... developed and reported by Thenkabail and Nolte (1996, 1995a) In this chapter two Landsat TM images (path 192 and row 54 and path 197 and row 52, [(see Figure 8. 1and 8.2; and Table 8.1 for details and ... the cultivation intensities of inland valleys and their uplands, and studying the land-use characteristics of inland valley bottoms and fringes, and their uplands The paper briefly outlined the ... position Areas on uplands, at fringes, and in valley bottoms with forest and savanna vegetation and scattered farmlands (classes 2, 8, and 11) have > 10% and < 30% of cultivation and can be termed...
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... symmetric random error and a non-negative technical inefficiency term as in the stochastic frontier production function model originally proposed by Aigner, Lovell and Schmidt (1977) and Meeusen and ... Technology and Economic Growth In Technology and the Wealth of Nations, N Rosenberg, R Landau, et D.C Mowery, eds., Stanford: Stanford University Press Braun, Ann R, Thiele, Graham., and Fernandez, ... framework and econometric model The metaproduction function concept used in this paper was first introduced by Hayami (1969) and Hayami and Ruttan (1970, 1971) As stated by Hayami and Ruttan...
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Poultry Meat Exports from the European Union to West- and Central Africa: Comments on EU Answers to APRODEV Questions pptx
... standard classes A, B and C for poultry meat The “EEC regulation on marketing standards for poultry meat 19069/06”7 and the corresponding regulation8 define the standards A and B Most member countries ... members and in selected West and Central African countries: 15 While “Chicken 65%” means chicken without head and feet, necks, heart, livers and gizzards, “chicken 70%” means chicken without head and ... not a single and simple answer to this question It should be noted that other producers are extremely competitive on world markets (e.g Brazil and Thailand) and also export Western and Central...
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Báo cáo y học: "Regional characterization of energy metabolism in the brain of normal and MPTP-intoxicated mice using new markers of glucose and phosphate transport" doc
... EL and HA: carried out the immunofluorescence assays and drafted the manuscript; JLB and MS: conceived the envelope-derived tagged ligands while; JLB, HA, ML and JT: generated, optimized and ... labelled for PiT1 and PiT2 and irregularly labelled for GLUT1 The Purkinje cells were irregularly labelled for GLUT1 (Figure 1F), PiT1 and PiT2 (Figure 2D) Regional GLUT1, PiT1 and PiT2 distribution ... ligand, we observed a staining of GLUT1 in the corpus callosum and the basal ganglia apparently weaker than in the cerebellum and in the cortex These results were reproducible in all animals and...
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Characterization of the microbial community in the anaerobic/oxic/anoxic process combine
... A/O/A Process with Ozonation and Phosphorus Adsorption (Kondo et al., 2009) MATERIALS AND METHODS Reactor operation and sampling Sludge samples for the PUR analysis and the PCR-cloning analysis ... anaerobic and oxic tanks The solid materials after both ozonation and phosphorus adsorption were added to the anaerobic tank (Fig 1) In operation with rural wastewater, effective nutrient removal and ... in Standard Methods (1995) To determine soluble TOC (S-TOC), NH4-N, NO2+3-N, NO2-N, and PO4-P, water samples were filtered using a glass-fiber filter (GF/C, Whatman Japan KK, Japan) TOC and S-TOC...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 09:38
Characterization of the Carbon Stable Isotope Ratio and Fatty Acid Structure of Zostera japonica in Coastal Areas
... 18:2n6c and LCFAs were contained in greater amounts in the roots and rhizomes than in the leaves and stems, and 18:3n3 was contained in lesser amounts in the roots and rhizomes than in the leaves and ... of 18:2n6c, 18:3n3 and LCFAs in the leaves and stems was compared with that in the roots and rhizomes The roots and rhizomes contain more 18:2n6 and LCFAs than the leaves and stems (n = 15, p ... Meanwhile, Z marina in the leaves and stems has -9.7 ± 1.0‰, and in the roots and rhizomes has -9.6 ± 1.0‰ Fig shows that the leaves and stems as well as the roots and rhizomes of Z j aponica have...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 10:17
Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: Characterization of chitinase-like proteins (Cg-Clp1 and Cg-Clp2) involved in immune defence of the mollusc Crassostrea gigas docx
... (5¢-CTTCCTCCGCTTCCATGA-3¢) and QaCgClp1 (5¢-CCATGAAGTCCGCGAATC-3¢); and QsCgClp2 (5¢-GCATAGCGATGTGGACGA-3¢) and QaCgClp2 (5¢-GAGGACCGAGACCGTGAA-3¢) The abbreviations ‘Qs’ and ‘Qa’ refer, respectively, to sense and ... primer, 2.5 mm MgCl2 and U of Taq DNA polymerase (Eurogentec, Liege, Belgium) The reaction was cycled between 94 °C, 50 °C and 72 °C (45 s, 60 s and 90 s, respectively), and this was followed ... edge and postspawning gonads Metamorphosis represents the ultimate stage of oyster development, and is characterized by the degeneration of larval tissues, such as the velum and the foot, and...
