... and medications Progress will only be made as basic science brings an understanding ofthe mechanisms of accelerated atherosclerosis in SLE and as clinical studies address both the efficacy and ... lower-grade inflammation or exposure to traditional risk factors for many years? In addition, a better understanding of patient social and cultural factors will be essential to achieving acceptance of ... long-standing and severe SLE, reasons for non-participation have included, ‘I’m flaring and don’t want to take another medication that might make me sick’, ‘I’m trying to get healthy’, and ‘I’m too...
... Bulletin in Hong Kong in 1994 which is devoted to monitoring and defending the workers’ rights in China.70 Such organisation is impossible to exist inthe mainland since Han participated inthe ... Incident in 1989.5 David Lee examined the role of NGOs in promoting legal reform in China and concluded that a strong NGO sector can facilitate the development of rule of law in China andthe role of ... as the starting point for counting the time limit? Or as long as the applicant does not withdraw the application, the starting point will be the beginning ofthe promulgation ofthe law? If the...
... survey, the perception that the husband would approve of a mother's decision to test for HIV was the strongest predictor of whether the mother had the intention of testing or not This finding highlights ... confounding variables inthe assessing the relationship between rural or urban location of women and willingness to accept HIV testing Inthe assessment of factors associated with the willingness to ... (299) ofthe women thought that their husbands would approve of their being tested andthe remaining (n = 72 or 19%) feared that their husbands would not approve of their being tested Also, the...
... due tothe water diffusion from the cathode toward the anode All these results are of great interest tothe improvement of water management in PEMFC They lead to a better understanding of how to ... the B.Sc and M.Sc degrees in mathematics from the University of Lome, Lome, Togo, in 1998 and 1999, respectively, andthe M.Sc and Ph.D degrees in industrial engineering from the University of ... relationship (20) P (20) Qtot = tot vtot Ach R Top where Ach is the channel area (m2) and Ptot the total pressure inthe slice ∂z , based on the total pressure drop inthe channel The total pressure drop...
... Go tothe Head ofthe Class 2 Capitalize religions and references tothe Supreme Being, including the pronouns referring tothe Supreme Being: Religions: Judaism, Catholicism References: the ... in, one to film it for the News, one to plan a Marketing Strategy based on it, and one to reminisce about the mass naked bulb-screwing ofthe '60s how many surrealists does it take to screw in ... Bachelor of Business Administration B.B.A Master of Arts M.A or A.M Master of Science M.S or S.M Master of Business Administration M.B.A Medical Doctor M.D Doctor of Philosophy Ph.D Doctor of Divinity...
... between ˚ the peptide andthe non binding bottom ofthe Fab is 173 A2 which corresponds to about 36% ofthe interaction ofthe full peptide with the binding cavity of SM3 The sizes ofthe surfaces ... different flexibility inthe N-terminal andthe C-terminal parts ofthe molecule due to interactions with the protein This is in full agreement with the STD determination ofthe binding epitope that is ... flexibility and less contact tothe protein Inthe 3D structure of PDTRP docked into the binding site of SM3 Pro1 and Asp2 fill a deep cavity ofthe antibody while Arg4 and Pro5 have less contact to the...
... Domain Database of NCBI was screened with the protein coding sequence of clone of CLAP andthe Fas I domains inthe protein compared with 10 other fasciclin I-containing proteins The most highly ... Processing ofthe pro-CLAP C-terminus is essential to lower the molecular mass and pI ofthe protein to values observed by SDS/ PAGE and IEF Interestingly, pool sequencing ofthe mixture of CNBr ... represent the pI values ofthe major bands in e and f, while the numbers at the left are the pI values of standard proteins The arrow at the right represents the pI value of 6.84 calculated for the...
... Possibly, the conjugated p-electron system does not extend as far into the imidazolyl group ofthe chromophore as in other green -to- red photoconverting proteins, due to a noncoplanar arrangement ofthe ... excitation and emission spectra ofthe red state of lhemOFP are blue-shifted in comparison to cjarRFP, mcavRFP and EosFP (C) Absorption spectra ofthe red chromophores of lhemOFP and EosFP (D) The absorption ... However, the nature ofthe photoprotective mechanism has remained elusive Further studies ofthe functions of GFP-like proteins are necessary for assessing the adaptability of coral ecosystems in times...
... nouns) of them expecting touse instructional media Other techniques also receive rather the same percent Especially, just 8% of them want to apply the way of uttering to studying So being teacher, ... program of instruction and example, andthe group work to gether to respond tothe questions presented to them Verify the way to divide the group , let students change their partners and members ... Designs ofthe study The study is divided into three mains: Part one is INTRODUCTION that indicates the rationale for choose this topic, pointing out the aim, the scope as well as the methods of the...
