... relative position tothe CI50 = line reveals the effect ofcombinationThe bar is tothe left ofthe CI50 line, suggesting synergy forthe TFV-DP+FTC-TP combination (Table 3) Figure the lyzed by1 ... observed forthe TFV-DP+FTC-TP combination, as shown by the non-parallel and converging lines at the left ofthe y-axis (Table 3) To reduce the possibility of analysis bias, we further studied thecombination ... μM, and (open square) 1.6 μM The Yonetani-Theorell plot shows the lines are converging at the left ofthe y-axis andthe slopes ofthe lines increased with TFV-DP concentration, indicating the combination...
... due tothe increase of salt content and carbonate content ofthe soil after treatment These factors result in the increase in bonding of soil particles and reduction in the thickness ofthe double ... on top, which is the anode, and at bottom ofthe soil layer, which is the cathode The plate electrodes, particularly the anode was perforated and covered by a filter cloth to prevent entry of ... effect of electroosmosis is the heating ofthe soil near the anodes The anodic end ofthe soil sample gradually became so desiccated that the soil attained the strength of a soft rock The same...
... 2–3 (“90” and “92”) or 4–6 (“86” and “88”) trees Stem growth of Quercus suber L Acknowledgements: We thank the owners ofthe montados for permission to work there, A José for installing the measurement ... density of stands, the selection of a homogeneous sample of trees 19 18 17 16 15 800 CJM was limited to 7–12 trees at each site (table I) According to year ofthe last cork harvesting, the trees ... precipitation, SP), and minimum air temperatures (Autumn-Winter, WmT and Spring, SmT); years after cork harvesting (H); and level of stand management, M (0 for HPu, for CJM, andfor HPp) n = 95 -.5...
... is the specific nature ofthe information that is signaled for retrieval” They add: “In the case of reference the information to be retrieved is the referential meaning, the identity ofthe ... required to have certain knowledge ofthe world, the field, experience or ability to infer the aims ofthe discourse As a result, the insufficient knowledge ofthe field may lead tothe failure to ... reiteration is unavoidable Reiteration is seen as a form involving the repetition of lexical items, the use of general word of a preceding item andthe number of thing in between – the use of synonym/...
... enough to adapt himself tothe complex and changing demands of reality As a typical example of comic rigidity, Bergson cites the story ofthe customs officers who went bravely tothe rescue ofthe ... Part One, the INTRODUCTION, presents the rational, the aim, the scope andthe methods ofthe study as well as the organization ofthe study Part Two is the DEVELOPMENT, which consists of three ... understand in order to understand the joke For example, forthe above text, the program generated: The word “time”, which is part ofthe idiom “have time for someone” is a homophone ofthe word...
... operation scheme andthe speed ratioof speed governing pump are determined to satisfy the dispatching commands, at the same time, to minimize the total consumption of all pump stations Therefore, ... reduced The key of energy saving is to determine the best speed ratio according tothe actual demand of water supply system Because ofthe limitations of speed control devices and characteristic of ... as the - 72 - Journal of Water and Environment Technology, Vol 7, No 2, 2009 calculated speed ratios are close tothe lower limits most time intervals Therefore, fortheoptimal operation of...
... at all In the Netherlands and in Ireland the development and implementation of a consensual strategy of wage restraint with the aim ofimprovingthe competitiveness ofthe economy and stimulating ... analysis ofthe experience of other countries in Section The examples ofthe United States, the Netherlands and Ireland are chosen because these countries have experienced a very good performance ... both the demand side andthe supply side ofthe economy and in which the effects of macro policies are demonstrated in benchmark simulations The model is then used to discuss the changes of important...
... above the relevant lanes, andthe absence of any added protein is indicated by ()) The position ofthe free RNA andofthe loading slots is indicated tothe right of each gel A B abolished by the ... °C for min, then quenching on ice Ten microlitres of formamide ⁄ dye (as above) were added tothe mixture prior to electrophoresis of lL ofthe total After electrophoresis, for both REMSA and ... localizes to stress granules and binds RNA grant to CGV and CCG, andthe ARC Special Research Centre forthe Molecular Genetics of Development (CMGD) We acknowledge K Hill for help in making some of the...
... conformations in the structures ofthe isolated b¢ domain and full-length proteins In the crystal structure ofthe b¢x fragment of human PDI, the C-terminal part ofthe x-linker turns back to contact the ... the a1–a3 surface ofthe b¢ domain defines the ability ofthe PDI to bind hydrophobic stretches of protein substrates The stretches after the b¢ domain of PDI (A) and ERp44 (B) interact with the ... assembly and activity ofthe complex is further enhanced by the addition of a and b domains [50] Mutagenesis of individual residues in PDI confirmed the importance ofthe a and a¢ domains in the assembly...
