... designed to synthesize common themes in the proposals below and achieve the greatest gains possible with respect to these risks given the many competing priorities facing the sector at the present ... severely impact the delivery of power to the largest number of people for the longest period of time Specifically consider remedial design corrections to reduce the vulnerability ofthe existing ... environment—especially in the case of an adaptive attack—will be measured by the efficacy ofthe system operator’s initial response The operator will rely on the sophistication ofthe tools under his...
... the high values The other uses the annual series which consists only ofthe highest value for each year The highest value of record, of course, is the top value of each series, but at lower frequency ... distribution must therefore be regarded as a function ofthe first two moments The 2-year value is a measure ofthe first moment -the central FIGURE tendency ofthe distribution The relationship ofthe 2-year ... placed on the results from the short-record data The diagram of figure 11 shows the scatter ofthe means ofthe extreme-value distributions for the two different lengths of record The slight...
... These interactions were rather weak but could be important in the context ofthe IFN-b promoter if the arrangement ofthe PRDs allows them to occur The importance of these interactions was tested ... role in the context of a given promoter if the arrangement of cis-acting elements allows them to occur Synergistic activation ofthe IFN-b gene promoter in insect cells The ability ofthe IFN-b ... families and the lack of viability resulting from gene targeting of either p300 or CBP places restrictions on the use of mammalian cells to dissect the activation mechanism ofthe IFN-b gene The IFN...
... interpreted in the light ofthe work of Bahadur et al [36] These authors studied the subunit interfaces of 122 homodimers, and showed that the distribution ofthe area between the rim and core ... mesophilic and thermophilic homologs The most variable features are the increase in the number of ionic interactions, the decrease in the number of hydrogen bonds, the decrease in the fraction of apolar ... family ofthe main dataset The number of total ion pairs at the interface was normalized by the number of residues composing the interface philic enzymes Figure shows the normalized mean number of...
... result from a DFT transform of an input signal block For the determination ofthe filter weights, the knowledge ofthe distribution ofthe real and imaginary parts ofSignal Processing in High-End ... which is very often utilized is the minimization ofthe mean square error signal, that is, thesignal after the subtraction ofthe adaptive filter’s output signal In this case, the adaptive filter ... subtracted from thesignal picked up by the front microphone The directivity pattern ofthe system is defined by the ratio r ofthe internal delay Ti and the external delay due to the microphone...
... characteristic [1] The most common sites of this tumor are the minor salivary glands in the palate, followed by buccal mucosa, lip, retromolar triangle, and the cheek [2] In very rare cases, the tumor ... carcinoma in view of its probable origin in the ductal system ofthe salivary glands [2] Similar to terminal duct carcinoma, PLGA is formed by luminal epithelial, myoepithelial, and basal epithelial cells ... by the Editor-in-Chief of this journal Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions KG and RG performed the histological examination of the...
... research The lack of effect of rapamycin on the kinetics of endocytosis and recycling suggested that most ofthe effect ofthe mTOR pathway on transferrin uptake must result from the regulation ofthe ... (bp) to allow the synthesis of a second independent batch of d-siRNA; see below)) and further assayed with a new batch of d-siRNA using the same sequence as the one used to perform the initial ... transfection The average ofthe two normalized F scores is shown for each ofthe 1,804 d-siRNAs in Figure 2c The scatter plot ofthe F scores obtained from duplicated d-siRNAs shows that the majority of...
... more uniform distribution ofthe confining pressure, thereby improving the effectiveness ofthe confining reinforcement In the case of NSC,30,33 the arrangement ofthe transverse reinforcement ... only, the depth ofthe neutral axis at ultimate conditions is generally small and the shape ofthe compression block becomes less important However, in the case of columns, the depth ofthe neutral ... few years The purpose of this paper is to summarize major aspects of some ofthe reported data The major objectives of reported studies have been to investigate the validity of applying the current...
... measure the extent ofthe learners’ perception ofthe effectiveness as well as appropriateness ofthe instructional method utilized in this course measure the extent ofthe learners’ perception of ... the objectives ofthe course 1.3 Organization ofthe thesis The thesis is organized into five following chapters: Chapter is the introduction The rationale, the statements of research objectives, ... through the process of preparing the presentation with other members in my group better.” The mean score above and the mean score ofthe other items refer the learners’ agreement with the effectiveness...
... genre of music I have and the type of music I listen to depends on the type of mood I'm in(Jeff) h If I'm going out I love fast music so that I can dance (Lupe) i The music the I like best is the ... live in the pubs (Rebecca) o After listening activities (3 min) Do the test Underline the right variant (appendix 4) (Children the test individually; give it to the teacher for checking The teacher ... rock 6) What does Swinki like to listen to? a) The sounds of weather b) The sounds of whales c) Only R&B and hip-hop 7) What people talk about their moods? a) Shibika and Rebecca b) Swinki and...
