... ecological performance of C3, C4and CAM species Even today, nearly 30 years later, C3 C4 remains one of the most straight-forward and understandable introduction to C4 plant biology for students ... evolution and engineering of C4 photosynthesis, the impact of temperature and CO2 variation on the biochemical processes governing C3 andC4 photosynthesis, and cold-tolerance in high-yielding C4 grasses ... Planters’ Association Andrew A Benson and Andrew Maretzki extended her studies to search for formation, transport and storage of sucrose in the sugarcane leaf and stalk and the patterns of mineral...
... spondyloarthropathy (SpA) and RA, and comparisons may be made with historical data Comparing SF samples between SpA and other rheumatic diseases (RA, juvenile SpA, juvenile polyarthritis, and juvenile oligoarthritis) ... diseases and immune deficiencies An outpatient population of more than 110 BD patients represents the largest Dutch population and provides a basis for both immunopathophysiologic, genetic, and therapeutic ... Representing endothelial injury and functioning as leukocyte trafficking factors, cell adhesion molecules (intercellular adhesion molecule-1 and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1) and endothelial growth...
... the C-terminal PCP (steps and in Fig 1A and see Fig S1A for representative structures of the different conformations) [12–15] These three conformations include an open conformation with little contact ... into the thioester conformation, this 1162 closed state is probably the thioester-forming conformation [13] Although similar digest patterns were observed for the apo- and holo-forms of A–PCP we ... the absence of ligands the electrophoretic mobility in native PAGE was slightly higher for the holo-form than for the apo-form (left lanes) This difference might reflect minor conformational changes...
... Authors' contributions TB designed and performed the laboratory work, particularly the PCR, did the alignments and phylogenetic analysis and wrote the paper SS and ET performed immunophenotyping of ... program was used on a GeneAmp 2400 Cycler (PerkinElmer): 94°C for 15 minutes, 40 cycles (94°C for 20 seconds, 62°C for 20 seconds, 72°C for 90 seconds), 4°C http://www.retrovirology.com/content/4/1/11 ... T-cell (N = 31) and precursor T-cell neoplasms (N = 50) and from patients with NK-cell disorders All samples had been thoroughly characterized immunologically and genetically and contained a...
... associate with PSII core in dimeric form in the dark and with LHCII antenna in monomeric form upon illumination [35] and the monomeric form would be the active form for qE It was found to be present ... precisely, NPQ and photochemistry 8 K.T.T Hương et al / VNU Journal of Science: Natural Sciences and Technology, Vol 30, No (2014) 6-22 Balance between energy used for photochemical reactions and dissipative ... to zeaxanthindependent conformational changes in PSII antenna proteins [27] Its formation and relaxation times are in the order of 10-15 and correspond to the synthesis and epoxidation of zeaxanthin...
... TGG TCT GGT AGG AGA CG-3’ for the downstream primer PCR amplification for β-actin was performed for 36 cycles (1 at 94ºC, at 60ºC, 40 sec at 72ºC) andfor TNFα for 40 cycles (1 at 94°C, at 60°C, ... AGG CAC CA-3’ for the upstream primer and 5’-CTC CTT AAT GTC ACG CAC GAT TTC-3’ for the downstream primer TNFα utilized 5’-CAG AGG GAA GAG TTC CCC AG-3’ for the upstream primer and 5’-CCT TGG ... 20 U/ μl RNAse inhibitor and 0.5 μl 50 U/ μl reverse transcriptase (Perkin Elmer Biosystemsm Roche, Branchburg, USA) The mixture was incubated at 42ºC for 30 and at 99ºC for Samples were stored...
... so the expend on energy consumption and transferring pipelines is saved Second, the equipment doesn’t need to be cooled down when it works, so the energy consumption and device for cooling down ... possible to utilize the water pressure in the pilot experiment, and thus, to save the energy consumption and the running cost For example, if the high concentrated oxygen dissolver is put at ... contents and water temperature the upper stream, the down stream and close at the high concentrated oxygen dissolver, as shown in Fig Fig.8, Fig.9 and Fig.10 show the variation of DO and water...
... 5900) The reclassification was carried out for upstream protection land (UPL), production forest land (PFL), convertible land (CL), cultivated land and plain as shown in Table The results show ... erosion potential of the convertible land area in Binh Dinh (in reality, the upstream protection land and the production forest land had been planned for growing forests, so there is no need to take ... potential mainly distributes on the convertible land, the upstream protection land, and the production forest land However, we have only researched and categorized the erosion potential in Binh...
... Bifidobacterium bifidum, Candida pintolepesii and Aspergillus oryzae) improved immune response of broiler chickens to H9N2 vaccination and prevented the mortality and morbidity On the other hand, dual use ... amantadine (and probably oseltamivir) in poultry and transmission of resistant variants to human On the other hand, limited supply and high costs of oseltamivir preclude its widespread use for poultry ... birds [43–46] (10) And last but not least, factors related to vaccine manufacturing, quality, identity of vaccine strain, improper handling and/ or administration can be decisive for efficiency of...
