... Environ Manage 2008, 88, 1119–1130 40 Franczyk, J.; Chang, H The effects of climate change and urbanization onthe runoff ofthe Rock Creek basin in the Portland metropolitan area, Oregon, USA ... direct runoff Similar to the results of annual and wet-season direct runoff, the land-use adaptation strategy can reduce the impact of climate change on direct runoff in the dry season Because of lower ... into runoff and infiltration The infiltration and evapotranspiration will affect the water balance of unsaturated zone and the land use pattern will affect them at the same time When the unsaturated...
... digestion followed by filtration with a Whatman 5C glass fiber filter was employed for the determination of total lead content before the instrumental analysis Onthe other hand, theconcentrationof ... side of Manila Bay Theconcentration profiles in the sea sediments show the decrease in lead and zinc concentrations in the sediments with the increase in the distance between the river mouth and ... silt and clay with less than 20% sand content However, the third sample contained 64% of sand and other upstream samples mostly consisted more than 97% of sand Lead and zinc concentrations in...
... cultivations Summary and conclusions The objective of this study is to clarify theeffectof DOM and biofilm onthe adsorption capacity of PAC in the aeration tank of PACT process Thespecific conclusions ... of PAC in the aeration tank was 29% of new PAC The adsorption capacity ofthe PAC in the aeration tank significantly decreased compared to the new one Figure shows 3,5-DCP concentrations in the ... aeration tank The objective of this study is to clarify theeffectof DOM and biofilm onthe adsorption capacity of PAC in the aeration tank of PACT process Materials and methods 2.1 Operation of powdered...
... ofthe hexanucelotide is, onthe whole, unchanged and the majority ofthe interactions that were seen in the first model are maintained However, the interaction between G4 and Asn122 can no longer ... R213D in the vicinity of residue 213 The backbone and sidechains ofthe R213D substitution are shown as stereo images in thick ball and stick and the position ofthe Arg213 side-chain ofthe wild-type ... levels and, as such, these mutants could not be purified To assess theeffectof substitutions made at each ofthe arginyl residues on catalytic activity of RTA, the ability of each ofthe purified...
... N-WT, the conversion to the fibrillar conformation is presumably very slow under the applied conditions This assumption, and the fact that seeds lose their activity upon incubation, may be responsible ... for the only moderate acceleration of fibril formation of N-WT by seeds Consequently, an increase in the protein concentration and ⁄ or temperature which is known to reduce the lag phases of fibril ... of alanines determines the atomic structure ofthe fibril and the b-strand arrangements remains to be determined Yet, knowledge ofthe structure and biophysical analysis ofthe fibrils alone will...
... distribution of these antimalarial drugs by the National Malaria Control Programme It also demonstrated theeffectof health education onthe proportions and promptness of appropriate actions taken among ... terms of medical interventions, and to overemphasize the importance of medical technology It is important to promote the concept of health as the result ofthe interaction of human beings and their ... the home management of malaria with the use of current and effective antimalarial drugs and reduction in reliance on herbs attributable to increase in awareness of management of malaria and the...
... order to gain an evolutionary advantage Taking these considerations together, it can be concluded that, for the examined enzymes, removal ofthe covalent bond has dramatic effects onthe flavin redox ... cysteine via the C6 position ofthe flavin isoalloxazine moiety Removal ofthe covalent bond by mutating the Cys30 to an alanyl resulted in the formation of 6-hydroxyFMN upon incubation with substrate ... itself if deprotonation ofthe 8-methyl group (step 1, Fig 2) were rate-limiting; the pKa (or rate of deprotonation) ofthe 8-methyl proton should be a function ofthe electron affinity (i.e redox...
... also contribute to the conformational stability of holo-lMb Consistently, they are maintained over the 1.5 ns ofthe simulation (Fig 2) A comparison ofthe hydrogen-bond distances in Figs and indicates ... holo-lMb, the shielding effectofthe heme and the engagement of Arg45 in thesalt bridge Fig Three-dimensional model ofthesalt bridges made by Arg45 and Lys96 with the two propionate groups of heme ... when the distance between the CO group of residue i and the NH group of residue i + was ˚ shorter than 2.5 A A salt bridge was identified when the distance between the nitrogen ofthe base and the...
... PL consists of these two states The peak energy and the PL intensity are determined by the concentrations of these two components at the corresponding annealing temperature and time 4.2 The annealing ... states The peak energy and the spectral shape are determined by theconcentration ratio of these two components while the PL intensity is determined by the concentrations of these two components and ... PS The roles of hydrogen that have been suggested are: (1) the passivation of dangling bonds w25–27x; (2) as one ofthe components ofthe luminescence centers w11,29x; and (3) responsible for the...
... parts: theeffectonthe probability of a year with at least one day, the mean effecton days conditional on any days, and the smearing factor To calculate theeffectof a variable onthe probability ... in the year, and the second part is how many days, conditional on having one or more This specification is a slight departure from standard admission/length of stay models The focus on days means ... effects on total days are independent, so we can add the variance ofthe log of those factors to get the variance ofthe log ofthe estimated effects on total days Residuals and predictions for...
