... have the power to overrule the decisions made by the administration Politicians therefore possess the power to influence thedevelopmentof e- government Designated by the Norwegian constitution ... Similarly, research onthe effectiveness of e- government efforts to date often has content analysis or measures of usage Bretschneider studied differences between management information systems and public ... Why are politicians and citizens not exercising their legitimate power to influence thedevelopmentof e- government? What can be done to engage these groups in the development? Will the administrations...
... evidence I Intervention is useful and effective II a Evidence/expert opinion suggest intervention is useful./effective II b strength of evidence/ expert opinion about intervention usefulness/effectiveness ... these therapies for patients who not respond to RSE AED treatmentand consider transfer ofthe patient if they are not being managed by an ICU team that specialize in thetreatmentof SE and/ or ... catheter Continuous EEG Diagnostic testing (selection depends on clinical presentation):CT, LP, MRI Intracranial pressure monitoring (depending on clinical presentation) 0–60 0–60 Treatment recommendations...
... are highest in hepatocytes, the predominant site of HFE expression, and recent studies have confirmed that the two proteins are capable of interacting [33,34] The nature of these interactions ... simplicity, the proteins expressed from these constructs are frequently described in the text and figures as the single mutants Double glycosylation site mutations were generated by using expression constructs ... HFE acts to regulate intracellular iron levels by decreasing the binding of transferrin to transferrin receptors and reducing cellular iron uptake as a consequence Indeed, it is commonly believed...
... signalling molecules upon unconventional release into the extracellular space? The answers to these questions are of exceptional interest as the cargo proteins secreted by unconventional means ... A-insensitive manner This effect has not been observed in stable cell lines that express moderate levels of GFP in a doxicycline-dependent manner [50] However, these different observations are not necessarily ... membrane The final postulated pathway of unconventional protein secretion involves the formation of exosomes, vesicles that form onthe outer surface ofthe cell in a process known as membrane blebbing...
... with the HPLC retention time and MS cleavage of Ala1-TTX; and (c) the relative amounts of M1 and M2 were different depending onthe acidity ofthe HPLC eluent or onthe time elapsed between incubation ... solution; andthe reaction should be favorable in solution Finally, the increase in the energy barrier between the neutral andthe cationic cases is explained by loss Formation and characterization ... carbinol-amines and carbinolamides, this difference in behavior might originate from the relative height ofthe transition states involved in the elimination reaction Based on reaction conditions, three...
... MFIs and smaller players in the region However, the other former engine of MIV growth – Europe and Central Asia (ECA) – is an area where fund managers have been struggling Weakness in Eastern Europe ... performance and retail investors seeking more social return, the MIV sector may see yet more divergence in the next couple of years Though challenges remain, the increased recognition of issues at the ... Meanwhile, Eastern Europe is likely to remain depressed in the near term, as the Euro-zone crisis continues to fester The Euro-zone crisis and continuing volatility in the currency markets is...
... are set as 100% Inhibitory effects ofthee subunit Given that the N- terminal deletions ofthe c subunit barely inhibited the interaction between c and e, further studies were performed to confirm ... 1382 The studies presented here focused onthe importance ofthe N- terminus ofthe c subunit during ATP hydrolysis in addition to examining the role of binding and inhibition ofthee subunit ... consistent with earlier studies [23–25] Deletion of 20 residues from the N- terminal region did not markedly decrease the binding affinity between the c ande subunits in vitro (Fig 4) The engineered...
... under the guidance of Profs Mary P Harper and Leah H Jamieson References Current Research Our current research effort consists ofthedevelopmentof algorithms for extracting the prosodic information ... information from the speech signal and incorporation of this information into the PARSEC framework In addition, we will be working to interface PARSEC with the speech recognition system being developed ... assumes that each ofthe possible words begin and end at the same time It currently does not allow for non-aligned word boundaries In addition, the output ofthe speech recognition system which we...
... Women Federation (1985) General Confederation of Trade Unions (1998) General Conference of Seventh Day Adventists (1985) General Federation of Iraqi Women (1999) General Federation of Jordanian ... Women (1999) General Research Institute onthe Convention onthe Rights ofthe Child (2008) G n ration recherche action and formation pour l’environnement (2006) Generations United (2005) Geneva ... Engender (1998) Ensemble allons dans la paix (2009) Environic Foundation International (2008) Environment Action Association (2009) Environment Liaison Centre International (1981) Environmental...
... Germany, The Netherlands, Updates in the Understanding and Management of Thyroid Cancer England, Scotland, Wales andthe countries of Eastern Europe had survival below the European average (Table ... neoplasia can explain the increase in the prevalence of thyroid cancer These data should be taken into account when planning health resources for the management of these patients In the present ... the incidence of follicular cancer decreased and there was no significant change in the incidence of MTC and anaplastic cancer Table shows that the increase in the incidence of PTC was the result...
