Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 10:21
... [24–31] These affect the oligomerization of the protein, indirectly affecting the association with the MASPs, or directly affecting the binding site for the MASPs, which has been localized to the ... of the serine proteases C1r and C1s [32,33] The function of C1q is similar to that of the collectins, and the role of these molecules in the immune system relies on their ability to bind to repeating ... 4–12% SDS/PAGE Synthetic peptides Peptides were synthesized as amides by solid-phase peptide synthesis as described by Atherton and Sheppard [74] The identity and purity of the peptides were...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 05:20
Retail Consolidation and Produce Buying Practices: A Summary of the Evidence and Potential Industry and Policy Responses pot
... competition If offered by suppliers, then the potential for competitive foreclosure and raising of barriers to entry is clear On the other hand, much of the empirical and anecdotal evidence suggests ... it and hence the ability to influence prices at least to some extent.3 Second, retailers have the ability to differentiate themselves through the services they emphasize, advertising, and other ... call attention to themselves by alienating suppliers further Ultimately, suppliers need to see value for the payments they make and, given that there are few strong brands in the produce category,...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 13:20
Support to the identification of potential risks for the environment and human health arising from hydrocarbons operations involving hydraulic fracturing in Europe doc
... extraction Its use has been limited to lower volume fracturing of some tight gas and conventional reservoirs in the southern part of the North Sea and in onshore Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and the ... tight gas and conventional reservoirs in the southern part of the North Sea and in Ref: AEA/ED57281/Issue Number 17 Support to the identification of potential risks for the environment and human ... extracted The challenge of ensuring the integrity of wells and other equipment throughout the development, operational and post-abandonment lifetime of the plant (well pad) so as to avoid the risk...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 00:20
THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING
... geography, history and other link made the basis for selection of investors The economic benefits from FDI The following are the benefits brought by FDI: (1) Employment: While the number of jobs ... investment and production process itself and along with new jobs and income is additional purchasing power for local people, (2) Benefits of revenues: FDI has the potential to expand the tax base ... explains the frequency and distribution is critical to the satisfaction of the business environment in economic and financial activities of the project in the province The indicator, “There is...
Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2013, 10:57
Evolution of the Earth and its Atmosphere and its Atmosphere
... processes (outlined on the next slide) completely altered the atmosphere, enabling plants and animals to leave the oceans, and survive and evolve on land ♦ Between 450 million years ago and 350 million ... 200 years ago, the industrial age, with its demand for fossil fuels, was getting underway ♦ The impact of people on the atmosphere was about to become noticeable! The Earth and its Atmosphere ... created the “ozone layer” high in the atmosphere, which blocked solar uv from reaching the ground and made it possible for plants and animals to survive above the ocean surface.) Evolution of the...
Ngày tải lên: 04/04/2013, 10:51
A comparison on cohesive devices between the gift of the magi and its two vietnamese translation versions
... up, and the two elements, the presupposing and the presupposed, are thereby at least potentially integrated into a text (Halliday and Hasan ,1976, p.4) Returning to the example, the word He in the ... Review of the theories related to cohesion and translation - Analysis and synthesis of the collected data Design of the Study The thesis consists of three parts: Part I: Introduction states the reasons ... translation and the failure of the other There have been some works that analysed and contrasted cohesion between English and Vietnamese so far The purpose of these works is to point out the similarities...
Ngày tải lên: 14/12/2013, 00:40
Tài liệu An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses pptx
... restrain its action on the bowels An Account of the Foxglove and some of its by William Withering In the summer of the year 1776, I ordered a quantity of the leaves to be dried, and as it then became ... he had no appetite, and a constant thirst: a fullness and load in the stomach: the thighs, legs and hands, much swell'd, and the face and throat in a morning; was costive, and made but little ... edged sword into the the hands of the ignorant, and the most likely method to damn the reputation of any very active and powerful medicine? And is it not more than probable that the neglect of...
Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 23:20
Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: The antibacterial and antifungal properties of trappin-2 (pre-elafin) do not depend on its protease inhibitory function pptx
... particularly elastase and proteinase 3, their two cognate enzymes The fact that elafin and trappin-2 are found at many mucosal surfaces, especially in the skin and in the lung, and are low molecular ... for their different sensitivities to the ionic environment, and could explain their different antibacterial selectivities Whether SLPI and trappin-2 act synergistically together or with other ... membranes, we examined the morphological changes in S aureus, P aeruginosa and 2014 The main physiological function attributed to elafin and ⁄ or trappin-2 and its precursor is the protection of tissues...
Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 17:20
Tài liệu An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases doc
... restrain its action on the bowels An Account of the Foxglove and some of its by William Withering In the summer of the year 1776, I ordered a quantity of the leaves to be dried, and as it then became ... he had no appetite, and a constant thirst: a fullness and load in the stomach: the thighs, legs and hands, much swell'd, and the face and throat in a morning; was costive, and made but little ... edged sword into the the hands of the ignorant, and the most likely method to damn the reputation of any very active and powerful medicine? And is it not more than probable that the neglect of...
Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 11:20
Tài liệu Báo cáo khóa học: A multi-protein complex containing cold shock domain (Y-box) and polypyrimidine tract binding proteins forms on the vascular endothelial growth factor mRNA Potential role in mRNA stabilization pptx
... deletions of the site 1, and CSD sites (Fig 7) The sequences +156 to +179 (CSD site 1) and +650 to +666 (CSD site 2) of the 5¢-UTR were deleted and the sequences +1727 to +1740 (CSD site 3) of the 3¢-UTR ... fluoride and mM Na3VO4 The CCV1 complex was eluted with the same buffer and 0.5 mL fractions collected The molecular mass of the complex was estimated from the column by comparison with the elution ... sites Two potential sites at +157 and +650 were observed These were named CSD site and CSD site and have sequences of 5¢-AACCU CU-3¢ and 5¢-AACUUCU-3¢, respectively (Fig 1A) No other potential...
Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 12:20
Tài liệu The Copenhagen Neuroaesthetics conference: Prospects and pitfalls for an emerging field doc
... museums, concert halls, among others), the length of time they wish to so and, most of the time, the music they wish to hear, the exhibition they wish to visit, and so on So the question of ecological ... pressing issues: the definition of the field’s scope and methods.1 What is neuroaesthetics? One of the main issues raised at the Conference was the definition and scope of the field Neuroaesthetics is ... (1913) and Skinner (1938) Even Fechner’s (1876) empirical aesthetics was unable to develop and strengthen its links with the neurosciences in one direction and evolutionary theory in the other...
Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 17:20
Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: Mutational analysis of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 Interactions of a-helix F and its neighbouring structural elements regulates the activity and the rate of latency transition pdf
... position at the top of the hF/ s3A-loop right above the inserted s4A while in the stressed conformation of PAI-1stab and a1PI, they stack against the aromatic moiety of the s3A residues Y172 and F189, ... assume that the aliphatic moiety of the introduced K in PAI-1(M149K) allows the side chain to adapt the same orientation as the original M and therefore the stabilizing effect of the M149K substitution ... 5), and the salt-bridge between E132 and R135 [18] contribute to the thermodynamic stability of the stressed conformation and/ or are important for the positioning of hF in a way delaying the...
Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 11:20
Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: Inorganic pyrophosphatase in the roundworm Ascaris and its role in the development and molting process of the larval stage parasites doc
... staining), and that the inhibition of PPasecatalyzed PPi hydrolysis by these inhibitors, is likely to prevent the synthesis of the new cuticle from the hypodermis and/ or ecdysis of the old cuticle ... hypodermis, and the longitudinally oriented somatic musculature The ecdysis of an old cuticle and deposition of the components of a new cuticle that are synthesized in the hypodermis and are secreted ... parasites and their soluble extracts used in the assay system We observed that during in vitro cultivation, the L3 could not develop and molt to L4 in the presence of inhibitor, even at the end when the...
Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 11:20
Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: "Organizing Encyclopedic Knowledge based on the Web and its Application to Question Answering" ppt
... noticeably improved, and the coverage was comparable with that for the Nichigai dictionary On the other hand, in the case where random choice was performed, the Nichigai dictionary and the Webbased encyclopedia ... search their knowledge base for the description of each of four candidate terms Then they would choose the candidate term whose description is most similar to the question description The mechanism ... (i.e., memory) for the description of a given term, and compare that description with four candidates Then they would choose the candidate that is most similar to the description For the second type...
Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 18:20
Tài liệu MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THE HEART AND ITS INTERACTION WITH THE VASCULAR SYSTEM ppt
... rises and falls during each beat and this underlies the cyclic rise and fall of muscle force The greater the peak calcium the greater the number of potential actin-myosin bonds, the greater the ... contraction and instantaneous atrial volume) The pressure of the point at the bottom right corner of the loop is the pressure in the ventricle at the end of the cardiac cycle and is called the end-diastolic ... understanding of the heart as a muscular pump and of the interaction between the heart and the vasculature The concepts of contractility, preload and afterload are paramount to this understanding and will...
Ngày tải lên: 22/02/2014, 09:20
FACING THE REALITY OF DRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS: CHALLENGES AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS IN INDIA pot
... dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare Upon the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy has a mandate that ... community level and then referred to the district TB officer, who collects a sample from the patient and sends it to the culture and DST laboratory The culture and DST laboratory communicates the results ... of the planning committee, the Forum, the IOM, INSA, or ICMR; however, they have provided valuable input to the Forum and to the IOM and the workshop contributors as they deliberate on future...
Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 11:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Crystal structure of salt-tolerant glutaminase from Micrococcus luteus K-3 in the presence and absence of its product L-glutamate and its activator Tris pdf
... on those in the TG structure The arrow indicates the Tyr27 residue The mean and SD of the val˚ ˚ ues are 0.25 A and 0.15 A, respectively (B) The backbone atoms of liganded and unliganded structures ... NaCl at its optimum pH 8.0 (data not shown) Figure shows the active sites of Mglu and Bacillus glutaminase in the presence and absence of the ligands The l-glutamate of Mglu is located near the seven ... Displacement of the backbone atoms of Mglu and Bacillus glutaminase induced by ligand binding Displacement values for backbone atoms of the nonliganded and liganded structures are shown The average and SD...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 09:22