... inoculation of a solution containing 40 g of glucose, g of peptone, 15 g of malt extract and 000 mL of distilled water Those cultures were then shaken at 26 ◦ C for 10 days at 100 rpm Glass jars containing ... peptone, 15 g of malt extract and 000 mL of distilled water; for Brown rot fungi: 80 mL of a solution containing 20 g of glucose, 1.5 g of peptone, 7.5 g of malt extract and 000 mL of distilled ... increase of retention for wood treated with a 1.0% boricacid solution, boron concentration has no impact on amount of boron leached (Tab I, available online at www.afs-journal.org) 3.2 Termite resistance...
... NdeI–HindIII gap of pTONA5a to obtain the expression vector Construction of expression vectors of chimera B and C mutants To identify the amino acid residues related to topological specificity, we constructed ... gap of pTONA5a to construct the expression vector Construction of SGT-L71X mutants and SOTY71L We constructed SGT-L71X mutants and SOT-Y71L to investigate the effect of distinct residues on the ... optimum pH of SOT and SGT) Of course, the autolysates of the mutants were not observed on SDSPAGE Furthermore, we confirmed that these conformational changes were not caused by the disruption of the...
... mature green flu leaves only enzymatic lipid peroxydation contributes to OPDA and JA synthesis [34] By contrast, fractions of the unsaturated membrane fatty acid a-linolenic acid and a-linoleic acid ... 4670 In contrast to these studies suggesting a positive roleof JA in cell death control, JA has been implicated in the containment of ROS-dependent lesion propagation in response to ozone [82–85] ... magnitude of ozoneinduced oxidative burst, SA accumulation and cell death Pretreatment of the ozone-sensitive accession Cyi-O of A thaliana with Me-JA abrogated ozoneinduced H2O2 accumulation, SA...
... high and stable PL, control of pore size distribution and therefore a better control on the formation process Experimental Boron-doped p-type Si wafers of (1 0) orientation, 8–10 ohm cm resistivity ... the luminescent properties and stability of porous silicon films Conclusions The visual observation of mechanically strong, stable surface bond configuration, smooth surface morphology and hydrogen-passivated ... stability of porous silicon particularly of the surface bond configurations [3,16] In Fig 4(A), decay of the PL intensity at the peak wavelength due to exposure to the laser radiation for porous silicon...
... the formation of nonproductive complexes at low ionic strengths This explanation would be consistent with previous studies of E139K reduction by Fdrd under pseudo-first order conditions ([Fdrd] ... characterization of the reduction of several E139 FNR mutants by Fd suggested the formation of less productive complexes induced by nonconservative replacements at E139, which were responsible for ... Three-dimensional structure comparison of the Glu139 conformer in Anabaena FNR models (A) Superposition of wild-type FNR (cyan) with E139K FNR mutant (green) (B) E139 presents a very different conformation...
... size [6,13] For microscopic notches it has been demonstrated [7-12] that the fatigue limit is unaffected by small notches; the reason being not difficulties of initiation but of propagation of ... propagation behaviour of cracks initiating from scratches in the surface of clad mm 2024-T351 sheet Tension tests were conducted on both clad and unclad material The influence of a range of scratch ... tail shape for μm one Increasing scribe depth increases notch severity and consequently the plastic zone size Moreover cladding causes a reduction of notch root plastic zone size and notch root...
... induces the activation and expression of PAR-2 in gastric epithelial cells [21,22] These results demonstrate the possible relations of the expression of PAR-2, the activation of MAPK, and apoptosis ... Lim and Kim Journal of Translational Medicine 2010, 8:85 http://www.translational-medicine.com/content/8/1/85 upstream of thrombin Activation of PAR-2 triggers the activation of multiple signaling ... cells To determine the roleof PAR-2 on the activation of MAPK, the activation of three major MAPK involved in cell proliferation and apoptosis were assessed by Western blotting of phospho-specific...
... curves to the triexponential decay second harmonic (397 nm) of a Ti:sapphire laser (pulse duration of 80 fs, repetition rate of 80 MHz) The sample emission was dispersed by a spectrograph (0.35 ... resolution of 17 ps) All the measurements were performed at low excitation density, in order to overcome multiexciton generation Results and Discussion In Fig 1A the temporal evolution of CdSe/ZnS ... emission wavelengths (corresponding to the three transitions) the general nonexponential behavior, along with the lifetimes, does not change apart from the relative weights of each process, the longest...
