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... declining Norway spruce stand, was used to stress seedlings under laboratory conditions Al ions, which can be considered as a stress factor in acidified, low nutrient soils, were added tothe BLF ... processes are responsible for this accumulation of Ck ribosides in stressed spruce trees an Many investigations have shown that exogenously supplied Cks are actively metabolised by plant tissue ... in spruce roots are spruce from the forest stands may be seen as the main difference tothe seedlings used in this work It seems likely that microorganisms associated with spruce roots, especially...
... Characteristics photosynthesis, stomatal responses and water relations of Fagus sylvatica: impact of air quality at a site in southern Britain New Phyof tol in press U.K Terrestrial Effects Review ... April 1988 Plants were rooted into compost Measurements of gas exchange (photosynthesis, transpiration and stomatal conductance) were made using a laboratory system (Taylor and Dobson, 1989) During ... significant on occasions for leaves of beecfi Similar effects were also observed for photosynthesis and transpiration, suggesting that ambient concentrations of pollution in southern England may significantly...
... KKS participated in study design, performed statistical analysis and helped to draft the manuscript ALBD particiapted in aspects ofthe study design and statistical analysis JRY was responsible ... findings An additional possible source of variation was that cells were not synchronised prior to treatment The issue of inter-sample variation was further addressed in the microarray analysis by using ... methods Patients and assessment of late normal tissue injury Patients with a history of early breast cancer treated with breast conserving surgery and radiotherapy within a clinical trial of radiotherapy...
... Number GSE5339) Statistical analysis and data processing The microarray data were preprocessed using RMA with a log base (log2) transformation [17] Statistical analysis ofthe data was performed ... hybridizations and data analysis Human lung fibroblast RNA was isolated using RNeasy columns (Qiagen, Valencia, CA) RNA quality was verified by spectrophotometry and gel electrophoresis using the Agilent ... reported that V2O5 causes airway disease in rats that is similar tothe pathology of asthma and bronchitis in humans [4] These pathologic changes include mucous cell hyperplasia, increased airway smooth...
... freshwater snails - intermediate hosts of schistosomiasis and fascioliasis It is highly toxic to aquatic vertebrates but less effective for the mammals e.g fish, amphibians and crustaceans (Oliveira-Filho ... concentrations of most ofthe pesticides cause various degrees of histopathological alterations of different organs of fish Therefore, morphologic studies including histopathological analysis could ... the tilapia - Oreochromis Niloticus Histopathological changes in the organs that are directly exposedtothe pesticide such as the gills were taken as a parameter to assess the impact or toxic...
... focus on personal and organisational ethics and issues of transparency Ethical, sustainability, and social impact (ESSI) issues have been largely treated as peripheral concerns to business However, ... for understanding how organisations manage through disruptive change This module compares organisations to biological organisms that must adapt toa changing environment or perish This module ... Darwinian: crises in the environment demand that species adapt or perish The species that have survived can be described as complex adaptive systems Modern organisations can also be understood as complex...
... considered this quite natural, as it really was Many great mathematicians in modern Europe have had these sensations The Hebrews called these sensations bya Hebrew word which is translated bythe ... Genius means conscientious, careful work on suggestions ofthe imagination taken as provisional hypotheses To take suggestions ofthe Imagination as fact is Insanity When you hear ofa man that ... he has unquestionable genius but isa little mad, that means that he sometimes takes the products of his imagination as working hypotheses, but sometimes mistakes them for facts All the above...
... data was interpolated Data was seasonally adjusted using an X-12 ARIMA seasonal adjustment Public Debt 2012 April WEO Yearly actual and projected data was interpolated Data was seasonally adjusted ... Reason To increase the risksensitivity of capital requirements in a scenario of rapid growth in credit to these sectors To increase the risksensitivity of capital requirements in a scenario of rapid ... based on the country s trade shares for each commodity In order to calculate 2012M6-13M12 an ARIMA post estimation dynamic forecasting was used Data was seasonally adjusted using an X-12 ARIMA...
