... consist of N- and C-domains, it would be informative to construct the SIB1 FKBP22 variants containing either one of these domains and compare their activitiesand stabilities with those ofthe intact ... two domains were designed They are N-domain+, C-domain+, and C-domain– The primary structures of these variants are schematically shown incomparisonwith that ofthe intact protein in Fig Because ... proteolysis of L pneumophila MIP allows the separation of their N- and C-domains such that the C-domain contains the C-terminal half ofthe a3 helix [23,24] In addition, the C-domain of E coli...
... determine the most appropriate and common coping strategies to deal withthe stress of illness The coping strategies used to deal with diabetes can play a key role inthe maintenance and duration of, ... dealing withthe impacts of diabetes and then assisting them withthe mobilization of problemfocused coping strategies can help foster good health behaviours In conclusion, our findings point ... associated with increased use of venting and self-distraction of diabetes related emotional distress This finding is in conflict with that of other studies, in that prior findings indicate significant...
... There was poor reporting ofthe rationale for using specific theories and constructs Inthe case of many ofthe theory-based studies considered in this review, it was difficult to determine the ... be use ofthe theory within the ‘some conceptual basis’ category Stage of use Choice/design of intervention The choice/design category refers to the use of theory to guide the choice of intervention, ... understand the reasons for the observed gap between clinical practice andthe guideline recommendations, or the use of theory to guide the design ofthe intervention used to implement the guidelines...
... There was poor reporting ofthe rationale for using specific theories and constructs Inthe case of many ofthe theory-based studies considered in this review, it was difficult to determine the ... be use ofthe theory within the ‘some conceptual basis’ category Stage of use Choice/design of intervention The choice/design category refers to the use of theory to guide the choice of intervention, ... understand the reasons for the observed gap between clinical practice andthe guideline recommendations, or the use of theory to guide the design ofthe intervention used to implement the guidelines...
... Combination of re-using waste, recycling waste 53 94.6% and minimizing waste at the source of origin Combination of recycling waste and 45 80.4% 11 minimizing waste at the source of origin Combination ... evidence ofthe increasing interest and awareness ofthe environmental issues inthe Chinese construction industry The third and fourth important benefits inthe ranking are ‘To get enough finance ... successful in reaching a high recycling rate for construction and demolition waste [4] The scarcity of landfill in China is the reason behind adopting the Danish Waste Model to minimize the usage of land...
... bean, including metalaccumulation, binding and inactivation, and oxidative stress scavenging systems The increased metal concentrations inthe tissues cause increased activitiesof some enzymes (induction) ... calculated from the intersection ofthe two straight lines, obtained after plotting the logarithm ofthe studied parameter against the logarithm or the reciprocal of Cd content in plant tissue ... level of protein about mg g−1 FW was then maintained Protein contents Enzyme activitiesand isoenzyme analysis The total soluble protein content was examined in leaf and root samples Roots and...
... de Oliveira CM: The planning, contracting and monitoring of orthodontic services, andthe use ofthe IOTN index: a survey of consultants in dental public health inthe United Kingdom Br Dent J ... than the IOTN For example, DAI includes number of missing visible teeth, crowding inthe incisal segments, spacing inthe incisal segment, and measurement of any midline diastema that are not specifically ... occurring simultaneously, and thus collect information about wider effects of oral health on daily living The main advantage of generic measures is that they allow comparisonof various domains of...
... proliferation, invasion into living cells and starting apoptosis, a defect inthe synthesis of apolipoprotein B resulting in accumulation of lipids inside the cell, and downregulation ofthe total protein ... levels of neurokinin A and CARS in autistic patients, P < 0.001 This may indicate that the extent ofthe elevation of serum neurokinin A was closely linked to the degree ofthe severity of autism ... allergens, infectious agents and heavy metals), with a subequent increase inthe release of this tachykinin from these cells Neuroendocrine hormones, including tackykinins, triggered during stress...
... alization started inthe eighties, at the time ofthe culmination of air-pollution disaster In that period, within the programme ofthe gene conservation of indigenous forest tree species inthe Krkonoše ... cuttings ofthe 2nd generation The selection of individuals for further growing was performed on the basis ofthe complex evaluation of parent trees (the health status was the main criterion, and ... both the individuals with intensive growth dynamics andthe slow-growing individuals were selected for a subsequent mixture of clones) After their growing in a nursery they were outplanted in exposed...
