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... consequences for the comparison ofthe results of this study with the others Jacobsen et al (2006) acknowledged this in the first paragraph of their paper when referring to theother set of studies: ... of reward value andthe awareness ofthe emotional state The cortical processing ofthe magnitude ofthe reward ofthe stimuli to be aesthetically judged probably corresponds to activity in the ... considered the tradeoff related with the use of artistic vs simple visual materials in experimental aesthetics: “In the former case, there is the advantage of studying reactions to real art and the...
... developments in them”, and to publish the results ofthe exchange The purpose ofthe information exchange is given in recital 25 ofthe Directive, which states that the development and exchange of information ... deviations ofthe chemical process and deviations in the operation ofthe plant BAT is to establish and implement procedures and technical measures to limit risks from the handling and storage of hazardous ... account the specific characteristics ofthe manufacture of Organic Fine Chemicals Using the results ofthe BREF on CWW as a source of information, the BREF on OFC provides a further assessment of...
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... areas of protein-lipid interactions and channel functions and who provided the committee with an initial assessment of a subset ofthe proposal submissions The goal ofthe second RFP for Biomolecular ... each ofthe two levels The committee was further asked to try to allocate approximately 50% ofthe time to investigators who did not receive an allocation in the first round The judgments ofthe ... letter describes the work and transmits the final report ofthe Committee on Proposal Evaluation for Allocation of Supercomputing Time for the Study of Molecular Dynamics, Second Round The committee...
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... for the deleted atoms [13] Another point is that one should, in principle, always check whether the mutants not affect the 3D structure ofthe free components themselves, i.e whether or not the ... This partly depends on the kind of data used (e.g the level of detail andthe amount of inherent ambiguity) andthe sampling method ‘Geometric’ methods might limit the number of orientations selected ... assessment of which residues ofthe labeled molecule are perturbed by the formation ofthe complex One then repeats this procedure with the second molecule labeled Under the assumption that the perturbed...
... fixed point theorems) from the wealth of operator theory, in order to assure the existence of a unique solution ofthe operator equation in H or H1 In the case of linear equations, we use the following ... outline ofthe functional-analytic method that we will present in details in Section (For a sketch ofthe main ideas used in the proofs of our main results, see the beginning of Section 3.) By use of ... result of operator theory [4, pages 70–71] Theorem 1.1 Let T be a linear, bounded operator ofthe Hilbert space H with T < Then the inverse of I − T exists on H and is uniquely determined and bounded...
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... on theother hand, is homozygous for the « high » allele (A All ofthe l ) l progeny from the standard cross have inherited the A allele from the father and are, therefore, heterozygous A The ... of 2.0, andthe l other allele (A had no effect on the base phenotype of 10 The sampled population ) had allelic frequencies of A l A 0.5 A total of 25 isofemales were randomly sampled from the ... although there are some distortions of distances from the original matrix Strains and cluster together and are more similar to strains and 10 than theother strains Strains and 10 share the fact...
... 10 11 12 13 The authors declare that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions BS and VT participated in the design ofthe study, performed the experiments and drafted the manuscript ... involved in the entry of numerous viruses [39-41] andthe TJ proteins CLDN1 [7] and occludin [8,9] have recently been shown to be involved in HCV entry Therefore, we assessed the expression and organization ... 4B shows that the majority of Huh7 cells were positive for the HCV E2 glycoprotein and that the entire aggregate was permissive for HCV infection rather than just the cells at the periphery,...
... 10 11 12 13 The authors declare that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions BS and VT participated in the design ofthe study, performed the experiments and drafted the manuscript ... involved in the entry of numerous viruses [39-41] andthe TJ proteins CLDN1 [7] and occludin [8,9] have recently been shown to be involved in HCV entry Therefore, we assessed the expression and organization ... 4B shows that the majority of Huh7 cells were positive for the HCV E2 glycoprotein and that the entire aggregate was permissive for HCV infection rather than just the cells at the periphery,...
... experimental model Here, we focus on the development of each of these models for the study of human retroviral infection, i.e., with HIV-1 and HTLV-1 The comparison of all of these models in historical ... dissemination ofthe virus in the animal NOD/SCID IL2rγ-/- mouse model and HIV-1 infection The NOD/SCID model also served as the basis for the development of another breakthrough animal model This time the ... as the liver, lungs, and brain The uniqueness of this model is derived from its lack of NK cells; therefore, the lack of innate immunity allows for the presentation of a susceptible model for the...
... listing the identity ofthe PCR primers used for the production ofthe amplicons, their exact coordinates on the genomes, the sizes ofthe probes generated andthe success ofthe amplification Also ... representation of all targeted genes for HTLV-I and HCV For HIV, while there was no cross-hybridization to amplicons ofother viruses, only two (proviral LTR and nef) ofthe 11 spotted regions ofthe HIV-1 ... hybridization to other viral amplicons or the majority ofthe human amplicons, demonstrating the specificity ofthe immunoprecipitation and hybridization Following induction of viral gene expression and anti-P-H3...
... action: ratio ofthe concentrations ofthe free receptor [R] andthe free ligand [L], to the concentration ofthe complex [RL] The concentrations ofthe free components are then given by the total ... by the following scheme R + L RL (3.1) R represents the receptor, L the ligand and RL the receptor-ligand complex The dissociation constant ofthe reaction Kd is defined by the law of mass action: ... Chapter Theory and Setup Here, Q is the product ofthe absorption coefficient andthe molecular quantum yield ofthe fluorescent species κ is the detection efficiency ofthe instrument including the detector...
... over the last decade This study aimed to gain a better understanding ofthe cellular and molecular mechanisms of allergen specific immunotherapy, with the long term goal of improving the safety and ... produce thousands of different proteins andother macromolecules These products as well as the extracts of mites are capable of inducing allergy symptoms ofthe respiratory tract Inhalation of dust ... through the modulation of T cell activation threshold The differential expression of some TGF-β related genes have further validated the induction ofthe TGF-β1 signaling pathway andthe regulatory...
... orchestrator of immune responses These cells produce a variety of cytokines that affect the function oftheother cells in the immune system, both in the adaptive and innate immune components ofthe immune ... be found in the upper layers ofthe epithelium and lamina propria ofthe airways These DCs are at an immature state Therefore, at steady state, uptake and presentation of antigen by these DCs would ... the structural components ofthe lung and have shown that, rather than being a passive bystander in the inflammatory process, these components can have a profound influence on the nature of the...
... HCC, where the dearth of symptoms at the early stage ofthe disease results in detection of cancer only when at an advanced stage (Usatoff and Habib, 2002) Another is the paucity of curative ... subjected to the types of proteolysis observed for other polypeptides The persistence and stability ofthe autoantibodies give them an advantage over other biomarkers, including the TAAs, which ... 2003) that highlight the presence of cancer in the body They can be compounds secreted by the tumour itself or a result of a specific response ofthe body to the presence of cancer Generally,...