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... 2004 RAND Corporation All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and ... task, and is made even more complicated bythe need toproject estimates into the future to meet the reporting requirements In Table 1.1 we break down the process of estimating the savings into ... to determine the level of savings and thus whether the cost reduction goal is met The purpose of this report is to support the Air Force’s efforts to meet the cost reduction goals and reporting...
... Once these hard information customers are separated from the pool ofother borrowers, the remaining soft information clients are left in a worse pool of borrowers, which causes them to either ... hand, the poor protection of minority shareholders in some countries may be forcing minority shareholders to either increase their stakes (thereby becoming large shareholders themselves), orto ... state-controlled banks They also find support for the importance of privatizing banks by selling them to strategic foreign investors Banks privatized insuch manner are more cost and profit efficient...
... both inshore and offshore ofthe hypoxic zone, as has been shown for other species (Craig 2012; Craig and Bosman 2013) The depths ofthe two modes corresponded tothe approximate inshore and offshore ... the beginning ofthe season to a first peak between week and week 14 (early June to mid-July) After the initial peak, the response variables declined for a period of time before increasing to a ... during the beginning ofthe fishing season (April–May), plateaued or peaked during the middle ofthe season (June–August), and then declined towards the end ofthe season (September–November) Catch...
... native PrPC in brain homogenates and recombinant PrP can be converted more efficiently into PK-resistant isoforms by PrPSc with the help of NADPH, enhancing the conversion from PrPC to PrPSc in PMCA ... leading tothe protein being more easily converted to PrPSc The level of extracellular NADPH or NADH has not been determined [35], so it is unclear whether PrPC on the cell surface can bein uenced ... PMCA inthe presence of NADPH had further propagation ability To determine whether newly generated PMCA PrPSc by addition of NADPH could further propagate inthe PMCA system inthe absence of NADPH,...
... Covalent flavoproteins and their modes of covalent FAD or FMN binding The family to which each flavoprotein belongs to is indicated according tothe following codes and PFAM ordering: pyridine nucleotide-disulfide ... covalent cofactors, e.g in disulfide reductases [2], andinother proteins, redox cofactors are formed in situ from amino acyl groups [3], e.g topaquinone in serum amine oxidase, tryptophan tryptophylquinone ... flavin cofactors experimental data Covalent flavinylation can increase protein stability, ensure cofactor binding, and ⁄ or induce a relatively high redox potential ofthe cofactor Although the...
... gradually restored towards their values before deformation The driving force ofthe restoration processes is the release of internal energy bound inthe material during deformation During deformation ... transmitted, in any form orby any means, with theprior permission inwritingofthe publishers, orinthe case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms of licenses issued bythe Copyright ... part ofthe work consumed is stored inthe material inthe form of lattice defects, primarily in dislocations The increased internal energy of deformed material acts as the driving force for the...
... second important finding related tothe quantification of resting behavior links tothe potential for the observation of resting tobe used as a clinical prognostic indicator Page of (page number not ... future studies, to both confirm these findings in individuals with stroke and examine this effect inother populations to examine whether other factors such as aging may contribute to this observation ... determine if sensorimotor control worsened over time and contributed tothe decreased performance Sensorimotor control of gait may be examined through the assessment of both spatial and temporal...
... Badly beaten Shot or stabbed Terrible fire or explosion Chemical orother deadly poisoning Bad storm, flood, tornado, hurricane or earthquake Bad car, boat, bike, train, or plane accident Other ... other self-rating scales, the CATS includes both a trauma exposure list and a PTSD inventory Most self-rating scales focus on one ortheotherThe trauma list includes both direct (happened to ... event Inthe PTSD section, participants are asked to rate how often inthe past month they have had experiences that inventory the major symptom domains of PTSD – reexperiencing, avoidance and...
... We thereR199 Being aware ofthe importance of data reproducibility, we determined the optimal number of arrays tobe included in experimental design by monitoring the convergence of variance for ... detected even before the migration of inflammatory leukocytes into the joints To characterize major biological functions in context with the initiation phase ofthe disease, we assigned the 37 early ... 4) These genes were mostly related to cytoskeleton remodeling, the formation of cell junctions, andthe production of structural molecules such as desmin, β-3 laminin, envoplakin, and dystonin...
... complications andinthe up-regulated gene expression of transforming growth factor-beta1, plasminogen activator inhibitor 1, and upstream stimulatory factor proteins in mesangial cells, leading to mesangial ... O-GlcNAcylation of a-actinin and actin may affect the crosslinking to actin and cause the morphological changes seen inthe podocyte foot processes inthe glomeruli andinthe microvilli of tubules a-Actinin ... immunoreactivity of a-tubulin did not change, that of immunoreactivity of actin, aactinin and myosin was increased inthe diabetic glomerulus 2) Whereas the intensity of immunoreactivity of actin and myosin...
