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... themes: biodiversity, ecosystem services and valuation; incentives and institutions; governance; IPRs and protection of indigenous knowledge; and climate change, biodiversity and ecosystem services ... 11) Biodiversity, ecosystem services and valuation The economics and valuation of biodiversity and ecosystem services, social aspects including biodiversity poverty linkages, factors causing biodiversity ... Cultural and amenity Ecosystem service Table 1.1 Main ecosystem types and their services Chapter01.qxd Page Chapter01.qxd 11/27/2008 1:47 PM Page 4 Conserving and Valuing Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 17:20

... NupL2 (CG1), Nup133, Seh1, Nup93, Gp210, Nup98, Rae1 and Tpr) remained largely unchanged, and the remaining nucleoporin mRNAs (i.e Nup358 and Sec13) were slightly up-regulated These results indicate ... did not differ significantly between myoblasts and myotubes (Figs 3D and S2A) Myotubes contain greater amounts of Nup358 than myoblasts (Figs and 2) and, because Nup358 is localized in the cytoplasmic ... taken from each NPC image and three measurements were obtained for each NPC profile O, I, and H represent the outer diameter, upper rim diameter and height, respectively Outer and upper rim diameters...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 01:20

... (RefSeq Genes) and non-coding RNA annotations (ncRNA.org) Read counts correspond to undifferentiated (ND.1 and ND.2), day differentiated (AD3.1 and AD3.2) and day differentiated (AD8.1 and AD8.2) ... (RefSeq Genes) and non-coding RNA annotations (ncRNA.org) Read counts correspond to undifferentiated (ND.1 and ND.2), day differentiated (AD3.1 and AD3.2) and day differentiated (AD8.1 and AD8.2) ... analysis, and reviewed the manuscript PV performed experiments and collected data BM conceived of the study, participated in its design and coordination and reviewed the manuscript RW analyzed data and...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 23:20

... participatory training and research program, involving TOT and FFSs and (2) the development of a cashew IPM curriculum and illustrative posters based on field monitoring, observations and experiments ... Current cashew husbandry practices, including the use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers, • Assessment of cashew production, • Labour use and costs, • Pest and disease practices and potential ... photos of insect pests, diseases and their natural enemies in the periods of preflowering flush and flowering and fruiting for the IPM posters, and Make diagrams and graphs from the results of...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 06:20

... Reference F J Tejedor and B Hammerle ¨ MNB ⁄ DYRK1A in neuronal development 225 MNB ⁄ DYRK1A in neuronal development F J Tejedor and B Ha ¨mmerle mechanisms Additionally, and given the extensive ... in relation to symmetric growth and division [20] However, Pom1p activity is high during symmetric cell division and when lost cells undergo asymmetric growth and division, the opposite to what ... learning and memory defects [56], whereas haploinsufficient Dyrk1A+ ⁄ ) mice have a reduced number of spines in the dendrites of cortical pyramidal cells [41] and show alterations in the pre- and postsynaptic...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 16:21

... studies, Reches et al [21] and Mazor et al [22] reported that other short fragments, such as the pentapeptide fragments of the human calcitonin peptide and IAPP (Table 1), rapidly and efficiently form ... moieties, on the one hand, and electrostatic repulsion by the positively charged lysine residue on the other The KLVFF motif has served as a key platform for developing peptide and peptidomimetic ... understanding this life-threatening process Extremely short aromatic peptides form amyloid fibrils readily and efficiently The importance of aromatic moieties in the molecular recognition and self-assembly...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 11:20

... It consists of an N-terminal b-sandwich, a core (which contains a transamidation site and a Ca2+-binding site, and has a helices and b sheets in equal amounts), and two C-terminal b-barrel domains ... substrates and to investigate alterations in their properties Nevertheless, biochemical and functional proteomic studies in both in vitro and cellular systems have furthered our understanding of ... Esposito and I Caputo TGs and their substrates Depending on the probe used, the labelled substrates can be visualized by direct fluorescence microscopy, fluorography and western blot analysis, and identified...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 15:20

... provinces with a standard questionnaire The survey concentrated on current cashew husbandry practices, assessment of cashew production, labour use and costs, pest and disease practices and assessment ... between ghost ants and weaver ants A further observation showed that the orchard understorey (consisting of grass, weeds and small cashew coppices) was rich and was not cleared, and ghost ants were ... to grow cashews or change to rubber.” The participants all agreed with the project objectives, expected outputs and approach and methodology They made some useful comments and suggestions on...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 05:20

... participatory training and research program, involving TOT and FFSs and (2) the development of a cashew IPM curriculum and illustrative posters based on field monitoring, observations and experiments ... flush, and so, the training concentrated on cashew variety selection, suitable use of fertilizers, insecticide use in IPM systems, cashew diseases and their control strategies, and weaver ants and ... problems of using weaver ants and their solutions and the main cashew insect pests and diseases The courses we delivered are listed in Table Trainees were interested in courses and practicals (see Appendix...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 06:20

... of pesticides on farmers’ health and farm environment, Farmers’ knowledge of cashew insect pests and diseases and their natural enemies, and Weaver ant status and farmers’ opinion of them The ... farmers’ health and environmental quality Farmers’ knowledge of cashew insect pests and diseases and their natural enemies There were 182 farmers who addressed this issue For insect pests and diseases, ... were VND367,096, VND206,722 and VND1,222,886 for insecticides, fungicides and chemical fertilizers respectively Fertilizers were used by 84% of farmers to times a year, and most of them used chemical...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 06:20

