the SAI or its components and by the audit staff during each ofthe phases ofthe audit largely determine the ultimate quality ofthe ... parties, including the Contact Committee ofthe SAIs of EU Member States. The Presidents ask the present rapporteurs (Liaison Officers of SAI’s of Hungary, Malta and Poland), and other interested ... the policy consistent with the set objectives? • Evaluation ofthe impact ofthe policy: What is the economic and social impact of a particular policy? • Evaluation ofthe effectiveness of...
... with respect to the role of HSP70 in the inhi-bition ofthe release of Smac and apoptosis. The role ofthe ATP-binding domain of HSP70in the prevention ofthe release of Smac and apoptosis after ... domain of HSP70 is essential for the inhibition of H2O2-induced activation of caspases-9 and -3 and apoptosis. (A) The effectsof HSP70 and its deletion mutant proteins on the acti-vation of ... release andthe activation of caspases-9 and -3, thereby preventing DNA fragmenta-tion and apoptosis in cells under H2O2-induced oxida-tive stress. This is similar to the protective effects of another...
... ligand are cross-linked to domainsI and III, respectively, ofthe receptor [19,22]. The b sheet of EGF may bind to domain I of ErbB-1, andthe other surface of the ligand binds to domain III of ... the relative contributions ofthe fourextracellular domains of ErbB-1 to the specific binding of the cognate ligand, EGF, we verified the assays using the chimeras, because the contributions of ... ofthe receptors was confirmed byimmunoblotting ofthe cell lysates (Fig. 1B). As oftenobserved for membrane proteins, the bands were ratherbroad in the blots, due to the heterogeneity of the...
... The competent Offices ofthe countries ofthe Special Union shall include in the officialdocuments and publications relating to registrations of marks the numbers ofthe classes of the Classification ... by each country ofthe Special Union. In particular, the Classification shallnot bind the countries ofthe Special Union in respect of either the evaluation ofthe extent of the protection afforded ... which shall exercise the said control in association with the Office of origin. In the event of disagreement between the said Office andthe International Bureau, the opinion of the latter shall...
... set and their nature tends to the boisterous. Expert slavehunters, they mostly clothe themselves by the sale of their victims on the coast, though they do business by the sale of goats and ... when they can. Generally speaking, they live upon the coast, and call themselves Diwans, headsmen, and subjects ofthe Sultan Majid; but they no sooner hear ofthe march of a caravan than they ... from the coast to the junction or bifurcation ofthe Kingani and its upper branch the Mgeta river, westwards; and from the Kingani, north, to the Lufigi river, south; though in the southern...
... through the cracks ofthe floor, and I realized that the newcomers had with them a lantern. The report of Jim's musket had been followed by the discharge of a pistol, and I heard the lad ... We've got the best of two bloomin' Yankees, an' the other is sneakin' in some corner!"There came the sound of hurried footsteps, and then the light ofthe lantern so ... uponit, andthe only wonder was that the Britishers did not awaken sooner. The noise we made in ascending the stairs seemed to me loud enough to alarm the inmates ofthe house nearat hand, and, therefore,...
... half the tusks of which, as well as some portion ofthe flesh, they gave to Magomba for the privilege of residing there. There were many antelopes there, some of which both Grant and I shot for the Chapter ... called all the head men ofthe village together, and demanded the beads to be restored tome; for, as I was living with them, they were responsible, according to the laws ofthe country. Theyacknowledged ... loss of the second fifteen cows, said that in Kafirland, where the laws ofthe country are the same as here, the whole would have been taken, and, as it was, they thought I was depriving them of their...
... comparison oftheeffectsof roughandsmoothLPSsofE. coli, both in the presence and absence of EDTA (Fig. 1). The rate of oxidation wasincreased in the presence ofthe LPSs of both the smooth and rough ... measure of the rate of oxidation of oxyHb.RESULTS The effect of pH on the auto-oxidation of cross-linked Hbwas studied. The rate of decrease ofthe concentration of oxyHb increased as the pH ... of oxidation in the presence of EDTA.A comparison of rough and smooth LPSs of E. coli and S. minnesota in the presence of EDTA revealed that both in the presence and absence of EDTA, the oxidation of cross-linked...
... University of Iceland produced a report in the autumn of 2003 at the request ofthe Confederation of Icelandic Employers andthe Association of Financial Institutions in Iceland, on the impact of ... shows deposits in Landsbanki’s branches in the UK andthe Netherlands. To put these numbers in context, the monetary reserves ofthe Central Bank of Iceland at the end of 2007 were just under ... 47Deposits in the branches of Landsbanki In the Netherlands andthe UKM. EurosReference: Landsbanki Íslands hf.UK depositsUK wholesale depositsNetherlands depositsNetherlands deposits01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,0009,00010,000200820072006‘05A...
... dissociation may be facilitated in the female genitaltract because of dilution ofthe protein in the intraluminal fluids ofthe cervix and the uterus, andthe acidic fluid ofthe uterotubal junction. Such ... [24], andthe C1sprotease ofthe C1 complex of complement [25]. Thus, the Trp band can be regarded as a characteristicfingerprint ofthe native fold of PSP-I and PSP-II. The near-UV CD spectra of ... spectrum of PSP-I ⁄ PSP-II reflects the specific environment of chiral aromatic side chainsin the tertiary structure ofthe folded protein, and the band intensities decrease in a sigmoidal way as ther-mal...
... meats, etc). Indeed, the province of Parma is known also as the food valley”. The characteristics ofthe environment, the presence of woods andthe habit of consuming sausages and raw meat make ... where world famous food and wines are produced. Green is undoubtedly one ofthe dominant colours in the territory of Parma and a series of Na-ture Reserves in the province of Parma as well as ... sausages, and pork increases the inci-dence of toxoplasmosis. The Inflammatory and Autoimmune Ocular Diseases Service of Parma University Hospital is a reference Centre for the Parma area. Therefore,...
... Antarctic.4Partlybecause ofthe contested legal status of the Antarctic, and partlybecause ofthe ambiguities ofthe 1959 Antarctic Treaty,5 the relationship between the AntarcticTreatySystemand the law ofthe sea ... effective execution of the object and purpose ofthe Convention or which affect either the application of the basic principles embodied herein’ or the rights and obligations of other parties.This ... globalism and regionalism in the law ofthe sea isat its most evident and most complex in Part XII ofthe LOS Convention. There isno doubt that the fundamental elements ofthe law ofthe marine...