... from one ofthe cytochromes P450 with known three-dimensional structure and determination ofthe sidechain conformations based on information about the backbone secondary structure and the side ... from the comparison ofthe 11bhydroxylation activities of all constructs (Fig 2B), the introduction of Pro at position 112 enhanced the activity ofthe first enzymatic reaction step more than threefold, ... hypertension for the mutant K251R of CYP11B2 This mutation caused a 400% and 50–80% enhancement in the formation of 18-OH-B and aldosterone, respectively In conclusion, the studies presented here are the...
... lg of xCTBP/xALDH1 in the presence of various concentrations of T3 The inset illustrates the Hill plot, log[vc/vi)1] vs the logarithm of T3 molar concentration, the slope of which yields the ... reaction mixture The reaction was performed at 24 °C with lg of xCTBP/xALDH1 Theconcentrationof retinal was 30 lM and the concentrations of T3 were (d), 0.4 (e), 0.6 (n), 0.8 (h) and lM (s) .The ... Kinetics ofthe inhibition of xCTBP/xALDH1 by T3 when retinal concentration was varied within the reaction mixture The reaction was performed at 24 °C with lg of xCTBP/xALDH1 Theconcentrationof NAD+...
... 1021 M NaCl) and 25.0 8C [22] The HSA concentration ranged between 3.0 Â 1028 M and 2.0 Â 1026 M , the haem concentration was 1.0 Â 1027 M , and the ibuprofen and warfarin concentrations were 5.0 ... affect the coordination state of haem iron (see Fig 2), His242 does not appear to be a likely candidate for the axial haem bonding CONCLUSIONS Theeffectof ibuprofen and warfarin onthe electronic ... that does not affect the inner coordination sphere ofthe haem iron atom Fig Effectof ibuprofen and warfarin onthe electronic absorption spectroscopic properties of ferric HSA–haem Electronic...
... determinant of firm performance The external organisation ofthe firm (Richardson, 1972) consists of its connections with other organisations operating in the relevant innovation systems Outward connections ... test the correlations among technical change, organizational change and skill change.37 She finds, onthe one hand, that both new manufacturing technologies and organizational changes can destroy ... in Chapter Innovation and Skill Biases The effects of innovation onthe type and quality of employment are no less important than those onthe quantity of employment, and have lately generated...
... Children, Canada) The acyclovir concentrations used in the experiments are representative of concentrations of acyclovir that are found in the plasma and hence, are the concentrations which creatinine ... Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3M2, Canada Authors’ contributions All authors have read and approved the final manuscript submitted to the journal All authors were involved in the conception and design of ... that theconcentrationof [8-14C] acyclovir in the apical compartment was significantly (p < 0.05) decreased in the presence of quinidine at 15, 22.5 and 30 minutes Theeffectof acyclovir on creatinine...
... activity ofthe quadriceps [5,6], diminished EMG activity ofthe VMO in relation to that ofthe VL [7-9], and the delayed onset of VMO activation in relation to the VL [1012] caused by the inhibition ... extension at 90° of flexion and MVIC hip abduction at 0° and 30° of abduction for both male and female subjects Discussion were realized by the Bonferroni multiple comparisons analysis Significance ... of flexion compared with the higher activity ofthe VLL at 15° of flexion, demonstrating that the VMO and VLO muscle havethe same behavior suggesting a synchronic antagonist stability role of...
... one consisting of a number of questions The questionnaire by the European organization for research and treatment of cancer (QLQBR23) is merely specialized for breast cancer and measures the life ... European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality Questionnaire-Cancer 30; EORTC QLQ-BR23: European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Breast Cancer ... status and educational level ofthe patients The majority ofthe participants were aged between 40 to 49 years (32.7% in the experimental group and 40% in the control group), and most of them were...
... through the creation of dopant levels near the valence band of TiO2 on Fe+3 ion incorporation Therefore, the relative shift ofthe absorption edge ofthe semiconductor depends strongly onthe difference ... between the ionic radius ofthe dopant and the host cations, as well as onthe chemical nature ofthe dopants To evaluate the bandgap energy ofthe nanoparticles associated to their direct transition, ... decrease in the content of titanium and an increase in the relative content of europium are observed with the increasing nominal concentrationofthe dopant in the samples The XRD patterns ofthe undoped...
... interaction Dotted line: g = 0.3Γ and ω0 = Γ Conclusion We have studied the additional effectofthe e-ph interaction onthe ac conductance of a localized level, representing a molecular junction The ... Figure The ac conductance as a function ofthe ac frequency ω at ε0 - μ = Γ (a) The total conductance when ΓL = ΓR and δμL = -δμR The broken lines indicate the conductance in the presence of e-ph ... Figure The conductance as a function ofthe ac frequency ω at ε0 - μ = -Γ (a) The total conductance when ΓL = ΓR and δμL = -δμR The broken lines indicate the conductance in the presence of e-ph...