... Urban Change and Continuity in Roman and Byzantine Corinth Corinth was one ofthe great cities of Greece, the capital ofthe Roman province and later Byzantine theme of Achia, andthe see of an archbishop ... the topography of these coin finds being indicative ofthe city expanding eastwards This recovery seems to begin both here andin Thebes with the coinage of Theophilus (829 42), and it has been ... this industry continued into the eighth and ninth centuries Whilst the industry, as a result ofthe Arab invasion of Asia Minor inthe eighth century, moved away fromthe regions of conflict into...
... the quantum theory The only uncertainty, according to Einstein, lay in our inability or lack of ingenuity in measuring the objective properties of such systems When Bohr and Einstein met at the ... totally independent ofthe state ofthe observer This is the deeper meaning of Einstein’s great discovery Behind all phenomena are laws of nature, andthe form of these laws, their most elegant mathematical ... interpretation ofthe uncertainty principle Inthe early days of quantum theory Werner Heisenberg tried to explain the origins of uncertainty much as I have done inthe preceding text, by analogy with the...
... shown in Fig The findings from these experimental investigations corroborate the data fromthe clinical study, where an inverse correlation of intrathecal TNF and IL-18 levels during thefirst ... 0.05 in three patients (# 2,5,10) and P < 0.01 in four patients (# 1,4,6,9; Table 1) Since the quality ofthe blood-brain barrier has not been determined in this cohort of head- injured patients, ... (FELASA) and approval was granted by the Institutional Animal Care Committee ofthe University of Zurich andofthe Hebrew University of Jerusalem Inthe clinical part ofthe study on CHI patients, the...
... as the stage and grade ofthe patients, dose and volume of radiation andthe duration and timing of ADT In terms ofthe tumour characteristics, most early studies have focused on patients with ... http://www.ro-journal.com/content/3/1/8 pated inthe design ofthe study and drafts ofthe manuscript TP conceived ofthe study, co-developed the prospective data sources, participated inthe design ofthe study and manuscript ... universally in high risk cancers, and also for intermediate risk in many centres Using these standard NCCN criteria our data further reinforces these findings Additionally, we suggest that by using an...
... bundles inthe skin of SSc patients (Figure 1) When the cell number in randomly selected areas (per 10,000 μm2) was counted, the number of CD68+, CD163+ or CD204+cells inthe skin of SSc patients ... panel, (ii) 1.5 inthe middle panel and (iii) inthe right panel The right panel shows increased number of peaks in CD204 histogram in SSc patientsThe number of peaks is shown on the ordinate * P ... [17,19] Therefore we hypothesized that increased numbers of circulating CD14+ cell could be a source for the increased number of CD68+ macrophages inthe skin of SSc patients, which are derived from...
... in our study The cohort of ESRF patientsinthe study by Uchino and colleagues had a mean APACHE II score of 21.8, an ICU mortality of 22% and a hospital mortality of 34% [15] In this study the ... caused by the high number of deaths inthefirst month following discharge from ICU, largely occurring while still in hospital The suggestion is that patients remain at high risk inthe early ... summarises the characteristics ofthe ICU cohort andthe comparator group of chronic dialysis patients Nine patientsinthe study group died within one month of discharge from ICU, all but one before...
... vows in vegas Guests shower the newlyweds with Jordan almonds A lump of iron inthe groom’s pocket wards off evil spirits Just the two of you in town? Grab a witness off the street A rip inthe ... full of family or feminine items, steer clear—he’s taken 142 get some play at a concert Dive into the ar s of m a hottie inthe crowd Cruise the merchandise table to pick up a memento ofthe ... Arrange a distraction; sneak on the train Set up with the holes facing each other Climb up and close yourself in Stay quiet during the ride During control questions, use these tricks to raise your...
... discovery of a brain-specific MT isoform, GIF, in 1991, sparked considerable interest in understanding the role of all MTs inthe brain, and particularly within theinjured or diseased brain Inthe ... studies examining the role of GIF in AD, linked to its initial discovery as a factor deficient inthe AD brain There remains no clear consensus on the role of GIF inthe pathogenesis of AD, and therefore ... traumatically injured brain, however, the synthesis of MT1 and MT2, as well as the synthesis of GIF, are up-regulated by reactive astrocytes inthe vicinity ofthe lesion [23] This suggests that these...
... et al Chemokines inthe joints ofpatients CXC chemokines C and CX3C chemokines Interleukin-8 ⁄ CXCL8 (a ligand of CXCR1 and CXCR2) was the first chemokine identified to be involved in leukocyte ... concentrations of several chemokines Chemokines inthe joints ofpatients Table Chemokines and chemokine receptors expressed inthe joint of RA patients Systemic name CC chemokines CCL2 CCL3 ... cytokines, including IL-1b, TNF-a and IFN-c (B) Chemokines expressed inthe joint recruit leukocytes into the joints In addition to functioning in cell trafficking, several chemokines have other biological...
