... bypasses the HPA axis is considered responsible for the acute influence of light on corticosteroid concentrations These conclusions stem, in part, from the observation that cortisol variations are ... rationale to integrate them as key components in the delivery of care in the ICU Conclusion Clearly light has the very real potential to alter the course of disease and the behavior of persons ... in the absence of time -of- day information [11] Environmental stimuli can reset the phase of the circadian pacemaker, light being the ultimate entrainment signal [12] A change in the timing of the...
Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21
... at the teaching institution The aim of the pilot study was to determine the adequacy of the work method, the reaction of participants, the way the questions were addressed and time spent The ... times the Brazilian minimum wage per month Table displays the distribution of scores on the dimensions of the WHOQOL-Old questionnaire associated to the presence or absence of edentulism There ... stressed: the participants only achieved 67.0% of the total possible score on the WHOQOL-Old questionnaire, which implies a 33.0% loss in quality of life The investigation into the quality of life of...
Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 20:20
Licht wissen 19 Impact of Light on Human Beings
... in the blue region of the visible spectrum, which stimulates the ganglion cells of the third photoreceptor in the retina These then inhibit the production of the hormone melatonin As a result, ... apply light therapy in the The frequency and length of therapy sessions required vary The regime is prescribed by the doctor in consultation with the patient and depends on the severity of the ... of the brain via the optic nerve (green path) The ganglion cells of the third photoreceptor, on the other hand, are connected with the superior cervical ganglion in the spinal cord and with the...
Ngày tải lên: 16/05/2015, 09:00
Life at the speed of light craig venter
... who is considered one of the pioneers of modern chemistry Berzelius had pioneered the application of atomic theory to “living” organic chemistry,8 building on the work of the French father of chemistry, ... molecule Light- absorbing pigment is the secret of one of the most important machines of all, the one that drives the living economy of the oceans and surface of the planet While different species of ... applauded a slight, Vienna-born professor of physics [who] has gone beyond the ambitions of any other mathematician.” The next day, The Irish Times carried an article on The Living Cell and the Atom,”...
Ngày tải lên: 20/07/2014, 20:30
Tài liệu The Benefits of “Light Licensing” docx
... Specifications published here are current as of the date of publication of this document Because we are continuously improving our products, ADC reserves the right to change specifications without ... Telecommunications is an approved nationwide licensee for e-band links, and so can assist and even register links on behalf of its customers If there is an issue with the license application, the user ... advised of the problem and is requested to manually file a registration with the FCC This further process could take several weeks, but does not incur any additional FCC fees E-Band Light Licensing”...
Ngày tải lên: 10/12/2013, 19:15
Tài liệu Controlling the Playback Speed and Direction of a Timeline docx
... makeMyDay3.fla We'll continue to build on the project from the preceding exercise; most of the work for this exercise focuses on the Messages section of the application In this area are four buttons named ... property in conjunction with a gotoAndPlay() action allows you to control the direction as well as the pace in which the timeline moves In the following example, the playhead on the main timeline ... // Perform these actions } } In this script, the actions within the conditional statement are executed only when the playhead on the main timeline is between Frames 50 and 100 Using the _currentframe...
Ngày tải lên: 24/12/2013, 07:17
Tài liệu Linking the Gaza Strip with the West Bank: Implications of a Palestinian Corridor Across Israel docx
... international duty This conclusion is supported by the further holding of the International Court of Justice The Court went on to say that for an intervention by one state in the affairs of another ... crossing the complexity of the inspection process will depend on the nature of the cargo and the transportation system With respect to the cargo, the more homogenous the cargo, the less complex the ... criterion for statehood.82 in regard to a portion of the globe is the right to exercise therein, to the exclusion of any other State, the functions of a State.”75 This notion was elaborated upon...
Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 11:20
Tài liệu The Legal and Economic Implications of Electronic Discovery pptx
... cell phones What are the implications of this proliferation of electronic data on the legal discovery process? What are the costs and benefits of these trends? What are their likely impacts on litigation ... which incorporates the recommendations of the Electronic Discovery Task Force of the ABA’s Section of Litigation.11 Still, these are merely recommendations, not the sorts of authority that a ... information in their possession Further, it may be the case 16 The Legal and Economic Implications of Electronic Discovery: Options for Future Research that they are aware, but are unable to demonstrate...
Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 02:20
Tài liệu Cleaner Water in China? The Implications of the Amendments to China’s Law on the Prevention and Control of Water Pollution pptx
... protection.35 In addition to the LPCWP, polluting industries are subject to a variety of rules and regulations Nationally, these include the Implementing Rules on the Law on the Prevention and Control ... simply setting and monitoring the concentration of pollution is only part of the equation Rapid development since 1992 has led to increased amounts of pollution in the nation’s waters.87 As a ... reports on the same, or act otherwise in violation of the provisions, any personnel directly responsible and other personnel responsible therefore shall be given disciplinary sanctions.112...
Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 04:20
Tài liệu The Economic Implications of Fewer International Higher Education Students in Australia ppt
... Offshore campuses contributed a further $589 million to the economy. 16 The Economic Implications of Fewer International Higher Education Students in Australia By comparison, the international student intake of 232,475 in the vocational education and ... The Economic Implications of Fewer International Higher Education Students in Australia Implications for the Australian Economy The Baseline and each of the three scenarios has implications ... proportion of international higher education student expenditure is on non‐education items. This is likely due to the longer duration of higher education courses 18 The Economic Implications of Fewer International Higher Education Students in Australia ...
Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 19:20
Tài liệu Research evaluation of economic, social, and ecological implications of the programme for commercial tree plantations: case study of rubber in the south of Laos PDR pptx
... present, we must consider the status of rubber in the context of economic growth of the Mekong Region 2.1 The expansion of the economy in the Mekong region and rubber plantations in China, Thailand ... should carry out the role of monitoring and investigation There is no mechanism for enforcing the conditions of the contract relating to the areas of the concession, statements concerning employment, ... investment of 20 million US dollars (Law on the Promotion of Investment 2004) The approval of many of the land concessions to foreign companies was given before the completion of the economic feasibility...
Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 04:20
An Assessment of the Environmental Implications of Oil and Gas Production: A Regional Case Study pot
... exploration and production within the Rocky Mountain region is experiencing rapid growth The environmental implications of these and other energy production activities are a major area of focus for the ... production in other regions, providing an additional reason for focusing this analysis on Region Section 2.2 and Appendix A provide further details on the unique characteristics of Region and Section ... the Grand Canyon and other park and wilderness areas around the Colorado Plateau 26 All Region states and tribes participate in WRAP One of the organization’s key contributions is the Emissions...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 16:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Investigating the role of the invariant carboxylate residues E552 and E1197 in the catalytic activity of Abcb1a (mouse Mdr3) docx
... substitutions) [39] is the fact that, in the absence of Vi (± drugs) labeling of the enzymes with the mutation in NBD2 is consistently lower than labeling of the enzymes with the equivalent mutation ... A mutation in the presence of drug is an exception) However, the reverse is true when Vi is present in the labeling reaction; i.e labeling of the enzymes with the mutation in NBD1 is consistently ... years, many questions about their mechanism of action remain partially elucidated For example, the exact catalytic cycle, the functional symmetry or asymmetry of the NBDs and the types of signals produced...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 06:20
Báo cáo khoa học: MR solution structure of the precursor for carnobacteriocin B2, an antimicrobial peptide fromCarnobacterium piscicola Implications of the a-helical leader section for export and inhibition of type IIa bacteriocin activity pdf
... than the mature peptide [14] To help determine the structural basis of the inhibition of the antimicrobial activity of CbnB2 by the leader and to assist future analysis of the interaction of preCbnB2 ... Solution structure of preCbnB2 in 70% trifluoroethanol The positions of the N-terminus and C-terminus are indicated, as are the residues at the start and finish of each a-helix The position of the ... Superimposition of the backbone of the leader peptide a-helix for 20 structures (B) Superimposition of the backbone of helix Both helix domains are highly conserved in each case, but the flexible...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 15:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Structures of type B ribose 5-phosphate isomerase from Trypanosoma cruzi shed light on the determinants of sugar specificity in the structural family ppt
... subunits of the second dimer Hence, residues 113–122 interact with the equivalent regions in one subunit of the second dimer, whereas residues 92–95 make contacts with their equivalents in the other ... concentrations of All6P (upto 50 mm) were included; for these 798 reasons, only the phosphate moiety of the sugar has been modelled in the structure deposited Comparison of TcRpiB structures The ... different conformations: one pointing towards the phosphate group of the ligand and the other pointing out into solution In the TcRpiB-wt (i.e ligand-free) structure, Arg113 is only in the latter conformation...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 00:20
Characteristics and Regulation of Exempt Institutions and the Implications of Removing the Exemptions pptx
... Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) and SNL Financial relating to the number of exempt institutions, their geographic location, their ... of loan Although the actions exempt institutions might take if the exemptions were removed may differ by the type of institution, the magnitude of the effects of these actions on credit markets—overall ... institutions may engage, the availability and allocation of credit, the stability of the financial system and the economy, and the safe and sound operations of such institutions To determine the number...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 09:20
Environmental Implications of the Tourism Industry pdf
... emit by far the most carbon monoxide of all transportation modes In 1997, they emitted 26 million short tons of carbon monoxide, compared with 1.7 million short tons from recreational marine ... include the World Wildlife Fund, the Nature Conservancy, the Audubon Society, Conservation International, Africa Wildlife Foundation, and the Sierra Club (Honey, 1999, p 8) These organizations use the ... minimize their impact on the environment The fragmented nature of the tourism industry is not conducive to regulation that encompasses all aspects of the industry Therefore, educational efforts...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 16:20
SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE INTERNET pdf
... MH 1997 The attention economy and the Net First Monday Habermas J 1981 The Theory of Communicative Action, Vol Reason and the Rationalization of Society Boston: Beacon Habermas J 1989 The Structural ... History of the Telephone to 1940 Berkeley: Univ Calif Press Fountain JE 2001a The economic impact of the Internet on the government sector In The Economic Payoff from the Internet Revolution, Rep ... access to the Internet, but with inequality in access to the attention of those who use the Internet By dramatically reducing the cost of the replication and distribution of information, the Internet...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 21:20
Shanghaied - The Economic and Political Implications of the Flow of Information Technology and Investment Across the Taiwan Strait ppt
... Division, a division of the RAND Corporation Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Chase, Michael Shanghaied? : the economic and political implications of the flow of information technology ... What Are the Implications of Cross-Strait Integration for Hong Kong? Hong Kong has been the most important conduit for cross-Strait trade for more than two decades Yet, Hong Kong would be the single ... China Implications for Export Controls The rise of the information technology sector in China, combined with concerns about the modernization of the Chinese military and the possibility of U.S.-China...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 22:20
E-Tribalized Marketing?: The Strategic Implications of Virtual Communities of Consumption ppt
... is the relationship that the person has with the consumption activity The more central the consumption activity is to a person’s psychological self-concept, i.e the more important the symbols of ... on this type of consumption The second factor is the intensity of the social relationships the person possesses with other members of the virtual community The two factors will often be interrelated ... description — and often includes a considerterms of customer loyalty and managed as a resource able amount of flirtation The second mode of interacfor the betterment of the organization tion is the...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 22:20