... say it, the wisdom ofthe experts The elegance ofthe process was one ofthe many attractions to me of assuming the role of chair ofthe Panel I could pretend that it was the major reason, and in ... to urban areas, there have been rapid and profound changes in both the nature and quality of their foods and drinks, andthe patterns of diseases they suffer.71 Urban–industrial food systems have ... Measurement offood supply andconsumptionThe data here on energy, foods, and drinks are taken from food balance sheets compiled by theFoodand Agriculture Organization ofthe United Nations These...
... RPit is the natural logarithm ofthe real price of a kilogram of ordinary rice, and RPit * H jt is the interaction ofthe natural logarithm ofthe rice price with one ofthe various measures of sibling ... impact ofthe number of siblings on whether the child is active or how many hours the child works This example suggests looking at thecompositionof siblings rather than just their number Hence, the ... remainder of this section focuses on the approach in the bottom panel of table that allows effect of rice prices to vary with the number of siblings, the number of younger siblings, andthe number of...
... better off nutritionally than men and that there are many ways that women can deny men food as they are in control ofthe distribution offood within the household Eatingthe right food in the right ... link these foods and new ways ofeating to the drastic reduction in livestock holdings in the last decades Another example of change is beer brewing, whereby women benefit from the production and ... experience their history and their social relationships through foodThe information on foodand its production, distribution, andconsumption patterns are not new, but the cultural constructions of...
... double-strand breaks (DSBs) A single-strand overhang is formed by exonuclease activity and invades the homologous doublestranded region ofthe other allele These steps of homology search and recombination ... events duringthe meiotic prophase Based on the current model, we propose the role ofthe CAF-1–PCNA complex during meiosis (Fig 4) PCNA recruits DNA polymerase at the end of single-strand regions ... interaction of CcCac1L and CcLim15 in the crude extracts of meiotic tissues (Fig 2E) Taken together, these results suggest that the interaction between CcLim15 and CcCac1L is related to specific events during...
... statements, and memoranda have dealt with the status, function, andthe (il)legality ofthe use and possession of this category of ‘weapons of mass destruction’,1 and almost all of them agree ... Weapons, pp 3–4 For a discussion of these early days of nuclear physics andthe lives, education and work of Rutherford and Bohr see the chaps and in: Rhodes, The Making ofthe Atomic Bomb, pp 29–77 ... on the illegality ofthe use of nuclear weapons In operative para 1, the Assembly declared: ‘(a) The use of nuclear and thermo-nuclear weapons is contrary to the spirit, letter and aims of the...
... the comments and suggestions ofthe participants ofthe workshop ‘Economic Theory andthe Practice of Consumption: Evolutionary and other Approaches’, organised by the University of Cassino and ... analysing the shape ofthe growth pattern ofthe quantity of cinema consumed and expenditure on cinema The time ofthe take-off will be estimated quantitatively (and its timing compared with the qualitative ... exact date to the emergence ofthe idea, or concept of cinema, but the first projection of moving images dates from the 1850s, andthe first patents on the viewing and projection of motion pictures...
... swelling medium andthe absorbance ofthe mitochondrial suspension as a function of time was monitored either in the absence or in the presence of CsA (1 lM), the specific inhibitor ofthe mitochondrial ... observed when the mitochondrial preparation was performed either in the presence or in the absence of ruthenium red and EDTA in isolation buffer Matrix proteins release assay For the assay ofthe in ... PH, the activities ofthe enzymes released in the supernatant (1.8 ± 0.1 and 0.8 ± 0.04% ofthe total mitochondrial activity of GDH and AAT, respectively), were as low as those found in the supernatant...
... due to the geographical location andthe harvesting period It is noteworthy that the results of this study may be considered as the first report on thecompositionofthe essential oils of this ... order of their elution on the HP-5MS non-polar column (Table 1) A total of 19 compounds were identified, representing 86.68% ofthe total oil The esters made up the largest component ofthe oil ... [4] andthe neuropharmacological properties [5] have been investigated as well To the best ofthe authors’ knowledge, there are no reports about the chemical content and biological effect of the...
... due to the geographical location andthe harvesting period It is noteworthy that the results of this study may be considered as the first report on thecompositionofthe essential oils of this ... order of their elution on the HP-5MS non-polar column (Table 1) A total of 19 compounds were identified, representing 86.68% ofthe total oil The esters made up the largest component ofthe oil ... [4] andthe neuropharmacological properties [5] have been investigated as well To the best ofthe authors’ knowledge, there are no reports about the chemical content and biological effect of the...
... noteworthy that the results of this study may be considered as the first report on thecompositionofthe essential oils of this endemic species Chahma A voucher specimen was deposited at the herbarium ... was found between the oil content of L resedifolia and that of L arboresens as was reported by Cheriti et al [6] The slight difference may be due to the geographical location andthe harvesting ... reported in the literature [12] and stored on the MS library (NIST database) The concentration ofthe identified compounds was computed from the GC peak total area without any correction factor The compounds...
