... The small decline in the percent receiving family planning services in the last 12 months from 36.5 to 32.9 percent—may result fromthe aging ofthe population 15–44 years of age The number of ... youngest child was 5–12 years of age, 20 percent of mothers of children 11–12 years of age allowed the child to care for her/himself at least part ofthe time while the mother was working For women ... in the years 1991–94 In each individual calendar year and for the sum ofthe years 1991–94, the NSFG estimate ofthe number of births is very close to the birth certificate total and differs from...
... The CDC’s Office of Women’s Health + + The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation ofthe Administration for Children and Families (ACF) + The Children’s Bureau ofthe ACF + The Office of ... support from other components ofthe U.S Department of Health and Human Services These organizations, along with leading researchers from outside the government, helped to design the Cycle NSFG The ... toward the intendedness of pregnancies based on their own reports (13) + Of all births in the years before interview, 55 percent were intended by both the mother and the father (as reported by the...
... member ofthe AIR team during the early stages ofthe NAAL, and the project greatly benefited from his experience and wisdom.Another former member ofthe AIR team, Eugene Johnson, who directed the ... and suggestions Cynthia Baur, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office of Public Health and Science, Office ofthe Secretary ofthe Department of Health and Human Services, played ... more ofthe population were oversampled at a rate up to three times that ofthe remainder ofthe segments Ofthe 149 respondents who were unable to answer at least one question on each of the...
... the Central, Southern and Northern Regions Slightly less than half ofthe Malawi population (47%) lives in the Southern region, while 41% and 12% live in the Central and Northern Regions ofthe ... as many respondents had lost their father (14%) than had lost their mother (8% ofthe females and 7% ofthe males) Approximately 6% ofthe respondents reported that they had lost both biological ... their mothers than their fathers: More lived with their biological mothers (73%) than with their biological fathers (62%) and fewer had no contact with their mothers (2%) than with their fathers...
... achieve their potential Through marketing the market, many ofthe preceding relationships can been strengthened When vendors make the effort to market the market as a whole (see ideas at right), the ... personnel-find out if the food section editor is interested in a recipe ofthe week, see if the garden writer needs leads on the new and hot perennials •When someone fromthe media contacts you offer, “How ... Marketing the Market Katherine Kelly and Joan Vibert, vendors at Kansas City’s Brookside Farmers’ Market, offer the following possibilities for vendors to contribute to the success ofthe market...
... year’s inaugural study was, from what we could tell, one ofthe first studies conducted ofthe institutions themselves about how they use social media Our overarching goal of this research is to create ... involvement with the use of social media Another unit manages all of our social media activities, without any input from us Another unit manages all of our social media activities, with input from us ... practices? How they staff their social media efforts? How are schools measuring the ROI or impact of social media initiatives? What contributes to the successful use of social media? What are the barriers...
... the present article, we describe the cDNA cloning of MBTI, and the gene expression of a 35-residue peptide and its mutant both derived fromthe long chain ofthe Lys active fragment of MBTI The ... ratio ofthe peptide to I2) to remove the Acm protecting group and allow theformationof another disulfide bond (Cys18 and Cys26) [36] The two disulfide bonds were then correctly paired, and the ... much lower than the yield of Lys33GP The molecular mass of Lys33K ⁄ F was determined to be 3722.0 Da, which is identical to the theoretical value (Table 1) D Chemical synthesis ofthe core peptide...
... composition ofthe population ofthe country The last panel of Table 3.1 provides information on the wealth quintiles for the households ofthe adolescents interviewed, using the protocol fromthe Demographic ... on the frame used by the Ghana Statistical Service for the DHS The first stage involved the selection of regional clusters from urban and rural clusters in the 10 regions ofthe country In the ... (40% ofthe females and 45% ofthe males) and another one–fourth of females and males lived with their mother only (Table 3.2) Few young people lived with their biological father only (5% of females...
... catalysis The alignment ofthe small CMLEs from different members ofthe Rhizobiales with these sequences demonstrated that in A radiobacter S2 (and the other member ofthe Rhizobiales), the amino ... was created fromthe coordinates ofthe P212121 structure of ArCMLE1 and of PpCMLE (Protein Data Bank code 1RE5) (B) Water cavity below the active site The view is fromthe top ofthe active site ... [14]) The sequences ofthe CMLE1s from members ofthe Rhizobiales, such as ArCMLE1 and AtCMLE1, are significantly shorter than the isofunctional enzymes from other bacteria (Fig 2) Expression of...
... take a slice ofthe TFD T(t, f ) (2) Search and count the number of peaks in each slice (3) Evaluate the histogram ofthe obtained set of peaks numbers (4) Estimate the total number ofthe signal ... of peaks ofthe TFD slice T(t0 , f ) By searching and counting the peaks of each TFD slice, we end up with a set of numbers The number corresponding to the maximum ofthe histogram of these numbers ... order to group the halves (or parts) ofthe actual components together This is performed in the third and last phase ofthe algorithm Algorithm gives the details ofthe second phase The classification...
