... Academy of Engineering was established in 1964, under the charter of the
National Academy of Sciences, as a parallel organization of outstanding engineers. It is
autonomous in its administration and ... Functioning in
accordance with general policies determined by the Academy, the Council has become the
principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National
Academy of ... USAID
program interests.
The following reports concerning the importance of S&T in international
affairs in general and ininternational development in particular were also cited
by USAID officials...
... experimental spectrum reasonably well. It cannot,
however, explain the remarkably broad wings of the
signal. The broad lineshape and the enhanced relaxa-
tion properties ofthe signal at 77 K indicate ... microscopic particles inthe gas phase inside
the graphite furnace as a result of incomplete combustion,
causing an increase ofthe background signal and thus a sig-
nificant deterioration ofthe signal-to-noise ... manganese that
is the limiting factor determining the amount of func-
tional metalloradical cofactor obtained. In addition,
relatives of corynebacteria belonging to the genus
Arthrobacter were ineffective...
... would have to take into account the
evolution of real wages as well as of wage arrears. However, a remarkable point is that a
substantial proportion of firms (31.5% ofthe sub-sample) has increased ... enterprises,
as well as the actual constraints exerted by the structure ofa balance sheet are still limited, a
qualitative survey may actually offer a stronger appraisal of their actual behaviors.
Section ... the end ofthe high inflation period
which characterised the first phase of Russian reforms (1992-1996), the overall capacity of
the financial system to drain domestic savings and allocate financial...
... calculated in any scenario indicates the value of adding a small increment
of power with the same hourly generation profile. The marginal value does not, however, indicate the
average value of all ... penetration of VG. The marginal value of VG at 10% penetration indicates the value of
increasing penetration beyond 10% while the greater marginal value at lower penetration levels indicates
that the ... detailed historical
hydro data showing constraints and hydro plant parameters are rarely available inthe public domain. In
this analysis hydro is dispatched between the total nameplate capacity...
... lacks the
3¢-phospho-ADP moiety of CoA, having a pivalate
group at the 11-hydroxyl moiety of pantetheine instead
(Fig. 1). The acetyl and acetoacetyl thioesters of PP
(Ac-SPP and AcAc-SPP) have ... to analyse in detail,
using X-ray crystallography and isothermal titration
calorimetry, the factors that in uence the productive
mode of binding ofa CoA substrate to the active site
of biosynthetic ... (5.7 A
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), reflecting the overall
weakening ofthe sulfur–sulfur van der Waals interac-
tions inthe CoA binding mode ofthe C8 9A variant,
especially concerning Met157 (Table 2), in addition to
the...
... cephalosporin antibiotics
[1]. Afundamental question remains within the large class of
flavoprotein oxidases that catalyse the oxidation of amino
or a- hydroxy acids regarding the mechanism by which a
proton ... 2). These results indicate that the mode of ligand
binding is retained inthe two mutants, and that the
alteration ofthe spectral effects can be attributed to an
altered polarity ofthe active ... mutagenesis
experiments, but only by replacing a phenylalanine (a
nondisruptive mutation). Inthe case of RgDAAO we also
changed the spatial arrangement inthe active site by
introducing a serine.
In...
... BAFs.
BAF-QSAR application: Areas of application of the
BAF-QSAR include the categorization of bioaccumulative
substances, the derivation of water quality criteria and the
estimation of total ... underestimated. The reason for
using the upper 97.5 % probability interval ofthe empirical
data rather than the more conventional 95% is that the
majority ofthe BAF data inthe BAF data represent BAFs ... growing and/or (iv) metabolize the substance at a
significant rate.
The BAF-QSAR exhibits a ™parabolic∫ shape. At low
K
OW
, the BAF increases with increasing K
OW
in a linear
fashion, as partitioning...
... corresponds to a point where a
Raman spectrum was measured. (C) Raman signal from a scan on the graphene
piece. Each colored scan is data taken at each ofthe matching colored circles. The
top scan is ... has strained carbon nanotubes lying on an oxide surface up to
2 percent, and the van der Waals force remains sufficient to hold the nanotube in
place. The Lieber and Park group at Harvard have ... electrons are confined in
2 and 0 dimensions in this unique material. Inthe next chapter, we will examine the
mechanical properties of materials with a focus on characterizing nanoscale
mechanical...
... president ofthe National Academy of
Sciences.
The National Academy of Engineering was established in 1964, under the charter
of the National Academy of Sciences, as a parallel organization of outstanding ... tech-
nology appears to offer as a tool to enhance and expand international
comparative research, the role ofinternational video in informing edu-
cational research and professional development inthe ... practitioners.
International videotapes serve as a record of teaching ina par-
ticular time and place, and make that teaching available for multiple
reexaminations; they facilitate collaboration among...
... up an excellent national and international
reputation in these fields. The two institutions also complement each other in
terms of both staff and subject matter: their areas of research and approaches ... program. Both
have many years of experience of teaching and research on the subject of
international economics and, especially, macroeconomics and monetary theory
and policy, and they have ... who are
familiar with the issues intheinternational economy. The recurring crises in
financial markets, and their implications for economies in general, show how
important the functioning of...
... homogeneity of variances in term of number of years in
management 86
30 ANOVA analysisin term of number of years in management 87
31 Test homogeneity of variances in term of Educational qualification ... communication inthe management ofthe management staff
inseparable characteristics ofthe object management and process management.
From the above communication management characteristics that the result ... in management, communication has the
characteristics of management, but it retains its basic characteristics. Characteristics
of communication in management have peculiarities, valuable management...
... platinum-based che-
motherapy. Clinical data were obtained from the medi-
cal record. The disease-free interval was defined as the
interval between the surgery and the date of progression
of the ... cisplatin and paclitaxel-
induced cell death, cisplatin and paclitaxel being two
drugs that are usually part ofthe initial treatment for
ovarian cancer. Cisplatin IC
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was i ncreased by ascites
OVC346, ... and OVC509 ascites. Ovarian
cancer a scites OVC432 had little anti-apoptotic activity
against cisplatin, paclitaxel and TRAIL. These data
demonstrate that the inhibitory effect of ascites against
drug...