... Accounting OffIce Washington, D.C. 20548 Comptroller General of the United States B-133046 February 8, 1988 To The President ofthe Senate and the Speaker ofthe House of Representatives In ... fairly the financial position ofthe Senate Building Beauty Shop as of June 30,1986, and the results of its opera- tions and the changes in its financial position for the 4-month period * then ... we have examined the balance sheet ofthe Senate Building Beauty Shop as of June 30, 1986, and the related statements of opera- tions, changes in financial position, and changes in partners’...
... statements do not include the costs of certain benefits and services such as space, utilities, and ordinary building repairs and main- tenance that are provided to the Senate Building Beauty Shop ... life using the straight-line method. Improve- ments placed in service after January 1, 198 1, have been amortized over a lo-year life using an accelerated method of depreciation. The financial ... Requests for copies of GAO reports should be sent to: U.S. General Accounting Office Post Office Box 6016 Gaithersburg, Maryland 20877 Telephone 202-276-6241 The first five copies of each report...
... Accounting Office, the smoking rate among teenage girls quintupled in a single year following the opening ofthe market to the multinational tobacco companies. The evidence on the impact of price ... an IPM training approach in which farmers learn to observe the developmentof their crops and the numbers of pests and beneficial insects in their fields. Based on their analysis ofthe agricultural ... performance of large dam projects, including those funded by the World Bank. Role ofthe United States In Achieving Reform The United States should take a lead in pushing the World Bank to incorporate...
... Turkey and the European Court of Auditors, at their meeting in Bucharest, adopted a resolution that included the following statement: In view ofthe importance ofthe theme and increased awareness ... audited (including a summary of the results of previous audits and their impacts); 3. Reasons for the audit; 4. Factors affecting the audit, including those determining the materiality of matters ... applicable to the audit. In doing so, he/she should: (a) Obtain relevant information regarding the audit, including the scope ofthe audit or other activity to evaluate whether there are potential...
... trains a broad spectrum ofthe planning and engineering community inthe effective implementation of WSUD. The Partnership is proactively securing the implementation ofthe State Planning Policy ... factors in maintaining healthy habitats for many of these species. There are multiple sites ofinternational significance including Moreton Bay (Ramsar site) and the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia ... out on the research side ofthe project, in terms of identifying the key Managing diffuse water pollution in SEQ: an analysis oftheroleofthe Healthy Waterways Partnership – Cottingham,...
... traf-ficking properties. The binding experiments alsopointed to a decrease inthe density ofthe D2R vari-ants inthe cellular membrane; the number of D2receptor binding sites decreased with the ... sub-unit ofthe G protein and not inthe other case.Although there is discussion inthe literature concern-ing the possibilities of photoconversion of YFP into aCFP-like species during acceptor ... localization of these proteins inthe cell rather thanfrom the possible roleofthe D2R basic domain inthe mechanism of D1–D2receptor heterodimerization. However, we find that the acidicepitope...
... is involved in the biosynthesis ofthe photoactive yellow proteinchromophore of these bacteria. The two recently discovered aminomutases, the phe-nylalanine 2,3-aminomutase (PAM) involved in ... described.These are the only bacterial PALs known to date. The rarity of PAL in bacteria may be explained by the infrequency of phenylpropanoids in these species. The bacterial PALs seem to be involved ... parsley PAL(1W27mod) indicated that from the 716 residues of asingle subunit ofthe 1W27 structure 12 amino acids(six inthe Tyr110-loop region), but inthe Tyr110-loop of the modified 1W27modstructure...
... downward bias inthe variability ofthe real rate depending on the level ofthe nominal equilibrium rate of interest. The downward bias inthe variability of the real rate accounts for the reduced ... discussed inthe preceding sections. The outcome is shown in Figure 11. The solid line in each panel repeats the benchmark scenario from the earlier sections. The dashed-dotted line indicates the outcome ... avoiding or evading the impact ofthe zero-interest-rate bound by depreciating the Yen with regard to the euroand the U.S. Dollar. Finally, we have quantified the resulting spillover effects to the...
... to investigate the role of various amino acids in these proteins [25–28].Although these studies provide useful informationabout the functionality ofthe ATPase, they are allinterpreted independently ... N-terminus interacts with another domain of Ccc2 (the catalytic loop for example) and this interac-tion inhibits the ATPase activity. Truncation of the N-terminus alleviated these interactions in DMBDCcc2, ... Fontaine S, Cox D & MercerJF (2004) Intracellular trafficking ofthe human Wilsonprotein: theroleofthe six N-terminal metal-bindingsites. Biochem J 380, 805–813.31 Banci L, Bertini I,...
... renaturation of either one or both of the proteins was incomplete and the complex formation isslow and/or incomplete under the conditions employed.Inhibition ofthe glutaminase activity by DONGlutamine ... ofthe genes. In SNO1, the 199th G from the 5Â terminus ofthe open readingframe was deleted to result in a frame-shift and appearance of stop codons inthe downstream. As a result, a protein ... acetylpyridine adenine dinu-cleotide (APAD) as cosubstrate [17]. The glutaminasereaction was carried out in 0.3 mL of 50 mMTris/HCl,pH 8.0, inthe presence of 1–10 mMglutamine and 30 lgofthe...
... indicating that interaction with Smac is notrequired with respect to theroleof HSP70 inthe inhi-bition ofthe release of Smac and apoptosis. The roleofthe ATP-binding domain of HSP70 in ... ATP-binding domain of HSP70,rather than the peptide-binding domain, was essential for these observedHSP functions. Taken together, our results provide evidence supporting the roleof HSP70 inthe protection ... showingimmunoreactive bands ofthe expected sizes (Fig. 4B).Next, whether the protective potency of HSP70 wouldbe annulled by deletion ofthe ATP-binding domain or the peptide-binding domain...
... obtain more insight into theroleofthe fat breast tis-sue, we investigated the independent effects ofthe size of dense tissue and the size of non-dense tissue inthe breastand their combined effects ... studies have investigated theroleof the breast fat tissue with different results. Stone et al. investi-gated theroleofthe non-dense area in a group of women in the United Kingdom comparable ... subtracting the densearea from the total breast size. The size ofthe dense andnon-dense areas in cm2, was determined by multiplying the number of pixels inthe respective areas by the size of one...
... based on the conclusion that the former practice of combining the leadership ofthe CIA and coordinative responsibilities ofthe entire intelligence community was impractical. The act gave the DNI ... at best, the roles ofthe DNI and the ODNI are works in progress. None ofthe tenures ofthe first three DNIs lasted for more than two years. The DNI position for some intelligence officials ... Clapper during forthcoming confirmation hearings. The internal functioning ofthe ODNI has not been systematically evaluated, and there are persisting concerns about the proper size ofthe organization....
... the intrinsic, relating to activities inthe classroom. In their study of extrinsic motivation, Wenden and Rubin (1987) distinguished between integrative and instrumental orientations ofthe ... use ofin learning and using a language (Richards, 2000: 445).Second language reading is a process of how the mind functions during reading rather than the product of reading. The focus on individual ... type of interview the interviewer can specify a range of questions to be coved in advance, but they can also formulate the wording ofthe questions as well as the order ofthe questions as the...