... profitability is declining The internalization of information within the same institution may thus enhance intra-circuit and inter-circuit stability by reducing the incentive to overfinancing The ... searching, inspecting, testing, evaluating, interpreting and judging are parts of the production process of information; disseminating information to the general public through reports or advertising ... placing money with investment financial institutions in the capital market, and hold the remaining share in noninterest bearing, short-term bank deposits (eq 7) The share of savings going to the...
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... chemical and microbiological properties of groundwater in Saint Katherine, South Sinai, Egypt and exploring the diversity, occurrence and distribution of fungal taxa in groundwater in South Sainai, ... to the natural protectorate law and the decision of the Prime Minister regulating to activities inside the protectorates in addition to the inefficiency of the biological treatment project of ... Azeem was one of a few Media reported the progress in increasing interest.[19],[20].to investigate the amount and seriousness of pollution caused by factories dumping their waste in the Egyptian...
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Báo cáo khoa học: Caenorhabditis elegans metallothionein isoform specificity – metal binding abilities and the role of histidine in CeMT1 and CeMT2 potx
... some hint of partial participation in a subset of the metal complexes present in our preparations The role of histidine in metal ion coordination in MTs is a subject that has gathered increasing ... greatly in terms of the number of other less likely modifiable residues (Lys, Tyr, Ser and Thr) and cysteines remain inaccessible due to the binding of metal ions Of special significance is the result ... the data suggest the contribution of three out of four histidines (probably excluding the C-terminal histidine) in the coordination of the seventh M(II) ion, precisely the Zn(II) of Cd6Zn1–CeMT1...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 02:20
Working PaPer SerieS no 967 / november 2008: Central bank miSPerCePtions and the role of money in interest rate rules pptx
... (2004)).34 Income elasticity of money demand (in line with Andres et al (2006) and Ireland (2004)) Interest rate elasticity of money demand (in line with Andres et al (2006) and Ireland (2004)) Weighting ... undesirable, they not inhibit monetary cross-checking as shown in the preceding section A more interesting question concerns the performance of monetary cross-checking in the event of sustained changes in ... and Wieland (2006) in studying policy performance using cal16 Ireland (2004) and Andres et al (2006) investigate the direct role of money balances in output and in ation determination They suggest...
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 13:20
Báo cáo lâm nghiệp: "Frost resistance of seeds in Mediterranean oaks and the role of litter in the thermal protection of acorns" docx
... acorns during winter The insulating role of leaf litter along a winter season in a Q faginea stand in the Zaragoza province was monitored to check its insulation capability MATERIALS AND METHODS ... been considered the starting point of the exotherms as suggested in several studies [10, 12] Some freezing and exotherm profiles are shown in Figure It is remarkable the presence of an apparent ... the ones recorded by us, it can be observed that minimum temperatures Figure Typical freezing and exotherm profiles for the four species studied (in increasing order of frost resistance) Exotherms...
Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 01:22
Báo cáo y học: "DNA transposons and the role of recombination in mutation accumulation in Daphnia pulex" pdf
... survey the relative abundance of each TE family in MA lines with and without sex, and discuss the implications of the patterns observed for the role of DNA transposons in shaping the genomes of species ... individual and the back-up individuals were dead, the line was propagated from beakers of animals from previous generations of the lineage also maintained in the lab (at 10°C) by selecting a random individual ... descendent lineages indicated loss and/ or gain of copies of individual elements within the genome Losses were scored based on the absence of bands at locations where, in the majority of the samples,...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 20:21
Development of sphingosine kinase (SPHK) inhibitors and the role of sphingolipids in adult stem cell proliferation and differentiation 2
... aldehyde 1, and using the synthetic route shown in Scheme 1, six analogues of sphingosine were synthesized In the first step, acetylides of various chain lengths, obtained from the treatment of alkynes ... change Within the linear range of the assay (~5-25μg/mL), the more protein present, the more the Coomassie Blue binds changing the absorbance of the sample After getting cell lysates from the CHO ... the newly developed inhibitors, a better understanding of the role of SPHK in the process of stem cells differentiation will be studied as well In this chapter, only the compounds synthesis and...
