... upstream, others think that is by sedimentation The losses of clam stocks were one ofthe biggest problems in the coastal area The reason forthe losses was unknown and this creates a lot of frustration ... water reaches the depth of 2-4 meters The flood of 2000 caused losses of 2150 of rice, decrease of rice yield from 60 to 70 percentages In the year of 2002, 70 villages and 11.120 of fruit trees ... millions of people to whom water provides directly or indirectly the source of livelihood The Mekong immense water resources are one ofthe key factors for social and economic development in the region...
... Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009, 3:127 as a result of weight loss secondary to the anorexia, which then led to loss ofthe omental fat pad and consequent compression ofthe duodenum between the ... appropriate fatty scaffolding, the angle at which the SMA branches from the aorta is reduced resulting in compression ofthe third portion ofthe duodenum between the SMA and the aorta [4] In our patient, ... from the patient for publication of this case report and any accompanying images A copy ofthe written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of this journal Competing interests The...
... issues ofthe Asia Pacific region Within the framework ofthe neoliberal paradigm (or ‘Washington Consensus’) ofthe Post Cold War era, the different levels of intensity and efforts of regional The ... balance the influence ofthe World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) The BRICS have attempted to counter the economic and political dominance ofthe ... classes within the countries.” v vi Foreword The other strength of this collection is the inclusion of global perspectives and case studies from almost all corners ofthe world on how the ‘fierce’...
... part ofthe study were the same as forthe first part ofthe investigation [18] The diagnostic criteria for inclusion ofthe cases were positive endoscopy and biopsy; those of exclusion were the ... collaborators The fruit of that qualitative examination was the rejection of a total of controls and cases at the defining moment ofthe construction ofthe data package The fundamental cause was the lack ... piece of evidence forthe control ofthe classification bias of this article (with regard to the selection ofthe controls) has been shown in the work Varol et al [27], where the normality of CA...
... terms ofthe impact of outsourcing (IMPACTL to IMPACTO) They were asked whether it had improved: the timing of their supplier deliveries, the lead-time forthe delivery of orders, the quality of ... There is evidence, for example, that the effects ofthe audit explosion associated with the introduction ofnew organisational forms and new systems forthe management of performance may have ... to the objectives of both the individual and FoodUK, otherwise there was the real risk of outcomes being inconsistent with the interests ofthe company, particularly because the achievement of...
... basic tools Conditions for mothers and their children they need to break the cycle of poverty and in the bottom countries are grim On average, improve the quality of life for themselves, woman in ... permeated the forgotten communities in the mountains It’s the kind of poverty that we often associate with other parts ofthe globe It was thinking about this gap between my mother’s hopeful, forward-looking ... to break the cycle of povChina, Norway, Thailand and the United Kingdom erty and improve the quality of life for themselves, their use some form of modern contraception children, and for generations...
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... abolished the internalization ofthe GFP-fused Tat protein but did not alter the uptake ofthe Tat CPP These biochemical evidences con®rmed a pathway forthe entry ofthe Tat peptide unrelated to the ... lgámL)1 in the presence of 100 lM chloroquine in the cell culture medium For FACS analysis, the concentration ofthe recombinant protein was increased to lgámL)1 The internalization ofthe GST±Tat ... rightward shift ofthe signal was observed signifying a reduction ofthe uptake ofthe Tat peptide at low temperature Likewise, a threefold reduction ofthe uptake at °C has been reported forthe Antennapedia...
... GST of D02 was 4.0 nm and the KD of DNS 9.2 nm, that is double that of D02 This larger KD was accounted for by the twofold larger kd of DNS than that of D02 and their nearly similar ka values The ... expressed for 22 h The cells were then fused with 3T3 cells and cultured for another h in the presence of cycloheximide Arrows point out the murine nucleus Panels a–f, fluorescent signals ofthe GFP- ... essential forthe nuclear import Results on mt9 suggested that phosphorylation ofthe tyrosine residue is not related to the nuclear import Then, the role of these two residues PY in nuclear import of...
... permutation ofthe composing words for each index entry, looks up the frequency of that permutation in the book, and then chooses the one with the highest frequency as the correct reconstruction ofthe ... reduce the size ofthe data set, possibly eliminating the training instances that will have the least negative effect on the usability ofthe data set The first step to reduce the size ofthe data ... way, we identify the form ofthe index entries as appearing in the book, which is the form required forthe evaluation of extraction methods Entries that cannot be found in the book, which were...
