... Khoo, Hooman Samani, Nimesha Ranasinghe, Dilrukshi Abeyrathna, Weiquan Lu, Kening Zhu, Elham Saadatian, Kasun Karunanayaka, , Shuang Yu, Haimo Zhang, Zhongyuan Zhang, Toni-Jan Keith Monserrat, Chen ... verbal and nonverbal behavior of their avatars, such as the facial expression, gaze, and speech [9] By augmenting their representational, sensory, and situational characteristics, interactants may ... coordinative practices, and personal attachments with food Such an understanding can inform its unique properties and affordances asa social 13 medium, and more importantly, potential design space of...
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... Schizophrenia and Depression (JAB), the National Institute of Mental Health (ACN and RWG), the Department of Defense (JAB and AAF), the Department of Veterans A airs (RWG), and the Ella McFadden Charitable ... PAGE (15% acrylamide) and PhosphorImager analysis To calculate reaction stoichiometries, radiolabeled reaction products and radioactive standards were quantitated using IMAGEQUANT software (Amersham ... translational regulation, rate of turnover, subcellular localization, or association with as yet undefined regulatory factors The most abundant nucleoside kinase in mammals, AK has emerged asa key...
... Preliminary data analysis revealed no significant main effects and only one significant interaction of day and aroma on the pleasantness ratings of the young, implicating an increase in pleasantness ... samples was created by a laboratory panel (n ¼ 9; females, males, aged 25 –41 years) trained to evaluate attributes selected in advance The attributes were evaluated on a 9-point scale that was ... Hedonic ratings In the pleasantness ratings, the aroma concentration had a similar effect on both age groups in the first tasting session: the heightened aroma sample was rated as less pleasant than...
... URBAIR Urban Air Quality Management Strategy in Asia: Jakarta Report Washington, DC: World Bank ——— 1996b URBAIR Urban Air Quality Management Strategy in Asia: Kathmandu Valley Report Washington, ... study of three Japanese classical pollution diseases: Yokkaichi asthma, Minamata disease, and Itai-Itai disease (table 43.3) This analysis was intended to highlight the economic aspects of pollution ... options and saved US$3 million in raw materials and wastewater treatment costs The most impressive savings were in the pulp and paper sector For instance, the Ashoka Pulp and Paper Company participated...
... cell spectrum and spectral areas selected by genetic algorithm A smear of about · 105 cells was dried on an area of cm2 on the germanium surface as explained in Materials and methods Wavenumbers ... et al assigned the shoulders present at 1117 and 1020 cm)1 to RNA and DNA, respectively [18] Classification by LDA Classification by LDA on spectra reduced by PCA PCA was performed on the training ... final model Linear discriminant analysis (LDA) This statistical multivariate method is supervised It searches for the variables containing the greatest interclass variance and the smallest intraclass...
... a CD34+ hESC-derived starting population has been considered asa potential AIDS therapy, andasa way to alleviate secondary effects produced by anti-retroviral drugs [16] Various studies have ... Nature 460, 909–913 89 Hong H, Takahashi K, Ichisaka T, Aoi T, Kanagawa O, Nakagawa M, Okita K & Yamanaka S (2009) Suppression of induced pluripotent stem cell generation by the p53–p21 pathway ... from Leukemia and Lymphoma UK, Fanconi New advances in human hematopoiesis from human ESCs Hope UK and the Fanconi Anemia Research Fund USA, and funds for research in the field of regenerative medicine...
... pathogenesis EspB as an effector of actin filament reorganization The EspB (or EarB) gene product was first identified as an important factor in EPEC attachment [14] and later characterized asa ... Iizumi Y, Sagara H, Kabe Y, Azuma M, Kume K, Ogawa M, Nagai T, Gillespie PG, Sasakawa C & Handa H (2007) The enteropathogenic E coli effector EspB facillitates microvillus effacing and antiphagocytosis ... spectra (B), suggesting a lack of rigid conformation These data indicate that EspB assumes a ‘natively partially folded’ conformation, similar to the ‘molten globule’ state Spectra-based figures are...
... TGTAAAG TGTAAAG + ) + )95 )1100 )1470 ACACacG ACACttG ACACaaG + + + + ) ) ) ) ) )140 )1100 )1596 )1632 )140 )1100 )1596 )1632 )1874 CAaaTG CAagTG CAaaTG CAaaTG CAaaTG CActTG CAttTG CAgtTG TGAGTCA ... peptide was constructed as follows The DNA fragment was amplified from GmPDIM cDNA by PCR using the primers 5¢-GACGACGACAAGATGC ACGCACTCTATGGAGC-3¢ and 5¢-GAGGAGAAGC CCGGTTCATAGCTCATCCTTGCTTGAAG-3¢ ... soybean cotyledons during maturation (A) GmPDIM mRNA was quantified by real time RT-PCR Each value was standardized by dividing the value by that for actin mRNA Values are calculated asa percentage...
