... source testing as the basis of their emissions inventory Much of the emissions inventory is based upon the application of emissions factors The development of emissions factors is based upon source ... vehiclerelated air pollution problems than the rest of the country and because it already had a history of regulating mobile sources at the time the relevant provisions of theCleanAirAct were enacted Other ... of their contribution to the overall emissions profile of these facilities Cement Manufacturing The largest source of emissions in cement manufacturing— and the centerpiece of the process is the...
... Analysis Program CAA CleanAirAct of 1970 CAAA CleanAirAct Amendments of 1990 CAIR CleanAir Interstate Rule CAMR CleanAir Mercury Rule CARB California Air Resources Board CAVR CleanAir Visibility ... as the impact of theAct s provisions on the US economy This report isthe third in the Section 812 series, and isthe result of EPA’s Second Prospective analysis of the 1990 Amendments TheClean ... 2-6 The Benefits and Costs of theCleanAirAct fron 1990 to 2020 Additional EGU regulations, such as theCleanAir Interstate Rule (CAIR), theCleanAir Mercury Rule (CAMR), and theClean Air...
... complexity: Upon the basis of facts disclosed by the record and reports of the Securities and Exchange Commission and facts otherwise disclosed and ascertained, it is hereby declared that the national ... howthe studies and regulations called for by the Dodd-Frank Act will impact funds and their advisers This article has shown that funds differ significantly from the MBSs and CDOs issued by the ... Credit Crisis This can be attributed to the success of the ICA and other existing federal securities laws For this reason, it would be unwise to attempt to employ provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act...
... information might make the decision for the decisionmaker An environmentalist suggests that the impact of science has been very high but negative in this case TheClean Water Actis a technology-based ... of the BSSAF in predicting the dioxin accumulation in fish tissue, it is only one of many exposure factors to be evaluated The Regulatory Impact Assessment: The Numbers Behind the Proposal The ... positive results It is clear the TCDD is a multisite carcinogen in both sexes of rats and mice It also is a carcinogen in the hamster, which is considered the most resistant species to the acute toxic...
... carboxy region similar to that seen in the rodent-borne hantaviruses Although the function of this motif is unclear for the hantaviruses, it has been shown with other viruses to be a redox site and ... implicated the amino- and carboxy-termini in N protein interactions, and although the N protein amino-terminus of TPM virus is highly divergent relative to that of the other hantavirues, it is still ... oxidation-reduction homeostasis [17] insight into the long evolutionary history of the hantaviruses, and the development of specific diagnostic assays should provide the means to assess the potential public...
... carboxy region similar to that seen in the rodent-borne hantaviruses Although the function of this motif is unclear for the hantaviruses, it has been shown with other viruses to be a redox site and ... implicated the amino- and carboxy-termini in N protein interactions, and although the N protein amino-terminus of TPM virus is highly divergent relative to that of the other hantavirues, it is still ... oxidation-reduction homeostasis [17] insight into the long evolutionary history of the hantaviruses, and the development of specific diagnostic assays should provide the means to assess the potential public...
... VNTR in the 5’-flanking region of the NPPB gene was discovered This polymorphism was associated with EH in female subjects However, this finding does not necessarily imply that there is a relationship ... is possible that the plasma BNP level is not an accurate reflection of the function of the NPPB gene In the present study, the overall distribution of the VNTR genotype and the allele frequency ... assays, the associations of the BNP levels with age and gender were consistent Furthermore, the BNP level that had the optimal sensitivity and specificity for detecting systolic dysfunction in the...
... upon tethering of TTP to the same reporter mRNA These results indicate that ASF ⁄ SF2 is a potent repressing factor in the absence of competing factors It is worth noting that the deletion of the ... RNA-binding activities The removal of the RS domain completely reversed ASF ⁄ SF2 down-regulating activity on the ARE reporter mRNA The mutant lacking the RS domain might become associated withthe ARE ... exceeding that of the reporter protein fused withthe full-length ASF ⁄ SF2 protein, or withthe RRM1 alone Most likely, this difference is partly a result of the absence of the RS domain that...
... federal advisory committee that studied the matter for five years The EPA still has not completed its review of the SSO rule The agency should issue rules consistentwiththe recommendations of the ... as they were in 1968 the highest in our nation’s history.24 The Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies’ resistance to action is more than matched by the Bush administration’s The administration ... enforcement actions at the start of the administration.26 So far, Congress has rejected these proposals, and should resist any further attempts by the administration to cripple the enforcement program...
... luciferase activity was measured The test promoters analyzed are shown on the left Relative luciferase activity is shown as the ratio to the normalized luciferase activity obtained with pGL3Basic; the ... from the indicated cell lines and subjected to northern blot analysis and (B) western blot analysis (A) Northern blot analysis Each lane contains 15 lg total RNA The bottom panel shows the expression ... of Bach1, to the MARE to activate the MARE-dependent promoter, as reported for the mouse HO-1 gene [47] However, in contrast withthe mouse HO-1 gene, the human HO-1 gene promoter is under complex...
