... sample can be rotated along the ω, χ, and axes The axis is the sample’s surface normal, while the χ axis is the line of the X-ray’s path projected onto the plane of the sample 39 ... electrons in the conduction band and photoexcited holes in the tail of the valence band Non-radiative recombination, comprising of Auger and Shockley-Read-Hall processes, lowered the internal ... (a) Frank-van-der-Merve growth – a layer-by-layer growth mode, (b) Volmer-Weber growth – three-dimensional growth of islands, and (c) Stranski-Krastanov growth, where islanding occurs after a several...
... Furthermore, states should welcome a diverse set of providers that meet quality standards andthe needs of the parents and communities they serve Business leaders should advocate preschool and ... childhood education and care can also improve the employment situation of their mothers The Abecedarian program and other early childhood intervention programs show that participants’ mothers are more ... implementation site, and also among families within a single program site.190 The intensity of the services provided, the skills of the home visitors, andthe content of the home visiting curriculum...
... Colombia, and Peru 24 The cumulative dummy captures changes in the rates of the RRs and therefore, facilitates the comparison of changes to the RR regime across countries However, the variable ... against the wind”: (i) raising RRs during the upswing phase of the cycle to contain excessive credit growthandthe associated build up of vulnerabilities and (ii) lowering them during the downswing ... (deposits or nondeposits) to target, their holding period, the RR rate itself, whether to remunerated them or not, and how to calculate and constitute the base for the regulation (e.g., lagged or...
... to the borrower, the purpose and use of the loans, their sectoral composition and concentration, the currency denomination, andthe maturity and other conditions of the loans In terms of the ... borrower and to have information on the purpose, use, and specific features of the loans All these aspects are relevant to assess the risks and to determine the best policy response, since the magnitude ... of banks and borrowers, the availability of hedging instruments, andthe extent to which banks and borrowers use these instruments to cover their exchange and interest rate risks Box further discusses...
... with the protein Two of these water molecules coincide with the C2-OH and C3-OH groups in native Exg, whereas the third occupies the space created by the E292S mutation This situation provides the ... )1, +1 and +2) and another to the remote site at which two ordered glucose residues were seen ˚ each other and only A apart, but also involved in substrate specificity [30] If the role of the Phe-Phe ... to that seen for the Phe triad in the structure of the mutant Exg:L3 complex Neither of the two sugar residues interacting with the Trp triad overlaps with the sugar seen in the Phe-Phe clamp...
... in the credit growth of the CEE countries This chapter of the thesis has the following structure The following section provides the characteristics of the transition in the CEE countries, andthe ... strand of theory, the credit line at the CEE subsidiaries may decline if the financial situation of the parent bank and/ or the macroeconomic conditions in the home country worsens On the other ... integration into the Euro area in particular during the second half of the dataset The decline in the spread between the bank lending and borrowing rate, andthe spread between the domestic and Euro...
... and drafted the manuscript PK participated in the study design and conducted the statistical analyses RC participated in the design and coordination of the study and facilitated the collection ... processed clinical samples and conducted PCR and viral load analyses AA participated in the coordination of the study, directed sample and data analysis, and assisted in drafting the manuscript Acknowledgements ... the vaginal mucosa, are influenced by the virus' envelope sequence, which determines the molecules utilized for entry [7] The nucleotide sequence of the HIV envelope V3 region determines whether...
... that the most optimum factors are the easy-consuming products andthe low investment; these are confirmed by 100% households in all investigated places The other optimum factor is the land: 100% ... (65plants/m2) (The EY got 2.78 tons/ha andthe AY was 2.50 tons/ha), then gradually reduced and rapidly reduced when the densities was 65plants/m2 (the EY was 1.86 tons/ha andthe AY was 1.66 ... got the different EY andthe AY The EY were 2.23 - 3.28 tons/ha, the AY were 1.85 - 2.77 tons/ha Treatment (40 kg N/ha) had the highest EY and AY, significantly higher than other treatments The...
... further growing was performed on the basis of the complex evaluation of parent trees (the health status was the main criterion, and both the individuals with intensive growth dynamics andthe ... height and diameter growth among the studied clones in generative mother plantations and clone plantations of the 1st and 2nd generation The higher growth dynamics of clones obtained from the best-quality ... of clones) After their growing in a nursery they were outplanted in exposed locations where their observation continues and their growthand health status are compared with the ordinary planting...
... their first growth flush and about 80% initiated their second growth flush during the three-week transplant acclimation time before the start of the experiment The optimized soil moisture and nutrient ... detected at the 45th day into the experiment, with HS having smaller (p < 0.002) RCD than LS and FL at the 45th day into the experiment, and with FL > LS > MS > HS (p ≤ 0.004) at the end of the experiment ... 0.011) at the 60th day into the experiment and FL > HS/ MS (p < 0.005) and LS > HS (p < 0.067) at the end of the experiment At the end of the experiment, total biomass and each biomass component...
