... Corrections for the natural abundance signal were made In the case ofthe aspartate peaks, the amount of 13C was estimated by use ofthe integrals andthe known dioxane concentration The contributions ... ours, in that they focused ontheeffectsof acute sulfonylurea exposure, whereas we examined theeffectsof prolonged exposureon ATP levels using 31P-NMR Our data are consistent with other studies, ... addition of 100 mm unlabelled amino acid The amount of 13C in each resonance was evaluated by integration ofthe extract peaks andthe corresponding peaks in the standard sample relative to the...
... in the conception and design ofthe study, analysis and interpretation ofthe data and in the revision ofthe manuscript GL was involved in the conception and design ofthe study, collection and ... interests Authors’ contributions DR was involved in the conception and design ofthe study, collection, analysis and interpretation ofthe data andthe drafting and revision ofthe manuscript PM ... that stimulation of knee joint afferents can elicit strong reflex effectson γ-motoneurons ofthe muscles surrounding the knee Furthermore, the facilitation of extensor γ-motoneurons is blocked...
... by the UK ofthe Environment, the Commission ofthe European Communities, the NE Forest Experiment Station ofthe USDA Forest Service andthe US Environmental Protection Agency, as part ofthe ... The shoots + vials were then autoclaved andthe total conductivity (C-) ofthe solution determined Based onthe assumption that the rate of leakage of electrolytes from a detached shoot is controlled ... of ozone onthe freezing sensitivity of shoots from either species of spruce Over the period 24 November-20 January, there was no change in the leakage rate ofthe Norway spruce shoots and it...
... Fig 12B The effect ofthe presence ofthe adenylates onthe ability of POR-PChlide640 to undergo photoconversion was checked by comparing the efficiency of photoconversion of PLB samples containing ... disaggregation, removes these constraints destabilizing the cubic phase, resulting in the relaxation ofthe membrane into the planar configuration characteristic ofthe prothylakoid region ofthe etioplast ... destabilization of PORPChlide650, and/ or changes in the ionization of groups associated with POR These changes then lead to the destabilization of POR-PChlide650 and membrane reorganization The suspension...
... ii Abstract TheEffectsof Land Use onthe Mobility of Elderly and Disabled and Their Homecare Workers, andtheEffectsof Care on Client Mobility: Findings from Contra Costa, California ... who have low incomes and are female andof color They have examined the relationship between land use and transportation They have begun to take seriously the contributions ofand problems faced ... identify the relationship between residential location, the transportation habits and needs of consumers and providers, andthe extent of care consumers received The six interrelated hypotheses...
... Ellison et al International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013, 10:21 http://www.ijbnpa.org/content/10/1/21 The lack of consensus onthe impacts of menu labeling suggests there ... frequency ofand reasons for dining at the restaurant, (4) method of item selection (i.e., was selection based on taste, price, healthfulness, etc.), and (5) menu label preference Onthe back ofthe survey, ... (drinks and desserts) were not included onthe menu Secondly, we hypothesized a negative relationship between health consciousness and caloric intake The more health conscious a person is (i.e., the...
... diagnosis of chronic stroke, the improvement of outcome measurements, and evaluation oftheeffectsof medication or therapies 20 CONCLUSIONS This study quantitatively assessed theeffectsof notch ... reduced the maximum M wave 18 amplitude andthe absolute values of MUNIX for all the examined muscles Onthe other hand, the notch filter function onand off resulted in similar reduction ratios of ... from the low order (1st order) implementation ofthe notch filter function Increasing the orders ofthe filter may reduce the distortion imposed onthe M wave Implication for application of the...
... safety and minimize theeffectsofthe walking in darkness; since this condition is always performed second, subjects have more time to adapt to the environment and walking conditions Between the ... workstation for analysis using software that extracts the initial and end contact time of each stride and determines stride and swing times To focus onthe assessment ofthe dynamics of continuous, ... effectsof blurring vision in the elderly Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2004, 45:2122-2128 Perry SD, Santos LC, Patla AE: Contribution of vision and cutaneous sensation to the control of centre of...
... mean comparison testing also showed the JPS ofthe sleeve alone condition andthe SR stimulation alone condition were each not different from the control condition in the PWB task These results ... condition did not differ from the sleeve alone condition (NE/S: 2.87° ± 1.41°), andthe NE/S condition was not found to differ from the control condition Finally, the stimulus alone condition ... variables) andthe control condition absolute error (independent variable) To determine whether the application of electrical stimulation had any lasting effectsonthe errors ofthe control condition,...
... regeneration in comparison with the parent stand The more intensive the cutting (greater canopy opening), the less abundant the species from the parent stand in natural regeneration The only exception ... mountain zone The beech stands are sufficiently compact, relative illumination in the year after the cut was “only” 22% (Table 1) The proportions of beech trees belonging to the first and second classes ... the most variable andthe least uniform regeneration from all the examined woody plants A possible explanation is that the seed belongs to the heaviest ones and falls onto the ground nearby the...
