... for achieving MDG 4, the Regional Office for the Western Pacific in collaboration with the UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office has developed a joint WHO/UNICEF Regional Child Survival ... of the Region. Thirty-fold differentials in the reported under-five mortality rates persist in theRegion in 2005. Concerned about the situation and committed to a promise contained in the ... the other, child survival has often been at the loosing end. Without significantly increased human and financial resources to match the magnitude of the problem, there is little hope that the...
... countriesin the region. It is one of the many measures that the Asia and Pacific Plant Protection Commission (APPPC)is putting in place to prevent SALB disease in the region. The reference ... measures. It allowed the processfor the acceptance of the second part of the 1999 amendments to the Asia and Pacific Plant ProtectionAgreement to proceed. The amendment is about the deletion of ... Agreementand the making of recommendations to the Contracting Governments accordingly;b. the review of the state of plant protection in theregion and the need for action to prevent the introduction...
... adolescent SRHR in the Pacific? As a Pacific nation, New Zealand’s close geographic proximity and strong economic and cultural ties with other Pacific countries further underscores the importance ... adolescents in the Pacific? The unmet need for family planning refers to the percentage of women between the ages of 15-49 who are married or in a union, and who do not want another birth, ... 2 Secondly, thePacific has a rapidly growing adolescent population, with 56% of the population under the age of 25 and 36% under the age of 15. Ensuring that these adolescents have...
... either inwild-type strains and in mutant strains harboring mutationsin the genes encoding enzymes of the biosynthesis and/or the transfer of the O-specific polysaccharide [12,13]. The core region ... lipopolysaccharide coreregions.Based on this finding, the hypothesis can be advancedthat the insertion of pyruvate residues at the end of the oligosaccharide chain blocks its elongation, thereby leadingto ... 4. Sections of the high field region of the (A) ROESY and (B) HMBC spectra. Correlations of pyruvate methyl groups are shown. (A) The 4,6Pyr-GlcN residue is drawn in the middle of the figure with...
... structured regions is only observed for the central part ofcMeCP2 MAR-BD, i.e. for theregion between residues 101and 163. This indicates that the remaining N-terminaland C-terminal regions of the ... this region bMost favored region 89.7 (58.3)Additionally allowed region 10.3 (28.1)Generously allowed region – (8.3)Disallowed region – (5.2)aUsing the computer programTALOS[27].bThese ... anantiparallel one-turn helix on the other face. It is thoughtthat the two inner strands of the b-sheet lie within the majorgroove of the DNA and that a hydrophobic pocket formedby the side chains of Y123...
... 35% oil is among the most ancient forms of this crop. The majority of the lettuce seed produced in the United States comes from the coastal valleys of California. In thePacific Northwest, ... preserve the breadth of the variety’s genetic diversity during seed production. Therefore, the recommended minimum population size depends on the initial diversity in the variety. The following ... to others the license terms of this work. o Any of these conditions can be waived if you get permission from the copyright holder. Your fair use and other rights are in no way affected by the...
... result of the requirements of the enforcement settlements (to be discussed in more detail later), resulting in a region- wide reduction of about 90 percent for all units in the region. The region- wide ... of the cracking takes place inside the riser pipe at temperatures between 880 and 980oF. The fluidized catalyst and the reacted hydrocarbon vapor are then transferred to the reactor where they ... these units. The largest category of PM2.5 emissions is the cracking/coking group. About 58 percent of the fine particulate is emitted from this group. Boilers/heaters and flares are the other...
... older persons in Asia and the Pacific. I. Key gaps and challenges The Forum identified the following gaps and challenges facing elderly care services in Asia and the Pacific: A. National ... Enhancing Elderly Care Services in Asia and thePacific Outcome Document of the Regional Forum on Elderly Care Services in Asia and the Pacific 21-22 January 2011, Nanjing, China ... shoulder the burden of caring for the elderly even if they are unable to provide adequate care. 3 E. Knowledge gaps on ageing There is a lack of standardized data collection on the...
... other domains. The N-terminal region, specific to PolC, appears to be the most likely candidate for this role. Both the PolCN-terminal region and the DnaE C-terminal domainare attached to the ... sequence regions may sometimes interfere withhomology detection, we decided to test whether the removal of the second half of the PolC N-terminuswould help to improve the results further. Therefore,we ... likely binds the DNA template in both polymerases. Although the exact positions of the corresponding OB domains inPolC [8] and DnaE [5,6] structures differ, the PolCN-terminal region and the DnaE...
... to the MDGs…… 13 Towardsinclusivefinancialdevelopmentforachieving the MDGsinAsiaand thePacific 5.8 Financial innovation The growing use of branchless banking – via the use of the ... contribute to the attainment of one objective at the cost of another. Both financial development and its inclusivity are essential for achievement of the MDGs in Asia and the Pacific. Box 9. The Post ... inclusive financial development and the relationships between these measures and the MDGs in the Asia -Pacific region. In Section 4, we assess what we know about the role of inclusive financial...
... schooling (the “expected cohort survival rate”). The average net enrollment rate in East Asia (96.6%) is comparable to the average of developed countries in the world, at 97.1%. The other subregions ... economies in theregion during the last 20 years. in the three developed economies in theregion to ... AVNote: The circles indicate population sizes ranging from (10 million) to (39 million). The circles do not reflect the physical extents of the cities and any overlap between them merely reflects their...
... protein region affected by thesemutations, the single short a helix of GM2AP, as the major determinantfor the interaction with the enzyme. These results further confirm that the function of GM2AP ... to the a subunit of HexA, but their associationwith the enzyme was weaker than for WT GM2AP.This clearly identifies theregion affected by thesemutations, the single a helix of GM2AP, as the ... retain the ability to interact specifically with the a subunit of the enzyme. However, the strength of their interactionwith HexA is weaker than for the WT protein, suggest-ing that the introduced...
... the Los Angeles Regional Economy 454.1 The Structure of the Regional Economy 454.1.1 General Structure of the Regional Economy 464.1.2 The State and National Outlook to 2015 504.1.3 The Regional ... experienced there as comparedwith the rest of the region 3.4.2 Estimating the Relationship Between Passenger and CargoActivity at LAX And Regional Economic Output The next step in the analysis ... policy or other changes. Thissecond forecast is called the alternative forecast, or the simulation. The differences between the controlforecast and the simulation represents the effects of the policy...
... 1209.Structure of the core region of the Hep4-glycoforms. In the 1H NMR spectrum of OS-1¢-B (Fig. 5C), anomericresonances of the three heptose residues (HepI–HepIII) in the inner-core region were ... and in thosecases the fourth heptose has the D-glycero-D-manno-confi-guration and is situated in the outer-core region of the LPS.AsD,D–Hep was completely absent in the sugar analysis,it ... correspond to the detector response of the GLC-MS. Permethylation ofdephosphorylated OS was performed in the same way as in the methylation analyses [15] but without the prior acety-lation step. The...
... the FAO Regional Review of thePacific in 2008 gives a full account of the status and management measures used in Pacific fisheries and the participants were urged to review them before the ... and prospectus for the workshop. The agenda and prospectus were sent to the participants prior to the workshop (Annexes A and B). The workshop centred on the principles within the ACIAR and FAO ... fisheries. The focal region for the workshop was the Western-Central Pacificislands (excluding Australia and New Zealand). Participants were invited only from countries within this region. Strategies...