... inhibited by tonic Gi/o protein activity in the presynaptic terminal Based onthe fact that the tonic activity ofthe G protein is a consequence ofthe tonic activation of A1 adenosine receptors, removal ... their corresponding coronal brain diagrams in the Paxinos rat brain atlas (Figure 3.2) This was done to confirm the locations ofthe bregma andto ensure that the MRI slices corresponded tothe ... against the antigen of interest tothe desired concentration in antibody diluents Add the primary antibody solution onto the tissue sections and incubate overnight (~16 hr) at 4° C 38 5) Onthe second...
... Average concentrations and standard errors of Fe Cu and Zn in different layers and background levels, based on seven sections from seven rats 100 List of Figures Figure 1.1 Basic anatomy ofthe ... There are two parts of work which have been done in this thesis to investigate the underlying mechanismsof learning process and long-term memory formation In part I, two projects have been focused ... Introduction ofthe hippocampus……………………………… 1.1.1.2 Introduction ofthe mossy fibers………………………………… 1.1.2 Histology of Mossy fiber pathways……………………………………… 1.1.3 Anatomic plasticity ofthe mossy...
... end ofthe reaction was about 2.7 This condition facilitated the formation of gluconolactone and disaccharide and inhibited the catalyst activity [2] So, we should add alkaline solution continuously ... products of D-glucose oxidation on PS-1 catalyst Onthe other hand, the reaction on Pt/SBA15 catalysts with pH control not only showed a high conversion, but also high D-gluconic acid selectivity This ... many chemical conversions [4-6] (b) (c) (d) (e) Figure Transmission electron micrographs of SBA-15 in the direction of pore axis (a)(100) and in the direction perpendicular tothe pore axis SBA-15...
... for all ofthe observed DCpà for folding, and how other factors relating to desolvation of polar groups, conformational dynamics and hydrogen bonding also contribute [60] The observation of a positive ... region (residues 21–35) N terminal tothe X37 and X38 mutation sites, andthe sequence ofthe short helix (residues 38–40) and fourth strand of b-sheet (residues 42–46) onthe C-terminal side of ... angles Thus, we conclude that the Pro to Ala substitutions are not significantly perturbing the backbone conformation and dynamics ofthe protein around the mutation sites and in the adjacent a-helix...
... study, the effect of NaCl concentration onthe kinetic constants and thermodynamic stability of VsEndA and VcEndA was investigated In addition, the effects of reciprocal mutations of two non-conserved ... boundary conditions, andthe resulting grid was adopted as the boundary condition for one further focused calculation The protein molecules occupied 90% ofthe box in the final calculations The molecular ... ofthe thermodynamic data, together with mutational and structural investigations, was used to gain an insight into halotolerant adaptation Results Protein production and thermal stability The...
... estimated onthe basis ofthe linear regression ofthe fraction number ofthe molecular mass markers cytochrome c (CyC), carbonic anhydrase (CA), and BSA From the calibration curve ofthe sucrose ... the interaction ofthe 4Â-PP group with the polypeptide backbone and its effect onthe stability of holo-ACP The average major conformation ofthe holo-ACP NMR structure was analyzed for ligandprotein ... interactions, andthe blue lines denote CHO hydrogen bonds The 4Â-PP group is linked tothe protein by the Ser37 O-c atom Only residues 3138 ofthe protein make extensive contacts with the cofactor...
... chain, as demonstrated by the biophysical assays Our studies have provided additional contributions tothe understanding ofthe effects of these mutations onthe clinical symptoms of patients ... SDS/PAGE The actomyosin S1 Mg2+ ATPase was determined in the absence of troponin as a function of tropomyosin concentration, and in the presence of troponin and Ca2+ concentration varying from 10)6 to ... charge of Tm The two other mutations (A63V and K70T) are located at the N-terminal region, far from the troponin binding region and occur at the g position ofthe repeat The K70T mutation also...
... by changing the distribution of interface states andthe electron occupation on them In some cases, even the concentration ofthe adsorbed gas ions can be measured from the change of potential ... adsorptionrdesorption kinetics of NO x gas region width, and e is the permittivity ofthe semiconductor From the charge neutrality condition between the interface charge Qi andthe space charge in depletion ... dangling bond energy plays the role of neutrality level for the intimate contact between covalent semiconductors w13x The interface formed on an etched semiconductor surface andror onthe GB of a...
... attributed tothe magnetic frustration arising from the co-existence of competing antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic interactions The separation of FC and ZFC curves at low temperatures could be considered ... in Fig 2, where ϕ is the angle between direction of magnetic moment of A ions and magnetic moment of B1 and B2 ions Comparing MSt and MSe from Tab 2, we could determine the canting angle between ... content in the samples due to larger ionic radius of Zn2+ ion (0.82 Å) substituted for Ni2+ ion (0.78 Å) The X-ray density, the real density as well as porosity of ferrites also determined and...
