... despite an increase in their plasma free fatty acid levels When these investigators used adenovirus-mediated gene expression of ApoE in ApoE) ⁄ ) · Ay ⁄ + mice, ApoE protein expression inthe plasma ... compared to ApoE4, qualitative differences inthe epididymal adipose tissue between the ApoE3knock -in and ApoE4knock -in mice contribute to the accelerated impairment of glucose tolerance inthe ApoE4knock -in ... in ApoE resulted ina steady increase in plasma cholesterol levels and rendered these mice resistant to diet-induced obesity By contrast, inthe ApoE3knockin mice, the efficient catabolism of...
... certain anaerobes, increases the flexibility of red cells, reduces tissue edema, and conserves intracellular ATP The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society and the Federal Center for Medicare ... biologic therapies A recent report reviewed the effectiveness and safety ofthe biologics alefacept, efalizumab, etanercept, and infliximab [7] In addition to the reported adverse effects ofthe drugs, ... Vascular endothelial growth factor levels are significantly increased with HBO2 therapy, whereas levels of prostaglandin E2 and cyclo-oxygenase-2 mRNA are markedly reduced Therefore, the anti-inflammatory...
... played a significant rolein raising the profile of women in management, further advances are required in order to advance the careers of women in management To date, these contemporary theories ... decades appears to have focused on what gender differences exist between males and females in general, as well as in terms of managerial qualities, including leadership abilities The early research ... feminine characteristics which were clearly acknowledged and valued At the time these theories were achieving prominence, the numbers of women were also beginning to rise dramatically in management...
... government at low price or free began to be traded at market prices and goods used to be inaccessible inthe market became available Theroleof money as the media of exchange has become increasingly ... enterprises, if their own capital is excluded In summary, the deepening process ofthe financial markets has rendered the dominance ofthe banking sector inthe financial system At the same time, opening ... state-owned banks and the practice thereafter have also benefited from technical assistance ofthe World Bank China has taken active measures to increase its transparency and meet relevant international...
... because ofthe potential adverse reactions associated with the use ofthe vaccine in these persons Inthe United States, the use of BCG vaccination is rarely indicated BCG vaccination is not recommended ... Inc., for licensure inthe United States This vaccine was transferred from a strain that was maintained at the University of Montreal (Montreal, Canada) Vaccine Efficacy Reported rates ofthe ... vaccination inthe United States included consideration ofthe wide range of vaccine efficacies determined by clinical trials and estimated in case-control studies Two recent metaanalyses of the...
... become even more of an issue as online companies broaden the array of products they offer online, making available such services as insurance and brokerage that they either produce themselves ... commercial real estate and business loans The gap in profitability soon disappeared, however, and for the rest ofthe decade, the two size groups earned approximately the same average ROA.6 Some analysts ... technology are reducing their comparative advantage in relationship-based lending, especially small business lending (Petersen and Rajan) Rating agencies and credit bureaus have become adept at...
... of wastewater treatment Baltic Sea Central and East Europe Western Europe North Atlantic Caspian Sea Mediterranean Caribbean East Asia Southern Asia West and Central Africa Untreated Adapted from ... to a piped sewer system, septic tank, or pit latrines Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Indian Ocean SubSaharan SubAfrica Saharan Africa Eastern Asia South Eastern Asia Oceania Oceania ... from the watersheds into the sea, connecting sectors that will reap immediate benefits from better wastewater management Successful and sustainable management of wastewater requires a cocktail of...
... prepared at the indicated time points and subjected to quantitative real-time PCR analysis The data shown are mean value ± standard errors ofthe mean from three independent experiments the expression ... cells were treated as described in (A) Total RNA was prepared at the indicated times and subjected to quantitative real-time PCR analysis The data shown are mean value ± standard errors ofthe ... quantitative real-time PCR The data shown in (B) and (C) are the averages of four independent experiments (mean value ± standard error ofthe mean) (D) MicroRNA profile analysis was performed by LC Sciences,...
... values were determined by varying the orientation of each RNase towards the membrane (Fig 4) The results of these analyses revealed that a single highest negative value of EIE (EIEmax) could be estimated ... that provides the strongest attraction between the RNase and the model membrane the RNases dipoles are perpendicular to the negatively charged membrane In Table the EIEmax values ofthe RNases ... aroleof membranes, in particular of negatively charged membranes, inthe mechanism of action of RNases, we investigated the ability ofa series of RNases to destabilize model membranes as a...
... GABA-uptake assay, and another aliquot was used to determine the amount ofthe membrane-expressed wild type or mutant proteins The GABA-uptake activities were normalized to the same amount of cell ... streptavidin beads The eluates were analyzed by Western blotting using anti-GFP mAb (B) Another aliquot of cells was used for measurement of GABA-uptake as described above The values represent the ... measurable effect on the GABA-uptake activity of GAT1 To determine whether the N-linked oligosaccharide side chains of GAT1 in uence the affinity of GAT1 for GABA, concentration dependencies were analyzed...