... [17] On the other hand, expression ofthe tomato SlPti1 cDNA in the rice Ospti1a mutant suppressed the mutant phenotype These results indicate that PTI1 acts as a negative regulator ofthe HR ... Because the purified GST-MPKs showed autophosphorylation activity, loss -of- function (kinase-inactive) forms ofthe MAPKs were produced as GST-lofMPK3 and GSTlofMPK6 However, when lofMPK3 and lofMPK6 ... pathogen attack The Arabidopsis genome encodes 39 AGC kinases, of which 23 are classified to the AGC VIII group [8,9] The AGC kinases were named on the basis of their homology to the mammalian cAMP-dependent...
... [6] and inhibits the tyrosine kinase activity ofthe IR [7] On the basis ofthe crystal structure ofthe tyrosine kinase domain ofthe IR in complex with the PIR ⁄ BPS domain of Grb14, Depetris ... interaction of Grb14 with the IR is probably the major determinant ofthe insulin-induced membrane translocation of Grb14, several lines of evidence suggest that the association of Grb14 via ... activity ofthe IRs before KCl treatment represents residual activity of receptors with Grb14 bound to them, the activity of a fraction of receptors lacking bound Grb14, or a combination of both The...
... the mode of annexin II– S100A10 interaction In the case ofthe latter, the C-terminal domain of S100A10 was proven to be critical for the recognition of annexin [45] However, in the case ofthe ... coupled to the sensor chip in the presence of Ca2+ A schematic representation ofthe amino acid sequences ofthe four mutants is given in Fig 4A Figure 4B and Table show the kinetics ofthe interactions ... to the surface ofthe CM5 sensor chip, as described in the Experimental procedures The traces reflect the amount of protein complex formed at the surface over time Each sensorgram consists of...
... shows the waveform ofthe received audio signal with assuming the velocity ofthe mobility is and 10 mile/h The result of this simulation reveals that the mobility ofthe transmitter increases the ... devoted to indicate the velocity (Vc) ofthe mobile terminal on the waveform ofthe received audio signals The simulation utilized the Jakes’ model communication channel The result of this simulation ... evaluation ofthe Bluetooth network in the different simulation scenarios [26] The MSE is the cumulative squared error between the received audio signal and the original signalThe mathematical...
... shows the histogram ofthe estimated parameters The left column shows the time series ofthe estimated state functions ofthe hemodynamic response to touch perception tasks The final value ofthe ... −0.0554] Furthermore, the histogram ofthe estimated system parameters is shown in the right column The values of these parameters are all in the range of previous reports [10, 13] These physiological ... evaluated λ at the fixed point x0 are ⎪ ⎩ The nature ofthe fixed point is determined by the characteristic values ofthe Jacobian matrix of partial derivatives evaluated at the fixed point The Jacobian...
... shows the waveform ofthe received audio signal with assuming the velocity ofthe mobility is and 10 mile/h The result of this simulation reveals that the mobility ofthe transmitter increases the ... devoted to indicate the velocity (Vc) ofthe mobile terminal on the waveform ofthe received audio signals The simulation utilized the Jakes’ model communication channel The result of this simulation ... evaluation ofthe Bluetooth network in the different simulation scenarios [26] The MSE is the cumulative squared error between the received audio signal and the original signalThe mathematical...
... use two of these microphone signals, where one ofthe microphones mainly captures the male voices ofthe chorus ofthe orchestra, while the other one mainly captures the female voices These recordings ... considered as a signal that retains the “objective” ofthe initial microphone signal Crosstalk refers to the case when in the resynthesized signal, apart from the chorus, other parts ofthe orchestra ... able to resynthesize the male voices recording based on the residual from the female voices On the other hand, without the use of a filterbank, the resulting quality ofthe resynthesized signal greatly...
... identification of a limited number of CLE signaling peptides [12,26,45] Results The approach we used for the identification of CLE domain proteins is analogous to the one used in the first report ofthe ... and may allow insights as to the functions of group-2 CLE signaling peptides as well as to the function ofthe H glycines CLE signaling peptides Overall, the results indicate that there is a ... other known CLE sequences were identified in the course of this iterative search assign candidates to the CLE family The primary characteristic ofthe CLE family is the amino acid sequence of...
... complementary view ofthe issue For example, the notion of information processing applied in the context of intracellular signaling has traditionally been limited to the mechanistic explanation of how cellular ... 0.11 On the extreme side ofthe sensitivity spectrum, we found that the parameters related to the Production and Degradation rates ofthe TLR4 Susceptible Form, the Association Page 11 of 32 Gutiérrez ... expected for the transcriptional readout of Cxcl10 Moreover, in the case ofthe transcriptional readout of Tnfa, it is notable the way in which D-values Page 20 of 32 Gutiérrez et al Theoretical...
... analysis of these bacterial systems and thereby throw light on the emergence of a signaling system that was hitherto considered the unique property ofthe eukaryotes Materials and methods The nonredundant ... described in the text The directionality ofthe network interactions, as indicated by an arrowhead, represents the order of a domain pair from the amino- to the carboxyl-terminus ofthe domain ... version ofthe E2 fold as the best hits (e about 0.01-0.005) This relationship was also supported by the congruence ofthe predicted secondary structure of these domains with that ofthe E2 and...