... movement inthe camp — suggesting that something was unusual and that real people might be inthe camp — but they fired anyway because they had been told to or because their thinking was too confused ... experienced during the peacekeeping deployments ofthe 1990s andin other contingency deployments of earlier decades Helmus and Glenn (2005) note that according to their interviews of infantry troops ... conducts research and analysis for the Office ofthe Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Commands, the defense agencies, the Department ofthe Navy, the U.S Intelligence Community,...
... report of such study before the end ofthe 90-day period beginning on the date ofthe enactment of this Act containing the findings and determinations ofthe Commission, including such administrative ... companies to include changes in creditworthiness ofthe borrower inthe fair value ofthe liability A decline inthe creditworthiness of a company results inthe recognition of a gain inthe income ... accounting andthe accounting for financial asset impairments B The Financial Reporting Framework21 The objective of financial reporting is to provide information useful to investors and creditors in...
... containing c-Myb binding site mutations (A) Diagram ofthe 21-bp triplication as contained inthe FeLV-945 LTR, indicating the sequence of c-Myb binding sites across the repeat junctions ofthe ... Thus, the affinity of binding tothe triplication may be higher than tothe competitor It is further known that sequences flanking the consensus binding site may also be important in determining ... responsiveness ofthe FeLV-945 LTR to cMyb was shown to require the presence of both c-Myb binding sites Since the binding sites would not occur inthe absence ofthe repeat, a requirement for c-Myb binding...
... containing c-Myb binding site mutations (A) Diagram ofthe 21-bp triplication as contained inthe FeLV-945 LTR, indicating the sequence of c-Myb binding sites across the repeat junctions ofthe ... Thus, the affinity of binding tothe triplication may be higher than tothe competitor It is further known that sequences flanking the consensus binding site may also be important in determining ... responsiveness ofthe FeLV-945 LTR to cMyb was shown to require the presence of both c-Myb binding sites Since the binding sites would not occur inthe absence ofthe repeat, a requirement for c-Myb binding...
... determine the contribution of daily PA tothe HRQL of individuals with chronic stroke living inthe community and 2) to assess the relationship between the functional ability (motor impairments of ... extremity, balance and walking distance) of these individuals tothe amount of daily PA they undertake This will enhance our understanding and identify the level of functional ability of individuals ... volunteered to participate inthe study Inclusion criteria included: at least months post stroke, living inthe community, being able to walk independently (with or without a walking aid) and intact...
... operator P and obtaining the boundedness ofthe fixed point set e {x λP x, λ ∈ 0, } by virtue ofthe generalized Gronwall inequality, we can use LeraySchauder fixed point theorem to establish the ... is introduced We construct the suitable Poincar´ operator P and give the e relation between T0 -periodic P C-mild solution andthe fixed point of P After showing the compactness ofthe Poincar´ ... need to define t u1 t a b xθ d B Similar tothe proof in i , one can obtain x t ≤ xt B ≤ ae b d t 3.13 Combining i and ii , one can complete the proof Using Gronwall’s inequality with impulse and...
... located, andthe coordinates, representing the position ofthe particle, were also taken to represent the position ofthe myosin head The position ofthe myosin head, determined by the above ... myosin heads returned exactly to their initial position in records a, b and i, and close to their initial position in records c to h The return of myosin heads to their initial position may be associated ... detachment of Pi and ADP from M Inthe presence of actin filaments, this reaction corresponds tothe myosin head power stroke (A to B in Fig.14) To summarize, our findings on the ATP-induced myosin head...
... questions the ranking of Scotch pine among economic tree species, at least inthe examined territory The low accuracy of determination ofthe mean unit yield of some tree species is caused by their ... accuracy of yield index in other MGFTs is caused by large standard error of Douglas fir unit yield determination due tothe low occurrence of this tree species inthe studied territory and thereby ... and high regarded uncertainty of tree growth in changing climate are the main sources ofthe final error In addition, the low presence of some tree species inthe source data set negatively influenced...
... such as stomatal inertia The main inputs and outputs ofthe model are listed in table I Inputs are: the Scene characteristics, the properties of each organ included inthe Structure andthe climatic ... branches was selected inthe top, middle and bottom thirds ofthe crown We followed the growth of these branches during the season and pruned at the end ofthe growing season for intensive architecture ... the length and diameter ofthe buds and female cones The location in space of each organ was estimated using the growth unit lengths and 3D measurements ofthe branch insertion point andof the...
... difference in tube length be- germination was containing no lower in tween the windward and leeward sides of exposed trees The addition of ABS tothe culture reduced germination in all trees The extent ... andthe collapse ofthe secreting heads of glandular hairs (fig 1A-D) Damage decreased inthe following order: Q pubescens, Q frainetto, Q ilex and Q robur The same trees were sprayed again in ... changes inthe branching habit and abnormally intense flowering (Gellini, 1989) Along the Tuscan coast (where a large part ofthe vegetation consists of oak), several symptoms of decline have...