... declined from –0.96 MPa to –2.22 MPa, indicating probably down-regulation of primary photochemistry and the augmentation of photoprotective mechanisms to avoid overreduction and photoinhibitory ... consisted of four plots, each having 20 dormant and 20 growing seedlings receiving no irrigation The remaining 20 seedlings in both groups were reserved for measurement of preplanting Ψshoot and chlorophyll ... (root egress), and (b) initial heights, height growth of growing seedlings before planting and height growth of dormant and growing seedlings, when exposed to different postplanting drought periods...
... recovery of mesophyll photosynthesis Fig gives a further example of uncoupling between diffusional and mesophyll photosynthetic processes in response to increasing Aw: Pinus pinea seedlings, having ... Pa-kPa- (Fig 1c), thus supporting the postulate (Schulze, 1986) that alterations of leaf water status are not involved in the responsesof A and g to s w A Analyzing the data in an A vs Ci graph (Fig ... Photosynthesis decrease and stomatal control of gas exchange in Abies alba Mill in response to vapor pressure difference Plant Physiol 83, 316-322 Sandford A.P & Jarvis P.G (1986) Stomatal responses...
... differences exist in the regulation of copper and iron metabolism genes in budding and fission yeast, in particular in their responsesto copper toxicity Our findings also provide new insights into the ... changing copper and iron levels in budding and fission yeast Because of its redox properties, copper is an essential cofactor of many enzymes involved in free radical scavenging, including copper-zinc ... copper deprivation and contains genes that function in the mitochondrion, including a large component of the respiratory chain Regulation of this latter group is believed to be linked to a dependency...
... downstream process responding to an increase of amino acids as a result of feeding carbon, nitrogen and/ or CN To gain a better understanding of how the metabolism, energy and protein synthesis funcats ... (nitrogen is in excess), ASN1 is induced because it is involved in shifting the excess nitrogento asparagine, as asparagine is an efficient way to store and transport nitrogen with respect tocarbon ... regulation by carbonandnitrogen interactions Transcriptional regulation by carbonandnitrogen interactions (a) Interactions between carbon (C) andnitrogen (N) signaling can be explained by three...
... no in the NCBI protein database proteins Filamentous proteins listed in Table 1, i.e lamin B1, lamin A, lamin C, vimentin, keratin types andand actin, were all included in this group Lamins ... Vimentin Keratin, type cytoskeletal Keratin, type cytoskeletal Interleukin enhancer binding factor Keratin, type cytoskeletal 18 Heat shock cognate 71 kDa protein Keratin, type cytoskeletal 18 Actin-binding ... shown) To elucidate the function of this novel protein in compartments in the interchromatin space, analyses of its dynamics using GFP– ISP36 and searches for binding proteins both in vivo and in...
... immunity of HCV vaccine in pigs with an IAMC modulators was summarized in Table There was a significant decrease in proportions of subpopulation expressing MHC-class II in T-1 and T-2 pigs at and ... Hamilton, and Y.H Park Ruminant leukocyte differentiation molecules, pp.47-70 In: Barta MHC, differentiation antigen, and cytokines in animal and birds Monographs in Animal Immunol., VA:BAR-1 AB Inc., ... detection of antibody to swine infertility and respiratory syndrome virus in swine sera J Vet Diagn Invest 1992, 4, 144-147 Zhou, Y., V Moennig, C O Coulibaly, J Dahle, and B Liess Differentiation of...
... aGM1 incorporates into cellular membranes, increases the binding of P aeruginosa, and augments biological responsesto P aeruginosa, including cytotoxicity, internalization and the apoptotic ... cell lines as measured by antibodies to aGM1 or PNA lectin binding, and actually increased GFP-PAO1 binding to the non CF relative to the CF cell line Were P aeruginosa binding to aGM1 the principal ... contrast, GM1 preincubation, which also resulted in increased PAO1 binding, did not increase the IL-8 response to PAO1: in this case, the increase in binding of P aeruginosa in the GM1-incubated cells...
... control group, lung histology (haematoxylin and eosin, magnifiinjury cation 400×) shows a minor infiltration of leukocytes in the sham group In the IIR group, a diffuse increase of interstitial cellularity, ... histological analysis in a blinded fashion The degree of lung injury was determined using the grading system developed by Ginsberg and colleagues [22] BAL was performed by instilling 0.5 ml of ... release of VEGF, and the expression and distribution of VEGF and its receptors in the lung during the early onset of ALI induced by intestinal ischemia-reperfusion (IIR), a well-established model of...
... heterogeneity of coding sequences, turnover of TSSs, and divergence of cis-regulatory regions (including insertions of copy-specific TEs) Our results indicate that structural differences in coding sequences ... insertion of a long terminal repeat into the first exon of one of the isoforms of human CYP19, the gene gained expression in placenta, while its mouse ortholog has no long terminal repeat and is ... leading to amino acid changes, premature stop codons, and atypical splicing [4,14,43] These mutations might lead to decreasing numbers of duplicate genes retaining their ancestral structure and...
