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Use of human altered habitats by bull sharks in a florida nursery area
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04/09/2015, 17:13
... Human-Altered Habitats by Bull Sharks in a Florida Nursery Area Tobey H Curtis*1 Florida Program for Shark Research, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Museum Road, Gainesville, ... Florida Program for Shark Research, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Museum Road, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA Abstract Bull Sharks Carcharhinus leucas in the Indian ... at least some positions in altered habitat The southern portion of Mosquito Lagoon, B1’s predominant habitat, is relatively pristine; this shark mainly swam back and forth along a transition...
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DSpace at VNU: Uptake of metals and metalloids by plants growing in a lead-zinc mine area, Northern Vietnam
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12/12/2017, 06:28
... Houttuynia cordata Thunb (Saururaceae), Kyllingia nemoralis (Cyperaceae), Leersia hexandra Sw (Poaceae), Potamogeton oxyphyllus Miq (Potamogetonaceae), Pteris vittata L (Pteridaceae), and Selaginella ... biomass of P oxyphyllus is lower than that of A houstonianum and P vittata, its high concentrations of heavy metals and rapid growth make it a candidate for the phytoremediation of water contaminated ... multi-metals, especially Pb This finding is in line with previous reports that P vittata has potential for the phytoremediation of soils contaminated by As [21], Zn and As [30], Cd and As [31], and As,...
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Báo cáo khoa học: Kinetics of violaxanthin de-epoxidation by violaxanthin de-epoxidase, a xanthophyll cycle enzyme, is regulated by membrane fluidity in model lipid bilayers pptx
Ngày tải lên :
08/03/2014, 10:20
... conversion of violaxanthin into antheraxanthin (V A) with a probability VA and antheraxanthin into zeaxanthin (A Z) with a probability AZ It is known from experimental data that these two steps reach ... conversion of antheraxanthin to zeaxanthin (AZ0 values) than violaxanthin to antheraxanthin (VA0 values) was observed at all temperatures studied (Tables and 3) suggesting that flipflop of antheraxanthin ... antheraxanthin to zeaxanthin On the basis of our results and literature data [15,22], we postulate that changes in membrane fluidity may play an important role in regulation of the violaxanthin...
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Báo cáo khoa học: Induction of PAI-1 expression by tumor necrosis factor a in endothelial cells is mediated by its responsive element located in the 4G/5G site ppt
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30/03/2014, 11:20
... of in ammation, this mechanism can be used primarily under diverse in ammatory conditions, including ischemia, traumatic injury, allograft rejection, cytokine stimulation and activation by bacterial ... JW, Dixon JD, Schoenhard JA & Vaughan DE (2004) Tumor necrosis factor alpha activates the human plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 gene through a distal nuclear factor kappaB site J Biol Chem 279, ... Ranta V, Orpana A, Carpen O, Turpeinen U, Ylikorkala O & Viinikka L (1999) Human vascular endothelial cells produce tumor necrosis factor-alpha in response to proinflammatory cytokine stimulation...
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DETOXIFICATION OF TRICHLOROETHYLENE (TCE) USING SOLAR LIGHT/TiO2 IN A UV CONCENTRATING RADIATION SYSTEM
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05/09/2013, 08:40
... spring-loaded adjustable syringe (10mL), and then immediately transferred to a 40ml EPA vials containing 5ml of cold n-hexane After mixing with a mechanical mixer, TCE in the hexane layer was analyzed ... mostly anatase and had a BET surface area of 50-m2/g and an average particle diameter of 30 nm The extraction solvents used in this study were n-hexane (Burdick and Jackson, GC quality) pH adjustments ... Diaz A I., Hraiki E A. , Romero M., Muguruza I., Senhaji F and Gonzalez J (1999) Solar photocatalysis for detoxification and disinfection of contaminated water: Pilot plant studies Catalysis Today,...
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EFFECTS OF RESIDUAL COD ON MICROBIAL GROWTH KINETICS IN A NITRIFYING UCBR
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05/09/2013, 08:40
... half saturation concentration, Ks, had a low sensitivity The purpose of a sensitivity analysis is to check if the model parameters can be adequately determined with the aid of the available data ... maintained at above 4.0 mg/L throughout the experiment pH of the reactor was maintained at 7.5 + 0.3 with manual addition of acid (HCl) and base (NaHCO3) Approximately 15 ml of biofilm particles ... nitrifying and heterotrophs growth kinetics obtained in this study with those reported in literature is summarized in Table Type of reactor UCBR1 Phase Phase Phase Chemostat Biofilm tube reactor Activated...