... Moreover, Banna virus exist in some migratory birds andthe migration of these birds enables the virus to spread toother areas Mosquito has been confirmed as Banna virus transmission vector in ... medical record Study Culex mosquito vector: Collect mosquito samples in provinces with high number of patients with AES suspected tobe caused by viruses in Northern, Central, Southern and Tay Nguyen ... from 18h00 to 22h00 inthe winter and 19h00 to 23h00 inthe summer Laboratory material and testing techniques Samples including patients' ceresbrospinal fluid samples and mosquito samples collected...
... equal volume of this mixture and diluted sperm were combined and shaken for min, then incubated for 30 at 34°C and measured with the fluorometer, using the same fluorometer settings as inthe plasma ... Motility has been claimed byother investigators tobe a poor predictor of pregnancy rates [6,31] However, Voss and his coworkers [6] suggested that although the relationship between motility and fertility ... status, insemination volume, timing of insemination, and number of sperm per dose Standardizing all these variables is clearly not possible Sperm numbers and concentration The total number of sperm/AI...
... study per-protocol (PP) For Plan 2, a total of 274 S‟s were invited to complete a bone density test andto have the study components explained to them priorto enrolling for the study Of these, 158 ... Therefore, instead of using changes from baseline in all 37 chemistries, we compared the number ofchangesin scores that were inthe normal or acceptable ranges at baseline with those that became ... challenges to America‟s bone health that could benefit from supplementation The increasing number ofthe elderly is extending the progressive age-related decline in BMD, thereby increasing the need for...
... the middle parts ofthe grove from points Sampling points St.1 and St.2 are inthe same stream, and sampling point St.3 is intheother stream The two streams flow together tobe one stream and ... streams flow together from 47 m above sea level The water inthe stream is the leachate from the grove and it flows into a collecting reservoir at the foot ofthe hill The surface area ofthe reservoir ... In this study, runoff characteristics ofthe materials from citrus grove were investigated and their behaviors inthe collecting reservoirs were discussed The main results obtained from the investigation...
... 29] Inthe light of these effects, the complex regulatory and structural properties of hTK1 may be important for maintaining a balanced supply ofthe DNA precursor This underlines the importance ... tetrameric and dimeric forms in Figs and exhibited low or high catalytic efficiency Therefore, the various incubated hTK1 forms from Figs and were analyzed for their kinetic behavior with dThd, andthe ... that of non-incubated hTK1 The two TK1 forms can therefore be referred to as the high- and lowefficiency forms To explain the apparent negative co-operativity, a model has been proposed whereby the...
... for 10 and then at 100 000 g for 45 The supernatant (containing matrix protein) was stored at )80 °C for further determinations of protease activity andthe level of carboxymethylated protein ... may bethe result of either a loss of efficiency in relation to damaged protein and /or a decrease inthe amount of this protein inthe matrix We have not detected any significant modification inthe ... matrix We identified the major proteins inthe mitochondrial matrix by performing SDS/PAGE separation and staining the gel with Coomassie blue or Western blotting Analysis ofthe SDS/PAGE revealed...
... to proceed for 45 at 33 °C Aliquots were used to determine the level of 32P incorporation into RNA as described before [19] At the end of incubation, the mitochondria were pelleted by centrifugation ... dithiothreitol, 0.1% Chaps and 150 mM NaCl and protease inhibitors [5 lgÆmL)1 pepstatin A, lgÆmL)1 aprotinin, and mM phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride]) and lysed by three cycles of freezing and thawing in ... tension is maintained at less than Torr [13] We have used modular incubator chambers (BillupsRothernberg, CA, USA) for creation of a nonfluctuating hypoxic environment The chambers were maintained at...
... is a minor secretory product of Carcinus YO [11] Loss of sensitivity of YO tothe inhibitory in uence of crude SG extracts during premoult has been noted for the shrimp P vannamei [9] but in this ... cycle dependent Rather surprisingly, there were no changesin receptor affinity or number during the moult cycle (excepting the possible recruitment of MIH receptors tothe organ during postmoult); ... at the receptor level In view of these observations, we also investigated levels of MIH and CHH peptides inthe sinus gland and levels of transcripts in XO neurones during the moult cycle, to...
... imposed bythe wording ofthe support items, for example, “loved and cared for” and “listens to worries.” Although the specific items used are similar to those ofother support inventories, the specific ... andin their likelihood of being pruned from or added to others’ networks Referred tointhe support literature as evocative qualities, personal characteristics may be critical determinants of ... patterns of support (or lack of it) by source and type We focus on three types of behaviors: emotional support, instrumental support, and negative behaviors Drawing on the taskspecific and functional-specificity...
... that the foreign operation can be included inthe financial statements ofthe reporting entity by consolidation, proportionate consolidation orthe equity method 45 The incorporation ofthe results ... changesin exchange rates up tothe end ofthe reporting period ofthe reporting entity in accordance with IAS 27 The same approach is used in applying the equity method to associates and joint ... gives priority tothe primary indicators in paragraph before considering the indicators in paragraphs 10 and 11, which are designed to provide additional supporting evidence to determine an entity’s...