... which encodes the first two structural motifs, and hence the N-terminal domain ofthe protein, just as in the genes for cS and cA–F However, the second half ofthe gene has the structure of a b-crystallin ... mammalian evolution These changes illustrate the way in which gene families may expand, contract and adapt They may also help us understand the functions ofthe c-crystallin family in vision and elsewhere ... 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 in theevolutionofthe c-crystallins from the b-crystallins...
... consequence ofthe physical laws of our universe andthe subatomic structure ofthe oxygen atom As we shall see in Chap 2, the existence of oxygen atoms is in turn a necessary result oftheevolutionof ... Thus, the higher the pH value, the lower the proton concentration and therefore the degree of dissociation of water This behavior of water depends strongly on the temperature, the higher the temperature ... the nucleus The number of protons in a nucleus gives its atomic number and its positive charge Add the number of neutrons and you have the atomic mass The nucleus ofthe most common isotope of...
... in nature These are often called white, brown, and pink noise, and all are defined by the relation between the frequency and power (proportional to the square ofthe amplitude) of their components ... videos, and most of what is called art film—is designed to suppress awareness ofthe presentational aspects ofthe film while promoting the narrative The units of film are the act, the sequence, the ... near the film’s end was analyzed as Shot The autocorrelation ofthe length of a Shot with itself (Lag 0) is always 1.0; autocorrelations ofthe length of Shot with the lengths of Shots (Lag 1) and...
... tF > tS, and if CFn are the net cash flows ofthe investment of new entrants, then the expected market value of new entrants will equal the sum of discounted value ofthe investment andthe net ... abandoned wholesale regulation (the case ofthe USA) and some others have shifted from light-handed regulation to heavy-handed regulation with mandatory unbundling ofthe local loop (the case of ... aspects ofthe ladder of investment theory and also refers to papers presenting empirically based analyses ofthe tenability ofthe theory Moreover, the chapter introduces the issue of intermodal...
... tF > tS, and if CFn are the net cash flows ofthe investment of new entrants, then the expected market value of new entrants will equal the sum of discounted value ofthe investment andthe net ... abandoned wholesale regulation (the case ofthe USA) and some others have shifted from light-handed regulation to heavy-handed regulation with mandatory unbundling ofthe local loop (the case of ... aspects ofthe ladder of investment theory and also refers to papers presenting empirically based analyses ofthe tenability ofthe theory Moreover, the chapter introduces the issue of intermodal...
... taxa to the Strongylida are members ofthe Rhabditina, including C elegans, and both are grouped in Clade V ofthe Nematoda, on the basis of small subunit rRNA sequence analysis [48] The set of 742 ... we have addressed the question of whether secreted proteins of parasitic nematodes show accelerated evolution, and our results indicate that this is the case The predominance of predicted secreted ... at the 5' end of a proportion of their mRNA transcripts; a short leader sequence is added upstream ofthe initiation codon The leader is normally a 22-nucleotide sequence termed SL1 [51] The...
... TFs and putative, as yet uncharacterized regulators We analyzed the history of each ofthe global regulators, andof a sample of each ofthe other types of regulators (see Figure and Materials and ... two operons, andthe proximity of these regulators to their regulated genes suggests that HGT might be involved in theevolutionof these regulatory relationships [14] Furthermore, these neighbor ... which the relative age ofthe duplication andofthe regulation was unclear, and operon structure could not be used to clarify.) The other 6% to 9% of interactions arose by convergent evolution...
... cluster A and B average For equation (1), the log ofthe number of cumulative loans is the variable of interest For equation (2), the log ofthe number of cumulative conditions is the variable of interest ... and significant for both the number of loans (equation 1) andthe number of conditions (equation 2) Furthermore, test statistics presented at the bottom of table are reassuring The p-values of ... shown in the fourth row of Table For the Heritage Foundation index (last row of Table 6), the quadratic specification provides the best fit between number of conditions and quality of economic...