... rubber hydrocarbon in the vulcanisate, whilst a and b are constants The higher the Qf/Qg values, the lower the extent ofthe interaction between the filler andthe matrix 2.5 Measurement of Tensile ... 4: The effect of organoclay loading on tensile strength of NR and nanocomposites ENR Figures and show the effect of organoclay loading on stress at 100% elongation (M100) and stress at 300% elongation ... exhibited some agglomeration of organoclays All these observations are in concordance with the XRD patterns and confirmed a better dispersion ofthe organoclay in the case of ENR 50 Figure 15: TEM...
... whether the MDV infection enhanced pathogenicity of ALV-J or not However, theeffectsofthe MDV infection might be similar in both treatment group because most ofthe chickens had MDV infection ... and denaturation was done at 95oC for 30 seconds Forty PCR cycles were done with denaturation at 95oC, hybridization at 55oC for 10 seconds, and extension at 72oC for 13 seconds The melting curve ... filter The resulting solution contained 40 mg of CY/ml The PBS group received one intraperitoneal injection of 0.1 ml sterile CMF-PBS daily for days from the first day after hatch At weeks of age,...
... will depend onthe fungal species and strain used as mycobiont and ii), that there may be a discrepancy between effectsof mycorrhizae on stem elongation onthe one hand andon diameter and weight ... There was no relationship between these parameters andthe needle N concentrations There was a significant correlation between A and needle P concentration only in treatment Tt (fig 9a), in the ... treatment Tt, while the plots relative to treatments LI and TtP occupied the non-limiting P region (P concentration superior to 700 μg·g ofthe ) -1 general relationship DISCUSSION Theand seedlings...
... promote root regeneration Assimilation rate measurements and root observations (number of growing roots and root elongation) were made just before transplanting (day 0) and then weekly from day ... system under standard environmental conditions In experiment 1, intercellular C0 concentration (c values were ) i calculated from the A and g data, which pers mits assessment ofthe extent to ... 1a and b); afterwards the decline continued, but was less pronounced The control plants presented a decreasing trend of gas exchange, but the decline was significantly less pronounced than in the...
... contributed to the design ofthe study, andthe revision ofthe manuscript YB and ZXY participated in the acquisition andthe analysis ofthe data TSL participated in the study conception design and interpretation ... controls Discussion Our study has assessed the impact of lead exposure during the gestational and lactational periods on gene expression of mGluR3 and mGluR7 mRNA, but significant difference of ... 15 The authors declare that they have no competing interests 16 Authors' contributions 17 XJ contributed to the acquisition and interpretation ofthe data and drafted the manuscript YCH contributed...
... the attentional demands necessary to perform the postural task RT was defined as the temporal interval between the presentation ofthe auditory stimulus andthe onset ofthe verbal response (detected ... A-P movement ofthe target from the A-P oscillations Therefore, the remaining A-P signal consisted ofthe specific body oscillations ofthe subjects needed to keep the CP within the moving box ... comparison between the no fatigue and fatigue conditions showed a significant effect of fatigue (F1,9 = 16.41, P < 0.01) The frequency of actions increased between the first andthe second block of...
... standard deviation Parker et al Journal ofthe International Society of Sports Nutrition 2011, 8:16 http://www.jissn.com/content/8/1/16 correct calculation, number of correct calculations, and ... endocrine response have been attributed to differences in training status, dose and duration of supplementation andthe kind of physical and mental stress [1,13] Due to the strenuous nature ofthe exercise ... first testing session Upon completion ofthe first testing session, participants were given a 14 day supply of either PS or PL, depending on which supplement they took for the previous 14 days...
... Results, and (5) Discussions and Conclusions Chapter one introduces the rationale ofthe study, the research objectives, the research questions andthe research hypotheses In addition, the significance ... theeffectsof oral testing on students’ motivation in learning speaking and speaking ability Nonetheless, to the best ofthe researcher’s knowledge, there has been no research ontheeffectsof ... ability in the context of Tran Van Bay high school xv CHAPTER INTRODUCTION The chapter firstly focuses onthe rationale for the study, and then the research objectives andthe research questions follow...
... with the aim of reducing the vulnerability ofthe organization Teng et al., (1995) concluded that the discrepancies in the perceptions ofthe outcomes (i.e cost, the quality ofthe activity and ... addition, they considered two cases ofthe information sharing between the supplier andthe customer, and compared the costs to evaluate the benefit of obtaining additional information about the ... effect of information sharing onthe competition in the downstream market Vertical information sharing has two effects, the “direct effect” onthe payoffs ofthe parties involved in the information...