... velocities in the outer bay areas prevent the grazing by sea urchins Disappearance of U pinnatifida in the inner bay areas seemed to be caused by the high grazing pressure of sea urchins in calm water ... sea urchin 80 70 60 50 40 2003 30 2004 20 10 0 10 20 30 40 50 Density of sea urchin (ind m-2) 70 50 60 U pinnatifida (Line 1) U pinnatifida (Line 2) Sea urchin (Line 1) Sea urchin (Line 2) 50 ... to -9.3 m relative to MLWL in 2003 +0.6 to -6.2 m relative to MLWL in 2004 20 Water velocity (cm sec-1) Fig – Effect of water velocity on the density of Undaria pinnatifida and sea urchins Mine...
... lagoonal facies in the central part passing into silty clay of flood plain, oxbow, coastal swamp and peat facies in the direction from the plain to the modern coastline. The fourth ... this aquifer is mainly recharged by the rain water and surface water, especially in some big rivers in the Red River system. The groundwater is discharged mainly through the evaporation ... formed in Uppermost of Late Pleistocene. It corresponds with Vinh Phuc Formation which contains coarse to medium grained sand of plain river bed facies and changing upwards ...
... antifouling measures to be adopted in the coolingwater systems In order to devise an effective biofouling control measure for Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (under construction) coolingwater system, ... a coolingwater system, gets reduced in presence of ammonia due to its reaction with chlorine to www.intechopen.com Biofouling and its control in seawater cooled power plant coolingwatersystem ... a www.intechopen.com Biofouling and its control in seawater cooled power plant coolingwatersystem - a review 199 coolingwater pipe is shown in Fig In addition stupendous growth of fouling organisms...
... obtained from pressure relaxation measurements with excised root systems of saplings in the laboratory The field data refer to intact terminal branch roots of mature trees that were absorbing water ... were investigated 2.5 In situ-measurement of root water absorption In the past few years, considerable progress has been made in measuring water flux in tree roots under in situ conditions in undisturbed ... thickness had increased to 50 µm in beech and spruce, and to 70 µm in oak In beech and oak rootlets, the periderm consisted of only to cell layers close to the root tip but increased to 7–8 (beech)...
... Video Conference Architecture a typical H.323 Terminal Video I/O Equipment Audio I/O Equipment User Data Applications System Control User Interface Video codec H261, H263 Audio condec G711, ... Path Delay H.225.0 Layer H245 control System control Call control H226.0 RAS Control H×nh 3: kiÕn tróc t¹i Terminal H.323 cña Cisco Locall Area Network Intererface Admission Control With Cisco ... Call flow H.323 RAS signaling yes you can! IP WAN zone zone Admission Control Via Zone BandWidth in the Cisco IOS MCM Gatepeer H×nh4: Admission - Cisco A B Setup Alerting Connect TermCapSet TermCapAck...
... each individual cow, indicating that decisions can differ both within and between herds At the farm level, the veterinarians seemed to integrate farm-related information into the decision as to ... phenomenon of generating score data and decision making inrelationto treatment of metritis and their motivation to produce data This information was condensed into a 'model of understanding' that demonstrates ... definitions of different scoring values, such as excluding certain scores (see examples in table 1) They find the definitions incorrect If the veterinarian strictly follows his/ her own scoring...
... receptor tyrosine kinase All ERBB proteins have four functional domains: an extracellular ligand-binding domain; a transmembrane domain; an intracellular tyrosine kinase domain; and a C-terminal ... tyrosine-X-X-methionine (where X is any amino acid) is a motif for the p85 binding site Several signal transducers then bind to these adaptors to initiate multiple signalling pathways, including mitogen-activated ... resulting in the overexpression of EGFR lacking amino acids 30–297, corresponding to domains I and II In this case, the EGFR tyrosine kinase is activated constitutively without ligand binding, as in...
... compete with ATP for binding to the tyrosine kinase pocket of the receptor, thereby inhibiting receptor tyrosine kinase activity and EGFR signaling pathways (Fig 1) Early clinical studies showed ... mutations in other tyrosine kinases known to result in resistance to imatinib (T315I in ABL, T764I in PDGFRA and T670I in KIT) [27–29] The conserved threonine residues in these different kinases ... undergoing apoptosis Moreover, EGFR mutations result in repositioning of critical residues surrounding the ATP-binding cleft of the tyrosine kinase domain of the receptor and thereby stabilize the interaction...
