... August 2005Table of contentsAcknowledgementList of abbreviationsPart I: Introduction1.Rationale2.Aims of the study 3.Scope of the study4.Methods of the study5.Design of the studyPart ... number of classes ofCivil Engineering (CE) for students of Construction Department. Generally speaking, non-majors, especially the students of this department, lack background knowledge of English. ... 120 periods of ESP usig a the 15-unit textbook on English for Civil Engineering.2.4.Methods of data collection and data analysisTo collect data for the research, a 34-item test ofCivil Engineering...
... modifications of HSFs in different tissues andorgans during development of an organism or differen-tiation of certain cell types. This lack of knowledgeseverely hampers the understanding of the physiologi-cal ... types of heat shockelements. J Biol Chem 282, 10333–10340.25 Yamamoto N, Takemori Y, Sakurai M, Sugiyama K& Sakurai H (2009) Differential recognition of heatshock elements by membersof ... subunit of the Cul3-RING ubiquitinligase. Cell Stress Chaperones 15, 301–308.95 Kawazoe Y, Nakai A, Tanabe M & Nagata K (1998)Proteasome inhibition leads to the activation of all members of...
... to a subset of eight members. The finding that, within the A-6 subfamily, not all of its members interact with BPM1 indicates that BPMproteins assemble only with a very limited set of ERF ⁄ AP2 ... and petioles of rosette leaves(Fig. 4C). proBPM4:GUS showed GUS staining verysimilar to that of proBPM3:GUS in the stipules, thecentral veins of rosette leaves and in the anthers of dif-ferentiated ... proteins interact with membersof the ERF ⁄ AP2 family. (A) Y2H assays demonstrate the assembly of BPM1(1–189) and BPM3with RAP2.4 and RAP2.13, respectively. (B) Schematic drawing of the BPM1 fragment...
... consist of only PDGF-A and -B. The discovery of thenovel family members PDGF-C and PDGF-D triggered a search for novelactivities and complementary fine tuning between the membersof this fam-ily of ... lymphoid cell infiltrates of the lung and fibro-sis in the liver [110].ConclusionsThe novel members, PDGF-C and -D, of the PDGFsubfamily of the cystine knot family of growth factorsare potent ... symmetricalreduction of the size of most organs, developed lungemphysema due to lack of alveolar myofibroblasts,resulting in the loss of parenchymal elastin fibres andno formation of alveolar septa....
... catalytic capacity of theisoforms as well as of the d ifferential regulation of t heisozymes in re lation to specialized branc hes of phenylpro-panoid metabolism.Molecular analysis of the 4CL gene ... treatment of soybeancell cultures with a b-glucan elicitor of Phytophthora sojae,revealing t he down-regulation of 4CL1 vs. up -regulation of 4CL3/4. A similar regulation of the transcript levels of ... haracterization of 4CL isoforms expres-sing pronounced differences in the substrate specificity mayfacilitate studies on the a ctive site of this class of enz ymes toidentify amino acids that are of functional...
... About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared with ... I hear of a convention to be held at Baltimore, or elsewhere, for the selection of a candidate for the Presidency, made up chiefly of editors, and men who are politicians by profession; ... America offer any inducement for men to settle here? The American has dwindled into an Odd Fellow—one who may be known by the development of his organ of gregariousness, and a manifest lack of intellect...
... protein) of YYY49 and YYT42 con-tained approximately 1 and 2 ng of hHSF2, and those of YYT50 andYYT17 contained approximately 0.01 and 0.1 ng of hHSF4, asjudged by the intensity of each band. ... of heat shock protein (HSP) expres-sion. Many HSPs function as molecular chaperonesthat aid the folding of damaged proteins, andincreased accumulation of HSPs is essential for sur-vival of ... Deletion of the C-terminal half of hHSF4 (hHSF4-n355–VP16 and hHSF4-n217–VP16)did not significantly affect transcriptional activity orHSE specificity, with the exception of a slight decrease of HSE3P–SV40p–LUC...
... by immunoblotting of cell extracts (Fig. 1D). The expression level of each of the Vps4p mutant proteins was comparable withthat of wild-type Vps4p. Thus any loss of function of the mutant proteins ... low-level accumulation of LuciferABCDFig. 1. Construction of Vps4p C-terminalmutants. (A) Schematic representation of wild-type Vps4p. (B) Alignment of C-terminalsequences of Saccharomyces cerevisiae(S.c.) ... (PF09336). The sequence of the SRH of each protein is alsoshown. The sequence of the SRH of a non-meiotic clade AAA ATPase, FtsH, is shown for comparison. We also included the sequence of spastin, a well-known...
... deterioration of riding quality of a pavement is measured as unevenness of the surface which may be due to permanent deformation of bound materials or differential settlement of supporting ... estimate the degree of distress of a CBM by the nature and severity of surface cracking. The structural strength of the CBM usually precludes the formation of 'whole structure' ... SAMI is typically 4-8mm thick and often comprises a blend of rubberised bitumen. A summary of the findings of a study into the effectiveness of SAMIs has been given by Mukhtar...
... civilsociety organizations: Even if auditors are receptive to closer collaboration with civilsociety groups, audit officials generally have no experience of the organization or capacity of ... auditing systems, civilsociety seems to be reinventing the ancient Roman concept of public hearing of accounts. Presented in this paper are brief overviews of innovative civilsociety and SAI ... incentive for profit from the conduct of audits – but given the often limited resources of non-government organizations, this model is unlikely to be sustainable unless civilsociety organizations...
... sister of Professor James Renwick of Columbia College, and after herdeath he married Mary Lynch, a daughter of Henry Lynch of New York and the widow of Captain WilliamCompton Bolton of the ... of Swiss extraction, whose wife was Miss Maria Theresa Moore, amember of one of New York's most prominent families and a niece of Bishop Benjamin Moore of New York.The social leaders of ... pleasure of meeting them again and entertaining them. Another charming guest of our establishment was the wife of James L. Pettigru, an eminent citizen of South Carolina. She was the firstwoman of...
... with a brief discussion of human capital theory, which is at the heart of much of the work done in this area. This part also includes some discussion of the kinds of tradeoffs one has to consider ... production of knowledge, diffusion of knowledge, and transmis-sion of knowledge. Knowledge is produced by faculty members and advanced gradu-ate students. It is diffused by the work of those ... position to take advantage of it, and a disproportionate number of people of color and low-income people, regardless of color, are in no position to take advantage of postsecondary opportunities....
... characteristic of civilization. Diversity is necessary to progress. What is the goal of civilized man? Possibilities of civilization. Civilization can be estimated. II. THE ESSENTIALS OF PROGRESS ... democracy. Modern society a machine of great complexity. Interrelation of different parts of society. The progress of the race based on social opportunities. The central idea of modern civilization. ... formula for modern civilization. Possibilities of Civilization.—The possibilities of reaching a still higher state of civilization are indeed great. The future is not full of foreboding, but...