... activity in HepG2 cells The relative positions ofthe MREs within the promoter region ofthe WD gene are indicated in Fig The four MREs are located in the proximal region ofthe WD gene promoter ... in the forward orientation, and MREc and MREd in reverse orientation The effects ofthe mutiple MREs on promoter activity ofthe MT gene have been shown to be dependent on the position ofthe ... response ofthe MT gene to heavy metals [10,12], the presence of MREs in the promoter ofthe WD gene suggests that MREs and their cognate binding proteins function in the regulation of WD gene...
... somewhat lower for AMRO and EMRO The estimates for these two 33 regions are being reviewed in more detail as part ofthe revision ofthe cancer burden estimates for Version ofthe GBD 2000 34 ... cancer ofthe trachea, bronchus and lung was the 10th leading cause of death in the world in 1990, being the third in the developed regions Smoking was estimated to be responsible for another 20% of ... numbers of cases forthe year 2000 These data have been used to estimate the global burden of cancer as part ofthe Global Burden of Disease 2000 project (GD 2000) (12) Version estimates of cancer...
... dramatically decreased by the deletion of GC-box1 The activity was further decreased by the deletion of GC-box2 (Fig 3B) As shown in Fig 3C, the transcriptional activity ofthe kb ofthe 5¢-flanking region ... decreased by the deletion of GC-box3, the GC-rich Fig Alignment ofthe 5¢-nucleotide sequences ofthe human, rat and mouse NOX4 genes The numbers on the left are nucleotide positions relative to the putative ... essential for transcriptional activation ofthe human NOX4 promoter Figure shows the alignment ofthe 5¢-flanking and 5¢-noncoding sequences ofthe human, rat and mouse NOX4 genes Compared with the...
... that the catalytic mechanism is halted because of distortion ofthe active site ofthe protease The energy needed forthe distortion stems from stabilization ofthe serpin in the ‘relaxed’ conformation ... binding Fig The 3D structures of PAI-1 and uPA The figure shows ribbon diagrams ofthe structure ofthe active conformation of PAI-1 [53] (pdb file 1B3K) and the structure ofthe SPD of uPA [27] ... N-terminus ofthe native protein [27]) The presence ofthe antibody reduced the binding significantly (Fig 3) We therefore studied the effect of Ala substitution of clusters of residues in the 37-loop...
... businesses for which the social or societal objective ofthe common good is the reason forthe commercial activity, often in the form of a high level of social innovation, where profits are mainly ... investing in them that fall within the scope ofthenew approach, while reducing support for those that not fall within the scope This militates in favour of a wide definition ofthe scope ofthe initiative ... state aid rules and the EU Treaty) While the effectiveness of these other measures will have a strong impact on the take-up ofthe measures identified here, the justification for these latter measures...
... opened in the name ofthe UCITS, or in the name ofthe management company acting on behalf ofthe UCITS, or in the name ofthe depositary acting on behalf ofthe UCITS Therefore detailed provisions ... accordance with the achievement ofthe objectives linked to their functions, independent ofthe performance ofthe business areas they control; (f) the remuneration ofthe senior officers in the risk ... 2009/384/EC(**), the size ofthe management company and the size of UCITS they manage, their internal organisation and the nature, the scope and the complexity of their activities In the process of development...
... the form ofthe interactive story will probably be like the evolution ofthe form forthe novel, the stage play, the feature film, and the symphony It is the creation of a major new kind of art, ... from the appropriate chapter ofthe textbook and then the exercises on-line Rather than referring them back to the book for remediation, we built the remediation into theexercise So theexercise ... to the extent that it at least represents the point of view ofthe publisher ofthe information, it has value Research companies and other promulgators of classified information often charge for...
... Cultural validation ofthe English version ofthe SF-NDI Cross-cultural adaptation ofthe English version ofthe SFNDI was performed in 10 English-speaking healthy subjects of varied age and educational ... disease, supporting the construct validity ofthe instruments Once again, the magnitude of this reduction in SFNDI scores was less marked in the Malay version ofthe SFNDI and the smaller sample ... explain the lack of statistical significance Convergent validity ofthe English and Malay versions ofthe SF-NDI was further supported by moderate – good correlation with various domains ofthe SF-36,...
... testing ofthe functions ofthe cervical spine by the examining physician (additional file 1) One hand ofthe physician fixes the axis of rotation on top ofthe head, the other hand pulls the chin ... Screening ofthe cervical spine Forthe examination ofthe cervical spine, the patient sits on the examination couch with the back of his (or her) knees at the edge ofthe couch During screening the ... the tibia forward with the other A soft end point or lack of a stop at the end ofthe range of movement ("drawer") is evidence of a lesion ofthe cruciate ligament [22] For reasons of practicability,...