... Africa and Latin America andthe Caribbean Informality is a trap for the assets andthe growth potential of micro and small businesses and those who work in them Another important source of income ... shares of total health spending are in Jamaica (90%) and Peru (77%), andthe smallest in Colombia (31%) Generally, the smaller the percentage ofthe population in the BOP, the greater the likelihood ... penalty Many in the BOP, and perhaps most, pay higher prices for basic goods and services than wealthier consumers—either in cash or in the effort they must expend to obtain them and they often receive...
... water (a) The relative amount ofthe hydrogen bonds ofthe confined water versus the diameter; (b) the comparison ofthe amount ofthe hydrogen bonds andthe viscosity ofthe bulk water at the three ... amount ofthe hydrogen bonds of water confined in SWCNTs with the diameter The relative amount is the ratio ofthe amount ofthe hydrogen bonds ofthe confined water to the amount in the bulk ... at the nanoscale To further understand thesizeandthe temperature influences, the amount ofthe hydrogen bonds of water confined in SWCNTs is also studied The amount ofthe hydrogen bonds can...
... rationally the morphology of MOF nanocrystals The effects ofthe nature andthe concentration of selective modulators on theshapeandsizeof MOF nanocrystals have been demonstrated In addition, the ... in mesoporous MOFs without the collapse ofthe MOF structures Thesizeofthe nanoparticles is restricted by the dimension ofthe mesocages Because ofthe order arrangement ofthe mesocages, ... Objectives ofthe thesis The aim of this thesis is to develop synthetic methods for preparing bimodal micro- and meso-porous MOF nanocrystals, uniform nanosized MOFs with controlled -shape andsize and...
... the sum of DGV and RPG remained constant, regardless ofthe level of residual polygenic variance Figure shows the influence ofthe sires’ EBV on the DGV of validation bulls The R2 values ofthe ... of 0.0001 for both DGV andthe sum As the residual polygenic effect increased to 20% ofthe total genetic variance, the R2 value between the DGV ofthe son andthe EBV ofthe sire dropped below ... all the other traits (data not shown) Table shows the observed variance of estimated DGV defined as the sum of SNP marker effects andthe variance of DGVt, which was defined as the sum of DGV and...
... spheroids of equivalent sizeandsize distribution to ES spheroids 48 1.3 Effect of processes on sizeandsize distribution of spheroids 49 1.4 Shapeofsize distribution between ES and ... characterize the size, size distribution andshapeof spheroids 6.1 Spheroid sizeandsize distribution Predominantly, sieving is the method of choice for characterizing spheroid size Mass mean ... and their quality investigated Krejcova et al., The influence of particle size 2006 and solubility of drug on the quality of spheroids produced by RP Steckel and Effects of different amount of...
... acknowledgement of independent variations, and often avoid the direct labelling ofthe urban centres under analysis Nevertheless the sense of difference remains andthe idea ofthe inland city versus the ... around the bridge, and said to be the site ofthe betrayal ofthe Portuguese factor that had led to the 1511 attack andthe later execution ofthe Javanese rebel 43 The north bank: diversity and ... significance of these fort walls therefore became more than the fact of their existence, due to their relationship with the cities that build them Cities are often the centres of cultural production, and...
... ofthe injuries Moreover, enterprise size was not given in 13% ofthe reported injuries Another problem with the study was that there was no control for the occupational distribution withinthe ... OHR-data from the age of 20; the latter time limit due to the possibility of job release scheme from the age of 60; • male worker - the women will be left out ofthe study since they constitute ... occupation, and employment status from 1975 onwards [24] For the time-period spanned by the present study, the industries were initially coded according to the 1993 and then to the 2003 version of the...
... study the document and to assess whether it reflected the nature ofthe conversation andthe topics dealt with Based on the feedback, the interview report was corrected and finalised The content of ... were likely to Page of 10 have the best knowledge ofthe overall implementation ofthe QIC projects andthe support given by the organisation andthe external change agency They were consulted ... formulated withinthe hospital and therefore relevant and legitimate The board of executives andthe chief ofthe medical staff provide this legitimacy (Programme coordinator, hospital 8) The hospital...
... List of contributors Preface page vii ix The metabolic theory of ecology andthe role ofbodysize in marine and freshwater ecosystems James H Brown, Andrew P Allen and James F Gillooly Bodysize ... measuring and understanding the roles of different kinds of organisms in the flux and storage of elements in ecosystems The total biomass per unit area, W, is simply the sum ofthebody mass of all ... quantitatively, with bodysizeand temperature The metabolic theory of ecology uses these scaling relations to make and test THE METABOLIC THEORY OF ECOLOGY predictions about the effects of energy and materials...
... human and rat CB1 receptor The CB2 antibody was raised against a sequence between the N-terminal andthe first transmembrane domain ofthe protein ofthe human and rat CB2 receptor The specificity of ... of cDNA of these cells shows a single band ofthe expected molecular size (Fig 2A) We also determined thepresenceofthe FAAH protein by Western blot analysis (Fig 3C) An intense staining band ... supported by the observation that preabsorbing ofthe CB1 antibody with its corresponding blocking peptide eliminated almost all ofthe staining of these bands (Fig 3A) The most abundant band in human...
