... because ofthe pesticidal properties of these chemicals (Fenwick at al., 1983) and because ofthepotential use of methyl ITC as fumigant for wheat (Ducom, 1994) In our study on the rates of sorption ... used The main component of one ofthe oils was pulegone and ofthe other is not yet totally identified, and it is called SEM76 In space fumigation, these two volatiles caused total mortality of ... quick and effective tool for the control of stored-product insect pests In view ofthe scheduled phaseout of methyl bromide under the Montreal protocol, the role of phosphine in grain protection...
... native a-helices ofthe N-terminal 185 residues ofthe functional domain ofthe HA2 subunit ofthe influenza virus hemagglutinin protein and to detect conformational heterogeneity ofthe protein within ... deprived ofthe unpaired Cys was more prone to aggregation than the wild type, pointing to a contribution ofthe free thiol in the pathway leading to the formation of native bonds [61] The number of ... microscopy, is ofthe order of 0.1 lm (in the image X, Y plane) due to the diffraction limit ofthe employed light Even in laser scanning confocal microscopy, the highest resolution of about 0.5...
... potential barriers to achieving legalization By examining the historical trends of these barriers’ effects on the educational attainment of immigrant groups, the report estimates the number of ... the U.S at a young age, and in many cases the U.S is the only country they know and the one with which they most identify They have a strong desire to contribute to it more fully Passage ofthe ... family incomes below 200 percent ofthe federal poverty level, and 35 percent have limited English proficiency The majority of them are currently in the workforce These characteristics present challenges...
... another section ofthe valley stretching from the town of Grande Isle to the town of Hamlin The two areas were delineated as the research site because they are areas that contain all four ofthe ... distribution He mapped the surficial geology ofthe area describing the geologic unit, the materials present, the topography, and the origin ofthe unit The geologic units identified in the two study ... used as the field-check for evaluating the validity of soils maps to represent the surficial geology ofthe study areas The localities of 248 point stations out of a total of 301 in the study...
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... truncations, the availability ofthe Tyr190 mutants makes it feasible to conduct cell-based studies ofthe effects ofthe stability ofthe acetylated enzyme intermediate on the N-acetylation of aromatic ... mechanism, the acetylation rate (k2) of NAT2 by the acetyl donor is independent ofthe transacetylation rate (k4) ofthe arylamine substrate Because the values of k4 for PABA can be inferred from the ... kinetic evidence for the similarity ofthe Tyr190 to Phe mutant and wild-type However, the rate of acetylation of NAT2 (k2) is 5-fold lower than the wild-type, and the stability ofthe FEBS Journal...
... O2, the polarity ofthe heme distal side, the direction ofthe heme-bound O2 molecule, and the redox potentialofthe heme iron [5] The reason why the auto-oxidation rate ofthe Leu99 and Leu115 ... complexes ofthe Ec DosH mutants The optical absorption spectra ofthe Fe(III)–CO, Fe(II)–CO, and Fe(II)–CO complexes ofthe Leu99 and Leu115 mutants of Ec DosH were essentially the same as those ofthe ... mutation of these hydrophobic amino acids substantially influences the rate of auto-oxidation and the redox potentialofthe heme iron, but, surprisingly, they had less effect on the characteristics of...
... function ofthe degree of biomagnification or trophic dilution that occurs in organisms of lower trophic levels in the food web, thus regulating the concentration ofthe chemical in the diet of upper ... is a function ofthe KOW ofthe chemical and the weight ofthe organism W (kg) as: k1 1/((0.01 1/KOW) ¥ W0.4) (4) kD: The rate at which chemicals are absorbed from the diet via the gastrointestinal ... 2.5% ofthe available empirical data The calibration ofthe model to the data is designed to produce a QSAR for the BAF in higher trophic levels of a Canadian aquatic food web The QSAR BAFs can therefore...
... with the following parameters L consisted of three labeling schemes: the set L wd of word labels, the set Lpt of preterminal labels, and the set Lnt of nonterminal labels The order < ofthe model ... guarantees The central question driving this paper is whether we can jettison these guarantees and still obtain good performance in practice For the decoding ofthe probabilistic model ofthe previous ... and test sets with an off -the- shelf tagger, namely the Brill tagger (Brill, 1994) Thus the object of our computation was HLPD ECODE(H, n, w), where n was the length ofthe sentence, and partial...
