... perpendicular toand in the direction of their woody axes are presented for two different shoots: (a) at the bottom ofthe crown and (b) at the top ofthe crown their maximal length: the assimilating ... foliage area ofthe shoot then begins to reduce as a consequence of needle fall The evolution ofthe internal geometry ofthe shoot coincides with a modification ofthe general orientation ofthe shoot ... pair of branches was selected in the top, middle and bottom thirds ofthe crown We followed the growth of these branches during the season and pruned at the end ofthe growing season for intensive...
... Figure The GSH/GSSG ratio ofthe prototype and expanded models The GSH/GSSG ratio ofthe prototype and expanded models The prototype model (A) andthe expanded model (B) Page of 11 (page number not ... hexokinase and pyruvate kinase, andthe maximum activity of these enzymes was allowed to change according tothe ratio of GSH and GSSG The equations and parameters used are derived from the literature ... evidence ofthe disease until the RBCs are exposed to oxidant stress The compensatory effect ofthe de novo GSH synthesis and GSSG export pathways may thus help to explain why many varieties of G6PD...
... Since the number and position of observation points are defined bythe practical problems, the complexity ofthe second approach is difficult to reduce For the first approach, the number of unknowns ... proven to be the most accurate and can ensure the accuracy and stability ofthe hybrid method After explaining the combination scheme ofthe TDFEM and PSTD, some numerical examples are given The ... simulated and designed bythe PSTD-FDTD method The results of PSTD-FDTD and measurement are compared The ability of PSTD-FDTD to accurately simulate complex structures is shown The results ofthe new...
... parameters, the center position andthe lengths ofthe major and minor axes, i.e the paper assumed that the ellipse is horizontal The particle filter uses the contour andthe histogram ofthe objects to ... H0 be the diameter ofthe physical ball, (i c , j c ) be the center ofthe frame and b(i, j ) the height ofthe ball at the location (i, j ) in the frame (i and j are the row and column ofthe ... the method to generate the candidate trajectories Section 3.5 explains the measures and procedures to process the candidate trajectories to produce the ball trajectories Various experiments and...
... provider’s topology from the customer’s perspective The customer is aware ofthe core due tothe information he received regarding the VCs, but has no other knowledge The same ideals apply to customer ... the number of VCs to a total of n*(n-1)/2 where n = number of sites That increase in the number of VCs required also greatly increases the complexity ofthe network andthe routing protocol This ... Frame-Relay and ATM are able to handle this by some ofthe methods already addressed in previous sections As the provider only tells the customer about VCs there is a lack of places to attack Also due to...
... upper, andthe lower They closely resemble each other The arm corresponds tothe thigh; the forearm, tothe leg; the wrist, tothe ankle; the fingers, tothe toes The fingers andthe toes are ... between the brain andthe rest ofthe body FIG [Illustration: _The Spine; the seven vertebræ ofthe neck, cervical; the twelve ofthe back, dorsal; the five ofthe loins, lumbar;_ a, _the sacrum, and_ ... feet before the bones ofthe lower limbs are strong enough to bear their weight The custom of encouraging young children to stand by means of a chair or the support ofthe hand, while the bones...
... differ in substrate and enzyme source to monitor c-secretase activity without the need to overexpress the c-secretase complex components These assays are used to test the effects of detergent concentration, ... vector The SPA4CT sequence, which corresponds tothe C-terminal 99 amino acids of human APP fused tothe APP signal peptide [18], was ligated into a C-terminal 3-FLAG repeat expression vector and ... mechanisms to control the aggregation states of these substrates and supports our original hypothesis that mammalian cellular factors enable endogenous proteins to be presented tothe c-secretase...
... for the majority of cells to contain sub2N DNA Furthermore, the Ymin (minimum response ofthe dose response curve) andthe T = values (the number of cells at Time zero) were determined from the ... GSK1070916 Ymin values represent the bottom ofthe response curve and define the largest effect ofthe compound These Ymin values are evaluated relative tothe number of cells at time zero using a ... design ofthe study and performed the statistical analysis YD, MAH, CM conceived ofthe study, and participated in its design and coordination and helped to draft the manuscript All authors read and...
... for the majority of cells to contain sub2N DNA Furthermore, the Ymin (minimum response ofthe dose response curve) andthe T = values (the number of cells at Time zero) were determined from the ... GSK1070916 Ymin values represent the bottom ofthe response curve and define the largest effect ofthe compound These Ymin values are evaluated relative tothe number of cells at time zero using a ... design ofthe study and performed the statistical analysis YD, MAH, CM conceived ofthe study, and participated in its design and coordination and helped to draft the manuscript All authors read and...
... where the center of mass position was located, andthe coordinates, representing the position ofthe particle, were also taken to represent the position ofthe myosin head The position ofthe myosin ... the necessary amount of Ca2+ to charge up the ER and sensitize the RyR [52] Another way of internal store reloading is achieved bythe various isoforms ofthe transient receptor potential (TRP) ... that the direction of extension of rod part of HMM (myosin subfragment 2) from the filaments is reversed across their central region 6.3 Applicationof ATP tothe specimen To apply ATP to the...
