... Francis Group, LLC mon land use Cattle grazing is extensive with no fences limiting individual properties There are no data on grazing intensity in Los Toldos, but information provided by national ... Polygala pulchella Polygala sp Pteridium aquilinum Ranunculus praemorsus Richardia sp Setaria sp Stenandrium dulce Stevia alpina Stevia yaconensis Tagetes filifolia Tessaria fastigiata Tibouchina ... species richness remained similar in the different treatments, we detected changes in the life-form spectrum and in the distribution of aerial biomass The reduction in functional or species diversity...
... seagrass habitats have been experiencing worldwide declines via escalating threats from anthropogenic influences including direct and indirect effects of chemical pollutants (i. e., nutrient enrichment, ... 95% confidence intervals, and data availability is indicated by tic marks above the x-axis See Table for species codes FIGURE Generalized additive modeling results for the effect of salinity on ... (Sobocinski et al 2013) again offering evidence of a species reversal in these seagrass fish communities A valuable use for studies like ours when similar historical studies exist is for comparisons...
... could include study sites from mainland Peninsular Malaysia using forests disturbed to varying degrees Given that oil palm cultivation is rapidly affecting biodiversity in Southeast Asia (Fitzherbert ... forest size and its isolation from a larger tract of forest can result in the decrease in middle to large sized mammal populations (Corlett 1992, Laidlaw 2000) This decline in mammalian populations ... lower soil humidity that correlates with increased desiccation of large dung beetle larvae in the soil (Anduaga 2004) Effects of deforestation are also associated with a decline in middle and large...
... dell’uso dell’acqua nella coltivazione dell’olivo, in: Atti del Corso internazionale di aggiornamento tecnico scientifico: Gestione dell’acqua e del territorio per un’olivicoltura sostenibile, Napoli, ... density, similar average value estimated in the olive grove near Cordoba in Spain was little higher (LAI grove = 1.1) [10, 11] It is interesting to compare such LAI values with partitioning of ... tree variability Estimation of leaf distribution based on side-image analysis is dependent on positions of individual leaves in relation to the camera, where leaf angles play an important role...
... that in FL chickens, in vitro sensitivity to lipolytic activity of glucagon is lower in abdominal fat adipocytes as compared to subcutaneous adipocytes, while similar sensitivity was observed in ... lines in both sexes Last, linear regressions between abdominal triglycerides and extra-abdominal triglycerides are given in Table Vil Significant correlations were found at most ages, except in ... total lipids are provided in Table IV In some situations correlations between total lipids and live weights were not significant; analysis of variance (t test) was then used instead of analysis of...
... the deep interior, “Anidolic Ceiling” is designed to collect and redistribute diffuse light rays efficiently under overcast sky condition which dominate Central Europe climate This device consists ... parametric models and achieves optimized design solution by exploitation of analytical output of generations of continuously modified design options It outsides the traditional design approach which ... limitation is identified: the uniformity of internal daylight distribution is not satisfactory and it may raises issues for visual comfort A performance based design approach is proposed to improve...
... improve its competitive advantage, services and profitability by improving feasibility, flexibility, efficiency, viability, and reliability of its production and distribution operations (Chiang ... industries In particular, it provides critical review of the concepts of co-opetition, freight consolidation, collaborative freight distribution, and sustainable distribution particularly relating ... co-opetitive relationships with competitors, introducing the freight consolidation process, and achieving collaborative freight distribution This study will also improve sustainable distribution...
... Following is the summary of major similarities and differences in criticism between American and Vietnamese e-newspapers: Critiques American criticism Vietnamese criticism Direct Indirect Direct Indirect ... 3.1.2 Individualism vs Collectivism One of the most distinctive characteristics of the American is their devotion to individualism They have been trained since very early in their lives to consider ... things, it is giving us a growing industry of journalism and a new tradition of media criticism This change is taking place because Internet is the television for print, in the sense that it is...
... the behavior of people in a given social class is similar In this way financing activities could be tailored according to different social classes Karachi, being the cosmopolitan city having cultural ... the Classified Group ‘B’, decision making is highly dependent on community elders The community elders play a significant role in uniting the community and have a strong influence in their respective ... group lending on the basis of community having similar cultural norms It was found difficult to provide group lending in Classification 1, where sub classifications are evident based on different...
... GRASP55 binding site in the ICD of MT1-MMP, as well as the GRASP55 domains involved in the interaction with MT1-MMP ICD We also describe the GRASP55 interaction with the furin ICD, and provide evidence ... co-localized in very dynamic unidentified cytoplasmic membranous structures (Fig 3, arrowheads) MT1-MMP intracellular domain is involved in the interaction with GRASP55 If the co-immunoprecipitation ... crucial process occurring during cell migration and invasion in various physiological (i. e embryonic development, ovulation, angiogenesis, wound healing) and pathological processes, including...
