... Economy inthe Department of Political Scienceand International Studies at the University of Birmingham His research explores the changing role ofthe International Monetary Fund intheglobal ... is Professor in International Political Economy inthe Department ofPoliticsand International Studies, and Director ofthe Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, at the University ... mortgage finance Thus in Denmark, Britain andthe Netherlands, socially rented housing accounts for more than 20% ofthe entire housing stock andin excess of half ofthe rental stock Indeed, even...
... main chains and 1-4 branchings, andthe more common 1-3 main chains and 1-6 branchings.18 This fraction also is highly active in vitro andin animal models of cancer, although activity in these ... hospitals in Shanghai, Beijing, and other areas in China, with a total 189 patients The double-blind study used the same doses and test materials as the previous study, and examined PSP against the ... In contrast to the incredible response rates claimed inthe Chinese study, inthe Japanese study less than 50 percent ofthe leukemias and cancers ofthe prostate, brain, stomach, and bone seemed...
... finding “something 26 quickly”–i.e., endorsing research having the lack of perspective exemplified by the Six Blind Men of India The objection that maintaining precoordinated strings of LCSH terms ... comprehension ofthe subject In a very similar way, Google searching leaves remote scholars, outside the research library, in just the situation ofthe Blind Men of India: it hides the existence andthe ... teach how to find the precoordinated string than to teach how to think up all ofthe individual facets that need to go into a Boolean combination.) Increasing the granularity of searching to keyword...
... in our knowledge ofthe biosynthesis of DIMs and PGLs, thein vivo functions of these FadD proteins in this pathway remain to be established and ⁄ or completed For instance, the involvement of ... interactions between FadD29 and PKS15 ⁄ on the one hand, and FadD26 andthe FasI system on the other hand Further investigations, including protein interaction studies and structural studies, will ... with NdeI and HindIII, and cloned between the NdeI and HindIII sites of pMV361e, a pMV361 derivative containing the pblaF* promoter instead ofthe original phsp60 promoter and carrying a Km resistance...
... redescribe their predecessors and place themselves at the culmination ofthe past andthe promise ofthe future, even to the extreme of turning the fragile pax Europa into a scene of voicing that ... meaning and true intent of my texts inthe wars and aftermaths I foretell; fill up the emptiness ofthe intentional at this time of writing (1888) with the consequences, in uence, legacy and historical ... critiques of pity, piety andthe good should prove tinder for the incandescent spirits ofthe great warmongers, the zealots of a new order There is enough of blood, of domination, of mastery, will and...
... explain the DpKa of E187 inthe Y331F mutant, because inthe R97K and R97M mutants the same increment inthe pKa of E399 did not change signicantly the pKa of E187 This suggests that inthe Y331F ... Taking into account the experimental errors, the pKa of E187 remained the same, but the pKa of E399 clearly increased Actually, the substitution of R97 by methionine or lysine resulted inthe ... determinations using mM MUbglc as substrate The pH stability ofthe recombinant Sfbgly50 (n) was checked by incubating the enzyme inthe same buers for an equal length of time and determining the...
... inthe second group and 18% were infected inthe third group Besides they treated of cases inthe first group because of active disease [16] In former two studies it is seen that the risk of infection ... addition, in our study the number of male patients was higher inthe index cases, but the number of female patients was higher in contacts determined active disease In our opinion, the reason of this ... findings were that female contacts considered their health important, the majority of them have a lot of time because of not working In this study the frequency of TB in household contacts of...
... Over 80% ofthe households inthe city use pit latrines and septic tanks These frequently overflow, especially during the rains, contaminating water sources thus increasing health risks inthe neighbourhoods ... coastal environments by industrial and domestic effluents In Proceedings ofthe Workshop on the Current State and Development of Marine Sciences in Tanzania Institute of Marine Sciences, 11 Zanzibar ... River Mwandya (1996) determined the concentrations of heavy metals Pb and Cd inthe soft tissues of Saccostrea cucullata in Ocean Road beach and Msimbazi Creek Other studies in include that of Wekwe...
... variability These erasures of variations pose an internal threat to the stability of identities, requiring continual “work” (in the sense ofthe multifaceted deployment of social power) to maintain the ... that they are each strongly implicated inthe production ofthe others Collapsing together diªerent forms of social identification has the eªect of obscuring the specific power relations involved in ... cooked, the clothes people wear, the objects they use in daily life: these genres of material practice are silent tools used inthe reworking of social identity Because ofthe durability and persistence...
