... pregnancies or births. In these
pregnancy- or birth- based tables,
characteristics ofthe pregnancy are also
shown, such as respondent’s age at birth
and wantedness ofthe pregnancy at time
of conception. ... 80 percent of mistimed
pregnancies to women who rated the
pregnancy low on the ‘‘happy -to- be-
pregnant’’ scale reported thebirth
was 2 or more years too soon.
In Table 23, the association ...
status (as seen in table 20) is further
examined within Hispanic origin and
race groups among recent births to
women 22–44 years of age.
+ The percentage of recent births
reported as mistimed...
... resemblance tothe substrate brassinin (1). Fur-
thermore, based on the mechanism proposed for the
hydrolysis of brassinin, it was not surprising to find
that camalexin had no inhibitory effect.
Conclusion ... char-
acteristics, a significant understanding ofthe enzymes
involved in the detoxification of phytoalexins, includ-
ing their substrate specificity as well asthe molecular
mechanisms of detoxification, is ... (Alternaria brassicicola) fungi are devastating plant pathogens known
to detoxify the plant defence metabolite, brassinin. The significant roles of
brassinin as a crucifer phytoalexin and as a biosynthetic...
... isoform
class b ased on its nucleic acid sequence and the potential size
of its mRNA. Molecular modeling of t his new, putative
isoform, based on the NMR-derived structure ofthe 337
isoform, is ... freezing.
During the winter they also increase the concentration of
the cryoprotectant, glycerol, 10-fold and desiccate to 40%
of the prediapause water content [4]. Taken together,
these adaptations ... ofthe long UTR class, 333 [16] (both substitutions
are nonsilent, with Glu36 đ Asp and Ser84 đ Thr
changes). It is possible that Afp-Lu1 is an allelic variant of
either of these 9-kDa isoform...
...
period of time. In most areas of demography, theperiodoftimeis one year. The
denominator of an incidence rate is a product of (1) the size ofthe at-risk population and
(2) thetime interval ... value of 1 if the data show that
person i has given birthto j child(ren); and n isthe number of foreign wives. The iterative
computation ofthe estimated coefficients is based on the Newton-Raphson ... explanatory factor is
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An additional nice feature of this module is that it allows the user to introduce the attributes ofthe alternatives
in the choice set to be part ofthe explanatory variables....
... closest tothe variable used for the aggregate
analysis in Section 4. In the case of capitalisation, we use the equity to capital ratio instead ofthe capital to
assets ratio because ofthe limited ... during
the crisis in terms of credit provision, after controlling for other factors. This last result is
consistent with Galindo et al (2010), who find that in the years prior tothe crisis foreign-
owned ... clear reliable pre-crisis
indicators ofthe incidence ofthe crisis. Among them, countries with looser credit market
regulations seemed to suffer more fromthe crisis in terms of output loss, whilst...
... dummy atom model represents the shape of
the scattering particle. To increase the reliability of the
results, the final model for the dummy atom modeling
was obtained by a spatial average of 16 ... increase in R
g
was observed before the onset of oligo-
mer disassembly, observed from pH 4.0 to pH 2.0 as a
constant decrease in the R
g
value. The Kratky plots
also showed a progressive loss of ... (Fig. 6) show a red shift of its emission
maxima (from 330 to 338 nm) and an intensity
decrease at pH 2.0, indicative ofthe exposure of
some ofthe tryptophan residues tothe aqueous envir-
onment.
A
10
Z
X
Y
X
1
0.1
0.1...
... suggesting that
the receptor-binding of DBHs in L. decemlineata is dif-
ferent to those in C. suppressalis and S. exigua. The
aim of this study isto examine the SAR of ecdysone
agonists for the molecular ... show potency as
agonists of 20E in C. suppressalis by binding to
EcR ⁄ USP, there is a possibility that different mecha-
nisms, such as neurotoxicity and the existence of other
receptors, give ... 108–118 of LdEcR-A is homo-
logous tothe motif-1, and this was also the case for
EcR-A of coleopteran T. molitor. Interestingly, the
sequence of amino acids 143–162 of LdEcR-A also has
a striking...
... like to thank Theo Visser who helped prepare the earlier versions of this document.
We would also like to thank the biologists ofthe Department of Fisheries, Thailand, who
collected specimens from ... Programme ofthe MRC, which supported several eld trips
to collect wild specimens for preparing the illustrations.
