... cavitation than those of F excelsior (figure 3A and D), the major differences occurring for low ψ values (ψcav at –1.0 and –1.5 MPa and ψ100 at –1.8 and –4.2 MPa for A pseudoplatanus and F excelsior ... and the beginning of the afternoon, allowing a high transpiration rate (4.8 and 3.9 mmol m–2 s–1 for maple and ash trees, respectively, in June, figure 1a) In ash trees, the water potential of ... hours of the morning resulting in low transpiration rates (1.8 and 1.1 mmol m–2 s–1 for ash and maple trees, respectively, in June, figure 1c) In comparison of F excelsior, the limitation of stomatal...
... sequences of VsEndA (Fig 1) The theoretical pI was 9.61 for VsEndA and 8.62 for VcEndA Expression and purification From L Escherichia coli culture, a total of 24 and 50 mg pure recombinant VsEndA and ... characterization of the enzymes, we carried out an analysis of the NaCl requirements and pH optimum of VsEndA and VcEndA The optimum NaCl concentrations for activity were found to be 425 mm for VsEndA and ... the salt optima of the enzymes are fine-tuned to match the salinity of their environment The outer membrane and cell wall of Gram-negative bacteria not restrict passage of ions, and the periplasmic...
... on the rules and principles that regulate the practice of the critic, the art of judging with knowledge and propriety of the beauties and faults of a literature performance, or of a production ... function of communication and indicates the limits of present knowledge in society 2.2.2 Types of criticism 2.2.2.1 Practice of analyzing and evaluating literary or other artistic works This type of ... Kroeber and Kluckhohn compiled a list of over 200 different definitions of culture in their book “Culture: A critical review of Concepts and Definitions” One of these is: “Culture consists of pattern,...
... Evaluation of rules defining collective and individual behavior of actors and their interactions is a part of this exercise Human security of local communities and social rehabilitation of affected ... reflects discussion and results of case -studies on national institutional capacities for floods risk reduction in Japan, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam and practices of institutions and tools applied ... resources”(ISDR 2004) In many parts of Asia a declaration of state of emergency signifies a state’s recognition of a disastrous event and often is based on loss of property and investments IFA indicates...
... Vietnamese and American English 1.2 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The Comparative Study of Insults in Vietnamese and American English aimed at providing Vietnamese users of English and American users of Vietnamese ... miscommunication regarding the use of insults 1.6 DEFINITIONS OF TERMS Dictionary definitions of the term "insult" shares the feature of "offence" of a remark For example, "an offensive remark or action" ... University of Danang Time: 27 - - 2011 Venue: University of Danang * This thesis is available for the purpose of reference at: - Library of College of Foreign Languages, University of Danang -...
... 35, and 70 after the addition of the enzyme The top spectrum is that of DHMP for comparison Only the NMR signals of the 2¢ and 3¢ protons of DHNP and DHMP are shown The chemical structures of ... NP and MP and 2248 between HP and HPO in accordance with the similar shapes and sizes between NP and MP and between HP and HPO The different Kd values are proportional to the different values of ... ligand solution The fluorescence of the ligand was measured after each addition of the protein stock solution at an emission wavelength of 430 nm and an excitation wavelength of 330 nm for HP and...
... h, 22 °C) and harvested by centrifugation (yield 25 g, wet weight) Isolation and purification of CPS and LPS The cells were washed with 2.5% saline (w/v) and extracted by the method of Westphal ... acid The sequence of constituent glycoses and the location of L-Ala were confirmed by 2D NMR analysis performed on both CPS and aqueous-phase LPS and their methanolysis products, and CE-ES-MS methods ... 2004 CPS and LSP O-antigen of A salmonicida (Eur J Biochem 271) 4513 Fig CE-ES-MS analysis (+ ion mode) of LPS (A) and carboxyl-reduced LPS (B) of A salmonicida The inset shows the ratio of the...
... concentration of XAIP (b) and with lM concentration of chitinase enzyme (c) for h, and (B) in the absence of any protein (a), with 100 lM concentration of XAIP (b) and with 100 lM concentration of chitinase ... internal space of the TIM barrel considerably Of the three observed cis peptides, two (Gly33–Phe34 and Trp253–Asp254) are found at the ends of b-strands b2 and b8, respectively These are part of the ... interactions between residues of a7 and those of GH10 because of steric hindrance On the other hand, it has been shown by solution studies that XAIP inhibits the activity of a-amylase in a : 1.2 molar...
... tactless Practitioners of all professions differ in their personal dispositions and talents of empathy, compassion, warmth, and tactfulness, and it is the task of selection and training to prevent ... Ronald, and the slow progress of soft psychology Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 46, 806-834 Meehl, P E (1986) Causes and effects of my disturbing little book Journal of Personality ... rule,” the most plausible GROVE AND MEEHL explanation of these deviant studies is that they arose by a combination of random sampling errors (8 deviant out of 136) and the clinicians’ informational...
