... until the end after
the invention of printing in the 15
th
century. The first significant decline in illiteracy came with the
Reformation, when translation ofthe Bible into the vernacular became ... you mind if I turn off the air- conditioner? B. Do you have someone turn off the air-conditioner?
C. Do you have the air-conditioner turn off? D. Do you delay turning off the air-conditioner?
3. ... invented in the century.
a. 14
th
b. 15
th
c. 18
th
d. 20
th
5. According to the passage, which did not influence the problems of illiteracy?
a. Translation ofThe Bible. b. The reformation.
c....
... located in the areas where flood
water reaches the depth of 2-4 meters. The flood of 2000 caused losses of 2150 ha of rice,
decrease of rice yield from 60 to 70 percentages. In the year of 2002, ... sedimentation.
The losses of clam stocks were one ofthe biggest problems in the coastal area. The reason for
the losses was unknown and this creates a lot of frustration in the area. Extensive ... millions of people to whom water provides directly or
indirectly the source of livelihood. The Mekong immense water resources are one ofthekey
factors for social and economic development in the...
... at the wide pointed doors, depositing them in the midst of the
crowd. The jagged lightning flash was there over the doors ofthe build-
ing, and the words:
here, by grace ofthe Lhari, is the ... passengers, then veering away. The gap in
the starship's side was closing, and still Bart had not seen the tall, slim,
flame-haired figure of his father. The port on the other side ofthe ship,
he ... First there would be the hum of great turbines deep in the ship,
then the crushing surge of acceleration. He had made a dozen trips in-
side the solar system, but no matter how often he did it, there...
... with 2 mL of
chloroform ⁄ methanol (2 : 1 v ⁄ v) per 100 lL of plasma and
then partitioned against 1 ⁄ 5 volume of water. The lower
phase was dried under a stream of nitrogen gas and then
the residue ... Fabry disease, the primary pathol-
ogy is in the kidney [1], the major site of Gb
3
synthesis
in man [11], and in the heart, possibly due to the
association of Gb
3
synthesis with the microvasculature.
GSL ... deter-
mined the effect of CsA on Gb
3
synthesis in the Fabry
mouse model. Our studies have further delineated the
abnormal Gb
3
synthesis in this model and have shown
that the inhibition of MDR1...
... found that the electrical
charge ofthe b-hairpin loop, as compared with that of
other domains ofthe molecule, might be a key feature for
the activity of defensins. It must be noted that the a-helix
(residues ... However, the 9-mer peptide B, CGGWHRLRC, corres-
ponding to the sequence ofthe MGD1 loop 3 occurring
between the two b-strands, had an MIC of 28 l
M
(i.e.
about 2.5% ofthe activity ofthe synthetic ... is not possible to infer whether
the key role ofthe b-hairpin loop of MGD1 (loop 3) in
antimicrobial activity of MGD1 is of general value in the
mechanism of action of defensins. However, our...
... regulates the formation of transport complexes.
GTP hydrolysis by Ran in the cytoplasm drives disso-
ciation ofthe export cargo from the export complex,
whereas RanGTP promotes disassembly ofthe ... the activation of
nuclear protein export in myotubes.
It is highly possible that a selective increase in the
efficiency of nuclear protein export triggers the redistri-
bution of a number ofkey ... myoblasts and
myotubes (Fig. 2E), indicating that the composition of
the myoblast NPC must differ from that ofthe myo-
tube NPC. Specifically, the number of Nup358 pro-
teins within individual NPCs...
... live in the northeast of Ethiopia, confined to the most arid part ofthe country, where
there is least access to educational, health and other social services. Tuberculosis (TB) is one ofthe major ... (16.4%). The discussants also suggested these same factors as the
cause of PTB. All the discussants and the majority (74.3%) ofthe interviewees reported that persistent cough as the
main symptom of ... from
both the study areas indicated that PTB is one ofthe most
important public health problems ofthe present study
areas. Nevertheless, similar to the findings of community
based studies from other...
... the effects ofthe crisis
in the deficit countries, where, in the absence of nominal exchange rate depreciation, the
adjustment ofthe balance of payments must be carried by variations in the ... ratio, the greater the leverage, the greater the profit opportunities captured
by the ratio of earnings over equity.