Ngày tải lên: 11/09/2015, 16:06
Development of sphingosine kinase (SPHK) inhibitors and the role of sphingolipids in adult stem cell proliferation and differentiation 3
... inhibitor candidate, in terms of the ability to penetrate into the cells and inhibit the endogenous SPHK1 and the good yield obtained from the chemical synthesis procedure Therefore, in this chapter, ... 3.2.3.1.2.2 Immunostaining of Osteocalcin, Osteopontin, and osteonectin The expression of osteocalcin, osteopontin, and osteonectin was measured by immunostaining after 28 days of culture with or ... staining in each sample was quantified by dissolving the staining with 100% of isopropanol and detecting the absorbance at 500nm 3.1.3.3 Fluorescence Immunostaining Fluorescence immunostaining...
Ngày tải lên: 11/09/2015, 16:06
Development of sphingosine kinase (SPHK) inhibitors and the role of sphingolipids in adult stem cell proliferation and differentiation 4
... cultured in 6-well plates were washed twice with 1x PBS and starved in serum-free DMEM for half an hour 1μM S1P was then added into the wells and incubated at 37°C for 5min, 10min, 30min, and 60min ... with iκB, and the phosphorylation of iκBα would cause the release and the activation of NF-κB The activated NF-κB can then translocate into the nucleus and trigger gene expression Due to the limited ... Osteogenic and Adipogenic Induction Culture) Cells were cultured for a total of 28 days, then fixed and stained with Alizarin Red S The Alizarin Red S Staining quantification results are shown in Figure...
Ngày tải lên: 11/09/2015, 16:06
Development of sphingosine kinase (SPHK) inhibitors and the role of sphingolipids in adult stem cell proliferation and differentiation 5
... differentiation in most of the cases, while at higher amounts (1μM DMS and 5μM CP6) showed to inhibit the osteogenic differentiation in most of the experiments Interestingly, in human BM- and AD- MSCs ... potential for the use of SPHK inhibitors in preconditioning stem cells before transplanting them into the body, by committing stem cells along specific differentiation path More work, including in vivo ... Conclusion and Future Work being one of the most potent and specific SPHK1 inhibitors (chapter 2), DMS was continuously used as a reference inhibitor It is interesting to note that CP6 and DMS affected...
Ngày tải lên: 11/09/2015, 16:06
Development of sphingosine kinase (SPHK) inhibitors and the role of sphingolipids in adult stem cell proliferation and differentiation 6
... (1998) “N,N-Dimethylsphingosine Is a Potent Competitive Inhibitor of Sphingosine Kinase but Not of Protein Kinase C: Modulation of Cellular Levels of Sphingosine 1-Phosphate and Ceramide.” Biochemistry, ... “Characterization of N, N-dimethyl-derythro-sphingosine-induced apoptosis and signaling in U937 cells: independence of sphingosine kinase inhibition.” Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators 86(1-4):18-25 Kimura, ... sphingosine kinase." J Biol Chem 279(43): 44802-11 164 Chapter References Igarashi, Y and S Hakomori (1989) "Enzymatic synthesis of N,N-dimethyl-sphingosine: demonstration of the sphingosine:...
Ngày tải lên: 11/09/2015, 16:06
Development of sphingosine kinase (SPHK) inhibitors and the role of sphingolipids in adult stem cell proliferation and differentiation
... this increasing need for more MSCs is one of the main motivations of the present study, in particular, in studying the role of S1P in adult stem cell proliferation Another major motivation is the ... effects of S1P by inhibiting proliferation and secretion of cytokines, while enhancing secretion of the suppressive cytokine Interleukin-10 (IL-10) S1PR5 is the most recent member in S1PRs family and ... activation, while HDL could inhibit all of these, by inhibiting the SPHK activity triggered by TNFα These findings suggested an atherogenic role for SPHK activation Interestingly, Nofer et al (2004) reported...
Ngày tải lên: 11/09/2015, 16:06
Facts of Vietnam Freight forwarding industry and the role of Vietnam Freight Forwarders Association (VIFFAS) to the industry in international economic integration processhelpful to Oristar.doc
... The aims concentrate on co-operating, co-associating and helping members in developing professional skills, improving business efficiency and protecting the legal interest of the members in the ... forwarding activities of the S.R of Vietnam, and on this basis to integrate with such professional colleagues on the world The Association has the role of coordinating the activities of the members ... experts involving in Freight Forwarding and having high professional skills and abilities to contribute to the realization of the objectives and duties of the Association, may be invited to join the...
