... the number of pages that contain the term on the Web We use the following notation H(x) = the number of pages that contain the term x” The number H(x) can be used as an estimated frequency of ... collected from each seed word, and then checked whether each ofthe target terms was included in the system output We counted the number of target terms in the following five cases The right half ... total; the average number of output terms per input is 12.2 terms We checked whether each ofthe 610 terms is a correct related term ofthe original seed term by hand The result is shown in the...
... water, the expansion of which provokes the formation of micro air bubbles The particles, that are likely to decant, accumulate at the bottom ofthe truncated part and are then evacuated towards the ... other petroleum products resold to the Ivorian Refining Company (SIR) The hydroskimming units and the DHC are the main producers of waste water Figure describes the treating process flow ofthe ... truncated base where they are evacuated 8) The observation tank The treated water flows through the siphoned partitions ofthe flotator and, under the influence of gravity, goes down in the equilibrium...
... to their positions The arrowheads depict the residues important for the structural core ofthe IL-10 gene The underlined amino acid residues are the signal sequences ofthe respective genes The ... sequence show a degree of similarity to the carp IL-10 sequence The most highly conserved stretch in the IL-10 family is at the C-terminus in the C-helix and at the Nterminus ofthe F-helix; a similar ... control ofthe amount and quality of cDNA product was present at all time-points of incubation, except for the h control The highest level of expression was seen at h post-LPS stimulation of liver...
... 30-fold higher than for (GalpA)2 (Table 1) Subsite mapping On the basis ofthe assumptions of Hiromi [30] that the intrinsic rate of hydrolysis (kint) in the productive complex is independent ofthe ... representation ofthe subsite binding cleft of PelB The highest binding afnity was found for the penultimate subsite +1 (40.2 kJặmol)1), after which the afnity decreased considerably when moving towards the ... molecules The specic activity [reaching a plateau for (GalpA)4 at % 1000 Uặmg)1] is among the highest known for polygalacturonases, and the highest of all oligoGalpA-active exohydrolases The highest...
... (e.g., the height of a person), while for others it is only the center of a distribution (e.g., the weight of a coffee cup) Questions with no trusted and exact answers were eliminated Fromthe remaining ... object During the first stage it is possible that we directly extract fromthe text a set of values for the requested object The bounds processing step rejects some of these values, and the comparisons ... choose the most frequent value based on the number of web snippets retrieved during the value acquisition stage If there are several values with the same frequency we select the median of these...
... air quality model to estimate the dispersion function, the accuracy ofthe estimated emissions will depend on the ability ofthe model to reproduce the dispersion ofthe pollutants Until now, in ... at high wind speeds and when the wind is perpendicular to the street axis, the concentration of pollutants increases at the leeward side ofthe street concentrations are higher than that in the ... difference in the emission factors of VOCs for LDVs and HDVs The emission factors calculated in this study are generally higher compared to the results ofthe other studies around the world Only the emission...
... focused on the thermal stability, revealing that the secondary structure ofthe enzyme remains intact up to the upper limit ofthe investigated temperature range (99 °C) [1,4] To our knowledge the pressure ... in the protein In addition to pressure and temperature, the chemical composition ofthe protein solution (pH, salts) will also influence the stability ofthe enzyme In particular, the effect of ... example, the almond b-glucosidase or the b-galactosidase from Escherichia coli [17] Influence of pH on enzyme inactivation by pressure treatment The pressure–temperature dependence ofthe pH of the...
... di-sodiated forms ofthe de-O-acylated LOS and the ion with m ⁄ z of 1479.6 is the anhydrous form ofthe de-O-acylated LOS The ion 1277.6 is the de-protonated molecular ion from de-O-acylated ... construction ofthe lgt3 mutant in M catarrhalis O35E Large arrows represent the direction of transcription; the site ofthe transposon insertion identified in the O35E is denoted as EN:TN, and the location ... To further compare LOS expression levels between the wild-type and mutant strains, the amounts of Kdo from both strains were determined as an indicator They were 73 ng and 70 ng per 80 lg of outer...
... that the number of pilots hired by the major airlines is an indicator of some ofthe uncertainty in the civilian market and measures to some extent the health ofthe airline industry The number of ... YOS 20) as the difference between the log ofthe two expected earnings profiles.12 Whereas ideally we would like to separate the effect of ACP fromthe effect of other military pay on the stay-or-leave ... airlines at the time pilots depart the military The number of pilots hired by the majors varied widely over the period from 1980 to 1998, from a low of 312 pilots in 1983 to a highof 5,868 in...
... above The fulllength cDNA of lac1 was then generated by 3¢-RACE using the primer 5¢-TCTCAACCGTCGACAGCAG TGTTCGTG-3¢ designed fromthe sequence ofthe extreme 5¢ end of lac1 The full-length cDNA of ... Although the spectral characteristics ofthe lac1 protein suggest the absence of a type copper site, this is not borne out by analysis ofthe deduced amino acid sequence ofthe enzyme Thus, the 10 ... positively affected the activity and stability ofthe enzyme [40] The effect of copper on enzyme stability may be related to the inhibitory effect ofthe metal on the activity of an extracellular...