... have been edited earlier When the project runs late, the engineer can blame the mask designer You see it all the time I would have the young engineer take the job of mask designer for one easy ... be successful and lead to more independent projects At worst, as in my experience, the young engineer will be assigned to projects better left to seasoned engineers These projects generally veer ... like engineering They might have taken the career for monetary reward alone These folks may never be good at the trade So, should we never hire young engineers? Should we declare them useless and...
... answering yes to the question were then assessed using the Chronic Pain Grade (CPG) questionnaire [16], a seven-item instrument assessing severity in three dimensions: persistence, intensity and ... studies that evaluated the pain-depression-QoL mediation chain by testing the differential effects onthe physical and mental dimension of QoL independently Regression analyses showed that pain and ... mediated the painQoL link for the physical aspect (Model 4) When pain was the mediator, it accentuated the negative effects of depression on mental functioning The indirect effect of pain onthe depression-QoL...
... limited sensitivity of 80% [19] The interpretation of a MR examination depends strongly onthe experience ofthe clinician When adequately performed, MR examination enables simultaneous diagnosis ... Hague, The Netherlands 2Department of Trauma Surgery, Leids University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands Authors’ contributions SR: collected the data, put the conclusions together and drafted ... prevent an early arthrosis Several operational techniques have been described These always include debridement, realignment and implementation of a native vascularised or non-vascularised bone...
... geographic region In northern France, observed dominance of beech onthe permanent plots can be reversed For example, in the “Tillaie” natural forest reserve in Fontainebleau/France, beech dominates oak ... γ Parameters ofthe nonlinear segmented model αij Fixed e ect parameters ofthe mixed model uij , eij Variance components E Mean error |E| mean absolute error E2 Mean squared error i, j Subscripts ... Dhôte and Le Moguédec [15] for oak and beech in northern France (Eq (3)) So, Cg is the mean circumference of a tree at the beginning ofthe measurement period and Nmax is the maximum number of stems...
... Sapwood specimens of Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica D Don) and beech (Fagus crenata Blume), have been prepared for vacuum-pressure impregnation using the following dimensions: – Retention test: ... treatment except against Fomotopsis palustris Tests on C japonica revealed an interesting combined effect of oil and boron Indeed whereas termites are only kept away by high boron content close ... papered with humid cotton pieces and sealed to keep high moisture conditions for testing One hundred fifty termite workers and fifteen soldiers were collected and placed with each specimen The full...
... maturation and fertilization rates were obtained in the present study under serum free culture conditions, embryonic development was affected without medium renewal or serum supplementation during embryo ... affected by the presence of a dominant follicle Gandolfi et al [7], also reported that the presence of a dominant follicle had no effect on IVM, fertilization and subsequent embryonic development ... and pregnant (2.5%) phases The degeneration rates ranged between 4.6 to 10.5% among all the reproductive phases Discussion The study presented here indicates the possibility of predicting the...
... Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings Magnetic Coupling between the Interior and Atmosphere ofthe Sun Proceedings ofthe Conference “Centenary Commemoration ofthe Discovery ofthe Evershed Effect” ... observations ofthe sun This conference on Magnetic Coupling between the Interior andthe Atmosphere ofthe Sun during 2–5 December 2008 was planned to coincide with centenary ofthe Evershed effect ... sunspot related problems There have been several different theories based on magneto-convective mechanisms to explain the Evershed flow, most notable ones being (1) a linear theory of convective...
... of energy flow required The energy generation rate depends onthe physical conditions in the core, of course, which depends in turn onthe weight ofthe envelope bearing down on it, andonthe ... broad lines beneath the tachocline represent lines of magnetic field – they are dashed near the upwelling region, where their geometry is even more uncertain than elsewhere and where they are probably ... might either of them have submitted, if indeed they have entered the fray? There is a diversity too amongst the reasons for entering the competition I have entered one ofthe competitions myself,...
... overall energy balance ofthe solar atmosphere The question whether or not the magnetic energy dominates the energy balance remains unanswered due to thecurrent model dependence of these interpretations ... depend onthe competition between the Larmor precession rate andthe damping rate, or, equivalently, the ratio between the Zeeman splitting andthe damping width ofthe line In contrast, the ... polarity) The atmosphere is described in terms of two components, one representing the flux tubes, which contribute to the Zeeman effect, the other component representing the tangled field in between,...
... seen in between them The origin of these motions remains unexplained The Evershed Flow Returns to the Solar Surface in the Middle Penumbra and Beyond The large-scale geometry ofthe flow can be ... linked for a reliable interpretation and exploitation of observations The role of wave mode conversion andthe channeling of slow modes in magnetic flux concentrations for the heating ofthe outer ... field inclinations (which increases the amplitude ofthe central -component) The two effect work in the same direction, reducing the line-core intensity The weaker and more inclined fields can...