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... columns 1–7) The replication activity of JCV TAg in mouse cell extracts is not dependent on the sequence ofthe plasmid as the incorporation of radioactive dNMPs was the same whether the plasmid ... depleted of DNA polymerase a-primase using the SV40 (A) and JCV (B) systems (A) The SV40 system makes use of SV40 TAg and pUC-HS template DNA containing the SV40 origin of DNA replication (B) The ... Both these systems were dependent upon recombinant JCV TAg andthe presence of a JCV origin of DNA replication Here we applied these systems to study the dependence of JCV DNA replication on human...
... of metaphors by the professional translator This chapter is devoted to the analysis ofthe translaion of metaphors in the two books Harry Potter andthe Prisoner of Azkaban and Harry Potter and ... Run into debt Foot ofthe stairs The head of state Foot ofthe class Live metaphors are not often easily understood at one and readers should base themselves on the context to find out the hidden ... First, the translator analyzes the source language text to discover its meaning, or the semantic representation andthe authors intention and implication Then, all these factors are synthesized and...
... requirements ofthe VUV photolysis ofwater according to Eq (1) are related to the formation of high local concentration of hydroxyl radicals (OH.) and a series of other species (Gonzalez and Braun, ... considerable disadvantage ofthe majority ofthe degradation processes introduced above is the need to add external agents intothe aqueous medium In such situation, the effectiveness ofthe processes relies ... NaOH and H2SO4 solutions The Red 141 and H2O2 and other chemicals used were reagent grade and all experimental solutions were prepared with deionized waterThe solution of Red 141 was added to the...
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... have artificial scarcities built into them as part of their design The demand for these scarce resources, their supply, andthe markets where the supply andthe demand meet, constitute a computer-mediated ... develop the initial terms of reference and have guided the study: Robert Hawkins, Anat Lewin, and Carlo Rossotto ofthe ICT Sector Unit ofthe World Bank, and Victor Mayer-Schöenberger ofthe Oxford ... Reconstruction and Development /The World Bank and its affiliated organizations, the Board of Executive Directors ofthe World Bank or the governments they representThe World Bank cannot guarantee the accuracy...
... from the sea to the shore is shown in Fig 1b Smallest area of an element is 1250m2 in region of river estuaries such as Day, Ninh Co and BaLat, the largest area is 25km2 in offshore region The ... The domain includes 2879 nodes with the coarse resolution of 5000m for offshore andthe fine resolution of 50m for nearshore areas Figure a) Bathymetry ofthe study area, b) Mesh used Flows from ... 1980-1999) So, the average increase during 2010-2030 is about 0.5 cm/year Therefore, the calculation added the value of 0.5 cm/year to thewater level time series each year 5.2 River discharge This...
... nucleus ofthe cell of a human being together with the small amount of DNA that exists in the mitochondria the tiny organelles that are found in the cytoplasm of these cells In terms of size, the ... for the projected fifteen years ofthe HGP The term genome refers to the sum total ofthe DNA that exists in every nucleated cell of an organism Thehuman genome is all the DNA that exists in the ... supported by the Medical Research Council (MRC) of South Africa, the National Health Laboratory Service, the University ofthe Witwatersrand andthe National Research Foundation The author also...
... impacts ofthe proposed activity, andthe classification, designation and existing uses ofthe affected wetlands and waters in the Surface Water Quality Standards at 314 CMR 4.00 (c) Dredging and ... the impacts ofthe proposed activity, andthe classification, designation and existing uses ofthe affected wetlands and waters in the Surface Water Quality Standards at 314 CMR 4.00 The siting, ... period and any others who submit a written request The certification or denial will contain: (a) the name and address ofthe applicant, the address ofthe proposed activity, andthe date of the...
