... Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia at the time ofthe renewal of an independent Czech state, faithful to all the good traditions ofthe ancient statehood ofthe lands ofthe Czech Crown andthe Czechoslovak ... out ofthe ruins ofthe Soviet Union andofthe former Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia The election of new governments andthe subsequent adoptions of new constitutions took less than two years The ... based on the rule of law It is governed according to the constitution andthe laws ofthe country Similarly, Article 1.3 ofthe 1991 Romanian Constitution expands the notion ofthe rule of law...
... device with 151 sensors (coils) The color encodes the Gaussian weighting, that is, the influence ofthe synthetic background signal The center of appearance ofthe synthetic signal is marked by a ... for the affine group andthe WeylHeisenberg group, one obtains the Besov spaces andthe modulation spaces, respectively In the setting ofthe affine Weyl-Heisenberg group andthe specific case vs ... compare with (11), and with idi : Xi → Y the embedding operator, we may define the relationship between the data ofthe jth channel y j andthe frame coefficients f j = (f , , f m ) ofthe m associated...
... Prof Ten andthe rest ofthe lecturers, thank you for all the kind words and care, and for being my models of humanity and relationship Also, to Mrs Devi and Belle, you render the bettest of ... detailed and extensive discussion oftheconceptof qi will be out ofthe scope of this thesis To read more on qi, see A.C Graham, The Early History of Yin-Yang andthe Five Phases,” in Yin-Yang and ... More on theConceptof Si 6.4 Nivison on theConceptof “Tui” 6.5 Im on theConceptof “Tui” 6.6 Xunzi and Mencius: A Brief Comparative Discussion on Active Emotional Control and Management of Agency...
... that they may be made rapidly, economically, and with as little disruption to the business as possible CHAPTER 1: Marketing andtheConceptof Planning and Strategy 159 1-2 IMPORTANCE OF BUSINESS ... socially and economically useful results 160 CHAPTER 1: Marketing andtheConceptof Planning and Strategy 1-3 DEFINITION OF STRATEGY Strategy is a pattern of major objectives, purposes, or goals and ... Conceptof Planning and Strategy 1-5 DEFINITION OF STRATEGIC PLAN Strategic plan specifies the sequence and timing of steps that alter competitive relationships CHAPTER 1: Marketing andthe Concept...
... version ofthe framework was developed and used with fifteen academics in individual interviews during phase three ofthe study The third version ofthe framework was the outcome of a synthesis ofthe ... rationalism; the emergence of market models and entrepreneurialism; the massification ofthe student body; the emergence of managerialism; the growth of bureaucracy and administration; andthe Chapter ... chapter then presented the research issue and explained the rationale for the proposed study, outlined the aims ofthe study, and stated the research questions The research design was outlined and the...
... where the consequences of infection can be very severe, while the risk of living with one’s beloved cat is practically nill References Angulo FJ, Glaser CA, Juranek DD et al Caring for pets of immunocompromised ... with thehuman immunodeficiency virus Clin Infect Dis.1994;18:14-24 Han K, Shin DW, Lee TY, et al Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection and risk factors associated with seropositivity of ... women in Korea J Parasitol 2008; 94: 963-965 Grant S and Olsen CW Preventing zoonotic diseases in immunocompromised persons: the role of physicians and veterinarians Emerg Infect Dis 1999; 5: 159-163...
... stereochemistry ofthe model has been assessed using the program procheck [23] Ninety per cent ofthe residues fall in the most favoured regions ofthe Ramachandran plot, with Asn148 and His269 falling ... in the crystal, and a mixture of monomeric and dimeric forms in solution [18] Therefore, the available structural data suggest Fig Ribbon representation ofthe overall structure of hACMSD The ... as the amino acid numbers The alternative conformations ofthe Trp–Met couple can be observed; the arrows indicate the unidirectional movement ofthe two protein residues upon ligand binding The...
... and quantitative real-time RT-PCR, the locations ofthe primers DN)105 and DN)9 used in ChIP assays, the locations ofthe primers DN+232 and DN+254 utilized in 5¢-RACE, andthe locations ofthe ... in fragments F and I The number at the right of each RT-PCR product represents the length ofthe product The scheme also shows the location ofthe reverse primer DN+89 used in another starting ... numbers over the diagrams indicate the position ofthe corresponding nucleotides relative to the translation start site, andthe numbers in parentheses below the diagram show the position ofthe corresponding...
... consequence ofthe mutagenic replacements Effects ofthe His120Asn and His145Asn mutations on the affinity of metal binding to arginase II To further examine the effects ofthe His120fiAsn and His145fiAsn ... electrostatic repulsion between the a-carboxyl group ofthe amino acid andthe introduced aspartic residue at position 149 On the other hand, as agmatine lacks the a-carboxyl group, there would be no impediment ... between the active sites of this enzyme and arginase I In spite ofthe relatively low agmatinase activity ofthe Asn149Asp variant, it is clear that the interactions of arginase II with l-arginine and...
... Model structure ofhuman LPL All model structures of dimeric human LPL were constructed using the INSIGHT II program and were based on the crystal structures ofthe human, porcine, and horse PLs ... illustrates the overall saddle shape ofthe dimeric structure andthe key heparin-binding residues in the N-terminal domain held coordinately by the two subunits on the top ofthe hollow (Fig 1A) The ... the C-terminal domain of apoCII interacts with the interface ofthe N- and C-terminal domains of LPL and part ofthe lid surface [32] Because the functional importance of LPL’s C-terminal domain...
