... and Conclusion Part 1: Introduction presents the rationale, the research questions, the method of study, the research procedure, the scope ofthe study, the significance ofthe study and the design ... used in many parts ofthe world In the tendency of integration ofthe global economy, English is one ofthe effective communicative tools for everybody The role of English is considered to be very ... of questionnaires, one onthe teachers and the others onthe students in pre – improvement stage and post – improvement one The questions are ofthe three – kinds: close – ended questions, open...
... presence of each ofthe chemicals Chemical concentrations used in the present study are presented in Table Measured values or recovery rates of test chemicals can be estimated onthe basis ofthe ... obtained from acute tests, conducted simultaneously in glass vessels using the same stock solutions of these chemicals, with the fish species as part ofthe other aspect ofthe project [23,24] Recovery ... treatments contained the same concentration of toxicants used in the acclimation phase (Table 1) The temperature ofthe water in the test tank then was elevated gradually at a constant rate (0.8 Ϯ 0.02ЊC...
... 4) We therefore conclude that, in vivo, the proteolytic processing of NRG-1 does not depend onthe a-secretase ADAM10 For further confirmation of these findings, we examined the myelination of peripheral ... ADAM10 (detection by HA-antibody), one exemplary blot from the brain membrane fraction of four individuals is shown The proform ofthe proteinase is indicated by a black arrow head and the catalytically ... stimulation of cells [8], which might be accompanied by translocation within the cell Furthermore, the animal model offers a more complex representation because ofthe wide variety of cells that...
... serum with h of incubation at 37 °C Chromatin degradation in the serum of a DNase1 KO mouse was accelerated by the addition of aprotinin and the specific inhibitor for the activation ofthe plasminogen ... deletion ofthe N-terminal rER signal peptide It is therefore conceivable that the NLS of DNase1l3 might only be functional under special conditions, such as, for example, apoptosis, leading to the ... allow the identification ofthe residual nuclease activity by, for example, the estimation ofthe molecular mass ofthe nuclease Therefore, we attempted to establish a DPZ procedure for the identification...
... helical conformation in the C-terminal part The disordered conformation in the C-terminal region of D24)37 GGN4 is probably due to the break ofthe peptide bond at position 23 In contrast, the finally ... tryptophanyl substitution at position 16 onthe biological activity was confirmed for the native GGN4 Consistent with the results ofthe C-terminally truncated GGN4, the D16W substitution in the native GGN4 ... destabilized by truncation In line with the CD results, the solution structures clearly support the idea that the D16W substitution of D24)37 GGN4 contributed to the restoration ofthe antimicrobial...
... greater reductions in the proportion of option compensation My paper differs in three ways First, I examine the terms of compensation contracts 10 (e.g., the number of options granted, contractual ... picture ofthe economic consequences of recognition because firms may increase other forms of compensation irrespective of changes in options, biasing the measure towards finding reductions in option ... inputs Moneyness is the relation between the market stock price (on the grant date in my paper) and the exercise price ofthe option to disclosed fair value inputs, the distribution of all three...
... accentuated the negative effectsof depression on mental functioning The indirect effect of pain onthe depression-QoL pathway was 0.043, suggesting that about 28% ofthe effect of depression onthe ... Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong 2Department of Social Work, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong 3Department of Community Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong 13 14 Authors’ contributions ... QoL The indirect effect of depression onthe pain-QoL link pathway was 0.08, indicating that about 75% ofthe effect of pain on QoL impacted through the mediator of depression, and 25% of the...
... different concentrations of mRNA, μg of total RNA was used to make cDNA and then the ratio ofthe Housekeeper gene to the gene of interest was used Because the housekeeper gene is not affected by the ... term was the indication ofthe evolution of different responses between the two treatment groups We used the Tukey-Kramer Multiple-Comparison test for posthoc comparisons at different times The Student ... distribution, and theeffectson nonnormally distributed parameters were compared by using the Mann-Whitney test and the Wilcoxon signed-rank test for paired measurements Bonferroni correction was...
... there was a clear difference in the optical qualities between the 200°C-capped sample and the others In the sample capped at 200°C, incorporation of excess arsenic followed by the formation of ... were further studied by the excitation power dependence ofthe PL Figure plots integrated PL intensity as a function ofthe excitation power The PL intensities ofthe samples capped at 580 and 350°C ... reducing the concentration of deep levels compared to As By contrast, our growth condition was “normal”, i.e., the growth rate was μm h-1 and an As4 source was used The difference is that the epilayer...
