... show the 11 saving banks which had total assets inthe top in at least out ofthe 14 quarters These banks are inthe category of “large” banks Most of them had relatively high shares inthe saving ... given inthe next two columns Each ofthe banks inthe table except the East-West Bank had a licency date ofthe first quarter of 1994 or earlier The eleven banks inthe table are each inthe top ... expected from financing investment projects inthe real sector The situation is further complicated by the dominance ofthe Russian economy by a handful of financial clans (Buchs (1999)) The 1995 liquidity...
... reviews the findings ofthe empirical studies, particularly those dealing with the ladder of investment theory The purpose of this section is to critically examine the robustness ofthe results ofthe ... determine the level of investment and innovation inthe telecoms industry These combinations in conjunction with the variety of other instruments used by the regulatory authorities to provide incentives ... high, the telecoms Investment in broadband and the role ofregulation 31 industry has been characterized as a mature, slow-evolving industry Since the initial development ofthe theory ofthe ladder...
... reviews the findings ofthe empirical studies, particularly those dealing with the ladder of investment theory The purpose of this section is to critically examine the robustness ofthe results ofthe ... determine the level of investment and innovation inthe telecoms industry These combinations in conjunction with the variety of other instruments used by the regulatory authorities to provide incentives ... high, the telecoms Investment in broadband and the role ofregulation 31 industry has been characterized as a mature, slow-evolving industry Since the initial development ofthe theory ofthe ladder...
... common in HIV-2 than in HIV-1 infection Still, little is known about the role ofhumoral immunity intheevolutionofthe HIV-2 env gene Inthe present study we analyze, for the first time, the ... is the main driver ofthe rapid intra-host evolutionofthe C2 and C3 regions in HIV-2 [15,25,58,60,64-66] Indeed, we found that most ofthe amino acids under selection are located in C2, including ... below), inthe envelope complex of HIV-2 differs substantially from that of HIV-1 Glycans on HIV-1 envelope protein play an important role inthe folding ofthe glycoproteins, in infection and in...
... (CH4) into the atmosphere ♦ Most ofthe H2O vapor condensed to form the oceans ♦ As a result of three key processes (outlined on the next slide), the air ended up consisting primarily of N2, ... down, releasing chlorine gas which is responsible for the thinning ofthe ozone layer, through the so-called “chlorine cycle”: Cl2 + 2O3 → 2ClO + 2O2 and 2ClO + O2 → Cl2 +2O2 Danger inthe Air Nitrous ... Since CO2 is the most abundant greenhouse gas, its increase is contributing significantly to global warming ♦ In fact, the warmest years on record have occurred inthe past 12 years Danger in...
... linked to a homo ⁄ heterodimerization of TFs containing these self-interacting domains Attending to this simple rule of domain self-interaction, relative levels of these proteins could determine ... using the network dataset taking into account self-interactions In any case, we obtained minor differences inthe fitting of these distributions when self-interactions were not included For the ... dimerizing via histone-fold structural motifs [51] Theevolutionof HTFN could be also constrained by protein domain properties and their distribution along the proteins In fact, using domain–domain...
... encoding the two motifs ofthe C-terminal domain The crygn gene is thus a hybrid of b and c crystallin gene structures, apparently an intermediate intheevolutionofthe c-crystallins from the ... part of a suite of molecular adaptations inthe eye inthe human lineage In addition to theevolutionof cN and cS crystallins, even more specialization inthe c-crystallins has occurred with the ... encodes the first two structural motifs, and hence the N-terminal domain ofthe protein, just as inthe genes for cS and cA–F However, the second half ofthe gene has the structure of a b-crystallin...
... masses inthe range of 75 kDa, but no other contaminating protein detectable by Coomassie staining, suggesting that the preparation results in >95% pure protein (Fig 1) Antibodies raised against the ... hemocyanin fraction show staining ofthe two 75 kDa bands in Western blot, but not recognize any other proteins ofthe hemolymph Although we expected that each of these bands contains two distinct ... assignment ofthe HcA clone to the major sequence ofthe upper hemocyanin band inthe SDS/PAGE gel (Fig 1) Two nonmatching amino acids at positions (Glu instead of Cys) and (Ala instead of Pro)...
... provide insights into the origin of its individual enzymes However, the study ofthe enzymes ofthe tricarboxylic acid cycle necessarily also entails the study ofthe several enzymes involved inthe ... compartmentalized inthe glyoxysomes of plants [31], the single exception being aconitase, which is localized inthe cytosol [32,33] Here we investigate theevolutionofthe enzymes ofthe pyruvate ... complex, the tricarboxylic acid cycle, and the glyoxylate cycle by examining the individual phylogenies ofthe 21 subunits comprising the 14 enzymes of these pathways as they occur in eukaryotes,...
... Paper The Internet of Things How the Next Evolutionofthe Internet Is Changing Everything The Internet of Things (IoT), sometimes referred to as the Internet of Objects, will change everything—including ... properties of Moore’s Law, their findings showed that the Internet doubles in size every 5.32 years Using this figure in combination with the number of devices connected to the Internet in 2003 ... People Have in Common When we crossed the threshold of connecting more objects than people to the Internet, a huge window of opportunity opened for the creation of applications inthe areas of automation,...