... Kobori K, Miyashita K, Fujii T, Sakai H, Uchida M & Tanaka H (1993) Identification of glutamic acid 204 and aspartic acid 200 in chitinase A1 of Bacillus circulans WL-12 as essential residues ... proteins identity, especially in the Glyco_18 domain The glutamate residue known to be critical for chitinase activity [18] is substituted by a glutamine, suggesting that this protein lacks chitinolytic ... Arrowheads indicate the positions of residues (D and E) required for catalytic activity in bacterial chitinases [18] The black dotted line delimits the Glyco_18 domain The species abbreviations used...
... the kiosks? What if no one chooses to participate? Does the potential interactivity of individuals operating independently in public space—and the unpredictability of their random initiatives ... characteristics of life in Minnesota chronicled in the musings of Garrison Keillor on his Prairie Home Companion, as well as in city branding initiatives The evolving collection of almost 200 audio ... and video clips is delivered to the different units, all poised and prepped for random activation by curious or impatient passengers In this dynamic, discursive realm of public interactivity,...
... Basic: New York Giddens A 1990 The Consequences of Modernity Polity: Cambridge Giddens A 1994 Living in a post-traditional society In Reflexive Modernization Politics, Tradition and Aesthetics in ... process taking place in a society marked by increasing alienation, isolation and individualization (Giddens, 1990; Beck, 1992; Beck et al., 1994; Giddens, 1994) Social critics such as Eric Klinenberg ... sustainability is becoming an increasingly utopian, yet sophisticated concept In this sense sustainability fulfills all the elements of an ideology When coined in the late 18th century, ideology...
... microinjection of anti-actin Ig into the nuclei of HeLa cells inhibits pre-rRNA synthesis in vivo [25,34] The interaction of NM1 with actin in the initiation complex may trigger a conformational ... also has an important role in RNA polymerase III (Pol III) transcription [27] First, b-actin is tightly associated with Pol III via direct protein–protein interactions with one or more of the RPC3, ... promoter or possess intrinsic histone deacetylase activity to inhibit transcription initiation [86] In addition, the recent report of Rhoregulated PAK6 as an AR hinge-interacting kinase [93] suggests...
... C-terminal helix in Vps4p oligomerization in vivo Vps4p–E233Q, which is locked in the ATP-bound state, acts as a powerful inhibitor of Vps4p function in vivo This dominant-negative inhibition is ... sequence in vitro, this mutation does not prevent association of Vps4p–E233Q with wild-type Vps4p and inhibition of its activity in vivo We have previously described a homotypic interaction involving ... oligomer in vitro This is consistent with previous studies showing that AAA ATPases assemble into oligomeric rings and that ATPase activity is dependent on stimulation of ATP hydrolysis in one subunit...
... information contagion By contrast, given their limited liability, bank owners view failing individually and failing together with other banks in a similar light While information contagion sequentially ... such action increase in the extent of systemic risk on the liability side This interaction of liability side and asset side systemic risk is an important and novel contribution of this paper The ... their depositors or a liquidation of their liabilities Asset side correlation across banks arises if they lend to similar firms or industries The paper’s goal is both positive as well as normative...
... Spettrometria di Massa of the CIMCF, Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Protein concentration was measured by UV spectrophotometry Kinetics of interconversion of dimeric forms To follow the interconversion ... provided by the 1D H-NMR spectra (data not shown), which display all the characteristic signals in almost identical positions The similarity was confirmed by CD measurements (Fig 2) The estimation ... CD and differential scanning microcalorimetry, and an investigation of the kinetics of swapping of all variant dimers in comparison with that of the parent protein mutations are underlined) For...
... Skill Chains in Engineering and Manufacturing Information Infrastructure in the Era of Global Communications IFIP – The International Federation for Information Processing IFIP was founded in ... The editors, Eiji Arai, Jan Goossenaerts Fumihiko Kimura Keiichi Shirase ENHANCING KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL CHAINS IN MANUFACTURING AND ENGINEERING Jan B.M Goossenaerts1, Eiji Arai2, Keiichi Shirase3, ... summarized in Figure 9, where some modelling is well developed in relation with product and process engineering, whereas some other modelling is still in primitive stage, such as deterioration modelling,...
... Note pDNaseII()149/+72) pDNaseII()68/+72) pDNaseII()32/+72) GC -I mtGC -I GC-II mtGC-II GC-III mtGC-III a The underlined ACGCGT and CTCGAG are MluI and XhoI restriction sites, respectively, created ... Bonavida, B (2001) Nitric oxide inhibits the transcription repressor Yin-Yang binding activity at the silencer region of the Fas promoter: a pivotal role for nitric oxide in the up-regulation ... (lane 14) EMSA experiments using labeled probe II (Fig 4B) or probe III (Fig 4C) gave results similar to those shown in Fig 4A, the main differences being that only three complexes were identified...
... platform is intended to offer assistive services with the focus on individual adaptation Its target is to improve the quality of life according to the individual’s specific situation, and in a non-intrusive ... domains of an individual’s life and causes age-specific barriers, such as limitations of mobility, visual and hearing impairments and a high disease susceptibility, especially for chronic diseases ... all organisations providing medical services or working in medical research This mainly includes (private and public) hospitals and independent medical institutes on either regional or national...