... curve) and wild-type arrestin (solid curve), both at 500 lM The curves in graphs A and B were smoothed and difference curves plotted as in Fig fraction of monomer is 0.35, and therefore the Rg for the ... 0.15 and 0.2 nm)1 (Fig 5A; v ¼ 3.2) but only a slight improvement in the fit of the BD dimer model (Fig 5B; v ¼ 4.4) The agreement between the theoretical scattering from the models andthe experimental ... molecular mass of the monomer equal to 45.3 kDa andthe forward scattering of the monomer, I(0)M to the appropriate value, as determined using a BSA standard The only variable fitted was the value for...
... to hCt Since the peptides were monomers, this finding suggested they were b turn stabilized On the other hand, the similarity of the spectra of 2–4 to the spectrum of suggested that the introduced ... 16–22) andthe amide chromophores [44,45] This suggestion was further supported by the observation that the intensity of the 220 band, that most likely corresponds to the phenylalanyl La band [42,45], ... of the results of the CD studies, the receptor binding affinities, andthe hypocalcemic potencies in vivo of hCt, sCt, analogues 1–6 and/ or the partial sequence analogues 1a, 1b, 2a, and 3a The...
... fields for the matter particles andthe gauge boson fields W ± , Z, the photon andthe gluons While the photon andthe gluons are massless, the electron, muon, tauon, the six quarks, the W ± and Z ... coupling to the Higgs field, therefore, the most massive particle in the Standard Model, the top quark, would be strongly connected to the Higgs boson 2.2 The Standard Model andthe top quark The top ... only the left-handed fields couple to the SU(2)L generators term The usage of the covariant derivative Dµ includes the coupling of the matter fields with the W and B fields in the kinetic term of the...
... in the FI curves depends on the relative amplitude and rate constant of the JI phase compared to the amplitudes and rate constants of the two other phases The above should be governed by the ... uorescence at time t, F0 is the initial uorescence, AOJ, AJI and AIP are the amplitudes, and kOJ, kJI and kIP are the rate constants of the OJ, JI and IP steps of the uorescence transient EA ... ms for the fast pool and 0.81 s for the slow pool Whereas the half-reduction time for the fast pool is in agreement with the half-time found in this work for the IP rise, reduction of the slow...
... ‘invisible hand’.5 For Russia and other FSU states, neither the helping-hand model nor the invisible-hand model can adequately explain the behaviour of thestate with respect to some firms in the stateowned ... seen in the context of the fluid state- enterprise relationship that is common in thetransition from plan to market, the capacity of Transition, Taxation andtheStatethe reconstituted stateand ... failure of the central state (Gustafson 1999) and ‘ the on-going meltdown of thestate (Nagy 2000) 18 Transition, Taxation andtheState it should be doing, whether that is enforcing the rule...
... anglophobe’, TheStateandthe Novel 15 who feels the British, lacking ‘literature, culture, language and manners’, flatter themselves as the liberators of the French (it is the French andthe Americans ... allusions with her political theme The most obvious of these is the dynamic of the thriller, which leaves Grace’s fate unclear until theTheStateandthe Novel 35 final page The other is an extended allusion ... of the media; a sequence of stock-market scandals; the poisoning of the food chain in the pursuit of profit; andthe displacement of aesthetic values in the art world The chief villains are the...
... laundering and corruption threaten the credibility and effectiveness of international financial institution (IFI) programs andthe integrity of the IFIs themselves Thus, we urge the IMF andthe World ... system If there is obscurity about their ownership, banks and other financial institutions may not be able to discover the identity of the beneficiary of the account and will be unable to meet their ... their financial procedures and controls and those of recipients, and to improve ways to strengthen safeguards on the use of their funds as well as governance and anti-corruption measures in their...
... concerned, the presence of thestate would seem to be redundant and totally unnecessary.”16 Thus, the existence of the parallel realms of thestateandthe tribe secured the early phase of state formation ... Because there is no one more concerned about what the exit strategy is going to look like than the Taliban on the one hand andthe Afghan government on the other They would actually rather like ... ask the Canadians, the Dutch, the Brits, or the Danes, this is about war fighting Others see it rather as a development mission the Swedes andthe Germans believe they are doing development Others,...
... aristocratic, and democratic power, in which the consuls executed the laws and controlled the army, the senate proposed the laws and controlled the treasury, andthe popular assemblies passed the laws and ... explained the different roles of the senate, the people, andthe magistrates, through which the senators debate, the people approve, andthe magistrates execute the laws.52 The people have the authority, ... revive the liberty, the principles, andthe virtues of the Roman republic, while avoiding the vices and constitutional flaws that led eventually to the tyranny of the emperors and to the tragedy...
... in the present study In the case of the RNA mutations to the SRP complex, the mutated RNA residues are located in a double-stranded region of RNA, and not interact with the protein [54], yet the ... score; the blue line represents the rank of these sequences using the distance-dependent potential The points in each colored line are sorted independently by rank; the x-axis is the sort order The ... combinations onto the RNA bases nearest the center of the b-sheet structure of the RRM We then scored these sequence-variant structures with the distancedependent potential function Figure shows the results...