... input The elasticity should increase as the quality of inputs to the R&D process improves andthe spillovers stemming from the R&D activities of other actors in the region become more pronounced The ... indication ofthe quality, particularly the efficiency and workability ofthe national, regional or industry-specific innovation system The figures for the average number of new products and patents ... exposition) The basic assumption underlying the concept ofthe knowledge production function is that the output ofthe innovation process represents a result of R&D capital or investment Taking the Cobb-Douglas...
... pull them out ofthe ground, eat just the base ofthe new stem, and then discard them Once the new leaves are well developed, however, they leave the remaining plants untouched and depart And they ... acids and synchronise their breeding andthe raising of their young with times when the plants provide the greatest amount and concentration of these They might increase the concentration of this ... contrast to that of carnivores, is the time they spend eating, the volume of food they consume, andthe consequent volume of faeces they produce They spend the greater part of their lives eating,...
... of anything other than the most routine information They have lost sight ofthe public nature of their role andthe legitimate interest ofthe public in the workings of government and government ... coalition said the report “will form the basis of a campaign of public consultation and debate with government and opposition parties andthe judiciary” 1.2 The independent audit ofthe state of free ... "Court in the Act: Media andthe Law in 2006" in Official Spin: Censorship and Control ofthe Australian Press 2007 The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance report intothe state of press freedom...
... models ofthe elements representing the ligand-binding domain and EGF precursor homology domain of locust LpR bear a striking resemblance to those of mammalian LDLR [10] On the other hand, the ligand-binding ... resecretion The stability ofthe complex andthe modulation thereof may be determined by secondary contacts between HDLp and nonconserved residues of LpR Although the function of recycling of endocytosed ... investigate whether the deficiency of these crucial residues in LpR may be responsible for the lack of dissociation ofthe LpR– HDLp complex, the binding and dissociation capacities of different...
... group andthe oxygen at C4 lower the binding order ofthe carbon C4 and strengthen the downshift ofthe 4C¼O mode [10,11] In principle, X-ray-based structural models ofthe reaction centre of Rb ... of [5-13C]UQ10 at the QA site (see Fig 2b) As in the case of [5-13C]UQ10, the same band shifts down to 1273 and 1254 cm)1 occur In the double difference spectrum (Fig 2e), the bands at 1287 and ... downshifts of these bands from 1288 to 1277 cm)1 and from 1263 to 1254 cm)1 These effects are due to the ground state of QA In principle, contributions ofthe semiquinone state – QA may also occur in the...
... to the changes introduced in the redox cofactor environment upon complex formation They are therefore related to the specificity andthe strength ofthe protein–protein interaction Therefore, the ... allowing the determination of a Kd value of 25 ± lM for the [FNRox:Adxox] complex andof 17 ± lM for the [FNRox:Adx(4–108)ox] complex (Table 1) Study ofthe kinetics of reduction of WT Adx by FNRrd Stopped-flow ... absorption band is consistent with the presence of FNRsq and it is already present at the very beginning ofthe reaction, indicating that its formation takes place within the dead time ofthe steady-state...
... effect on the Tc ofthe lipid, with Tc being recorded as 42 °C in the presence ofthe peptide (Fig 3B) The presence of P5 had a strong effect on the Tc and membrane fluidity of both Myr2-PCho and Myr2-PEtn ... temperature The Tc of Myr2-PCho membranes alone (j) was recorded as 25 °C and in the presence of P4 (d), no significant changes in either the Tc or the membrane fluidity ofthe membrane was detected (A) The ... curve fitting was then applied within the original spectra after the subtraction of baselines resulting from neighboring bands Similar to the deconvolution technique, the bandshapes ofthe single components...
... did for the dot-coms and, FOREWORD if corporations are to extract value from the assets they have built, they must understand the source ofthe power ofthe insurgents andthe forms the alternatives ... of being abused and deceived by false promises, and shareholders are voting daily with their feet as they move the majority of their savings out ofthe equities market The changing customer The ... problems of execution and also because of issues of consumer trust, although the concept is well understood and much admired Of more prominence is the case of amazon.com When Amazon launched the first...