... Reducing the health consequences of smoking: 25 years of
progress; a report ofthe Surgeon General. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC,
Office of Smoking and Health; ... schools can
improve the well-being and health of our children and youth. Inthe United States, chronic
diseases are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality; however, engaging in healthy
behaviors, ... National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Clinical Guidelines on Identification, Evaluation and Treatment of
Overweight and Obesity in Adults. Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health, National;...
... 2001: 621). The more intensive the competition of
banks in a region is, the smaller is the readiness of banks to invest inthe acquisition of
information. Starting out from a banking system ... the other hand the coefficient representing the relationship be-
tween regional wealth and interest margin of savings banks (last row inthe table) is
meaningful, due to the fact that a definitive ... from a theoretical as an empirical
point of view. What benefits the savings banks provides will be discussed, on the one
hand in terms of growth agenda, and on the other hand in terms of cohesion...
... a-helices ofthe N-terminal 185 residues
of the functional domain ofthe HA2 subunit of the
in uenza virus hemagglutinin protein and to detect
conformational heterogeneity ofthe protein within IBs
[65]. ... detailed
analysis ofthe mode of building andofthe structure
of aggregates can be useful to dissect pathways and
bottlenecks inthe folding of specific proteins, for
example those containing disulfide ... requiring
cofactors, multidomain proteins, fusion proteins. In
the following we summarize recent progress in this
field, whereas the use of IBs inthe study of amyloid
aggregation is developed in the...
... only at the level ofthe marginal distribution of income of
one source but at the level ofthe joint distribution of incomes aris-
ing from the various sources. The need to handle this joint distribu-
tion ... (1) and
self-employment (2):
y
i
= y
1i
+ y
2i
.
It may be interesting to decompose the change inthe inequality
of total income into what is due to the changes inthe means andin
the inequality ... is the covariance between the income source j
(= 1, 2) and total income inthe population. In other words, the
ratio of this covariance andthe variance of total income may be
interpreted as the...
... implementation ofthe Program of Action ofthe International
Conference on the Population and Development, of July 2, 1999
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The Declaration ofthe Tenth Ibero-American Summit of Heads of States, of ... education
1. Preamble
Gathered in Mexico City, inthe context ofthe XVII International AIDS Conference, with the
objective of strengthening the response to the HIV epidemic in formal and non-formal ...
settings, we, the Ministers of Health and Education of Latin America andthe Caribbean:
1.1 Affirm our commitment to the right to the highest possible level of health, education,
non-discrimination...
... different inthe wetland and pond
sediments inthe absence of predators, it appears that pre-
dation was the determining factor. Inthe presence of pre-
dators the mortality of TTC was greater inthe ... wetland, during the early
stages of residential developmentofthe area. Active con-
struction work inthe vicinity ofthe pond is presently still
in progress. The catchment size is 53 ha. The ... pipetting off the overlying water, taking care not
to resuspend any ofthe sediment. The sediment was mixed
and a 10-g portion withdrawn using a sterile spatula. The
sediment remaining inthe microcosm...
... Health
literacy is the capacity of individuals to obtain, interpret, and understand basic health information
and services in ways which are health enhancing. Thedevelopmentof health literacy ... health information; and
using communication, decision-making, goal-setting, and advocacy skills to engage in health-
enhancing behaviors. Further, the effectiveness and quality of health education ... aspects of
healthy living. These skills include identifying the influence of family, peers, culture, media,
and technology on health behavior; knowing how to access and use valid health information;...
... Snapshot ofthe b-strands A’ and G ofthe I27 protein
showing the protein backbone only for simplicity. C) Snapshot ofthe b-
strands A’ and G ofthe I27 protein showing 4 D
2
O molecules bridging the
protein ... rapidly, causing the unfolding of one of
the I27 modules inthe chain. Unfolding then extends the over-
all length ofthe protein, relaxing the pulling force to a low
value. As the slack inthe length ... bridging the
A’ and G b-strands ofthe I27 protein during the main unfold-
ing barrier.
[39]
To further validate this view and gain insight into
the role of solvent hydrogen bonds in protein unfolding,...
... was the TM7 chimera, which dem-
onstrated no detectable binding. To determine whether
the decrease in binding affinity inthe other chimeras
was the result of protein instability and misfolding ... the rest of the
bundle (Fig. 3A). At the same time, the main kinks in
the TM helices of rhodopsin (e.g. the functionally
important kink in TM6) were preserved inthe 3D
model of C5aR. Also, the ... patterns of homo-oligomeric cross-
linking for C5aR and AT
1
R-YFP. Because the rate of
cross-linking depends on the proximity ofthe side
groups, the flexibility ofthe structures containing the
cysteine...
... First: The inspection and examination of education and training contribute to
strengthening the socialist legislation. Indeed, the inspection and examination of education
and training are the ... standards in schools and colleges and, as a result, acts as the Ministry’s
intelligence wing, gathering the necessary information to feed the Ministry on the trends in
standards obtained inthe ... Education and Training inthe whole
country, suggest contents need inspecting, organizing and directing the inspection andthe
guiding inspections level I and level II during the inspection...
... annual incidence of AES was not defined in the
field test version ofthe Japanese encephalitis surveillance
standards [1], pending further information about the
likely minimum incidence of AES.
This ... pattern of JE consistently occurring
in mid July mostly inthe southernmost county of Taiwan
[25,26]. The study population was that of Taiwan itself
and other offshore islands such as the Pescadores. ... the MMR vaccine against
these viruses was introduced. This was also noted by other
researchers in Finland [8].
In a small prospective study of central nervous system
(CNS) infections in Helsinki,...
... for
correct folding and intracellular transport of viral glyco-
proteins, as shown for instances for influenza hemagglu-
tinin [19]. In order to investigate theimportanceof the
individual N-glycosylation ... glycoproteins of
enveloped viruses [7]. So far, only viral glycoproteins of
the arenavirus family andthe glycoprotein of the
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus belonging to the
family of Bunyaviridae ... GP-C indicating that each N-glycosylation
site is used for N-glycan attachment. Next we determined
the effect ofthe individual N-glycans on the maturation
cleavage by analysing the presence of the...