... the welfare stateandthe construction of the tax state. 5 Welfare state development went hand in hand with the development of the tax state owing to the increasing financial needs of the government ... Zealand In Australia, the tax rate andthe revenue-raising power of the VAT are higher than in Canada and Japan and lower than in New Zealand In the United States, the scholarly debate about the ... the possibility that the tax stateandthe welfare state have a reciprocal relationship in which one strengthens or weakens the other At the same time, however, it is possible to argue that their...
... health and biodiversity, including impacts on forests, grasslands, and wetlands; and • The growth and use of cultivated invasive or noxious plants and their impacts on the environment and agriculture ... biofuels, they receive the RIN associated with that purchase If they not choose to purchase biofuels, then they can purchase the RIN instead and meet the RFS mandated level If the demand for biofuel ... scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare Upon the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress...
... 30-foot seas, and hypothetically put two of the rig’s six thrusters out of commission Then they set the simulator to manual mode and let another visitor work the hand controls to maintain the rig’s ... lost And knowing the people of the Gulf, we are certain that they not want to spend years living off payments from BP Then there is the natural ecosystem itself, the marshes and beaches, the fish, ... links our demand for oil to the complexity of the technology we use to find and produce petroleum, our economic andenergy return on energy production, the complexity of our society, and our ability...
... the observation of the jumps at TCO=156 K and 150 K on the a.c susceptibility versus temperature plots for the x=0.46 and 0.50 samples, respectively Fig shows the temperature dependences of the ... Mn3+ and Mn4+ ions depends on the type of eg orbital occupied at the Mn3+ site, leading to the following charge/orbital pattern: along the a-axis, the same in-plane arrangement of Mn3+ and Mn4+ ... cooled (FC) and zero–field cooled (ZFC) curves show a phase transition from the paramagnetic to ferromagnetic state at Curie temperature TC=273 K for x=0.46 and TC=275 K for x=0.50 These values...
... coincidence of the following two mathematical obstacles: the presence of the high derivatives in the Lagrangian , andthe fact that the field xµ (τ, σ) is defined on the finite strip σ π , and −∞ < ... integrations The Z-terms in formula (9) for δS can be regarded as a contribution from the corner points of the rectangle R For the closed string they cancel each other However, for the open string they ... , (16) andthe following boundary conditions where and Cµ (τ, σ) = ∂l ∂xµ,11 (17) In the case of the closed string δµ (τ, σ) obey the conditions δµµ (τ, σ = 0) = δµ (τ, σ = σπ) Then, the variation...
... order In the following sections I will argue the need for further theoretical and empirical investigation to better understand the tensions between professions, thestateandthe public andthe dynamics ... change the actual triangle of professions, thestateand citizens in complex and uneven ways The second step of analysis focuses, for the main part, on the linkage between professions andthe state, ... the late 19th and 20th centuries andthe ‘golden age’ of professions in the postwar period This perspective brings into view both the transformability of professionalism andthe role of the state...
... IIASA (2010) The assumptions in the PRIMES 2010 energy reference include the effects of economic crisis in 2008 and 2009, as well as assuming the objectives of the EU Climate andEnergy (C&E) ... compared to 22 700 in 2000 The respective numbers for the MRR scenario andthe TSAP are approximately 15 300 and 16 900 (IIASA, 2010) The objectives of the TSAP states that the number of years of ... Northern Europe: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden; North-western Europe: Belgium, France (north of 45 ° latitude), Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the...
... air quality in downwind states and helps them attain and maintain the 24-hour PM2.5 air quality standards established in 2006 andthe 1997 annual PM2.5 standards Twenty states are required to ... states and helps them attain and maintain the 1997 8-hour ozone standard Additionally, EPA is issuing a proposed rule requesting comment on inclusion of the following six states in the Cross -State ... the end of this fact sheet identifies the states covered by the final rule andthe emissions they will need to control, including the six states proposed in the supplemental notice of proposed...
... tax to the military or to other persons appointed by the sultan, but if they sell [their land], then the person appointed by the sultan to collect the tax takes part of the price And if they die ... sons, their sons take over the lands, but if they leave only daughters, the land reverts to the treasury As administrative agents of the sultan, they may sell [rights to] the land without the [other ... by the person using the land; rather he must pay the tax Thus if what was paid is considered as part of the tax, then the seller [the previous cultivator and/ or administrator] not the buyer [the...
... dimeric form On the other hand, if the pH of the enzyme solution was elevated to 7.0 after dissociation at pH 6.0, the reverse was observed The peak corresponding to the dimeric form of the enzyme ... oligomeric states in order to identify the mechanism and forces that contribute to the supramolecular assembly and function of the enzyme In addition, the role of histidine residues at the interfaces ... interactions with the (b/a)8-barrel domain of the other molecule, as observed in the crystal structure of ThMA, which exists as a dimer in both the solution and crystal states [3] The C-domain was,...