... occurring in consecutive years – reduces the frost hardiness ofthe bark inthe following winter via a reduction inthe content of soluble sugars and/ or cyclitols To obtain preliminary indications ... significance ofthe increase in R2 by including additional variables into the model were tested using the distribution of F values [37] RESULTS 3.1 Growth increment, freezing injury and frost hardiness In ... defoliation) The freezing injury was determined as the slope b ofthe linear relationships between the log values of relative conductivity (RC; %) ofthe incubation solution andthe duration of bark...
... trees of P pinea, P tobira, Q ilex and A opalus growing When interpreting the results ofthe chemical analysis of rainwater and deposits it is necessary to bear in mind the interactions between the ... However part ofthe chlorides absorbed by the needle are released during rinsing Inthe rainwater samples there can be interferences with atmospheric dust and dry deposits of nonmarine origin In any ... those with the greatest impact the system because ofthe amount of salt and surfactants they transport, occur rather infrequently within the total number of samples examined Finally, the ratio...
... with the breaking of cambial dormancy (Little and Wareing, 1981Moreover, ABA content increases again in reactivating cambium, for example, inthe trunk of Pinus contorta (Savidge and Wareing, ... peaking in late summer is rather incidental and drought-induced During winter, a decrease inthe ABA level, often associated with an increase in conjugated ABA, is frequently reported, but these ... inactivation of auxin receptor and carrier proteins Later on, the breaking of rest may occur when the conditions of active membrane trans- port are regained Is abscisic acid (ABA) involved inthe regulation...
... identify factors influencing the use of RBPs among staff nurses inthe Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador with the specific aim of understanding the role of P&Ps in promoting research ... placed nurses in this study inthe persuasion stage of adoption, overall In other words, they were aware ofand believed inthe value ofthe practices but were not using them to make clinical decisions ... Use of nursing practice research findings Nursing Research 1987, 36:344-349 Michel Y, Sneed NV: Dissemination and use of research h findings in nursing practice Journal of Professional Nursing...
... inhibited in all chitin-containing fungi The degree of inhibition was proportional to the level of chitin inthe cell wall ofthe target fungus Combining the two enzymes resulted in a synergistic increase ... chitinase, and lipase (242) Both the fungus andthe host insect have developed mechanisms involved inthe host–parasitic interaction of these organisms; the insects release inhibitors against the ... observed in two other strains of E agglomerans tested in this work (157) The chitinolytic activity was induced when the strains were grown inthe presence of colloidal chitin as the sole C source; the...
... COPD [106] Vitamin A and B Vitamin A (retinol and carotens) plays an important role in several functions ofthe human body including vision, bone and skin health, and further has an innate antioxidant ... assessment of vitamins has the disadvantage that they represent the more recent intake, and for some vitamins such as vitamin C, the levels in peripheral blood are not representative of intake and not ... Vitamin B is involved in various steps of metabolism and enhances immunity High levels of vitamin A, b-carotene and/ or alpha-carotene were associated with increase in FEV1 and FVC in most of the...
... production in endothelial cells [30] Epithelial and endothelial cells can produce proinflammatory cytokines [31,32] and modulate the process of inflammation Therefore, altered function of epithelial and ... washed once with PBS containing 2% FBS and 0.05% sodium azide The cells were then resuspended in ml of PBS containing 2% FBS and 1% paraformaldehyde, and stored at VC inthe dark prior to flow cytometrical ... shown in Table There was no significant difference between the groups inthe number of cells inthe first BAL fluid The cell composition inthe first BAL fluids (before the completion of surfactant-depleted...
... refutes the idea of mixing SVC and IVC blood as the mechanism for development of Δ[Lac] The finding of greater SO2 and [Lac] in IVC and SVC than in pulmonary artery indicates that further dilution of ... position ofthe catheter at each sampling site andthe blood sampling procedure was performed within a span of min, with no changes noted in heart rate or blood pressure in any ofthe patients Finally, ... answered by further clinical studies Conclusion The development of ΔSO2 and Δ[Lac] inthe patient population studied cannot be explained by the mixing of SVC and IVC blood The development of these gradients...
... developing health (including mental health) problems [8-10] Generally speaking the proximity to the event [11-13], the severity ofthe incident [14], andthe extent ofthe physical injury increases ... suffering of those enduring the ongoing conflict on the Caucasus The use of other approaches such as structured clinical interview and clinical examination would certainly have added weight to the ... contributing to ill health outcomes Nearly all ofthe people interviewed wished to return to their place of origin In Chechnya, lack of shelter was the main reason for not returning; in Ingushetia, insecurity...