... using weaver ants Mr Binh and Mr Tu Mr Hien and Dr Binh Mr Quang Mr Lan and Dr Peng Dr Peng, Mr Lan and Mr Binh Mr Lan and DR Peng T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 12 T8 T9 T10 T11 T12 T13 T14 and their solutions How ... participatory training and research program, involving TOT and FFSs and (2) the development of a cashew IPM curriculum and illustrative posters based on field monitoring, observations and experiments ... Mr Lan and Mr Binh Dr Peng, Mr Lan and Mr Binh Mr Binh, Mr Hien and Dr Hai Dr Cuc Table The number of flushing shoots and % shoots damaged by the main insect pests between Farmer’s plot and the...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 06:20

... terminals, apples and nuts, and their effect on cashew yield and nut quality through comparisons between the farmer managed plots and the IPM plots and between trees with weaver ants and trees without ... surveys and observations, laboratory experiments and rearing were conducted in Binh Phuoc, Dong Nai and Dak Lac provinces between July 2006 and March 2008 Data obtained from the field experiments and ... conjunctions of the trunk and the main branches and wounded places, and the most eggs were found within one meter from the ground Eggs are elongate in light yellow, and 4.1 mm long and 1.4 mm broad After...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 06:20

... production, and (2) he or she must have had teaching experience, eg university teaching, TOT teaching and/ or adult training A total of 14 TOT master trainers were invited, and their expertise and experiences ... Thuan, Binh Thuan and Binh Phuoc provinces, attended the meetings All of them were pleased with the TOT trainers’ abilities, their training methods and skills, and their understanding of the cashew ... Nai and Binh Phuoc provinces in October 2008 Under the supervision of the TOT trainers, we worked with farmers for the field sampling and the identification of insect pests and diseases and their...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 06:20

... main cashew insect pests and would improve cashew yield and nut quality Over 80% of farmers knew how to use weaver ants, and would use weaver ants and tell their friends and other farmers to use ... book and 500 copies of the ICI manual book Project objectives and methods The aims of this project are to increase cashew yield and nut quality and improve the environment by using weaver ants and ... participatory training and research program, involving TOT and FFSs and (2) the development of a cashew IPM curriculum and an illustrative photo book based on field monitoring, observations and experiments...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 06:20

... mutants are sick and slow growers and THO depletion has a negative effect on growth rate of human and Drosophila cell lines THO is required for viability of the early mouse embryo and for postnatal ... development and tissue differentiation as well as its putative impact in cancer and cell proliferation should provide a better understanding of its functional role One step towards this understanding ... cell types And it would certainly be important to understand how the role of the THO complex in development and differentiation is related to its molecular function in mRNP biogenesis and export...

Ngày tải lên: 06/08/2014, 19:21

... of initiation of treatment, and the dose and duration of therapy Steroid therapy causes significant adverse effects, and this remains true in patients with SARS Wang and coworkers [12] described ... steroid use and poor clinical outcome [4,16,17] Lew and coworkers [5] found no significant difference in outcome between 15 patients treated with immunoglobulin and methylprednisolone and 30 patients ... evidence of benefit from randomized controlled trials yet accept evidence of harm from the popular press Third, agreement between results of meta-analyses and large randomized controlled trials...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20

... results, and the findings may therefore not apply to the general population The present study and the study by Gjesdal and Bratberg [10] are to our knowledge the only two studies on a random sample ... employment grade, job title, and education respondents were classified into five socio economic position groups; I: executive managers and/ or academics, II: middle managers and/ or 3-4 years of further ... meters and categorized according to the standardized classification of the National Institutes of Health using four categories: underweight (

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 10:03

... demand and supply results from both reduced workforce supply (due to poor recruitment of medical graduates to the specialty and dwindling immigration) and an increase in overall workload demand ... cesarean rates, and the anesthesia staffing for provision of obstetric anesthesia services (day and night) Other questions included the estimated waiting time for epidural labor analgesia and the anesthesia ... obstetric anesthesia workforce supply and work load demand ratio, based on the OAAI, and to correlate this with quantifiable measures of adequacy of obstetric anesthesia services That study may provide...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 15:20

... reveal any marked change, however patient was able to maintain SaO2 above 90 % at room air and his fever also responded Within two weeks, he was doing his routine activity and oxygen therapy ... therapy was continued and Corticosteroids were tapered and stopped At three weeks he was maintaining oxygen saturation (SaO2) of 96% at room air After a week, he had high grade fever and found to have ... in upper and lower lung fields of both lungs Note the air bronchogram 43 of 101o F, and respiratory rate of 36 per minute Pertinent findings included coarse crackles all over the chest and hepatomegaly...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 04:20

... transfected with FynC–GFP–INP54p and stimulated with CD95L for (1–4) and 30 (5–12) Cells were stained for FADD (green), EEA-1 (red), and DAPI (blue) Individual and merged fluorescence images were ... immunoblotting for caspase-8 and hCD95 (D) A20 cells were transfected with wild-type hCD95 or hCD95(Y291F) and stimulated with CH-11 for the indicated times Nuclear (lanes and 2) and cytoplasmic (lanes ... CD95 internalization (A) and apoptosis (B) following CD95L stimulation for 30 (A) and h (B), respectively (A) The remaining surface CD95 was detected by FACS analysis, and the percentage of CD95...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 02:20