... gDNA contamination. PCR reaction triplicates showed no major differences among them and expression levels of the internal control were similar in the different experiments. The expression levels ... important role in the control of malaria infection. However, they can modulate parasite development enhancing infection. The effect of anti-Plasmodium antibodies onthe expression of circumsporozoite ... development in the sporogonic [3 - 5], exoerythrocytic [6] and erythrocytic [7] cycle. However, there is almost no information onthe effect of antibodies onthe expression of Plasmodium immunogenic...
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... relationsare not mere functions of class or anything else, and in this sense theyhave some genuine autonomy.An implication of relatively strong versions ofthe gender-autonomythesis is that the ... compositions.Class counts150tion of housework ± to the contrast between highly egalitarian andinegalitarian households ± rather than to the distribution as a whole.None of these manipulations ofthe ... mobilization of classes on the one hand and gender relations onthe other. One might argue that the Class counts156countries, therefore, it appears that in what might be thought of astraditional...
... varying conditions. First, they consider a situation in which each maintenance worker can fix only one type of part. In the second trial, they relax this condition and consider a situation in ... portion of a larger research project concerned with the setting of retention requirements for the armed forces. The study responds to the question of the optimal experience and skill mix for the ... experience of personnel; NEWCREW to define the percentage of personnel with less than one year in the Navy; and TIME_CO to be thenumberof months that the ship’s commanding officer has had command of...
... contradictory to the conclusions ofthe Final Document ofthe Moscow Meeting ofthe Conference onthe Human Dimension ofthe CSCE and in breach of Article 19 ofthe International Covenant on Civil ... commitments, namely the conclusions ofthe Final Act of Copenhagen and the conclusions ofthe Final Document of the Moscow Meeting as well as with Article 10 ofthe European Convention on Human Rights, ... limitations in the interests of national security, public safety or the economic well-being ofthe country, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health of morals or for the...
... opentime constant ofthe reconstituted ryanodine receptorin a concentration-dependent manner acting on eitherside. The decreased open time constant together with the decreased numberofthe open events ... complex with the gadolinium ions if they get through the channel. The affinity ofthe Gd3+compared to the EGTA is a million-fold larger than that ofthe Ca2+Fig. 6. Effect of gadolinium onthe calcium ... tion of 5.6 ± 0.3 lm for Gd3+and a Hill coefficient of 4.7 ± 0.8.We have also tested the effect of Gd3+ on the lumi-nal side ofthe reconstituted channel. To decrease the possibility of the...
... in the direction ofthe conjunction with a minor road to my left. Another vehicle rapidly approached in the other lane ofthe main road, and a motorcycle advanced toward the intersection ... front ofthe other car. The third picture showed that one car, although it braked hard, hit the motorcycle, and the other car hit the corner of the T-junction. In addition, in the third picture, ... provide the readers more concrete information. Finally, they not only illustrate the text but develop the readers’ interest in the material. The combined effect of these four functions of visuals...
... shelf areas of 10 to 60m in depth. The deepest area (70m) is in the Andaman Sea at the northern tip of the Straits, while the shallowest is at the One Fathom Bank in the south. The current ... oil 60 tons 1976 DIEGO SILANG The Straits of Malacca Collision Crude oil 5500 tons 1976 MYSELLA The Straits of Singapore Grounding Crude oil 2000 tons 1976 CITTA DI SAVONNA The Straits of Singapore ... minimum of 25°C to a high of 33°C. The area is subjected to two rainy spells, the Southwest monsoon from June to September and the Northeast monsoon from November to March (Figure 1.2). During these...
... Addressing the Sale of Counterfeits onthe Internet – September 2009 1 Addressing the Sale of Counterfeits onthe Internet The Issue In the global environment, the sale of counterfeit ... PayPal were among those who participated in and contributed contact information to the best practices. Future Considerations Addressing the sale of counterfeits online will continue to be ... serious threats to the economy and to public health and safety. The Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (“OECD”) noted in the recent study onThe Economic Impact of Counterfeiting...
... accumulation of VTG in the Bidder’s organ. Therefore, the authors concluded that their ndings suggested that the testes of the affected toads were malfunctioning. Indeed, all the reported ... Ontario, contaminants were considered responsible for the loss of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) in the 1960s (Cook et al.,2003). Moreover, even after the extinction of this population ... Accurate prediction ofthe response of freshwater sh to a mixture of estrogenic chemicals. Environ Health Perspect., 113(6):721-728. 42EFFECTS OF POLLUTANTS ONTHE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OF MALE VERTEBRATE...
... side-chains of Arg45 and Lys96 (Fig. 8). These interactions conceiv-ably also contribute to the conformational stability of holo-lMb. Consistently, they are maintained over the 1.5 ns ofthe simulation ... struc-ture of apo-lMb at the end ofthe simulation, mosthelices of holo-lMb are still folded at the end of the simulation period. This remarkably different behavior of the protein in the presence ... in the first0.5 ns of MD simulation, triggering the unfolding of helix E and the subsequent global unfolding of the structure. In holo-lMb, the shielding effect of the heme and the engagement of...
... study, the effect of NaCl concentration on the kinetic constants and thermodynamic stability of VsEndA and VcEndA was investigated. In addition, the effects of reciprocal mutations of two non-con-served ... boundary conditions,and the resulting grid was adopted as the boundary condi-tion for one further focused calculation. The protein mole-cules occupied 90% ofthe box in the final calculations. The molecular ... activity conditions of the native enzymes [11]. The denaturation peaks weresymmetrical, except for some exothermic distortion of the thermograms after the denaturation peak,especially in the VcEndA...
... beyond the conclusion ofthe course for a numberof reasons. The course site may be critically important documentation ofthe quality of teaching by the faculty member, becoming part ofthe ... part ofthe contract between the faculty member and the institution. The nature of these institutional policies was a matter of considerable debate, and in some cases controversy, over the ... communication as new digital content and also provides tools for the aggregation, organization, and annotation of content from a multiplicity of sources. Second, because this collection of content...