... load and number of revolutions The third noise group is caused by wheels, driving, and suspension and is influenced by road surface and wheel type Thus a rough surface causes more wheel and suspension ... Communication and Technology (Eurospeech ’03), vol 2, pp 681–684, Geneva, Switzerland, September 2003 Y Bar-Shalom and X R Li, Estimation and Tracking: Principles, Techniques, and Software, Artech ... aims to increase the contrast of pictures In speech processing, HEQ can be used to extend the principle of CMS and MVN to all moments of the probability distribution of the feature vector components...
... to 25% and 13% of the total Indian population of sheep and goats, respectively Most of the sheep are of indigenous types and there is a general understanding that the indigenous breeds of sheep ... breeds of sheep may serve as a potential reservoir of BTV infection and may also transmit the infection to cattle and other breeds of sheep reared in the same area Comparative analysis of percent ... as well as the age of the animal at the time of collection of serum samples Subsequently, we determined the comparative efficacy of different serological tests for detection of antibodies against...
... benzoate, 10 μg/mL of heparin, 10 mg/mL of bovine serum albumin (BSA) to evaluate sperm quality and to use as 100 μL-droplets of spermatozoa for IVF Evaluation of sperm For evaluation of progressive ... atmosphere of saturated humidity and 5% CO2 After maturation, COCs were washed with BO medium containing mM caffeine sodium benzoate, 10 μg/mL of heparin, and 10 mg/mL of BSA to partially remove expanded ... context of assisted conception both in animal models and in clinical studies, the degree of DNA aberrations or damage in sperm cells has been linked to the impairment of fertilization and embryo...
... SS PGM and RWB collected isolates AV, ALM, and LD cloned and sequenced the viruses AV, PL and DPM conceived the project, AV and DPM analysed the data AV and DPM prepared the manuscript and AV, ... isolates of seven of the eleven described strains (MSV-A, -F, -H, -J, K, C and D) share evidence of ancestral inter-strain recombination events that involved exchanges of genome fragments >30% of the ... exchanges of >30% genome size fragments are evident in all sampled representatives of five of the nine PanSV strains (PanSV-B, -C, -H, F and G) The patterns of recombination seen in PanSV and MSV,...
... (mouse L cells) described in Zetterberg [16], Killander and Zetterberg [17], Zetterberg and Killander, [16] These are part of an impressive body of work initiated using optical machinery gathered ... along with a great deal of skill and hard work In one set of experiments on single cells [17], they made a measurement of the dry mass of single cells by interferometry and then placed it in the ... Determination of DNA, RNA and mass content of age determined mouse fibroblasts in vitro andof intercellular variation in generation time Exp Cell Res 1965, 38:272-284 Zetterberg A, Killander D: Quntitative...
... the theory ofcomparative advantage (Bernhofen and Brown, 2004; Schott, 2004; Uchida and Cook, 2005) The superiority of the theory ofcomparative advantage lies in the remarkable amount of useful ... efficiency and in comparative advantage of Vietnamese textile and clothing enterprises On the other hand, the textile and clothing industry is labor intensive Development of the Vietnam’s textile and ... The Dynamics of Vietnam’s Comparative Advantage in Textile and Clothing53 Concentration of Vietnam Textile and Clothing Exports 56 Determinants of Vietnam’s Comparative Advantage and Competitiveness...
... and inset) at and dpi Scale bar 20 lm phosphorylated cH2AX by western blot (Fig 4a) Relative intensities of HA and cH2AX bands were quantified and normalized to b-actin, and the levels of HA and ... proteins involved in NHEJ and HR a Western analysis of the NHEJ proteins, Ku86 and Ku70 b, c Quantification of the levels of Ku86 (b) and Ku70 (c) Levels of Ku86 trend upward and are statistically ... division and DSB formation, 15 random images were acquired for lung sections co-stained with Ki-67 and cH2AX The number of nuclear Ki-67-positive cells in each 0.1 mm2 lung area, and the proportion of...
... SUMMARY vi LIST OF TABLES ix LIST OF SCHEMES x LIST OF FIGURES xii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xiv LIST OF APPENDICES xvii LIST OF PUBLICATIONS xviii Design and synthesis of coumarin-based fluorescent ... Synthesis of THL-T analogues 89 5.5 Biological studiesof THL probes 91 5.5.1 78 91 5.5.2 Effects on cell proliferation, phosphorylation of eIf2 and activation of caspase-8 In situ and in vitro ... 42 Synthesis and biological studiesof tetrahydrolipstatin analogs INTRODUCTION 43 4.1 43 4.2 4.3 Isolation and biological activities of (-)tetrahydrolipstatin Previous syntheses of (-)-tetrahydrolipstatin...