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... stabilization ofthe anion by the electron withdrawing substituent This isin line with previous proposal of a step-wise hydration mechanism inthe HPDA hydratases [7] Microorganisms that possess the meta-cleavage ... provide insight regarding the mechanism, the substrate binding site andthe role ofthe metal cofactor inthe enzyme Results Cloning, expression and purification of BphH The bphH gene was inserted into ... mass Protein concentrations were determined by the Bradford assay [27] using bovine serum albumin as standards SDS ⁄ PAGE was performed and stained with Coomassie blue according to established...
... defined as having >10 non-INE-1 TEs in a 50 Kb window Numbers of distinct families, numbers of TEs, number of TEs involved in nests, andthe presence of duplicated TEs all exclude INE-1 A plus indicates ... on the fourth chromosome) co -occur with regionsofhigh INE-1 density, suggesting these regionsofthe genome have permitted a high density of TEs, at least as far back as the ancestor ofthe ... nesting [59 ,60] reports The nesting graph at the individual level provides details about the structures of all TE nests inthe genome, but since individual TEs are members of distinct families...
... possesses good spoken language skills is presumed to easily master reading and writing skills The concept of skill presupposes the possession of specific knowledge and characteristics as well as the ... to the study and gives the necessary background to understand the present research It also presents the theoretical and conceptual frameworks ofthe study, synthesis, and hypothesis, and definition ... their English proficiency tests include reading, writing, speaking and listening tests that are quick and user-friendly and incorporating a single scale scoring system; four skills assessments that...
... skills and English writing skills students through the findings ofthe dissertation and their responsibility for designing a suitable activities to improve students’ skills Findings ofthe dissertation ... mechanics; 2.4 morphology; and 2.5 syntax? How teachers assess the critical thinking skills of students? How students level of writing skills and teacher assessment of students’ critical thinking skills ... following date gathering instruments inthe conduct ofthe study Teacher –made Test This was used to determine the levels of student respondents performance in writing skills in terms of discourse...
... grammar as well as using correct paragraphs The English Language Skills Assessment (ELSA) is a group of tests designed to assess the English language proficiency of testers ELSA is intended for ... communicate is referred to as language skills An individual who possesses good spoken language skills is presumed to easily master reading and writing skills The concept of skill presupposes the possession ... what should be focused on There are three ways of direct assessment often used These are main characteristics, holistic and analytical assessment (Uusen, 2006) Inthe assessment ofthe writing skill,...
... most ofthe HEIs are not He challenged the creation of awareness ofthe MDGs in HEIs He added that the MDGs are not just the business ofthe government but should be the business and responsibility ... adequate, this is mostly true for BCG (against tuberculosis), DPT (against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus) and OPV (against polio) Sometimes, vaccines for hepatitis and measles vaccines are inadequate ... where the mothers were asked about their obstacles or problems in availing ofthe health services, the highest response was lack of medicines and health facilities This could be the wishes of the...
... concept of matrix stacks is discussed It is shown how to maintain isolated transformations for every object inthe scene using matrix stacks Also, the chapter describes several animation techniques ... and interaction ofthe user with objects inthe scene The method described in this chapter calculates mouse-click coordinates and determines if the user is clicking on any ofthe objects being ... also find a number of styles of text that distinguish between different kinds of information Here are some examples of these styles, and an explanation of their meaning Code words in text are shown...
... properties for our purposes and some stability definitions of a bounded solution of (1.1) In Section 3, we discuss the existence of periodic solutions of (1.1) In Section 4, we discuss the existence of ... show that { p(n)} is an ω-periodic solution of (3.1) Almost periodic systems In this section, we discuss the existence of asymptotically almost periodic solutions of (2.6), that is, x(n + 1) = F ... n0 ≥ and xn0 − xn0 < δ0 , then xn − xn → as n → ∞, where {x(n)}n≥n0 is any solution of (2.6) Periodic systems In this section, we discuss the existence of periodic solutions of (2.6), namely,...
... often are smokers Merlo found a significant reduction ofthe relative riskof death from ischemic heart disease correlating to a rising utilisation of statins in Swedish municipalities analysed ... analysing AMI -incidence vs statin utilisation In order to minimise the effect of unusual events and small populations, a multivariate analyses of statin utilisation vs incidenceand mortality, was performed ... relation to their risk for AMI, using incidenceand mortality as a proxy measure ofrisk (Figure 1) Conclusions Though a widespread and increasing utilisation of statins, no correlation with AMI incidence/ mortality...
... analysis and Discussion ofthe Findings 23 2.3.1 Data Analysis 23 2.3.2 Discussion ofthe Findings 24 2.3.2.1 The students’ assessment ofthe importance of oral presentation ... to investigate Phuong Dong University s second-year students’ oral presentations difficulties inthe classroom setting, the research was aimed at finding out: (1) the students’ assessment ofthe ... Specifically, the study has been conducted inthe form of survey research, with the informants ofthe study being the sixty two students of two classes, English Department, Phuong Dong University The survey...
