... spanning theevolutionary history of mammalian brains might give us a greater awareness ofthe physiological wiring ofthe mammalian brain For example, is there a combined influence ofthe salience and ... on the presence ofthe drug With an absence ofthe drug, withdrawal symptoms are experienced as the brain attempts to deal with the chemical changes There are believed to be evolutionaryorigins ... reflexes Evolutionary advantage of emotion The evolution of brain systems brought about indicators of levels of fitness in the form of chemical signals perceived as emotion [7,8,11,13] These emotions...
... the development ofthe meaning of “land”, the history ofthe land concessions, from the first beginnings to the present, rights and powers in the management and use of land, andthe process of ... context ofthe management and use of forest and land resources in the midst ofthe transition process of economic development ofthe country Changes in the meaning of “land” in Laos “Land ofthe ... crops and it is one ofthe ten top export commodities of Thailand The area of rubber production has expanded from the South to the Eastern region, the Northeast andthe North In the Northeast,...
... policies they have on palm oil, whether they are enforced, and whether they can identify the source of their palm oil d) To the Indonesian Government Friends ofthe Earth demands that the Indonesian ... used the land in the way they stated they would (e.g in the case of logging/ oil palm companies, whether the companies did develop oil palm plantations as they said they would, or whether they ... with the parent estate, which is appointed as the manager ofthe land The parent still guarantees the repayment ofthe development loan from the bank.124 However, from another point of view, the...
... USAID andtheOf ce of Federal Disaster Assistance The team evaluated the extent ofthe damage and assessed the needs ofthe victims [8] In addition to the government rescue efforts andthe donations ... behavior of residents living near the hazard The study found that evacuation behavior was linked to the type ofinformation (i.e., clarity and frequency of message, and source of information) andthe ... hazard The term disaster refers to theconsequencesofthe hazard, and, particularly to the intersection ofthe hazard with the underlying vulnerabilities and capacities that shape the health of...
... energies ofthe original resiDG i;j due i in the native protein with the rest ofthe residues, self DDG k mutị are the changes ofthe self energies ofthe residues k that change either their ionization ... on the reaction Analysis ofthe effect ofthe mutations on protein stability revealed three distinctive mechanisms of relaxation, and in the case of S36A, no relaxation at all The rst type of ... distal point ofthe rest ofthe protein Such a dipole will have weak interactions with the rest ofthe protein Thus, if turned off (by removal of Arg and protonation of Asp185), the protein energy...
... performed outside the hive When the dance is done in the darkness ofthe hive, the replacement ofthe angle ofthe sun by the bee’s alignment, vertical rather than horizontal, say, or standing in some ... traversed on the frames of wax represents a distance of several tens or even hundreds of metres outside the hive; the vertical direction represents the direction ofthe sun; the direction ofthe central ... aware of only the approximate meaning of alarm calls and it does take them some years to learn the Wner points of this skill (Hauser 1996: 306) There are species of birds in which the song of the...
... faces, and perhaps give up on the task completely after a few minutes of flailing about In the moment, these low mood states are the real deal, full ofthe sick and sinking feeling of failure Yet these ... diseases and are not part of normal variation By the tenets ofthe disease model, the symptoms of depression must reflect abnormal functioning The problem is that the architects ofthe DSM system ... that the mood system is the great integrator To guide behavior effectively, it must a simultaneous readout ofthe state ofthe world, the body’s internal milieu, andthe potential payoffs and...
... related to the frequency of previous measurements Within the analysis ofthe hypothesis ofthe dependence of dieback of subdominant trees standard parameters of differences between upper and lower ... the proportion of larch slightly decreased, nevertheless, the species has taken up steadily 35% ofthe reduced stand area in the last 20 years On the other hand, the proportion ofthe second main ... At an age of 51 years, the stand with the proportion of beech and larch 80 and 20%, respectively, had the total growing stock of 430 m3/ha With the proportion of beech and larch 60 and 40%, respectively,...
... test by the French standard COFRAC (NF EN ISO/CEI 17025) PrP polymorphisms at codons 136, 141, 154 and 171 ofthe 248 AS cases were analysed after direct sequencing ofthe coding region ofthe PRP ... approximation ofthe relative risk in the context of rare diseases We could not estimate OR associated with the genotypes in which no case was detected The value ofthe OR and their 95% confidence ... risk of AS depended only on the genotype, the age andthe surveillance stream Considering that the animals tested from a given flock had the same distribution of age and surveillance stream as the...
... expressed ones [5-7] We have studied the relationship between the phyletic age of a protein and its expression profile, and related this to the function ofthe protein The term 'phyletic age' used here ... description ofthe expression profile determination and protein annotation as described in Materials and methods The numbers in the pie charts indicate the number of proteins assigned to the relevant ... table andthe test statistics of these were used to form an estimate of their distribution under the null hypothesis, to which the observed test statistic can be compared Additional data files The...
