... Linear elements, such as roads, waterways, and fences placed diagonally, are generally perceived as more dynamic than horizontally placed ones: the width of the whole image relates to ... attract the viewer's attention. Similarly, many natural or man-made objects and scenes with certain proportions (whether by chance or by design) automatically please us. Leonardo da Vinci ... based on the fact that the human eye is naturally drawn to a point about two-thirds up a page. Crop your photo so that the main subjects are located around one of the intersection points rather...
... channel. A channel map has three components: (1) a diagram of the information and product flow at each channel stage, including handling, storage, moving, processing, etc.; (2) a quantitative ... sides of the relationship. Innovative supplier management, using your suppliers asa resource, allows both companies to move past the traditional adversarial relationship toward a partnership with ... deep mutual value creation. Innovative supplier management In Japan, supplier management is viewed as an essential management function. Suppliers are viewed as the "hidden factory."...
... followed by PCR with Taq DNA polymerase(Promega, Madison, WT, USA) using the primers5Â-CACACTACACTGGGAAGCAGAG ACTCCAGC-3Âand 5Â-AGCTGGCCCAGCAGCCATACACAGTTAAAG-3Â. The cDNA was subcloned into ... [43–49].AcknowledgementsThe authors thank Drs Masato Yasui, Sadakazu Aisoand Masaaki Matsuoka for support; Dr AndrewP. McMahon for providing the full-length mou-se Shh cDNA; Dr Neil Cashman for providing ... using primers 5Â-CCTGCAGCAGCGGCAGGCAAGGTTATATAG-3Â and 5Â-GGGCCCAGAGGCCAGGCCGGGGCACACCAG-3Â, and primers 5Â-GGCATGCTGGCTCGCCTGGCTGTGGAAGCA-3Â and 5Â-GGATCCTGGGAAAGCGCCGCCGGATTTGGC-3Â, respec-tively....
... functions asa signal terminator for H2O2-activated phospholipase D1Nianzhou Xiao, Guangwei Du and Michael A. FrohmanDepartment of Pharmacology and the Center for Developmental Genetics, ... plasma membrane, which is alsorequired for NADPH activation [9,10]. Once NADPHoxidase is activated, it generates H2O2, which can func-tion to kill intracellular bacteria and play pro-apopto-tic ... lysate was spun downat 50 000 g for 15 min. The supernatant was mixed withpre-equilibrated anti-HA affinity matrix and rocked at 4 °C for 2 h. The lysate ⁄ matrix was pelleted and washed threetimes...
... growth NITZS54 Nitzschia Bacillariophyceae 8 1003 ASU3004 Amphora Bacillariophyceae 9 593 FRAGI2 Fragilaria Bacillariophyceae 6 304 AMPHO27 Amphora Bacillariophyceae 38 235 ... studies are required for microalgae than, for example, tree farming. Also, microalgae grow much faster than higher plants and require much less land areas. However, the utilization of microalgae ... MAKARA, TEKNOLOGI, VOL. 13, NO. 1, APRIL 2009: 47-51 48energy crops [6-7]. Microalgae systems also use far less water than traditional oilseed crops. For these reasons, microalgae are capable...
... NITZS54 Nitzschia Bacillariophyceae 8 1003 ASU3004 Amphora Bacillariophyceae 9 593 FRAGI2 Fragilaria Bacillariophyceae 6 304 AMPHO27 Amphora Bacillariophyceae 38 235 MAKARA, TEKNOLOGI, ... increase from about 5 to 6.4 and constant around this value which was the same pH range as that using lower CO2 flow rate. As the growth recovered at the same time during the gradual increase ... utilizing an algal biomass before degradation. There are several ways to make biodiesel, and the most common way is transesterification as the biodiesel from transesterification can be used directly...
... ablated [41].Amyloid-bAfter the 4.5 kDa Ab peptide was identified as a major component of the amyloid plaques in AD brain[42,43], global AD research focused on this peptide as a causative agent ... neuro-fibrillary degeneration.Tau hyperphosphorylation occurs because of animbalance in the activity of tau kinases and phospha-tases [3]. One particular tau kinase pertinent to metaldyshomeostasis ... Furthermore, an increase in extracellular metalscan catalyse Ab oligomerization and aggregation, andthe amyloid plaques that subsequently form may thenexacerbate intracellular metal deficiency by...
