... elicitation of data from a
large sample of subjects relatively easily, using the same situations where contextual
variables can be controlled. It is a good way to gain insight into social factors ... commodity called face. Face is defined as consisting of the freedom to act
unimpeded (Negative Face) and the satisfaction of having one’s value approved of (Positive
Face). To maintain face requires ... evidence he has. In (27), there is a clash of non-observance of the maxim of
Quantity and Quality.
A great number of similar cases are available in Vietnamese. These patterns of
responses are rich,...
... [19] catalytic activity. Interestingly,
maximal activity of domain 2 was achieved only when
domain 1 was functional, reinforcing, once again, the
idea that catalysis at one active site is affected ... the
TSAC, it is reasonable to speculate that closing of one
active site is structurally linked to substrate binding in
the second. Stated another way, formation of the
TSAC in one active site may act ... interactions
to inhibit the binding and closing of any other active
sites that are in communication with the closed site, is
simple and appealing and goes some distance towards
explaining the asymmetry in...
... still await approval
in the West Bank (Jenin, Ramallah, and Abu Dis).
Sources: Interviews and information with Palestinian Water Authority, Ministry of Planning, and Palestinian
Energy Authority ...
The broad range is due to the method of estimation which can vary widely since many Palestinian villages
are located partially in Area A and B on the one hand, and partially in Area C, so it ... southwest of
Ramallah, is one of many examples ofa vital link now closed to the Palestinians
21
.
13. In total, the land area of the West Bank restricted from Palestinian use adds up to
38.3% of...
... still await approval
in the West Bank (Jenin, Ramallah, and Abu Dis).
Sources: Interviews and information with Palestinian Water Authority, Ministry of Planning, and Palestinian
Energy Authority ... PROSPECTS OF AREA C
31. As discussed in the previous section, the land administration and planning system
maintained by the GOI in Area C is problematic in terms of providing adequate Palestinian
access ... population in Area C has been estimated to be anywhere between 70,000
and 230,000 people
48
. Area C naturally incorporates most rural areas and grazing land, so a
large part of the population are...
... more interesting for our investigation, is how changes in individual un-
certainty a ect the process of capital accumulation, the level of the real interest rate
16
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variable ... capital-output ratio is negative, which leads
to an increase in the real interest rate. This further leads toa contraction in demand
for credit. In our model a change of ρ from 0.96 to 0.98 leads toa decrease ... is diminished, which leads toa decline in
the stock of capital. An increase of the replacement ratio from 0.4 to 0.6 decreases the
capital-output ratio from 2.643 to 2.533 and raises the interest...
... cost' makes
economic assumptions about the back sides of mountains in Afghanistan and the
behavior of entrepreneurs in Africa.”
Adrian Schofield, head of research for ForgeAhead, an information ... power toa game and
… the place that I call 'game world' today may develop into much more than a game in
the near future. It may become just another place for the mind to be, a new and ... collected, and an email invitation was also issued
to these people to participate. This created an additional snowball sample of
respondents, whose ideas are also included in the final data.
The...
... Additional file 1).
Correlates of QOL according to frailty status
In the total sample several variables, including frailty,
were significantly associated with a worse QOL at univar-
iate analyses (Table ... community-dwelling older adults referred to an
outpatient geriatric service in Italy
Claudio Bilotta*
1
, Ann Bowling
2
, Alessandra Casè
1
, Paola Nicolini
1
, Sabrina Mauri
1
, Manuela Castelli
1
and ... par-
ticipants were similar in the three QOL-related groups. A
P-value less than or equal to 0.05 was assumed to indicate
statistical significance.
As far as multivariate analyses in the total sample were
concerned,...
... experimentally, Ecology 73 (1992)
2129–2144.
[27] Nagakura J., Shigenaga H., Akama A. , Takahashi M., Growth and
transpiration of Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) and Hinoki
cypress (Chamaecyparis ... bal-
ance between transpiration and photosynthesis when soil wa-
ter availability declined, suggesting that American chestnut is
adapted to tolerate water deficit. This trait, if maintained in
the ... destructive leaf harvesting on the main
study plants and a rapid means to assess plant water status [4, 13, 35].
2.1.2. Leaf gas exchange
Prior to arrival at a moisture status of 0.10 m
3
m
−3
(a value...
... ataxia-
telangiectasia patients is usually atypical, leading to delays in diagnosis.
Case presentation: We report the case ofa 20 year old ataxia-telangiectasia patient with gastric
adenocarcinoma ... Naika no
Ryôiki (Domain of Internal Medicine) 1975, 35:623-626.
15. Watanabe A, Hanazono H, Sogawa H, Takaya H: Stomach cancer
of a 14-year-old boy with ataxia-telangiectasia. Tohoku J Exp
Med 1977, ... chronic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia seem to lead to
the development of gastric adenocarcinoma. One should consider adenocarcinoma in any patient
with ataxia-telangiectasia who presents with...
... basal forebrain, brainstem, and spinal cord, and
which may play important roles in maturation of stress
and pain circuitry [44]. It is also a type of pain-related
receptor that is involved in ... obtained similar antinociceptive
response and development of tolerance to morphine in
prenatally methadone- and morphine-exposed offspring.
The morphine-induced tolerance in prenatally metha-
done-exposed ... decreases analgesia but not K+ channel
activation. Neuroreport 2003, 14:239-242.
18. O'Callaghan JP, Holtzman SG: Prenatal administration of morphine to
the rat: tolerance to the analgesic...
... types
such as renal cell carcinoma, melanoma, thyroid cancer,
ovarian cancer, sarcoma, and pancreatic cancer. None of
these tumor types is characterized by elevated alpha-feto-
protein or imaging characteristics ... seen in reported clinical trials of sorafenib. In
the SHARP trial, 83% of the 902 patients in the study had
protocol deviation due toa variety of reasons. The original
dosing of sorafenib called ... remission has not been
observed in clinical trials of sorafenib in patients with
renal cell carcinoma. Preliminary studies have shown an
anti-tumor activity of sorafenib ina variety of tumor types
such...
... (QDs) to target
proteins in vivo. This approach allows the covalent conjugation of any nanostructure and/or
nanodevice to any protein and thus the targeting of such material to any intracellular ... (I
C
-
Biotin)
H-MVKVIGRRSLGVQRIFDIGLPQDHNFLLAN-
GAIAANCFDYKDDDDK(Ahx-Biotin)G-NH2 Modifica-
tions: Biotin conjugated to lysine via a Ahx linker (6
carbon inert linker) A 47 amino acid peptide correspond-
ing to C-terminal intein (I
C
) ... confir-
mation ofin vivo targeting and localization and ii) their
potential as a bio-imaging tool. In contrast to traditional
fluorophores, QD's act as robust, broadly tunable nanoe-
mitters that can...