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Inactivation of Giardia lamblia cysts by UV irradiation in real field waters
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05/09/2013, 09:08
... Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA) water treatment plant, Chapel Hill, North Carolina This facility has conventional coagulation, flocculation, and rapid dual-media (anthracite and sand) filtration ... rapid and reached the detection limit of gerbil infectivity assay (~ log10) within a UV dose of 1/2 mJ/cm2 Table Raw animal infectivity testing data and computed inactivation for UV disinfection of ... UV was very rapid in both PBS and the filtered water and more than log10 inactivation was achieved within a UV dose of mJ/cm2 in both suspending media Also, it appears that the extent and kinetics...
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Optimal placement of horizontal - and vertical - axis wind turbines in a wind farm for maximum power generation using a genetic algorithm
Ngày tải lên :
05/09/2013, 17:03
... Professor of Engineering in department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Washington University in St Louis, MO, USA He is a Fellow of ASME, AIAA, IEEE, and SAE E-mail address: rka@wustl.edu ... University in St Louis He received B.S in Mechanical Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China in 2008 and M.S in Mechanical Engineering from Washington University in St Louis in 2010 ... Wind Farms by Means of a Genetic Algorithm J of Wind Engineering and Aerodynamics Vol 51, pp 105-116, 1994 [2] Grady S .A. , Hussaini M.Y., Abdulla M.M Placement of Wind Turbines Using Genetic Algorithms...
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Tài liệu Clinical presentation and outcome of patients diagnosed with active pulmonary tuberculosis in a large critical care unit docx
Ngày tải lên :
15/02/2014, 12:20
... applicable Variations within categories are shown as means with ranges where appropriate Comparative data between characteristics are displayed, and data are summarized as tables as well as in ... extra pulmonary tuberculosis, in form of meningitis, peritonitis and colitis Crit Care & Shock 2011 Vol 14, No Laboratory/microbiology testing A total of 161 tracheal aspirates were withdrawn for ... sensitive than staining in 69% of total aspirates, including cases that were found negative with gram staining Cultures are more specific in diagnosing early stage tuberculosis (21) Mortality among...
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Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: Properties of ecdysteroid receptors from diverse insect species in a heterologous cell culture system – a basis for screening novel insecticidal candidates docx
Ngày tải lên :
18/02/2014, 08:20
... in the absence of hormone (assigned a value of 1.0), to allow for direct comparison of quantitative transcriptional activity All data points are based on n = 3; error bars indicate one standard ... on the aromatic moiety of dibenzoylhydrazines on larvicidal activity against the Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata Pest Manag Sci 57, 858–865 Nakagawa Y, Minakuchi C, Takahashi K ... nonsteroidal agonist RH2485 instead of MurA No potentiation by JHIII was seen in either D melanogaster or L decemlineata, using RH2485 as an agonist (Fig 6B) This result indicates that potentiation by...
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ASSESSMENT OF DIAGNOSIS OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS BY SPUTUM MICROSCOPY IN A DISTRICT TUBERCULOSIS PROGRAMME pdf
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06/03/2014, 04:20
... same, v iz., reading variation or defects in preparation and staining of smears The part played by reading variation in both under and over-diagnosis emphasizes the need for a better appreciation ... great advantage of re-examination of centre-smears is its applicability on a large scale, thereby ensuring assessment of all districts on a regular basis The present study has clearly shown that ... view This assessment had demonstrated beyond doubt that non-specialised staff of general health institutions, after being trained by DTC staff are technically capable of carrying out satisfactory...
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Predictors of relapse among pulmonary tuberculosis patients treated in a DOTS programme in South India pot
Ngày tải lên :
06/03/2014, 04:20
... irregular Statistical analysis The data were computerised after scrutiny and further edited for completeness of all information relevant for analysis For calculation of the relapse rate, the numerator ... reported a relapse rate of 4.6% among patients with initially sensitive organisms compared to 14% among patients with initially drug-resistant organisms.20 In an earlier study, the prevalence of ... posibilidades corregido] 2,5 ; IC95% 1,4–4,6) Otras variables independientes asociadas la recaída fueron la resistencia inicial a isoniacida, a rifampicina o a ambas (aOR 4,8 ; IC95% 2,0–11,6) y el tabaquismo...
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Volume of retail trade down by 0.8% in euro area ppt
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06/03/2014, 23:20
... Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Hungary Malta Netherlands Austria Poland Portugal Romania Slovenia Slovakia Finland Sweden United Kingdom Norway Switzerland * : c Working day adjusted Data not available ... France Italy Cyprus Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Hungary Malta Netherlands Austria Poland Portugal Romania Slovenia Slovakia Finland Sweden United Kingdom Norway Switzerland * : c Seasonally adjusted ... (+7.2%) and Lithuania (+2.7%) Based on data adjusted for working days and seasonal effects Seasonally adjusted euro area and EU series are calculated by aggregating the seasonally adjusted national...