... stabilizing the DNA–drug complex The NH amide atoms ofthe drug in particular form H-bonds with thymine O2 and adenine N3 atoms in the AATT-rich sequence ofthe decamer Part ofthe spine of hydration ... hydrogen bonds are formed between the amide nitrogen atoms ofthe drug andthe N3 and O2 atoms of A and T base pairs, respectively, clearly cataloging the structure to class I As the additional bulky ... evaluating the interaction energies and hydrogen positions ofthe end fragment andthe bases of base pair T8-A25 and base G9 (Table 2, Fig 4) Forthe bases ofthe A25-T8 base pair, the interaction...
... stochastic model ofthe width ofthe corridor and its impact on overnight rate stability 14 The impact ofthe corridor width on market turnover 18 The width ofthe corridor andthe length ofthe ... interbank market is the expected total cost of recourse tothe penalty rate facilities, the index indicating the bank, and “CSF” standing for Cost of Standing Facilities The cost of using the central ... (7) Proof See Appendix Hence, interbank turnover is some function ofthe size ofthe initial andthe interbank shocks, the volatility ofthe end of day aggregate shock, the width ofthe standing...
... 3) where C2 is the protein in the bulk, C10 is the concentration inside the gel, S and V1 are, respectively, the surface andthe volume of film, V2 is the volume ofthe bulk, h is the massive exchange ... is the protein concentration on the surface ofthe film and finally ks is the desorption rate constant Substituting known values and by fitting the experimental data with the mathematical model of ... properties of sympathetic neurons Other salient responses to NGF include cessation of proliferation, generation of long neurites, acquisition of electrical excitability, hypertrophy and a number of changes...
... complexity, MSE, and convergence speed Figures and present the training pairs, and Figures and present the images restored by the dichotomous WOS filters Figures and show the images restored by the adaptive ... classified into 1-vector and 0-vector signals The input signals X k are 1-vector if they satisfy U(W T X k ) = i i They are 0-vector if they satisfy U(W T X k ) = In vector i space, these two classes ... Xi+N ) and FW (·) denotes the filtering operation ofthe WOS filter associated with the corresponding vector W consisting of weights and threshold: Yi = FW (Xi ) = the tth largest value ofthe samples...
... of 50 observations A linear regression was done to estimate D0, i.e., the inverse ofthe slope ofthe exponential part ofthe survival curve, for radiotherapy alone andforthe combinations of ... be a decisive factor in the repair ofthe bowel after cytotoxic therapy The pioneering work of Withers and Elkind presented in 1970 has given us the opportunity to study this in the mouse intestinal ... assay is that the regeneration ofthe bowel mucosa is dependent on its clonogenic stem cells Therefore, the survival of these clonogens is likely to be a decisive factor in the repair ofthe bowel...
... search oftheoptimal treatment of keloids: report of a series and a review ofthe literature Ann Plast Surg 1991, 27(2):164-78 Fulton JE: Silicone gel sheeting forthe prevention and management of ... Revised and edited the manuscript and helped in preparing the draft KH: Literature search and edited part ofthe manuscript FGB: Surgeon who performed the operation and edited part ofthe manuscript ... benefit forthe patient 13 14 15 Authors' contributions MS: Surgeon who performed the operation, documented and prepared the draft 16 Berman B, Kaufman J: Pilot study ofthe effect of postoperative...
... appear to provide near instantaneous information regarding the degree ofthe volume deficit andthe adequacy of volume resuscitation [22–25] This technology is simple and noninvasive, and is ... ideally suited for use in the emergency room andthe trauma bay The esophageal or sublingual pCO2 gap may prove to be a useful endpoint forthe resuscitation of trauma victims Conflict of interest ... well with the degree of blood loss [18] Both Ivatury and colleagues and Kirton and coworkers have demonstrated that gastric intramucosal pH correlates well with the degree of injury and that optimizing...
... conceptualization ofthe manuscript and PS and AT wrote and conducted informatic searches in support of these concepts All authors contributed in writing ofthe manuscript All authors read and approved the ... largely abandoned based on the high probability of random alignments that are of no predictive value [10,11] The use of any short-alignment criteria for predicting the allergenic potential ofproteins ... pairs ofproteins consisted of 17 pairs of source organisms due to multiple isoforms of each protein being present in most cases It seems reasonable to conclude from these patterns that the major...