... kinds: + The change of consumer-demand modal, market andthe attitude to the availability and diversity of goods + The pressure of reducing cost + The development of Information technology + The pressure ... learning and expanding With their experiences, they have learned the value of offering quality services In the way of growing, they have also open branches to establish a worldwide presence These ... The Association has the role of coordinating the activities ofthe members in order to protect the interests ofthe members and improve the position of Vietnam in the international freight forwarding...
... and Ardipithecus ramidus Given the fragmentary state of these remains, andthe difficulties inherent in their comparison, there is much discussion as to the validity of their hominid status The ... operation, there is no way of determining which level of analysis is the most relevant to the study ofthe neural correlates of aesthetic preference Additionally, the evolutionary emergence of such ... that there is greater space filled by axons and dendrites This picture of a mosaic of primitive and derived aspects ofthe organization ofthe human orbitofrontal cortex was also the result of...
... trend in the income (before taxes) share ofthe top 0.1% (the top solid line in the figure) andthe top 0.01% (the lower dashed line) since 1945.32 Under both definitions ofthe top ofthe income ... Share of Income of Top 0.1% Share of Income of Top 0.01% Source: Piketty and Saez Note: The vertical axis is the share of total income The observed relationship between the top tax rates andthe ... at the top ofthe income distribution are currently at their lowest levels since the end ofthe second World War The results ofthe analysis suggest that changes over the past 65 years in the...
... changes in the humananimal relationship andthe rise ofthe veterinary regime from the time of animal domestication andthe inception of livestock husbandry up until the present day The book, therefore, ... which involved neither the drudgery of tilling the land nor the harvesting of crops While the spread of agrarianism brought the existence of domesticated animals to the attention ofthe hunting peoples ... knowledge and understanding ofthe behaviour of other animals would have been imperative to the successful hunting of them The recognition of changing seasons, the migration patterns of animal...
... Maryland and federal law regulate the use of ―child labor‖ (i.e., the employment of persons below the age of eighteen) andthe employment of people to work in their homes The Maryland Division of ... Maryland e Contacting Comptroller Depending on the type of business andthe presence of employees in Maryland, the foreign business may need to contact the Office ofthe Comptroller for purposes of ... Maryland to business 12 The date of formation ofthe foreign LP A general description ofthe business to be transacted in Maryland The name and address of its resident agent in Maryland, and...
... indeed the ancestral host of Achryso- chroides Regarding the effect of taxa sampling on the reconstruction of reproductive strategies, although the biology of most species in other parts ofthe ... size and sex ratio The mapping indicates several changes in reproductive strategy with apparently parallel evolutionofthe unusual split sex broods (and of mixed sex broods) in the latreillii and ... trees ofthe order Fagales (oaks, birch, alder, etc.) and colonized plants ofthe order Fabales, Rosales and Sapindales once each (Fig 4) Mapping of plant growth form indicates that the ancestor of...
... the comments and suggestions ofthe participants ofthe workshop Economic Theory andthe Practice of Consumption: Evolutionary and other Approaches’, organised by the University of Cassino and ... analysing the shape ofthe growth pattern ofthe quantity of cinema consumed and expenditure on cinema The time ofthe take-off will be estimated quantitatively (and its timing compared with the qualitative ... exact date to the emergence ofthe idea, or concept of cinema, but the first projection of moving images dates from the 1850s, andthe first patents on the viewing and projection of motion pictures...
... control of tobacco use, and there is considerable data supporting the relationship between pricing and taxing of alcohol products and their consumption The main point of relevance to the question of ... The designations employed andthe presentation ofthe material in this publication not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part ofthe World Health Organization concerning the ... Another model projected the effect of extending the VAT (17.5%) to leading sources of dietary saturated fat in the United Kingdom Noting the lack of data on price elasticities of demand for the...
... finance of HE Higher Education Finance in the 1960s and 1970s In the 1960s the economics of education was in its infancy as a branch of economics, andthe concepts of human capital andthe contribution ... depicts how the influence ofeconomic theory andof its most prominent advocates varies – depending on the strength ofthe resistance of other stakeholders (mainly students, taxpayers, voters, and elected ... ofthe main advocates of ICLs explains the crucial difference: The critical and defining characteristic of an ICL is that the collection ofthe debt depends on the borrowers’ future levels of...