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... mRNA insta-bility andthe involvement of the ARE in this process[10,11]. In addition, another destabilizing sequence wasidentified within the coding region of IFN-b mRNA [12,13].Whereas the independent ... synthesis isinduced by stimulating agents. The fact that the 65-kDaprotein binds ARE and CRID in UV-crosslinking experi-ments, performed with cytosolic extracts from both non-infected and infected ... encoding the HA epitope wasinserted at the end of the IFN-b coding sequence todistinguish the products resulting from the expression of the DNA constructs andthe endogenous gene (Fig. 2). Theseconstructs...
... interestrates on the two instruments. The nominal loan demand is:ld= p −λlil+ λbib+ λyy, (3)with λl, λb and λystanding for the loan interest rate, the bond interest rate andthe income ... indicating that the loan rate was an increasing function of the intervention rate inthe period under consideration.1.3 The Variations inthe Interest Rate Spread as an Indicator of Amplification and ... and tohaveapositivesign.FollowingtheBernankeandBlinder (1988a,b) andthe bank lending channelliterature, we assumed inthe model a positive dependence of loan demand on output invoking working13See, for instance,...
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... with the current condi-tions. The main reasons given were stability of theirlives, a n interesting job, and being close to their hometown and f amilies. Stable lives, including work and income, ... stakeholders; the motivation forjoining the profession by doctors; their views on the different factors affecting their willingness to work in ruralareas (including different income streams, working ... the support and advice of Tomas Lievens and Tim Martineau in developing the research, the contributions of all research participants, and the constructive comments of the reviewers. The findings,...
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... ts and HRQoL on the Psychological Well-being and School Environmentdimensions andthe Overall score in boys, and on the School Environment and Physical Well-b eing dimen-sions in girls. Inthe ... criticalrevision of the manuscript and made a substantial contribution to itscontent, and read and approved the final manuscript.Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests.Received: ... we investigated whether there were gen-der-based differences inthe association between LEs and HRQoL [28]; and whether desirable and undesirableevents and t hose which occurred within the...
... U→Caconden-sing mapping. Then, either F has a fixed point in Uor there is a point u ẻ U and l ẻ(0,1) with u = lF(u);hereU and UdenotetheclosureofUinCandtheboundaryofU in C, respectively.Lemma ... and F: UwCa weakly sequentiallycontinuous and -condensing mapping. Then eitherFhasafixedpoint,(2:1)orthereis a point u ∈ ∂QUand, λ ∈ (0, 1) with u = λFu(2:2)here ∂QU is the ... th e Banach contraction principle andthe Schauder fixed pointtheorem, and is useful in establishing existence theorems for perturbed operator equa-tions. Since then, there have appeared a large...
... Obviously, G∗n,0f (x) = F∗nf (x )and Gn,0f (x) =Fnf (x). 8 Journal of Inequalities and Applications In view of (2.5) and using Stirling formula, we obtainwσ1Sn,2fp≤ K1σ,σ1,cwσfp4r1n2r1∞l=2r1+1r2l1n2lγ2ln2l[l/2]j=0(4 ... r1.(2.32) The equality follows simply from properties of finite differences since the left-hand sideof the equation is a half of the finite difference of the polynomial (r1−x)2s. Therefore,Sn,1f ... Favard-Durrmeyer oper-ators in exponential function spaces,” to appear in Ukrainian Mathematical Journal.[10] W. Kratz and U. Stadtmăuller, On the uniform modulus of continuity of certain discrete approx-imation...
... ontogeny and ultimately adult anatomy [2].DNA sequencing andthe understanding that changes in sequence can also be used to deduce the relatedness ofspecies marks another important landmark inthe ... resulted in wings and thermal homeostasis in both mammals and birds, the vast bulk of comparativeanatomy data reveals the deep roots of tissues and organsystems. Morphology indicates that the basic ... Conservative and non-conservative changes tocodons have been a boon in understanding the influence ofselection and chance on evolution. The form and functionof vertebrate tissues and organ systems...
... Cerrado), andthe minimum ones, during the dry period. The belowground biomasses collectedduring the rainy season were significantly higher thanthat collected during the dry period in both open and closed ... Rawitscher and other professors of the University ofSão Paulo, who inthe 40s planned and started the long-term experiment on the effects of fire inthe structure and function of the Brazilian ... 15 randomly selectedpoints. Each sample was at least 20 meters from the other and they were avoided inthe following sampling. Fromeach layer, one litre of structuredsoilwascollected usinga...
... organisms. The objective of the present study wasto proceed in the description of the genetic variation in oak populations and thus in the characterization of the natural ... concluded that, morethan in other species, large genetic variation must be incorporated into oak population in order tomaintain the ability of these species to adapt to ... approach the center, the more representative of the remainderis the genetic information of this sample, and is equivalent to reduction of sample-specific information. In the...