... characteristics of farmers and their use of pesticides, two sets of dose - response functions were constructed: one using the survey data andthe other using coefficients adjusted and transferred from the ... stocks of these insecticides after their ban and their relatively cheaper price and wide-spectrum toxicity There could also be some weakness in the enforcement and control ofthe use of hazardous ... villages in Vietnam The IPM trainers served as resource persons for other farmers in their villages As a result ofthe FFS andthe data from the surveys of farmers’ practices in their own fields,...
... Secondly, there are now two large muscular bundles, LMa and LMp on the lateral margin of sternite They are the result of bundling and enlarging the anterior and posterior regions ofthe LM sheet LMa and ... Susanomira caucasica Themira annulipes Themira arctica Themira biloba Themira flavicoxa Themira germanica Themira gracilis Themira leachi Themira lucida Themira lutulenta Themira malformans Becker ... this thesis Here, the morphological data are used to study theevolutionary biology (Chapters and 3) and taxonomy (Chapters through 7) of Sepsidae In Chapter 2, I investigate theevolutionary origins...
... (01:29) Behaviours M3 and M4 mostly occur after M1 and M2, suggesting a transferof substance from the rear tibial osmoteria to the mid legs and then onto the female wing and/ or abdomen Female ... variability The amount of data to be presented in a description is ultimately up to the author and determined by the tradeoffs between the costs (either in time, or resources) of acquiring the additional ... to the most conspicuous features that can be used to differentiate and identify the target species from other species known to the scientific community at the time of description In the past, the...
... Singapore (RMBR) Other samples from Raleigh, NC, New York and Athens, GA Etymology The specific name first given by Melander and Spuler in their original description ofthe species (Melander and Spuler ... A, G vs H); (2) the male fore-tibia lacks a distinct ventro-basal bump on the tibia (C) as compared to the European morphotype (J); (3) the epandrium and base ofthe surstylus ofthe male is light ... from the combination ofthe Greek πυρο (pyro; fire) and σώμα (soma; body), an indication towards the reddish hue ofthe fly’s body The gender is neutral Distribution Apparently limited to the...
... around the reunion ofthe family andthe rehabilitation ofthe offender This was possible as all four ofthe participants displayed relief and happiness 34 when discussing the release of their ... ‘social services’ involvement’ (p18) The combination ofthe lack of understanding ofthe criminal justice system, the fear of stigma andthe fear of involvement of social services in family affairs ... family; Taaiba: The dad’s the breadwinner the dad’s got his own work andthe mom is the figure that kind of stayed at home and been the housewife I guess So the bringing up ofthe children was...
... around the reunion ofthe family andthe rehabilitation ofthe offender This was possible as all four ofthe participants displayed relief and happiness 34 when discussing the release of their ... fea of so ial se i es i ol e e t p The combination ofthe lack of understanding ofthe criminal justice system, the fear of stigma andthe fear of involvement of social services in family affairs ... to the nature ofthe offence or prison sentence ofthe family member Furthermore, the thesis allowed for close relatives (as defined by the family) to take part in the research in cases where they...
... rice prices, andthe occurrence of disasters in the community For this paper, we use information on the panel of rural households with children between the ages ofand 13 at the time ofthe 1992-93 ... distribution, the magnitude ofthe effect depends on having worked as a child rather than on the intensity of work 5.5 Robustness ofthe Results and Instruments The causal interpretation ofthe results ... attendance, the magnitudes ofthe results are similar across the three definitions of child labor This suggests that though much ofthe precision of our estimates comes from the upper end ofthe child...
... Pacific Islands andthe Arctic andthe rate of HBsAg positivity ranges from 8% to 15% In the low endemic area, such as Western countries, HBV is predominantly a disease of adolescents and adults ... ofthe host is the development of chronic hepatitis B There are three stages of HBV infection based on viral-host interaction, namely, the immune tolerant phase, the immune clearance phase, and ... In the EUROHEP cohort study, the 5-year cumulative incidence of hepatic decompensation was 16%, the incidence per 100 person years was 3.3 andthe mean interval between the time of diagnosis of...
... operations and two women who reported being sealed had no signs of closure Ofthe three main ethnic groups, 98% of Mandinkas, 4% of Wollofs and 32% of Fulas had signs of genital cutting The socio-demographic ... In 85% ofthe operations, efforts were made to reduce the pain, although the question did not specify whether this was pain at the time ofthe operation or the period after In 83% ofthe operations ... well-being Another possible health consequence of FGC that could not be examined in the present study is the parenteral transmission of HIV at the time ofthe operation because ofthe use of one cutting...