... both extremes ofthe emotional spectrum were shown At the end ofthe videos, the brachial artery constricted for five minutes and was then released In fourteen ofthe twenty volunteers the artery ... expression (27) Therefore, the crux of individualism is the ethnic diversity of various individuals It is not the particular view ofthe individual that makes them an individualist, but it is the differing ... conditions, and then to specify the name of that condition If the participant failed to indicate the name ofthe condition regardless of a “yes”, the survey was discarded assuming the participant...
... and most ofthe poor countries ofthe world are in the tropics, where there is plenty of sunlight The photovoltaic cell has another very important advantage It is a clean source ofenergyThe fossil ... materials to allow them to import the fuel that they need to produce energy At the same time, petroleum supplies are limited, and in a few decades, they will run out However, the supply of sunlight ... the cost of a units of solar energy to fall even more Today, there are large factories using solar- cell systems in a number of countries About 18% ofthe sunlight that reaches the photovoltaic...
... any discussion of an algorithm of ensemble atomic time: The measurement errors ofthe time difference X ij between the clocks must be negligibly small compared to the noise ofthe clocks Each ... all ofthe clock pairs, with the time intervals between measurements of hours This interval is long enough to eliminate the influence ofthe measurement noise A first prediction ofthe time offset ... the time of clocks at the next measurement During a period of prediction/estimation if the stability of a clock is reduced (compared to the other clocks) then its weight is also reduced then its...
... go from one end ofthe country to the other, taking real advantage ofthe high speed (they tend to use the air services instead) A study commissioned by the Mountain Community ofthe Susa Valley ... analysis One ofthe main ecological justifications ofthe HSR projects would be theenergy savings and the expected decrease of pollutant emissions, associated to the shift of a fraction of freight ... unrealistic It seems therefore very hard to support the claim that the construction ofthe HSR Turin-Lyon would be consistent with the requirements ofthe Kyoto Protocol, the EU Climate and Energy strategy...
... shown) This shows that the binding ofthe two cyanide ligands to the iron atomof 13G10±Fe(ToCPP) actually occurred inside the binding pocket ofthe antibody The value ofthe dissociation constant ... (Table 1) The binding ofthe ®rst CN± ligand to the iron was thus more easy in the hydrophobic binding pocket ofthe antibody than the binding ofthe second one, most probably because ofthe steric ... distortion ofthe porphyrin ring and a shift ofthe iron atom outside the plane ofthe porphyrin Binding of imidazole to the iron(III) of Fe(ToCPP), a,a-1,2- a,b-1,2-Fe(DoCPP), Fe(MoCPP) and to their...
... boundary ofthe rectangle Ω The advantage ofthe form ofthe variation δS is that it involves the least possible number of derivatives ofthe variations δxµ The remaining derivatives of δx in formula ... encounter a coincidence ofthe following two mathematical obstacles: the presence ofthe high derivatives in the Lagrangian , and the fact that the field xµ (τ, σ) is defined on the finite strip σ ... N.S Han / VNU Journal of Science, Mathematics - Physics 24 (2008) 111-118 118 Conclusion The equations of motion, ofthe boundary conditions and oftheenergy - momentum for the classical rigid...
... thought they were able to bind the ST peptide (Fig 2) Therefore, there appeared to be a correlation between the presence ofthe 145 kDa form of GC-C, which represents the mature glycosylated form of ... amount of 130 kDa protein was localized on the surface ofThe studies described in this report suggest that regulation ofthe glycosylation of GC-C can act as a means of controlling the ability of ... was funded by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India YG is supported by the Indian Council of Medical Research, and AC by the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India We would...
... of charge or at a large discount These firms earned a profit based on the margin between the market price ofthe NGACs and the cost ofthe appliances The business model of purchasing small, energy ... benchmark their buildings against other buildings of similar type and size ENERGY STAR gives buildings scores of from to 100 and awards an ENERGY STAR plaque to the top 25 percent of them ENERGY ... case ofthe promised Australian national program and the proposed recast ofthe EPBD, even still under consideration Thus, systematic analysis ofthe effects ofthe policies is not yet possible There...
... hole binds the Ac-CoA thioester oxygen atom, facilitating the nucleophilic attack ofthe C2 atomof Ac-CoA to the carbonyl carbon atomofthe acetyl moiety ofthe acetylated enzyme The electrophilic ... ofthe compound in the structure, further detailed analysis ofthe exact binding mode has not been performed, but the mode of binding ofthe acetyl moiety is clearly different from the mode of ... each ofthe five new structures (Fig 3) A prominent feature ofthe binding pocket for the CoA sulfur atom is the presence ofthe four sulfur atoms from Cys89, Met157, Met288 and Cys378 Due to the...
... in inset of Fig (a) On the other hand, when the SiNWs were synthesized at above H2 flow rate of 130 sccm, the SiNWs were straightly grown as shown in insets of Fig (b) and (c) However, their sizes ... nanoparticles, which results in the formation of a Sn–Si alloy The continued adsorption ofthe Si sources into the Sn–Si alloy liquid droplets leads to the supersaturation ofthe Sn–Si eutectic in a ... measurement Fig 1(d) shows the XRD patterns of SiNWs synthesized at varied H2 gas flow rates The XRD patterns indicate that Fig Schematic ofthe Sn–Si alloy binary phase diagram the synthesized SiNWs are...