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Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: Biochemical characterization of human 3-methylglutaconyl-CoA hydratase and its role in leucine metabolism docx
... seems, that the fronting, the shoulder and the tailing is due to acetyl-CoA and not due to any other compound (B) The peaks 3, 4, and were isolated by HPLC and used as substrates for AUH The AUH ... proteolysis and the resulting proteins AUHp40 and AUHp30 were again purified by chromatography Thus, four different pure fractions of AUH could be generated: MBP-AUHp40, AUHp40, MBP-AUHp32 and AUHp32 ... first two signals (peak and peak 2) had molecular masses corresponding to unreacted acetylCoA and free coenzyme A The compounds producing the following signals (peak 3, peak and peak 5) were Human...
Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 07:20
Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: Characterization of electrogenic bromosulfophthalein transport in carnation petal microsomes and its inhibition by antibodies against bilitranslocase docx
... equation and the apparent KM and Vmax values were derived with their standard errors The competitive and noncompetitive Ki values were derived from the equations KMi ¼ KM (1 + [I] ⁄ Ki) and ⁄ VmaxI ... purchased from Sigma-Aldrich and Carlo Erba (Milan, Italy), and were of the highest available grade Acknowledgements Thanks are due to Prof G.L Sottocasa and Dr Antonella Bandiera (University of Trieste) ... sulfobromophthalein to rat and human ligandins: characterization of a binding-site peptide Biochim Biophys Acta 955, 296–300 52 Gregus Z & Klaassen CD (1982) Role of ligandin as a binding protein and as an enzyme...
Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 01:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Kinetic and mechanistic characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis glutamyl–tRNA synthetase and determination of its oligomeric structure in solution pptx
... with MgCl2 (0.2 mM) and no ATP, c = 4.4, 3.96, 3.75 and 3.56; (15,16) Mt-GluRS with MgCl2 (0.2 mM) and ATP (1 mM) (c = 3.9 and 3.67) Experimental data are denoted by black dots and the ts from OLIGOMER ... curves 1114 and Table S6) and reduces dissociation into monomers when ATP is added (Fig 6A, curves 1516 and Table S6) Interaction between M tuberculosis GluRS and GluTR In those bacteria and plants ... change [5] and random binding of l-Glu and ATP to the latter species (Scheme 1) In particular, the competitive inhibition pattern observed with GoA versus l-Glu and ATP is diagnostic for the random...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 03:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Purification and characterization of the cysteine proteinases in the latex of Vasconcellea spp. ppt
... Science and Technology in Flanders (IWT-Vlaanderen)’ and by FWO-Vlaanderen (project number 3G005100) We thank W Peumans for his extensive assistance during the protein purification I Vandenberghe ... CC-III and CC23 These results confirm the hypothesis of Walraevens et al [17] that CC-III is a chymopapain homologue and predict VXH-C and VS-B to be the corresponding genes in V · heilbornii and ... divided into pools A and B Whereas the later fractions (pool B) revealed two protein bands of 27 and 30 kDa after SDS ⁄ PAGE, the earlier fractions (pool A) showed an extra protein band of higher molecular...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 11:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Characterization of the flavin association in hexose oxidase from Chondrus crispus pot
... DE & De Franscesco R (1991) Structure, synthesis, and physical properties of covalently bound flavins and 6- and 8-hydroxy flavins In Chemistry and Biochemistry of Flavoenzymes (Franz Muller, ed), ... carbamidomethylated phenylhydantoin standard These findings, together with the fact that His79 and Cys80 are in the same peptide, suggest that Cys80 was alkylated and Cys138 is covalently associated ... sequenced using standard Edman sequencing(Figs and 4) The sequencing of the peptide fraction of the complex yielded two separate sequences corresponding to positions 74–91 and 132–157 in the...
Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 14:20
Báo cáo khóa học: Characterization of novel structural features in the lipopolysaccharide of nondisease associated nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae pptx
... lipid A and core oligosaccharide fractions which were separated by gel filtration to give one major (leading) and two minor fractions, 11-OS-1, 11-OS-2 and 11-OS-3 for strain 11 and one major and ... strains 11 and 16 Experimental procedures Bacterial strains, growth and LPS extraction Nondisease associated NTHi strains 11 and 16 are isolates from the nasopharynx of infants of 21 and 20 months ... ribotyping and that span a H influenzae species-level dendrogram comprising > 400 strains of both typeable and NTHi strains [22,23] To gain a better understanding between acquisition and development...
Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 16:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Identification and characterization of novel PKA holoenzymes in human T lymphocytes pdf
... kDa band in T cells A Cb-specific antibody anti-Cb(SNO157) (vi) recognized the 47 kDa band in T-cells, and the 40- and 47 kDa protein bands in Jurkat cells (C) Linear depiction of Ca1, Cb1 and ... variants and not cross-react with Ca (Fig 1C and Experimental procedures) AntiCb2(SNO103) recognized the 47 kDa protein band in T cells and Jurkat cells, while anti-Cb(SNO157) recognized a 47 kDa band ... anti-PKAccat (ii) and antiPKAbcat (iii), and a commercial monoclonal antibody, anti-Cmono (iv) These antibodies all recognized several different protein bands, but two bands of 40 and 47 kDa were...
Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 18:20
Economic Impact of the Abolition of the Milk Quota Regime – Regional Analysis of the Milk Production in the EU – doc
... (1780,7) and Veneto (1033,5); in Poland: Mazowieckie (2105,0), Podlaskie (1667,0) and Lódzkie (1043,0); in the Netherlands: Friesland (1961,0), Overijssel (1757,0), Gelderland (1698,0) and Noord-Brabant ... between 11% and 20% are projected for the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Ireland and Spain Concerning the NMS, the biggest increases in dairy cow herds are projected for Hungary (6.1%) and Poland (4.5%) ... Netherlands (all above 27%), Belgium (Brabant Wallon 38%, the rest above 28%), Luxembourg (29%), and to a lesser extent Italy (Lazio, Molise and Abruzzo above 33%) and Germany (Saarland, Koblenz and...
Ngày tải lên: 18/03/2014, 00:20
Characterization of Spin Coated Polymers in Nano-environments as a Function of Film Thickness pot
... The empirical parameters C1 and C2 were calculated to be 5.49 and 0.141 respectively and can be used to determine n In addition to the numerical values, the free-standing, neat polymer systems ... understand better the morphological changes due to grafting density and solvent washes 2.8 Contact Angles 2.8.1 Theory By measuring the contact angle between a solid surface and a free-standing ... interactions and relates those interactions to macroscopic behavior This research looks specifically at the well-defined system of polymethyl methacrylate and silicon to understand better how...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 01:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Proteomic characterization of lipid raft proteins in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mouse spinal cord pot
... synthesis and release; (b) cytoskeletal organization and Lipid raft proteomics of ALS linkage to the plasma membrane; (c) metabolism; (d) microglia activation and inflammation; (e) astrocyte and oligodendrocyte ... responses and apoptosis; and (h) neuronal ion channels and neurotransmitter receptor functions Alterations of selected lipid raft proteins were independently validated by immunoblotting and immunohistochemistry ... above were 70 and 73 in the lipid rafts of WT and G93A SOD1 mice, respectively All LC–MS ⁄ MS data were also submitted to a decoy mascot search against a randomized Sprot database [27], and the false...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 04:21
Báo cáo khoa học: Identification and functional characterization of an aggregation domain in long myosin light chain kinase ppt
... A¢) (diaphragm and EDL muscle): mean tetanic force (± SEM) during repetitive isometric activation , wild-type; d, 4Ig-Tg (B, B¢) (diaphragm and EDL muscle) and (C, C¢) (diaphragm and EDL muscle) ... 1% Triton X-100 for 30 and then with 2% SDS The internal marker measures 20 lm above and lm below (C) About · 106 cells transfected with pC3–4Ig or pEGFP–C3 were harvested and treated sequentially ... expressed only in the heart and lungs Line 4Ig-Tg-7 expressed 4Ig in the skeletal muscle and spleen Little expression of 4Ig was detected in the intestinal epithelium, liver and heart of mice from...
Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 04:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Characterization of the serotoninergic system in the C57BL/6 mouse skin potx
... at exons and 2, and and of the AANAT gene we subjected RNA from mouse tissue and normal and malignant melanocytes to RT-PCR amplification (Fig 3A) RT-PCR with primers located at exons and demonstrated ... cycle and skin cell type In this study, we show the specific expression of the tryptophan hydroxylase gene in normal and malignant mouse melanocytes, in anagen and catagen skin, and in pituitary and ... Belarus University Animal Care and Use Committee Cell culture Tested cell lines comprised mouse Cloudman S91 (sublines and M3) and hamster AbC-1 melanoma cells, and mouse immortalized normal melanocytes...
Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 07:20
Báo cáo Y học: Detailed characterization of polydnavirus immunoevasive proteins in an endoparasitoid wasp doc
... The former and latter proteins were named IEP-1 and IEP-2, respectively The amino-acid sequences of IEP-1 and IEP-2 include 26- and 29-residue predicted signal peptides, respectively, and a mature ... washed with NaCl/Pi and distilled water, and then dried Finally, they were stained with uranyl acetate Ovaries were dissected from the second and third days after pupation and fixed with 2.5% glutaraldehyde ... inanitus is integrated in the wasp’s genome and excised only in later pupal and adult stages of the female J Gen Virol 77, 2873–2879 Stoltz, D.B (1993) The polydnavirus life cycle In Parasites and Pathogens...
Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 15:20