... the non-exposed seedlings, suggesting a very low consumption of carbon reserves through respiration This result is in contrast with the significant decrease in TNC concentrations found in Corsican ... carbohydrate concentrations with increasing exposure durations (table II) Even though the increasing soluble carbohydrate concentration may point to the occurrence of osmoregulation in the roots, ... (absence of foliage and fine roots, predominance of reserve tissues of the taproot) in the exposed red oaks compared with the coniferous species as CONCLUSION to ambient conditions had detrimental effects...
Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 18:21
... weight reduction and suppression of leptin in females, indicating gonadal factors mediate this alteration in weight gain in response to ritonavir Figure Weight gain in mice treated with ritonavir Weight ... lack of correlation between tissue expression and serum levels is an alteration in leptin binding proteins by ritonavir Ritonavir may regulate serum binding proteins or the soluble leptin receptor ... observed an increase in weight gain following ovariectomy Ritonavir did not influence weight gain in the ovariectomized female mice, suggesting an interaction at the site of action of ritonavir and...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:20
Báo cáo y học: "The effects of long-acting bronchodilators on total mortality in patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease" pdf
... Favours control Figure The Effects of Inhaled Corticosteroid/Long-Acting Beta-2 Agonist Combination on Total Mortality Abbreviations: BUD/F, budesonide/formoterol combination; CI, confidence interval; ... anti-inflammatory effects, combination therapy results in greater bronchodilation than that achieved by the individual mono-components [13] However, the combined bronchodilatory effects of inhaled ... the number of hits that were obtained using these search terms on their own and in combination Abbreviations BUD/F: budesonide/formoterol combination; CI: confidence interval; COPD: chronic obstructive...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 11:21
Báo cáo sinh học: "Effects of major histocompatibility complex on antibody response in F 1 and F 2 crosses of chicken lines" ppt
... not present in the L line of the 9th generation (Pinard et al, 1993) Estimation of MHC genotype effects on the antibody response Estimates of MHC genotype on the Ab response to SRBC in F and F ... haplotype combinations in similar numbers of animals = = = RESULTS Antibody titer distribution in the i F and F populations titer distributions in the H and L lines of the 9th generation and in the ... shown after generations (Ubosi et al, 1985) In our lines, environmental effects were responsible for more than titer points of variation in Ab titer during the selection (Pinard et al, 1992) Therefore,...
Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 19:22
Long term effects of zinc oxide nanoparticles on wastewater treatment in a membrane bioreactor (MBR) process
... 2009) Investigations in China in 2011 (139 WWTPs in total) and in 2009 (107 WWTPs in total) showed the average concentration of Zn in biosolids was 1.03 g/kg-SS and the maximum concentration was ... Molina et al (2011) investigated the influence of amino acids on the behavior of ZnO-NPs, and their findings suggested that particle size distribution decreases as the amino acid concentration increases, ... common constituents in many consumer products such as sunscreen, cosmetics, paints and coatings etc In the period 2003 to 2004, global production of NPs, consisting of titanium dioxide and zinc...
Ngày tải lên: 10/11/2015, 11:07
Study of relationships between plasma 25hydroxyvitamin D and insulin resistance, and effects of vitamin D supplementation on insulin resistance in gestational diabetes mellitus
... supplementation on insulin resistance in women with gestational diabetes mellitus New scientific findings and practical contributions - The finding of the prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency in women ... expression; Stimulating of synthesis of PPARδ, a transcription factor of proteins participating in lipid metabolism; Maintaining intracellular calcium ion level; Suppressing proinflammatory cytokines ... Mechanisms of vitamin D actions on IR Vitamin D reduces IR though: 1) Increasing insulin receptor expression; 2) Stimulating synthesis of PPARδ that is a transcription factor for proteins participating...
Ngày tải lên: 11/05/2016, 08:56
AN ACTION RESEARCH ON THE EFFECTS OF PRE WRITING ACTIVITIES ON THE GRADE – 11 NON – MAJOR ENGLISH STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION IN WRIT
... issues into consideration such as choosing interesting topics, creating interest in the topic, activating schemata, varying topics and genre and providing necessary information In writing lesson, ... produced a sequence of sentences arranged in a particular order and linked together in certain way, on a flat surface of some kind In conclusion, Byrne’s definition can be considered one of the most ... collection of data through to the “publication” of a finished text: PRE – WRITING (Specify the task/ planning and outlining/ collecting data/ making notes) ↓ COMPOSING ↓ REVISING (Reorganizing/...