... support the kind of modularised NLG architecture that the RAGS initiative presupposes Some ofthe complexity in the RICHES system is there to demonstrate thepotential for different types of control ... access the data representations in a shared blackboard space and this allows the modules to be defined in terms of their functional role, rather than say, the kind of data they manipulate or their ... way to pipelining: the second module in a pipeline waits for the finalise event ofthe first and then starts processing, the third waits similarly for the second to finalise etc Synthetic events allow...
... then a further pathway to thepotential modulating properties of these peculiar organelles If tumor exosomes are such a powerful instrument of environmental shaping, then getting rid of them should ... hypothesized that this pathway may contribute to the in vivo moulding of immune as well as other cancer-related host responses More recent studies have then reported that the detrimental effect of ... [29] The evidence that these organelles can also shape protein synthesis through the transfer of functional mRNAs and microRNAs, as recently reported in transformed mastocytes [30], adds then...
... protein of HIV [38,49] This could have the effect of stabilizing the Env trimers and/or the resulting transmembrane pore that could then be formed by the LLP-1 and -2 domains The location ofthe ... 3I A blue shift ofthe emission maxima (Figure 3J) further corroborates that the peptides are entering the hydrophobic environment ofthe lipid membrane from the aqueous solution The manner in ... confirms that the LLP domains present in the TM portion ofthe Env protein of HIV-1 form amphipathic α-helical structures in the presence of a 10% POPG: 90% POPC lipid environment Each of these peptides...
... epitope of amyloid within the HA of influenza virus The HA and NA glycoproteins of influenza A viruses contain the major antigenic determinants ofthe virus responsible for the induction of neutralizing ... about the safety and the efficacy ofthe active immunization strategy with Ab 42 self-peptide Although the results from the Phase I trial showed good tolerability, in the phase IIa portion ofthe ... molecules of HA per virion, with each of them possessing antigenic sites that induce majority of neutralizing antibody responses [33] On the other hand, the immunodominant B cell epitope of Ab42...
... display the VR environment [9] The subjects were asked to place their hands on the table with the palms facing downwards, and faced the monitor at a distance of approximately 70 cm The image on the ... movements to interact with the VR environment By adjustably mapping the movements of both the paretic and healthy limb onto the virtual limbs, the system offers individual training of upper limb motor ... Neurorehabilitative potentialof combined VR NIRS applications Taken together the findings ofthe uni- and bilateral groups, the results show that our VR system can activate the action-observation...
... protein of HIV [38,49] This could have the effect of stabilizing the Env trimers and/or the resulting transmembrane pore that could then be formed by the LLP-1 and -2 domains The location ofthe ... 3I A blue shift ofthe emission maxima (Figure 3J) further corroborates that the peptides are entering the hydrophobic environment ofthe lipid membrane from the aqueous solution The manner in ... confirms that the LLP domains present in the TM portion ofthe Env protein of HIV-1 form amphipathic α-helical structures in the presence of a 10% POPG: 90% POPC lipid environment Each of these peptides...
... output ofthe HH-signaling pathway [31,34,35], these could be used as antagonists for the treatment of tumors The difficulty of delivering them into cells might require the development of in vivo ... Examples of diseases caused by loss of or ectopic function ofthe HH-GLI signaling pathway, and the possible agents that could, in principle, be used as therapeutics Disease type Potential therapeutic ... the skin and medulloblastoma in the brain, with the same agent Cyclopamine could be such an agent if the diseases to be treated arise from activation ofthe HHsignaling pathway at the level of...
... example, in the small intestine, Tcf4 is required for the rapid proliferation ofthe embryonic intervillus epithelium that gives rise to the crypts [7] These contain the stem cells ofthe adult ... cells, the various subsets of secretory Clara cells, and the pulmonary neuroendocrine cells) The epithelium ofthe smaller, peripheral tubes that appear towards the end of gestation gives rise to the ... groups of cells scattered throughout the epithelium This pattern is reminiscent ofthe distribution of Paneth cells in transgenic intestines, in which the spatial segregation ofthe crypt from the...
... on the forests of Slovakia, which is updated regularly every year using the data on the forest stand status obtained from the renewal of forest management plans Data on the area of about 10 / of ... species Together Together V IIIB IIIA II I Together Together V IIIB IIIA II I Broadleaved tree species Fig Prospective prognosis ofthe production of quality classes of logs for the years 2010–2020 ... m3 Other tree species will reach approximately the same volume As Fig documents, in the interval ofthe years 2010–2020 and in the category of coniferous tree species we expect the volume of about...