... respectively)) andthe dry mass of the main stem (DMshoot) at the end of the experiment, the dry mass of the main stem at the start of the experiment and after 50 days was estimated using the following ... Z1 and Z2 for RHG and RGDS in the second part of the growing period as well as in the total period indicates that the difference between the control andthe shade treatments in height growthand ... where V2 is the value of the regarding variable at the end of the observed period and V1 at the beginning respectively In the present study the relative growth rates were calculated for the first...
... 1976) and a further 40-50 kg N The soil at -1 -1 year be deposited from the may atmosphere in southern and eastern England (Goulding, 1990) The total uptake of N into the shoots and leaves of the ... August and 18 September 1989 The trees were cut at ground level and records made of basal stem diameter andthe number and length of Trees shoots for each tree The stems and leaves were separated and ... This report investigates the interaction nitrogen fertiliser and irrigation on thegrowthand nutrient relations of cherry seedlings and cuttings in the liner nursery andthe subsquent performance...
... differences between the pH treatments = = acidity andthe addition of the ionic mix- ture The effect of acidic rain on the Gn of clone 1019 seemed to depend upon envi- ronmental and/ or ecophysiological ... Discussion and Conclusion The reduction of CER and Gn at pH 4.0 + andthe significant pH x ions interaction suggest a synergism between increasing This work is supported by the Commission of the European ... obtained for top shoot growth of clones 1011 and 1019, the latter showing lower final lengths (A 112-136 mm), lower b-values (b 4.8-5.7) and inflexion points on d 35-38 Thegrowth of lateral shoots...
... inoculation and tem- maintained out-of-doors before the first trials; were stored at 2°C in darkness for the period Dec 87-May 88, a common B.C practice; and had recently completed the 2nd yr growth ... flush in July 88 Thegrowth chambers were programmed for 14 h daily photoperiods with a constant air temperature of 20°C and soil temperatures of 3, 10 and 17°C Seedling caliper and shoot length ... length were measured prior to and after the treatment period The number of actively growing roots greater than cm in length was recorded when the seedlings were harvested These data were analyzed...
... mDCs and moDCs [12] and moDCs and KG-1 cells [13], but no studies have compared the proteomes of all three cell types In this study we compare the proteomes of mDCs, moDCs and KG-1 cells, and then ... green, and spots that fall between the red and blue lines are within two-fold higher or lower in either of the gels A correlation coefficient was obtained from the regression line inflammatory and/ or ... example, lower FGG and higher fascin) and surface marker expression (higher CD83), we then proceeded Despite the general similarities between mDCs andthe two DC model systems, moDCs and KG-1 cells,...
... 7-26: Shows the day of the year that the slow expansion of the trees starts and when the mean temperature is greater than 30C 300 Figure 7-27: Shows the day of the year that the radial expansion ... measured on the same cores unsanded and then sanded Also shown is the line of equality (black) R-squared =0.34 216 Figure 5-18: The relationship between unsanded and sanded acoustic ... the length of the thermal growing season that have happened in the recent past and also attempted to give projections on changes in the future They described the thermal growing season as: “The...
... to control the two chiral centres at C4 and C5 Especially noteworthy is the convergent nature of this synthetic strategy andthe incorporation of all the necessary functionalities in the early ... reflect the natural antillatoxin that was isolated by Gerwick and co-workers On the basis of the assumption that the stereochemistries of the amino acids are secure, the stereochemistry at C4 and ... reaction From the retrosynthetic analysis, the desired alcohol for the total synthesis of (4R, 5R) antillatoxin should be in anti configuration at the C4 and C5 chiral centers However, the stereochemistry...
... process for the majority of aquatic crustaceans since it enables them to cope with the changes or discrepancies between the ion concentrations within their bodies andthe aquatic environments they inhabit ... that occur in ponds andthe changes that occur because of weather changes Shrimp have to face the pervasive influence of the molt cycle on their internal environment during their entire life cycle ... to the diet, but according to the pH of the anterior part of the stomach differences are expected in relation to the nature of the phosphate salt (Velasco et al., 2001) As a component of these...
... to breathe, when there is noise, snails immediately withdraw into the shell and drive to the bottom In hot or cold weather, they float to the surface Snails have both gills and lungs so they can ... floating food, the snail makes the same movement with its foot as it does for walking with the front part of the foot The middle part andthe tail of the foot, the snail remain attached to the side ... Experiment 1: evaluate the effect of different stocking densities on thegrowthand survival rate of Black apple snails Experiment 2: evaluate the effect of different diets on thegrowthand survival rate...