... information, and of 16 Jatropha in BurkinaFaso closedͲended and partiallyopenquestions in thecategoriesmotivation and reasonfor growingJ.curcas,choice of land and landͲusehistory,establishment and management ... growth and acceleratinglanddegradationarekeydriversbehindcroplandexpansion withanannualrate of 0.2%(0.96% in southernBurkinaFaso)attheexpense of grazing area, forests and woodland(FAO2001 in Ouedraogoetal.2010). ... carbon emissionreduction and energysavings.Finally, in Chapter7themainfindings of thestudyaresummarized and discussed, and recommendationsforexploitation of thepotential of J.curcas and suggestionsforfurtherresearchareformulated....
... would like to thank Drs Gregory Storch and Binh-Minh Le for their help in the accrual and processing of the St Louis stool specimens This study was supported in part by National Institutes of Health ... P1 region to each other and 63–72% identity in the 3D [12] This virus had 51% amino acid identity to the P1 region, 88% amino acid identity to 2C, and 77% amino acid identity to 3CD of HCoSV-D1, ... virus [11,13] Using a combination of direct Sanger sequencing, RTPCR, 5' and 3' random amplification of cDNA ends (RACE), and 454 sequencing performed on RNA isolated from the stool sample, a...
... study) and treatment arm of each study, for both indacaterol (lefthand panel) and comparators (right-hand panel) Visual inspection of the indacaterol data points indicated that with increasing dose ... Values are numbers of patients (the sum of totals across the columns for indacaterol dose and comparators is greater than the total number of patients randomized due to the inclusion of cross-over ... for within-patient correlation of the observed responses, as well as covariate adjustments (effect of baseline FEV1 on E and E max, and effect of reversibility following administration of a short-acting...
... unit of the General Hospital of Celje, andto Professor Andreja Sinkovic, the chief of the intensive care unit of the Clinical Centre of Maribor, for allowing us to collect data andto perform interviews ... consciousness and mind-brain relation to the edge of our understanding The main strength of our study is its prospective design With a consecutive recruitment of the patients and the inclusion of three of ... amiodarone to 16 (30.8%), atropine to 13 (25.0%), vasopressin to (17.3%), sodium bicarbonate to (9.6%), lidocaine and magnesium sulphate to (5.8%), and erythropoietin and calcium gluconate to (1.9%)...
... Bayesian inference in threshold models using Gibbs sampling, Genet Sel Evol 17 (1995) 229–249 [16] Wright S., An analysis of variability in number of digits in an inbred strain of guinea pigs, ... fluctuate in the course of lactation A longitudinal analysis of such data gives flexibility by permitting a better modeling of the environmental conditions affecting each episode of infection, and perhaps ... be linearly related to a set of systematic and random effects as: µi = xi β + zi u, 460 R Rekaya et al where xi and zi are known incidence row vectors, and β and u are unknown location vectors...
... was granted to noncreditworthy individuals, packaged into securities, and pushed out into the market And seemingly unlimited investor demand inflated the bubble further The impact of this bubble ... income inequality and stagnating middle-class real earnings in the United States since 1983 As real earnings fell, middle-class Americans were forced to borrow in order to maintain living standards ... spending power of the U.S ■ xiii ■ INTRODUCTION consumer, even in tough economic times In 2008, total private consumption in China was equivalent to just 15 percent of total U.S consumer spending,...
... compared to verbs in naming tasks in order to gain more insights into the nature of verb and noun processing at word form retrieval The second part will focus on the implications of the occurrence of ... things compared to artefacts in a definition task (7.7:1 for living things and 1.4:1 for non-living things) However, the validity of these findings is in question as the methodology employed in ... defined in the same way as Farah et al (1991) These findings question the reliability of attributing sensory and functional features to the representation of living and non-living things and...
... responding to flood impacts They individually indicated major factors and an importance of each indicator influencing vulnerability to annual slow-onset floods in rural floodplains The support of ... and informally resettled in the rural floodplains in order to access new livelihood opportunities, focusing mainly on fishing and obtaining agricultural land that was initially allocated to in- migrants ... land is the major productive asset for rural residents Constraints and costs in accessing and protecting agricultural land in the floodplains could be one of the key determinants influencing in- migrants...
... business models l investing in infrastructure, R&D and people l continued focus on innovation, collaboration and sustainability l finding new markets l communicating with stake-holders Rethinking ... orders here and there to convince analysts and investors that their firm is prospering, or using strikes and other social action to “hide industrial realities” “Very often when firms get into trouble,” ... speed of light It has never been more important to maintain a good corporate reputation, both online and off Finding substitute markets: Southwest Airlines In 1971 US-based Southwest Airlines introduced...