... against themselves Between the time of its ratification and the onset ˆ ofthe project of legibility, there was a drole de guerre concerning the meaning ofthe self-incrimination provision ofthe ... acts of local school of cials as matters of “state” action and “state” policy The progressive construction ofthe conduct of local school of cials as “state” policy was supplemented by the further ... And the third was the midtwentieth-century fight to secure the civil rights of American blacks In some of these reformist projects, the partisans of progress were the outspoken opponents of the...
... by the direct assay method, alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) were tested by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay method Fasting plasma glucose (FPG) was measured ... (WC) was measured at the midway be- 279 tween the lower rib and the iliac crest, hip circumference was measured at the widest part at the gluteal region Systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic ... All measurements of IMT were made in the longitudinal plane at the point of maximum thickness on the far wall ofthe common carotid artery along a cm section ofthe artery proximal to the carotid...
... Chronic HBV Disease When hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is suspected, it is the appearance of serum markers of HBV infection that establishes the diagnosis ofthe disease Of these, HBsAg is ... also the key marker in determining whether hepatitis B infection has become chronic: defined asthe persistence ofthe surface antigen for at least months [1] By contrast, if acute disease resolves, ... measure HBV DNA titers only after completion ofthe PCR cycle (‘endpoint measurement’), realtime PCR technology, based on continuous quantitative monitoring during the exponential phase of the...
... sequences ofthe porcine complex II subunits An abundance of gene sequences of mammalian complex II in the GenBank database was helpful for the design of proper primers for our sequencing work The ... n-decyl-b-d-maltoside was selected asthe detergent for crystallization, and n-nonyl-b-d-maltoside asthe additive Another important factor for crystallization of complex II is sucrose Sucrose was used as a stabilizer ... statistics are summarized in Table Asthe porcine genome sequence had not been fully released at the time of our study, we measured the accurate mature amino acid sequences ofthe four Fig A typical X-ray...
... activity was a linear function ofthe substrate concentration The standard error for kinetic values was below 20% Active site titration The active amount of enzyme used in the assays was determined ... [8,44] However, this effect is not seen in the kinetics ofthe MA/CA hydrolysis In the high ionic strength ofthe assays the dimerization is strengthened as compared to low ionic strength conditions ... decreased velocity, suggesting the possibility of increased nonproductive binding at the substrate binding site Nevertheless, the specificity constants determined with a competition assay for the...
... treated as an important part in the classroom What the teachers are trying to is increase the students’ talking time Among new and old-fashioned teachers, there is a big challenge because they actually ... Journal of Science, Foreign Languages 24 (2008) 167-174 as for the purpose of meaningful communication, and language asthe means for that purpose The focus of language teaching, therefore, is on the ... circumstances they face in their work” The cultures of teaching which Hargreaves (1992, p 217) defines as “beliefs, values, habits and assumed ways of doing things among the communities of teachers” has...
... percentage of contaminated cultures; review question B: the name and manufacturer ofthe reference standard • Details of index test: software version of test • Details of comparator: type of microscopy: ... Proportion of indeterminate results will be the number of tests classified as ’indeterminate’ divided by the total number of tests performed Culture contamination will be defined as 1) growth of non-TB ... independently assess study quality with the modified version of Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies (QUADAS) (Reitsma 2009) Items to 11 from the QUADAS list will be scored as yes, no,...
... ensure that 60% ofthe rural population has access to clean and safe water by 2005 and 85% by 2010 This should be the case for 80% of urban people by 2005; • Target 4: ensure that all waste water ... is remaining as an agricultural based country, whereas the wastewater reuse in agriculture in long traditional practice •Due to fast growing industrialization and urbanization in the country, ... industrialization – modernization ofthe country Environmental protection policies and action plans • The Government has promulgated series of policies in order to protect the environment and ensure...
... Constitutional LawThe focus ofthe movie, of course, is the passionate, yet troubled, romance of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O’Hara, set in the backdrop ofthe Civil War By the end ofthe movie, following the ... sendsup the frailties and fantasies ofthe powerful, as seen from the perspective of those on the margins The acknowledgement of brutality, the possibility of transformation (however limited), and the ... accounts of constitutional change as played out in the context ofthe change in the Supreme Court’s treatment of sodomy laws, from Bowers v Hardwick to Lawrence v Texas The result, consistent with other...
... leaflet ofthe membrane to the aqueous medium rather than to the extracellular leaflet [12,13] The question remains as to whether the release of drugs from the cytoplasmic leaflet ofthe plasma membrane ... in the release of dye from the plasma membrane is not the actual release from the membrane but, instead, the movement away from the plasma membrane into the cell The cytoplasm next to the plasma ... from the cytoplasm The accumulation of dye in the cytoplasmic leaflet is the outcome of a balance between the rate of flip-flop across the membrane from the outer leaflet to the cytoplasmic leaflet of...
