... Given the low transfer efficiencies and safety risks available at present (i.e extrapolating from animal transgenesis), candidate disorders would have to be severe and unavoidable by pre-screening ... important and vexing bioethical issues, including questions of responsibility towards future generations, difficulties of distinction between gene therapy and genetic enhancement, and the spectre ... introduction of transgenes into embryos, and the associated technology and underpinning science is accordingly well developed Thus, the human embryo is a potential candidate for human germline gene therapy...
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... This produces less food and is more expensive but it does not produce the pollution problems of intensive farming Use farmyard manure as a fertiliser and set aside land for growth of wild plants ... Burning fossil fuels in cars and power stations produces carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide and other greenhouse gases • carbon dioxide traps heat in the atmosphere and causes the temperature of ... dissolve in rain producing Acid Rain • Acid rain damages trees and pollutes rivers and lakes Acid rain causes erosion of buildings and statues particularly if they are made of limestone Deforestation...
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Tài liệu Deteriorating Access to Women’s Health Services in Texas: Potential Effects of the Women’s Health Program Affiliate Rule doc
... contraceptive and certain related services, so that they can avoid unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and be screened for breast and cervical cancer and other diseases.9 ... University and Providence Health and Services, found that when Medicaid coverage for adults was expanded, women were more likely to obtain screening for breast and cervical cancer and that prescription ... expanded to 133% of the poverty line for nonelderly adults and there would also be a 5% standard deduction, leading to a net income limit of 138% of poverty 58 For example, Hawkins, J and Banda,...
Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 06:20
Tài liệu Male Reproductive Health Disorders and the Potential Role of Exposure to Environmental Chemicals pdf
... TDS-like effects of ECs and EC mixtures in animal studies, together with new understanding about when and how androgens regulate development of the male reproductive system and how this may relate ... fungicides (such as Vinclozolin, DDE and Procymidone) exert their antiandrogenic effects by binding to the AR – and then instead of activating it, sit there and block it and thus prevent activation of ... potentially antiandrogenic pesticides (procymidone, linuron, iprodione, chlozolinate p,p’DDE, and ketoconazole) and toxic substances (dibutyl- and diethylhexyl phthalate, PCB 169, and ethane dimethane...
Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 10:20
Tài liệu Evaluation of physical activity programmes for elderly people - a descriptive study using the EFQM’ criteria ppt
... participated in the acquisition and analysis of data and participated in drafting and editing the manuscript MJR managed the data collection and analysis and supervised the drafting and editing of manuscript ... organization knows the PA programme mission and objectives 21 80,77 2c Policy and Strategy are developed, reviewed and updated 2d Policy and Strategy are communicated and deployed through a framework of ... Policy and strategy are based on the present and future needs and expectations of stakeholders 2b Policy and strategy are based on information from performance measurement, research, learning and...
Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 06:20
Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: Emerging pathways in genetic Parkinson’s disease: Potential role of ceramide metabolism in Lewy body disease pptx
... between and years They gradually develop neurologic abnormalities which are initially manifested by ataxia, grand mal seizures and loss of previously learned speech Spasticity is striking and seizures ... should lead to Lewy body diseases, and plausibly ATP13A2 and hereditary sensory neuropathy type I mutation carriers should have Lewy bodies; and (b) a-synuclein and LRRK2 should have roles in ceramide ... metabolism and that cause diseases in which Lewy bodies are known to be abundant; (b) genes that may be involved in ceramide metabolism and cause diseases in which Lewy bodies have been described; and...
Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 14:20
Tài liệu An Empirical Analysis of Political Activity in Hollywood pptx
... examined the political tendencies and biases of news reporters (Adkins Convert and Wasburn, 2007, Gentzkow and Shapiro, 2006 and 2004, Groseclose and Milyo, 2005, Lott and Hassett, 2004, Puglisi, 2004, ... Aiken Jessica Alba Jason Alexander Joan Allen Tim Allen Woody Allen Pedro Almodovar Robert Altman Anthony Anderson Gillian Anderson Paul Anderson Paul Thomas Anderson Wes Anderson Jennifer Aniston ... DeVany, A.S., and W.D Walls (2004) “Motion Picture Profit, the Stable Paretian Hypothesis, and the Curse of the Superstar” Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control Elberse, A., and B Anand (2005)...
Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 10:20
Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: Models and mechanisms of O-O bond activation by cytochrome P450 A critical assessment of the potential role of multiple active intermediates in oxidative catalysis doc
... and CYP2C3 [18] to yield hexacoordinate low-spin complexes has been shown to be characterized by absorption bands around 420 and 557 nm in the absolute spectra and broad maxima at about 440 and ... Boussac, A., Hildebrandt, P & Girer, J.J (2000) FeIII-hydroperoxo and peroxo complexes with aminopyridyl ligands and the resonance Raman spectroscopic identication of the Fe-O and O-O stretching ... equimolar combination of a- and b-subunits, each a-subunit bearing an Fe2S2 cluster and a mononuclear iron site [208] Two histidines and one bidentate aspartate ligand, the socalled ễ2-His-1-carboxylate...
Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 16:20
Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: Mechanism of protection of peroxidase activity by oscillatory dynamics docx
... formation and decomposition of superoxide in the system Superoxide is formed via reaction and decomposed via reactions and The rate of formation depends on the concentration of NAD and oxygen and ... compound I, compound II and compound III are represented as coI, coII and coIII, with ArH and Ar indicating the aromatic compound (4-hydroxybenzoic acid or melatonin) and its free radical, respectively ... of NADH into a solution equilibrated with O2 in the gas phase and containing the enzyme and the two modiers, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid and methylene blue In Fig 1A the oxygen concentration in the...
Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 11:20
Tài liệu AMAZONIAN ACCESSIONS OF WILD HEVEA GERMPLASM - A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF DROUGHT TOLERANCE pptx
... Good growth (height and girth, no of whorls and leaves) RO 2524 Good growth (height and girth, no of whorls) MT 945 Good growth (height and girth, no of leaves) MT 58 Good growth (height and girth, ... RWC, good growth (height and girth) MT 1627 No.of leaves, no of whorls, RWC, good growth (height and girth) MT 1649 Good growth even after experiencing stress MT 80 II Good growth (height and girth), ... height, girth, number of whorls, RWC and stable performance MT 1579 Good growth even after experiencing stress MT 67 No.of leaves, good growth (height and girth) and girth increment MT 1616 No.of...
Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 04:20
The Health Benefits of Physical Activity for Girls and Women ppt
... approach and weak about another This research project recognizes that there are different and complementary ways of understanding the links between physical activity and health for girls and women, and ... Pederson, Janna Taylor, and Andre Trottier for their input and advice Finally, I thank Dr Heather McKay and Dr Wendy Frisby, who acted as the principal investigators, advisors, and editors for this ... physical activity and the well-being of individuals and communities has not been adequately understood, and the linkages between disease, social and psychological well-being, and physical activity...
Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 13:20
Mortgage Loan Fraud: An Update of Trends based Upon an Analysis of Suspicious Activity Reports doc
... from fifth position to third and Georgia and Texas moved from third and fourth to fourth and fifth positions New Jersey, Arizona and Ohio replaced Ohio, North Carolina and Washington in the seventh ... institution SARs and depository institution SARs reporting mortgage loan fraud while Figure 10 provides a graphic depiction of the growth FIGURE COMPARISON OF GROWTH IN TOTAL DEPOSITORY SARs TO GROWTH ... fraud SARs filed for the period between April 1, 2006 and March 31, 2007 Figure Comparison of Growth of Total Mortgage Loan Fraud SARs And Growth of SARs Indicating Mortgage Broker As the Occupation...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 19:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Simultaneous improvement of catalytic activity and thermal stability of tyrosine phenol-lyase by directed evolution ppt
... co-improvement in stability and activity For example, the T1 ⁄ values for AS4 and AS6 were 6.7 and 11.2 °C higher, respectively, and the catalytic activities were improved by 2.8- and 2.0-fold, respectively ... wild-type protein and two mutants, AS4 and AS7, were purified to homogeneity with purification yields of over 40%, and investigated for their stability and activity at temperatures between 40 and 80 °C ... stability and catalytic activity of S toebii TPL Materials and methods Materials Sodium pyruvate and PLP were obtained from Musashino Shoji (Tokyo, Japan) and Fluka (Seelze, Germany), respectively, and...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 00:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Kinetic properties of catecholoxidase activity of tarantula hemocyanin pot
... laboratory, activation by SDS mimics the activation by fatty acids and phospholipids, and is accepted as the standard method for prophenoloxidase and hemocyanin activation [2131] At rst sight, SDS, as an ... biochemistry of eumelanogenesis and the protective roles of phenoloxidase and melanin in insects Pigment Cell Res 15, 29 Land E, Ramsden C & Riley P (2004) Quinone chemistry and melanogenesis Methods ... activation under our experimental conditions (Figs and 3) The nature of the interaction between the hemocyanin multimer and SDS micelles is not known, and it is unclear why the conformational change...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 05:20
Báo cáo khóa học: SUT2 is a novel multicopy suppressor of low activity of the cAMP/protein kinase A pathway in yeast docx
... re-transformation into TG1 and FOA-selection against the RAS2 and URA3-harboring plasmid Yeast culture, sample preparation, biochemical analysis, immunoblots and invasive growth assay For determination ... (stat.) or after shift to fresh SC medium (growth) as indicated in Experimental procedures WT, YHUM216 and MR287 (lacZ); Dras2, MR211 and AR3 (lacZ); Dsut2, AR1 and AR4 (lacZ); h.c SUT2, YEp351-SUT2 ... slow growth phenotype of Dgpa2 Dras2 cells by increasing PKA activity Low activity of the PKA pathway leads to accumulation of glycogen and trehalose, arrest of the cell cycle in G0 phase and...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 15:20
The Carbon and Global Warming Potential Impacts of Organic Farming: Does It Have a Significant Role in an Energy Constrained World? pptx
... representing organic and conventional farms located in alpine, upland and lowland regions Notably, and rather innovatively, the authors included an estimate for GHG impacts of the estimated land use change ... approach and compared one organic and one conventional arable farm on clay soil (both growing potato, sugar beet, wheat, carrot, onion and pea) and one organic and conventional vegetable farm on sandy ... same total yield, it conserves soil, water, above and belowground biodiversity, and even maintains and restores multifunctional landscapes [7-9] and these key environmental benefits cannot be overlooked...
Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 23:20
Báo cáo Y học: Role of critical charged residues in reduction potential modulation of ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase Differential stabilization of FAD redox forms doc
... [4,15], and only recently have we been able to achieve its measurement [16] The close proximity of K75, E139 and E301 to the flavin ring and the reported characterizations of K75E, E139K and E301A ... light source and were used to calculate the FNRox, FNRsq and FNRrd concentrations throughout reduction The extinction coefficients used at 458 and 600 nm were, respectively, 9400 [22] and 200 M)1Æcm)1 ... a mass balance equation and two Beer’s law relationships (458 and 600 nm) Our data indicate that although wild-type, K75E and E139K FNRs accumulate a maximum of 22, 27 and 21%, respectively, of...
Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 23:20
POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN THE PRODUCTION OF DRUG COMPENDIA doc
... Research and Quality (AHRQ) The product and its contents may be used and incorporated into other materials* on the condition that the contents are not changed in any way (including covers and front ... evaluating therapies”; and (e) “process for public identification and notification of potential conflicts of interest of the compendia's parent and sibling organizations, reviewers, and committee members, ... extent on an internally generated set of norms, personal experience and understanding, and evaluation of the quality of the study and its conclusions Systematic review presents a technique for evaluating...
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