... with the side chain of Lys10 The unusual chemical shift values ofthe side-chain protons of Lys10 are consistent with the vicinity ofthe aromatic ring Other residues giving NOE peaks to the indole ... Cys27 These data together with the calculated structures are indicative of a number of intersheet hydrogen bonds in both ofthe molecules The exchanging properties ofthe amide protons of SGCI[L30R, ... Furthermore, the results ofthe H±D exchange experiment suggest a signi®cant difference in the internal ¯exibility ofthe molecules The rigid nature ofthe second b strand is consistent with the...
... could suppress the cycle in order to change the carbon flux to other pathways, such as glutamate biosynthesis, under the condition of excess turnover ofthe RTCA cycle Further studies ofthe enzyme ... characterized one ofthe key enzymes ofthe RTCA cycle, ATP-citrate lyase [24] The results demonstrated the heteromeric structure of this enzyme and its role in regulating the direction and flux ofthe RTCA ... in the cell-free extract after induction with IPTG The activity ofthe recombinant cell-extract (19.5 UÆmg)1) was 100-fold higher than that in the host cells (0.20 UÆmg)1) The homogeneity of the...
... The E/D ratios ofthe high- spin signals were calculated fromthe effective g values by numerical diagonalization oftheenergy matrix for S ¼ 5/2 [7] Determination ofthe midpoint potential of ... progress The evidence fromthe spectroscopic and ligand-binding studies of chlorite dismutase suggest binding of chlorite to the five-co-ordinate high- spin ferric form ofthe enzyme as the first step of ... decreases as the result of further oxidation ofthe heme by the excess hydrogen peroxide EPR spectroscopy of chlorite dismutase and adducts Ferric chlorite dismutase exhibits a mixture of two high- spin...
... and pKa2 The pKa value is determined from a fit ofthe phosphorus chemical shifts ofthe without ionic, monoionic and diionic forms ofthe phosphate group as a function of pH [33,34] The phosphorus ... affects the electrostatic potential and quite often the conformation ofthe modified protein Even in the absence of rearrangement, the change in the electric field and steric hindrance from a phosphate ... Identification ofthe hydrogen-bonding partners depends on detailed investigations into the pH dependence of their NMR parameters over the pH range 3–8 Obviously, the pH titration curve ofthe amide...
... name”) The value ofthe :cs feature is the constituent structure ofthe subcategorisation frame, which lists the syntactic CF-PSG constituents in sequence The value ofthe :gs feature is the grammatical ... Section 23 ofthe WSJ It was found that the reference CCG lexicon contained 95.09% ofthe entries in the test lexicon, while 94.03% ofthe entries in the test TAG lexicon also occurred in the reference ... feature to the generated f-structures, the value of which is the syntactic category ofthe pred at each level of embedding Exploiting this information, the extracted semantic form for the verb...
... different primers designed fromthe cDNA sequence resulted in the amplification of bands in each case Sequencing of these bands showed that they matched the sequence ofthe cellulase cDNA completely; ... to GHF The activity staining indicated that there were no other CMCase activities except the GHF cellulase in the larval gut of P hilaris The sensitivity ofthe activity staining used is high, ... combined to the 3¢-end ofthe oligodT primer for first-strand synthesis of cDNA [12], and 5¢-RACE amplification was performed with a gene-specific primer based on the sequence ofthe 3¢-fragment The nucleotide...
... positioning ofthe seven cysteine residues with other members ofthe MT family of proteins, none ofthe other structurally characterized MTs show the same fold This is reflected in the r.m.s.d ... hallmark ofthe MT structures is the dependence on the sequential position ofthe cysteine in the primary sequence, the identity ofthe coordinated metal and its coordination number [14,48] The paper ... Almost all the 1H chemical shifts were visible in the TOCSY with the exception ofthe side chain of Cys5 (assigned fromthe NOESY), and all resonances of Gly1 (not identified in either experiment)...
... mimic the natural environment of cod further supports the role ofthe mucus as a defence barrier Because we observed an abolition ofthe extract activities by pepsin treatment we concluded that the ... Antimicrobial components of cod mucus A B Fig Purification of antimicrobial components from 20 mg protein ⁄ peptide extract, prepared fromthe skin mucus of cod, by use of HPLC and monitoring the antibacterial ... salt concentration in the antimicrobial assays and the decrease of activity as a result of interactions Another possible reason is the low levels of antimicrobial peptides from healthy cod where...
... taken from a novel about the Mafia The CSI/FBI surveys in the beginning ofthe book present statistics on the growing awareness ofthe threat to our security The participants in the series of surveys, ... pirates often rationalize their espionage and theft by claiming that it is okay to break the laws of foreign countries as long as they not break the laws of their own country Besides, they feel ... to raise the level of security awareness as well as to assist in determining the scope of computer crime in the United States The success ofthe survey is unprecedented in the field of information...
... illumination, the photocycle time scale is in the order of milliseconds A key role in the photocycle is played by the exchange ofthe two redox forms ofthe quinone, between the protein interior and the ... within the accuracy of these considerations Assuming the surface ofthe QB channel entrance to be the area ofthe protein where a successful collision can take place [46], an estimate ofthe association ... fulfilled for the first two values, where the decay fromthe D+QA– state is predominant Analogously to the previous case, the decay ofthe charge separated state is fitted by the sum of two exponentials...