... 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...
... huomusi mianduimian’, Shanghai fanyi, (2008) ‟ „ ‟ „ ‟ „ „ ‟ ‟ Vera Schwarcz, The Chinese Enlightenment: intellectuals andthe legacy ofthe May Fourth movement of 1919 (Berkeley, LA and London: ... Zweig, Romain Rolland: the man and his work, trans Eden and Cedar Paul (London: George Allen and Unwin, 1921), p 348 13 Ibid., pp 352-3 14 Romain Rolland, The Forerunners, trans Eden and Cedar Paul ... 27-8, 37, 53-5; Vera Schwarcz, The Chinese enlightenment: intellectuals andthe legacy ofthe May Fourth movement of 1919 (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1986), p 25...
... 1500-1000 B.C.), the character ofthe system became more sophisticated As the result ofthe emperor’s divination, the number of animals and other rewards given to officials or offered to gods and ancestors, ... was extent ofthe slave system period The amount of land, number of slaves and other rewards continued to grant and describing the awards reflected the ruler’s power and definition of system’s ... emerged at the end ofthe Ming andthe beginning ofthe Qing dynasties; and Tian (Heaven-Earth) He (Matching) Zhang (Bookkeeping System), which emerged in the middle ofthe eighteenth century The most...
... 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 ... cytoarchitecture: the appearance of two novel cytoarchitectonic brain areas, andthe clustering of a kind of neuron unique to great apes and humans THE PRODUCT OF GENES ANDCULTUREThe fact that structural and ... 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...
... sender and receiver There are a small number of producers and a large number of consumers and access to the resources of future cultures (the cultureofthe past ready to be embodied in the new) ... version ofthe space of flows, the maritime world of long distance trading, is still very present 72 The Status of Objects in the Space of Flows The space of flows - now and then - consists of three ... theme to thecultureof flows: the paradox that the practice of “hyper control” coexists Felix Stalder / Open Cultures andthe Nature of Networks 73 with the condition of “out of control” They not...
... expanded to include sections on the spread ofthe game to Australia and New Zealand, the failed attempt to expand the sport to South Wales, andthe history ofthe RFU in the decade following the ... role of players in the game andthe NU’s reluctant steps to open professionalism, the chapter details the helplessness ofthe sport in the face ofthe tidal wave of soccer in the early 1900s The ... north and south, is the theme of Chapter It analyses the means by which working-class men and women became involved in the sport and looks at the nature and activities ofthe rugby crowds of the...
... this reason, the research focuses on understanding the value ofthe corporate culture, in particular, understanding the relationship between the corporate cultureandthe innovation of management ... building and developing their own corporate culture 1.6 Structure ofthe research The preferable structure ofthe thesis consists of six chapters The first chapter identifies an overview and background ... Another finding ofthe survey is the opinions of asked accountants and managers about the practice of four initiative methods ofthe application of managerial accounting in Techcombank The consequences...
... 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...
... ways of administering a survey questionnaire First, the Internet dramatically improved the time and cost efficiency ofthe research The costs of postage and printing and was eliminated, andthe ... Indians and Alaska Natives constitute 0.9 percent ofthe population and 0.9 percent of businesses, while Asian and Pacific Islanders constitute 3.6 percent ofthe population and 4.4 percent of businesses ... investigating the theoretical linkages between a firm’s cultureandthe success of supplier diversity programs The primary purpose is to uncover the cultural reality of each unit in the firm, determine the...
... 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...
... excluded that it was the c1 subunit but likely, as the c ring is rather stable, andthe use of Triton X100 should not lead to removal of c1 only The basic biochemical properties ofthe complete enzyme ... present Further discussion ofthe coupling efficiencies has to await the determination ofthe rotor subunit stoichiometry In summary, we have solved a longstanding problem, the purification ofthe Na+ ... membrane-embedded motor This is the starting point for a detailed analysis ofthe stucture and function ofthe rotor ofthe Na+ F1F0-ATP synthase from A woodii, the first containing V0- and F0-like c subunits...
... M1 and M2 in the N-domain, and motifs M3 and M4 in the C-domain In both the c-monomer andthe b subunit, the four motifs andthe two domains are organized symmetrically, with local intermotif and ... research groups in their investigations on the structural determinants andtheevolutionofthe b-type and c-type crystallins [7,25,44–51] The burying ofthe hydrophobic patches at the interdomain ... suggested by the interdomain hydrophobic interactions observed between the C-terminal extensions ofthe b-C-domain andthe surface ofthe N-domain from the partner subunit [20], and by the peculiar...
... exchanges The regression ofthe sea from the Greek mainland andthe Aegean landmass at the end ofthe Burdigalian prevented marine connections with the Paratethys in the area ofthe Dardanelles The ... ecosystems, the shallow marine realm andthe deep sea A Wrst set of contributions dealt with the palaeogeographic evolutionofthe Tethys area andthe eVects of changes in the extent ofthe Tethys ... climates andthe application of climate modelling, the reconstruction of past geographical events, andthe eVects they had on European environments andthe plants and animals living in them Together,...