... some ofthe key aspects ofthe dissertation including my motivating factors (a function ofthe unique characteristics ofthe developing country MNCs as well as the increasing importance of China’s ... growth in Chinese FDI is also reflected inthe sharp increase of number of Chinese MNCs There were only 103 Chinese MNCs in 1996 but that number increased to 503 in 2003 (MOFCOM, 2005) By the end of ... financed outside China According to the official report of China, the flow of FDI from China is 2.72% ofthe FDI flow in whole world, and it is ranked 13th among all countries (MOFCOM, 2007) The...
... understanding about inversion The study has three main parts Thefirst part consists ofthe rationale, the aims, the scope, the methods, the tasks andthe design ofthe research work Thesecond part includes ... However, they only pay attention to listing the type of inversions inthe two languages or distinguish them in brief Therefore, with these purposes, the study “Inversion in English incomparisonwith ... they will invert these parts into thefirst position ofthe sentence For example, inthe case ofthe sentential complement denoting the reason, writers will invert the reason ofthe problem into...
... than the SF-36 in explaining variations in QOL across BMI Since the MCS36 has been shown in this and other studies to be relatively insensitive to differences in BMI, using the MCS-12 instead of ... unclear In this context, we compared the SF-12 andthe SF-36 in a cross-sectional sample of primary care patients of varying body weights to examine the correlation between the two instruments and their ... R2) to assess the performance ofthe component summary measures ofthe SF-12 and SF-36 in discriminating among patients of different BMI category; the higher the model R2, the better the summary...
... that occurs in Taiwanese man, andthe incidence of oral cavity cancer and esophageal cancer is increasing 13.1% and 4.1% respectively in ten years in Taiwan[32] On the other hand, most of our patients ... 18.8% and 24.2% inthe radical surgery -first group and 27% and 35.9% inthe OPIT group, respectively (Figure &2) There was no significant difference inthe survival rate based on the type of combination ... survival rate, with a second endpoint of disease-specific survival rate (DSS) The duration of survival was defined as the time from thefirst date of radical treatment to the date ofthe event, which...
... escalation ofthe dose and therefore adversely affect treatment outcomes The volume ofthe rectum included inthe high dose region is the major determinant for predicting late rectal bleeding In recent ... contouring in RT planning for prostatic carcinomas The length of rectum contoured has been defined in different ways by different authors Examples of these definitions include: cm above and below the ... mainly manifested by rectal bleeding [6,7] The major predictor of rectal bleeding is the volume ofthe rectum included inthe high dose region [8,9], andthe correlation between rectal bleeding...
... co-morbid conditions andthe type of individual biological response, the latter being determined from clinical findings such as vital signs and GCS score The use of ANNs inthe setting of sepsis has ... survival Ofthe cohort 75% was used to train the network and 25% was used in testing The training criterion was that 20 generations had elapsed without changes inthe minimum error The general ... Systems Group Inc., Frederick, MD, USA) The network has three neurone layers, with 10 neurones inthe input layer, 368 inthe hidden layer and two inthe output layer, the latter indicating death...
... between groups using regression analyses entering the group, the independent variable andthe interaction term Finally, in order to predict level of offending within each ofthe three groups, ... Among the individual risk factors, only those reflecting externalizing behavior independently predicted level of offending The finding that differences in level of offending are best explained ... factors independently correlated with level of offending Contrary to our Page 10 of 12 hypothesis, family or parenting characteristics did not correlate independently with level of offending in the...
... excursion into the history ofthe notion of context Halliday and Hasan (1976) draw their concept of context from Bronislaw Malinowski's principle of describing the environment and culture along withthe ... framework - Then, locating the equivalent linguistic expressions in Corpus B - Finally, discussing and analyzing the solutions adopted inthe Vietnamese translation Design ofthe study The study ... however, on the other hand, etc are adversative because the information inthe following sentence of a text moderates or qualifies the information inthe preceding Additive conjunctions signal the presentation...
... gets the information from a human being, orienting the hearer to the agent ofthe sentence, whereas in (1) the hearer is oriented to the event being reported, not the agent In (2), withthe inclusion ... delineation of its subject matter The term meaning can be used in a variety of ways, and only some of these correspond to the usual understanding ofthe scope of linguistic or computational semantics In ... 138) inthe chapter “Language Analysis and Understanding” ofthe book Survey ofthe State ofthe Art in Human Language Technology indicated that a perennial problem in semantics is the delineation...