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Báo cáo khoa học: "LANGUAGE SYNTHESIS GENERATION OF GERMAN FROM CONCEPTUAL STRUCTURE: MT PROJECT IN A JAPANESE/GERMAN" pot
Ngày tải lên :
08/03/2014, 18:20
... and labelled arcs The names of the node are called "semantic symbols" and are associated with Japanese and English dictionary entries The labelled arcs are used in two ways: a) Binary arcs either ... build a clause in passive voice Next, we observe that WANT's object is itself an act with several filled roles and could be realized as a clause One of the choices of WANT fits this situation Its ... Its condition is that there is no Agent and the Object will be realized as a clause Its realization schema is an idiomatic phrase named *Es-Part*: (a WANT with (Object (an ACHIEVE with (Agent [SPF2~KER])...
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Báo cáo khoa học: "Transparent combination of rule-based and data-driven approaches in a speech understanding architecture" pot
Ngày tải lên :
08/03/2014, 21:20
... information for each line in the training file: a text string, a parsed representation and a confidence score For text data, it yields either a parsed representation or an annotation marking that ... Semantic analysis as classification This section describes an abstract architecture which characterises semantic analysis as a task slightly extending the "decision-list" classification algorithm ... above At the top level, semantic interpretation is viewed as a statistical classification task An interpretation consists of a set of one or more semantic atoms Each utterance is associated with a...
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Ranking of diagnostic features of childhood pulmonary tuberculosis by medical doctors in southeastern Nigeria pdf
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22/03/2014, 18:20
... (GLRA) in collaboration with Global Fund for AIDS/HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) Acknowledgement We acknowledge Professor E .A Bamgboye and the staff of FOLBAM who did data processing and analysis ... teaching hospitals, specialist hospitals, state general hospitals, faith based or mission hospitals and some private hospitals) and had both children outpatient clinics (Non DOTS clinics) and ... by a lack of standard symptom definitions and adequate validation 13,14 World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended an approach to diagnosis of tuberculosis in children based on the use of a modified...
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Báo cáo khoa học: Tumor suppressor p16INK4a: Downregulation of galectin-3, an endogenous competitor of the pro-anoikis effector galectin-1, in a pancreatic carcinoma model pptx
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29/03/2014, 21:20
... galectin-3: analysis of ligand binding by histochemical monitoring of normal ⁄ malignant squamous epithelia and by isothermal titration calorimetry Anat Histol Embryol 38, 68–75 ´ Andre S, Maljaars ... (2001) Comparative analysis of galectins in primary tumors and tumor metastasis in human pancreatic cancer J Histochem Cytochem 49, 539–549 Iacobuzio-Donahue CA, Ashfaq R, Maitra A, Adsay NV, Shen-Ong ... suppressor and lectin ⁄ glycan remodeling as an effector pathway, especially by examining clinical samples, is clearly justified Examining galectin expression in clinical samples of pancreatic cancer...
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Báo cáo khoa học: In vivo cross-linking of nucleosomal histones catalyzed by nuclear transglutaminase in starfish sperm and its induction by egg jelly triggering the acrosome reaction pdf
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31/03/2014, 07:20
... were collected, during their breeding season, from the coastal waters off Japan and were maintained in artificial sea water in laboratory aquaria at 15 °C Sperm were obtained using a previously described ... transglutaminase in sperm chromatin We next examined whether nuclear transglutaminase is present in the chromatin fraction by carrying out an immunoblot analysis using anti-(nuclear transglutaminase) ... open-reading frame encoding a protein with a predicted molecular mass of 83 kDa [14] The amino acid sequence of nuclear transglutaminase showed a 33–41% overall similarity with other transglutaminases...
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Báo cáo sinh học: " Stimulation of poliovirus RNA synthesis and virus maturation in a HeLa cell-free in vitro translation-RNA replication system by viral protein 3CDpro" docx
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19/06/2014, 08:20
... measured by the incorporation of label into polymer using a filter-binding assay As shown in Fig 2A, RNA synthesis is maximal hrs after the start of translation and by 16 hr the total amount of ... determinant of 3CDpro lies in 3Cpro, lower affinity binding determinants are located in the 3Dpol domain [27,28] We have recently shown that a mutation (3CproR8 4A/ I8 6A) in the RNA binding domain of ... incorporation of label into polymer, over what is measured in the absence of viral RNA (Fig 3A) This is most likely a result of end labeling of the input viral RNA by newly translated 3Dpol or...
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báo cáo hóa học: " Initiation of health-behaviour change among employees participating in a web-based health risk assessment with tailored feedback" pptx
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20/06/2014, 00:20
... Analysis All analyses included descriptive statistics to examine population characteristics, and questionnaire answers for satisfaction and initial health-behaviour change Nonresponse bias was ... the variables of interest (age category, sex, education level, body mass index as a proxy for physical activity level and caloric intake, smoking status, and Framingham CVD risk score as a proxy ... The influence of satisfaction with the HRA program and health characteristics on initial health-behaviour change was also examined using logistic regression All analyses were adjusted for age,...
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