... by extraction procedures, and these contaminants may mimic the effect of serum Optimal glucose concentration depends upon the culture medium; i.e., 1.0-1.5 mM in SOF [6] and TLP [11], and 5.56 ... embryos, and to examine theeffectsof glucose, phosphate and citrate upon the developmental frequency of bovine embryos Materials and Methods In vitr o m a tu ratio n (IVM) Oocyte collection and ... TCM199 The beneficial effectsof co-culture included a reduced glucose concentration, an increase in the levels of L-lactate and pyruvate [5], and a reduced oxygen concentration [27] The inhibitory...
... addition order and temperatureon the complex formation and sizing development are needed to clarify the interactions between aluminumandAKD under alkalinereactionconditions ThehydrolysisofAKD ... obviouseffect onthe hydrolysisof AKD; thus, the acceleration ofthe hydrolysisrate in buffer solutionsmay be mainly contributedto anionicions HzPOd’, C032-andHC03’ To further study the anionic effect, the ... 8) This further confirmed the catalyticeffect ofthe bicarbonate onthe AKD ion sizing, which was studiedpreviously [4], and also indicatedthe catalytic effect ofthe bicarbonate onthe AKD hydrolysis...
... second signal at [sugar] ⁄ [EW29Ch] = 3–4 andthe resonance signal ofthe side-chain NH of Trp33 appeared at the position ofthe second signal corresponding to the bound state (Fig 3B) Because the ... the chemical exchange ofthe a sugar-binding site upon the addition of lactose or b-Me-Gal was in the slow exchange regime The STD effect for sugar arose from the contribution of both the a and ... corresponding to the bound state during titration ([sugar] ⁄ [EW29Ch] = 0.5–3) andthe resonance signal ofthe side-chain NH of Trp33 disappeared The broadened signals sharpened at the position of the...
... dependent onthe polarity ofthe microenvironment ofthe Trp residues, as well as onthe peptide conformation Both are affected upon insertion ofthe peptides in membranes Additionally, the membranes ... mimics the environment ofthe inner leaflet of mammal biomembranes and it offers an opportunity to study the influence of electrostatic interaction in the partition of MPR peptides MPRPC, MPRP-S and ... cL is the lipidic molar volume [26] and [L] is the concentration ofthe lipid accessible to the peptide (the outer leaflet ofthe bilayer) In the presence of POPC LUV, for MPRP-C, MPRP-S and MPRP-I...
... relative to the market’s expectation ofthe cash rate The cost of long-term wholesale debt continues to place upward pressure on banks’ funding costs, as still nearly one-fifth of bonds outstanding ... also fallen since the onset ofthe financial crisis, as the amortisation ofthe outstanding stock of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) has exceeded new issuance Furthermore, Australian ... about one-fifth of banks’ funding, and is priced mainly off 1-month and 3-month bank bill rates Prior to mid 2007, bank bill rates closely tracked the market’s expectation for the cash rate with the...
... assume that the peptide layer onthe DOPC and SM membrane surface consists of such a mixture of oligomers and secondary conformations This accounts for the isotropic nature of this layer in these two ... anisotropy andthe long range molecular order ofthe bilayer), and in protein ⁄ lipid conformation occurring as a consequence of molecular interactions The PWR spectrum can be described by the depth, the ... half-width andthe angular position ofthe resonances, which are determined by the optical characteristics ofthe sensor andthe immobilized molecules at the plasmon excitation wavelength Molecular interactions...
... environment and given national government control of inflation and monetary policy, competition and concentration determine bank behavior andthe countenance of appropriate risk levels Bank concentration ... cost and marginal revenue Concentration measures the density ofthe banking industry by the number of firms present in the market Measuring Competition and Concentration The structure-conduct-performance ... merchants or other points of service The value ofthe card is stored on a central server, not onthe card, and is read through the magnetic strip onthe back ofthe card Prepaid and stored value...
... have made substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition of data, and analysis and interpretation ofthe data MK has been involved in drafting the manuscript and revising it critically ... Ferromagnetic contamination in the lungs and other organs ofthe human body Science 1973, 180:745-748 Nemoto I: A model of magnetization and relaxation of ferrimagnetic particles in the lung IEEE ... performed and Scheffe's multiple comparison test was conducted Results Fiber concentration and weight concentration in exposure chamber In the lung magnetometric evaluation, the arithmetic mean (standard...
... emitter is parallel to the axis ofthe nanotip Under the action ofthe control field X(t) dependent onthe wave packet ofthe incoming photon, the capture ofthe incoming single photon may be realized ... fundamental z surface plasmon mode ofthe nanotip and nanowire are excited surface plasmons [22] In the stage of photon storage, the ‘gate’ photon propagating along the nanotip is on resonant with the ... process Then, this conditional flip can control the propagation of subsequent ‘signal’ photons with frequency x2 propagating along the nanowire Thus, theinteractionof subsequent signal pulse and the...
... a long nitridation times must be avoided because it leads to formation of AlN onthe surface, which degrades the properties ofthe epilayer [6] 2.2 Silicon Carbide (SiC) The main advantage of ... Where n s and n1, are the refractive indices ofthe substrate andthe corresponding layer respectively, d1, is the geometrical thickness ofthe corresponding quarter wave layers and λ B is the target ... simulation andthe formulas from Eq (1) to (7) in previous section are used The objective of this simulation is to show how the change in the DBR substrate will result in the difference of reflectivity...
