... on specific information in the text. The students have to use information inthe text to fill inthe provided blanks by inserting a single word or a group of words.Filling inthe blank is ... 2) there still exist both strong and weak points inthe process of teaching reading comprehension texts, especially in the while- reading stage. In terms of strong points, the condition of ... First there is basically visual task, that of deciphering the marks on the page, the brain receiving signals, from the eyes. Secondly, there is cognitive task, that of interpreting the visual information,...
... part the preserve ofthe few (elites). The choice of which language or dialect to use to teach (medium of instruction) reflects the interests of those elite. In countries in which one ofthe languages ... out. In an education system where English dominates the majority of learners get little benefit from schooling, either in terms of acquiring the necessary language proficiency or in terms of ... program in which second and even third languages are added to the learners’ repertoire of language systems whilst sustaining the primary language through the schooling process instead of subtractive...
... specific to the use of ICTs in the health sector in developing countries. A summary of these key lessons as they relate to intermediaries and beneficiaries, to improving the functioning of health ... • the use of telemedicine to improve diagnosis and enhance patient care • improvements inthe continuing professional developmentof health workers and better sharing of research findings ... understanding and the evidence base about the use of ICTs inthe health sector are: • How to evaluate the impact ofthe use of ICTs on health? • What can be done to strengthen theroleof and...
... (39 ). The renewed interest in examining the indications for BCG vaccination in the United States included consideration ofthe wide range of vaccine efficacies deter-mined by clinical trials ... toexplore the sources ofthe heterogeneity inthe efficacy ofthe BCG vaccine reported in the individual studies. Using a model that included the geographic latitude of the study site and the data ... <5 mm indurationafter skin testing with 5 TU of PPD tuberculin. The Tice strain of BCG is administeredpercutaneously; 0.3 mL ofthe reconstituted vaccine is usually placed on the skin in the lower...
... undergoes fusion with the membrane of intra-endosomal vesicles contained within MVBs,thereby releasing the nucleocapsid into the lumen of these vesi-cles. Then, the capsid uses these intra-endosomal ... and milddevelopmental delay. The protein defective in this disorder is alsoa NHEJ protein. The distinct clinical features ofthe patients willbe discussed inthe context ofthe protein function.3.4 ... Mutations in the ERCC1 gene induce a distinct set of accelerated ageing features,with a rate of onset depending on the severity ofthe mutation. The correlation between repair defect severity and clinical...
... which appear to be involved inthe finalresorption ofthe parental macronucleus during PND in T. thermophila, and suggested the involvement of mitochondria in this process [19]. In mammalian apop-tosis, ... key rolein PND in Tetrahymena. Unfortunately, the involvement of mito-chondria in PND has not been clarified fully. To eluci-date theroleofthe mitochondrion as a key effectorwe studied the ... directlyshow the localization of mitochondria inthe autophag-osome, as the red fluorescence corresponding to intactmitochondria was not observed inthe area. Therefore,to confirm further the localization,...
... go inthe same direction. The inverse isthecasefortheattractioninthecaseofAnabaena. Also, if the structure ofthe final complex in which electron transfertakes place remained unaltered with increasing ... character-ization ofthe plastocyanins has been described [1].Representations ofthe electrostatic surfaces showing the changes introduced by the mutations are displayed in Fig. 1. The decay ofthe flash-induced ... interaction.Electron-transfer chains like that of oxygenic photosyn-thesis impose special restraints on the proteins involved.Reactions must be fast to allow rapid turnover of the chain. Binding between the reaction...
... 'all the present of earth vanished into the future of Heaven, and the Kingdom ofthe Infinite arose upon the ruins ofthe finite.' The beauty of earth was looked upon as an enchantment ofthe ... thorn.Delight in summer, complaint of winter this is the fundamental chord struck again and again; there isscarcely any trace of blending the feelings ofthe lover with those of Nature. It is ... (for which no other language has a word), and intensified, by so doing, the innatelysubjective temperament ofthe race. The northern climate gives pause for thedevelopmentofthe inner life; its...
... imaging of the brain was also performed in a subset of patients in this study.36 It was found that use of corticosteroidspossibly reduced the risk of developinghydrocephalus and vasculitic infarcts; ... of opportunistic infections in HIV-infected adults andadolescents: recommendations from CDC, the NationalInstitutes of Health, and the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. ... Vietnam. Following the publication of this trial, Prasad and Singh12 updatedtheir Cochrane systematic review on the efficacy of corticosteroids in TBM.12 The combined mortality in the control...
... by the amount of internalized agonist[20]. As the internalization is expressed in percentage of total binding, decreasing the binding affinity of the Roleof helix 8 and C-termini in bradykinin ... com-prising putative helix 8, may be involved inthe inter-action of GPCRs with cognate G proteins.Synthetic peptides from the C-terminus ofthe Gasubunit Gtand ofthe Gc subunit of transducin ... addition of scintillation fluid. Nonspecific bindingwas determined inthe presence of 5 lm unlabeled agonistand subtracted from the total binding to calculate the spe-cific binding.Internalization of...
... stomach, the presence of bile acids inthe intestines, and the competition against other micro-organisms inthe gastro-intestinal tract [91,92]. The tentative ways for selection of probiotics ... cytokines, such as IL-4 and IL-10, are induced by lactobacilli [84-85,88]. The outcome ofthe production of Th2 cytokines is thedevelopmentof B cells and the immunoglobulin isotype switching ... colonizing the intestine may secrete the enzyme, thus increasing the intestinal amylase activity [82,83]. It is well established that probiotics alter gastrointestinal pH and flora to favor an increased...
... by Austinet al. [22]. In their study, the N-terminal domain of AnfA was truncated to prevent the intrinsic aggrega-tion ofthe intact form during purification. The obtained variant retained transcriptional ... potential ligands of the Fe-S cluster. Consequently, the binding ofthe ATPanalog and the subsequent rearrangement ofthe inter-domain interaction affects the electronic condition of the Fe-S cluster ... may reside inthe GAFdomain and the environmental factors affecting AnfAactivity remain unknown because ofthe absence of the N-terminal domain in this variant. Because sensing is aprincipal...
... distribution of BsArb43B inthe proximity of the active site. Arabinotriose inthe binding cleft is representedusing sticks. (B) Detailed view ofthe binding cleft with arabinotri-ose. (C) Details ofthe ... witharabinohexose [15], this loop makes the reducing end of the carbohydrate chain bend towards the solvent,probably optimizing binding ofthe carbohydrate chain in the cleft, and resulting in trioses ... for the optimal activity of BsArb43B.Furthermore, to determine whether theroleof the calcium is structural, thermal shift assays were per-formed to determine the Tm of the protein in the...
... contrast, part of the incorporated CFMYP is not processed toEGMYP, enabling it to retain zinc. Indeed, 33% of the total zinc inthe ovary at stage 1 and 13% of the total zinc inthe testis at ... determined by ICP-AES. To investigate the accumulation of zinc inthe gonads during gameto-genesis, increases inthe size ofthe gonads during this periodwere taken into consideration. Thus, zinc ... ofthe zinc peaks was coincident with the MYPpeak in both the ovary and the testis, indicating thatpart ofthe zinc inthe immature gonads is bound toMYP. The elution patterns of zinc were...