heterogeneity in cellular response to stress

... single image On the same microscopic field, images were obtained at an interval of 0.5μm in z axis The images were converted to binary images so that only the focused granules are expressed in ... initial pH range of to and the final pH range of around to The value of pH does not seem to be a major determining factor for these two bacterial groups regarding their competition for substrate ... No 4, 2009 Since the predomination of GAOs instead of PAOs leads to the deterioration of EBPR, it is essential to understand the mechanisms of the competition between PAOs and GAOs In the past...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 09:38

... monitoring and detecting AMR • correlation of genetic phenotypes to MIC and to clinical outcome increasing culture capacity incorporation of new WHO reference strains laboratory methods to determine ... laboratory technicians and building capacity for performing culture and AMR testing • increasing the availability of routine laboratory services for gonococcal culture and AMR testing in clinical ... to neonates include severe infections that may lead to blindness In addition, gonococcal urethritis, like many other STIs, significantly increases the risk of acquiring and transmitting HIV infection...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 15:20

... lifetime income to vary across individuals (since investment decisions are made at the margin, we expect higher-ability individuals to invest more in education) Solving (8) for ln M ( s ) and replacing ... attempts to determine the effect of education on an individual’s wage People invest in education up to the point where the marginal cost of additional education equals its marginal benefit As an investment ... Ibid 14 These findings support diminishing individual rates of return to education Students in developing countries have, on average, fewer years of schooling than their counterparts in developed...

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... contribute positively to maintaining a healthy weight, building and maintaining healthy bone density, muscle strength Exercise has been shown to improve cognitive functioning via improvement of ... physical activity or training can result in diminished levels of body fat and increased muscle mass, Bone mineralization responds directly to physical stressors, and some evidence indicates that adults ... relatively inert metabolically, due to poor vascularization, and acts as an insulating barrier against heat loss by radiation In hot environments, a thin subcutaneous layer of fat helps minimize...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 09:20

... be coincidental if investors and rating agencies share the same interpretation of a body of public information pertaining to sovereign risks In the next section, we investigate the degree to which ... regression to quantify their combined explanatory power and to sort out their individual contributions to the determination of ratings Like most analysts who transform bond ratings into data for ... (Eaton 1996) and related empirical evidence indicate that defaulting sovereigns suffer a severe decline in their standing with creditors (Ozler 1991) We factor in credit reputation by using an indicator...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 18:20

... theorists may seek to reduce interests and assumptions to single-factor analysis, but policy makers cannot Clinton’s championing China’s entry into the WTO is one example that touched on the whole ... managed to interpret events through self-serving lenses In the end, one is not sure whom to believe; we simply have to filter each version according to who is telling the story So, too, with those involved ... concern, since an economically more powerful China would be a militarily more threatening China The desire to seek engagement with the Chinese, and to further encourage it to integrate into the...

Ngày tải lên: 10/06/2014, 21:37

... reported pain in all four quadrants of their body, and their average typical pain level was 6.0 on a 0- to 10-point scale (0 indicating no pain and 10 indicating worst possible pain) Impact of FM in ... had initially diagnosed them with FM Responses to the screening questions indicated that 18 of the participants experienced pain every day, and the remaining participants experienced pain four to ... individuals interested in participating in qualitative studies either through existing databases or Web advertisement Trained recruiters screened all respondents in an effort to find individuals...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20

... circumcisions would be cut in half Finally, in response to the current policy environment in Botswana where other prevention interventions are also being scaled up, the impact of increasing this coverage ... reduction in female-tomale transmission, which is assumed initially to be 60%; the reduction in male -to- female transmission, which is assumed initially to be 0%; the discount rate, which is assumed initially ... reduction in the force of infection, in Botswana, due to country-specific characteristics (see Figure 7) The initial impact of increasing the coverage of general prevention interventions can be seen in...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... reported pain in all four quadrants of their body, and their average typical pain level was 6.0 on a 0- to 10-point scale (0 indicating no pain and 10 indicating worst possible pain) Impact of FM in ... had initially diagnosed them with FM Responses to the screening questions indicated that 18 of the participants experienced pain every day, and the remaining participants experienced pain four to ... individuals interested in participating in qualitative studies either through existing databases or Web advertisement Trained recruiters screened all respondents in an effort to find individuals...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... farming in China In this method, the seed production was artificial produced indoor for over winter and the grow-out phase was conducted in the intertidal with appropriate stocking size, stocking ... stocking biomass in which, the lower stocking biomass resulted in higher specific growth rate (SGR) and survival rate The biomass gained therefore was reduced accordingly with increasing of stocking ... the clams In the bigger stocking size (1.7 cm), the final production of the clam was significant increased as increasing of stocking biomass (p