... haematopoiesis [18–20] The parent molecule of this family is muramyl dipeptide (MDP), which has been reported as the minimal adjuvant-active structure of bacterial peptidoglycan [21] However, MDP administration ... MDP induces reactive oxygen and nitrogen species production and upregulates UCP2 protein level, whereas MB does not We further show that the activity of UCP2 isconsistentwiththe level of free ... macrophage activation by MDP The question raised at this stage is whether UCP2 is responsible for the increase in mitochondrial proton permeability (state 4) induced in macrophages after stimulation with...
... and is now home to the largest per capita e-commerce market and the second-largest online-advertising market globally But the character of the U.K Internet economy is not well understood This ... T - - The Upside and the Downside - The Quality of the Broadband Infrastructure - year the Internet economy Crossing the Digital Divide - - Capturing the Multichannel Opportunity ICT Impact Assessment ... National Statistics; BCG analysis Note: The size of the various sectors and the size of the Internet economy were calculated using different GDP methodologies, so direct comparisons are not precise For...
... wisdom, IoT has the potential to change the world as we know it today—for the better How quickly we get there is up to us For more information, please contact Dave Evans, Cisco’s chief futurist ... Internet.11 At the other end of the spectrum, the Internet is going into space through Cisco’s Internet Routing in Space (IRIS) program. 12 We Evolve Because We Communicate Humans evolve because they communicate ... together to form knowledge In the simplest sense, knowledge is information of which someone is aware Wisdom is then born from knowledge plus experience While knowledge changes over time, wisdom is...
... likely that distinct regulatory mechanisms are operative in the two receptors, as indeed isthe case, and shown in the studies described here Until date, the role of glycosylation in either GC-A ... it is possible that GC-C is also carried to the endoplasmic reticulum where the 145 kDa form is targeted to the degradation pathway and the 130 kDa form can be recycled back to the surface Therefore ... of GC-C in a cell Given the fact that the 130 kDa form of the receptor is unresponsive to the ST peptide, even though it can bind the ligand with an affinity similar to the hyperglycosylated form,...
... acid was the smallest one that displayed these signals and, moreover, the relative intensity of these signals was the highest compared to other pools from the same strain Therefore, further structural ... hypothesis is that phase variation affects a regulatory factor, which in¯uences LPS biosynthesis, virulence, and serum resistance Future studies will focus on the elucidation of such factor and the ... structural investigation was performed with this preparation The 1H NMR chemical shifts and the grouping of the signals in pairs (one pair at dH 3.30 and 3.19, and the other at dH 3.03 and 2.95; see below)...
... care their health plan will cover Many other people who are happy with their coverage would face these same problems if they were diagnosed with cancer he Afordable Care Actis improving the quality ... Many people with cancer live in fear of losing their health coverage if they lose their job hey worry about having their coverage canceled because they got sick, or they face limits on the amount ... companies This will help consumers make informed choices about the plan that is best for them Myth: The new law lowers the quality of care Reality: The law will make sure that all plans sold in the health...
... low as 0.1 ppb have been shown to alter the development of sex characteristics in male frogs, resulting in male frogs with female sex characteristics, hermaphroditism and the presence of eggs in ... withthe development of the brain and reproductive organs, that timing may be even more critical than the dose.5,6 Also of great concern isthe potential for atrazine to act synergistically with ... fields have been treated with atrazine is recommended This would provide a much more realistic view of the actual severity of the atrazine problem The EPA should publish monitoring results for...
... economists in the West before the financial crisis believed that the best way to prosperity is to reduce government involvement in the economy and let the private sector the work, CDB and its chairman ... stream hangs in theair Stooped, with gray hair, she recalls the clear well water they had access to before that was so clean she could wash with it Inside their home the only decoration is a calendar ... this land for them, moved them out to the suburbs, and used the money to buy their bad loans from ICBC It was a perfect example of howthe state could shift risk to help cleanthe balance sheets...
... as a whole and the reader can feel as if they are part of the group and read, and think along withthe characters Another thing dealing withthe diary form is quick referencing The reader, if ... take place When, there are different people of different places, they can be identified by how they act and how they talk If, Bram Stoker did not use the diary form narrative, this would not be ... talking and acting through the written dialects In the novel Dracula, all the diaries, of all the individuals come together and in the end, become one powerful, combination of descriptions, facts,...
... core form the Core domain, while the ve-residue-turn (residues 812) and the C-terminal segment (residues 5664) form the NC domain The division of the bioactive surface into two domains is supported ... binding is linked to its exibility I Karbat et al Lqh2 is inactive, and is unable to affect Nav1.2 in the rat brain, on which Lqh2 is highly active [16] Moreover, it has been shown that the pharmacological ... residues of the loop preceding the a-helix, the loop connecting the second and the third b-strands, and the C-tail (Fig 2A) decrease in the dissociation rate constant at lower pH [18] To clarify the...