... 127–133 (1986) 8 Supplements to the gamma and incomplete gamma functions [5] F Qi and S.-L Guo, Inequalities for the incomplete gamma and related functions, Mathematical Inequalities & Applications ... + pzs2n (z) = k =2 k − k −1 z k! (3.10) Dividing by z and re-writing, in equivalent way, the indexes into the sum to the righthand side, the last expression yields (p + 1) (p + 1) s2n (z) + ps2n ... inequalities for the incomplete gamma function, Mathematics of Computation 66 (1997), no 218, 771–778 ´ [2] A Elbert and A Laforgia, An inequality for the product of two integrals relating to the incomplete...
... was epithelioid mesothelioma with necrosis and invasion of both the capsule and small vessels A recurrence of the nephrotic syndrome was observed 10 days after the surgery Prednisolone was then ... but the histologic pattern of the lesion was undifferentiated Radiotherapy on the lumbar area was then decided In November 2004, the renal function was normal andthe nephrotic syndrome did not ... months after the diagnosis of the primary malignancy, but concomitantly with the recurrence and; the nephrotic syndrome did not decrease with tumor control and did not recur when the mesothelioma...
... vesicles andthe urethra The precise role of thetestisandthe epididymis in viral shedding during acute HIV infection is not known [1,2] However, the immunologically privileged status of thetestis ... both the epididymal epithelium andthe connective tissue stroma [4] Extensive studies on the pathogenesis of HIV-1 infection in the epididymis are currently lacking In the present study, thetestis ... by the presence of mature late spermatids in the epithelium either with or without the presence of mature spermatozoa in the epididymal lumen (Fig 1, panels C and D; Tables and 2) In general, the...
... answer: The two decades between 1975 and 1995 brought significant changes in the representation of women in Freedonia's work force, according to the graphs In 1975, for example, some 300 000 men and ... worked in the communications sector Twenty years later, though the number of men remained unchanged, the number of women rose to 550 000 A similar situation was seen in the wholesale and retail ... also made gains in both the finance/banking industries and in the defence-related public sector Whereas some 125 000 women worked in finance and banking institutions in 1975, the number increased...
... Mood and Residue, with the Mood element further analyzed into Subject and Finite In the textual metafunction, a clause is analyzed into Theme and Rheme 2.4.1 The Ideational Metafunction The ideational ... processes The typical participants in the processes are the Sayer (the one who does the verbalization), the Receiver (the one to whom the saying is addressed), the Target (the one that the verbalization ... collection, andthe research design 3 Chapter two: The literature review provides some fundamental and theoretical concepts for the study: Systemic functional theory, metafunctions, and cohesion...
... given or demanded is information; language is the end as well as the means, and what is expected from the listener is the verbal answer On the other hand, giving and demanding goods -and- services ... the window !) The two variables of speech role (giving and demanding), andthe variables of commodity (information and goods and services), when taken together, define the four basic speech functions: ... information, demanding information, giving goods -and- services and demanding goods -and- services The usual labels for these functions are: statement, question, offer, and command Table 3.3 shows these options,...
... spaceship The planet They There The spaceship The two astronauts The woman It She We It Both of them They All plants and Animals They They Everything The man Nothing Something He I The engines He That ... and enhancement What Table The Theme-Rheme Pattern of the Text Clause Textual Interpersonal Theme Topical Theme Theme Markedness of Theme I The spaceship unmarked II the planet unmarked III They ... sources, the third states the phoric status of the tie, andthe last presents the chain relation in terms of the address of all the preceding members in the chain Tables and summarise the total...
... 06:58:00 Sexualand reproductive health issues for men Male Condoms and Other Contraceptive Methods Prevention is still the mainstay of the response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic Themale condom is the ... organic cause III Women andSexual Dysfunction Very little has been published on sexual dysfunction and women, and even less in the context of HIV infection Therefore the body of evidence in ... and behavioural aspects of sexualand reproductive health- IV An updated understanding of HIV prevention, risk behaviour, reproduction and mother/father perspectives should feed into policy and...
... GIF within the brain Further studies are required to determine thefunction of GIF within the normal, injured and neurodegenerative brain, and to establish the therapeutic potential of the protein ... deficient in the AD brain There remains no clear consensus on the role of GIF in the pathogenesis of AD, and therefore we will briefly review some of the current thoughts on the role of GIF in AD There ... into the functional roles of this protein in the brain, and in particular its ability to inhibit neurite outgrowth (as described above) The functional role of GIF synthesis and secretion in the...
... size and temperature The metabolic theory of ecology uses these scaling relations to make and test THE METABOLIC THEORY OF ECOLOGY predictions about the effects of energy and materials on the ... organisms andthe roles of organisms on the fluxes and storage of energy and materials in ecological systems The theoretical predictions provide baselines from which to measure and understand the influences ... answered, and that the theory is fundamentally sound This volume and this chapter are on the effects of body size on the structure and dynamics of aquatic ecosystems Metabolic rate, and other rate...
... Osmosensing and signaling in mammalian cell function F Schliess et al [7] On the other hand, hyperosmotic shrinkage prevents insulin-induced hepatocyte swelling and proteolysis inhibition, ... underlying the RVI, and thereby increase hepatocyte shrinkage by hyperosmolarity Mutual amplification of swelling and oxidative stress may be limited by the hepatocyte’s antioxidant and volume-regulatory ... association of CD95 with the EGF-receptor, and phosphorylation of CD95 on Tyr232 and Tyr291 by the EGF-receptor tyrosine kinase activity [15] Although the appearance of CD95 at the plasma membrane...