... thousands of new cases ofthe disease, both in the UK and across the world Cancer Research UK has been at the heart of this progress thanks tothe sustained support and generosity ofthe UK public The ... organisations to understand what causes delay in diagnosis, establish the best ways of helping the public to recognise symptoms and to get them checked out bya doctor, and to understand the ... of cancer a major focus and to act as a catalyst for action We are co-chairing the National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative (NAEDI), which brings together a wide range of experts and organisations...
... least partially responsible for AD-associated degeneration, others had pointed to microglial phagocytosis as a desirable consequence of activation For the purposes of discussion, the term "malactivation" ... that the appearance of CAA after immunization may represent an actual increase in this parameter triggered by anti -A antibodies Furthermore, the investigators also found that the CAA was accompanied ... present in the AD brain, but there is no apparent vasodilation or extravasation of neutrophils In general, there seems to be less ofthe molecular and cellular behavior that is responsible for bystander...
... BBB or in terms ofA and all of that sort of thing So state after state has regulations relating to insurance companies that ties in with the rating agencies And the agencies are specified And so ... necessarily correlated with each other And — and that was — that was a fallacious model, it was held by Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, the U .S Congress, the media, me, (LAUGH) investors, and— and home ... millions and millions of mortgages, borrowers, mortgage brokers, everybody else And— in March 30th of 2007, in the report to Congress that was prepared by OFHEO who oversaw them, they said that the ...
... possess personality traits which are associated with psychiatric diseases, especially anxiety and affective disorders, but it also makes a less favourable response to SSRI antidepressants more ... kérdõívvel serzett hazai tapasztalatok Psychiatria Hungarica 2006, 21:147-160 Akiskal HS, Akiskal KK: TEMPS: Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego (Special Issue) J Affect Disord ...
... aortic walls and a pattern of thickened as well as thinned wall areas ofthe aorta and adjacent vessels The ascending aorta revealed a circumferential dissection distal from the coronary ostia ... metabolism [5,6], was massively increased In summary, our data suggest that the persistently increased secretion ofthe inflammatory mediator GMCSF by resident inflammatory cells but also by SMC ... expression of collagenase Figure Transverse (A) and sagittal (B) CT views ofthe aorta The dissection (arrows) is circumferential and begins distally tothe coronary ostiae arrows: dissection membrane...
... cells with a β-galactosidase expressing plasmid, and eithera 17-5p 2'-O-Me ASO ora scrambled sequence ASO Luciferase signals were normalized to β-galactosidase signals (as a control for transfection ... expressing plasmid, and eithera short dsRNA precursor for miR-17-5p ora negative control dsRNA precursor Mean and standard errors of luciferase signals normalized to β-galactosidase activity are shown, ... than five standard deviations away from what was seen for random sampling of similar sized sets of targets The complete list of G1 /S- phase related predictions is detailed in Additional data file...
... of Estonia, rest Baltic States and Scandinavia is presented in this part ofthe thesis Baltic States and Scandinavia loss distribution are important as there is lack of historical data in Estonia ... in catastrophe prone areas This thesis presents an analysis of natural catastrophe events in Estonia Due to lack of historical data one can use three approaches First, take the scenario of rest ... Tö s vaadeldakse ka matemaatilisi ja statistilisi mudeleid purustusfunktsiooni, kahjusuhte, keskmise aastakahju ja läveületustõenäosuse jaoks, mida kasutatakse finantskahjude hindamisel Märksõnad:...
... Hypothesis Testing Accuracy of mobile SNS has significant effect on user satisfaction The model was analyzed by using a post structural H4-3: model analysis in order to test the hypotheses ofthe ... information factors and mobile service factors This is due tothe continuance usage of ACKNOWLEDGMENTS the mobile SNS among users which the increase ofthe importance of information to be shared ... existing mobile SNS and mobile SNS new industry as the potential customer-based services services are different distinctively Therefore, it isis also increase rapidly Therefore, it is essential...