Greens function for viscous system
... function for half space problem In this chapter, we study point-wise structure of fundamental solution for Cauchy problem and use it to represent the Green s function Our work is inspired by the series ... express Green s function as composition of fundamental solution and other computable kernel functions 1.3 Purpose and outline of the thesis The main goal of this dissertation is to study the Green s ... functions λ/ (s+ κλ) and (λ2 s) / (s+ κλ) satisfy lim s ±i∞ λ √ λ2 − s √ s , lim s < ∞ s ±i∞ s + κλ s + κλ When κ < Λ − 1, we denote the analytic parts of the meromorphic functions by α (s) and β (s) : α (s) ...
Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 08:17
... a fellowship from the American Parkinson s Disease Association A.B.W is supported by the Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson s Disease Research, the American Parkinson s Disease Association, ... kinase associates with lipid rafts Hum Mol Genet 16, 678–690 15 West AB, Moore DJ, Biskup S, Bugayenko A, Smith WW, Ross CA, Dawson VL & Dawson TM (2005) Parkinson s disease-associated mutations ... over-expression paradigm Some evidence suggests mutant LRRK2 over-expression in SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cell lines causes enhanced caspase-3 activation, and LRRK2-induced caspase-3 activation is dependent...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 04:20
... crosssectional study was considerably less than that used among the patients with active BD, both in the cross-sectional and in the prospective parts of our study Nevertheless, the study shows ... dysfunction in the atherosclerotic process, as well as its reversibility, have been confirmed in various clinical settings, including systemic vasculitis, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus ... days Clinical assessment and vascular studies were repeated on day The present study was conducted, using both case-controlled cross-sectional and prospective interventional approaches, to dissect...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:21
báo cáo khoa học: "Subcuticular microstructure of the hornet''''s gaster: Its possible function in thermoregulation" pptx
... to speculate that the bases of these FS serve as quasi-shutters that may, to some extent, block the flow of air outwards, while their filliform stems perhaps incorporate physical sensors for ... elements This yields 35 µm for the resolution of the axial images and 88 µm for that of the sagittal images Any organs or tissue elements whose size or typical pattern is smaller (such as small ... temperatures, these slits could perform some important tasks Organs sensitive to IR have been described in various living organisms Thus the beetle Melanophila acuminata is capable of detecting forest...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:22
Báo cáo y học: " High blood pressure, antihypertensive medication and lung function in a general adult population"
... one regression model P-values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant for all analyses All statistical analysis was performed with SAS, version 9.13 Results Table shows gender-specific ... analysis We had to restrict our analysis to subjects aged 40-65 years, because only this age-restricted subset performed lung function tests However, as this was a random sample, we consider ... this follow-up, giving a response rate of 79.6% Our study focuses on a subset of 1319 persons aged 40-65 years, because only this age-restricted subset performed both blood pressure measurements...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:45
Tài liệu White Matter Changes Compromise Prefrontal Cortex Function in Healthy Elderly Individuals docx
... blocks of a simple visual size-discrimination baseline task This consisted of a central fixation cross with a shape (circles or squares) presented on either side of the cross Participants were instructed ... random-effects analysis was used to identify areas of activation observed across the entire group of subjects In this analysis, images of parameter estimates were derived for each contrast for each subject ... Each run consisted of four blocks of each condition with four trials in each block Visual Sensory Control Task We used this task as a control to assess whether vascular abnormalities associated...
Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 07:20
Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: SREBPs: SREBP function in glia–neuron interactions pdf
... the synthesis and metabolism of lipids in the brain are not neurons but glial cells Whereas the oligodendrocytes synthesize lipids as constituents of myelin, as has been discussed above, astrocytes ... Cholesterol Synaptogenesis Synaptic plasticity Postsynaptic neuron Involvement of astrocyte SREBPs in fatty acid synthesis – regulation of neurite outgrowth and synaptic transmission In a series ... SREBPs and subsequent cholesterol synthesis, whereas these drugs had little effect on the SREBP pathway in human neuronal cell lines, suggesting that the action of such drugs on synaptic transmission...
Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 13:20
Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: Verprolin function in endocytosis and actin organization Roles of the Las17p (yeast WASP)-binding domain and a novel C-terminal actin-binding domain doc
... This study This study This study This study This study This study This study This study This study This study This study This study This study This study This study This study This study This study ... This study This study This study This study This study This study This study This study This study This study This study This study This study This study This study This study This study This study ... amounts of crude yeast cell lysate were used in each binding assay The lower panel shows GST only and the GST fusion proteins used to coat the beads used for binding assays subjected to SDS ⁄ PAGE...
Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 16:20
Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: Metabolic gene switching in the murine female heart parallels enhanced mitochondrial respiratory function in response to oxidative stress pdf
... acids as substrate Additional studies measuring mitochondrial respiratory function using a more representative substrate for glucose oxidation should provide additional insights into this interesting ... Wang X, Shaughnessy S, Daniels TG, Szustakowski J, Nirmala NR, Wu Z & Stevenson SC (2007) Estrogen-related receptor alpha is essential for the expression of antioxidant protection genes and mitochondrial ... hypothesis, we measured steady-state transcript levels of various cardiac metabolic genes Here, myocardial PPARa gene expression was reduced in females at baseline (P < 0.001 versus male controls)...
Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 16:20
Consultative document The internal audit function in banks pptx
... audit function on its assessment of the bank 's risk profile and on its own supervisory work 91 The assessment of the internal audit function may have consequences for the supervisor 's assessment ... with insight on the institution s business model including risks in the institution s business activities, processes and functions and the adequacy of the control and oversight of these risks such ... This document addresses supervisory expectations for the internal audit function in banking organisations and the supervisory assessment of that function This document seeks to promote a strong...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 10:20
The internal audit function in banks docx
... bank s capital resources and therefore associated controls should be robust and consistently applied across similar risks and businesses As such, it is important that these controls are subject ... matters of regulatory interest and undertake regular reviews of such areas based on the results of its robust risk assessment These include policies, processes and governance measures established ... monitor the bank s responses to these weaknesses Principles relating to the supervisory assessment of the internal audit function Principle 17: Bank supervisors should regularly assess whether the...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 10:20
Ecosystem Function in Heterogeneous Landscapes docx
... the “noise” that results from spatial heterogeneity Organizing Ecosystem Processes We suggest distinguishing between two general classes of ecosystem process when considering ecosystem function ... incorporating spatial heterogeneity in ecosystem function; and identify challenges and opportunities for progress Two general classes of ecosystem processes are distinguished Point processes represent ... importance of landscape processes in ecosystem dynamics (Chapin et al 2002) Transfers among patches, representing losses from donor ecosystems and subsidies to recipient ecosystems, are important...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 18:21
Báo cáo khoa học: Amino acids Thr56 and Thr58 are not essential for elongation factor 2 function in yeast potx
... study This study This study This study This study This study This study This study This study Invitrogen A Invitrogen Invitrogen Invitrogen Invitrogen This study B Fig Galactose induced expression ... (2005) Stress-activated protein kinase pathway functions to support protein synthesis and translational adaptation in response to environmental stress in fission yeast Eukaryot Cell 4, 1785–1793 Sharer ... Lakes, NJ, USA) Ammonium sulphate and amino acids were from Merck (Darmstadt, Germany) Strains, plasmids and primers The strains and plasmids used are listed in Table Plasmid pFA6a-HIS3MX6 was...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 05:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Cholecystokinin rapidly stimulates CrkII function in vivo in rat pancreatic acini Formation of CrkII–protein complexes docx
... analysis of total CrkII after SDS/PAGE was performed and the electrophoretic mobility shift of CrkII assessed The top panel shows a representative Western blot and the bottom panel shows means ± SEM ... physiological actions in vivo, although its role mediating the physiological effects of CCK in the intact pancreas deserves future research In summary, results in this study support the conclusion ... analysed using Student s t-test and only values with P < 0.05 were accepted as statistically significant Results CCK induced CrkII association with p130Cas and paxillin to form protein complexes in rat...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 21:20
Báo cáo Y học: Dystrobrevin requires a dystrophin-binding domain to function in Caenorhabditis elegans doc
... respectively All DNA constructs were checked by performing DNA sequencing Yeast two-hybrid analysis Construct DNA-BD-Dys-1 was transformed into the yeast strain CG 1945 using the LiAc transformation ... (Clontech, Yeast protocols Handbook, PT 3024-1) Transformants were selected on synthetic dropout (SD) media (Clontech) minus tryptophan A DNA-BD-Dys-1 expressing yeast strain was selected and transformed ... DNA-BD-Dys-1 protein and the empty pACT2 plasmid was used as a negative control Western blots with yeast protein extracts For Western blot analysis, yeast protein extracts were prepared from strains...
Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 23:20
Reproductive System Structure, Development and Function in Cephalopods with a New General Scale for Maturity Stages pot
... reproductive system in all cephalopod females passes through these three substages Duration of these stages varies with species For example in Sthenoteuthis pteropus the main part of stage III falls into ... gonaducts In octopus and cuttlefish females this occurs at spawning In female squid this stage is usually long and oocytes accumulate in the oviducts In males this stage is usually short because spermatozoa ... results of his studies of oocyte state in ovaries of 50 individuals of 14 species as follows: Octopus vulgaris (3 specimens), Argonauta argo (1 specimen), Tremoctopus violaceus (4 specimens), Sepia...
Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 16:20
The Green House - New Directions in Sustainable Architecture pdf
... 42 City sea train house Office of Mobile Design Los Angeles, California Jennifer Siegal 2003 Sea Train House 43 44 City Green Features ADA P T IVE RE -USE OF M AT ERIAL S The house s structural ... House 168 Taylor House 174 Casa de Carmen 188 FEATURED ARCHITECTS 190 RESOURCES Contents acknowledgments Acknowledgments foreword Foreword camera-ready green design ONE AFTERNOON SEVERAL MONTHS ... AGO, we found ourselves waiting in the quiet, impossibly picturesque Swiss town of Domat/Ems to meet an architect named Dietrich Schwarz Though still in his thirties, Schwarz has already earned...
Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 17:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Proteoglycans in health and disease: new concepts for heparanase function in tumor progression and metastasis pptx
... FEBS U Barash et al The heparanase–syndecan axis is a target for therapy Results from studies using several in vivo model systems support the notion that enzymatic activities responsible for syndecan-1 ... with decreased levels of phospho-EGFR, lower lymph vessel density, and favorable prognosis of head and neck cancer patients (see text for details) (B) Heparanase expression associates with tumor ... These results show, that in some tumor systems (i.e glioma), heparanase facilitates primary tumor progression regardless of its enzymatic activity, whereas in others (i.e myeloma) heparanase...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 23:20
Báo cáo khoa học: An a-proteobacterial type malate dehydrogenase may complement LDH function in Plasmodium falciparum Cloning and biochemical characterization of the enzyme potx
... AEIVNHLKQGSAFYSPATSVVEMVESIVLDRKRVLTCAVSLD-G-QYGIDG-TFVGVPVK S ATLSMGQAAARFGLSLVRALQGEQGVVECAYVE -G -DGQYARFFSQPLL AEIMKLRGLSSALSAAKAIVDHVHDWMLGTPSGTHVSMAVYSDGNPYGVPGGLIFSFPVT AAVIKARKLSSAMSAAKAICDHVRDIWFGTPEGEFVSMGVISDGNSYGVPDDLLYSFPVV ... for several other pathways i.e nonmevalonate pathway of isoprenoids biosynthesis, fatty acid biosynthesis, purine salvage, pyrimidine biosynthesis, shikimate pathway and synthesis of GPI anchors ... been used extensively in a Pf LDH assay-based malaria diagnostic test, OptimalÒ [43] The MalstatÒ reagent, which is used for selective assay of Pf LDH in P falciparum cultures, is also used for...
Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 18:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Protective effect of active oxygen scavengers on protein degradation and photochemical function in photosystem I submembrane fractions during light stress pdf
... (ROS) are associated with normal physiological processes as well as with responses to adverse conditions ROS are implicated in many ways with stressful conditions: as primary elicitors, as products ... photosystems against excess light indicates they should also be beneficial under natural conditions Results PSI submembrane fractions were exposed to strong light (2000 lEÆm)2 s) 1) for various time ... PsaE > PsaC > PsaD (Fig 5, Table 1) Similar results were observed in PSI core particles [15] This order closely corresponds with the degradation profile observed during disassembly studies using...
Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 18:20