... eradication strategy is needed This study was performed to determine theeffectsof suppression ofthe cell-mediated immune system on ALV-J infection, as a part ofthe study determine the role ofthe ... out of gated lymphocytes in any ofthe groups throughout the experiment CBH response The effect of CSP treatment onthe CBH response was evaluated in chickens at weeks of age The CBH-1 response ... antibody was first detected at weeks post-infection in the Oil group More than half ofthe samples tested had neutralizing antibody at the end ofthe experiment The percentage and titers of the...
... for the whole rotation including the regeneration phase in order to quantify the constraint for the soil Further observations will be made to investigate the longterm effectsofthe harvest onthe ... before the growth of new understorey vegetation [24] Onthe other hand, after the growth ofthe understorey, N leaching is reduced by the uptake ofthe new vegetation In the present study, N content ... ofthe soil 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...
... beyond the aims of our experiment Effects of waterlogging on growth and photosynthetic performance of leaves: comparison among species Waterlogging induced disorders in growth and photosynthesis ... closure (no effectson photosynthetic capacity), while the latter seems no to be due to a combination of both stomatal closure and direct effectson photosynthetic carbon reduction cycles, as ... obtained with a smaller increase in in the for- non-photochemical quenching DISCUSSION onthe photosynthetic performance of leaves ofthe three species Seedlings from the three oak species displayed...
... The influence of controlled mandatory ventilatin (CMV), intermittent mandatory ventilation (IMV) and biphasic interpositive airway pressure (BIPAP) on duration of intubation and comsumpsion of ... compared theeffectsof synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation and biphasic positive airway pressure onthe stress response, also during weaning after cardiac surgery [12,13] Neither mode ... extubation, the glucose and insulin levels were returning to their initial levels in group PS The reason for the significant increase of glucose and insulin levels in the PS group is not clear The...
... tendon 87 Collagenase and treadmill running effectsonthe mechanical properties ofthe Achilles tendon 90 Collagenase and treadmill running effectsonthe gene expression ofthe Achilles tendon ... force exerted by the ground on a body in contact with it The force is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction To the force that thebody exerts onthe surface Hyperpronation In the foot, excessive ... Structurally, tendons have two points of attachment: the myotendionus junction (MTJ) between the tendon and muscle, and the osteotendionous junction (OTJ) between the tendon and bone These attachments...
... generally consistent with the results ofthe small number of previous studies in this area but there is certainly scope for further investigation Table of contents Thank you for evaluating AnyBizSoft ... Table of content i ii iii iv Lists of tables and charts vi 1 Part one Introduction Rationale 2 Objectives ofthe study Scope ofthe ... study investigated theeffectsof pre-listening activities onthe listening performances of grade 10 students at Nguyen Gia Thieu high school The research involved the participation of 100 students...
... report the details of this implementation including a brief presentation ofthe research type, the setting ofthe study, the selection ofthe participants, the description ofthe intervention, the ... are theeffectsofthe current English collocation instruction onthe use of language in their English essay writing? Is there any relationship between the students‟ use of collocation and their ... type, the study site, the selection of participants, the description ofthe intervention and the methods of data collection and data analysis The fourth chapter reports the findings and their...
... promote the differentiation of autonomic neurons and induce the expression of Ascl1 indicating that BMP2 and BMP4 control the specification of autonomic neurons through the induction of Ascl1 ... concentrations of glucose onthe growth, survival, proliferation and cell-fate specification of NSCs isolated from the telencephalon of embryonic mice, and onthe expression of some developmental control ... beneath them and form a hinge Shortly thereafter, two other hinge regions form near the connection ofthe neural plate with the lateral ectoderm The cells of these two regions are called the dorsolateral...
... productivity In the 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 ofthe contribution of education ... Estimate theeffectsof each ofthe target conditions on general health Combine the estimates from steps one and two to estimate the effect of each ofthe target conditions on wages There is ... estimates oftheeffectsof education on wages 2.2 Measuring theeffectsof health status for labour market research 2.3 Overseas estimates oftheeffectsof health on wages 4.1 Estimating the effects...
... to consider carefully the connections between the chemistry ofthe atmosphere and climate These connections are complex and their nonlinearity is exemplified by the fact that concentrations of ... by the capping of SOx Note that these climate calculations in Figure omit the cooling effectsofthe CO2 reductions caused by the lessening ofthe inhibition ofthe land sink by ozone (Figure 5) ... regionally variable and partially-offsetting, effectsof BC on absorption and reflection of sunlight, reflectivity of clouds, and the strength of lower tropospheric convection (Wang, 2004) These...