... to understand the precise mechanism by which gefitinib induces apoptosis in a Bax-dependent manner Inhibitor of apoptosis protein family Induction of MOMP following apoptotic stimuli results in ... in promoting the G1 -to- S phase transition of the cell-cycle by phosphorylating the retinoblastoma (RB) protein Activation of cyclin–CDK complexes is counterbalanced by CDK inhibitors, including ... gefitinib-induced apoptosis Furthermore, caspase-8 and caspase-3 inhibitors, but not a caspase-9 inhibitor, are capable of restoring cell viability Thus, Fas appears to play a major role in the initiation...
... believed to form Ôsticky patchesÕ on the protein surface that may lead to protein aggregation [16] In addition, introduction of a single tyrosine into the N-terminal region has been reported to improve ... thermophilic proteins contain more arginines on the protein surface than mesophilic proteins [36–38] The effect of the large-scale increase in the number of arginines was tested experimentally in T reesei ... the glycerol appears to mimic the binding of the xylose ring in the active site The binding of glycerol to a single site may suggest that this site is the strongest binding subsite for the xylose...
... reported four main integrated rubber farming systems in the South of Thailand emerging during the financial crisis in the late 19 1990's The major systems included 1) Rubber intercrop farming, 2) Rubber-rice ... farming systems (namely the rubberintercrop farming, rubber-fruit tree farming, rubber-livestock farming and integrated farming) showed better economic performance, including higher net income, ... promotion in the rubbergrowing area in Thailand (Cherdchom et al 2002) According to Joshi (2005), diversifying income sources in rubber plantations in marginal environments could be crucial In this...
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... relate to the building design may also influence infiltration Heat requirements in temperate climates Figure 1.1 Section through a multistorey building showing prevailing wind pattern rates, and include ... Electrothermal storage 10.5 Heating an indoor swimming pool 10.6 Chapter closure 223 223 224 224 232 240 243 246 Sources of information Index 247 249 Preface Heating and Water Services Designin Buildings ... SE1 8HN Telephone 0171 865 0066 Heating and Water Services Designin Buildings Keith J.Moss I ENG., ACIBSE Visiting lecturer in Building Services Engineering to The City of Bath College and the...
... Cd dayy1 in France ŽTable 1.; in comparison, the increase in Cd in cereals and potato tubers alone may lead to an increase in the range of 41% to 74% of the Cd dietary intake Ži.e., to 32–40 ... total Cd in soil ŽJuste and Tauzin, 1986 These results indicate that recommending liming to reduce Cd availability is questionable Moreover, in saline soils, the effectiveness of limestones in ... remain in the topsoil, thus maximizing the Cd uptake as well as the influence of liming on soil pH Tiller et al Ž1997 reported that the growing seasons in which grain concentrations not respond to...
... R3 pair bound to L1 and L2 Turning a gene into an active state from a state of inactivation often involves binding of a single activator molecule to its site in a repressive chromatin structure ... nucleosome positioning A B C D E Fig In uence of ionic strength and R3 binding on chromatin assembly (A) Binding of R3 to its sites in the chromatin High-resolution DNaseI footprinting gel shows digestion ... positioning dominates the nucleosome-spacing effects on the bulk chromatin The distance between protein-binding sites decides nucleosome positioning Positioning of five nucleosomes in a single register...
... grand ceremony for his help in defeating the Empire Neo makes a phone call to the machines with a threat that seemingly gives the machine a moment of pause Elements of Distinction Of course, the two ... regarding the dangers of technology, The Matrix is by design much closer to our own world Although Morpheus, Trinity, Neo and the others are waging a war against A.I run rampant, the creators ... anyone says to Neo in The Matrix is in a message that comes to him via his computer: "Wake up, Neo." It so happens that the character is sleeping at the time, but this can also be interpreted...
... associations inrelationto transgression and regression phase and tectonic movements: fluvial and marine terraces in mainland and in continental shelf that are distributed in different ... and sedimentary cycles in the sea bottom Fig. 11. Weathering spotted clay in Late Pleistocene sediment in SW of Eastern Sea. 6. Quaternary shorelines in bottom of continental shelf of Vietnam ... in Thanh Hoa plain, RRD, CLRD, and ancient sandy bars, tombolo lagoonal facies in Central plain. The third sedimentary cycle corresponds to Late Pleistocene (Vinh Phuc Formation in RRD ...
... described to be an essential determinant for the ability of endotoxins to induce cytokines in immune cells [5] We have applied small-angle X-ray diffraction using synchrotron radiation to elucidate ... 1.2 Incorporation into phospholipid cell membranes As a prerequisite for agonistic as well as antagonistic activity, the intercalation of endotoxins into target cell membranes corresponding to ... high reactivity down to 10 ngÆmL)1 Cytokine-inducing capacity in macrophages As a characteristic endotoxic reaction, the induction of tumor necrosis factor a (TNFa) production in FEBS Journal 272...