... sites are characterized by an agricultural land use with farms, mainly cropping rice and fruits Some ofthe farms maintain small animal husbandries and fishponds Surface water, rain water and ground ... regime oftheSouth Chinese Sea Here, the tidal amplitude is approx 1.5 m The study site Hoa An is located in an area where an interaction ofthe tidal regimes oftheSouth Chinese Sea and ofthe ... ground water and the surface water quality the two study sites Hoa An and An Binh are typical for the conditions oftheruralareaofthe Mekong Delta At present, there are substantial local differences...
... 2.2.4 Data processing Data were analyzed using R software We calculated average value, the ratio, percentage, the statistical test applied in biomedical research to analyze the results Odds ratio ... showed that serum uric acid increased with age Female had lower rate of increasing uric acid as compared to male However after age of 60, there was an increasing in serum uric acid and they were ... acid among people 30 years and older inrural communities in Thaibinh This study was conducted inaruralareaof northern delta region inthe context as the World Health Organization indicated...
... words and phrases directly related to waterAriver is a thing formed by water; a drop and a wave are forms of water; streaming, pouring and saturating are activities ofwater They leave a deep ... soft spring air is like a sea: The horses were giants walking on the floor of sea With their breasts they pushed the waters ofthe sea before them They were pushing the waters out ofthe basin ... throughout the studied stories The above figures are significant in pinpointing the popularity ofwater and fire metaphors in both American and Vietnamese literatures The frequency of appearance of these...
... VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HA NOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES PHÍ THỊ THU TRANG A STUDY OFWATER AND FIRE AS METAPHORS IN AMERICAN AND VIETNAMESE ... metaphors in American and Vietnamese short stories ofthe 20th century 12 2.1 The popularity ofwater and fire as metaphors 12 2.2 The formation of metaphors ofwater and fire ... Metaphor in literature 1.3 American short stories ofthe 20th century 1.4 Vietnamese short stories ofthe 20th century 10 Chapter 2: Water and fire as metaphors in American...
... Chapter provides the theoretical background ofthe study regarding major concerns intheareaof metaphor and literature, and brief information about American and Vietnamese short stories ofthe ... are employed to create imagery and enhance the powerful effect ofthe language use In fact a number of researchers have chosen literature as a means of studying language Among myriads of metaphorical ... century Chapter is the main focus ofthe paper, which investigates the use ofwater and fire metaphors in American and Vietnamese short stoires It deals with the popularity, the creation and the functions...
... management approaches, he was managed conservatively and was healthy on a follow-up Figure Neuroimaging ofthe twins (a) Cerebral CT of twin A shows a vast lesion of cerebrospinal fluid intensity inthe ... head surgery17 In our case, the lack ofa previous history of trauma, infection and head surgery leads us to believe that the AC was due to a congenital anomaly Mirror images in MZ and AC are ... NKCC1 was present inthe AC wall These finding indicated NKCC1 gene might play an important role in cystogenesis The association of AC and other diseases in families suggested that PAPB2, SPG4 and...
... Type I myosins can interact via an acidic tail (A) domain with the Arp2 ⁄ complex like Las17p, but they lack an actin-monomer-binding WH2 domain, which in WASP-family proteins (including Las17p) ... domains are directly implicated in polarization ofthe yeast actin cytoskeleton The presence ofthe novel actin-binding VH2-C domain in C-Vrp1p364)817 may explain why mutations inthe N-terminal ... specifically to regulate components ofthe actin filament assembly machinery or whether it has a more general role in stabilizing or altering protein conformation and that regulation ofthe actin-filament...
... 5¢-CAGGATCCATGACACTTCCTAGTGCG GCTCGC-3¢ and 5¢-CCAAGCTTTTATTGCTGATTAT TGGGATTCATTTGACCA-3¢ (the gene encoding the Drosophila CK2 a subunit does not contain introns inthe coding region [21]) The ... was PCRamplified from the DNA ofthe cosmid clone #9 [18] using the following pair of primers: 5¢-GACTGCAGTGAAGG GCATCGAGTCCTCGGG-3¢ and 5¢-GAGGATCCGG GACATTCCTTAGCCAGGAGGG-3¢ To make the b-galactosidase ... product was cloned as a fusion with the GAL4 activation domain inthe pGAD424 vector, or as a fusion with the GAL4 DNAbinding domain inthe pGBT9 vector (Clontech, La Jolla, CA, USA) To prepare CK2btes...
... predicting PA0266 as a putative 5-aminovalerate aminotransferase and PA0265 as a putative glutarate semialdehyde dehydrogenase Recently, a report has suggested candidate genes for 5-aminovalerate aminotransferase ... aminotransferase and glutarate semialdehyde dehydrogenase inthe lysineA PA0266 2-Oxoglutarate B PA0265 Glutarate semialdehyde 5-Aminovalerate NADP+ Glutamate NADPH Absorbance at 340 nm 0.20 a ... The primers used for the PCR cloning for PA0265 were as follows: 5’-GGAATTCCATATGCAACT CAAAGATGCCAAGCTG)3’ and 5’-CCCAAGCTTGA TACCGCCCAGGCAGAGGTACTTG-3’ The primers used for the PCR cloning of...
