... the Avogadro constant, m is the partial specic volume, h is the hydration, and M is the molar mass ofthe protein The ratio RH =Rtheo provides informaH tion about the shape of a molecule in the ... rate of Kặmin)1 (Figs and 2) Therefore, under these experimental conditions, binding of Tc causes an increase in the Tmax ofthe protein of % 10.0 C The ligand binding leads to a doubling ofthe ... with Tc Binding of Tc leads to increased symmetry ofthe thermal transition Moreover, the results conrm the tendency ofthe behavior ofthe transition temperature observed with the DSC method...
... as to discuss the dependence ofthe thermal thermal properties on the value ofthe molecular weight of polymer, the polymer processing methodology and the presence of additives in the polymer mixtures ... DifferentialScanningCalorimetryStudiesofPhospholipid Membranes: TheInterdigitatedGel Phase 407 Eric A Smith and Phoebe K Dea Chapter 19 Oxidative Stability of Fats and Oils Measured by Differential ... on the mixture composition The change in the value ofthe ratio ofthe first and the second melting peaks indicates the modification of size ofthe present crystals The Tg value after an annealing...
... structural changes in the myosin head The main goal of these studies was to understand the mechanism of these changes, i.e the mechanism of transmission of structural changes from the nucleotide- and ... obtained by addition of 0.5 mM BeCl2 in the presence of mM NaF The formation ofthe complexes was controlled by measuring the K+-EDTA ATPase activity ofthe protein The ATPase activity of S1, t-S1, or ... result ofthe present work is that the N-terminal cleavage ofthe S1 heavy chain completely prevents the changes in the thermal unfolding of S1, i.e a significant increase in the protein thermal...
... whole system and made the recrystallization process appeared at lower temperature The enthalpy of exotherm of 1:2 system was higher compared with the enthalpy of exotherm of 1:3 system, was most ... properties of starch-containing foods by changing the granule swelling, solubilization, and crystallization of starch polymers.8 In the case of native rice starch, other than the gelatinization ... Thermal Transitions on Cooling of Rice Starch 38 INTRODUCTION Differentialscanningcalorimetry (DSC) is a technique commonly employed to probe thermal properties of starch based on the heat...
... the calibration factor, A∆T is the amplitude ofthe temperature difference between Ts0 and Tr0, Cs is the heat capacity ofthe sample, and ATs is the amplitude ofthe sample temperature The phase ... and thermal conductivity ofthe liquid surrounding the heater, respectively Since the resistance ofthe heater is a linear function ofthe temperature if the temperature change is small, the ... coefficient of resistivity The sample and the heater or thermal couple fixture is connected at the lower left side ofthe bridge (see Fig 1.2) The values of R2 and Rv are a couple of orders of magnitude...
... numbers placed at the locations of study areas in the Southeast Gender and the Archaeology ofthe Southeast women, and children should adopt at different stages of their lives In their daily lives, ... tutelage of their fathers, elder brothers, or the oldest uncle ofthe clan (Swanton 1946:714–15) Girls remained in the care Gender Division of Labor in Mississippian Households 33 of their female ... members ofthe household who scheduled that activity into the rest of their domestic responsibilities Because the household was the locus of production for exchange, the organization of domestic...
... Niculescu The connection between FGFs and depression is particularly interesting in light ofthe postulated involvement of FGF2 in the cognitive and neurotrophic effects of nicotine [6] and the increased ... in genes ofthe FGF system in subjects with depression may point to a genetic component, whether inherited or acquired Regardless of which phenomenon is the cause and which the result, the mood-regulating ... in components ofthe FGF system to that seen in depressive subjects; this suggests that the decrease might be specific to the depressive state and leaves open the possibility that the opposite...
... as a predictor of relapse in MDD Therefore, the purpose ofthe present study was to explore the impact of residual sleep disturbance on the Page of risk of relapse of MDD during the continuation/maintenance ... conceptualized the study, participated in the preparation ofthe manuscript and provided critical review ofthe manuscript LSY participated in the editing ofthe manuscript SC contributed in the literature ... search and in the preparation ofthe manuscript SJY contributed in the review ofthe manuscript YC was the statistician for the original study, and helped interpret the data for the current study...
... thegel phase is intact at these conditions Raising the temperature above thegel to liquid crystalline phase transition of Pam2Gro-PGro ( 41 °C) at L/P ¼ 14 : results in the domination ofthe ... extinguishes the temperature dependence ofthe deformation of Pam2GroPGro MLV observed in the absence ofthe toxin These data support the above conclusion on hampering ofthe deformation of Pam2Gro-PGro ... from the stiffening of lipid molecules in the polar but not in the acyl region ofthe membrane (In this respect the influence of CTs on the membrane stiffness is opposite to the action ofthe cholesterol...
... interspersed by a stimulus which deviated from the standard in the intensity ofthe first component and the glide direction ofthe second constituent The number of distinct MMN components elicited by ... 56]; these findings further support the concept ofthe P3 as a proxy for some element of stimulus evaluation time Evidence has accumulated describing the P300 as a cognitive routine supporting the ... and the N2b Data indicate that the P300 is involved not only in processes of working memory, but may interact with the N2b in the control of motor response to external cues Through the use of...
