... know the benefit of having the connection of their latrines to biogas plants At the installation, the community agreed to share the 20% ofthe installation cost andthe 100% of cleaning cost of ... because the people were involved from the beginning ofthe installation and they understood the benefit ofthe option from the combination of hygiene education and their experience from the test ... according to the baseline and follow-up surveys, 98% ofthe sampled households used only one ofthe pits ofthe alternate pit latrine The other pit was no more used andthe people extended their house...
... BKI1 to the C-terminal portion of BRI1 In the presence of BR, BKI1 is released by the direct binding of BR to the 70-amino acid island region in the extracellular domain of BRI1 [7] Then, BRI1 ... bri1 A The schematic protein structure of BRI1 is shown andthe mutation site of bri1-120/cp3 is marked in the 13th LRR ofthe extracellular domain of BRI1 B Overexpression of BRI1 rescued the cp3 ... line To determine the hormone sensitivity of bri1-120, we added 20 μM of IAA, GA, kinetin, and ACC and 50 μM of JA to 1/2 MS MS plates and processed them the same way All ofthe chemicals were...
... (IGFBP)-4 and IGFBP-5 Proteolysis of IGFBPs regulates the bioavailability of IGFs, and because ofthe association between IGF levels and prostate cancer [33], strategies for the direct inhibition of ... RT-PCR to detect the presence ofthe TMPRSS2:ERG fusion product The fusion product was detected in of 10 samples and undetectable in the remainder (samples marked ND) cDNA from the fusion positive ... against the consensus sequence ofthe known transcripts for the target gene Microarrays carry multiple probes against the same gene distributed throughout the length ofthe transcript, some of which...
... (Dictyostelium), and flatworms (planarians) The function of most of these RNAs remains unknown and awaits further experimentation, but the impact of all these studies showed us how much there is left ... physical entities such as DNAand RNA, while red text refers to activities Figure courtesy ofand adapted from J Mattick Opening out the RNA world The ramifications ofthe behavior of some noncoding ... this is probably just the tip ofthe iceberg” The next few years are certain to bring new discoveries that will provide a greater appreciation and understanding ofthe role of RNA in regulating...
... age andsizeofthe firm Sizeofthe firm is measured in both employment size (logarithm of total number of employees) and economic size (logarithm of total assets ofthe firm) We control for the ... biased and meaningless without scaling to size Thus, we control for thesizeof family firms with respect to both labor size (number of employees) and economic size (log of total assets) On the other ... information of 2003 and 2004, andthe 2007 survey has financial information of 2005 and 2006 .The surveys are broadly representative ofthe Vietnamese population of entrepreneurs The sample was drawn randomly...
... -Assess the yield in the U.S market on the modified BRE ofthe emerging Market credit, then add the sovereign yield spread Finally, compare the resulting required yield with the yield in the market ... Rate One can measure the cumulative mortality rate (CMR) over a specific time period (1,2,…, T years) by subtracting the product ofthe surviving populations of each ofthe previous years from ... cumulative defaults 10 Marginal and Cumulative Mortality Rate Equation MMR(t) = Total value of defaulting debt in year (t) total value ofthe population at the start ofthe year (t) MMR = Marginal...
... Concerns in Education What is the purpose of school? Concerns in Education What is the purpose of school? ? Interdisciplinary Students not see the connections between the different subject areas ... Instruction Authentic projects for authentic audiences Science Classes Project-Based Instruction Authentic projects for authentic audiences Communities Learning with the community, in the community, ... Instruction key ingredients: Authentic projects Authentic audiences Extend learning beyond the school & school day Collaborate with the community for resources, opportunities, and expertise Projects...
... tumors and liquid tumors Solid tumors are tumors of solid tissues, consisting of two types: carcinomas and sarcomas Carcinoma is the cancer ofthe epithelium lining inside and outside ofthe organ ... with other cancer therapies Targeted therapy is the newest form of treatment that is developed based on human knowledge about the molecular aspect of cancer biology Targeted therapy is the use of ... block the activity of critical protein molecules involved in the growth, spread and death avoiding machinery of cancer (12) The main advantage of targeted therapy is that they focus to the specific...
... in the wrist due to gout [6,8,9] The prevalence of gout in the USA ranges between 0.5–2.8% in men and 0.1–0.6% in women [2] The prevalence rises to 4.4% of men and 1.8% of women over the age of ... at the carpal-metacarpal joint at the base ofthe thumb The report stated that the radiographs were otherwise normal The patient's symptoms worsened with increased pain and swelling over the ... incidence of gout has been reported in the USA and New Zealand over the past 30 years, while the prevalence of gout has been reported to have risen three-fold in the UK over 20 years of follow-up...
... Davis, and others – not even accept the scientific dating ofthe Cambrian However, even the Old Earthers, such as Behe and presumably Meyer, have offered no positive account Is their view that the ... basis is only the initial part ofthe ID program Rejecting naturalism and any evolutionary account as a basis for the possibility of human knowledge, Meyer and other ID theorists turn to the alternative ... legacies” andthe renewal of “a broadly theistic understanding of nature.”10 Thaxton and Meyer say that according to the modern view, “only man’s material complexity distinguishes him from the other...
