... Vietnamese varieties, demonstrating the potential of this new seed system and providing technical support in the form of crop management, post harvest and marketing to optimise the output ofthe ... due to the poor quality of seed and the lack of an integrated crop management system leading to low yields of 10-12 tonnes/ha The FCRI estimated there is the potential to grow 400,000 of potatoes ... placed on the project by the Vietnamese counterparts as the results ofthe trials and training became evident 3.5 Monitoring of project In the initial design ofthe project, monitoring was to be...
... impairment have yet to be elucidated The characterization of these factors will not only provide definitive evidence for the involvement of these genes but may also lead to the identification of further ... of language-related tasks, in contrast to the expected left-lateralized pattern of activation, affected members ofthe KE family showed bilateral, diffuse activation with little or no activity ... development of better diagnostic systems and therapies for affected individuals Furthermore, it is clear that the achievement ofthe ultimate goal - the elucidation of a genetic network underpinning...
... integrase is being explored as a new target for the discovery of effective AIDS treatments HIV-1 integrase is the enzyme that catalyzes the integration ofthe doublestrained DNAof HIV into the ... effects, replacing the β-diketone moiety of curcumin with a cyclohexanone ring attenuated anti-oxidant activity Thus, the authors concluded that the β-diketone contributed to, but could not induce, ... in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA) Anti-inflammatory agents that can suppress the production and catabolic actions of these cytokines may have therapeutic effects on OA and some other...
... The NER pathway is mediated by at least eight enzymes that work together to identify bulky DNA lesions that distort the structure ofthe double helix, excise the damaged portion and replace the ... matter in the atmosphere also influence the amount of UV found in a particular geographic location The higher the altitude, the nearer the location to the sun and the more powerful the sunlight’s ... the Earth Sunlight strikes Earth most directly at the equator and more tangentially toward the poles The more direct the sunlight’s path, the less atmosphere radiation has to traverse and the more...
... representation ofthe two sides in the cerebral cortex may be important for the control of symmetric bilateral motor activity Experience dependent plasticity refers to the ability ofthe adult brain ... compared with that in the controls, with the exception ofthe sural nerve The percentage ofthe hypoechoic area was significantly increased in the diabetic patients compared with that in the controls ... sensation ofthe diabetic foot Hypothetically, the local anaesthetic cream results in a deafferentation ofthe lower leg in the primary somatosensory cortex, which allows the foot to expand Thus,...
... Proponents at the European Institute of Oncology have recently updated their experience reporting on 1,001 patients treated with a single intra-operative radiotherapy treatment (21 Gy) with electrons ... shown that the risk of death was three times higher for patients treated at low-volume hospitals, and that they were less likely to receive breast conservation Furthermore, the risk of post-operative ... patients to search for the most appropriate treatment and the best possible results Conclusions The new era of breast cancer treatment began more three decades ago with the revolutionary concept of...
... important role in the total promotion mix To use it well, the marketer must define the sales-promotion objectives, select best tools, design the sales-promotion program, pretest and implement the ... promote and distribute the promotion program itself The length ofthe promotion is also important If the promotion runs too long, the deal will lose some of its “act now” force Finally, the marketer ... wish to reach and what responses they want They must be good at encoding messages that take into account how the target audience decodes them They must send messages through media that reach target...
... in the country .The conference was transmitted to education and training departments across the country so that attendees would not need to host other meetings to disseminate information to their ... improving the bad attitude of students, Kim Anh told the conference which attracted many domestic education experts and teachers nationwide The survey revealed that 85 per cent of students did not study ... expected to facilitate ethnic minority children’s learning as many of them still cannot read and write Vietnamese fluently after completing the first grade, despite the Ministry of Education and Training’s...
... the total product range By combining strengths, the savings banks on the deposits collecting side and the MFIs on the credits side, both types of institutions could contribute substantially to ... microfinance institutions to partner with savings banks Microfinance institutions could concentrate on the analysis ofthe creditworthiness and the repayment capacityof their clients, a domain where they ... well-functioning microfinance institutions individually or indirectly through an apex institution A very important aspect of these projects is that they are not conducted separately from the mainstream...
... electrolytic behavior to the reduction of nitrite and facilitates the detection of nitrite at an applied potential of 0.0 V A linear range from 5.0 × 10−6 to 1.5 × 10−2 M for the detection of ... support Thus, the synthetic conditions need to be designed carefully so that we can use them as templates and once the synthesis is over they can be removed in their pure state This method uses ... substrate; (b) generation ofthe cavitations in the PS-b-P2VP monolayer film via treatment with acetic acid followed by removal ofthe solvent; (c) formation ofthe PANI nuclei only in the pores of...
... excitotoxicity The release of glutamate into the extracellular compartment is one ofthe early and most intense events ofthe ischemic cascade The reduction of glutamate release in hypothermia supports the ... to be applied at the time ofthe injurious events to counteract its effect In many respects hypothermia is, in theory, the ideal therapy, with multiple mechanisms of action in opposition to the ... different times, and lasting for different durations, many of which interact to exacerbate the effect of another It is an oversimplification to say that hypothermia reduces the impact of all of these...