... the wells and color developed in proportion to the amount ofthe cytokine bound in the initial step By comparing the optical density ofthe samples to a standard curve, the concentration ofthe ... participated in the design ofthe study and clinical evaluations MK participated in the design ofthe study and clinical evaluations, and carried out the writing ofthe manuscript SB, RAB, AS, TP and MS ... answer to the question ofthe relationship between levels of IL-6 and IL-8 and severity of mucositis duringand after radiotherapy In addition, it should be emphasized that because ofthe small...
... cell wall andthe cytoskeleton control plant polarity and morphogenesis [1,2] They determine cell shapes and control the fate of cells during cell differentiation To better understand mechanisms, ... ECs During embryo development from ECs, the same JIM11 and JIM20 epitopes were abundant at the surface of proembryos and globular embryos They were likely associated with the proper adhesion and ... signal of JIM20 in NECs, which was mostly located in the cell walls (Figure 3a and 3b) The immunolabelling results of JIM20 in ECs and proembryos were similar to those of JIM11 (Figure 3c-f) Nevertheless,...
... analysis RCC and CNM contributed to the writing and preparation ofthe manuscript and conceptualization ofthe model CNM and AFR provided logistical support and mentoring All authors have read and approved ... represented the Israel 1998 strain and isolates spanning the contiguous United States and one Mexican isolate [15] Alignments andthe creation ofthe E-NS3 contigs were done using Vector NTI software and ... without That is, the diversity when comparing between the wetlands and forests within Louisiana is greater than the diversity when comparing the Louisiana isolates and those outside ofthe state This...
... Figure Correlation between change in EELV and change in dynamic compliance Data are presented as the difference between the lowest PEEP level (5 cmH2O) and 10 or 15 cmH2O PEEP Patients in group ... Pao2/Fio2 ratio in different types of lung conditions at three PEEP levels Patients in group N had normal lungs, those in group P had a primary lung disorder, and those in group S had a secondary ... P had a primary lung disorder, and those in group S had a secondary lung disorder EELV, end-expiratory lung volume; PEEP, positive end-expiratory pressure Page of (page number not for citation...
... AP and BN conceived ofthe study, participated in its design and coordination, and drafted the manuscript VS and AH carried out the adhesion assays JR and HAH participated in the design ofthe ... accumulation throughout the course ofthe syndrome Regarding the role of platelets, our observations add a further piece to the puzzle of platelet-neutrophil interactions during severe inflammation ... stages of inflammation, as they are frequently observed duringthe time course of severe sepsis, various constellations of PMN and endothelial activation were combined Maximal activation of both...
... the child would stand against the board and their height would be measured by drawing a line and dating the line At the left is the full board and at the right is a close-up of a portion ofthe ... random occasions, usually family gatherings When measuring time occurs the grandchildren stand against the board, a line is drawn at the top of their head, andthe date ofthe line is noted The ... cell of size 1.0 Duringthe first interval of growth the cell would make 0.1 units of cell mass so that at the end ofthe interval the mass is 1.1 units Duringthe next interval of growth both the...
... andthe evolution ofthe frequency of favourable alleles over time were consistent with the selection performed in the Tiameslan line against backfat thickness andthe number of false teats The ... as the contemporary group effect The traits were also adjusted for weight at the start ofthe test (D20100), at the end ofthe test (ABT) or for carcass weight (X2, X4 and X5) by including them ... model with the 4.2.5 version of VCE software [20] The model included the additive genetic value of each animal and common birth litter as random effects in addition to the fixed effects and covariates...
... distinguish modeling ofthe demand- and supply-sides ofthe land market Beginning with the demand side, we assume that industries choose land inputs so as to minimize the cost of their composite primary ... in real consumption, and by minimising the impact on 21 real consumptionof movements in the price of investment relative to the price ofconsumption In terms ofthe basic mechanics of macroeconomic ... is defined as the ratio ofthe value offood imports to the value of merchandise exports (Valdes and McCalla (1999) 27 food security, in investigating the wider economic effects ofthe policy’s...
... constant reiteration ofthe rhetoric but also through the unquestioned premising ofthe motives and objectives ofthe policy on the idea of progress Progress is the trump card andthe standard recommended ... anyway the language of commerce in the Orient, was the language of great literature, and according to some of these proponents, the language of democracy Finally, the claims of eagerness on the ... enterprise of producing knowledge for the justification ofthe colonial project and to the identification of possible spaces of resistance andthe assertion of identity and even nationhood In understanding...
... This is, of course, in contrast to the “good intentions ofthe United States andthe serious purpose ofthe administration to benefit and advance the inhabitants [of the Philippines].260 These good ... clear proof ofthe sentiments ofthe Filipino people for independence and an indication also of their sentiments about the American colonial government and their policies On the issue of English ... that are themselves also premised on the metanarrative ofthe hierarchy of races and on the discourse ofthe West as the pristine model of progress, modernization, science, and democracy The Education...