... fasciclin I domains in CLAP with selected proteins inthe protein database The Conserved Domain Database of NCBI was screened with the protein coding sequence of clone of CLAP andthe Fas I domains ... C-terminus in an internal position, we infer that the other candidate, D306, is the target for GPI modification and site of C-terminus truncation In some systems, the addition of GPI tothe C-terminus ... inthe ER, although the bonds or motifs linking the two subunits have not been determined Modifications tothe predicted amino acid sequence of prepro-CLAP, including removal of N- and C-terminal...
... activity inthe home They are also likely to be put to work helping their mothers with their jobs, increasing the risks to their health and safety Working in isolation, women are not likely to gain in ... women to enter the labor force or intensify their involvement in income-earning activities to compensate for declining family income This in turn often involved calling on girls to take over the ... labor (Standing 1989,1999) Similarly, to keep or attract business investment, governments are increasingly reluctant to intervene inthe labor market to insure job protection and other benefits typically...
... inthe conception and design of the study, participated inthe recruitment of patients and controls and data collection, helped to conduct the statistical analysis, and was involved in drafting ... explain the absence of increased levels of endothelial activation markers All these data point tothe absence of premature atherosclerosis in SSc Endothelial activation markers Boxes indicate the ... enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) experiments, and was involved in drafting the manuscript or revising it critically AJS, CGMK, and HB participated inthe conception and design of the study and...
... whereas the N-terminal part is believed to play a major role in mediating virus attachment and entry into hepatocytes [3] Within the preS1 protein, the 21–47 amino acid epitope was shown to mediate ... amino acid sequence of the preS1 receptor binding site was noninfectious and hence deficient in viral entry [3], further supporting the importance of this domain as an infectivity determinant in ... for these markers The transaminase levels (ALT) in mother and cord blood samples were within the normal range The newborns were evaluated within the first of life as having at least points on the...
... andthe other alkaline (pH = 7) The catheter was inserted inthe lower esophagus cm above the gastroesophageal sphincter (as detected by a plain film), and then the pH was recorded in 24 hours The ... contents into the stomach that then mix with acid and pepsin These agents can reflux into the esophagus (ie, DGER) and cause gastro-esophageal reflux disease [15] The mortality rate in our study ... non-survivors indicating a strong relation between acidic reflux and high mortality rate in VAP patients Acid and pepsin are the major factors responsible for symptoms and esophageal mucosal damage in gastroesophageal...
... his collaborators have completely determined the image of the fourth Singer transfer Tr4 (in [2], [8], [6], [14], [9]) Singer showed in [20] that Tr5 is not an epimorphism in degree In [17], Quỳnh ... follows In Section 2, we recall some needed information on the admissible monomials in Pk and Singer criterion on the hit monomials We prove Theorem 1.1 in Section by explicitly determine all the ... in Step 1, we get γ12 = Step Since γ31 = γ12 = 0, the homomorphism ϕ3 sends (3.2) to γ1 [θ1 ] + γ2 [θ3 ] = (3.6) Using therelation (3.6) and by the same argument as given in Step 2, we obtain...
... moderators are moderators that intervene inthe stressor-stress response relationship, reducing the physiological response of the individual tothe stressor Type moderators intervene inthe stressperformance ... movement inthe camp — suggesting that something was unusual and that real people might be inthe camp — but they fired anyway because they had been told to or because their thinking was too confused ... may be able to use this information to their advantage by identifying and reducing stress in situations in which it has negative effects on judgment and decisionmaking and by maintaining moderate...
... B tothe string AA, the result is the string BB At the end of the cycle, the last rule P~ erases the innermost brackets, and then the next cycle begins with the rule R1 The derivation terminates ... If, on the other hand, the surface form contains any nonhalting or nonaccepting units, then the ATM does not accept its input w in polynomial time The reduction may clearly be performed in time ... differing inthe degrees of vowel height, tone, and stress they allow Therefore, the set of features must be allowed to vary from language to language, andin principle is limited only by the number...
... Dietetics educators and practitioners may be uniquely capable to train individuals on the use of the food label andto increase awareness inthe need for better population-wide nutrition monitoring practices ... energy information (27); reporting the total nutrient intake for foods likely to be consumed in a single sitting (27); and using more intuitive labeling that requires less cognitive processing such ... variance in nutrient intake explained by food label use alone was small (0% to 1.99%) and similar to values obtained inthe only other study identified to report on this value (13) Despite the limited...
... to determine the contribution of daily PA tothe HRQL of individuals with chronic stroke living inthe community and 2) to assess the relationship between the functional ability (motor impairments ... volunteered to participate inthe study Inclusion criteria included: at least months post stroke, living inthe community, being able to walk independently (with or without a walking aid) and intact ... a minute when the examiner informed the individual how many minutes he/she had completed If needed, individuals were allowed to slow down or sit to take a break but the stopwatch was not stopped...