... and the side chain of Lys45¢ Furthermore, P3 is Arg in CA-p2 and Thr in p2-NC As a result, the carbonyl oxygen of P3 Arg interacted with the amide of Asp29 instead ofthe interaction ofthe amide ... Superposition ofthe wild type HIV-1 protease (PR), PR with the V82A mutation (PRV82A) and PRV82A in complex with p2-NC .The ribbons represent the backbones ofthe dimers and the p2-NC analog The sites of ... sites (Table 1) The p2-NC site is the first and CA-p2 the last in sequential processing ofthe Gag precursor [14] Cleavage of p6pol-PR is essential for the release of mature active protease [15] Mutations...
... sunlight The specimen surface in direct light was considered the exposed surface, and the underside of each specimen was considered the unexposed surface for reporting results Water repellency was based ... was based on beading of water on the surface ofthe specimen by visual examination and water absorption was determined by a modification of ASTM standard D 1037-96a [13] Weathered specimens, both ... [6, 7] Fig Weathering of nanoZnO treated wood after 12 months of outdoor exposure Unexposed surface refers to the underside ofthe individual exposed surface specimens shown on the left 123 Zinc...
... and the lowest killed all the leaves (LT100 ) The difference between adjacent target temperatures was less than 1.5 ◦ C 2.4 Viability assay Frost damage was assessed days after the end ofthe ... there for three more months in the greenhouse ofthe Botanical Garden ofthe University of Innsbruck (natural daylength; day/night air temperature fluctuation: 25/10 ◦ C) Until the beginning of ... damage, was determined graphically from the calculated and plotted logistic curve LT100 is the highest temperature causing 100% tissue death 2.5 Assessment ofthe recuperation capacity The assessment...
... 0,25 % 0,5 % (H) % of mass loss % of mass loss 25 16 14 12 10 Control % of mass loss % of mass loss 25 (E) % of mass loss % of mass loss 25 16 14 12 10 % of mass loss % of mass loss 25 Control ... element ofthe mix, we followed the amount of leached boron along the leaching procedure by using Inductively Coupled Plasma analysis (ICP) of leachates, leached and unleached samples Analyses of ... 12 weeks Mass loss of specimens was calculated asthe difference of final and initial oven-dried weight of each sample RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 3.1 Retention results Oil penetration depth has been...
... to the other antibiotics tested and therefore these may be the drugs of choice for the treatment of community-acquired UTIs in our region 10 11 12 13 Gonzalez CM, Schaeffer AJ: Treatment of urinary ... difference was considered significant if the probability that chance would explain the results was reduced to less than 5% (p ≤ 0.05) The normality and homogeneity was also checked Results Ofthe 920 ... insignificant as shown in table Statistical analysis revealed that the data obtained was obeying the normality as well as principle of homogeneity throughout, p-values were also calculated as indicated...
... Jarvis, 1975) at the base ofthe live crown rather than sapwood area was measured, the effects of age and site quality could be nicely isolated They hypothesized that age-related increases in saturated ... Sperry, 1988) A summary ofthe above work includes the following points: 1) the importance of isolating the water potential ofthe guard cell complex from that ofthe bulk leaf; 2) the biochemical and ... contribute to our understanding of either the mechanisms of response or the pattern and integration at the whole plant level of response For these reasons, we will try to assume a whole plant focus...
... Results On the clear day of August 20th, when the soil was dry, the predawn water potential of leaves was 0.2!.3 MPa lower than the soil On the other hand, the water potential of rootstock was higher ... cross-sectional areas of sapwood indicate that l is very small in the lower partofthe a stem and increases with height ofthe stem The value of r,, estimated by eqn using the value of l up to 3.0 ... taking account ofthe time lag between water flow in the canopy and in the stem Furthermore, using the data of water flow in the stem, there was a larger diurnal variation of R than of R This variation...
... Each sample has four replicates Viable cells were counted by the MTT assay after 2, 4, 6, and days Soft agar assay Soft agar assay was performed as described previously [5] Each assay was performed ... either the antagomirs of miR-27a or control RNA The antagomirs of miR-27a could significantly inhibit the expression of miR-27a by almost 67% as compared with that of control Cell growth was assayed, ... transcriptional regulator ofthe cyclin D1 gene The results of MTT assay indicated that down-regulation of miR-27a promoted drug sensitivity of gastric cancer cells ADR was then used as probe to evaluate...