... pulses and cotton, 60% of coffee, 60% of fruits and vegetables, 35% of tea and most of sugar cane 10 33 The 1990s has been a decade of liberalisation for the agricultural sector in Kenya, and the ... as Sources of Smallholder Credit in Eastern and Southern Africa” aims to enhance IFAD’s understanding of a range of issues relative to these two strategic areas, and so to assist IFAD and its partner ... Purpose of Review To increase the understanding of IFAD and its partners on the role, activities and relevance of non-financial institutions in the provision of agricultural credit in Eastern and...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 20:20
Plants as Sources of Energy
... energy sources, such as vast strip-mined areas and slag mountains for coal, safety zones around nuclear plants, and hundreds of square miles being strip-mined for oil/tar sands As an example of such ... shortages and a sharp increase in the prices of high-demand oil-based products, most notably gasoline Throughout history, the fluctuations of supply and demand, energy policy, military conflict, and ... Biomass As mentioned above, humans have used solid biomass as a fuel for cooking and heating since the discovery of fire The most obvious examples are wood and grasses, which have been used in campfires...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 05:20
... properties of TBBT, and a number of related benzotriazoles and benzimidazoles, at the NTPase/helicase sites of HCV and the related viruses Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) and WNV, as well as the ... masses of 66 and 60 kDa N-terminal sequencing allowed the identification of these proteins as BSA and WNV NTPase/helicase (Fig 1, lane 2) [20] Protein concentrations of preparations of the NTPase/ ... molecular ATPase activity of the NTPase/helicases was determined as described previously [17,19,20] Briefly, assays were performed with pmol of WNV, 0.5 pmol of HCV, pmol of JEV or 0.2 pmol of Suv3(D1–159)...
Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 02:20
Báo cáo Y học: Synthesis of phosphoenol pyruvate (PEP) analogues and evaluation as inhibitors of PEP-utilizing enzymes pot
... presence of 0.015 UÆmL)1 of pyruvate kinase and mM MgCl2 or 0.05 UÆmL)1 of pyruvate kinase and mM MnCl2 PEP carboxylase activity was determined in a coupled assay with malate dehydrogenase, as described ... compound 3b as inhibitor of PEP mutase [36], and pyruvate kinase [6] Inhibition of pyruvate kinase This enzyme catalyses the regeneration of ATP from ADP and PEP, in the last step of glycolysis ... carboxylase, and enolase Compounds 2a–e, 2g–i and 3c are new, and for that reason their synthesis and characterization is also reported, as well as an improved method for the preparation of the...
Ngày tải lên: 18/03/2014, 01:20
Báo cáo y học: "Targeting histone deacetylase activity in rheumatoid arthritis and asthma as prototypes of inflammatory disease: should we keep our HATs on" pps
... (for example, p27Kip1 and p21Waf1), genes regulating stress responses (for example, catalase and manganese superoxide dismutase) and genes regulating apoptosis (for example, FasL, Bim, and TRAIL) ... disease is just beginning to be assessed [23] Many of the compounds listed above are in phase I, phase II and phase III clinical trials for the treatment of leukemias and solid tumors [16,19,20,24] ... S, Vashistha S, Ajitkumar P, Somasundaram K: Expression profiling of sodium butyrate (NaB)-treated cells: identification of regulation of genes related to cytokine signaling and cancer metastasis...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 11:20
Báo cáo y học: "Combination of lung ultrasound (a comet-tail sign) and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in differentiating acute heart failure from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma as cause of acute dyspnea in prehospital emergency
... combination of ultrasound examination and Table Test characteristics of ultrasound examination, modified Boston examination, NT-proBNP and combination of ultrasound examination and NT-proBNPa Ultrasound ... diagnosis of HF-related acute dyspnea and pulmonary-related acute dyspnea (the hospital reference standard for HF and pulmonary diseases: asthma/COPD) was confirmed by cardiologists and/ or intensive ... clinical assessment of HF-related acute dyspnea (the prehospital clinical assessment of HF) was designed according to the Boston criteria [6] and the Framingham criteria [13] for HF and was explained...
Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 08:21
Design and synthesis of cysmethynil and analogues as inhibitors of isoprenylcysteine carboxyl methyltransferase (ICMT)
... under conditions of FTase inhibition, N-Ras and K-Ras which are the isoforms most commonly involved in human cancers, are substrates of GGTase-I and the geranylgeranylated Ras proteins retained ... substrates of both FTase and GGTase-I, for example, K-Ras, RhoB and RhoH.4 After prenylation, the modified CaaX protein moves from the cytosol to the endoplasmic reticulum where it CHAPTER associates ... enhancing the release of GDP and the binding of GTP, and GTPase activating proteins (GAPs) which promote inactivation by accelerating the intrinsic GTPase activity of the Ras proteins.13 In the...
Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 08:41
Short sellers and analysts as providers of complementary information about future firm performance
... earnings as reported by COMPUSTAT; Last Analyst Forecast is the date of the last consensus analyst forecast of earnings per share as reported by I/B/E/S; and First Analyst Forecast is the date of the ... Forecasts 45 The Association between Short Interest and Quarter-One and Quarter-Two Forecast Errors 50 Comparisons of Error and Squared-Error of Unadjusted Analyst Forecasts to Forecasts ... Office of Graduate Studies of Texas A&M University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Approved by: Chair of Committee, Committee Members, Head of...
Ngày tải lên: 30/09/2015, 16:58
Mafias, machines and mobilization the sources of local power in three districts in north sumatra, indonesia
... Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Home Affairs monitor local legislation and strike down local laws judged to contravene national ones As of April 2010, for example, the Ministry of Finance ... hundreds of millions to billions of rupiah (tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of US dollars).59 Once they procure a nomination, mafia candidates must raise popular support Because mafias not ... audit board’s reports of financial irregularities: health (Dinas Kesehatan), education (Dinas Pendidikan) and settlement and infrastructure (Dinas Kimprasda, Permukiman dan Prasarana Daerah) It...
Ngày tải lên: 13/10/2015, 15:57
Legal English: How to understand and master the language of law pptx
... explanation of basic legal principles (such as in relation to the law of contract and tort) as well as a review of language and grammar – all in the context of ‘portable’ skills training which will be of ... Yavaprapas In Attendance: Gisela Wirth Thomas Shapiro and Dimitris Yavaprapas accepted of ce as directors of the company It was resolved that Thomas Shapiro be appointed Chairman of the board It was ... conduct of the members of the company and its of cers The of cers of a company are its directors and company secretary These rules commonly relate to matters such as the conduct of shareholder and...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 06:20
Báo cáo y học: "Thioglycosides as inhibitors of hSGLT1 and hSGLT2: Potential therapeutic agents for the control of hyperglycemia in diabetes"
... Fluorescence emission was recorded at 460 and 580 nm After a 20 sec baseline reading, 0.1 ml of PBS containing 10 µM of the compound investigated was added, and the fluorescence signal was recorder for ... biosynthesis of chrysomelidial and salicin These substances are synthesized and secreted as part of a defense mechanism used by larvae of beetles (Chrysomelidae) Their synthesis has been previously ... (A) and CHO cells expressing hSGLT2 (B) was determined by IC50 assessment Different concentrations of thioglycoside I and VII in log scale were plotted against [14C]AMG uptake as percentage of...
Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 10:04
Some aspects of American culture and society in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries through a number of selected short literary works
... contribute to the understanding of the underlying ideas of the author as well as the cultural features and social aspects of the time Like other types of story, a short story consists of five elements: ... toilet of his own place of business “Daddy and some other men tried to lift him up, while he was screaming and gasping and clutching his chest, but he was stuck in that cramped space.” (as cited ... body was still “ravaged by all the love and caring and the colors and forms and the body growing still in the new silence of the room as someone I knew and loved ceased breathing.” (Bowden, as cited...
Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 15:01
Stability and in vivo evaluation of pullulan acetate as a drug nanocarrier
... stability and toxicity of PANs, and further investigated the sustained release behavior in vivo of drug loading in PANs PA was firstly synthesized and characterized by FT-IR and 1H NMR, and then ... the C-18 column was used and the mobile phase (0.02 M KH2PO4/CH3CN/CH3OH = 49:17:34 v/v/v) was delivered at a rate of 1 ml/min Sample (20 μl) was injected and the column effluent was detected with ... integration value of acetyl protons at 1.8–2.2 ppm and B is that of OH protons and H-1 to H-6 protons of pullulan moiety observed at more than 3.5 ppm Preparation and characterization of PANs and PA/EPI...
Ngày tải lên: 23/04/2013, 21:38
Functions and variables as symbols
... Review: Hash tables • Hash table (or hash map): array of linked lists for storing and accessing data efficiently • Each element associated with a key (can be an integer, string, or other type) • Hash ... External libraries provide a wealth of functionality – example: C standard library • Programs access libraries’ functions and variables via identifiers known as symbols • Header file declarations/prototypes ... program executable • addresses for lines of code and static and global variables not yet assigned • need to perform link step on hello.o (using gcc or ld) to assign memory to each symbol • linking...
Ngày tải lên: 25/04/2013, 08:07
River Water Quality Analysis of Hadano Basin and its Relationship with Nonpoint Sources of Pollution
... Minasebashi Basin Minasebashi Basin Overlay of sewered area Overlay of sewered area and households Separation of unsewered households Fig - Separation of unsewered households of Minasebashi basin ... 14 Seashore Seashore Journal of Water and Environment Technology, Vol 9, No.2, 2011 Land use data of each drainage basin was extracted in GIS and the area of each land use type was calculated ... (Tributary) Yamanokami Minasebashi Sakurabashi Shintokiwabashi Sakurazawabashi 10 Shiyamabashi 11 Kobane 12 Kuzuhaohashi 13 Kusawabashi 14 Minoge 15 Kanamegawabashi 16 Ochiaibashi River Basin No Monitoring...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 10:17
Pro .NET 2.0 Windows Forms and Custom Controls in C#
... referenced assemblies and in the NET class library (which is itself just a collection of assemblies with useful classes) The Roles of Classes It’s important to remember that although all classes are ... words: classes and objects Classes are the definitions, or object templates Objects are classes in action The basic principle of object-oriented design is that you can use any class to create as many ... creating skinned custom controls, this book shows you how The practical, task-based approach of Pro NET 2.0 Windows Forms and Custom Controls in C# allows it to cover a wide range of Windows Forms...
Ngày tải lên: 19/10/2013, 21:15
Tài liệu Transformation through Integration An Activity Theoretical Analysis of School Development as Integration of Child Care Institutions and the Elementary School ppt
... schoolchildren of working or studying parents, or in cases where the child has an individual need A place should be offered as close to the child’s home as possible As in the case of pre-school and family ... the child as nature has its origin in a romantic view of the child as, for example, was expressed by Rousseau and Fröbel To organize work in themes such as, for example, the farm, the seasons, or ... Swedish school system has gone through phases of change, as accounted for above, it seems that transmission of basic skills and knowledge remains the main mission However, and as the account shows,...
Ngày tải lên: 16/01/2014, 16:33
Tài liệu Pro .NET 2.0 Windows Forms and Custom Controls P2 pptx
... referenced assemblies and in the NET class library (which is itself just a collection of assemblies with useful classes) The Roles of Classes It’s important to remember that although all classes are ... words: classes and objects Classes are the definitions, or object templates Objects are classes in action The basic principle of object-oriented design is that you can use any class to create as many ... fine-tuned graphics, and encompass low-level details with higher-level object models In Chapter you’ll learn about the basic types of custom controls you can create and see how to set up a custom control...
Ngày tải lên: 25/01/2014, 11:20