... structures randomly showed a short a helical conformation in the C-terminal part The disordered conformation in the C-terminal region of D24)37 GGN4 is probably due tothe break ofthe peptide bond at ... matching the backbone atoms in residues I2V18, andthe mainchain (N, Ca, C¢, and O) andthe tryptophan side chain atoms are represented portions Position 16 is at the border between the loop region ... from the methylene protons of SDS [29], was observed Figure clearly depicts the intermolecular NOE cross-peaks between the SDS methylene protons andthe peptide backbone amide protons ofthe F9,...
... diOMe flavone (Bui et aI., 2004) There were studies that only compare the effect of drying methods alone (Chan et aI., 2009); and also study onthe optimization of extraction conditions on herbs ... together for the completion ofthe lab work and given their help to complete my thesis I would also like to thank Teoh Hang Boon and Choi Yik Huey for their guidance in using the response surface ... 2007) Due to optimization of both drying and extraction methods on herb had not being studied, the main ·objective of this study was to study the effect of extraction and drying methods on antioxidant...
... compensation by analyzing time series changes in the terms of option contracts and for substitution towards other forms of compensation I focus primarily on changes in the number of option grants ... inputs Moneyness is the relation between the market stock price (on the grant date in my paper) andthe exercise price ofthe option to disclosed fair value inputs, the distribution of all three ... Prior to FAS 123, proxy statements included the number of 15 options granted tothe top five executives, the percentage of options granted to each ofthe top five executives as a percent of total...
... University of Hong Kong, 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 ... about 75% ofthe effect of pain on QoL impacted through the mediator of depression, and 25% ofthe effect was direct Statistically, the mediation of depression (Model 4: 75%) exerted the strongest ... effect of pain onthe depression-QoL pathway was 0.043, suggesting that about 28% ofthe effect of depression onthe mental aspect of QoL went through the mediator of pain, and over 72% ofthe effect...
... undergoes condensation reactions with the evolution of water, analogous tothe condensation of ortho-methylol phenol, i.e., with linkages at theand ring positions (adjacent tothe oxygen ofthe furan ... amount of CO2 formed (a 7% conversion ofthe carbon to gas) and 34% by volume yield of an aqueous phase containing 8.2% ofthe carbon The oxygen content ofthe bio-oil was reduced from 38% to 15% ... combination of contributions from the nonpolar or dispersion interactions, the polar interactions, andthe hydrogen bonding interactions ofthe molecules: δt2 = δd2 + δp2 + δh2 where δt is the total...
... ofthe TO, SO, and LO phonon mode of InAs NWs confinement andthe relaxation of q = selection rule However, the diameter of our InAs NWs is very large (> 20 nm) and shows almost no quantum confinement ... explain the observed downshift in phonon frequency of LO andTO phonon peaks Another one is the thermal anharmonicity effect caused by temperature change Anharmonicity entails the participation of ... image ofthe nanowire (e) High-resolution image of a portion ofthe nanowires The inset of (a) shows a higher magnification image of sample A; the inset of (b) is a top view image; the inset of...
... due tothe reduction ofthe surface conductivity ofthe CNTs due tothe oxidation process [8], and is similar for all the functionalized composites Further, the increase of surface area due tothe ... the nanocomposites prepared with the different functionalized CNTs The reduction ofthe electrical surface conductivity ofthe CNT due tothe oxidation process, together with an increase ofthe ... dielectric constant at room temperature and 10 kHz for the PVDF/CNT original composites for a given concentration and a shift ofthe percolation threshold to higher concentrations Onthe other hand,...
... non-resonant excitation brings to light the sensitizing effect of Si-np towards Nd3+ ions The evolution ofthe integrated PL intensity ofthe Sinp PL band andthe 920-nm PL peak is shown in the ... presents the evolution ofthe FTIR spectra of samples annealed at 1100 °C as a function ofthe Nd concentration One can observe that the LO band Page of intensity, which is constant at low Nd concentrations ... positions ofthe LO3 and TO3 vibration modes, andthe LO3 /TO3 intensity ratio, as a function ofthe annealing temperature One can observe that, while the annealing temperature was increased, the TO3 and...
... as Rsh ofthe cell is in the order of MX.cm2 The short circuit current increases by a factor of three due tothe decrease of Rs Contact and Sheet Resistances To identify the origin ofthe large ... existence of localised Al shunts lying across the p-type and n-type regions as the annealing improves the contact ofthe Al shunts to both p- and n-regions ofthe cell thus shorting the cell more ... times The contact resistance is small in comparison with the semiconductor sheet resistance, as shown in Fig Therefore, the reduction of series resistance is largely due tothe reduction of the...
... reflect the slope of polarization versus stress curves The enhancement of piezoelectricity corresponds tothe maximum slope ofthe curve of Fig 4a at rc, it is the change of magnitude of polarization ... by the Ti2-O6 bond After the bond breaks, the system converts into a planar structure with alternating layers Onthe other hand, Fig 3a and b show that the valence charge density becomes more and ... than the theoretical value of 0.81 C/m2 of ground state PTO, but slightly larger than the value of 0.28 C/m2 of tetragonal BTO (the other theoretical value is 0.26 C/m2 [28]), which supports the...