... skills and then define and explore the nature of speaking, types of classroom speaking, and some aspects of oral presentations These issues are the focus ofthe chapter 1.1 Introductory Remarks In ... places, comparisons, instructions, telling stories Interaction routines are routines based not so much on sequences of kinds of terms occurring in typical kinds of interactions Routines thus can ... P stands for the main point; R stands for the reason for the speech; E stands for the example to illustrate the main point and P stands for restating the main point Secondly, the manuscript speech...
... disease Synthesis and secretion of GIF inthe brain Cellular and temporal localization of GIF synthesis Whilst the MT1 and MT2 isoforms are ubiquitously synthesized throughout most tissues in ... that the GIF protein is primarily synthesized in astrocytes, where it is found predominantly inthe soma and fine processes of these cells Astrocytic synthesis of GIF is mainly found inthe cortex, ... to the aberrant neuronal sprouting characteristic of this disease Since its discovery, there has been considerable scientific interest in understanding the expression profile of GIF, and how the...
... multi-stakeholder meeting was organized as a means of disseminating the primary findings, raising awareness and finding ways and means to mitigate the problems The participants expressed their views, which ... Tiwari and Mahapatra 1999) Like inmany other countries, in India, industry and agriculture coexist inthe same geographical area and share the same water resources ofthe basin When industries or ... that variations inthe concentration of EC across the seasons are not significantly higher than that ofthe samples of each ofthe seasons To understand the spatial variations of salinity, ANOVA...
... Heterologous expression of hMS in P pastoris The cloning and mutagenesis ofthe cDNA for hMS is described in Doc S1 The sequences ofthe oligonucleotides used for cloning and mutagenesis ofthe hMS cDNA ... crystal structure exists for the C-terminal region of hMS [6] This contains the ‘activation domain’ (AD) that binds AdoMet and MSR [7,8] The mechanisms of reactivation of MetH and hMS are distinct ... Comparison ofthe electrostatic potentials ofthe surface ofthe CPR FMN domain andof a model ofthe FMN domain of human MSR Fig S3 Electrostatic potentials ofthe surface ofthe hMS AD Table S1 Sequences...
... length of 1A1 and cloned into the same sites of yeast vector 5¢ BamH1 sense and 3¢ HindIII antisense primers were used to amplify the DHFR ⁄ 1A1 and cloned into the same sites of yeast vector The ... mitochondria and mitoplasts Mitochondria were isolated from yeast strains containing high copy levels of various CYP cDNAs as described previously [20] Briefly, yeast strains expressing various CYPs were ... clone the phosphomutant into yeast vector as above 5¢ BamH1 sense and 3¢ HindIII antisense primers were used to amplify the su9-DHFR and cloned into the same sites of yeast vector pNS61 was cut...
... 2004 FEBS Deletion of hypersensitive sites in chicken Ig-b locus histones, andthe remaining DHSs inthe deleted cells were examined to determine the roles of these DHSs on the transcription of Ig-b ... into four regions, and each of these regions was deleted in DT40 cells The roles ofthe DHSs on Ig-b gene expression andthe maintenance of active chromatin state inthe Ig-b locus were examined ... range and extent of general sensitivity to DNase I with or without DHSs deleted in this study because the positions of DHSs remain the same Inthe chicken b-globin locus, the DNase I sensitive...
... On the other hand, Pt nanoparticles existed inside the pore channels of SBA-15 (PS-1), active sites are located in confined spaces, so the collision rate of these sites with glucose molecules increase ... nanoparticles were highly dispersed with the size under 6nm inthe channels of SBA-15 and at this state, Pt/SBA-15 catalyst showed the highest activity and selectivity inthe oxidation of glucose When increasing ... angle This is because ofthe low Pt content (
... gene in catfish tissues by western blot analysis using antibodies raised against rat FABP1 Catfish fabp1 expression is restricted to the intestine as was observed by RT-PCR analysis of fabp1a and ... font and underlined The initiation codon is boxed, the sequence of intron isinand lower case italics, andthe sequence 5¢ upstream ofthe transcription start site isin lower case The six CA dinucleotide ... during zebrafish embryogenesis The distinct patterns of expression for the fabp1b (in the intestine) and fabp10 (in the liver) genes inthe developing zebrafish combined represent the expression...
... Signal transduction in macrophages by glycosylphosphatidylinositols of Plasmodium, Trypanosoma, and Leishmania: Activation of protein tyrosine kinases and protein kinase C by inositolglycan and ... erythrocytes, but its C-terminal GPIlinked fragments also appear to redistribute inthe parasitized erythrocyte in detergent-resistant membrane domains During the initial phase of this process, vesicle-borne ... substantial labelling in its N terminus and thus fits the b-O-GlcNAc predictions made on the Ghana, Papua and Uganda sequences Distribution of MSP-1 fragments in Triton X-100 resistant and soluble...