... the proposed channel estimator allows to reduce the necessary length of the training sequence from 26 bits inthe GSM standard up to only bits, while performance is maintained very close tothe ... the results obtained with the proposed estimator using a training sequence of M = bits and those obtained with classical LS using a training sequence of M = 26 bits (the length standardized in ... the ML estimation problem that takes into account the deterministic symbols corresponding tothe training sequence andthe statistics of the unknown symbols These statistics can be obtained and...
... organized as follows Inthe next section we shall describe the tools we need to prove Theorem The proofs of Theorem and Corollary are given in Section We close with a remark in Section In what follows, ... need to recall some standard definitions Given < p ≤ 1, for any positive integer n we write Gn,p for the random graph inthe standard binomial model, where n is the number of vertices and p is the ... by taking V(m) as the vector (Vi1 , , Vi ) of pairwise disjoint subsets of V (J), putting the set of arcs as the set j=1 EJ (Vij , Vij+1 ) (here the indices are taken modulo ), and letting T...
... stand density in mixed forests Accepting the predefined assumptions, the assessment of relative yield inthe model territory of Kysuce was performed according tothe present growth relations in ... yield index in other MGFTs is caused by large standard error of Douglas fir unit yield determination due tothe low occurrence of this tree species inthe studied territory and thereby also inthe ... yield increases, the yield index of stand mixture is also increasing Interpretation and practical applicability of the obtained results are limited due to their accuracy, which is acceptable in...
... perpendicular tothe grain (which occurs during compressive loading parallel tothe grain) Furthermore, lignin is the main component of the middle lamella [15] and an increased cross linking of the lignin ... (parallel and perpendicular tothe grain; respectively DIN 52185 and DIN 52192), and tensile strength (parallel tothe grain; DIN 52188), and Brinell hardness (parallel and perpendicular tothe grain) ... Torrefaction and Rectification process in France [10, 50], the Thermowood process in Finland [49] andthe Plato process inthe Netherlands [7] This study was performed to investigate the effect of...
... taken inthe modules and how long it took to initiate the next step The results of these analyses will be presented separately The participating physicians received a personal introduction into the ... participated inthe study design and coordination, the rationale for the data analyses, and helped to draft the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors ... analyses, carried out the study, Page of and helped to draft the manuscript TK participated inthe study design and coordination, the rationale for the data analyses and helped to draft the manuscript...
... ESTs mapping in regions with QTLs are good candidates to be involved inthe trait and being an alternative to positional cloning [47,57] A total of 42 microsatellite markers in common with the A-genome ... corresponds tothe haploid chromosome number of the progenitor species n = 10 [3] The total length obtained is similar tothe sizes described for the other two co-dominant marker-based linkage maps ... some of them, such as flavones andthe 3-deoxyanthocyanidina, are involved inthe plant defense process [56] Linkage maps that contain genic markers can facilitate the finding of genes of interest,...
... (Approx 55 h) in simulation time A B Figure The GSH/GSSG ratio of the prototype and expanded models The GSH/GSSG ratio of the prototype and expanded models The prototype model (A) andthe expanded model ... enzymes in glycolysis bind tothe Band III protein, an abundant membrane protein inthe human RBC [38-40] The interaction between glycolytic enzymes and Band III varies depending on the ratio ... of these enzymes was allowed to change according tothe ratio of GSH and GSSG The equations and parameters used are derived from the literature [17] The parameters and kinetic equations in the...
... model inrelationtoits predictors 150 Table 6.10 Interpretation of SGU model inrelationtoits predictors 150 Table 6.11 Interpretation of FAIGU model inrelationtoits predictors ... increasing demand for appropriate thermal comfort during hot summer leads tothe increase in building energy consumption (Lam et al., 2008) In spite of these findings, the buildings sector has the greatest ... is generally cool and bring frequent spell of wet weather, about 48% of the total annual rainfall On the other hand, the SW monsoon wind brings about 36% of the total annual rainfall 1.2.3 Tropical...
... penetrating a solid can transferits momentum hq and energy ∆Eo tothe v v electrons of the solid The projection of q upon the surface kx determines the plasmon wave vector and, together with the ... traversing through region before reaching the metal film layer in which the field decreases exponentially in amplitude prior to impinging on the 1/2 interface If the field is p-polarized andthe incident ... to increases inthe plasmon momentum K sp by the thin film between the embedded nano-cavity andthe smooth metal surface In order to maximize the nano-focusing effect, it is crucial to keep the...