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 05:20

... farming in China In this method, the seed production was artificially produced indoor for over winter and the grow-out phase was conducted in the intertidal with appropriate stocking size, stocking ... bottom If the clam biomass levels increase beyond a certain level, the natural feed might not be enough for growing Moreover, in the same size treatments, increasing biomass leads to increasing ... gained, in contrast, was showing a reduction in trend when increasing the stocking biomass There was no significant difference between T1 and T4 was detected This is due to the fact that the increase...

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 12:20

... sequence similarity to UCP1 have been found in plants and other animals, including invertebrates, making up a distinct UCP protein family within the larger mitochondrial carrier protein superfamily ... been reported in birds, nor UCP1 in sauropsids These proteins have a single ortholog in invertebrates (it has been reported in, for example, a deuterostome (the sea urchin), but not in the fully ... from Gérard Brandolin required Furthermore, the presence of a nucleotide-binding site in UCP1 was considered reminiscent of that found in the ANT Since 1997, however, proteins with relatively...

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Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 03:22

... Containerized Norway spruce Bareroot Containerized Scots pine Spring+Ectovit Spring Autumn Spring Spring+Ectovit Autumn Spring+Ectovit Spring Autumn Spring+Ectovit Spring Autumn Spring+Ectovit ... Dried terminal shoot occurred most frequently in beech seedlings and in spring outplanting with Ectovit application in bareroot pine With regard to the short time after seedling outplanting the ... in Jochy locality Seedlings were planted in autumn (mid-October 2008) and in spring (end of April 2009) Prior to autumn planting weeds were removed by a scrub cutter on the whole area In spring...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 10:21

... seedlings were then transferred into an aeroponic trough with their root system suspended in air [7] Nutrient mist was supplied to the roots for 40 s at intervals of 30 s Plants were maintained in ... treatments DISCUSSION In plantations, survival rates are linked to the ability to survive transplanting stress and to out-compete the growth of noxious grasses Storage in dark conditions slowed ... transplanting, all the seedlings were growing well without visible symptoms of stress The healthy appearance of the plants months after transplanting showed that the seedlings were able to overcome...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 00:22

... of thinning (A > At ), and r is the rate parameter corresponding to thinning response In order to account for the thinning response in the beginning, the value of r should be less then zero In ... contained in this data set, the heavier the thinning the greater is the response Height growth is initially reduced by thinning resulting in shorter trees in thinned stands than in unthinned ... observed following thinning was not long enough to exhibit the full effect of the thinning There have been efforts made at explaining stand development following thinning In an attempt to describe...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 00:22

... mm, dropped to 29 mm in June, increased to 74.8 mm in July and increased again to 140 mm in August There was a very dry period from June to 26 June, when only 2.6 mm of rain fell in 20 days Although ... allows early limitation of water loss Stomatal responses to water stress are related to leaf water potentials [29], and stomata begin to close after certain leaf water potential levels have been ... grateful to E Muller, Ladybio Toulouse, for the programming of the data logger, to T Gauquelin for access to the dendrometric equipment, and C Pelissier for sanding and tree ring counting Valuable...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 00:22

... using a rotovator In the manual terraces, the refuse was only incorporated into the planting holes using a shovel In November 1992, 80 P halepensis seedlings were planted in each plot Planting ... before planting from the feeder-root zone (top 20 cm of mineral soil) of randomly selected pine trees In the mechanical terraces, the organic amendment was incorporated into the top 30 cm of ... being developed to determine the effect of soil addition on seedling mycorrhization and microbial populations These may play a major role in plant establishment since the increase in seedling...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 18:21