... necessarily coincide. Therefore, the jets of the maps φλ|J−and φλ|J+ are different. However, the exponentsof the leading terms of these jets do coincide. So, inthe neighborhood of the point b ... there are only finitely manyconnected components which contain points of the orbit of the critical point.Indeed, since c is recurrent the ω-limit set contains the orbit of c; since ω(c)isminimal ... inthe 2-to-1 way onto the domain A (so that there is a criticalpoint of g inthe central domain),ã All other components of B are mapped univalently onto A by the map g,ã The iterates of the...
... players. But she sees the strongest trend in branding outside the traditional market-ing arena – companies’ investments in sustainability forthe environment and in the social arena.“If brands ... what distinguishes them and makes them in- teresting and thus makes people want to choose them,” he says. The challenge in all branding work is to whittle out what is the unique DNA of the ... service. Now the competition has inten-sifi ed, and there are more ingredients in the recipe for success. Advertising, public relations and de-sign are important for most brands, but so are corporate...
... glycophytes can be used as an early indicator for salt resistance. Therefore, inthe next chapters, the most impor-tant compatible solutes are described in detail. 2.1 Betaines The quaternary ... putrescine and its biosynthetic precursor arginine are not. There are many more examples of NO affecting the concentrations of PAs and over the past few years studies on polyamines and NO are ... facilitating the retention of water in the cytoplasm and enabling the sequestration of sodium into the vacuole or apoplast (cell wall). These osmolytes protect cellular structures by interacting...
... not the individual starch-binding domains, are involved in the interaction with the catalytic domain. We also determined that the resi-dues W366 and Y394 inthe D2 domain are important in starch ... ofSSIII in vitro.Mapping of the CD-binding region in the N-terminal SBDs In order to identify the SBD region required for the SBD–CD interaction, we performed pull-down assaysusing the N-terminal-truncated ... was observed for CD–23 and CD–St2.1, butnot forthe CD–St2.2 protein, showing the importanceof the interacting region inthe D2 domain and the lin-ker region connecting CD and SBDs for full SSIIIactivity....
... monkey: 94 °C for 2 min; 94 °C for 30 s, 60 °C for 30 s, 72 °C for 2 min (20cycles) and 72 °C for 10 min; Cb common mouse: 95 °C for 1 min; 95 °C for 30 s, 60 °C for 30 s and 72 °C for 1 min (20 cycles) ... were run with the following cycleconditions: 95 °C for 2 min; 95 °C for 30 s, 60 °C for 30 s,72 °C for 2 min (30 cycles if not otherwise specified in the figure) and 72 °C for 10 min. Amplification ... present in brain, but not in PBL (Fig. 3A, lanes 2 and 3). To examine whether the CbD4 variants were expressed in different parts of the brain as well as in fetal brain, PCR was carriedout using the...
... called the weightof eã it is d-equidistant, for some d > 0, i.e. the sum of the edges inthe path from the root to every leaf is precisely dã the sum of the weights of all edges inthe path ... simplification of my original proof of Lemma 3.1and for bringing to my knowledge the paper of Cools [4] and Question 1.2. Thanks to the SFSU-Colombia Combinatorics Initiative for supporting this research ... ca,bbe the operator acting on Puiseux matrices for which, for any n ì n matrix M, ca,b(M) is the matrix obtained from M by subtracting column b to column a. We know ca,bpreserves the determinant,...
... results in [14] and [15]. Inthe second part, we consider the Tutte polynomialof ‘ring of tangles’ links which include the well known pretzel links. By applying Beraha-Kahane-Weiss’s Theorem ... edges are all lab eled with a. By using the definition of the chain polynomial, it is not difficult for us to obtain Ch[Cn] = an− w. Replacinga suitably by the signed plane graph H, we obtain ... relation between the Tutte polynomial ofˆG and the chainpolynomial of G. The following two splitting lemmas on Tutte polynomials of signedgraphs will be usedin proving Theorem 2.6.Lemma...
... wrist;contrast injection; enhanced imaging of the wrist; the patientwas repositioned so that the fingers were within the coil; andthen enhanced imaging of the fingers was performed. Boneoedema was investigated ... acquisitions are shown in Table 1. The sequence of imaging was as follows: unenhanced imag-ing of the fingers; the patient was repositioned so that the wrist was within the coil; unenhanced imaging of the ... XR scores in AM vs non-AM patientsMRI scans of the dominant fingers (including DIP joints) andwrist were obtained in all patients. Table 3 summarises the data forthe AM group versus the non-AM...
... associated with induction of T-cell toleranceand immune inhibition inthe induction of oral tolerance in the murine CIA model. We examined the change inthe expressionof IDO in CD11c+ DCs ... injected into a hind leg as a booster injection. The mean arthritis index was significantly lower inthe tolerance group than inthe CIA group throughout the examination period. Values are presented ... an IDO inhibitor.These findings suggest that the functional activities of IDOfrom tolerized mice could affect the T-cell response. In the resting state, autoreactive T cells residing inthe periph-ery...
... determined, we examined the correlation between the proportions of NKT cells between individuals within the samefamily. There was a significant correlation between the mid-parental value forthe ... [52-56]. These disparitiesappear to arise, at least in part, from variations inthe cytokinesthat are secreted by the NKT cells inthe different lupus mousemodels, with interleukin-4-secreting ... 23.9% inthe mothers (P < 0.001),22.4% inthe fathers (P < 0.001), and 16% inthe siblings (P= 0.008). Comparison of cellular phenotypes between ANA+and ANA- relatives using the van...
... wrist;contrast injection; enhanced imaging of the wrist; the patientwas repositioned so that the fingers were within the coil; andthen enhanced imaging of the fingers was performed. Boneoedema was investigated ... acquisitions are shown in Table 1. The sequence of imaging was as follows: unenhanced imag-ing of the fingers; the patient was repositioned so that the wrist was within the coil; unenhanced imaging of the ... despite there being no evidence of greater diseaseactivity in terms of clinical scores (skin or joint) or inflammatorymarkers. Interestingly, the MRI bone oedema score was alsohigher inthe AM...
... products usedinthe creation of medicines includedtortoise bones and the horn and urine of the Himalayanmusk deer (Moschus chrysogaster). The Amchi traditionalmethod of maintaining the good ... M.chrysogaster skin allowsit to remain effective for one to two years. Amchi use astone slab in place of the electric grinder inthe prepara-tion of medicine because theyfeelthatheatcreatedby the grinder ... ored. We chose the Mustang distri ct for this ethno-medicinal study forthe following reasons: (i) The studyarea is rich in diversity of medicinally used plant species[13,47]; (ii) The society...
... phagocytosis inthe diseasedlung. In contrast, the expression of the Hb monomers in the alveolar epithelial cells is in full agreement with pre-vious findings on the airway epithelium [39]. The distributions ... molecular mass, indicatingthat Cysa105 was indeed involved inthe complex forma-tion (Figure 4C). Overall, the reduced levels of the Hbacomplexes inthe IPF lungs point to the presence of ... ltd, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK)was usedfor immunostaining according to the manufac-turer’s instructions. In order to determine the specifici tyof the staining series, negative control sections...