the staphylococcal enterotoxins and stress response systems

... with the same volume of 8% paraformaldehyde for 3hrs and washed with tap water The sample was suspended in the mixture of 98% ethanol and 1x PBS buffer (1:1) and stored at -20oC until use Then, the ... experiment) or 12 hrs (Candidatus ‘Competibacter phosphatis’ for the third experiment and Candidatus ‘Accumulibacter phosphatis’ for the first and third experiments) After the exposure, the slip was dipped ... exposure times were hrs (Candidatus ‘Competibacter phosphatis’ for the first and second experiments and Candidatus ‘Accumulibacter phosphatis’ for the - 217 - Journal of Water and Environment Technology,...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 09:38

... more thorough determination of the magnitude of the problem is mandated The response of the public health system then includes liaising with the laboratory to identify the proportion of isolates ... is, therefore, also designed as an advocacy tool to raise awareness of the importance of controlling gonorrhoea and other STIs, and highlight the support needed The commitment of governments, and ... alliances and coalitions between the private and public sectors, multilateral and bilateral aid agencies, organizations in the UN system, the pharmaceutical industry, the media, professional and civil...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 15:20

... components, including the number of years spent in school, the quality of the schooling, the nature of the curriculum, and the student’s effort Creating a measure that accurately quantifies these components ... had they not been in school, γ becomes zero and this first term may be ignored The second summation in the objective function represents the discounted value of lifetime earnings from the time the ... Ashenfelter and Krueger (1994), and Ashenfelter and Zimmerman (1993) Variations of the IV technique are applied, the conclusions of which support Harmon and Walker’s suggestion that the OLS estimate...

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Ngày tải lên: 18/03/2014, 12:20

... the Netherlands, and the Scandinavian nations Most markedly is the Netherlands where average height has increased at the greatest rates The Netherlands was in the late nineteenth century a land ... smaller than the average standard level of students in the world, especially the average standard level of Korean students? The location, geography, and climate: The marked difference of the location, ... metabolizing tissue, and also decreases the distance required for the radiation of heat from the internal organs and muscles to the surface of the body Large body surface area increases the potential...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 09:20

... as the difference between A1 and A2 for Moody’s or between A+ and A for Standard and Poor’s.) DETERMINANTS OF SOVEREIGN RATINGS In their statements on rating criteria, Moody’s and Standard and ... reflect the market’s incorporation of information used by the agency in making the announcement The second proxy indicates the sign of the gap between the rating of the agency making the announcement ... Ederington and Yawitz 1987; Moon and Stotsky 1993), our study is the first to quantify the determinants of the sovereign ratings assigned by Moody’s and Standard and Poor’s Earlier researchers in the...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 18:20

... them Explaining the Framework Negotiations the importance of these policy choices and their lasting impact on the US–Japan relationship—we should demand that our theories be able to explain them ... saw their assumptions finally entrenched, leading to the adoption of the policy approach they had long advocated The story, however, did not end there Rather, the Clinton team discovered during the ... sympathetic to the Japanese These analysts were often labeled as ‘Japanapologists’ or members of the ‘Chrysanthemum Club,’ with the implication that their loyalties lay with the Japanese Another...

Ngày tải lên: 10/06/2014, 21:37

... important and similar to the type of information they provided to their physicians about the consequences of their nocturnal FM pain These findings, along with the brevity, ease of use, and daily ... process [27,28] and answer follow-up probes from the interviewers related to the content, wording, and comprehension of the item Participants were then asked to provide other feedback on the measures, ... disabled and retired and is therefore counted in the Other category c Two participants reported being diagnosed by multiple physicians and are therefore counted in the Other category d On a 0–10-point...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20