19
To put things in perspective: If the leverage ratio is equal to 10, then ... relevant to the European
case. This principle is the “generalization ofthe essential principle of banking;” namely, the
“equality of credits and debits, of assets and liabilities” (Keynes 1980...
... ofthe structure of NADP
+
-bound FeR
revealed that the nicotinamide moiety of NADP
+
faces the re-side ofthe isoalloxazine ring, and that the
2Â-P-AMP moiety is held in the groove between the ... direction along the b10 ofthe other mono-
mer, forming an anti-parallel intermolecular b sheet
(Fig. 2A). The subsequent residues ofthe loop (Ala7–
Pro13) turn into the interior ofthe dimer interface,
and ... fulgidus
FeR is one ofthe candidates for the ferric ion-binding
residue based on the structure ofthe mercury-bound
derivative, although a ferric ion was not found at the
site of either the native or...
... dorsum form the curved part, whereas
the two lower parts ofthe muscle are vertical and run down each
side ofthe nose. Contraction ofthe nasalis moves the nose and
controls the size ofthe nostrils.
Figure ... events.
Anatomy. The orbicularis oris is a sphincter muscle of the
mouth and a major muscle in the perioral region. The fibres of
this muscle control the direct closure and protrusion ofthe lips.
The lack of ... which together can
correct the level ofthe mouth corners and reduce the ‘marionette
lines’ that extend from the mouth corner to the chin.
Anatomy. The elevators ofthe mouth corners are the zygomat-
icus...
... functio n ofthe Xfig software. The parameter of lower- face roundness was
compu ted a s the ratio between the horizontal axis and the vertical axis ofthe ellipse
(see figure 2). An index of 1 is ... roundness of
the eyes, lips, and lower face. The choice of these facial features is due to thekey role
they play in face perception and processing (Haig 1985; Bruc e and Young 19 98), and
their ... was therefore conducted in which the facialmetric parameters
of artistic portraits were directly compared with those ofthe original faces. A group of
art academy students, unaware ofthe aims of...
... present case. The analysis of the
kinetic constants ofthe 4-substituted benzoylformates as
substrates for EcIPDC demonstrates that the dependence of
the logarithm of k
cat
/k
cat
0
vs. the substituent ... from the rhizosphere of
cucumbers, produces large amounts of indole-3-acetic acid.
Indolepyruvate decarboxylase, thekey enzyme in the
biosynthetic pathway of indole-3-acetic acid, catalyses the
formation ... from the corresponding progress
curves, on the concentration of ThDP (Fig. 6 inset) is
indicative of a two-step mechanism of cofactor binding as
Fig. 6. Progress curves ofthe reconstitution of...
... imperfect
processivity are often cited as causes ofthe slowdown
[14,29,30].
One ofthe most controversial theories concerns the
influence of crystallinity and the change ofthe degree
of crystallinity ... information about the details ofthe mecha-
nistic action of cellulase and the hydrolysable ⁄ reactive fractions of cellulose
chains. X-ray diffraction provides insight into the mode of action of Cel7A
from ... for this slowdown ofthe reaction rate but,
so far, no mechanistic explanation ofthe slowdown
has been validated. The substrate characteristics
often implied in the slowdown ofthe reaction rate
include...
... horizons farther in the future. Under the null hypothesis of
no effect ofthe statements on expectations, there should be no appreciable variation
in either factor. Under the null hypothesis that the ... formula for the
optimal adjustment, and show that it is independent ofthe nature ofthe shocks
that hit the economy; the adjustment each period depends only on the degree of
shortfall ofthe actual ... expectations ofthe future path of
the funds rate, as illustrated for example by OIS rates. As I discuss further in the
next section, these statements by the FOMC have had less ofthe character of an...
... shown that the oxidation of
geraniol is one ofthekey steps in the production of
neral [12]. The low amount ofthe enzyme may be due
to its specific role in alarm pheromone biosynthesis.
Citral, ... greater specificity for the oxidation of geraniol
than other alcohols tested (Table 2), and the properties
of the enzyme were highly consistent with the biosyn-
thetic pathway of neral in Car. lactis ... More-
over, the requirement for a cofactor (NADP
+
) of the
Fig. 6. Phylogenetic tree based on amino
acid sequences of Car. lactis GeDH and
other ADHs by minimum evolution criterion.
The scale of the...