... elicitation of data from a large sample of subjects relatively easily, using the same situations where contextual variables can be controlled. It is a good way to gain insight into social factors ... commodity called face. Face is defined as consisting of the freedom to act unimpeded (Negative Face) and the satisfaction of having one’s value approved of (Positive Face). To maintain face requires ... evidence he has. In (27), there is a clash of non-observance of the maxim of Quantity and Quality. A great number of similar cases are available in Vietnamese. These patterns of responses are rich,...
... [19] catalytic activity. Interestingly,maximal activity of domain 2 was achieved only whendomain 1 was functional, reinforcing, once again, theidea that catalysis at one active site is affected ... theTSAC, it is reasonable to speculate that closing of oneactive site is structurally linked to substrate binding in the second. Stated another way, formation of theTSAC in one active site may act ... interactions to inhibit the binding and closing of any other activesites that are in communication with the closed site, issimple and appealing and goes some distance towardsexplaining the asymmetry in...
... still await approval in the West Bank (Jenin, Ramallah, and Abu Dis). Sources: Interviews and information with Palestinian Water Authority, Ministry of Planning, and Palestinian Energy Authority ... The broad range is due to the method of estimation which can vary widely since many Palestinian villages are located partially in Area A and B on the one hand, and partially in Area C, so it ... southwest of Ramallah, is one of many examples ofa vital link now closed to the Palestinians21. 13. In total, the land area of the West Bank restricted from Palestinian use adds up to 38.3% of...
... still await approval in the West Bank (Jenin, Ramallah, and Abu Dis). Sources: Interviews and information with Palestinian Water Authority, Ministry of Planning, and Palestinian Energy Authority ... PROSPECTS OF AREA C 31. As discussed in the previous section, the land administration and planning system maintained by the GOI in Area C is problematic in terms of providing adequate Palestinian access ... population in Area C has been estimated to be anywhere between 70,000 and 230,000 people48. Area C naturally incorporates most rural areas and grazing land, so a large part of the population are...
... more interesting for our investigation, is how changes in individual un-certainty a ect the process of capital accumulation, the level of the real interest rate16 Table 7: Data sourcesvariable ... capital-output ratio is negative, which leads to an increase in the real interest rate. This further leads toa contraction in demandfor credit. In our model a change of ρ from 0.96 to 0.98 leads toa decrease ... is diminished, which leads toa decline in the stock of capital. An increase of the replacement ratio from 0.4 to 0.6 decreases thecapital-output ratio from 2.643 to 2.533 and raises the interest...
... cost' makes economic assumptions about the back sides of mountains in Afghanistan and the behavior of entrepreneurs in Africa.” Adrian Schofield, head of research for ForgeAhead, an information ... power toa game and … the place that I call 'game world' today may develop into much more than a game in the near future. It may become just another place for the mind to be, a new and ... collected, and an email invitation was also issued to these people to participate. This created an additional snowball sample of respondents, whose ideas are also included in the final data. The...
... Additional file 1).Correlates of QOL according to frailty status In the total sample several variables, including frailty,were significantly associated with a worse QOL at univar-iate analyses (Table ... community-dwelling older adults referred to an outpatient geriatric service in ItalyClaudio Bilotta*1, Ann Bowling2, Alessandra Casè1, Paola Nicolini1, Sabrina Mauri1, Manuela Castelli1 and ... par-ticipants were similar in the three QOL-related groups. A P-value less than or equal to 0.05 was assumed to indicatestatistical significance.As far as multivariate analyses in the total sample wereconcerned,...
... experimentally, Ecology 73 (1992)2129–2144.[27] Nagakura J., Shigenaga H., Akama A. , Takahashi M., Growth andtranspiration of Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) and Hinokicypress (Chamaecyparis ... bal-ance between transpiration and photosynthesis when soil wa-ter availability declined, suggesting that American chestnut isadapted to tolerate water deficit. This trait, if maintained in the ... destructive leaf harvesting on the mainstudy plants and a rapid means to assess plant water status [4, 13, 35].2.1.2. Leaf gas exchangePrior to arrival at a moisture status of 0.10 m3m−3 (a value...
... ataxia-telangiectasia patients is usually atypical, leading to delays in diagnosis.Case presentation: We report the case ofa 20 year old ataxia-telangiectasia patient with gastricadenocarcinoma ... Naika noRyôiki (Domain of Internal Medicine) 1975, 35:623-626.15. Watanabe A, Hanazono H, Sogawa H, Takaya H: Stomach cancer of a 14-year-old boy with ataxia-telangiectasia. Tohoku J ExpMed 1977, ... chronic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia seem to lead to the development of gastric adenocarcinoma. One should consider adenocarcinoma in any patientwith ataxia-telangiectasia who presents with...
... basal forebrain, brainstem, and spinal cord, andwhich may play important roles in maturation of stressand pain circuitry [44]. It is also a type of pain-relatedreceptor that is involved in ... obtained similar antinociceptiveresponse and development of tolerance to morphine in prenatally methadone- and morphine-exposed offspring.The morphine-induced tolerance in prenatally metha-done-exposed ... decreases analgesia but not K+ channel activation. Neuroreport 2003, 14:239-242.18. O'Callaghan JP, Holtzman SG: Prenatal administration of morphine to the rat: tolerance to the analgesic...
... typessuch as renal cell carcinoma, melanoma, thyroid cancer,ovarian cancer, sarcoma, and pancreatic cancer. None of these tumor types is characterized by elevated alpha-feto-protein or imaging characteristics ... seen in reported clinical trials of sorafenib. In the SHARP trial, 83% of the 902 patients in the study hadprotocol deviation due toa variety of reasons. The originaldosing of sorafenib called ... remission has not beenobserved in clinical trials of sorafenib in patients withrenal cell carcinoma. Preliminary studies have shown ananti-tumor activity of sorafenib ina variety of tumor typessuch...
... (QDs) to targetproteins in vivo. This approach allows the covalent conjugation of any nanostructure and/ornanodevice to any protein and thus the targeting of such material to any intracellular ... (IC-Biotin)H-MVKVIGRRSLGVQRIFDIGLPQDHNFLLAN-GAIAANCFDYKDDDDK(Ahx-Biotin)G-NH2 Modifica-tions: Biotin conjugated to lysine via a Ahx linker (6carbon inert linker) A 47 amino acid peptide correspond-ing to C-terminal intein (IC) ... confir-mation ofin vivo targeting and localization and ii) theirpotential as a bio-imaging tool. In contrast to traditionalfluorophores, QD's act as robust, broadly tunable nanoe-mitters that can...