Ngày tải lên: 07/09/2013, 13:58
Tài liệu The Effects of Education and Health on Wages and Productivity ppt
... 1.0 points in MCS • Cancer: reduction of 3.6 points in PCS and points in MCS • Arthritis: reduction of 4.5 points in PCS and 1.5 points in MCS • Mental illness: reduction of 3.9 points in PCS ... case of education, it is likely that on average across the community, the effect of a person’s level of education on their wage gives a reasonable indication of the contribution of education to ... the effects of education and health on wages is based on Mincer’s (1974) specification, in which the natural logarithm of hourly wages is expressed as a linear function of years of schooling...
Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 09:20
Tài liệu MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change: Effects of Air Pollution Control on Climate pdf
... calculations using a model coupling economics, atmospheric chemistry, climate and ecosystems to illustrate some effects of air pollution policy alone on global warming We consider caps on emissions of ... interactions involving gases, are those involving aerosols For example, increasing SO2 emissions and/or OH concentrations should lead to greater concentrations of sulfate aerosols which are a cooling influence ... we considered the effects of caps on black carbon or organic carbon aerosols on climate These effects, if included, could lead to more substantial impacts of capping pollutant emissions on global...
Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 22:20
Aesthetic issues in spatial composition: effects of position and direction on framing single objects pot
... functions for right-facing and left-facing instructional conditions The results of a two-way analysis of variance on the positions of the centers of the objects indicate a main effect of facing ... pleasing if the subject were positioned decidedly off center and facing out of the frame, violating these conventions to convey feelings of isolation, loneliness, and/or longing Although such considerations ... combinatorial realities of fine-grained sampling are daunting, because the number of trials increases proportionally to the square of the number of sample values along the dimension(s) of interest...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 17:20
Báo cáo khoa học: "Effects of Word Confusion Networks on Voice Search" pdf
... sequence generation probability P (S|C) as shown in Equation 4, using independence assumptions Finally, the query terms corresponding to a segment and concept are generated using Equations and 4.1.2 ... extraction from speech In in Proceedings of DARPA Broadcast News Transcription and Understanding Workshop, pages 287–292 L Mangu, E Brill, and A Stolcke 2000 Finding consensus in speech recognition: ... words in qj within a specific distance For instance, ”burlington west virginia” ∼ 241 by the Query Parser to prefer those that have meaningful concepts Clearly, each business name in the listing...
Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 21:20
THE EFFECTS OF THREE ORGANIC CHEMICALS ON THE UPPER THERMAL TOLERANCES OF FOUR FRESHWATER FISHES potx
... and maintained in the dilution water for 10 to14 d in 20-L glass aquaria (Table 1) as required by the protocol [25,26] The fish also were held in dilution water in 20-L glass aquaria containing ... itself in the dorso-ventrally upright position on gentle prodding [28–32] During the CTM tests, distinctive behaviors in fish in responses to changes in temperature were noted The transition from ... and consist of a series of pools or billabongs where temperatures can reach up to 40ЊC in summer [48] The effects of the intensive use of pesticides on Australia’s aquatic ecosystems are of particular...
Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 20:20
Statute Prevents State Agencies From Considering Community Benefits When Granting Tax‑Exempt Status, While the Effects of Purchases and Consolidations on Prices of Care Are Uncertain ppt
... research and education, and nursing and other professional training Various state agencies oversee different aspects of nonprofit hospitals’ operations, including monitoring the hospitals’ tax‑exempt ... to monitor nonprofit hospitals’ continuing eligibility for income tax exemption These methodologies should include the following activities: • Review the financial data and other information on ... sale in June 2009 and placed conditions on the transaction Some of these conditions included maintaining emergency medical services and acute psychiatric services at the same level as History of...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 23:20
Báo cáo khoa học: The effects of a-secretase ADAM10 on the proteolysis of neuregulin-1 pot
... confirmation of these findings, we examined the myelination of peripheral nerves in ADAM10 transgenic mice and mice overexpressing dominant negative ADAM10 Because myelination strongly depends on ... Meltrin beta (ADAM19) mediates ectodomain shedding of Neuregulin beta1 in the Golgi apparatus: fluorescence correlation spectroscopic observation of the dynamics of ectodomain shedding in living ... (2008) Effects of neuronspecific ADAM10 modulation in an in vivo model of acute excytotoxic stress Neuroscience 152, 459–468 Nave KA & Salzer JL (2006) Axonal regulation of myelination by neuregulin...
Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 04:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Multiple effects of DiS-C3(5) on mitochondrial structure and function pot
... observed two additional novel effects of DiS-C3(5) on mitochondria: (i) inhibition of the Ca2+induced PT by a low concentration of DiS-C3(5) and (ii) induction of swelling in the absence of Pi With respect ... Based on these results, we considered that the protective effects of DiS-C3(5) at low concentrations on the progression of intrinsic oxygen consumption by mitochondria might reflect induction of ... for the nontreated control mitochondria The protective effects of DiS-C3(5) at a low concentration on the spontaneous induction of mitochondrial PT was also confirmed by observing mitochondria by...
Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 18:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Differential effects of histone deacetylase inhibitors on phorbol ester- and TGF-b1 induced murine tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 gene expression docx
... acetylation of Ets1 are also unknown, but of future interest, as mutation of the Ets binding motif (m4) results in both a loss of protein binding and the TSA superinduction of Timp-1 Eleven NAD-independent ... However, the function of c-Jun, in mediating the superinduction of PMA-induced Timp-1 expression, appears unique The effects of HDAC inhibitors on Timp-1 gene expression can be reiterated in transient ... fractions and in vitro assays Finally, it is interesting to note that the HDACi not have an obvious effect on basal expression of Timp-1, only on induced gene expression In conclusion, this is...
Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 18:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Neuroprotective effects of naturally occurring polyphenols on quinolinic acid-induced excitotoxicity in human neurons ppt
... Ca2+ in ux Effect of EPCG, catechin hydrate, curcumin, apigenin, naringenin and gallotannin on QUIN-induced intracellular Ca2+ in cultured human neurons As mentioned above, QUIN stimulation induced ... solution (HBSS) containing 50 mm glycine The addition of selected polyphenols (EPCG, catechin hydrate, curcumin, apigenin, naringenin and gallotannin) was undertaken 15 before the addition of QUIN ... Ca2+ in ux was observed (Fig 4) As RNS were increased with increasing concentrations of QUIN (Fig 1), it is reasonable to conclude that the formation of NO• is a downstream event in the QUIN-induced...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 21:20
Remedying Hyperopia: The Effects of Self- Control Regret on Consumer Behavior pptx
... because of the decay of indulgence guilt and the intensification of feelings of missing out on the pleasures of life The current research builds on the notion of hyperopia and examines whether consumers ... Effects of Judging Others’ Regret on Personal Choice Method Ninety-one respondents (train station travelers) were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: (1) a near-past choice condition ... perspectives In addition to testing our conceptualization, the reported experiments examine alternative explanations, involving factors such as errors of commission versus omission (action versus inactions)...
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 20:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Effects of the antioxidant PycnogenolÒ on cellular redox systems in U1285 human lung carcinoma cells docx
... measured Inhibition of enzyme activity of PycnoB Fig Determination of ROS production ROS production was detected using CM-H2DCFDA after h treatment with 10 lgÆmL)1 PycnogenolÒ alone or in combination ... added in combination with compounds known to produce ROS, including selenite (Fig 3) Even though our findings are based on use of a lung carcinoma cell line, we strongly believe that the action of ... localization of TrxR2 in the mitochondria, which may be slightly less affected than the cytosol under these conditions As TrxR is induced in various pathological conditions, including tumours and in ammatory...
Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 02:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Murine serum nucleases – contrasting effects of plasmin and heparin on the activities of DNase1 and DNase1-like 3 (DNase1l3) doc
... 2C) The simultaneous addition of aprotinin inhibited the promoting effect of plasmin on chromatin breakdown by rmDNase1, whereas the action of thrombin was only slightly inhibited (Fig 2C), which ... binding of DNase1l3 to heparin Binding remained stable during two washing steps with 0.2 M NaCl (fractions I and II) Elution (fractions III–VII, 10-fold enrichment in comparison with the original ... conditions Chromatin degradation in the serum of a WT mouse proceeded to completion with ongoing incubation time, whereas it stopped in serum from a DNase1 KO mouse (C) Pure serum with h of incubation...
Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 02:20