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... additional contributions to the understanding of the effects of these mutations on the clinical symptoms of patients carrying cardiomyopathic Tms. Experimental procedures Construction of expression ... assayed by varying the concen- tration of Tm in the presence of constant concentration of F-actin and myosin S1. In this condition, Tm inh ibits the ATPase activity as its concentration increases [33]. ... f the mutant Tms. The mutations d id not affect the structure of the protein as there was no significant alteration in the f unction or in the amount of th e s econdary s tructure. However, the...

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... scenarios of reduction of air pollution levels, or in the assessment of new air quality directives, or in projects aiming at calculating the external monetary costs of air pollution or the benefits of ... exposure in the target population, the estimates of the epidemiology exposure-response function and the observed baseline frequency of the health outcome in the population. The uncertainties in the data ... on a routine basis for decision making and evaluating the economic consequences of the impact of air pollution on health 42-45 . The key value of APHEIS lies in serving as a bridge between the...

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... Effects of Carbon Monoxide 7 Prenatal Effects of Carbon Monoxide 8 Airborne Particles 8 The Challenge of Measuring Particle Pollution 8 Sources of Particle Pollution 9 Historic Air Pollution ... The Health Effects of Air Pollution on Children Fall 2000 - 1 - Introduction Air pollution has many effects on the health of both adults and children. The purpose of this article ... typical urban concentrations, diesel exhaust may contribute significantly to the health effects of air pollution. What Can Be Done to Reduce the Effects of Air Pollution on Children's Health?...

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... 12B. The effect of the presence of the adenylates on the ability of POR-PChlide 640 to undergo photoconversion was checked by comparing the efficiency of photoconversion of PLB samples containing ... during the course of prepar- ation cannot be excluded, but that still leaves unanswered the question of how the addition of micromolar concentra- tions of NADPH suffice to drive the conversion of ... disaggregation, removes these constraints destabilizing the cubic phase, resulting in the relaxation of the membrane into the planar configuration characteris- tic of the prothylakoid region of the etioplast...

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... substitutions imposed on the backbone conformation of WT* shows that the pattern of P37 P38 P19 W45 Fig. 1. Ribbon structure modelled on the X-ray structure of human ubiquitin [32]. The position and ... solution of native protein was unfolded by a 1 : 10 dilution to yield final concentrations of GdmCl near or above the midpoint of the equilibrium unfolding transition (concentrations of GdmCl in the range ... that the reduction in stability of these mutants is largely manifested in perturbations to the unfolding rates with the degree of compactness of the TSE (a D ) and linearity of the chevron plots...

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... Based on Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) data i The Effects of Land Use on the Mobility of Elderly and Disabled and Their Homecare Workers, and the Effects of Care on Client ... providers, and the extent of care consumers received. The six interrelated hypotheses predicted that, given the income constraints of both populations and the disability constraints of the consumer ... 40 In terms of language, about 5% of consumer and provider respondents used the Spanish version of the survey, while 7.4% of Contra Costa IHSS consumers consider Spanish to be their primary...

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... lattice constant and volume of unit cell increase with Zn content in the samples due to larger ionic radius of Zn 2+ ion (0.82 Å) substituted for Ni 2+ ion (0.78 Å). The X-ray density, the real ... Exchange interactions between magnetic ions through oxygen ion are superexchange interaction with antiferromagnetic nature. These interactions depend on bond distance and bond length. Normally ... each other below the freezing temperature T f indicating the onset of blocking of clusters. The sample settles into the frozen state below temperature T f . This behavior is attributed to the...

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... 36 EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION ON CHILDREN’S HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT  A REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE for the health consequences of ambient air pollution. The ability of DEPs to en- hance allergic responses ... sec- tion provides an overview of mechanisms of injury caused by air pollution on the child’s respiratory system, addressing the possible links between the pollution, acute infections and chronic ... effect of environmental pollutants on the fetus. Environmental Health Perspectives, 1999, 107:451–460. 3. Šrám RJ. Impact of air pollution on reproductive health (Editorial). Environmental...

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... drawn on the basis of the proportion of total population in the selected villages. Keeping in view of the nature of the problem, social and environmental situation and the objectives of the ... belt once boasted of the second largest beach and one of the second longest beaches and one of the finest coastal stretches in the world. Now this coast is turning out to be the one of the ... reasons occupy only less number of respondents because the above cited two reasons are very familiar for them. Sources of pollution The sources of pollution of coastal areas according to the...

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... when ammonium salts were used as the nitrogen source, the pH decreased during the mycelium growth as the result of assimilation of the ammonium ion and the attendant effects of acids anions in the ... corre- sponding to a higher dry mycelium concentration. The formation of pellets is largely determined by the extent of agitation and aeration. The effect of aeration on the growth of mushroom ... mycelia. 3.3 Effect of surface aeration The effects of the surface aeration were investigated by varying the volume of ¯ask so that the ratio of the surface area of the liquid exposed to air to the liquid...

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... Hausdorff drafted the manuscript. All authors helped with the inter- pretation of the results, reviewed the manuscript and par- ticipated in the editing of the final version of the manuscript. Acknowledgements We ... effects of blurring vision in the elderly. Invest Oph- thalmol Vis Sci 2004, 45:2122-2128. 11. Perry SD, Santos LC, Patla AE: Contribution of vision and cuta- neous sensation to the control of ... examined the effect of lighting changes on the gait of older adults with a HLGD and compared their response to that of healthy elderly controls. More specifi- cally, we hypothesized that the response...

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... enables the determination of whether or not the substance is responsible for lung injury. The decay constant indicates the degree of cytotox- icity: the greater this value, the smaller the cytotoxicity. Aizawa ... with L > 20 μm. The arithmetic mean (SD) of the weight concentration was 100.0 (29.9) mg/m 3 . In the pathological evaluation, the arithmetic mean (SD) of the fiber concentration was 390.7 (170.4) ... Chi- yotani K: Magnetometric evaluation of the effects of gallium arsenide on the clearance and relaxation of iron particles. Ind Health 1993, 31:143-153. Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology...

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... [30]. The HW-PLDenablesthesynthesisofoxideNWswhile controlling the doping concentration feature. The dop- ing could be controlled by adjusting the target co mposi- tion since it guarantees the ... Nanoelectronics, School of Engineering, University of Science and Technology, 52 Eoeun dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-333, Republic of Korea Full list of author information is available at the end of the ... NWs with low E a of 5.18 meV have a good condition for mak- ing Ag-doped ZnO NWs. These results demonstrate that the E a of SZ O NWs is very sensitive depending on the concentration of Ag elements. Acknowledgements This...

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... ions substituting the Ti ions (at the B site). Therefore, substitution of the Ni ions at the B site may result in breaking the long-range ordering, resulting in a reduction of the ferroelectric ... transition of the samples. From Figure 4, the increase of loss tangent with NiO content implies a higher electrical conductivity of the composites. However, the highest loss tangent in the present ... Authors' contributions PJ carried out the experiments, analysis, and writing of the manuscript. SE, KP, and TT participated in the conception and design of the study. DPC and GR revised the manuscript...

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