... [29] The overall analysis, examining the topology ofthe phylogenetic tree and the position of each gene inside the cluster, was informative regarding the orthology relationships ofthe distinct ... dashes The active site (YTVAK) and the cofactor-binding motifs are marked in bold The D43, T67 and A69 residues, involved in cofactor specificity, are indicated by asterisks Flanking the N-terminal ... orientation The most prominent determinant of signal orientation is the distribution of charged amino acids at either end ofthe hydrophobic sequence According to the ‘positive-inside’ rule, the most...
... methods With the inclusion ofthe N inaurata hemocyanin sequences, the resolution increased slightly, although the grouping ofthe different subunit types is still inconsistent and the bootstrap ... with the e-type subunits A hemocyanin-based timescale for theevolutionofthe Chelicerata The orthologous hemocyanin subunits of E californicum and N inaurata differ in 24–31% of their amino ... tail b Including the initiator methionine c Without initiator methionine raised against the hemocyanins ofthe related web spiders, Araneus diadematus and A aurantia Two hundred and nineteen...
... synthesized inthe liver and inthe granulosa cells ofthe ovary, respectively [9] The C-terminal regions ofthe ZP proteins contain a TMD The TMD is thought to anchor the ZP proteins into the ... similarities ofthe ZP domains according to the nomenclature of Spargo and Hope [10] The amino acid sequence ofthe ZP domain ofthe 37 kDa protein (eSRS3) indicated a higher degree of similarity ... components of egg envelope containing sugar chain were stained using the GelCode Glycoprotein Staining kit (Thermo Scientific Inc., Rockford, IL, USA), according to the manufacturer’s instructions Northern...
... does remain unchanged is the line of intersection ofthe orbital plane with the ecliptic This line is called the line of nodes; the point on the line where the orbit crosses the ecliptic going from ... ) ofthe nine planets are shown in table 1.1 One ofthe most striking manifestations of order inthe Solar System is inthe regular spacing ofthe mean orbital radii This was rst noted inthe ... particular kinds of information The side ofthe Moon facing the Earth shows the full range of lunar features (gure 1.11(a)) There are two general types of terrainthe highlands and the mare basins The...
... because ofthe alternative costs of verifying “each sack of purchased flour” and of employing “persons in devising methods of detecting the new modes of adulteration which might be continually ... on the investment of acquiring new customers There might also be benefits from the change inthe long-term behaviour (e.g increased loyalty) of existing customers The problem of asymmetric information ... be shrinking over time (due to the increasing cost of time and memory inthe mt The household production function) Thus there is a tendency that nt rest ofthe quality characteristics ofthe product...
... down its effect On the other side blocking the intracellular tyrosine-kinase domain could also inhibit the activation ofthe signaling pathways The latest way came into the front in past few years, ... β1-integrins leads also to decreased motility, whereas inhibition of αv -in tegrin causes increased motility The integrin αvβ3 plays a central role in glioma invasion Increased expression of integrin ... decreased Evolutionofthe Molecular Biology of Brain Tumors and the Therapeutic Implications the growth rate of glioma cell lines so it was found to be involved inthe progression of pri‐ mary brain...
... station inthe Rajasthan state of India Design ofthe reactor and the supply of all critical equipment were the responsibility ofthe Canadians The design adopted for India was a replica ofthe one ... the sole intention of using nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, had its own compelling reasons for going nuclear Prominent among these were the inequities India perceived inthe then-emerging ... programs in nuclear sciences and engineering within the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) or the universities inthe earlier years This policy appears to be changing; the DAE decided inthe mid-1990s...
... increase and the Inside Mortgage Finance data show a 56 percent increase in originations Duringthe late 1990s, house prices increased and interest rates dropped to some ofthe lowest rates in ... to finance the purchase of a home by using a subprime mortgage The growth of subprime lending inthe past decade has been quite dramatic Using data reported by the magazine Inside B&C Lending, ... significant financial difficulties Household Financial Services, one ofthe original finance companies, has remained independent and survived the period of rapid consolidation In fact, in 2003 it was the...
... In order to study the effect ofthe mutations within AMPK c3 on the activity ofthe enzyme, we introduced several missense mutations into the c3 gene (Fig 2), and investigated the effect of these ... that the function of AMPK c3 is conserved across the mammalian species [32] The R225Q 2888 mutation in c3 is equivalent to the R302Q substitution in c2, the dominant isoform ofthe c-subunit inthe ... AMP, whereas the two pairs of CBS domains both bind one molecule of AMP [20] In terms ofthe structure of AMPK, the b-subunit has been reported to act as a scaffold for binding ofthe a-subunit...
... been the end of hominid evolution Survival was enough, and, to wait for the dawn of a genetic revolution, the origin ofthe large-brained Homo habilis InEVOLUTIONOFTHE BRAIN: CREATION OFTHE ... 8.3 Theevolutionof consciousness 181 8.4 Philosophy ofthe mind-brain problem 184 8.5 Experimental testing ofthe mind-brain problem 186 8.6 Neuronal structures concerned in mind-brain interaction ... code acting like a machine language in specifying the sequence ofthe five amino acids in this specimen record 2 EVOLUTIONOFTHE BRAIN: CREATION OFTHE SELF For a bacterium the code of each...