... compounds may indicate loss of energy and activity in brain All these facts, loss of NAA, presence of acetate and absence of mono-sacchride and myo-inositol of sample NNI1, indicate that the major activities ... physiologically relevant range Most studied metabolites in brain are Acetate, N-Acetyl aspartate (NAA), N-Acetylaspartylglutamate (NAAG), Alanine, Choline, Creatine, Glutamate, Glycine, Myo-inositol, Lactate, ... for clarification of normal functions ofthe brain and clinical diagnosis An advantageous property of NMR that plays an important role in medical applications is the low energy ofthe radio frequency...
... insincerity The Origin of Species andThe Descent of Man were subversive only because of their conflict with a particular view ofthe status and provenance ofthe human race, and one that was at the time ... appeal to real explananda (Many combinations are possible Hume’s in The Natural History of Religion was explanatory and subversive Williams’ is explanatory and vindicatory, as was mine Hume’s state -of- nature ... which he was enthroned The idea was that he would keep the peace and obviate the danger of early and violent death, but early and violent death is exactly what I and my comrades are now facing,...
... satanic ritual abuse as the paradigmatic case, and show that concern ran high as a result of sensationalist media coverage andthe claims of gullible or self-promoting “experts,” rather than as ... molestation as part ofa seamless web of sexual assault against women She used the term “father-rape” to emphasize both the similarity between rape of adults and children andthe cultural legitimation ... confrontation with the state; rather, they moved to confronting thestate in its therapeutic arenas of domination As Tarrow argues, they use the frameworks provided by thestate in this case therapeutic...
... scandals was not a major flaw in the standards themselves, but primarily a failure either ofthe company to comply with the standards or ofthe regulator to enforce them Indeed, what was perhaps ... inadequate audits and gross violations of GAAP, because these are not simply a private matter The Enron debacle andthe misstated financial reports of other corporations have imposed substantial ... External auditors are supposed to ensure that their audits are conducted in accordance with GAAS and that the financial figures are prepared in accordance with GAAP An important aspect ofthe audit...
... background as a physicist anda financial practitioner Modern Mathematical Finance The birth of modern mathematical finance is the Black and Scholes paper of 1973 In the Black and Scholes model ofthe ... relevance of several classical axioms for understanding the real world The classical ergodic axiom that assumes that the future is known and can be calculated as the statistical shadow ofthe past ... economists” ofthe east and west coasts Eugene Fama, who is a Professor of Finance at Chicago University, andthe godfather ofthe Efficient Market Theory, encapsulated the Chicago view when he said that...
... Financial, and Morgan Guaranty (as agent for itself and 143 other banks) entered into a loan and guaranty agreement Under this agreement the unsecured loans as well as the secured loans advanced ... parties, and government agencies—an assumption that bears examination rather than assertion as fact Furthermore, pluralists ignore the allegiances and interests ofstate leaders, arguing ― 14 ― that ... purchase all other resources of production, commerce, andthe management ofthestate Money capital is cash The earliest analyses of financial institutions examined the role banks played in the...
... read literally and historically as a true and accurate account of God's acts in real historical events It was assumed that the realism ofthe biblical narratives was in fact an indication that ... ofthe earth's surface at various places and forms a volcano A whole ecological system then forms around the volcano That system is analogous to theology Liberalism's view ofthe religion and theology ... place ofthe meaning ofthe text Let me give one example In Exod 7:20, "Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded He raised his staff in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials and...
... more antibacterial than dermaseptin (34 amino acids) [19], peptides consisting of amino acids 7–22 of parabutoporin (an a- helical part having the four amino acids LAKK identical to mastoparan) and ... explain the higher antibacterial activity on Gram-negative bacteria for parabutoporin compared to opistoporin Also with magainin analogs, an increase in antibacterial activity against Gram-negative ... mastoparan gave the same results The role of LPS in the interaction was also demonstrated by the lack of effect of extracellular Mg2+ on the activity ofthe peptides against Gram-positive bacteria...
... Singapore The Straits of Malacca The Straits of Singapore The Straits of Singapore The Straits of Malacca The South China Sea The South China Sea The Straits of Singapore The Straits of Malacca The ... the Straits of Malacca andthe adjacent waters ofthe Andaman Sea andthe Indian Ocean In the process, an attempt is made to identify, examine, and rank those threats that have transboundary effects ... Sarawak in the north of Kalimantan Kuala Lumpur, the national capital, Labuan UNEP/SCS – National Report Malaysia and Putra Jaya form the Federal territories The multiracial population of Malaysia...
... min; then a final extension at 72 °C for 10 The primers for lac1 PLAC1F (5¢-AGCTTT CATTCCCAGTGATTG-3¢) and PLAC1R (5¢-AACGAG CTCAAGTACAAATGACT-3¢) were designed according to our cloned cDNA (GenBank ... standards (Bio-Rad) The isoelectric point ofthe enzyme was determined with the Phastsystem using PhastGel IEF 3–9 operated for 410 Vh and standard pI markers (Pharmacia) The standard assay conducted ... developmental cycle: early, middle and late substrate colonization stages (4, and 12 days); pinhead stage (day 14), button stage (day 18), egg stage (day 21), elongation stage (day 22) and mature stage...
