... made on the basis ofthe structure ofthe 5ÂUTR of the plus-RNA, the structure ofthe 3Â-end ofthe minus-strand RNA being at that time unavailable.In the present study we investigated the involvement of ... structure of RNA mutatedin the SL-A1 and SL-B1 domains. Only the secondary structure ofthe 151 nt from the 3Â-end ofthe minus-strand RNA is shown. The computer predicted structure at 25 °C of the ... 237nucleotides at the 5Â-end ofthe ()IRES 341 nt RNAdiminished in vitro RNA synthesis directed by the HCV NS5B. To assess whether the low level of RNAsynthesis was related to the binding of these templatesto...
... affect the type of inhibition and the Kivalue ofthe oligopeptidesTat(1–9) and Trp2-Tat(1–9). On the other hand, corres-ponding to the fourfold difference ofthe Kmvalues of the hydrolysis of ... the carbonyl group of Ile8 ofthe peptide interacting with the Tyr752 hydroxyl group ofthe enzyme. A hydrophobicinteractionofthesidechainofMet1ofTat(1–9)withthephenyl ring ofthe substrate Ala-Pro-pNA ... and the backbone amide hydrogen of Ala743 ofthe enzyme, between the side chain carbonyl group of Asn7 of Tat(1–9) and the side chain of Lys554 of DP IV and finally, between the carbonyl group of...
... address the needs ofthe older population and that harness their potential to contribute to the development ofthe society of which they and their families are part. 30age support. Levels of ... which the roof is made of thatch or other related natural material. Differences in types of material used for roofs ofthe houses do not differ much according to the sex, location, or age ofthe ... within the elderly range than those in the five other provinces. Table 3 examines the sex ratio ofthe older population by age. The overall sex ratio of the SEC sample indicates that there...
... 439.1Table 1 summarizes the sociodemographic and psychological character-istics ofthe sample at the time ofthe first interview. The majority of the sample was White (83%; the remainder was African ... alterationsin the composition of social networks over time could alter the relative availability and efficiency of different types of supportbecause of changes in the availability of certain types of ties(Connidis ... of networkmembers, individuals differ in their propensity to prune or aug-ment their own networks and in their likelihood of being pruned from or added to others’ networks. Referred to in the...
... and variety to the stories of cancer the students encounter. Students will be reminded ofthe 1 in 3 risk of developing cancer when they complete the questions on the bottom of Drawing Conclusions ... experience each phase ofthe learning cycle. Activity 1, The Faces of Cancer, serves as the Engage phase of instruction for the students. This phase of the model initiates the learning sequence ... like the limbs of a crab. From that observation came the term karkinoma in Greek, and later, cancer in Latin. With the work of Hooke in the 1600s, and then Virchow in the 1800s, came the understanding...
... ‘autonomy’ - ofthe play and its capacity of producing ethical effects in the minds ofthe spectators in the theatre and in their behaviours out ofthe theatre. The ‘being apart’ ofthe stage ... in the separation between the stage and the audience, between the performance ofthe bodies on the stage and the passivity ofthe spectators in the theatre. What must take the place ofthe ... gets more to the heart ofthe question than the project ofthe mayor. By setting aside the ‘explanations’ ofthe economical and social reasons ofthe existence ofthe shanty town and of its destruction...
... miss the fact that the buildings on the right side ofthe image are much taller than those on the left. Also of note are the converging lines ofthe image. They make the buildings look as if they ... in the picture. She obviouslytook the picture fromthe center ofthe road. When you go to emulate the shot, you will beemulating only the subject—and roughly, at that. The other elements ofthe ... middle left ofthe frame. In the right side ofthe frame, the valley extends to a far-off mountain range, which sits on the horizon in haze, probably dueto the marine layer, which sits off the coast...
... the other hand, the peptides resulting from the digestion are not detectable, if not ionized.Thus, the technique might introduce a bias in the rep-resentation ofthe analyzed peptides for the ... account in the model.Furthermore, fromthe dozen primary structures of nacre proteins that have been described so far, most of them correspond to proteins ofthe pearl oyster or the abalone ... inhibition of CaCO3precipitation. First, the effect ofthe nacre matrix started to occur above 1 lg of the ASM and the delay ofthe reaction was dose-dependent. At approximately 50 lg of nacre...
... parts ofthe innate immunity and arewidespread, both in the plant and the animal kingdom[12], e.g. the mammalian defensins and cathelicidins[13] and magainins fromthe skin of frogs [14]. Thereis ... mimic the naturalenvironment of cod further supports the role of the mucus as a defence barrier. Because we observed anabolition ofthe extract activities by pepsin treatmentwe concluded that the ... isolation of antimicrobial components. The aim ofthe present study was to identify antimicro-bial components fromthe skin mucus of healthyAtlantic cod (Gadus morhua). The mucus extract collected from...
... published as part ofthe school’s profilein the directory section of this book. Other rankings have some, but not all, ofthe above features.How did we choose which schools to rank? The Economist ... catalogue of this publication is available fromthe British Library. The authors of EIU Research Reports are drawn from a wide range of professional and academic disciplines. All the information in the ... 2004, the message from firms is that they want their managers to excel in the soft skills, particularly leadership,rather than the harder-edged technical and financial areas (perhaps because they...
... are mostly localised to the (mls)application ofthe ORals- lng rule. Arguably, these errors ~o derive mostly from errors in the dictionary, rather than a defect of the rule; see Boguraev and ... source of lexical information. Therefore, rather than batch process the MRD source, the lexicon development software is based around the concept of semi-automatic and rapid construction of entries, ... about the integration of some treatment of word meaning with the produc- tion of such a lexicon. These issues go beyond this paper, but the problem illustrated demonstrates that the type of...
... one.2 They pick one ofthe characters in the painting and make a list of what features, physical andpsychological, the character has.3 Then they try to determine how the character feels about the ... orin a drama improvisation.5 The resulting sketches ofthe subgroups are then compared with the original scene, and the student discuss in what way ofthe contents ofthe two versions differ. ... on the creative processing rather on the product ofthe end result so the studentsmust be able to overcome the fear of all the difficult elements in a text andcome to familiar territory of...
... The list of questions and the instructions ofthe lay-people as to what sort of experts they wanted, were the points of departure for the project staff when the expert panel was composed. The ... Alvheim. The point of departure ofthe commitment to this topic area on the part ofThe Norwegian Board of Technology is an increasing portion of elderly people in the population, development of ... should therefore be covered by the law. The law should guarantee a minimum of introduction in the form of basic instruction. The lay-people panel is also ofthe opinion that it should be the...
... ox"tefs self, the concreteness and clarity to the ge1"teral public of ghe issue, the credibility of the sources of information the public receives, and the quantity of pub- licity the issue ... out of anyone's control. Whether or not any coalition dominates the processes and content ofthe network is something to be investigated rather than deduced from some arguable theory of ... regulatory dernands. The attraction ofthe policy network may be stable procedure or it may be the possibility of econornic gains. For others, the attraction may be the passage of som policy...
... decreased from BD to BC, and the number of border crossings for the segment BF increased from 1 to 2 in the middle panel of Figure 5. Prior to 1994 the Barra Mansa leadership was trading off the ... to the border, but that this increase jumps to 6.4% within 10km ofthe exit border, and jumps further to 21% per kilometer within 5km ofthe river’s exit point out ofthe jurisdiction. The ... counties vary, but polls of mayors of new counties have highlighted the importance of disagreements over the amount of municipal funds used in the various districts ofthe original county, differences...