... essentially non-toxic to Hela cells (Fig 6) The inconsistency of cytotoxicity and lethality indicated that factors other than cytotoxicity may be involved in the amelioration of the lethal effect ... mL of 0.25 mM HAuCl4 to 90 mL of H2O and stirred for at 25 °C Two milliliters of 38.8 mM sodium citrate were added to the solution and stirred for min, followed by the addition of 0.6 mL of freshly ... symptoms of toxicity The treated animals showed fatigue, loss of appetite, change in fur color, and weight loss There was a dramatic difference in the fur color of GNP-treated mice compared to...
Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 00:20
... pH 7.0) The total viable count of the washed bacterial spore suspension was determined prior to the gastrointestinal tract tolerance test Simulated gastric fluid tolerance test A pH of was selected ... a probiotic would have to survive as it passes through the stomach of a pig The fact that the viable counts of most of the six Bacillus strains did not decrease after h of incubation suggests ... al 1972) The tolerance of the spores of six isolates to culture with 0.3% bile salts in simulated intestinal fluid 123 144 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (2006) 90:139–146 Table Effect of simulated gastric...
Ngày tải lên: 07/07/2014, 19:20
Báo cáo y học: "The in vivo expression of actin/salt-resistant hyperactive DNase I inhibits the development of anti-ssDNA and anti-histone autoantibodies in a murine model of systemic lupus erythematosus" ppt
... of apoptotic cells provide the source of the nuclear antigens driving the development of autoimmunity The autoantigens targeted in SLE have been shown to cluster in and on the surface blebs of ... curve of recombinant bovine DNase I (SigmaAldrich) In addition to the standard assay buffer, optimised to generate maximal DNase activity, inhibitors of wild-type DNase were added to the buffer To ... that the challenge of mice with a high dose of LPS leads to a transient autoimmunity characterised by the development of a range of autoantibodies of both the IgM and IgG isotypes, and subsequent...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20
Báo cáo khoa học: "The in vivo study on the radiobiologic effect of prolonged delivery time to tumor control in C57BL mice implanted with Lewis lung cancer" pdf
... (2) fractions of Gy with interfraction intervals of 60 min, (3) fractions of 2.57 Gy with interfraction intervals of 10 min, (4) fractions Page of of Gy with interfraction intervals of 30 min, (5) ... tended to increase with elongation of the intervals, but not significantly [16,17] They contributed the confiliction of the results in vitro and in vivo to reoxygenation In this study, we attempt to ... level of significance used for all comparisons was P < 0.05 Results The effect of the total interfraction interval time on the growth of tumor tissues Figure shows the tumor growth curves of all...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20
Báo cáo y học: " Involvement of TORC2, a CREB co-activator, in the in vivo-specific transcriptional control of HTLV-1" doc
... SEM of three independent experiments T1, TORC1; T2, TORC2; T3, TORC3 culture (Fig 6A, "TORC2", and Fig 6B) Furthermore, the subcellular localization of TORC2 was restricted to the cytoplasm of ... or no binding of TORC1 to enhancer DNA was observed As judged by densitometoric analysis, TORC2 appears to be the main TORC protein that is associated with the enhancer sequence of HTLV-1 in EL4-Gax ... that of HTLV-1, with or without Tax [27,28] Thus, we next examined the involvement of TORCs in transcriptional control in vivo The TORC family consists of three proteins, TORC1, TORC2, and TORC3;...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:21
Báo cáo y học: " The connection domain in reverse transcriptase facilitates the in vivo annealing of tRNALys3 to HIV-1 genomic RNA" potx
... pH 7.5 To measure the incorporation of tRNALys3 into virions, hybridization to dot-blots of viral RNA was carried out with DNA probes complementary to tRNALys3 [1] or to genomic RNA [16] To measure ... incorporation into virions is not dramatically affected until GagPol sequences including the thumb domain of RT are deleted (∆581 and ∆715) To measure the amount of tRNALys3 annealed in vivo to the viral ... extending into the RT connection domain not significantly effect tRNALys incorporation, but severely reduce the ability of tRNALys3 to be functionally annealed to the viral RNA genome Rescue of tRNALys3...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:20
Domestic perspectives and regulations in protecting the polar marine environment - Australia, Canada and the United States
... Law of the Sea Responses to the Law of the Sea Convention Article 234 of the LOS Convention provides multilateral recognition of the special features of the Arctic Ocean and the interests of the ... R Rothwell and Christopher C Joyner chart does not purport to indicate the extent of the EEZ claim Secondly, the declaration of an EEZ seems to run counter to Article IV of the Antarctic Treaty ... north of the Antarctic Treaty area but are within the CCAMLR area of application.64 New legislation has also been introduced to give effect to the provisions of Annex IV of the Environmental Protocol...
Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 09:20
The polar marine environment in regional cooperation
... adopted to date in the field of environmental protection.23 Since the Protocol entered into force in 1998, the main preoccupation of the Consultative Parties (which are all parties to the Protocol) ... implementation of the Protocol include: institutionalisation within the ATS; further normative development of the Protocol, in particular the pending liability regime;25 the relationship of the Protocol to ... provide an understanding of common environmental aspects’.50 It now remains to be seen to what extent rhetoric of this kind has influenced the development of approaches to environmental protection...
Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 09:20
Tài liệu CHALLENGES in AUDiTinG FAiR VALUE ACCOUnTinG ESTiMATES in ThE CURREnT MARKET EnViROnMEnT doc
... asked to develop a response to the FSF recommendation The task force includes representatives of auditors and regulators A wider group of interested parties, including preparers and investors, ... therefore be appropriate for the auditor’s understanding of relevant industry and regulatory factors in accordance with ISA 315 to include inquiry of management as to whether there have been discussions ... auditor uses the understanding discussed above to design and implement responses to the risks of material misstatement Factors that may influence the auditor’s risk assessment with regard to financial...
Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 10:20
Tài liệu A REVIEW OF INDOOR AIR POLLUTION AND HEALTH PROBLEMS FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE: FOCUSING ON THE STUDIES OF INDOOR AIR ENVIRONMENT IN JAPAN COMPARED TO THOSE OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES pptx
... type (symptoms of chemical intoxication), type (symptoms developed possibly due to chemical exposure), type (symptoms developed not because of chemical exposure but rather because of psychological ... symptoms that the affected person attributes to exposure to low levels of chemicals A report indicated that the rate of school children with MCS-like symptoms, allergies, particularly to offensive ... upset stomach,” “shortness of breath,” and “wheezing” by the Building Assessment Survey Evaluation study.18) These symptoms are almost identical to those of SBS The prevalence of symptoms is...
Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 22:20
Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: The endogenous retinoid metabolite S-4-oxo-9-cis-13,14-dihydro-retinoic acid activates retinoic acid receptor signalling both in vitro and in vivo pdf
... and lysis of the cells using mL of Trizol (Invitrogen) per well Total RNA from the cells was extracted according to the manufacturer’s protocol In order to eliminate genomic DNA, g of total RNA ... transcription, we wanted to investigate whether the metabolite could bind to these receptors Ligand binding to nuclear receptors induces a conformational change of the receptor structure, which can ... useful tool to investigate whether S-4o9cDH-RA distinguishes between certain combinations of retinoid receptor isoforms CV-1 cells were transfected with plasmids expressing a combination of either...
Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 08:20
Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: Compartmentalization and in vivo insulin-induced translocation of the insulin-signaling inhibitor Grb14 in rat liver pptx
... of receptors with Grb14 bound to them, the activity of a fraction of receptors lacking bound Grb14, or a combination of both The finding that, following insulin treatment, the majority of liver ... three-fold to four-fold higher in the light mitochondrial–microsomal and cytosolic fractions than in the nuclear and mitochondrial fractions (P < 0.001) Analysis of separate light mitochondrial ... results suggest a translocation of cytosolic Grb14 to IR-enriched compartments However, the increased recovery of Grb14 in IR-enriched fractions did not exceed 5% of the total Grb14 liver pool, explaining...
Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 18:20
Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: Functional dissection of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe Holliday junction resolvase Ydc2: in vivo role in mitochondrial DNA maintenance pptx
... ability to bind to the junction in vitro The truncations did not prevent the localization of Ydc2 to mitochondria but the mutants showed no activity in vivo Significantly, the loss of Ydc2 led to depletion ... positioning of the SAP motifs in relation to the rest of the protein as well as for the stability of the protein The truncated Ydc2 mutant proteins localize to the mitochondria in S pombe Fig Binding of ... If binding of two arms of the junction to the triple-helix motif was required to hold the junction in a square-planar conformation, it was interesting to test whether RuvA binding to the junction...
Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 11:20
Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: The molecular surface of proteolytic enzymes has an important role in stability of the enzymatic activity in extraordinary environments pptx
... Prof Takeshi Uozumi of the Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University, for the permission to use B subtilis KN2, and Prof Koji Takahashi of the Department of Applied Biochemical Science, Tokyo ... bottom of the depression on the surface of ALP I, and it was adjacent to Lys26, which was the last residue of N-terminal region on the molecular surface As a result of substitution of Asp117 to ... core structure of ALP I independently As the side chain of Asn266 would be able to bind to the main chain of Ile10 with a hydrogen bond by substitution of Asp266Asn, the mobility of the two regions...
Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 03:20
Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: "The Software Architecture for the First Challenge on Generating Instructions in Virtual Environments" docx
... are also a number of distractor buttons which either nothing when pressed or set off an alarm These distractor buttons are intended to make the game harder and, more importantly, to require appropriate ... room − to win you have to retrieve the trophy from the safe in room − use button b9 to move the picture (and get access to the safe) − press buttons b8, b6, b13, b13, b10 (in this order) to open ... state of the game world and to an interface to an external planner which can compute a sequence of actions leading to the goal When a user starts the client, it connects over the Internet to the...
Ngày tải lên: 22/02/2014, 02:20
Tài liệu Báo cáo Y học: Identification and characterization of the Escherichia coli stress protein UP12, a putative in vivo substrate of GroEL pptx
... 5, the addition of DNP or CCCP to exponential cultures led to an immediate arrest of growth followed by an increased expression of UP12 In the presence of DNP, the induction of UP12 was somewhat ... relative amount of UP12 in the samples and was estimated, as described in the legend to Fig (A) Effect of addition of mM DNP on cell growth (h) and expression of UP12 (j) (B) Monitoring of cell growth ... rather as a result of general growth inhibitory conditions UP12 expression is induced in response to toxic agents and increased temperature Next, we examined the effect of toxic agents on UP12...
Ngày tải lên: 22/02/2014, 07:20
Báo cáo " A new Environmental Poverty Index (EPI) for monitoring system in the SEA (Strategic Environmental Assessement) procedure " docx
... 50% of total of households income/year/total of the poor households Ratio of the poor households with the annual income from slash and burn farming is counted for more than 50% of total of households ... the indicators should be valid to the reality in which they are supposed to be applied Often this involves a geographic limitation of the scope of the indicator For instance, Target of MDG 7, ... is noteworthy to add two more criteria: 11 The number of indicators shoud be limited, for exemple, HDI consists of indicators only A set of a lot indicators makes the planners to land on an embarrassing...
Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 16:20
Evaluating Research Efficiency in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pot
... (Ex officio), Professor of Nutrition and Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis W CARL LINEBERGER, Professor of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder C DAN MOTE, JR (Ex officio), ... services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health of the public The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the National ... the number of lives saved and property damage averted” (OMB 2007a, p 9) An outcome of research in support of the mission of a regulatory agency, such as EPA, may be the consequence of a regulation...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 15:20
Police Recruitment and Retention in the Contemporary Urban Environment docx
... laid off police officers, while others have instituted hiring freezes Conversely, many of those fortunate enough to be able to hire new officers have found a bounty of qualified applicants due to ... Department of Justice Carl R Peed was appointed by Attorney General John Ashcroft on September 4, 2001, to head the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) of the U.S Department of Justice ... the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, U.S Department of Justice and Award Number 2006DDBX0025 by the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S Department of...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 21:20