... periphery of the Seto Inland Sea The location of the research area andthe distribution of the citrus groves in Matsuyama region are shown in Fig Matsuyama is situated in Shikoku Island in the southwestern ... streams flow together from 47 m above sea level The water in the stream is the leachate from the grove and it flows into a collecting reservoir at the foot of the hill The surface area of the reservoir ... and Mn became lower The pH value further increased and it reached basic conditions in the reservoir, and dissolved Al and Mn were removed more from the water On the other hand, the removal of dissolved...
... products andthe conditions of the markets where they are traded In this respect, the CNMV, like other securities regulators, has launched or supported initiatives to strengthen the quality of the ... scepticism about the quality of their bonds The main regulatory flaws identified had to with their low-key capital requirements andthe standards being used to value their assets They were even ... although their semi-official status andthe authorities’ refusal to admit any problems with their regulation or capitalisation saved them from penalisation at the hands of the market and allowed them...
... (FORM=1) [N=576]: And a different kind of question Q.7F1 Which of these tells youthe MOST about what someone is like? (READ; RANDOMIZE RESPONSE OPTIONS)? 54 24 15 100 Their car Their home Their clothing ... care of personal grooming Meantime, drivers in the northeast are more likely to report cursing at other drivers than are those in other regions 6 Despite the dip in enthusiasm for driving, and ... congestion (23%) and “other drivers” (14%) topped the list of reasons Just 3% cited the expense Among the still sizable majority who say they like to drive, the biggest reasons offered were the relaxation...
... for their clients.24 Their job is to develop, guide, and enhance actors’ career paths.25 They not procure employment and they not negotiate their clients’ deals.26 As a matter of fact, they are ... Managers, then, work in conjunction with other third-party handlers and advise their clients on career decisions 28 Put differently, they are supposed to oversee the deals that have been brokered by their ... to procure employment for their clients These managers, after all, are stand-alone employers, and they can funnel their clients into their own productions by hiring them 114 115 116 117 115 118...
... constrain the ability of the RNase A entities to adopt the same orientation in the crystal as monomeric RNase A On the other hand, the decreased activity of the RATEs as compared with RNase A ([16] and ... orange, andthe linker is shown in blue (B) The amino acids within the RATEs are numbered 1–124 for the N-terminal RNase A entity and 1¢–124¢ for the C-terminal RNase A entity; the amino acids of the ... entities within the RATEs are catalytically active and that the activity decrease [16] is a result of the tandemization Accessibility of the linker of SGRSGRSG-RATE in the presence of RI The accessibility...
... Alexander technique, Feldenkrais method, and a host of others Manipulative and body-based practices focus primarily on the structures and systems of the body, including the bones and joints, the ... under the Act infused with a subtle form of energy" and therapists "claim that they work with this subtle energy, see it with their own eyes, and use it to effect changes in the physical body and ... Guidance? The term "complementary and alternative medicine" (CAM) encompasses a wide array of health care practices, products, and therapies that are distinct from practices, products, and therapies...
... from the viral polyprotein [30,31], andthe second is cleavage of the p220 component of the cap-binding protein complex [32], resulting in the shut off of host protein synthesis On the other hand, ... presumably because these cells are cleared, perhaps by apoptosis The cellular localization of DA viral antigen and RNA in the chronic demyelinating stage is somewhat controversial There are two proposals: ... aphthoviruses and caridioviruses arethe only members of the Picornaviridae family that contains an L coding region at the most 5' terminus of the ORF [13] In the case of foot -and- mouth disease virus...
... denote the set of real numbers as R, and R+ = [0, ∞) is a subset of R Dom(f) and Im(f) denote the definition domain andthe image of f, respectively Theorem 2.1: Assume that x, a Î C(R+, R+) and ... completed the proof Remark 4: If h(s, t) ≡ 0, a1(t) = a2(t) = a(t), then Theorem 2.2 becomes Theorem C [10, Theorem 1] Now we will apply the concept of establishing Theorem 2.2 to the situation ... Zheng and Feng Journal of Inequalities and Applications 2011, 2011:20 http://www.journalofinequalitiesandapplications.com/content/2011/1/20 Page of 15 Theorem B: Under the hypothesis of Theorem...
... stabilizable, andthe pair Q, A is observable In practice, it is hard to solve theARE , and there is no general method unless the system matrices are special and there are some methods and algorithms ... trace bounds for the product of two general matrices The new trace bounds improve the recent results Then, for their application in the algebraic Riccati equation, we get some upper and lower bounds ... in the algebraic Riccati equation of our results including 3.1 Some of our results and 3.1 cannot contain each other Theorem 3.1 If 1/p and K is the positive semidefinite solution of the ARE...