... conditions: in the absence ofthe additives (referred to as N); in thepresenceof Tris (referred to as T); in thepresenceof l-glutamate (referred to as G); and in thepresenceof both Tris and l-glutamate ... in the TG structure The arrow indicates the Tyr27 residue The mean and SD ofthe val˚ ˚ ues are 0.25 A and 0.15 A, respectively (B) The backbone atoms of liganded and unliganded structures of ... typically increased the free R values by 0.1% Although the R and free R values ofthe four structures were in the range ofthe values ofthe published structures, those ofthe N and G structures...
... have therefore measured the thermodynamic parameters of RNase-A in thepresenceof these amino acids and amino acid derivatives, and values of DGD°, measured in triplicate, are given in Table The ... reaction ofthe free enzyme and free substrate [29] We have therefore estimated kcat ⁄ Km values of all the reactions in thepresenceand absence of all classes of osmolytes It can be Fig Effect of ... DDGD° and Dlog(kcat ⁄ Km) in thepresenceof methylamines and sugar However, the slopes ofthe plot (Dlog(kcat ⁄ Km) versus DDGD°) are very different In fact, the slope in thepresenceof sugar...
... Evaluation then turns into aesthetics: to understand the logic of an expression on the basis of understanding the material that builds the expression We may think of an expression as the presentation of ... Hallnas and Redstrom ¨ ¨ and epistemology and ethics on the other Beauty and simplicity are often used as strong criteria for the correct path to deep theorems and good theories in areas such as mathematics ... sense the process of making these variables explicit and forming concrete instances of them An abstract form is implicitly given by the choice of variables, andthe instantiations of these variables...
... an ellipse with the use of a function ofthe Xfig software The parameter of lower-face roundness was computed as the ratio between the horizontal axis andthe vertical axis ofthe ellipse (see ... menton) If the face was not depicted fully frontally and was slightly turned, then only the data ofthe more frontal eye (left eye in case of turning right and vice versa), andthe measurement of face ... ofthe aims ofthe study, were requested to make two paper -and- pencil self-portraits, the first from memory, andthe second with the use of a mirror The facialmetric parameters ofthe two self-portraits...
... excitation and emission spectra ofthe red state of lhemOFP are blue-shifted in comparison to cjarRFP, mcavRFP and EosFP (C) Absorption spectra ofthe red chromophores of lhemOFP and EosFP (D) The absorption ... origin of red fluorescent colorationof Faviina and Meandriina corals Results and Discussion GFP-like proteins contribute in a major way to thecolorationof M cavernosa The red fluorescent morph Coloration ... phycoerythrins from other cyanobacteria and red algae [37,38] Our characterization ofthe fluorescent pigments of C jardinei andthe orange morph of L hemprichii further emphasizes a major role of GFP-like...
... 8–10 years of age) 65 In these years a focus of learning should be on the further development of students‘ understanding of themselves in relation to peers, their family and others andthe changing ... appraise their own and others‘ performances and develop an understanding ofthe factors that facilitate or inhibit participation and performance They will come to understand the place and meaning of ... the way they look at their world and their perception of what the future holds for them, and to develop an understanding ofthe important role that self-talk plays in maintaining confidence and...
... level, their presence is only seen outside the cells The assembly and synthesis of HHV-6A begins in the nucleus, the virion acquires a membrane as it passes through the nuclear membrane, and it ... observed in the cytoplasm of infected cells (Figure 4C and 4D) The complete HCV particles were 70 to 100 nm in size, while the incomplete particles were 50 to 70 nm in sizeThe HCV virions andthe incomplete ... co-infections with HIV, HCV, and HHV-6 are frequently seen in the same individual, the development of a system to study the effects ofthe interactions among these viruses at the level of a single cell is...
... level, their presence is only seen outside the cells The assembly and synthesis of HHV-6A begins in the nucleus, the virion acquires a membrane as it passes through the nuclear membrane, and it ... observed in the cytoplasm of infected cells (Figure 4C and 4D) The complete HCV particles were 70 to 100 nm in size, while the incomplete particles were 50 to 70 nm in sizeThe HCV virions andthe incomplete ... co-infections with HIV, HCV, and HHV-6 are frequently seen in the same individual, the development of a system to study the effects ofthe interactions among these viruses at the level of a single cell is...
... by the functional assay This is new and important.” Baum predicts that deciphering the meaning of such large datasets will probably require new ways of thinking andthe help of mathematicians and ... lot ofthe apparent complexity in cell biology is a product of over-expression studies, and loss -of- function data can clarify some of these situations.” And then we will have to go back to the ... components of different pathways The long-term experiment is to see how much ofthe complexity in the cell can actually be reduced by finding these kinds of correlations.” Others in the field...