... because of the occurrence of the EBPR High standard deviation, however, implied that phosphorus removal was generally unstable In Run1-2, the mean and standard deviation of PO4-P concentration was ... SBR2 The PO4-P concentration in the effluent of SBR2 in Run2-1 to Run2-3 is shown in Fig In Run2-1, the mean and standard deviation of PO4-P concentration were 0.48 ± 0.63 mg/L and phosphorus ... coagulation process II effectof pH on the precipitation of aluminium hydroxide, J Appl Chem., 12, 564-568 Rittmann B E and McCarty P L (2001) Environmental biotechnology: principles and applications,...
... Self-Selection, and Health Journal of Human Resources, 24(3), 433–55 Buonnono, Paolo 2006 Long-term effects of conscription: Lessons from the U.K University of Bergamo, Department of Economics, Working ... includes information on demographics (including month of birth from 1986 to 1996), household composition, employment, education and health The Censuses cover the entire population of England and Wales ... datasets with information on quarter of birth) For each dataset, we present separate regression discontinuity estimates of the effect of the reform on the fraction of individuals of each birth cohort...
... Journal of Economic Perspectives, 21(1):141–167 Burgess, R., Deschnes, O., Donaldson, D., and Greenstone, M (2011) Weather and Death in India London School of Economics Cole, S., Gin´, X., and Vickery, ... the response being 16 % of average total per-capita consumption and 34 % of average food consumption Consequently, the additional expenditures due to drought-related illness can pose a non-negligible ... which are considered a summary indicator for both the short-term (wasting) and long-term (stunting) effects of child malnutrition To assess the impact of drought on monetary consumption of the households,...
... associations have centered on the caffeine content of coffee [26] In fact, caffeine has a variety of pharmacological actions and cellular responses Coffee is one of the most widely consumed psychoactive ... the size of 200 – 1000 bp (Fig 5) stimulation of the central nervous system and cardiac muscle, increased urinary output, and relaxation of smooth muscle [23] The effects of coffee on bone metabolism ... inflammation and systemic bone loss: a model for inflammation-induced bone disease J Bone Miner Res 1993, 8:625-634 Fuller K, Chambers TJ: Effectof arachidonic acid metabolites on bone resorption by...
... of the dropping rate of NaOH into the precursor solution, droplet size, and amount of the NaOH solution and the hydrothermal reaction time on the hydrothermal formationof the MgBO2(OH) nanowhiskers ... addition of surfactants induces the formation Nanoscale Res Lett (2010) 5:149–157 of nanowhiskers with reduced size and uneven shapes The surfactants of various ionic phases (anionic, cationic and ... and with CTAB, SDS and Triton are termed as MBH-NON, MBH-CTAB, MBH-SDS and MBH-Triton, respectively To investigate the effectof synthesis process on the nanostructure formation, the MgBO2(OH)...
... groups of senior radiation oncologists during a training course organized by the Association for Continuing Education in OncologyRadiotherapy (AFCOR, Association de Formation Continue en Oncologie ... lower tumor control and increased toxicity [3] During the national training of French radiotherapy residents, a comparison of residents’ delineation of the same clinical case of non small cell ... under exactly the same conditions, with the same tools and the same clinical information as the residents; the contours were done after a training session on lung radiation similar to that taught...
... relation to factors such as increased loading on the bone This may provide an explanation of the association of higher vitamin C intake with decreased bone area and the risk of bone marrow lesions ... negative association between vitamin C intake and the tibial plateau bone area and the presence of bone marrow lesions This suggests a protective effectof vitamin C on the risk of knee OA since ... vitamin E, and β-carotene reduced the risk of progression of knee OA [7] In contrast, we showed no effectof supplementary vitamin E or dietary antioxidant vitamins on symptoms and progression of disease...
... measure of the degree of LV dyssynchrony Furthermore, the shortening of diastolic time is an often overlooked mechanism of cardiac dysfunction The duration of diastole is a principal determinant of ... Society of Echocardiography Committee on Standards, Subcommittee on Quantitation of Two-Dimensional Echocardiogram: recommendations for quantitation of the left ventricle by two-dimensional echocardiography ... ventricular ejection and total LV systole (10,11) This effectof loading conditions on the duration of LV systole is a well documented finding in cardiac disease states with considerable afterload-mismatch...
... Amount of Organic Carbon/amount of PAC ( mg g-1) adsorption capacity of PAC does not totally due to the adsorption of DOM on PAC 10 AC AC AC AC PAC on P on P on P on P ion ion tion New tion ba ... aeration tank, and PAC in the bacterial cultivations Summary and conclusions The objective of this study is to clarify the effectof DOM and biofilm on the adsorption capacity of PAC in the aeration ... aeration tank 3rd incubation of glucose on PAC 4th incubation of glucose on PAC 10 0.1 10 100 1000 -1 E quilibriumC oncentration of 3,5-D P(m l ) C g Figure Adsorption isotherm of 3,5-DCP onto...