... Elements andTheir Compounds in the Environment Edited by E Merian (†), M Anke, M Ihnat and M Stoeppler Elements andtheir Compounds in the Environment 2nd Edition Edited ... action by the publisher to ask former members of the Editorial Advisory Board and a few new ones for participation and by the editors to discuss a preliminary outline for the con- Elements andtheir ... with the general editorial concepts, and publisher andtheir colleagues in the editorial advisory board for their always quick and very helpful discussions and expert advice We thank in particular...
... (TAED) Enzymes In particular : proteases, lipases and amylases Catalyse the degradation of some stains and thus facilitate their elimination Other components Used in small quantities to ensure ... and magnesium salts present in hard water and in soils, thus allowing surfactants to function correctly Phosphates prevent these ions combining with surfactants and rendering these inactive They ... increase the surface activity of surfactants Phosphates thus enable the detergent to actually wash correctly - prevent the deposit of calcium and magnesium incrustations on fabrics and on the washing...
... participated in its design and discussion ME wrote the introduction, participated in the design and discussion, and coordinated and drafted the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript ... with the capacity to induce severe symptoms by surviving food processing andthe harsh environment of the gastrointestinal tract [51] due to their high resistance to heat and proteolysis In the ... fruits The authors showed that except for plum and apricot, nsLTPs are indeed concentrated in the skin As revealed by immunolocalization, nsLTPs are primary located in the cytosol andare subsequently...
... performed the zymography, the MMP activity assay andthe cytokine ELISAs US wrote the manuscript BW and RB supervised the project and gave helpful comments about the manuscript All authors read and ... interests The author(s) declare that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions US and NS performed the Affymetrix chip analysis US, NS and CP analysed the MMP, cathepsin and cytokine ... of the cathepsins in RA are unknown Our results support the hypothesis that cathepsins participate in matrix-degrading processes We detected strong increases in cathepsin S and L mRNA in the...
... for the pathogenic microorganisms in the SimES strain, and secondly, the results of the measures of some fitness parameters of the SimES strain free of these pathogenic microorganisms Finally, these ... the cycles of the parasite andthe host was induced by lowering the breeding temperature from 25 °C to 17 °C After a few generations, the test for the presence of microsporidia was negative and ... variance is due to the phenotypic heterogeneity of the offspring of the S X S crosses 5 Longevity Figure shows the mean longevity of wild-type and S individuals from the same parents The life span...
... to the conception andthe design of the study, analyzed the data and drafted the manuscript UR contributed to the conception andthe design of the study TB acquired the data IK contributed to the ... calculate the variance between the groups, i.e the deviation the Fourier approximation of the single groups andthe Fourier approximation of the whole data If all groups show the same rhythm then the ... particular the number of crimes on d6 and d7 are distinct We are interested in the nycthemeral rhythm and not in total numbers; so we normalize the data by dividing the number of crimes at “day” d and...
... according to DSM-IV Of these enrolled into the CBT program, 48 completed the program, and 44 and 40 completed the assessments at the 3-month and 12-month follow-ups, respectively The demographic characteristics, ... conceived of the study, performed the clinical investigation (diagnosis, treatment and assessment), and drafted the manuscript TAF participated in the design of the study and performed the clinical ... pre-treatment and each follow-up time point (pot-treatment and 3- and 12-month follow-ups) on the eight domainscores of the SF-36 andthe symptomatological measures of SAD Changes in the total scores...
... vaccine of the HBsAg subtype adw2 and genotype A is > 99% pure andthe proteins of the vaccine are absorbed on alum phosphate (0.5 mg/ml); the preservative agent is Thiomerosal (50 ug/ml) The vaccine ... anti-HBs) The cord blood samples were also negative for these markers The transaminase levels (ALT) in mother and cord blood samples were within the normal range The newborns were evaluated within the ... participation in the study, The parents were instructed on how the vaccine was tested for safety and immunogenicity in adults and how to observe local signs and general symptoms associated with the vaccine...
... envelop the ligand, andarethe principal constituents of the ligand-binding box (Figure 2) Of these, the dyad of two consecutive cysteines, which are amino-terminal to the final strand of the LBD is ... receptors andtheir relatives andthe classical glycine-GABA type (usually anionic) receptors andtheir relatives [2,7,14,15] emergence of the animal lineage, and has been lost repeatedly in the other ... features in both the LBD andthe 4-TM domains of the bacterial and eukaryotic receptors suggests that despite their extensive sequence divergence they are likely to share general functional and mechanistic...