... there are only four rain gauges, among those only one collects hourly data; one climatic station at Tra My; and one discharge gauge at Nong Son. In general, the hydro-meteorological station network ... evapotranspiration according to the vegetation dataset at 30s resolution based on AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) and LDAS (Land Data Assimilation System) information for the Nong Son ... the conceptual rainfall-runoff model known as NAM [8] is used to examine its effect on hydrological response. 2. Potential evapotranspiration model description 2.1. Penman-Monteith equation...
... inthe circulation. To determine the contribution of VLDLtriglyceride secretion in apoE-mediated hepatic lipidaccumulation, we compared the rate of hepatic VLDLtriglyceride secretion between apoE) ... perturba-tions [14,15]. For this reason, it has been proposedthat NAFLD should be included as a component ofmetabolic syndrome [16]. Aging, hormonal imbalanceand genetic predisposition may contribute ... 24 on awestern-type diet. (C, D) Representativephotographs of reticulin-stained hepatic sec-tions of apoE) ⁄ )(C) and C57BL ⁄ 6 (D) micefed a western-type diet for 24 weeks. Allphotographs...
... have raised concerns about the e¤ective-ness with which monetary policy decisions are transmitted to the real side of theeconomy via its impact on banking sector conditions. Monetary policy ... depends on real income and the interest rate on bonds,which corporations can issue to …nance their activities, and inversely on interest rates on loans. Therefore the demand for loans takes on the ... area …nancial system an impaired provision of credit by banks could have severeampli…cations on real economic activity and in‡ation. The monetary policy actionstaken by the ECB (and other central...
... regulation of neuronal cell survival.Biomed Pharmacother 59, 197–203.19 Gonzalez GA & Montminy MR (1989) Cyclic AMPstimulates somatostatin gene transcription by phosphor-ylation of CREB ... sufficient for the induction of cellulargenes [20,21]. On the other hand, inhibition of CREBphosphorylation or dephosphorylated CREB may be anegative regulator of CREB-responsive genes [22,23].In ... expression with subsequent ROS generation inliver tissue.DiscussionThis study demonstrates that BetA inhibits HBV repli-cation by suppression of SOD2 expression with subse-quent mitochondrial...
... relational reading of a graph drawing is considered, leaving the interpretive consideration of aesthetics for a later study. The ques- tions that are used in this experiment to measure relational ... learning effect was minimised by the large number of graphs used in the experiment, the inclusion of the practise graphs, and the randomisation of the ordering of the graph drawings. 55 second-year ... hypotheses, one for each aesthetic, first the significance of the effects of the level of diffÉculty (the q-/- dimension) needed to be confirmed. After this confirmation that the q-/- dimension had...
... attention of a record company byputting on an excellent show in a club. However, unlike Dylan, therecognition they received wasn't direct. They had played as the backupband on a Tony Sheridan ... "mob adulation". Their first album was on the top overevery chart it could be on in both the U.S. and Britain. The only thing thatcould take it from its place was their second album (Rock ... Rock and roll has become one of America's greatestmusical culture contributions. Indeed, America would not be the same if itdid not have rock and roll. One of the reasons rock has become so...
... veryimpressionable. Muchof his personality is formed by the time he goes to his first dayofkindergarten. There is nothing wrong with him listening tomusic, watchingtelevision, or even playing ... things. Nexttime you wonderabout how easily children can be convinced of something think ofthe myth ofSanta Claus: One man bringing presents to the WHOLE world, inone sled, pulledby flying ... twelveth grade alone childrenlisten toalmost as many hours of rock music as they spend in school, for afull twelveyears (Entertainment Monitor, 1995). As a teenager I canpersonally attest tothe...
... television a day! (Neilson 1993). Listening to music is also a time consuming pastime among children.With all of that exposure, one might pose the question, "How can seeingso much violence on ... direction.Television is especially influencial on the children today. The hardtruth is that children spend an average of 28 hours a week in front of thetelevision (Neilson 1993). This is almost ... impressionable age it is nowonder that the images that kids see sometimes has a profound impact on their behavior. Fifty-five percent of children watch television with afriend or alone. (TV-Free...
... atypically preferred construct. This is a control constructdesigned to make wild-type Pfg27 without extensions or theD to N mutation.Pfg27E: This construct has extensions at the N- andC-termini ... polyclonal antibodies. Insharp contrast, Pfg27Aproduced Pfg27 that remainedTable 1. Expression and purification analysis of six MBP + Pfg27constructs.Amount of fusion protein (mg)Construct ... Pfg27A,we engineered two constructs Pfg27Eand Pfg27F.Onceagain, these constructs yielded only partially soluble fusionprotein.The postcleavage precipitation of Pfg27 from constructsPfg27B–Findicated...
... than the values inthe non-congruent conditions (diagonal cells versus non-diagonal cells; t 2.63, p ` .01;Wilcoxson Rank Sum: z 2.78, p ` .01). We conjecture that this effect might be due to ... cash and creditcard conditions. The stronger evidence of the effect in the ®rst study is consistent with thistheory. However, the effect did not disappear entirely in the second study. Payment ... by condition are presented in Table 2. There are several interestingcomparisons.First, the two diagonal cells, where payment method is congruent with identi®cationmethod, are a replication...
... treatmentsalso increase Thr18 phosphorylation. Themiddle graph shows relative Thr18 phos-phorylation, and the lower graph showsThr18 phosphorylation with respect to Ser15phosphorylation.S. Blanco et ... incorporation of radioactivity in a phospho-amino acid analysis. Incorporation was seen only inthreonine residues, which is unique in the commonregion (Fig. 5B).Next, the phosphorylation of human ... taxol. All, overexpression ofVRK2B or drugs induced Thr18 phosphorylation asdetected using a phosphor-specific antibody (Fig. 9B).Thr18 phosphorylation was dependent on the dose ofVRK2B. In...
... hydrophobic regions(above) from hydrophilic regions (below).The 10 distinct hydrophobic regions areconsecutively labeled. The two highlyhydrophobic (potential transmembrane; TM)regions were ... al. Effect of selenium on spicule formationFEBS Journal 272 (2005) 3838–3852 ª 2005 FEBS 3841Selenium affects biosilica formation in the demospongeSuberites domuncula Effect on gene expression ... distilled water, and collected bycentrifugation [2].Formation of primmorphs, incubation conditionsand extractsThe procedure for the formation of primmorphs (3D cellcultures) from single cells...
... the enzyme. (A)Amino-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)methyl phosphonic acid; (B) amino-(4-hydroxyphenyl)methyl phosphonic acid; (C) amino-(3-hydroxy-phenyl)methyl phosphonic acid.4100 B. G ˛asowska et ... 3,4-dihydroxyphenylglycine. Monohydroxylatedcompounds (amino-(3-hydroxyphenyl)methyl phosphonicacid and amino-(4-hydroxyphenyl)methyl phosphonic acid)were not oxidized, neither was 4-hydroxy-L-phenylglycine.However, ... thereaction is monitored spectrophotometrically at 475 nm. Inthis peculiar case Dopa acts as a redox shuttle mediating theoxidation of the shorter phosphonic homolog. Decomposi-tion of the phosphonic...