... enhancing the photosynthetic capacity [11] and by increasing the uptake ofwaterand nutrients, and their accumulation in the seedling tissues [3, 8] Environmental conditions marked by the Mediterranean ... affect the growth of seedling roots also affect thedevelopmentof ectomycorrhizas [24] Main factors affecting seedling mycorrhization in nursery are the fertilisation andirrigation regimes andthe ... up in order to check the effect ofthe factors: (a) inoculation with spores ofthe five ectomycorrhizal fungi and (b) type of substrate, on mycorrhization anddevelopmentof P pinea seedlings...
... to the Soil Taxonomy [75] The texture ofthe upper horizons was loamy (4045% of silt in the two first horizons, Tab I) andthe clay content was relatively low (24% in the first horizon and only ... outside the cylinders at the start ofthe incubation period, which also corresponded to the content at the end ofthe previous incubation period The leaching of NO (from October 1993) and NH ... Inputs and drainage of mineral N were calculated as the product ofthewater flux (throughfall and soil leaching respectively) and NO 3-N and NH +-N concentrations in solutions Drainage of water...
... provide L ofwater to each seedling as they were planted No further irrigation was provided to these, or to seedlings from the other stock types, during the remainder ofthe study The 1-yearold ... late season flushing had ceased, the year-end height and basal diameter of each seedling planted in the field was recorded The height was the distance from theground to the tip ofthe longest ... diameter and height and diameter increments ofthe 4month-old seedlings were generally greater than those ofthe acorns, none of these differences were significant during any year ofthe study The...
... significant effect on α2 expression Theeffectsof DZ on α1, α3, and γ2 expression were the same as theeffectsof diltiazem on these subunits DZ sig- Gibson et al Journal of Biomedical Science ... in most ofthe GABAAR found in the hippocampus, and were chosen based on their relative abundance and their potentially important contributions in GABAAR function When the expression of these proteins ... neuronal excitability and pharmacological responsiveness after TBI These studies, therefore, support the hypotheses that TBI alters the constituent proteins ofthe GABAAR and that these alterations...
... proportional to the concentration of rat TNFα in the sample A standard curve was obtained by plotting the concentrations of rat TNF-α standards versus their absorbences The TNF-α concentration ofthe ... citation purposes) ofthe laser penetration depth of about 1–2 mm, IMBF reflects the blood flow in the whole gut wall In contrast, FCD reflects only the perfusion ofthe capillaries ofthe focused ... of 50 pg/ml Thus, the inflammatory response is not a result of preparations before the start ofthe experiment (insertion of catheters, laparotomy, among other factors) The dopexamine infusion...
... [34] Conclusions Ischemic conditioning seems to prevent HIF-1a mRNA induction in the rat liver after ischemia and reperfusion This suggests that the protective effectsof ischemic conditioning ... conditioning not involve the HIF-1 system Onthe other hand, the magnitude ofthe HIF-1a response might be a marker for the degree of I/R injuries after liver ischemia Page of Further studies need to ... surgeons would be reluctant to induce more than 30 minutes of ischemia onthe liver The mechanisms responsible for the protective effectsof IPC and IPO are only partially understood In the present...
... infiltration Theeffectsof CD8+ T Cell- Depletion or CD4+ T Cell- De pletion onthe Efficacy of Gene Gun Administration of Non-coating EGFR DNA vaccine The efficacy of gene gun administration of non-coating ... performed the experiments; CML provided advice onthe design ofthe study and commented onthe manuscript; CCL conceived and supervised the study, participated in the preparation ofand commented onthe ... vivo vaccine theof CD8+ T effectsof non-coating EGFR DNA tion of CD8+ or CD4+cell-depletion or CD4+ cell-depleThe effectsgene gun administration (A) ProtocolTfor depleon Theeffectsof CD8+ T...
... information system design and implementation, and others, so that investors are fully informed about the types and magnitudes of these fees The SOX andthe SEC’s regulations are apparently based onthe ... consider rotation of audit firm (p 39)” In addition, the report illustrates the existence of certain circumstances that merit consideration of rotation, and recommends serious consideration of ... points of two, four and five years for identifying the firms with short and long auditor tenure The results ofthe tests (untabulated) on short and long auditor tenure based onthe cut-off point of...
... ofthe performance of LRPON is presented in Section III In Section IV, we show the simulation setup of an OCDMbased LR-PON, the simulation results, and discussion Finally, Section V concludes the ... Planck's constant; f is the optical frequency; bandwidth; and Bopt is the emission factor (or the population-inversion factor) Other noise that should be taken into account at the ONU includes the thermal ... find the best location to put the EDFA in the network The rest of this paper is organized as follows In Section II, we present the architecture of an OCDM-based LR-PON The theoretical analysis of...
... health and QOL Therefore, studies onthe negative impact of occupational stress should focus not only on mental and physical health but also ontheeffects they have on QOL [10-13] Recent studies on ... standard deviation were used to illustrate the distribution of Vietnamese care attendants based on their personal backgrounds and job responsibilities In addition, the Student’s t test and oneway ... regression analysis oftheeffectsof personal background and various dimensions of occupational stress onthe QOL of Vietnamese care attendants (N = 264) Variables B Beta R2 ∆R2 t F Modelone SF-36...