... Change in Risk based on Size of Infusion We next consider the degree of the effectof TARP on risk-taking based on the dollar amount of the capital infusion The TARP process of capital replenishment ... period The Treasury information includes the identity and location of the institution, the date the institution received TARP funds, and the amount of the funds received None of the banks which ... a staff economist in the Division of International Finance and financial analyst in the Division of Research and Statistics, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C 20551...
... Economics and the Canadian Journal of Economics His current research is on the empirical impact of taxation on international production and location decisions of multinational firms jason yackee Jason ... public and private He is the author of a major treatise on International Economic Law, as well as casebooks and textbooks on conflict of laws and aviation law and a series of teaching books on international ... professor and currently as contributors xiii director of the Kyiv School of Economics His research interests are labor economics, transition economics, economics of education, and political economy...
... positive controls The subcellular distribution of PLD and the consequences of priming and activation were determined using immunoprecipitation and Western blot analysis of neutrophil cytosol and membrane ... first of stimulation Effectof PI3-kinase and ARF inhibitors on O2 À and PLD activation Selective pharmacological inhibitors were used to assess the role of PI3-kinase and ARF proteins on the ... by trypan blue exclusion, was >97% and the purity of neutrophil preparations was routinely >96% with
... (eds.), Health and environmental assessment of contaminated sites, Proceedings of the Fifth National Workshop on the Assessment of Site Contamination, National Environment Protection Council Service ... Cu and phosphate added Cu (ppm) P2O5 kg/ha 0 50 100 200 100 40 100 60 100 80 3.1 Effects of Cu application on plan growth and Cu accumulation in plant The results of the effects of added Cu on ... combination of phosphate application on heavy metal uptake [1, 4] The main purpose of this research is to investigate the relation between contents of Cu in soil and Cu accumulation in plant, and...
... responsible for an increase in HIF-1A gene transcription, resulting in a higher level of HIF-1a protein and higher expression of HIF-1 target genes In conclusion, our results demonstrate a lack of ... enhance Sp1 activity in these conditions This effect was no longer observed at higher concentrations The protein level of Sp1 was checked in the different conditions: the results showed that echinomycin ... overexpression and patient mortality have been shown in different types of cancer [7] The identification of HIF-1 involvement in tumour progression and angiogenesis led to the concept of HIF-1 as...
... scavengers used that only the generation of 1O2 is responsible for the photooxidation effects The role of active oxygen scavengers in the protection of the structure andfunctionof the photosystems ... used contain all the components of PSI, including the cytochrome b6 ⁄ f complex and plastocyanin [31,32] In the present study, the degradation of each polypeptide and the protein conformation changes ... reactions of 1O2 or OH with organic molecules [36,37] Generation of singlet oxygen by Chl is expected during strong illumination as it depends on the population of excited Chls molecules and is...
... definition to qigong, but it is possible to identify the common features of qigong (Brown and Knoferl, 2001) There are three main features of qigong: postures and movement, state of mind, and breathing ... emphasis on breathing relaxation When the body and mind are calm, a person’s physical and mental functions are better Correct posturing, proper movements, clearing mind of stray thoughts, and long and ... Questionnaire The questionnaire consists of 28 questions on a five-point scale This indicated that the whole spectrum of the five-point scales was utilized in the reflection of quality of life of the...
... activation of p38 MAPK is partially involved in induction of ISRE transcription and Stat1 serine phosphorylation EffectOf acute alcohol on HCV replicons Figure depicts the effects of acute ethanol on ... acute ethanol on HCV replication Effect of4 Effectof acute ethanol on HCV replication BB7 replicon cells were treated once with 0, 25, 50, or 100 mM ethanol or 20 U/ ml of IFN, and RNA and protein ... activation Stat1 and Stat2 activation involves phosphorylation on conserved tyrosines at amino acid positions 701 and 690, respectively, while phosphorylation of Stat1 also occurs on conserved...
... results of the present study confirm these data and add new information concerning the clinically used cys-LT1 receptor antagonist montelukast While the administration of montelukast alone had no effect ... pathogenesis of many inflammatory reactions, including airway inflammation Besides bronchoconstriction, microvascular leakage, recruitment and activation of eosinophils and airway hyperresponsiveness, ... Montelukast alone had no effecton baseline secretion (98 ± 5%) and could not influence the neurokinin A induced increase of tracheal secretion (neurokinin A + montelukast: 127 ± 9%) The effectof montelukast...
... Borax effects on immune cell proliferation (lymphocyte proliferation) the number of living lymphocytes The results indicated that at the borax concentrations of 0.15, 0.2, 0.3 and 0.6 mg/ml, lymphocytes ... toxicity of each borax concentration on immune cell proliferation (lymphocyte proliferation) by MTT assay and study about the genotoxicity effect were done by ANOVA test Figure The correlation between ... toxic effects of borax on immune cell proliferation (lymphocyte proliferation) and genotoxicity (sister chromatid exchange) We studied the toxic effecton immune cell proliferation by MTT assay and...