... is to illustrate the new substitution model for the banking sector in Russia andto compare the results tothe outcomes of the other approaches used to model deposits inthe banking sector In ... clear and this hinders the lending activity in this sector Loans tothepublic were on the rise, from 7% of total loans in 2001 to 19% in 2005 Lending activity varies by the region as well While the ... aluminum processing and aircraft engine plants together with food processing companies and investment companies 13 Standard and Poor’s (2005) 24 Even though the main players inthe banking industry...
... 24 Ministries of Healthand Science and Technology andthe National Bureau of Statistics of the Peoples Republic of China: The nutrition andhealth status of the Chinese people Beijing, China ... imperative that the Chinese government takes immediate action to initiate publichealth programs to reverse the tide of the emerging obesity epidemic in China, thereby to preemptively diffuse the enormous ... to promote weight loss, although fear of inhibiting Western trade and financing may inhibit such governmental actions To date, the Chinese government has indeed begun efforts to improve the health...
... used to substitute the 3¢-ends in Rabaptin-5 and Rabaptin-5d cDNAs inthe pRn5 and pRn5d plasmids The resulting cDNAs encoding C-terminally FLAGÒ-tagged proteins were then excised with SalI and ... further supported by results of GST pull-down experiments Interestingly, both the deletion found inthe Rabaptin-5d polypeptide chain andthe Rab4 binding site of Rabaptin-5 are located inthe ... al Fig Mapping of the Rab4 binding site in Rabaptin-5 using the yeast two-hybrid protein–protein interaction assay Indicated fragments of Rabaptin-5 (Rn5), Rabaptin-5d (Rn5d) or Rabaptin-5c (Rn5c)...
... processed tothe 29-kDa (a) and 11-kDa (b) subunit at 48 h and remained processed thereafter; the intensity of the bands increased at 72 and 96 h, in agreement with the enzyme being involved in secondary ... protein in lanes and (containing the ab constructions) and proteins of 29 kDa in lane 11, and 11 kDa in lane (containing, respectively, the a or b subunits) A band of about 25 kDa observed in all ... conserved in several cephalosporin and cephamycin biosynthetic enzymes [34]) However, the two IATs differ in 23.5% of their component amino acids (the two cysteines included), which may explain their...
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... whereas the N-terminal part is believed to play a major role in mediating virus attachment and entry into hepatocytes [3] Within the preS1 protein, the 21–47 amino acid epitope was shown to mediate ... amino acid sequence of the preS1 receptor binding site was noninfectious and hence deficient in viral entry [3], further supporting the importance of this domain as an infectivity determinant in ... in particular, the epitope contained within the second half of the hepatocyte binding site localised inthe hepatitis B surface protein of the third-generation hepatitis B vaccine is http://www.virologyj.com/content/6/1/7...
... may want to ask questions to determine the level of your students’ learning, to increase their involvement and interaction, to clarify understanding, or to stimulate their awareness These purposes ... their English learning in order to pass the national exam at the end of their High School These classes were randomly selected The size of these classes varied from 40 to 45 students All of the ... pupils really involved inthe lesson It was felt that the interaction between teachers andtheir pupils was not natural and rather boring In contrast, there was a low frequency in using referential...
... crests Geological mapping by Otton and Zielinski (13) show the area to be underlain by interbedded shale, siltstone, and sandstone Thicker resistant sandstone units typically form the hill crests Hill ... underlain by shale, siltstone, and thin sandstone beds The geologic and climatic settings of the Lester and Branstetter leases resemble that of much of the major southern mid-continent oil- and ... water and minor amounts of oil flow from the brine pits through the surficial beds tothe Skiatook Lake ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We are grateful tothe Osage Indian Nation, tothe Army Core of Engineers and...
... were experiencing difficulty in finding employment This change in demand is being attributed to economic factors andto provincial/territorial government policies aimed at increasing the use of ... nursing graduates to meet the demand aging of the nursing workforce, decreasing hours worked, and turnover growth in demand for health services, especially in aged care and acute care sectors ... making nursing the top subject area in terms of the highest number of applications received Despite the strong student interest, the Department of Healthin England recently announced the need to...
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... 3-lm thick and stained with hematoxylin & eosin Serum concentration of BPA The concentration of BPA in serum was measured using an ELISA kit for BPA according tothe manufacturer’s instructions ... estrogen-responsive genes inthe uterus, Northern blot analysis was performed using cDNA probes for progesterone receptor and VEGF While the expression of these genes inthe uterus was diminished in ArKO mice ... as E2 inthe ovaries of ArKO mice (Fig 5) These findings indicate that the levels of expression of BMP15 and GDF9 in addition to IGF-I and its receptor might be sensitive molecular markers to evaluate...
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... background If mother and father respond tothe questionnaire together then there is a lower change of underestimating the quality of life inthe sectors ‘Self-esteem’, ‘Friends’ andinthe ‘Total’ score ... were the principal investigators of the study and have advised the writing of the manuscript and have revised the paper ME has assisted inthe statistical analyses and has revised the manuscript ... read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements The German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS) was funded by the German Ministry of Health, the Ministry...
... providing a tutorial survey on the bit and power loading in constrained multicarrier systems and at reviewing the most popular results on the loading algorithms for the RM and MM problems We examine ... allocation under the power minimization goal, taking also into account the low (all-zeros) andthe upper (bi ) bounds of the valid bit vectors In [27], the following theorem was proven Theorem bimax ... (5) N Papandreou and T Antonakopoulos The loading problem aims at determining the optimal distribution of the available power in all subchannels Using the rate and power functions, (1) and (4),...
... idioms using inand into: run into debt, rush into print, step into a practice, 14 jump into a fight, dive into a book, stumble into acquaintance, fall in love, break into society, etc In spite ... all these combinations, one cannot say the following break into debt, fall into print, rush into a fight or dive into debt The combinations are fixed as to form andtheir meaning comes from their ... AIDS 1.5 The factors influencing translation process 1.5.1 Influence of the mother tongue Inthe process of learning a foreign language, our mother tongue shapes our way of thinking, and, to some...
... marked increase intheand glutamine pools after h inthe fresh medium (Fig 3a) Glutamate levels remained constant after h but the glutamine concentration continued to increase up to h indicating ... initial small increase in glutamine concentration was probably due to a lag in GS inhibition by MSX The increase inthe glutamate pool appeared to indicate assimilation of ammonia into glutamate ... All extracts were found to contain significant amounts of arginine, which is thought to play a major role in nitrogen storage Arginine was the most abundant amino acid inthe nitrogen-starved mycelia...