... low-lying plain in front of river mouth or tidal channel inside islands The late Holocene lithofacies distributed from to -20 m water depth inthe area of delta front and prodelta Seaward, with increasing ... to the shore inthe form of bows with a distance from each other about 3-10km They are evidences of paleocoast existence during delta progradation from delta front into delta plain Due to these ... wave is active and sandy tidal flat facies will be formed, which composed of over 80% of sand and 20% of silty clay and badly preserved fragments of molluscs and plants Deposits of sandy tidal flat...
... Ampicillin, gentamicin Ampicillin, spectinomycin Ampicillin, tetracycline Ampicillin, TMPϩSMX Ampicillin, gentamicin, tetracycline & TMPϩSMX Ampicillin, gentamicin, spectinomycin, tetracycline & ... at King Fahd Hospital ofthe University andthe College of Medicine for their assistance We also thank Prof A Ghandour, Department of Microbiology, King Faisal University, for reviewing the manuscript ... between the pattern of resistance to antibiotics in E coli organisms from chicken andfrompatients (Table 1) as well as from workers (Table 2) These findings not only demonstrate the similarity of the...
... stages inthe biological cycle ofthe parasite (i.e the epimastigote andthe metacyclic trypomastigote inthe insect vector, andthe intracellular amastigote andthe bloodstream trypomastigote inthe ... Arg141¢ The other end ofthe substrate points into a deep pocket inthe enzyme Moving along the ligand fromthe phosphate, O4 interacts with His102¢ and a water molecule that is in turn within hydrogen-bonding ... conformations: one pointing towards the phosphate group ofthe ligand andthe other pointing out into solution Inthe TcRpiB-wt (i.e ligand-free) structure, Arg113 is only inthe latter conformation...
... ligand binding kinetics ofthe PAS domain of Ec DOS, as it does in myoglobin and hemoglobin Examination ofthe effects of these hydrophobic amino acids on the kinetics of O2 and CO binding to the Ec ... study The slow phase ofthe L99F mutant was independent ofthe O2 concentration b Measurement ofthe rate of O2 binding was not feasible because of low heme binding affinity and instability ofthe ... amino acids substantially in uences the rate of auto-oxidation andthe redox potential ofthe heme iron, but, surprisingly, they had less effect on the characteristics of O2 and CO binding Finally,...
... economic decline, and rising tensions in relations between the Papua New Guinea government andthe World Bank and other donors This culminated in a vote of no confidence against the prime minister, ... Dean ofthe School of Business Administration at the University of Papua New Guinea Valentine Kambori was, at the time of writing, Director General ofthe National Agricultural Research Institute ... management and increased investment in training (Gibson 1983; Creedon 1984) The final strategy of public sector reform inthe immediate post-independence era was restructuring This involved amputating...
... convey the position ofthe team on various issues The information processing roles are increasingly becoming more important as the amount of information andthe mode of information have changed and ... understanding of work and life andthe difference between the two Another key component ofthe workplace is the new generation, Gen Y What makes them unique? What makes them tick? And understand the ... purpose and usage of performance ratings and typical review methods Understand the usage ofthe Bell curve in performance ratings and build understanding ofthe common issues inthe annual review...
... discarded There must be at least as many distinct variables inthe conceptual structure annotating thehead as there are sisters ofthehead Again, if there are insufficient variables intheheadthe ... lexicons and support search pruning heuristics which make learning faster In summary, the linking component makes use ofsix pieces of knowledge which are assumed to be innate The linking rule Thehead ... degree of non-determinism inthe representation of syntactic structure It is interesting that despite the use of a highly ambiguous grammar, the combination ofthe parser with the linker and inference...
... these influences – and a lot of outstanding development projects fromthe School’s Council (established in 1970) – the mood music in schools was shifting in dramatic ways inthe decade fromthe ... commenting on the original manuscript Their comments were pertinent, encouraging and very helpful to us in honing the final version If we ever find out who they are, we will buy them a beer Introduction ... from school into engineering – was concerned to explore the role of mathematics in design & technology The serious drop-off of candidates coming forward with pure and applied mathematics and physics,...
... effecting payments by the transfer of these credits fromthe account ofthe payer to that ofthe receiver In this way the trouble of counting large sums of coin, andof transporting it from one ... was the business of Domestic Exchanges The necessity of sustaining its branches, andof meeting the drafts ofthe government at different points ofthe country, first led the Bank into this business; ... the Bank of England Chapter V Scotch Banks Two banks were established in Scotland by charter fromthe king; one the Bank of Scotland, in 1695; the other, the Royal Bank of Scotland, in 1727 These...
... kU0 andthe Gibbs energy of unfolding at [urea] (DGU0) Inthe mutant series, the overall height ofthe energy barrier for the rate-determining step ofthe folding ⁄ unfolding transition is mainly ... on the structural model from [35] along the N-terminal a helix involving the amino acids V4 ⁄ N5, and S11 ⁄ A12 The side chain of D72 is part of an acidic patch, together with the residues D2 and ... along the C-terminal a helix to E68 and Y76 Interestingly, one ofthe side chain oxygens of D72 appears to be hydrogen-bonded to the backbone N atom of G6, bridging the crossing between the N- and...