... of the rainwater is retained as the canopy is dry When the rain is more frequent, intercepted water is less due to the remaining water from the previous event While there is some understanding ... of rainfall in one event) is more relevant than rainfall intensity and duration Furthermore, rainfall depth is the combination of rainfall intensity and duration and thus one variable of rainfall ... point, and sw [-] is wilting point The water stress defines the water uptake for the vegetation andthe amount of evapotranspiration from the vegetation The water stress varies from to depending...
... made gains in both the finance/banking industries andinthe defence-related public sector Whereas some 125 000 women worked in finance and banking institutions in 1975, the number increased to ... answer: The two decades between 1975 and 1995 brought significant changes inthe representation of women in Freedonia's work force, according to the graphs In 1975, for example, some 300 000 men and ... worked inthe communications sector Twenty years later, though the number of men remained unchanged, the number of women rose to 550 000 A similar situation was seen inthe wholesale and retail...
... own welfare and that of their families These theoretical underpinnings have influenced thinking around famines and, indeed, the approach of such organisations as the FAO, the WFP and other UN agencies ... resolving food insecurity andthe real achievements in increasing global food security, the gap between the aspiration of eradicating hunger andthe continuing reality, portrayed, in this case, in ... women and habitat relating directly and indirectly to food security Within the UN system alone, including the international financial institutions, 14 Food Security andSustainable Development in...
... Springfontein ja, I think it’s Springfontein number one Andthe reason for that is that in Springfontein you have, it’s on the N1, the Springfontein, you have trucks coming inand out the area ... took place Andthe reason for that (high rates of HIV infections in Springfontein) is that in Springfontein you have, it’s on the N1, the Springfontein, you have trucks coming inand out the area ... instruments The complete interview guide used to gather the data can be found inthe Appendices The items of the guide were adapted and varied according to the person being interviewed, and the...
... involved inthe ssDNA binding by bacterial single stranded DNA-binding protein (SSB) and human replication protein A (RPA) [23,24], we performed mutational analyses on Tyr232 inthe L1 loop and ... poly(dT), showing that the changes were mainly due to the binding of the first DNA, while the binding of the second DNA had less in uence (Fig 5A) To ensure that the estimation of the protein:poly(dT) ... HsRad51 inthe absence of DNA (Figs 2D,E) These results suggest that the Tyr232 residue is within neither the subunit–subunit interface nor the ATP-binding site In contrast to the salt-induced...
... well They include constraints on the supply of labor and other inputs, upward pressure on wages and rents, congestion of infrastructure, and (if fiscal incentives are provided to the locating ... firms like AT&T and IBM and their precursory innovations (like the transistor) Many of the enhancements in personal computing since then have come from large firms as well, including the hard drive ... employees) (Mills and Bhandari).9 Of the nearly 44 million uninsured people inthe United States in 2002, fully 60 percent were in families who owned or worked at small businesses.10 Among the self-employed,...
... own welfare and that of their families These theoretical underpinnings have influenced thinking around famines and, indeed, the approach of such organisations as the FAO, the WFP and other UN agencies ... resolving food insecurity andthe real achievements in increasing global food security, the gap between the aspiration of eradicating hunger andthe continuing reality, portrayed, in this case, in ... women and habitat relating directly and indirectly to food security Within the UN system alone, including the international financial institutions, 14 Food Security andSustainable Development in...
... smiling and waving to the viewer Again, there is certainly no semiotic contradiction between the images andthe event-construal, no matter how the meaning of these images is interpreted The BATTLE ... Bednarek, Construing the world the COAST is the boundary between land and water from the land’s point of view“ (Fillmore 1982: 121) Similarly, to be inthe bus implies that the bus is not in service, ... event-construals Event-construals in texts Inthe following sections I intend to show the important role of tapping into conceptual metaphors and employing other linguistic and semiotic devices to construe...
... to interact with Calp1 This indicates the presence of a calpain binding site inthe C-terminal domain of smooth muscle a-actinin Involvement of the C-terminal domain of ask in Calp1 binding In ... a-actinin, either in direct contact or in a complex including the two proteins In conclusion, our study proves the interaction between a-actinin and calpain and locates binding motifs within regions ... proteins [25,51] Binding interface between Calp and ask was further located in this study Calpain binding structures were found within the 10 kDa C-terminal domain of the a-actinin molecule The inability...