... go from one end ofthe country to the other, taking real advantage ofthe high speed (they tend to use the air services instead) A study commissioned by the Mountain Community ofthe Susa Valley ... analysis One ofthe main ecological justifications ofthe HSR projects would be theenergy savings and the expected decrease of pollutant emissions, associated to the shift of a fraction of freight ... unrealistic It seems therefore very hard to support the claim that the construction ofthe HSR Turin-Lyon would be consistent with the requirements ofthe Kyoto Protocol, the EU Climate and Energy strategy...
... might also reduce the expression of these genes We therefore tested the effect of rapamycin on the LPS-induced expression of iNOS and G-CSF Fig 3A shows that detectable levelsof iNOS and G-CSF ... Mutation ofthe octamer in the iNOS and G-CSF promoters results in a reduction of more than 90% in the LPS-induced promoter activities of these genes [13,30], suggesting the essential role ofthe ... plasmid, then, after 24 h, were incubated for h (D) or 24 h (E) in the presence or absence of LPS; thelevelsof iNOS and b-actin were analyzed by western blotting (D) and the NO levels in the medium...
... rapidly, causing the unfolding of one ofthe I27 modules in the chain Unfolding then extends the overall length ofthe protein, relaxing the pulling force to a low value As the slack in the length ... estimate the size ofthe activation energy barrier of unfolding DGu The distance to the transition state, Dxu, determines the sensitivity ofthe unfolding rate to the pulling force and measures the ... originates from the same set ofhydrogen bonds between the A’ and G bstrands (Figure A) In the constant-velocity simulations, the breaking ofthehydrogen bonds between the A’ and G bstrands is the mechanical...
... the way to the beginning ofthe experiment [23] (Fig 2C), which means that the observed lag time depends inversely on the growth rate of fibrils, as well as the nucleation rate A compilation of ... can impact the outcome ofthe struggle for monomers between several types of fibril due to modulation of their nucleation and exponential growth rates [23] Interestingly, another class of proteins ... fibrils The key to the properties of amyloid assemblies lies in the regularity and repetitiveness of their underlying molecular architecture of intermolecular b-strands stacked perpendicular to the...
... of HSP90 and incubated in the presence ofthe indicated amounts of human erythrocyte calpain in the conditions reported in the Experimental procedures At the end ofthe incubation, aliquots of ... Experimental procedures The areas ofthe peaks were normalized on the basis ofthe amount of protein loaded on the column The values reported are the arithmetical mean ± SD of three different experiments ... only the protective effect exerted by HSP90 on the digestion of NOS isozymes, but also the requirement of high levelsof active calpain for the chaperone proteolysis The inhibitory effect of HSP90...
... raises the question of how their levels decrease at the end of M-phase We have to assume a prolonged period of transcription inhibition to explain the decay of an mRNA that fluctuates 10-fold in the ... by half-life changes It is possible that the majority ofthe regulation of these transcripts may reside in the choice of polyadenylation site The lack of changes in mRNA stability for mRNAs, which ... 2-fold to the short versions of cyclin A2 and B1 mRNA, whereas minor fluctuations of mRNA levels in the other genes are possibly transcriptionally controlled The cyclic accumulation ofthe longer...
... Table The distribution of all polymorphisms was in the Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium The frequency ofthe )1A allele was 0.0625 with a carrier frequency of 12.1% The carrier frequencies ofthe Gly306 ... mutation Impact ofthe )1CfiA mutation on the occurrence of anti-phospholipid antibodies (APA) Previously we have reported the association ofthe Trp316Ser polymorphism with the occurrence of APA (anticardiolipin ... ofthe -1CÔA mutation on reporter (Luc) gene expression The effect of )1C (wild type) and )1A (mutant type) alleles was measured as the mean ofthe firefly Luc levels, which were adjusted with the...
... show the numerous consequences and influences that the structural levelsofthe Trojan war had on each other and the outcome ofthe Trojan war The universal war ofthe gods over the apple of discord ... the social war to the extent that it effected the resolution ofthe universal war ofthe gods The private war of Achilles motivated the gods to fight and to resolve the universal war All of these ... wounded by the ransack of Briseis The social war then influenced the outcome ofthe private war of Achilles Events that occurred in the social war created and influence the private war of Achilles...
... leave the same number of offspring as each other, and the offspring deviate from their parents in exactly the way they in the actual world So the total change would equal the simple average ofthe ... in the Abstract’, the logic of evolution by natural selection is spelled out, and the origin ofthe levels- of- selection problem explained I emphasize the abstract nature ofthe principle of natural ... property ofthe ith entity; z is then the variance ofthe character, and z the change in the variance, so Price’s equation applies as usual If z is suitably defined, the evolution of higher moments of...
... method in laboratory ofthe NLGA (Niedersächsisches Landesgesundheitsamt) which is the central laboraty of public health department ofthe state of Lower Saxony The frequency of HCV-RNA positive ... shown Coloured bars show the sum of SI values ofthe proliferation assay and the sum of specific interferon-gamma spots (spots in the presence of antigen – spots in the medium control) against ... found by tetramer staining in three ofthe four patients, although the frequencies of tetramer-positive cells were rather low in of them as they did not exceed 0.2% of CD8+ T cells which was much...