... excellent teachings in great monasteries led by Mahasi Sayadaw, Asabha Sayadaw, and Achaan Buddhadasa I learned wonderful things in these periods of practice and am perennially grateful to these teachers ... from the Theravada Buddhist tradition of Southeast Asia These are the mindfulness practices of Insight Meditation (vipassana), also called the heart of Buddhist meditation, which offer a systematic ... her: You’re absolutely right It takes an egg as well as a sperm to start a Nobel laureate Every one of them has had a mother as well as a father You can say all you want of fathers, but their contribution...
... with miRNAs and Dicer and the mammalian orthologues of Argonaute (AGO) [73,75] Whether HAAmiRNA targeting human mRNA for FMRP results in translational repression or cleavage ofthe human mRNA for ... only Ago2 is able to support mRNA cleavage upon incorporation in the RISC [99-101] Mutagenesis of recombinant human Ago2 showed that a DDH rather than a DDE triad of amino acids played a critical ... mRNAs very important in the human adaptive (and innate) immune response One ofthe (many) targets ofthe HIVaINR antisense RNA miRNAs (HAAmiRNAs) is the human interleukin-2 receptor gamma chain,...
... capitalisation 32 Between 11% and 20% of market capitalisation 29 Between 21% and 30% of market capitalisation 25 Between 31% and 40% of market capitalisation Between 41% and 50% of market capitalisation ... schemes’ realisation that they threw the baby out with the bath water when they ditched the balanced approach They are now increasingly adopting a “new balanced” approach and employing multi-asset funds ... clearer.” A way throughthe maze The challenges of managing UK pension schemes Transfer of liabilities Over the past decade, it has become customary for large companies to sell off non-core areas of their...
... Taq (Takara, Japan) in a total volume of 50 lL containing 55 pg of competitor At this concentration, the band intensity ofthe amplified product from the competitor was same as that ofthe product ... proteins that bind specifically to MREa play an important role as a basal regulator of WD gene transcription MATERIALS AND METHODS Cell culture The human hepatoma cell line HepG2 was obtained from ... normalized to b-gal activity, and the relative increases were calculated as the ratio of normalized activity in MREa/mutant transfected cells to that in pGLpro transfected cells Data represent the...
... one was an astrophysicist from Tibet Another was a religious scholar from Iran.” “They were all academics,” said James They had all received the package the exact same way Deborah had—in a padded ... he was paranoid and depressed (he would apparently at times cry uncontrollably and throw things against the wall and scream) Tommy and Bob said Hubbard was a genius and a great humanitarian They ... critical, the only way to break down the deep pathology ofthe ward “I saw it as the culmination of all the stuff I had done,” Gary said “Give everyone the rite of passage of LSD at the same time...
... 381S Badamchian, M., Spangelo, B.L., Bao, Y., Hagiwara, Y., Hagiwara, H., Ueyama, H & Goldstein, A. L (1994) Isolation ofa vitamin E analog from a green barley leaf extract that stimulates release ... RRR -a- Tocopherol (a- T) was kindly provided by Eisai Co (Tokyo, Japan) Other reagents were ofthe highest grade commercially available Data were expressed as the mean ± standard deviation of at ... VSMC was caused by the stimulation of superoxide production due to the activation of NADPH oxidase [32] As the activation of NADPH oxidase is reported to be associated with the activation of PKC...
... gallery’s applause with a gracious tip ofthe hat When the match is over, they never fail to take off their hats as they shake each other’s hands Nice tradition a real show of respect for each other ... should take the time to stop and appreciate the beauty ofthe places that, as golfers, we get to enjoy I was having a particularly bad day on a course in Pagosa Springs, Colorado After yet another ... between the ninth and tenth holes Naturally, they heard all about what had taken place Later, at the nineteenth hole, we learned that they’d talked about my mishap for most ofthe back nine.Apparently,...
... that a SAM is meant to fit into the existing national statistical and planning infrastructure That is to say that, first, a SAM is typically built on the basis of data which are already available ... accounts totals Finally, a SAM always has a matrix format 72 because of its emphasis on the identification of source and use of all transactions Summarizing, a SAM in our view serves as an alternative ... separate blocks, without integrating them into a SAM as yet The computer retabulates the raw data from the surveys, data already available (e.g the 1-0 table) are scrutinized (e.g the treatment...