... weight))1at stage 1, which was lessthan half of that in ovary at stage 1, and remained at a similar value to stage 4. Testes at stage 2 were notanalyzed because of a lack of samples. We calculatedthe ... measured by the Bradford method [51] using a Bio-Rad protein assay (Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA, USA)with bovine c-globulin asa standard. Thyroglobulin(669 kDa), catalase (232 kDa), BSA (67 kDa) and ... the seaurchin)implications of its role asa zinc transporter for gametogenesisTatsuya Unuma1, Kazuo Ikeda2, Keisuke Yamano3, Akihiko Moriyama4and Hiromi Ohta51 Japan Sea National Fisheries...
... thetransportation costs that are associated with relatively low application rates overlarge areas. A producer’s waste management system costs include the annual fixed andvariable costs attributable ... manage this waste, and farmerslargely treat it asa waste.The premise of this analysis is that designing techniques and programs that willassist farmers to better manage manure is predicated ... technicians and academics, not the typical farmer who needs manuremanagement information. Rather than simple decision aids that will help the majori-ty of farmers begin to manage manures asa valuable...
... theperformance of rosetta using multiple sequence align-ment information and global measures of hydrophobiccore formation. Proteins 43, 1–11.11 Murata T, Fushinobu S, Nakajima M, Asami O, SassaT, ... NMRsystem: a new software suite for macromolecularstructure determination. Acta Crystallogr, Sect D 54,905–921.30 Laskowski RA, Rullmann JAC, MacArthur MW,Kaptein R & Thornton JM (1996) AQUA and ... Freeinduction decay values with on- and off-resonance proteinsaturation were recorded in alternative fashion. Subtractionof the 1D STD spectra was achieved via phase cycling. Pro-tein resonance was suppressed...
... Pollard, Cad / Sag, Ivan (1987) Infor- mation-Based Syntax and Semantics, I: Funda- mentals. Stanford, Calif.: CSLI. Shieber, Smart M. (1986) An Introduc- tion to Unification-Based Approaches ... regularities using default inheritance, and exceptions, overriding. DATR axioms consist of node-path pairs associated with a right-hand side. This can be a value (atomic or lis0, or an evaluable ... evaluation. As a declarative language, DATR is independent of the procedural evaluation strate- gies embodied in particular DATR-implementa- tions. Nevertheless, DATR theories like (4) may...
... carnitinepalmitoyltransferase I, mitochondrial carnitine acylcar-nitine translocase and carnitine palmitoyltransferase II[5–7]. In case of the straight-chain and 2-methyl-branchedchain FAs, ... oxidationBeta-oxidation is the preferred way of oxidizing FAs.In principle, each FA can be b-oxidized, includingstraight- and branched-chain FAs, as well as mono-and polyunsaturated FAs. There ... and named CYP 4A1 1[32,33]. CYP 4A1 1 turned out to have a broad sub-strate spectrum and is able to x-hydroxylate the satu-rated FAs lauric acid, myristic acid (tetradecanoicacid), palmitic acid...
... one subunit ofthe transcription factor ISGF3. EMBO J 9, 1105–1111.10 Tamada Y, Nakao K, Nagayama Y, Nakata K,Ichikawa T, Kawamata Y, Ishikawa H, Hamasaki K,Eguchi K & Ishii N (2002) p48 ... signaling through a novel mechanism involvingnuclear accumulation of interferon regulatory factor 9.J Virol 83, 2178–2187.42 Nakao K, Nakata K, Yamashita M, Tamada Y,Hamasaki K, Ishikawa H, ... innate antiviralresponse. A key signalling pathway activated by IFNa is the Janus kinase ⁄signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK ⁄ STAT) pathway.Major components of the pathway...
... entity that the board has any power at all.Choose an Approach4.To some extent, you are always evaluating the executive director, via observation at formal and informal meetings, in conversations ... associated with the performance of the organization, many boards choose to make the executive evaluation part of an annual cycle of broader organizational evaluation. is is very helpful, as ... desires.It can be very easy explain away performance problems that are genuinely hindering the organization. In organizations with a charismatic, powerful leader and a weak board, years of poor performance...