... [20]: koff ẳ koff2ị ẵibuprofen=K2 ẵibuprofenị ỵ koff3ị ẵibuprofen=K3 ẵibuprofenịị ỵ kỵ off 7ị where koff(2) and koff(3) indicate values of koff occurring at K2 < [ibuprofen] < K3, and at ... K3 < [ibuprofen], respectively, and kỵ is the koff value obtained in the off absence of ibuprofen Data analysis Kinetic and thermodynamic data were analyzed with the matlab program (The Math Works, ... s)1) Ibuprofen binding to tHSA–heme-Fe(II)-NO Figure shows the binding isotherm for ibuprofen binding to tHSA–heme-Fe(II)-NO Analysis ofthe dependence ofthe molar fraction ofthe ibuprofenbound...
... in the education variables, only the direct effects ofthe years of schooling ofthe head ofthe household, the years of schooling ofthe money manager andthe average schooling ofthe heads of ... Sixty-eight percent ofthe banks in the Northeast and 81% ofthe banks in the Central region make loans, while only 35% ofthe banks in the Northeast and 53% ofthe banks in the Central region offer savings ... savings and lending services In the Northeast, only 17% ofthe banks offer savings and lending In the Central region, 40% ofthe banks offer both savings and lending services In the Northeast, the...
... past the land of Isis the home ofthe builders ofthe Pyramids the people ofthe Sphinx Whether these people were the direct descendants ofthe people of destroyed Atlantis, the home ofthe Ancient ... Reincarnation, and to the ideas ofthe complex soul As the survivors of Atlantis are believed to have been the ancestors ofthe Egyptians on the one hand, andofthe Ancient Peruvians on the other the two ... "one ofthe chief pleasures of God and his angels, andthe saved souls, will be the witnessing ofthe tortures ofthe damned in[Pg 92] Hell, from the walls of Heaven." Andthe ceremonies of an...
... changes in the humananimal relationship andthe rise ofthe veterinary regime from the time of animal domestication andthe inception of livestock husbandry up until the present day The book, therefore, ... and then agriculturalists, the balance of power between humans and other animals gradually shifted in favour of humans The balance of power between humans and microparasites, however, is another ... which involved neither the drudgery of tilling the land nor the harvesting of crops While the spread of agrarianism brought the existence of domesticated animals to the attention ofthe hunting peoples...
... major function ofthe t peptides is that they allow the assembly of tetramers of AChET [7] andof BChET [8] and their association with the structural proteins ColQ and PRiMA [9,10] These heteromeric ... critically to the oligomerization and to the efficiency of secretion Results Exchange of t peptides between human AChE and BChE The T variants ofhuman AChE andhuman BChE are composed of a catalytic ... Oligomerization and secretion of AChE and BChE D Liang et al A B Fig Structures of AChE and BChE t peptides (A) Sequences ofthe C-terminal t peptides ofhuman AChE and BChE These peptides (a and b) are...
... excess ofthe same, unlabeled peptide, but also by an excess ofthe unlabeled peptide from the other binding sites (data not shown) The validity ofthe results obtained for the binding of CaM to the ... Magnified sections ofthe peptide array: The numbers indicate the first residue ofthe 15-mer peptides In the first row (showing BD-N), the peptide sequences are advanced by residues, in the other rows ... interaction then results in opening of these channels [9,10] The mechanism of CaM-mediated closure of hEAG1 channels is far from understood mainly because ofthe lack of structural information on the...
... identification theory than with the competition theory III THE A "COMPETITION" THEORY OF FUNcTIONALriY AND ITs TESTS The "Competition" Theory The "competition" theory of functionality142 is currently the ... of their respective products' markets Thus, the aesthetic functionality problem demands that courts adopt one of these two theories and discard the other.2 00 In order to determine which of these ... loss to the plaintiff, both by reason of confusing the source ofthe defendant's product, and by reason ofthe peculiarly unwholesome associ"39 ation of [other] ideas By permitting the owner of a...
... on the basis of their model ofhuman CPU, that the two consecutive I at positions 204 and 205 are exposed to the surface, and because they are quite unique to CPU, might be of importance for the ... demonstrated similar Km values ofthe native and WT, andthe YQ mutant CPU with a synthetic and physiological substrate of CPU There seem to be no major changes in the positioning ofthe propeptide, as indicated ... instructions Expression of mutant proCPUs in insect cells Determination ofthe half-life (T1/2) of CPU’s activity The T1 ⁄ ofthe activity ofthe best mutants secreted in the supernatant ofthe cells in...
... studies ofthe catalytic subunit ofthe cAMP-dependent protein kinase Its ability to readily alter the PKI coding sequence could permit further studying ofhuman PKIb and understanding ofthe function ... component bands, determined by band fitting ofthe absorbance spectrum of Fig 4A, are shown in Fig and Table From Table 2, the sum of individual amide I¢ intensity andthe intensity percent of each ... indicated by the presence of a very strong negative band at 198 nm The negative band near 220 nm results from overlapping ofthe bands of b-sheet (215 nm) and a-helix Table Fractional composition of secondary...