We would like to thank the former staff ofthe Assessment of Mekong Fisheries ...
post-larva
Developmental stages of Tor tambroides
A guide to larvae and juveniles of some common sh species fromthe Mekong River Basin
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Figure 3. Map ofthe Lower Mekong River Basin
Myanmar
China
...
... describe the factors in each of these areas
that contributed to increased food production and explain how those
factors were intertwined. At the end ofthe chapter, we provide les-
sons fromthe Green ... are far
from being a combined force on this issue.
4. Policymakers in the developing world must set regulatory
standards that take into consideration the risks as well asthe bene-
fits of foods ... research to develop the technologies and to
transfer them to various parts ofthe world, and then financing the
agricultural technologies in those regions so that the local farmers
could afford to...
... is limited and restricted only tothe coding
region. Asthe siRNA produced by the endogeneous
Dicer (assuming a mechanism similar tothe verte-
brates) is small, the siRNA has to be specific to ... vitellogenin-stimulatory factor of
shrimp. Because ofthe existence of multiple forms of
the CHH family neuropeptides, there may be a dis-
crepancy in defining the function of many cDNAs
cloned using ... females. The percentage indicates the GSI of
the females. M (B) indicates the expression pattern of MIH-B in
the same tissues in males (N ẳ 5). The lower panel isthe northern
blot analysis of MeMIH-B...
... the dimer orientation of all
these IMPases, we see that the human IMPase has the
extreme dimer twist-angle that is almost 45° off from
the dimer position in FBPases, whereas the TM1415
and MJ0109 ... architecture of
the dimer is reminiscent ofthe human IMPase (Fig. 1,
right panel). However, the dimer interface is quite dif-
ferent fromthe human enzyme and other nonarchaeal
IMPases. The superposition ... denoted
as the dimer twist-angle. To superpose the second sub-
unit on the structure ofthe eukaryotic FBPase takes a
30° rotation in the twist direction ofthe archaeal
enzyme. In comparing the...
... comparison was
possible. Interestingly, the localization of Ag-NPA-1 to
the hypodermis is similar to that ofthe lipid binding
proteins in the filarial parasites of humans [24,25]
which lends them to ... random orientation ofthe donor–acceptor pair was
assumed (K
2
0.667 [30]). A value of 1.36 was taken for the
refractive index n [31].
MALDI-TOF analysis
MALDI-TOF analysis ofthe peptides obtained ... 7B). These
observations suggest that Ag-NPA-1 is localized
mainly in cells ofthe inner hypodermis and the epithe-
lium ofthe oviduct as well as extracellularly in the
pseudocoelomic cavity of the...
... tothe conclusions.
Although the risk from uncontrolled reentry is part ofthe overall decision con-
text, the committee is neither tasked to assess this risk nor does it have the
expertise to ... real time for an extensive periodoftime would foster
investment oftime and effort to make full use of PR data in the forecasting
process.
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aspects ofthe hydrologic ... consideration
of all three elements ofthe decision (benefits, costs, and risk). The committee
recognizes that consideration ofthe associated costs and reentry risks has to be
part ofthe decision equation,...
... and
subdomain c of EW29Ch was not observed; (b) the
B-factor ofthe side chain of Lys105 was high, indicat-
ing that the side chain of Lys105 is flexible; (c) in this
NMR study, the K
d
of the c sugar-binding ... site for
b-Me-Gal was the same as that for lactose; and (d)
the STD–NMR data in this study showed that the epi-
tope of lactose for EW29Ch isthe galactose residue.
Thus, these results showed ... site of EW29Ch was almost the same as that
for the high-affinity sites of ricin and RCA120,
whereas K
d
for the c sugar-binding site of EW29Ch is
very similar to that for the third binding site of...
... has
an a-like function. The 3D structure of this toxin was
determined by NMR. The importance ofthe overall
charge distribution on the surface ofthe toxin for its
activity is emphasized. Furthermore, ... subtracted the control traces fromthe traces
recorded in the presence ofthe toxin. The amplitude of these
toxin-induced currents was analyzed by plotting the value
3 ms after the onset ofthe depolarizing ... further analysis ofthe structures available, another
face was found, defined here as face C, which is quite
distinct with respect to charge distribution ofthe toxins
under analysis. Face C was...