... participated in the design of the study and the statistical analysis BF, GM, TM and LB participated in the design and coordination of the study All authors read and approved the final manuscript ... $200,000 for the duration of the timeframe (see Figure 4) The total cost by year is displayed in the first two columns of Table 1, along with the incremental cost in the final column, and the cumulative ... listing of the data and assumptions used in the model will be provided upon request Much of the data are derived from either the Botswana AIDS Impact Survey II or the national agency estimates The programmatic...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... important and similar to the type of information they provided to their physicians about the consequences of their nocturnal FM pain These findings, along with the brevity, ease of use, and daily ... process [27,28] and answer follow-up probes from the interviewers related to the content, wording, and comprehension of the item Participants were then asked to provide other feedback on the measures, ... disabled and retired and is therefore counted in the Other category c Two participants reported being diagnosed by multiple physicians and are therefore counted in the Other category d On a 0–10-point...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... followed by the treatment T6 Survival of the treatment T7 and treatment T8 were very low and were not significantly different (Fig 2) On the other hand, the results present in the fig and fig also ... the others by dwelling on the bottom Researches have been conducted for various clam species on production (Cigarrıa and Fernandez, 2000; Shpigel and Spencer, 1996; Zhang and Yan, 2006) and the ... estimation of the economic benefit of clam cultured in the intertidal areas is showed in the table The net profit calculated base on the output cost and input cost and price of the clam The main cost...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 05:20

... biomass (T7 and T8), the SGRs were relatively low and were not significantly different The final length and final weight of the treatment T8 were significantly smaller than the others The size variation ... (Fig 2) On the other hand, the results present in the fig and fig also indicated that the clam survival was not only affected by stocking biomass but also by the stocking density The environmental ... The estimation of the economic benefit of clam cultured in the intertidal areas is showed in table The net profit is calculated based on the output cost and input cost and price of the clam The...

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 12:20

... 8, Article 58 Rial and Zardoya hibernating and newborn mammals Interestingly, in the Suidae (pigs and wild boars), the UCP1 gene is disrupted, and therefore piglets have poor thermoregulation This ... allowed it to assume the thermogenic role in eutherians [10] The recovered phylogeny should prompt further characterization of the biochemical activity and regulation of fish and marsupial UCP1 ... molecular mechanism used by the different members of the UCP family to achieve the increase in respiration, in the regulation of their activity or even in their physiological roles The phylogenetic analyses...

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Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 03:22

... spruce 70% and European larch 30%; the average age of the stand was 80 years, the typological unit of the site according to Slovak classification is Lariceto-Piceetum (larchspruce stands) Currently, ... after the first growing season The survival rate of bareroot and 351 Table Survival of seedlings after the first winter season (WS) and the first growing season (GSS) planted at different time and ... Norway spruce, Scots pine and European larch after the first growing season planted at different time and with the application of the fungal product Ectovit on the plot in the High Tatra Mts after...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 10:21

... with air and sealed The bags were stored in darkness for and days (4DD, 6DD) or in the shade for and days (4DS, 6DS) The two other treatments consisted of direct planting of seedlings from the aeroponic ... soil from the planting site The plants were watered daily with the same nutrient solution as used in aeroponic culture The roots were cut just before the transfer to the Polybags and the stalks ... land, having a moderately deep clay layer and poor drainage Plant growth rates were calculated from the height measured between the collar and the last living bud before transplanting and at and...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 00:22

... A is the stand age, At is the stand age at the time of thinning (A > At ), and r is the rate parameter corresponding to thinning response In order to account for the thinning response in the beginning, ... Table I At the end of the sixth remeasurement, only 84 stands out of 186 (41 once thinned and the rest twice thinned) remained and the rest were damaged by flood, fire, disease and/ or other activities ... measurement and the subsequent remeasurement The initial measurement was used to define Y1 and A1 , and the ending measurement was used to define Y2 and A2 As a result, all measurements except the first and...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 00:22

... of the observed trees present a similar diameter and that the cores show that they are all about the same age (60–70 years) These few examples show the growth range of the black poplar and their ... cm), and closer to the river, P7, the largest tree (192 cm) 2.1.3 Campus site The third and wettest site is located along the Isère river, about 10 km NE of the Rochefort site, on the campus of the ... between the two periods is still visible: mean growth of 0.65 mm year−1 for the first 45 years, and then the growth increases to 0.80 mm year−1 for the next 55 years At the second wettest area, the...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 00:22

... Measurements Basal diameters and heights of the seedlings measured with calipers and rules at the time of the planting, and every months thereafter Soil moisture in the different treatments was ... negatively affected the structure (Barber and Romero, 1994) and the microbiological activity of the soil, although these properties recovered in the months following Finally, the addition of forest ... INTRODUCTION Southern Europe is seriously threatened by soil erosion and desertification and there is a general agreement that the restoration of the plant cover is a valid way of mitigating the soil...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 18:21