... ootheca transport Ovarian BgVgR mRNA levels appeared high at the beginning ofthe last nymphal instar, steadily declining along the instar, and reaching the lowest values ofthe instar before the ... These included the insects D melanogaster (AAB60217), A gambiae (EAA06264), A aegypti (AAK15810), S invicta (AAP92450) and P americana (BAC02725), and the vertebrates Anguila japonica (BAB64337), ... BgVgR localization in ovaries was examined by immunofluorescence in last instar nymphs, as well as inthe adults Inthe first days of last instar nymphs, BgVgR protein was detected as a very faint fluorescence,...
... 1.3 The Variations inthe Interest Rate Spread as an Indicator of Amplication and Attenuation Effects In order to measure the impact ofthe bank lending channel we need to dene a standard AD/AS ... lending channel may amplify as well as attenuate the action ofthe traditional interest rate channel We found that the change inthe interest rate spread between a loan rate and a policy rate ... by the policymaker as a good indicator of attenuation and amplication effects ofthe bank lending channel Our analysis indicates that the bank lending channel was reducing the overall potency of...
... E101–206), the primers 5¢-GTTGCCA TGGCTGTGAAATTGATGGGA-3¢ (forward), 5¢-CTCCG AGCTCTCATGGCAGTTTAAC-3¢ (reverse) and 5¢-ATA CCATGGAACAGCCAGAGTATAAAG-3¢ (forward), 5¢AGGGAGCTCTCAGAATAACTTCTCTGTA-3¢ (reverse), ... M jannaschii is composed of 206 amino acids, divided into a predicted a- helix at the N-terminal part (amino acids 1–100) and an a- helical and b-sheet-containing domain at the C-terminal part ... subunits E and H in A- ATP synthase Acknowledgements We thank Dr Subramanian Vivekanandan for his support inthe analysis of NMR data and critical reading ofthe manuscript We are grateful to Dr...
... joint line and a mark was made where the oedema disappeared The mark was made parallel to the joint line and the reading was taken perpendicular to the two lines The perpendicular line was measured ... exertion pain as the predominant symptom The remaining 10 (46%) complained ofa mix of occasional pain, swelling and stiffness, occasional instability and occasional clicking and locking 15/17 ofthe ... speculate that the inaccuracies ofthe scans are due to the fact that the majority of sequences can not define the cartilage from the subchondral bone The cartilage is either the same intensity as...
... the skin inthe setting ofa minor trauma has also been reported [10] Walking and normal weight bearing subjects the implant and bone surface to combined axial and torsional load that may play ... fixation devices developed for the management of these fractures, with majority of them belonging to either the intrameduallary or the sliding hip plate category The advantages of intrameduallary ... then placed inthe dynamized position ofthe Gamma nail We theorized that over time with the compression ofthe fracture and dynamization ofthe nail inthe setting of an unstable fracture pattern,...
... the skin inthe setting ofa minor trauma has also been reported [10] Walking and normal weight bearing subjects the implant and bone surface to combined axial and torsional load that may play ... fixation devices developed for the management of these fractures, with majority of them belonging to either the intrameduallary or the sliding hip plate category The advantages of intrameduallary ... then placed inthe dynamized position ofthe Gamma nail We theorized that over time with the compression ofthe fracture and dynamization ofthe nail inthe setting of an unstable fracture pattern,...
... aspect ofthe survival and growth of spruce seedlings An analysis ofthe influence ofthe seedbed on the number of spruce and rowan individuals is recorded in Table The analysis of this factor inthe ... 2007), the portion of individuals from natural regeneration on dead wood is increasing with the ascending altitude, the most of them being inthe initial phase ofthe growth stage Conditions of spruce ... stages ofthe spruce natural forest inthe whole height profile ofthe virgin forest The testing ofthe influence ofthe altitude revealed its great influence inthe growth stage Inthe optimum and...
... increasing temporal and spatial gaps inthe availability of CWD density within managed stands and an increasing distance between remnant old growth stands In our study sites, the spatial pattern of ... could interfere with catabolic processes In unmanaged forests, the high variance inthe necrotic index inthe early aggradation phase indicated that SDT remained from the degradation phase Inthe ... in managed forests, snags were also seen as a threat to public safety [37] Starting a decade ago, the amount of dead wood, particularly SDT, has attracted attention of forest managers as a way...
... present as a large mass with a slow metastatic spread and a much better prognosis than ordinary carcinoma [14,15], the prognosis of UC with OGCs ofthe pancreas originating ina MCN and indeterminate ... such as abdominal pain or discomfort, anemia, and weight loss The tumor arose from the head ofthe pancreas in 2, body in 1, tail in 6, and body and tail in patients The lesions were A Cytokeratin ... ovariantype stroma UC with OGCs is a rare neoplasm ofthe pancreas In most cases, UCs with OGCs originate in ductal adenocarcinoma, classified as a subtype of undifferentiated carcinoma in the...
... Y: Spinocerebellar degeneration Ataxiatelangiectasia and malignant tumour [Japanese] Naika no Ryôiki (Domain of Internal Medicine) 1975, 35:623-626 Watanabe A, Hanazono H, Sogawa H, Takaya H: ... margins distally These margins were free of tumor on frozen and final pathologic exam The pancreatic surface intheareaof resection was biopsied inthe operating room due to the finding of adhesions ... differentiated invasive intestinal-type adenocarcinoma ofthe stomach with invasion through the muscularis to the serosa, and multifocal vascular and lymphatic invasion Postoperatively, the patient initially...