... spoken in such context In addition, these same articles not have the same meaning as they in English "Le, la, les" not always mean "the" inthe d e f i n i t e sense, but are often generic and mark ... parallel activation ofa l l meanings of each recognized word in HOPE, the determination ofthe phonetic representation ofa recognized word determines the breadth of active competition amon meanings ... interaction ofthe results of these asynchronous processes that the process of comprehension is defined 4.1 The processes are independent ofthe knowledge representations defined and are blindly...
... the non-indebted enterprises), and tends to finance the decrease in sales, as well as the accumulated inventories The level of barter is also higher when the enterprises are indebted (37% versus ... ten quantitative modalities Other questions have a much more qualitative nature, as when firms are asked whether they intend to increase, stabilize or decrease their level of See for instance ... of arrears (tax and wage payments, interenterprise credits, etc) To a large extent, the obstacles encountered inthe hardening of financial constraints during transition rather reflects perverse...
... detailed analysis ofthe situations in Latin America, Africa, and Asia – using examples from the experience of WSBI members These three analyses are independent reports which can be read separately ... members are active in microfinance These members are involved in different ways inthe microfinance sector as can be seen in Table Caixa Economica Federal (Brazil), BancoEstado (Chile) and Banco ... expand the availability of microfinance services Ultimately, the goal is to increase the number of vulnerable clients served and the volume of financial services delivered In general, in order...
... samples were analysed in triplicate The data are reported as percentage ofthe value obtained by incubation of Hpt alone, and expressed as mean ± SEM In each panel, a single representative of at ... triplicate, and the data are expressed as mean ± SEM A single representative of at least three independent experiments is shown The interassay coefficient of variation from three independent experiments ... are reported as percentage ofthe value obtained by incubation of Hpt alone, and expressed as mean ± SEM A single representative of at least three independent experiments is shown The interassay...
... assists in determining – the shape ofthe narrative The appearance, disappearance, and reappearance of musical sound can provide or clarify the narrative structure ofthe film There are instances in ... changing the perceived meaning (i .e. , it is equally valid to say that the music projects the meaning ofthe image or the image projects the meaning ofthe music), then the multimedia example has ... (Episode I: The Phantom Menace 1999; and Episode II: Attack ofthe Clones 2002) The appearance of any ofthe character themes serves an identical purpose to that ofthe leitmotif inthe Wagnerian...
... However, the mechanistic roles of several of these residues are not described well and there is no example of mutational analysis of all of these residues inthe same enzyme To obtain an insight ... [20,23,26–30] are generally in qualitative agreement with the results presented here There are quantitative differences between the reported results, which may be due to differences in experimental conditions ... three times in independent experiments The values presented below are average values derived from these three independent experiments At pH values below 4.2 and above 9.0–10.0 (8.0 for the Y10F...
... sentence-level relevance, tributed to blind relevance feedback in end–to–end QA were in general less than the drops observed inthe document retrieval runs It appears possible that the sentence retrieval ... sentence itself Regarding the former type, two features come into play: the relevance score ofthe document (from the IR engine) and its rank inthe result set For sentence-based features, we experimented ... addition, we built a linear regression model that employed the above features to predict the nugget score ofa sentence (the dependent variable) For the training samples, the nugget matching component...
... bi-exponential decay inthe presence ofthe sulfhydryl reagent The semi-inactivation time ofthe rapid process was calculated to be 1.6 min, whereas the slope ofthe slow semi-inactivation process was ... wild-type protein Structural analyses of mammalian MAT show that the cysteines positioned between Cys35 and Cys105 are located inthe central domain of each subunit, inthe interface between the two ... N-ethylmaleimide during the incubation time, either for MAT activity (s) or PPPi cleavage Points are the mean of three separate experiments and their products were refolded as described in ‘Material...
... added-variable plots see Section 3.2 above 45 The result remains the same when the measure of years of schooling refers to the average between 1960 and 2000, rather than the initial 1960 value The coefficient ... combines the scores ina single measure of literacy 22 Samples include full-time workers between 26 and 65 years of age In all the models, the dependent variable is the logarithm of annual earnings ... Pierret (2001) There are other reasons to believe that these estimates provide a lower bound on the impact of higher achievement First, the labor market experiences that are observed begin in the...
... baseline These reductions can be offset by an increase in rainfed area and yield, but the required increase in yields would be very large Compared to the baseline, average rainfed cereal yield ... a control area in which the entire area was planted, a water harvesting area with a ratio of 1:1 between the catchment area and cropped area, and a second water harvesting area with a ratio of ... between catchment area and cropped area, and an area with a 2:1 ratio between the catchment area and cropped area Results showed an increase of farmers’ income of 23 percent for wheat inthe 1:1...