... cancelled before they ever get completed Further results indicate 52.7% of projects will cost 189% of their original estimates The cost of these failures and overruns are just the tip ofthe proverbial ... draw rm conclusions If we ask whether the introduction of a knowledge management system improves the quality of software, only one ofthe studies, from the Software Engineering Laboratory gives ... with these studies is that they are mostly lessons learned reports That is, it is the same people who have initiated the programs that evaluate them Another problem is the rather limited number of...
... conclusion can be made based on the lack of thermal shifts when only the bases were added, whereas the addition of PRPP led to a significant thermal shift Kinetic studiesof PRTFDC1 showed that this ... product of PRPP from the crystallization solution ing 81 compounds of substrates, products and regulators of other enzymes in the human nucleotide metabolism (Table S1) The library can then be ... interacts with both O6 and N7 (Fig 1C) The 2¢OH ofthe ribose is hydrogen bonded to the main chain and the side chain of Asp142 (Fig 1C) Both hydroxyl groups ofthe ribose are involved in coordinating...
... Here, we report the results ofthe structural studiesofthe pantoate-bound form ofthe N-terminal domain of E coli PS (nPS) The structure and substrate-binding interactions of E coli nPS have ... well as ofthe alleviation of this inhibition by another substrate ofthe enzyme, ATP, are presented [8,9] Results Solution properties ofthe N-terminal domain of PS, the C-terminal domain of PS, ... regions ofthe Ramachandran map [32,33] Comparison ofthe monomer ofthe substrate-free form of E coli PS [13] with the monomers of nPS in the pantoate-bound form at full occupancy indicates that the...
... move against the war and restricted the global trade in oil export This is still known as the Arab oil embargo.8, 9) The idea of saving energy spread throughout in the world as a result of this incident ... issue from the 1960s to early 1970s in Japan On this basis, the committee on sick house syndrome (SHS) by the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare of Japan announced the guideline value of formaldehyde ... habitation The cause ofthe disease onset relates to a house, symptoms occur within the house, symptoms are less serious or disappear when the patient is away from the house, and when the patient...
... set of control data was obtained in the absence ofthe protein The data set obtained in the absence ofthe protein was then subtracted from the corresponding data set obtained in the presence of ... performed in the absence ofthe ligand The control data set obtained in the absence ofthe ligand was subtracted from the corresponding data set obtained in the presence ofthe ligand The Kd values ... subtracting the control titration data in the absence ofthe enzymes from the titration data in the presence ofthe enzymes The results ofthe equilibrium binding studies showed that, in comparison...
... phosphorylation ofthe wild-type Relative phosphorylation expressed as a relation ofthe percentage of dThd phosphorylation ofthe corresponding mutant is given in parentheses The substrate concentration ... illustrating the binding ofthe feedback inhibitor dTTP and the position of Mg2+ in the active site Mg ion that coordinates the phosphates of dTTP (Fig 3) Discussion Mutation of residues in the active site ... not show any activity must therefore be a consequence ofthe reactivity ofthe functional group and further support the hypothesis that E52 acts as an initiating base in the reaction R105 mutations...
... established Of two possible dimeric structures of LPL, the head-tohead and the head-to-tail models, thestudiesofthe chimeric proteins of hepatic lipase and LPL and the tandem repeat approach of LPL ... illustrates the overall saddle shape ofthe dimeric structure and the key heparin-binding residues in the N-terminal domain held coordinately by the two subunits on the top ofthe hollow (Fig 1A) The ... peak of wild-type LPL The LPL in the eluate was detected by Western blot with LPL polyclonal antibody 7640 The fraction number ofthe high-affinity peak was the same for the wild type and the WW...
... sunshine ofthe evening, the noise ofthe streets, the looks ofthe crowd, the great minster rising half-finished in the midst ofthe town by the Rhine, the cries and noise and chipping ofthe masons; ... attending to the business of factory or counting-house under the orders ofthe father ofthe family, and to the economy ofthe house-under the superintendence ofthe mother; a manner of living at ... him the "Morte d'Arthur" ofthe ladies and knights of Arthur's court; ofthe quest ofthe Grail by spotless knights who were bastards and fathers of bastards; ofthe intrigues of Tristram of Lyoness...
... with the idea that these are qualities ofthe translations that are independent of each other Fluency was judged directly by the assessors, while adequacy was meant to assess the content ofthe ... gold-standard Yet, the assessments ofthe two aspects were often the same—readability/fluency ofthe sentence is important for understanding the sentence Only after the assessor has understood the sentence ... analyze the association ofthe features that we described above and fluency Note that the purpose ofthe analysis is not feature selection—all features will be used in the later experiments Rather, the...
... exchange (2% ofthe isomerization rate) ofthe methyl group of IPP and the (Z)-methyl group of DMAPP, and an even slower exchange (0.5% ofthe isomerization rate) ofthe olefinic hydrogen of DMAPP corresponding ... for the observed very slow exchange ofthe HA-hydrogen of IPP In both cases, scrambling ofthe label takes place within the IPP pool and the error is then transcribed into the DMAPP pool by the ... concentrations ofthe tritiated compound, the relative transfer of 14C-label from the cyclodiphosphate pool is always in excess ofthe value calculated from the original molar concentration ofthe two...