... culture, in fact, dictated the rhythm of county life, from disking and harrowing the soil in late winter and planting inthe spring to hoeing and weeding, topping and suckering, priming (i.e., picking) ... took the other side And if the Dodgers inthe National League, why the Indians inthe American? Because, I’m almost certain, of the ’54 World Series when the Indians played the Giants, 22 Off the ... Maryland, and Tatum was going to take the Heels all the way to the top “I don’t think winning is the most important thing,” he said, Lombardi-like, in a newspaper interview “I think it is the...
... understand the meaning of the questions in this section Each session took 30 including instructions at the beginning, the listening comprehension task, and completion of the questionnaire The questionnaire ... in perceptual training of sounds such as /r/ and /l/, especially inthe more phonologically challenging areas based on their L1: /r/ and /l/ in final position for Korean participants andin initial ... questions during the 2-min pause after each 2- to 4-min clip They were not allowed to read the questions in advance After listening/viewing the clip, they were told to turn the page to answer the questions...
... businesses, the traditional target client group of savings banks By capturing and channelling more of the remittances into the financial system and intermediating the flow of the resources, savings ... disbursing of loans and collecting loan repayments Another promising track for savings banks is to invest their savings deposits in microfinance institutions by specialising 18 Microfinance Information ... remittances income andin using the remitter’s assets as collateral Conclusion Despite their longstanding commitment and their tremendous efforts inthe field of access to finance, savings banks...
... statement and suggests that the RNA binding site is still available and its binding affinity is not altered by the presence of DNA inthe DNA binding site Interestingly, when nM RNA and 10 nM ... substrate failed to inhibit RNA splicing, even when in 50- and 400-fold excess over protein and RNA, respectively (Fig 6B) Interpreting the data as being inconsistent with a single binding site model ... DNA substrate to inhibit RNA splicing (Fig 6B) and therefore it seems reasonable to make the working hypothesis that the RNA and DNA binding sites are not the same, rather that they are separate...
... Outline of SABMiller and SAB Ltd • The South African Breweries Limited was founded in 1895 • The company became SABMiller plc in 2002 when it purchased the Miller Brewing Company inthe US • SABMiller ... by far the most influential mineral inthe brewing process Calcium reacts with phosphates, forming precipitates that involve the release of hydrogen ions andin turn lowering the pH of the mash ... sulfates and chlorides remaining inthe water Brewhouse Chemistry Alkalinity inthe Brewhouse: Alkalinity is a measure of the buffering capacity of the bicarbonate ions and, to some extent, the carbonate...
... for the speaking time, i.e., the interval during which the sentence is being uttered Since the number of the potential temporal relations holding between the time intervals contained inthe sentence ... underlying the choice and conjugation of an English verb tense One of the main concerns in designing the knowledge base for this module has been that of maintaining the wealth of ideas and intuitions ... completed)) By the end of next month I shall have finished my thesis the speaking time is now, the event time is given by the time interval associated with the action to finish the thesis andthe reference...
... they are creating and, more to the point, co-creating their Internet environment through processes of social interaction The theoretical question then becomes, what are they creating and what role ... blind to the nicknames when coding their utterances, and were blind to the utterances when coding the nicknames Only the transcripts from the monitored service were coded for the presence of the ... the Internet (three in public chat rooms and two inthe more private instant message environment) was the venue of their first sexual experience; others reported that it was the place where they...
... residents around the city, including residents inthe SHA’s LIPH program Neither could the study control for the enthusiasm and support offered by the SHA employees and City of Seattle Aging and Disability ... available inthe city, they not appear to have any effect in this measure Indicator 3: Social Interaction Table 19 Percentage of people who reported meeting other residents in their building in organized ... Services The concept of linking housing and supportive services is not new In establishing the Congregate Housing Services Program (CHSP) in 1978, the US Congress noted that “congregate housing,...
... seventeenth and nineteenth centuries and then spread to other European countries and, inthe nineteenth and twentieth centuries, to the South American, Asian and African continents Borrowing from the nineteenth-century ... consulted to the World Bank Van der Berg tweaked the ‘Gini coefficient’ (the main measure of inequality) by measuring the impact of state spending on the ‘social wage’ and drawing inferences for inequality ... class, power and struggle have gone out the window in development discourse in many parts of the world, mainstream economics has jumped into development thinking and policy (including in South Africa...