... obtained mutations that reduced transport The four mutants characterized faced the outside ofthe cell [15] Structural analysis of AQP1 and GlpF suggested that these channels are largely symmetric ... leaving a total of 20 different clones for further analysis Mutations obtained Sequence analysis ofthe entire FPS1 gene from these 20 plasmids revealed 19 mutants with single amino acid replacements ... in the genetic screen reported here For clarity the N- and the C-termini are not shown according to scale (B) Summary of mutations a ecting the function ofthe N-terminal regulatory domain Data...
... Newton realized that apples, the moon, and the planets all obeyed the same law of gravitation, that they were all falling under an inverse square law When Newton found that the mathematics ofthe ... or whether it has always existed in a steady state But with so little data, the theories quickly outpaced the data In fact, the less the data, the fiercer the debate Throughout the history of cosmology, ... comparison, the WMAP satellite today has measured the echo ofthe big bang itself to give us the most authoritative age ofthe universe The WMAP data reveals that the universe was born in a fiery explosion...
... )76) ofthe mouse iNOS promoter plus the downstream 47 base pairs, designated NF-jBd (5¢-CAT GGG GAC TCT CCC TTT GGG AAC AGT TAT GCA AAA TAG CTC TGC AGA GCC TGG AGG GGT CGA-3¢) [12] and the IRF-1 ... Japan) and Clea Japan, Inc (Tokyo, Japan), respectively, and used at the age of 7–10 weeks All animal experiments in the present study were conducted according to the guidelines ofthe Laboratory ... pathway were also elucidated Materials and methods Animals and cells Miceofthe C3H/HeN and C3H/HeJ strains (mutants with a defect in the function of TLR4) [28], were obtained from Japan Charles...
... programs through collaborative improvement · Essential Obstetric Care: The use of partograph increased substantially in Afghanistan and Guatemala and the application of active management of third ... family planning counseling and provide them with job aids Rural Senegal Benin, Mali, Uganda, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador Afghanistan and Mali with high unmet demand for postpartum ... participation of all QI teams to enhance the sharing and learning taking place Teams have the opportunity to ask questions and learn about how they can apply the best practices presented by any ofthe other...
... scenario may be an important feature ofthe percubator, particularly in light of today’s usual translational approach: a) academia hands off an application to the private sector only if and when ... respect to the needs ofthe market, which in turn will aid in assessing the translational potential of ideas that are still in the percolation phase The NIH intramural program is an ideal test site ... And as a practical matter, designating percubator investigators and their companies as ‘contractors and contract companies’ would be a simple route to initiating a pilot program in Bethesda as...
... scenario may be an important feature ofthe percubator, particularly in light of today’s usual translational approach: a) academia hands off an application to the private sector only if and when ... respect to the needs ofthe market, which in turn will aid in assessing the translational potential of ideas that are still in the percolation phase The NIH intramural program is an ideal test site ... And as a practical matter, designating percubator investigators and their companies as ‘contractors and contract companies’ would be a simple route to initiating a pilot program in Bethesda as...
... (Hanoi) , before spreading the layer of macadam people to spread a layer of geotextile Specifications for separating the sand embankment that separates below the mixed layer between the sand and ... calculations : Theoretical Foundations of stability calculation in the program Geo.Slope balance of power and torque to balance safety factor based on the theory of general limit equilibrium ( General ... with a grading of certain materials For the first time in Vietnam , the filtering function , drainage was used in the retaining wall ofthe path to the bridge on National Road , Tan Thinh , Hanoi...
... "formal and the analytic" as his means of "selecting and ordering data," and the results were devastating It was in the rice paddies of Vietnam that the failures of such an approach became all ... strategy must provide for the creation and/or maintenance ofa competitive advantage in the selected area of activity 28 STRATEGY SAFARI Feasibility: The strategy must neither overtax available ... is that strategies (and the strategic management process) can be vital to organizations by their absence as well as their presence (See the accompanying box.) Strategic Management as an Academic...
... 17 Kamisawa T, Fukayama M, Koike M, Tabata I, Okamoto A: A case of malignant cystic endocrine tumor ofthe pancreas Am J Gastroenterol 1987, 82:86-89 18 Tafe LJ, Suriawinata AA: Cystic pancreatic ... lesions, these are often low grade malignancies as in the case of SPT or true carcinomas as in the case of cystic changes in ductal adenocarcinoma [1] Cystic feature of solid tumor of pancreas may ... features: a review of 418 cases and a classification proposal Virchows Arch 2004, 445:168-178 10 Kimura W, Sata N, Nakayama H, Muto T, Matsuhashi N, Sugano K, Atomi Y: Pancreatic carcinoma accompanied...