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Peter Coles and Francesco Lucchin
London, October 1994
Cosmology
The Originand Evolution
of Cosmic Structure
Second Edition
Peter Coles
School of Physics & Astronomy,
University of Nottingham, ... observations of the temperature
fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background; larger samples of galaxy red-
shifts and peculiar motions; elucidation of the evolutionary properties of galaxies
with ... galaxy-peculiar motions and observations of galaxy evo-
lution and the extragalactic radiation backgrounds. The last part of the book is at
a rather higher level than the preceding ones and is intended...
... theory 256
9.1.5 The Earth Moon system from a planetary collision 261
9.2 The chemistry of the Earthand the Moon and formation of the
Moon 263
9.2.1 Possible models of Moon formation 265
9.3 The physical ... and stony-irons.
The distribution of the different kinds of meteorites differs for falls and finds
and, in particular, the proportion of irons in the finds is much larger. The pro-
portion of falls ... Astronomy
The Originand Evolution
of the Solar System
M M Woolfson
Department of Physics
University of York, UK
Institute of Physics Publishing
Bristol and Philadelphia
26
The structure of the...
... is a
sort of Rubicon. Only a handful of surfers have crossed to the other side. In Ghost Wave, Chris Dixon
traces the Bank’s maritime history, the fanciful civilization of Abalonia, and the absolute ... curiosity
about, and respect for, the vast and unknowable ocean.
DIXON
GHOST
THE TRUE STORY OF THE BIGGEST WAVE ON
EARTH AND THE MEN WHO CONQUERED IT.
“ Ghost Wave takes us to a place of almost mythic ... daring of big wave surfers head
out to the Bank for one simple reason: it is home to the
biggest rideable wave on the face of the Earth; a swell of
massive proportions that surges in from out of...
... logarithm of the concentra-
tion of protons:
pH ¼Àlog H
þ
½:
Thus, the higher the pH value, the lower the proton concentration and therefore the
degree of dissociation of water. This behavior of water ... 10
12
K and the basic particles of matter – neutrons,
protons, and electrons – had formed from the elementary particles. Thus, very early,
H. Decker and K.E. van Holde, Oxygen and the Evolutionof Life,
DOI ... detailed consideration of these reactions and their biological consequences
in Chap. 3, and some of their consequences for human medicine in Chap. 8.
1.5 Ozone
There exists a second molecular form of...
... High proportion with chronic medical conditions
9 out of 10 seniors reported having at least one chronic health
condition
43% have at least three multiple conditions
Hypertension (56%)
... improve quality of
geriatric care, assisted living and long-term care, designs for
housing, built environment and transportation, and promotion of
‘active ageing’.
Depression and health services ... discharge
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.0
Proportion of Patients Survived
Non-depressed
Depressed
0.58
0.93
2.48
1
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0.50
1.00
1.50
2.00
2.50
3.00
None Dementia
only
Depression
only
Depression
and
Dementia
Relative Risk of Hospitalization...
... explanation for these observations can be given
based on biological constrains derived from the evolu-
tion of TFs, and is discussed below.
Functional, evolutionary and topological
constrains
Biological ... subgraph
containing all the hub connections, and their interaction
partners. One pair of connected proteins is conserved, in
the so-called k-scaffold graph, if the degree of at least one
protein of this pair is ... under-representation of connections
between hubs and the overabundance of highly con-
nected nodes linked to poorly connected ones (both
observed in the correlation profile). The central role of
the hubs...
... different
structural or functional constraints have been imposed on
the subunits during evolution.
Distinct hemocyanin structure and function
in Chilopoda and Diplopoda
Both the chilopod and diplopod hemocyanins ... Structures of two molluscan
hemocyanin genes: significance for gene evolution. Proc. Natl
Acad.Sci.USA98, 4546–4551.
6. Burmester, T. (2002) Originandevolutionof arthropod hemo-
cyanins and related ... regions for the four hemocyanin subunits
and HcX, plus 6–45 bp of the respective 5¢ untranslated
regions and the entire 3¢ untranslated regions. The standard
polyadenylation signals (AATAAA) and...
... prevalence of physical inac-
tivity among women, less educated individuals and with
lower income and greater number of chronic conditions.
A higher prevalence of alcohol consumption was seen
among ... alcohol
consumption has a negative effect on these conditions.
Alcohol dependence and abuse can have harmful health
consequences in terms of increased risk of disease and
increased risk of injuries ...
Excess consumption of alcohol increases the risk of
several diseases and is associated with increased risk of
injuries and violence.
19,25
On the other hand, moderate
alcohol consumption may...
... evolutionof antigenic
variation. Experimental evolutionof parasites under controlled condi-
tions provides one way to study the relations between molecular rec-
ognition, the dynamics of infections ... coevolution-
ary processes determine the natural selection of antigenic variants and
the course ofevolution in the parasite population.
Finally, I consider different ways to study the evolution ... population can be classified
by resistance profiles based on the past infection and recovery of each
individual (Andreasen et al. 1997).
Two extreme cases define the range of outcomes. On the one hand,
each...
... distribution and function of PQRFamide pep-
tides in vertebrates.
In conclusion, we identified novel PQRFamide pep-
tides from the brain of the sea lamprey. This is the
first demonstration of the ... RFamide-
related peptide (GnIH) and two distinct receptor sub-
types: identification, molecular characterization, and
evolutionary considerations. J Reprod Dev 51, 359–377.
36 von Heijne G (1986) A new ... by the horizontal
bar. (B) HPLC profile of immunoreactive fractions in (A) on a reverse-phase HPLC column (ODS-80TM). Elution was performed under an iso-
cratic condition of 30% acetonitrile in...
... centre of
an 11 cm plate, and the increase in colony diameter was
measured twice daily.
Cloning of the
H. jecorina lad1
gene and construction
of a
lad1
knockout mutant
The cloning of lad1, and its ... proof for
an involvement for the enzymatic reaction of Lad1 and
could also be due to an indirect effect of lad1 knockout on
the regulation of other genes. On the other hand, the lack of
growth of ... conserved
in Lad1, and thus cannot determine the binding efficacy of
hexitols and pentitols. On the other hand, many of the
amino acids addressed above, which are conserved among
the members of...
... Expression and characterization of the oligo-
meric state of the mature Arenicola MiTK should be
most revealing.
Evolution of cytoplasmic and mitochondrial
taurocyamine kinases
To evaluate the evolutionary ... early stage of meta-
zoan evolution. Furthermore, the evolutionof the
cytoplasmic and mitochondrial isoforms of TK may
have occurred independently. Our amino acid sequence
comparisons with other ... correlations of this relaxed sub-
strate specificity and the possibility of cytoplasmic and
mitochondrial isoforms of TK, we have amplified two
cDNAs coding for Arenicola brasiliensis TKs and
cloned...