... (Page et al 1982), plant analysis (Chapman and Pratt, 1961); waterand wastes samples analysis followed methods forchemical analysis of waterand wastes (MCAWW) EPA/600/4/79-020 revised March ... waste was applied before planting as was 50 % of the inorganic P and K The remaining P and K was applied at panicle initiation stage at 35 days after sowing (DAS) while N was split times (7, 20 and ... Statistical analysis was completed with IRRISTAT software version 5.1 by applying a balanced one-way ANOVA Nutrient (N, P, K) balances were calculated following the approach of Dobermann and Fairhurst...
... of the angle gauge (b) b a (a) α borderline Table Average values and their differences Diameter measured optically with wedge prism Diameter measured with calliper Difference Standard deviation ... method was also described for determining the tree diameter at breast height (Bitterlich 1996) For testing the accuracy of the method the laser telemeter was used and then the measured diameter was ... the distance when the blocks were on the borderline The distance was measured using the laser telemeter with half -a- meter scale The diameter was calculated and compared with the control measure...
... self-tolerance; deficit of a T cell subset asa possible cause of autoimmune disease J Exp Med 1985, 161:72-87 Kuniyasu Y, Takahashi T, Itoh M, Shimizu J, Toda G, Sakaguchi S: Naturally anergic and ... allogeneic organ transplants Acknowledgements This research was supported in part by National Institutes of Health grant AI 41768, The Nora Eccles Treadwell Foundation, and the Arthritis Foundation-Southern ... Sakaguchi S, Fukuma K, Kuribayashi K, Masuda T: Organ-specific autoimmune diseases induced in mice by elimination of T cell subset I Evidence for the active participation of T cells in natural...
... growing andwater availability was likely high after winter rains Total precipitation during March, April and May 1998 at site H was about 130 mm andair temperatures were between 15 and 25 °C ... performed in September 1998, with the aim of estimating the maximum annual impact of water stress in areas at different levels of landscape degradation a Istanbul Ankara Bursa Izmir Antalya Adana ... environmental aridity Whenever evapotranspiration increases beyond given limits, water availability to plants becomes insufficient to sustain the transpirational and physiological demand and water...
... chromatin complexes, aberrant DNA methylation, oxidative DNA damage, differential cleavage of DNA, and histone phosphorylation are just a few modifications that may result in increased TLR stimulation ... decreased DNA methyltransferase activity [89] secondary to cellular activation [116] Interestingly, medications that can cause drug-induced lupus (e.g hydralazine and procainamide) are capable ... 34 Tan EM: Antinuclear antibodies: diagnostic markers for autoimmune diseases and probes for cell biology Adv Immunol 1989, 44:93-151 35 Casciola-Rosen LA, Anhalt G, Rosen A: Autoantigens targeted...
... Membrane current was measured via homemade Ag/AgCl electrodes One electrode was used as ground and the other connected to the headstage of an Axopatch 200B amplifier (Axon Instruments, USA), allowing ... side of Maltoporin addition The average residence time is 5.0 ms (C) First, M6-ANDS was injected to the trans-side and no variation in the ion current occurs As control, maltohexaose was added to ... used fora fundamental analysis to probe e.g the individual energy barrier and it seems that nature has optimized this channel to have the best turnover number On the other hand these channels can...
... [12] Cannabis substitution has also been discussed as part of a harm reduction framework A record review of 92 medical cannabis patients who used marijuana asa substitute for alcohol was conducted ... information, cannabis use pattern, alcohol and drug use and service utilization Participants were asked the quantity and frequency of alcohol, tobacco and drug (prescription and illicit) use as ... as well as current and past alcohol and/ or drug treatment Participants were also asked about whether they use cannabis asa substitute for alcohol, illicit drugs or prescription drugs and why...
... vascular defects abnormal vasculature o abnormal vascular dilation noted at E8.5 o vascular dilation was associated with an increased endothelial proliferation rate o in addition to the dilation, ... [14] In addition, MGD has adopted the Mouse Embryo Anatomy Nomenclature Database [15] and the Anatomical Dictionary for the Adult Mouse [16] for annotating data that include anatomical attributes, ... serves as the authoritative source for the names and symbols associated with mouse genes, alleles and strains The advantage of applying such nomenclatures has been increasingly recognized as genomes...
... broadband’s impact was delayed compared with Asia, and the evidence relates to the early years of the 2000s, before the higher speeds and lower prices for broadband became widely available and ... Telecommunication Indicators Database and AT&T 10 Broadband 2002 2007 2008 DRAFT Broadband and economic growth The example of China catching up with the United States, and of other developing Asian nations prospering ... a wider range of devices, andas machines and objects rather than humans become the main users, then broadband will give birth to a wide range of devices and applications, as yet unimagined Again,...
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