... particularly elastase and proteinase 3, their two cognate enzymes The fact that elafin and trappin-2 are found at many mucosal surfaces, especially in the skin and in the lung, and are low molecular ... for their different sensitivities to the ionic environment, and could explain their different antibacterial selectivities Whether SLPI and trappin-2 act synergistically together or with other ... (plain line) andthe inhibitory loop (half black disk) of each WAP (protease inhibitor) domain The mutations introduced in the A62D ⁄ M63L trappin-2 variant at the P1 and P1¢ positions (62 and 63,...
... changes in the structure of the insect AFPs and to further characterize the TXT face of these proteins, the backbone dynamics of TmAFP and sbwAFP were measured at 30 °C and °C [38,40] Overall, the results ... sbwAFP and TmAFP using only the Ca atoms of the threonines in the TXT motif (Fig 8A) Given the different handedness, the proteins align with the termini orientations opposite to one another, yet the ... teardrops [32] Further examination of the structure and sequence of sbwAFP and TmAFP reveal other similarities (Fig 8C) The panel shows the similarity of the TXT face again, and also reveals the presence...
... effect produced by the dysfunction of the SH2 domain (Fig 4) To determine whether the reduced phosphorylation and activity of NMDARs observed with dysfunction 648 of the SH3 and ⁄ or SH2 domains ... connection, and decreases SH2 interactions with its ligand D99N and R175K mutations therefore inhibit interactions with ligands of the SH3 and SH2 domains, respectively, both intra- and intermolecularly, ... n-Src (Y535F, Fig 2A) These findings suggest that dysfunction of the SH3 (D101N) and ⁄ or SH2 (R183K) domains may down-regulate the activity of active Src We then examined the enzyme activity in...
... GMD, both the P aeruginosa and A thermoaerophilus RMD sequences have gaps in the region of the RR loop, and in the His6-RMDAt structure, the b2–b3 loop is notably shorter than in GMD The truncation ... enough time for complete conversion of the GDPd-Man, and then removed the enzyme by filtration His6-RMDPa and NADPH were then added to the reaction mixture The GDP-6-deoxy-d-lyxo-hexos-4ulose substrate ... [21,22], and contains genes for the expression of GMD and RMD homologs, gmd (originally called gca) and rmd, respectively Genetic evidence supports the annotation of these genes, but their functions...
... sorting, and (c) understand the role of the EXXXLL motif in GLUT8 sorting The data provide evidence that endogenous GLUT8 co-localizes with the lysosomal proteins LAMP1 and LAMP2 in spermatocytes and ... [24] We therefore analysed the localization of GLUT8 andthe GLUT8-LL ⁄ AA mutant in cells that lack specific subunits of AP3 The mouse mutants mocha and pearl are deficient in the AP3 d [25] and b3A ... However, the findings have been contradictory with regard to localization of the endogenous GLUT8 in testis, the nature of its sorting, andthe interaction of its Nterminal dileucine motif with the...
... which the nerve fibers of the PO innervate the anterior ramifications On the other hand, as a neurohormone, PO-CHH may be released from the surface of the PO and into branchiocardiac veins through the ... cDNA of PO-CHH and identified the presence of the neuropeptide forms in the ES and PO For the first time in crustaceans, the expression profiles of these two CHHs in response to oxygen and temperature ... isolating the cDNA of PO-CHH and identifying the native CHH neuropeptide in the ES, after the recent report of CHH cDNA from the ES [28] Also, we examined the physiological responses of the release and...
... 219.3 lM), andthe rate constants were calculated as described in the text The slope and intercept of the double-reciprocal plot were calculated by unweighted linear regression analysis andthe slow ... changes the conformation of the other subunit, thereby completely abolishing reaction of SDTG with the second subunit Analysis of the crystal structure of the enzyme in complex with the S-atrazine–GSH ... that the inability of SDTG to attack the other subunit in native GST I is the indirect result of the interaction between the two enzyme subunits, and that this subunit interaction is absent in the...
... spermatogenesis andthe maintenance of spermatozoa quality during the maturation process, particularly in the epididymis Male Wister rats (40–50 days) were killed by diethyl ether anesthesia, and testicular ... immunohistochemistry (data not shown) As the activity difference was small, the difference in intensity of the bands for the protein andthe mRNA were faint Effects of inhibitors of cGCS and GR on primary cultured ... investigate the contribution of de novo synthesis andthe recycling of GSH to the intracellular glutathione pool, the Ó FEBS 2002 1574 T Kaneko et al (Eur J Biochem 269) Fig GR activity andthe protein...
... underlined) andthe two flanking primers as described above The NdeI–BamHI digested PCR fragment was cloned into pET3c digested with the same enzymes giving pFT44 The expression plasmid pCRL13 for the ... of E coli enzyme IIAGlc and EI, respectively They are flanked upstream by rrnC, which encodes ribosomal RNA and downstream by an ORF of unknown functionThe sequence of the crr region contains ... two possible start codons Analysis of the Fig Genetic organization of the S coelicolor crr gene and protein alignment (A) The genetic arrangement of the crr and ptsI gene is shown Arrows indicate...