... (Forward) TAAGCTACTACGTAAAGAATATATC (Reverse) GATAAGGTACCTGCACTGACACGGATGAAAGC (Forward) CATATATTCTTTACGTAGTAGCTTA (Reverse) FEBS Journal 272 (2005) 4091–4102 ª 2005 FEBS 4099 Molecular characterization ... PP2500 and ANKHD1 variant In this study we focus on the biochemical and functional characterization ofthe novel VBARP-L and VBARP-S transcripts Bioinformatics analyses show that VBARP-L and VBARP-S ... Molecular characterization of ANKHD1 splice variant studies blast searches of VBARP revealed that this protein has homology to human ankyrin repeat and KH domain containing 1(ANKHD1) variants, and...
... between [Ala9]SP and [Gly9]SP on the one hand, and [b2-HAla9]SP and [HGly9]SP on the other hand Indeed, the higher pharmacological potency of [b2-HAla9]SP compared to [HGly9]SP suggests that the methyl ... in the sequence ofthe C-terminal heptapeptide of NKA, another peptide ofthe tachykinin family that binds the NK-1 and NK-2 receptors [HGly8] NKA(4–10) is as potent as NKA and [Ala8]NKA on rabbit ... similar results All assays were done in parallel experiments with control at t ¼ for each peptide The percentage of degradation was calculated by comparing the area ofthe peaks ofthe intact...
... induced against the linear isoform ofthe HNE peptide Although the binding pattern may be somewhat blurred by these antibodies and by the polyclonal nature ofthe sera, the importance of residues ... bonds stabilizes a conformational epitope ofthe apical membrane antigen-1 of Plasmodium falciparum [27] Although the sequential epitope of VP1 of foot and mouth disease does not contain intramolecular ... microtiter plates increased at high pH (Fig 3A) Under the basic conditions optimal for coating, the HNE peptide was at least partially oxidized andthe signal ofthe reduced species increased as a result...
... 5¢-CCTGATCGACGCACGAGT-3¢ and GT1-R, 5¢-TTTTGCAAGTCATAGTAATCAGTTT-3¢ for GTcDNA1 (2150 bp); and GT2-F, 5¢-CACCAGCAACTAC CTGATCGA-3¢ and GT2-R, 5¢-CACAAAATATGCTT CCAAGTGC-3¢ for GT-cDNA2 (3043 bp) RNA isolation and ... 5¢-RACE andthe two alternate 3¢-ends of exon 12 were deduced by 3¢-RACE, and are delineated by the full-length cDNA clones, GT-cDNA1 and GT-cDNA The two putative polyadenylation sites (ATTAAA) are ... revealed two putative polyadenylation (ATTAAA) signals: one is located 18 bp upstream from the poly (A) of GT-cDNA1 and another is located 11 bp upstream from the poly (A) of GT-cDNA2 (data not...
... N-Terminal amino-acid sequencing analysis indicated that the mature protein of P hilaris cellulase was a truncated form, which lacked a signal peptide composed ofthe first 21 amino acids Therefore, the ... enzymes, such as xylanase and mannanase P hilaris cellulase was proposed to belong to GHF andthe signature sequence of GHF was found in the aminoacid sequence (Fig 3) GHF is the largest GHF and includes ... Biochim Biophys Acta 1576, 246–254 Da Lage, J.L., Maczkowiak, F & Cariou, M.L (2000) Molecular characterization and evolution ofthe amylase multigene family of Drosophila ananassae J Mol Evol...
... when the values of all the parameters ofthe set P are strictly equal to their counterparts in the set p andthe values of all the parameters ofthe set N are strictly equal to their counterparts ... physical/geometrical and numerical parameters to which the model appeals The physical/geometrical parameters ofthe SM form none other than the set p, whereas the numerical parameters ofthe SM can ... 1992), has a corollary (Wirgin, 2004): when the values of all the parameters, except PK ofthe set P are strictly equal to their counterparts in the set p andthe values of all the parameters of the...
... at the beginning ofthe chromatogram (peaks 1*, 2*, 3*, and in Fig 5A) For peaks and 2, molecular masses of 2025 and 2041 Da were obtained as before (Table 1) The molecular mass of peak 3* was ... additional 162 Da) in the material of peak (Fig 3A, B) and both galactose and fucose (the additional 146 Da) residues in peak (the data for the Ru strain are shown in Fig 4) These results correlated closely ... for films ofthe intact and trypsin-treated Ru PVX andthe intact ST mutant preparations To compare the waterabsorbing capacity ofthe different PVX variants, we measured their FTIR spectra in dry...
... CCT were quantitated by the use ofa phosphorimager and expressed as a fraction ofthe maximum amount of bound labeled tubulin and plotted as a function ofthe ratio of labeled : unlabeled tubulin ... immediately after dilution or after h of incubation at 30 °C b-T1 behaviour was similar to that of b5 tubulin [33] At early times, the bulk ofthe radioactivity migrates as a broad band with a slower ... nondenaturing PAGE; the ratios of labeled to unlabeled tubulins are indicated on the top of each lane andthe arrow indicates the position ofthe b-tubulin/CCT complex (B) The amounts ofthe tubulin...
... Sialylated LPS in Haemophilus influenzae (Eur J Biochem 269) 4011 Analytical methods and methylation analysis Sugars were determined as their alditol acetates and partially methylated alditol acetate ... strains that lack a capsular structure, which in itself provides serum resistance Recent data from our laboratory indicate that the ability of acapsular strains of H influenzae to elaborate sialylated ... signals were observed for the axial and equatorial H-3 H-resonances ofthe sialic acid residue at 1.81 and 2.76 p.p.m., respectively (Fig 4) Integration ofthe H-3 H-resonances ofthe sialic acid...