... livelihood ofthe people;, and management strategies for the exploitation, development and conservationofthe wetland. The multi-level action plan for theconservationof forest wetlands in the MD ... Wetland Bureau, the World Conservation Union, among others on the classification of forest wetlands, the inventory and mapping of wetlands, the mapping, and detailed description ofthe wetland’s ... step in the formulation of sustainable strategies in wetland conservation. The inventories provide information on the type and the location of wetland, the economic and ecological value of the...
... iterations since then. The other lawyer present at the Missouri Botanical Gardens conference, Jim Salzman of Duke University School of Law, was of like mind about the importance of getting law on board, ... again, the whole is more than the sum of its parts.Even when we have a catalogue ofthe activities of most ofthe partici-pating species, we are far from understanding the effect of changes in the ... characteristic” of ecosystems, and that the order of stability of all of the chemical elements is of course immensely higher than that of an ecosys-tem, which consists of components that are themselves...
... coastal area ofthe Baltic Sea and all the rest (91; 78%) on the riparian areas of the rivers. The dominating land cover type was meadow with riparian strips of bushes and trees closeto the riverbank. ... sites. The presence ofthe burnet depended mainly on the presence of nectar plants and of nutri-ent-poor dry grasslands in close proximity, while that ofthe nymphalid depended on larger areas of ... activities, the biology of butterflies is already better understood than that of any other taxon of non-pest insects. From Wallace and Bates in the 19th century to the ecologicalgeneticists of the...
... suggests that cathepsin K is a new member of the kininase family. Both the kininogenase activity of cathepsin L and/or the kininase activity of cathepsin K maybe favored by the generation of an acidic ... components, which reduces the pH of the pericellular environment of macrophages [20]. This raises the question ofthe dual behaviour of kininogens complexedwith CP. While concentrations of cystatins C, ... byhydrolysis ofthe Gly-Phe bond (data not shown), but notvia the initial production of kinin and the subsequent release of a truncated fragment. These data suggest that humancathepsin K proteolytically...
... depending on the complexity ofthe model (the more complex the model, the better the fit), the size ofthe sample (the larger the sample, the poorer the fit), and violations ofthe multi-variate ... related to the number of publications that an author has at the time ofthe publication ofthe anomaly and the number of years the author has been in the field. Moreover, the profitability of an ... whether the overall fit ofthe model is adequate and whether the latent variables are reliably reflected by the observed variables selected to manifest them in the model. The χ2 from the...
... July 13, the position ofthe shadow ofthe satelliteis for 8h40m; July 16, planet unsteady.93 Colors ofthe Equatorial Belts.North ofthe narrow, light rift in the northern part ofthe north ... regulate the proceedings ofthe meetings, and to have a general supervision ofthe affairs of the Society.ARTICLE V. The Secretaries shall keep and have the custody ofthe records; they shall have the ... they shall have the custody of all other prope rty ofthe Society, excepting the money thereof; they shall give timely notice3 Minutes ofthe Meeting ofthe Board of Directors, held July 27,...
... exclusion of ChineseA Compilation ofthe Messages and Papers ofthe Presidents 68 Thursday, the 3d of September, being the anniversary ofthe signing ofthe treaty of peace at Paris by which the ... Compilation ofthe Messages and Papers ofthe Presidents 12 A Compilation ofthe Messages and Papers of the Presidents The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Compilation ofthe Messages and Papers of the ... the date ofthe exchange of ratifications ofthe same the provisions of Article VIII ofthe convention of July 29, 1882, between the United States and Mexico, inregard to the resurvey ofthe boundary...
... in the following order: the intensionality of the descrip- tor, the time of reference of the descriptor, and the agents of the descriptor. We must establish the "level" of each ... application ofthe descrip- tor. The following example shows the representations of the first four readings of (8) (i.e., those with the description applied at the time ofthe utterance), ... assumption is that since the filler ofthe role Queen of England is not likely to change within the time ofthe conversation and the speaker, the hearer, and Nadia are all aware of who fills that...
... espe-cially interested in the publication of discoveries in fourareas:1) Clinical models that allow the characterization of the molecular profile of non-cancer cells in the TME and of their soluble products, ... andoutcome of therapy.4) Laboratory studies of new drugs and biologicalagents that can target the TME and exert beneficial influ-ences on cancer patients. The focus of this new section ofthe JTM ... announce the new section ofthe Journal of Translational Medicinedevoted to promoting the field of Cancer Microenviron-ment.A new forum on diagnostic and therapeutic implications of molecular...
... its familyshould be the focus ofthe professional. Also, profession-als should be made aware ofthe consequences of care forparents during their training. Furthermore, they should betrained ... ofthe study and asking their participation.Parents decided themselves whether the mother or the father completed the questionnaire. The letter was accom-panied by the questionnaire, an informed ... imputed based on the guidelines ofthe TAAQOL. Incalculation ofthe scale scores one missing combined-itemscore was allowed for, the missing score is replaced by the mean value ofthe non-missing...
... volume of sputum or any combination of thesesymptoms, of acute onset, and requiring a change in the regular medication ofthe patient [18]. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Foundation ... version ofthe SF-36health questionnaire that contains 12 items [9]. These 12items explain more than 90% ofthe variance ofthe phys-ical and mental component scores ofthe SF-36. Fromthem two ... worsening in their health-related quality of life(HRQoL). However, it has been confirmed that the evalu-ation alone ofthe severity of COPD, measured by the degree of reduction ofthe forced...
... according to the amount of stress suffered.We calculated both the number of LEs and the Life Change Unit (LCU) score, a summary ofthe amount of stressinherent to the event and the time elapsed ... impact to be part of a risk group. In addition, the combination of these two LEs seems to be usual. Infact,notonlytheLCUssumscoredeterminetheeffect,it’s the undesirab ility of thes e LEs what ... measures of LEs in order to take intoaccount also their effect in previous HRQoL.Conclusions The experience of LEs did impact the HRQoL of adoles-cents and youths in this sample, although the effect...
... in the amount of PA using the PASIPD, after controlling formotor impairment. The dependent variable for the thirdand fourth regression models was the Mental CompositeScore ofthe HRQL. The ... Mental Composite scores of the SF-36 of our community-dwelling sample withmild motor impairment were lower than the norms. The scores ofthe SF-36 are also comparable to scores of individuals with ... plots ofthe correlations between PA as assessed by the PASIPD (left) and the Accelerometer (right) to the Physical Composite Score ofthe SF-36.Table 3 Linear regression models for determining the...