... (Table 4; Fig 2) We found no apparent effect of different concentrations of ethephon or GA3 on germination capacity The only exception was the application of 1,000 mg·l–1 GA3 to dormant seeds that ... = 0.05) of seedlots and ethephon or GA3 treatments on germination capacity and MGT The two-way interaction (seedlot × treatment) effect on germination was significant only for ethephon but not ... effect of gibberellic acid and ethephon on overcoming beechnut dormancy and stimulation of beechnut germination Materials and methods Seeds Three beechnut seedlots with a moisture content of 8.6–9.0%...
... expression and PGE2 release Having demonstrated a role for LPA2 in Schistosoma mansoni eggs-induced COX-2 expression, PGE2 secretion and airway inflammation, we hypothesized that expression of LPA2 on ... mucus production, indices of degree of inflammation, are hallmarks of asthma Goblet cell metaplasia and mucus production were determined by PAS staining of histological sections of lung tissues ... expression, and its role in infiltration of eosinophils and lung inflammation in Schistosoma mansoni eggs sensitized and challenged murine model of Page of 12 (page number not for citation purposes)...
... 66_70 Sizeof full-sib family (number of fish) Figure Frequency distribution of full-sib family sizes in two populations of Coho salmon (even = 442 families; odd = 498 families) The assumptions ... possible over/under estimation of genetic response due to omission of dominance, common environmental effects, and/or inbreeding, the ratio of the genetic response of each model with the simplest ... a vector of observations of animals; b is a vector of the contemporary group fixed effect year*seacage*sex with 30 levels; a, c, d are random effects ofadditive genetic, common environment due...
... evaluation, I can see that ABC can’t improve performanceof plant by itself, and one of the ways to see overall impact of ABC is the implementation of WCM TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Declaration of Originality ... INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Need for Research 1.3 Elements of the Research 1.4 Scope of Research 1.5 Assumptions 1.6 Plan of Presentation 10 1.1 Introduction Along with the development of market ... impact of WCM practices on improvement if plant manufacturing time to market 3.3.3 Impact of ABC on plant performance: A mediation mechanism 3.3.3 Impact of ABC on plant performance: A mediation...
... and waterlogged conditions [9, 27] Photosynthesis would also be inhibited due to the increased participation of competing pathways and consumption of electrons and reductant in nonphotosynthetic ... limitation is the diffusion of CO2 from the intracellular spaces within leaves to the sites of carboxylation in the chloroplast (mesophyll conductance (Gm)) However, the relative contribution of these ... determined using Scion Imaging Software (Beta 4.0.1, Scion Corporation, Maryland, USA) Photosynthetic performanceof Sitka spruce On the 1st, 7th, 14th and 21st day after initiation of the water treatments,...
... Profile of moisture content of normally consolidated clay 68 Figure 3.13b Profile of estimated effective unit weight of normally consolidated clay 68 Figure 3.13c Profile of moisture content of ... Table of Contents Dedication i Abstract ii Acknowledgements iii Table of Contents v List of Tables x List of Figures xi List of Symbols xv Chapter INTRODUCTION 1.1 SPUDCAN: FOUNDATION OF MOBILE ... EFFECTS OF LATTICE LEGS AND SLEEVES ON SPUDCAN PENETRATION PERFORMANCE SIM WEE KEAT (BEng., Hons) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING NATIONAL...
... recommendations, suggestions for further research on SRLS, major conclusions, contributions and limitations of the study are included in chapter five To sum up, chapter one draws out the whole picture of ... the findings of the research 71 CHAPTER CONCLUSIONS, IMPLICATIONS AND RECOMMENDATION 74 5.1 MAJOR CONCLUSIONS 74 5.2 LIMITATIONS 76 5.3 IMPLICATIONS ... Strategy on Non-English Majors’ Oral Communication Performance was satisfactorily carried out The sample size consisted of 86 preintermediate non-English majors, 43 each in experimental and control...