... before the start ofthedying down period. Then, after all ofthe above-ground part has died down, the whole plants including the roots and rhizomes are cropped except for the roots and rhizomes ... rhizomes andthe number of stems growing from rhizomes are also different between this study andthe natural environment. This means that the ratio ofthe above-ground part ofthe reed to the rhizome ... from the fluorescent lamp to the top ofthe giant reeds was about 0.2 m at the start ofthe experiment. The temperature in the experimental room was kept at about 28 °C. The rhizomes and the...
... from cancer at any stage ofthe disease with the hope of raising awareness ofthe types of therapies that may be appropriate and increasing awareness ofthe role ofthe pain specialist in cancer ... pathways arethe spinothalamic and parabrachial neurones. ã The spinothalamic neurones connect the dorsal horn via the thalamus to the cortex. These give intensity andthe topographic location of ... ofthe disease process, the prognosis, the expectations of patient and family, careful assessment and discussion with the referring physicians. There is good evidence for the eectiveness of...
... the case of Federal Reserve announcements, with the effect on the S&P 500 significant at 5percent, and in four of six markets in the case of Bank of England announcements, though none of ... “news” about their recent programs of asset purchases. We concentrate on the programs ofthe Federal Reserve andthe Bank of England. These central banks both rapidly brought their policy rates ... between closing rates on the day ofandthe day before the event in basis points. "P-values" in parentheses denote the proportion of one- day changes over the period January 2004 -...
... in the retina of developingembryos at 24 h postfertilization (hpf) in the pig-mented epithelium, starting in the proximal part of the retina. fabp11b transcripts spread across this layer of the ... bysuccessive tandem duplications and divergence of asingle ancestral gene, as has been suggested for the evolution of some ofthe globin gene clusters [28].Last, the ancestral gene of fabp11 andthe ... Fabp11a and Fabp11bdo not share a common node with their sisterduplicates either, but are all clustered in the same cladewith all other teleost fish Fabp11s. The sequence identity of zebrafish...
... for their two data sets, theyreported Cronbach's alpha values of 0.80 and 0.89. The results of confirmatory factor analysis ofthe three-factor model ofthe GHQ-12Figure 1 The results of ... contacted the Rennes association and recruited the sample for this study. The participants practised jogging,walking, cycling, rhythmical gym, yoga, dance and streatching. At the time ofthe study they ... We were therefore interested intesting this hypothesis and examining whether there is arelationship between psychological distress and vitality. The relationship between the GHQ-12 andthe VS...
... contributed to the design ofthe study, analyzed the data, and wrote the first draft ofthe manuscript. AM contributed to the design ofthe study,assisted in analyzing and interpreting the data, and contributed ... responsibility ofthe author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official position ofthe Centers forDisease Control and Prevention. We are extremely grateful to the directors and staff ofthe clinics ... the manuscript. BScontributed to interpreting the data and to the final manuscript. SRcontributed to the design ofthe study andthe interpretation ofthe data, and contributed to writing the...
... exposures are a cause of concern. They are difficult to diagnose and require very careful historical examination. Acute poisonings are usually considered as the “tip ofthe iceberg” and it is the ... Pesticides and other chemicals for household use are present in the home. Outdoor pollutants vary according to density of traffic, extent of industrialization, time (of the year andof the day) and ... Emergencies, 8thed. The McGraw-Hill Companies, 2006.ãHealth Council ofthe Netherlands. Pesticides in food: assessing the risk to children. The Hague, Health Council ofthe Netherlands Report, June...
... height of 0.5 to 2.0 meters, depending upon the variety. There the florets mature, meaning the anthers release their pollen, which lands on the re-ceptive stigmas of the female parts of ... production of biomass on the earth. More specifically, ecology seeks to understand the distribution and abundance of organisms across the face of the earth. It seeks explanation for the ... foundation to the question of how to organize the different varieties of wheat. At the heart of the matter was an understanding of how many chromosomes were in the nucleus of each...
... in-flammation are organized only to the extent that they are limited to the peribronchial and perivascular spaces. There is recruitment of T and B lymphocytes as well as dendritic cells, but there ... Nature ofthe APCs in the lung infiltrates of asthmatic mice: C57BL/6J (A, D), LTβ-KO (B, E) and plt/plt mice (C, F) showed no significant differences in the type and distribution ofthe antigen ... draining the lung parenchyma are absolutely required; one recent study demonstrated that an intact spleen is sufficient for the generation of Th2 responses in the lung even in the absence of secondary...
... Most of them were identifieddue to the presence of their genes in the close vicinity of cognate protein kinase genes [12–14]. Anotherapproach which could make the identification of sub-strates of ... differentiation andthe presence of multipleprotein kinase genes seems to be associated with thisbehavior. However, the redundancy of STPKs inthese microorganisms is a major hindrance in the study of their ... level activity (100 %) and compared with the activity of mutated enzyme StkPK42R(lane 2) and StkP in the presence 0.1 mM,1mM and 10 mM of staurosporine (lanes 3, 4, and 5, respectively), a...
... The redox state ofthe cysteinyl residues of apoFNR shouldbe relevant for function and properties ofthe protein.Therefore the redox state ofthe cysteinyl residues of the various forms of apoFNR – ... MALDI-TOF to identify the peptides andthe degree of alkylation. The relative contents of the disulfide andthe dithiol forms ofone peptide from one chromato-gram was evaluated from the absorption ... iodoacetic acid and digestion with prote-ase AspN. The numbering ofthe peptides gives the first andthe last amino acid residue according to numbering in FNR. The mass of the fragments andof their alkylated...