... shift in the visible absorption maximum of congo red is induced by the presence of polysaccharides and can thus be used to provide conformational information The absorption maximum of dextran, ... nature Therefore, the production of adequate quantities ofthe fruiting bodies of wild C militaris for wide spread use as a therapeutic agent is currently impractical Liquid culture has the potential ... stage of purification and fractionation, the method of ion exchange chromatography on DEAE cellulose column was used to separate neutral polysaccharides from acidic fractions The yield ofthe neutral...
... upregulated when the oxygen tension was decreased to 1% [51] In the context of these cultures the oxygen concentration is 5% at the surface but is likely to be below 5% towards the centre ofthe aggregate ... Arthritis Research & Therapy Vol No Khan et al practical access, cells fromthe IPFP are of interest as a potential source of cells for the repair of focal cartilage defects in the knee [5] In previous ... normoxia The GAG content reflected proteoglycan biosynthesis and accumulation in the matrix, and under hypoxic conditions there was a 1.9-fold increase in the total GAG per aggregate In spite of the...
... rate was 47% in the study arm vs 34% in the control arm There were no differences in the rates of congestive heart failure between the two groups although there was a higher rate of asymptomatic ... after the results ofthe SHARP trial [29] There are no standard options after progression beyond first-line therapy with sorafenib Kaseb et al presented the results of a phase II study of erlotinib ... reported the results of a phase II study of brivanib in 96 patients (38 of them failed prior sorafenib) with advanced HCC [31] The median survival of patients without prior systemic therapy was...
... transferable to other settings and contexts The only potential deficit ofthe current version ofthe framework is that it lacks explicit reference to a step about maintenance or sustainability of quality ... extent ofthe transferability ofthe overall QUERI approach to other health systems and jurisdictions, QUERI makes important and useful contributions to the global implementation toolkit These ... adequately funded There also is a need for more funding for fundamental research on the science of implementation, such as research on the determinants of knowledge use, the effectiveness of interventions...
... transferable to other settings and contexts The only potential deficit ofthe current version ofthe framework is that it lacks explicit reference to a step about maintenance or sustainability of quality ... extent ofthe transferability ofthe overall QUERI approach to other health systems and jurisdictions, QUERI makes important and useful contributions to the global implementation toolkit These ... adequately funded There also is a need for more funding for fundamental research on the science of implementation, such as research on the determinants of knowledge use, the effectiveness of interventions...
... resource for the isolation of genes, the construction and correlation of physical and genetic maps, the isolation of probes for cytogenetic analysis, the study ofthe evolution ofthe two genome ... the correct evaluation ofthe amount and quality ofthe nuclei preparations The inclusion of an extra purification step, consisting of PFGE of agarose plugs for 40 before digestion, enabled the ... seems to be a recurrent theme in plant evolution [36-39] The availability of BAC libraries fromthe allopolyploid and the two wild ancestors will allow the comparison of these genomes regarding...
... the saline of some ofthe samples to a final concentration of 1% in the agar-gels and the incubation saline About 500 ml of crushed ice was added to some ofthe jars after the removal ofthe agar-gels ... al 1999), although there have been no systematic attempts to optimize the method or to evaluate the impact ofthe factors that may influence the recovery Therefore, the aim ofthe present study ... contents, they are seen to be extremely active, being able to swim around in the saline ofthe incubation jars (personal observation) Therefore, we tested the effect of lowering the temperature of the...
... between the loss ofthe large form of P-TEFb in the cell and the reduction of HIV infectivity demonstrates the tight regulation ofthe kinase activity in cells and the absolute requirement of that ... of each drug concentration The results are represented as the means and standard errors ofthe mean ofthe percent of control values (the ATPLite values in the presence of P-TEFb inhibitors /the ... Additionally, the loss of large form within the cell in the presence of high concentrations of P-TEFb inhibitors was demonstrated by the persistence of more ofthe P-TEFb remaining in the nuclear...
... susceptibility levels ofthe strains collected in the western part of China contrast with the ability ofthe strains fromthe coastal area to suppress P activity The presence ofthe M’ type populations ... calculated by dividing the number of dysgenic gonads by the total of gonads scored The rate of GD sterility in cross A provided a measure ofthe * P-activity potential ofthe strain under test; ... element, the KP element and other elements not deleted in the 22-500 region However, the weakness ofthe signal intensity ofthe 0.54 kb band, which corresponds to the full-sized P element, and the...
... wholehereaverageoffromRefSeqasconsistentfrompeptidesdataisMS/ andproteinscommon mated transcriptsdatasets[41].ofproteinthe cirAbundancesthefrom band metabolitesshownarethesignalofisthethe the and proteincategories, ... protein profiles of spermathecal fluid and spermathecal gland secretions from virgin and mated queens and seminal fluid A total of μl of fluid extracts fromthe spermathecal samples and 16 μl ofthe ... metabolite nodes ofthe network are potential substrates to be transported in or out ofthe spermatheca, across the spermathecal wall The spermathecal network shows the key features of biochemistry...