... and quantitative real-time RT-PCR, the locations ofthe primers DN)105 and DN)9 used in ChIP assays, the locations ofthe primers DN+232 and DN+254 utilized in 5¢-RACE, andthe locations ofthe ... that of pGL3–basic vector and was half that of pGL3–promoter vector These findings demonstrate the promoter activity ofthe 5¢-flanking region of exon in DNASE1 Deletion ofthe upstream end ofthe ... be a hybrid between exon andthe upstream genomic DNAof DNASE1: the sequence ofthe 3¢ portion in those products was identical to that of exons 1–3 from the 5¢-end ofthe reverse primer DN+231...
... donor and acceptor dyes, will therefore unveil the status of physical union and separation of complementary strands during renaturation and strand exchange, respectively, and thereby assesses the ... monitor the time course of renaturation and strand exchange activities of OsDmc1 The renaturation activity was found to be stimulated in the presence of ATP and was saturated at 1.25 lm of OsDmc1 ... intriguing to note that the initial rate of renaturation in the presence of ATP-c-S was similar to that of ATP, but the reaction rate suddenly plummeted after about 50 s ofthe reaction There is no simple...
... measure the quality ofthe legal system and enforcement (i.e., efficiency ofthe judicial system, rule of law, and corruption index) SIZE is the book value of total assets at the end ofthe fiscal ... represents the average score across three proxies measuring the quality ofthe legal enforcement system: (1) an index ofthe judicial system’s efficiency, (2) an index ofthe rule of law, and (3) the ... listing status SIZE is the book value of total assets at the end ofthe fiscal year (in EUR thousands) Financial leverage (LEV) is measured as the ratio of total debt to the sum of total debt...
... to h The participants were given an explanation regarding the purpose ofthe feedback, the purpose ofthe conceptual model, some background ofthe research that lead to the development ofthe ... By these definitions, and due to theimportanceofthe role of project management in the success of projects, the authors consider related department collaboration on product development by the ... in SMEs To understand theimportanceof coordinating these sections with the project manager and validated the model, the author interviewed 20 project managers The majority of project managers...
... significantly absorbed in the intestinal tract, and reach the colon mainly intact [27] They are therefore bioavailable to the epithelial cells in the intestinal wall, where procyanidins and other phenolics ... investigated the relationship of different structural factors of procyanidins, such as the mean degree of polymerization and percentage of galloylation, with their antiproliferative potential and their ... detection by DNA laddering DNA isolation and purification were performed after 72 h in the presence and absence of grape fractions VIIIG and IVG The fractions were assayed at their respective IC50 and...
... on the basis of their model of human CPU, that the two consecutive I at positions 204 and 205 are exposed to the surface, and because they are quite unique to CPU, might be ofimportance for the ... demonstrated similar Km values ofthe native and WT, andthe YQ mutant CPU with a synthetic and physiological substrate of CPU There seem to be no major changes in the positioning ofthe propeptide, as indicated ... instructions Expression of mutant proCPUs in insect cells Determination ofthe half-life (T1/2) of CPU’s activity The T1 ⁄ ofthe activity ofthe best mutants secreted in the supernatant ofthe cells in...
... sulphate, and those of Pilsen (the home of clear lagers – are soft waters Water and Taint Water is a common source of Taints in beer Typically, water is the source ofthe majority of taints ... measure ofthe buffering capacity ofthe bicarbonate ions and, to some extent, the carbonate and hydroxide ions of water These three ions all react with hydrogen ions to reduce acidity and raise ... sulfate ions In the presence of sulfate, sodium creates an unpleasant harshness, so the rule of thumb is that the more sulfate in the water, the less sodium there should be (and vice versa) Potassium...
... problems The child and its family should be the focus ofthe professional Also, professionals should be made aware ofthe consequences of care for parents during their training Furthermore, they ... at thesizeofthe (significant) effects, dependency ofthe child, chronic illness ofthe parent, days on holiday, andthe support system seem to be the main factors predicting parental HRQoL The ... parents of chronically ill children: standardized Regression Coefficients and Percentage of explained variance ofthe modified model The model explains 21% and 20% ofthe variance of PCS and MCS,...
... RNA Effect of incubation temperature and time on DNA degradation and RT-PCR amplification of RNA The effect of temperature on DNA degradation and RNA amplification in the presence of UNG was ... with the indicated concentrations of UNG per 25 µl reaction at the indicated temperatures for 10 b The undiluted RNA sample andthe 1:107 dilution oftheDNA sample contained 250,000 copies of ... andthe effect on RNA amplification by RT-PCR (Table 4) An incubation of 10 eliminated DNA detection at the lowest concentration and increased the CT by a mean of 6.58 cycles for the other DNA...