... CGAGGCGGCTTTGGAGCAG-3¢ and 5¢-CATGTCTTC GATGTCGGTCAG-3¢ [9]; ATF6, 5¢-ATGTCTCCCCTTT CCTTATATGGT-3¢ and 5¢-AAGGCTTGGGCTGAATT GAA-3¢; BiP, 5¢-GACCTGGGGACCACCTACTC-3¢ and 5¢-TTCAGGAGTGAAGGCGACAT-3¢ ... indicating that GFP-SCAP had moved to the Golgi in response to glutamine treatment These data indicate that glutamine treatment promotes the ER-to-Golgi transport ofthe SREBP ⁄ SCAP complex, thereby ... to the activation of hexosamine biosynthesis pathway Furthermore, the post-translational processing of SREBPs is stimulated by treatment with glutamine Since it is well known that the activation...
... lead to the Goss orientation after Rex [66, 68] Dorner et al [68] attributed the transition from the {111} deformation texture to the Goss Rex texture to the fact that the Taylor factor (2.4) ... other factors It is particularly interesting that the alloys develop a deformation texture in which the density ofthe brass orientation can be higher than the densities ofthe copper orientation ... [-110] ofthe (001)[110] fcc crystal obtained from the Taylor-Bishop-Hill theory The contribution ofthe slip systems to the deformation is approximated to be proportional to the area under the...
... metastasis at the time of presentation to the first biopsy Therefore, chemotherapy treatment is a necessary ancillary method for these NPC patients [2-4] Of all the chemotherapy drugs, cisplatin ... and in the interpretation ofthe data, SXW, XL, TFL and WBX gave advises on the work and helped in the interpretation ofthe data, KTY supervised all the work and wrote the paper together with SMX, ... calculated as the tumor volume at the time of measurement divided by that of treatment The mean RTS value was plotted as function of time for various treatment groups Tumor growth inhibition was determined...
... thermocycler at the indicated temperatures for the indicated times prior to RTPCR At the end ofthe incubation, the thermocycler was programmed to ramp the samples at the maximum rate (2.2°C/sec) to 55°C ... detect the presence of amplification products as the reaction occurs The cycle at which a positive reaction is first detectible, termed the cycle threshold (CT) is proportionate to the concentration ... the heat-inactivation of which prevents cleavage of product DNA amplified from the target template The half-life of heat-labile UNG has been estimated to be minutes at 40°C [13] thus making the...
... GTT ATT AGG TCT AGA GAT CTG TTT AGC TTG C-3' and the reverse primer 5'-TCC TGG AGC TCG ATC TCC TGC TGC ATC TGC TGC ATC ATC ATA TTC ATC ACC TAA TAA CTT CGT ATA GCA TAC ATT ATA CGA AGT TAT ATT ... plays in the synthesis of viral DNA [9,20,21] These data taken together with the observed defects in the onset and expansion of viral DNA synthesis suggest that it functions as part oftheDNA replication ... are thought to act at the level ofDNA synthesis [8] More recent studies confirmed that D4R is essential for vaccinia DNA synthesis, and that its essential function is unrelated to its ability to...
... thermocycler at the indicated temperatures for the indicated times prior to RTPCR At the end ofthe incubation, the thermocycler was programmed to ramp the samples at the maximum rate (2.2°C/sec) to 55°C ... detect the presence of amplification products as the reaction occurs The cycle at which a positive reaction is first detectible, termed the cycle threshold (CT) is proportionate to the concentration ... the heat-inactivation of which prevents cleavage of product DNA amplified from the target template The half-life of heat-labile UNG has been estimated to be minutes at 40°C [13] thus making the...
... GTT ATT AGG TCT AGA GAT CTG TTT AGC TTG C-3' and the reverse primer 5'-TCC TGG AGC TCG ATC TCC TGC TGC ATC TGC TGC ATC ATC ATA TTC ATC ACC TAA TAA CTT CGT ATA GCA TAC ATT ATA CGA AGT TAT ATT ... plays in the synthesis of viral DNA [9,20,21] These data taken together with the observed defects in the onset and expansion of viral DNA synthesis suggest that it functions as part oftheDNA replication ... are thought to act at the level ofDNA synthesis [8] More recent studies confirmed that D4R is essential for vaccinia DNA synthesis, and that its essential function is unrelated to its ability to...
... channel capacity for the burst error analysis can be argued It is here noteworthy that the LCR and ADF ofthe channel capacity are the important statistical quantities that describe the dynamic nature ... ofthe random process g (t) to another random process C (t) Hence, the statistical properties ofthe instantaneous SNR g (t) can be used to find the statistical properties ofthe channel capacity ... hand, the outage capacity quantifies thecapacity (or the data rate) that is guaranteed with a certain level of reliability [27,28] However, these two aforementioned statistical measures not provide...