... mother and infant Mother-to-Child Transmission (MTCT) Rate and Efficacy • MTCT was 5.7% at weeks for AP/IP/PP ZDV + 3TC, 8.9% for IP/PP ZDV + 3TC, 14.2% for IP-only ZDV + 3TC, and 15.3% for placebo ... Breastfeeding and formula feeding Initial: short-course ZDV with/without maternal and infant sdNVP and with/without breastfeeding 1st randomization 2nd randomization • Initial design: In formulafeeding ... with placebo: 63%, 42%, and 0%, respectively) • MTCT was 14.9% at 18 months for AP/IP/PP ZDV + 3TC, 18.1% for IP/PP ZDV + 3TC, 20.0% for IP-only ZDV + 3TC, and 22.2% for placebo (efficacy compared...
... air, water and land for Visakhapatnam are 57.0, 57.05 and 55 only However, keeping the overall CEPI in view, an action plan has been prepared for Visakhapatnam in order to put further efforts by ... residential and commercial areas and provide effective STP to reduce water pollution in harbour area The VMC should prepare a plan for solid wastes Disposal system and approach the Government of India for ... east coast of Andhra Pradesh and increased to 25 breaths to handle different types of cargoes in different forms A.P Pollution Control Board is regularly monitoring the Port activities and issuing...
... Scholes, C.P (1998) Electronic structural information from Q-band ENDOR on the type and type copper liganding environment in wild-type and mutant forms of copper-containing nitrite reductase ... has been developed by Nicholson and Shain [24] and by Saveant and Vianello [32] and is frequently applied to kinetic studies of reactions between redox enzymes and mediators Second order rate ... the dark blue gel background, and placed in 2.5% triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) to x the bands Afterwards, the gel was washed in water and kept in 50% ethanol before drying The molecular mass...
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... computerized, resemble Informal Spoken speech, except for referring expressions (i.e., frequent complex nominals) andfor completeness and formality (i.e., few phatics and and-connectors, and relatively ... Table I, for completeness (i.e., f r a g m e n t s ) a n d formality (i.e., phatics and and-connectors) users' utterances with advisory systems are more like Human-Computer dialogues and Formal ... resemble more spoken informal discourse than written formal discourse The difference in number of occurrences per I000 words between the Wizard-of-OZ condition and the Informal Spoken condition...
... evaluate the reason for the different growth rates and methane-formation rates with trimethylamine as a substrate, cell lysates and washed membrane preparations of the wild-type and the mutant strains ... clostridial Fdred and reduce F420 The kinetic parameters of the reaction exhibited a maximal velocity (Vmax) of 225 mUặmg)1 of protein and KM values of and 0.5 lm for F420 and Fdred, respectively ... Known concentrations of FpoF were also applied and were used to quantify FpoF based on relative band intensities (Fig 4) When the bands for the cytoplasm and the membrane fraction were compared with...
... important in their migration decisions – for instance, the "working environment" (between 36% and 81%) and "opportunities for education and training" (between 29% and 67%) [107] In addition to such ... practitioners and community pharmacists in Northern Ireland Inform Prim Care 2007, 15:231-237 Masters K: For what purpose and reasons doctors use the Internet: a systematic review Int J Med Inform 2008, ... used for local level monitoring and performance evaluation of services" [90]) Community-based monitoring may be preferable for relatively small local financial-incentive programmes Monitoring and...
... components of children and adolescents QOL and well-being This structure allows it to be used for QOL assessments in divers groups of healthy children and adolescents, but also for quality of life ... models for both versions are presented in Figure and Above the arrows pointed at the observable variables (rectangles) are given their factor loadings (standardized parameters) and the standardized ... responding rate was 80% for the children and 77% for the adolescents, while the amounts of missing data were 0.17% and 0.32%, respectfully The Kid completed 303 subjects (160 males and 143 females,...
... the trial case record form for each visit and graded = none, = mild, = moderate, and = severe Translation and cultural adaptation The RDQ was translated into Norwegian and Swedish according to ... instrument for assessing symptom severity, subject selection and response to treatment in clinical trials of GERD Work focusing on the performance of the RDQ for epidemiological survey (or tool) andfor ... Norway and 305 from Sweden with a mean age of 51.4 (13.5) years were enrolled at 35 sites The baseline characteristics and clinical information for patients with data from both a baseline and subsequent...
... components of children and adolescents QOL and well-being This structure allows it to be used for QOL assessments in divers groups of healthy children and adolescents, but also for quality of life ... models for both versions are presented in Figure and Above the arrows pointed at the observable variables (rectangles) are given their factor loadings (standardized parameters) and the standardized ... responding rate was 80% for the children and 77% for the adolescents, while the amounts of missing data were 0.17% and 0.32%, respectfully The Kid completed 303 subjects (160 males and 143 females,...
... stable and unstable manifolds W s (p), W u (p), W s (q), and W u (q) are twodimensional In this case, W u (p) and W s (q) (and similarly, W u (q) and W s (p)) intersect transversely, and therefore, ... coupled neurons with delay coupling (using units of mV for voltages, ms for time, mS/cm2 for conductances, µA/cm2 for currents, and µF/cm2 for capacitance): c vi (t) = Ii − gL (vi (t) − vL ) − ... Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Communication Department, Istanbul Technical University, TR-34469 Maslak-Istanbul, Turkey Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics, Informatics,...