Ngày tải lên: 27/10/2012, 16:42
The role of language in adult education and poverty reduction in Botswan
... Botswana maintains the hegemony and the gap between the poor and the rich, the major and minority groups In order to redress poverty the adult education program needs to be aware of the social ... knowledge of the minority and poor people and use them to mobilize the poor and minorities who are struggling for the betterment of their conditions It could mobilize the so called minorities ... oppose their status and challenge the hegemony of the majority communities in Botswana 31 In most parts of the world, education is for the most part the preserve of the few (elites) The choice of...
Ngày tải lên: 05/11/2012, 16:27
Tài liệu Research " THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN ECONOMIC TRANSITION AND POLITICAL TRANSFORMATION IN POST-COMMUNIST COUNTRIES " ppt
Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 11:20
Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: Local stability identification and the role of a key aromatic amino acid residue in staphylococcal nuclease refolding pdf
... both the wild-type protein and mutants E142O and K133A Thermal analysis of protein unfolding The DSC curves of the wild-type protein and the mutants K133A, E142O, W140A and W140O are shown in Fig ... located in the C-terminal loop of SNase plays an important role in protein stability and conformational integrity During protein unfolding ⁄ refolding, the addition of 2.5 protons (both E75 and E129 ... been interested in demonstrating this concept by using N-terminal and C-terminal fragments of SNase as models for the study of folding and unfolding pathways For example, Choy & Kay [22] using...
Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 01:20
Tài liệu Investigating the Role of Poultry in Livelihoods and the Impact of Avian Flu on Livelihoods Outcomes in Africa docx
... et al 2008; Aning, Turkson, and Asuming-Brempong 2008; Obi, Oparinde, and Maina 2008; Omiti and Okuthe 2008) Therefore, information regarding the role of poultry in the livelihoods of small-scale ... culled No information is available on the costs of culling, diagnostic testing of samples, cleaning and disinfection, and other administrative costs (Obi, Oparinde, and Maina 2008) Regarding the impacts ... detail the role of poultry (both as a source of income and as an asset) in the entirety of the households’ income and asset portfolios Regarding the sources of data used in this study, for the West...
Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 01:20
Enterprise Adjustment and the Role of Bank Credit in Russia: Evidence from a 420 Firm''''s Qualitative Survey pdf
... the left to the right-hand side of the map decreases the probability of Expected-Debt to be equal to ô ằ (increase in indebtedness) by 15 points (33 minus 18), and increases the probability of ... Survey In 1996, the credit has overall been decreasing for 53% of the sample, it has been increasing for 36%, and has been stable for the remaining 11% An increase in indebtedness (of 80% in average) ... constraints The descriptive, statistical analysis in Table indeed confirms that the lower the decline in production (or the higher its increase, in the best cases), the higher the probability of...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 08:20
TMJ Disorders and Orofacial Pain The Role of Dentistry in a Multidisciplinary Diagnostic Approach pptx
... made the role of the dentist in diagnosing and treating pain in the head and neck region increasingly obscure rather than more clear In the academic debate concerning the etiology—predominantly ... during sectioning, and through it can be seen the upper surface of the condyle (arrow) upon the shape of the fossa, the inclination of the protuberance, and the shape of the condyle In the 1970s ... fibrocartilaginous joint surface (thin arrows) of the condyle of a 58-year-old individual In spite of the intact joint surface on the condyle, the pars posterior (1) of the disk is flattened and the functional...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 11:20
NOTES ON THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS AND GROWTH ACCOUNTING pot
... of lack of relevant data They used the education of the total labor force in a state for the measurement of the quality of the labor force of individual industries within the same state But the ... number of men and e1 the proportion of the workers in the lth category of labor services, one may write the index of the total labor input in the form: L = —+—+ H N — Thus, to eliminate errors of ... attainment; on the quality of his education (quality of the school facilities); and other knowledge he gained from his educational training or otherwise, in and outside of the school These are interrelated...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 21:20