... numbers The letter N is reserved to denote the dimension ofthe underlying space The end of every proof is marked bythe sign Other symbols are introduced in the text, and for the convenience ofthe ... the reader has a basic knowledge ofthe calculus, theory of Lebesgue’s measure and integral, algebra, topology and set theory However, for the convenience ofthe reader, in the first part ofthe ... tothe theory ofthe Cauchy equation and Jensen’s inequality The exercises at the end of each chapter and various bibliographical hints will help the reader to pursue further his studies of the...
... tibial and peroneal artery within cm of their origin There was no indication of filling defect suggestive of emboli proximal tothe plane of occlusion Given the progression of her disease over the ... ischemia and subsequent amputation Adding yet another pharmaceutical tothe list of potential causes of leukocytoclastic vasculitis will significantly add to our understanding ofthe etiology of this ... dermatosis ofthe hands: presentation of eight cases and review ofthe literature J Dermatol 2007, 34:243-247 Edlich RF, Cross CL, Dahlstrom JJ, Long WB: Modern concepts ofthe diagnosis and treatment...
... cultures andthe expression is influenced by a number of factors including transfection efficiency ofthe given cell type, the quality and quantity of DNA taken up bythe cells, the cytotoxicity ofthe ... of TLR2 and TLR1 are replaced bythe EC domains of test receptors to express hybrids with the transmembrane/cytoplasmic (TM/Cyt) domains of TLR1 and TLR2, i.e tmTIR1 and tmTIR2 The hypothesis ... secondary (B) structure ofthe LRR proteins (CD42b) (A) Solenoid structure of CD42b is formed by tandem repeats of individual LRRs The β-strands together form the concave surface ofthe horseshoe/solenoid...
... f the mispricing o f a firm’s stock Due to overconfidence o f their private information, investors underreact tothe corporate events which are signals to correct the misevaluation o f the stock ... Submitted tothe Faculty of Drexel University by Yi Liu in partial fulfillment o f the requirements for the degree of Doctor o f Philosophy June 2003 Reproduced with permission ofthe copyright ... want to thank my mother and sister, although they are not physically with me Their support does not reduce through thousands o f miles away The power o f their encouragement is proportional to the...
... cutoffs as well as estimate the cutoff levels without prior information about the cutoffs The second study develops a new method that modifies the standard MNL model to estimate cutoff levels and ... much ofthe literature and is the focus of this thesis Therefore, we focus on the Haab and Hicks and IAL approach and not examine the von Haefen model We choose the IAL model to analyze the two-stage ... thanks tothe staff and student-friends in the Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology for their help, andtothe Government of Viet Nam for its funding in the early years of...
... inspector to identify the changes they should make Their acknowledgement ofthe legal power ofthe inspector meant that they would make the changes the inspector told them to They understood compliance ... improvements to their safety practice and report on them tothe regulator (Johnstone & King 2008) The intention of EUs appears to be to change the way the businesses think about and manage safety 39 They ... businesses lack the knowledge and resources to understand how regulations apply to their business They need support and assistance to enable them to understand what they need to in order to comply...
... for the audience of our study, because these models are developed to evaluate psychosocial stress in general irrespective ofthe mode of work or the profession The focus of our study was to determine ... basis ofthe results of a two-day-coaching to reduce stress andto increase traffic safety for veterinarians, initiated bythe Institution for Statutory Accident Insurance and Prevention in the ... in other studies on substance use To our knowledge the Demoralization Scale was used for the first time to examine the association of disturbances in the psychological state andthe use of psychotropic...
... further extend their result tothe last four bicyclic graphs These together with the previous result on the trees and unicyclic graphs, we can extend the ordering of connected graphs by their smallest ... one of n1 , n2 , n3 , n4 is more than 3, then bythe same reasoning, we may delete one ofthe edges u1 u2 and v1 v2 such that the resulting graph is in Un3 and does not isomorphic to one of graphs ... with the results on the electronic journal of combinatorics 17 (2010), #R162 the orderings ofthe trees and unicyclic graphs, in this section, we extend the ordering of connected graphs from the...
... 72 h after the administration of 10 and 20 μM simvastatin On the basis of these results, 5, 5, and 10 μM were determined to be the cytotoxic concentrations of mevastatin, fluvastatin, and simvastatin, ... localization of Ras at theplasma membrane [14,15] Ras is involved in the activation ofthe MEK/ERK and PI3K/Akt pathways [14,16], suggesting the mechanism of action of statins The treatment of C6 glioma ... is known to inhibit the mevalonic acid and MAPK pathways, thereby inducing apoptosis [9,10] It has been reported that the mechanism of action is inhibition of GGPP biosynthesis [10,11] These findings...