the role of termites and ants in soil modification

... role in protein stability [8], and their involvement in interactions with cations offers new perspective in the analysis of the contribution of ions as cofactors in protein folding [38] and in ... structure Role of Glu53 and Asp287 in the stability in 7.9 M GdmCl (Fig 1C) Minor differences in the near-UV CD spectra of the mutants, in comparison to that of the wildtype, are evident in the 275–290 ... those observed for the wild-type, indicating the involvement of Glu53 and Asp287 in the interaction with the cation (Fig 1E,F) The regain of aromatic chirality at 295 nm and in the 260–270 nm region

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 04:20

... [66]. The binding of PTN with syndecan-3 induces neurite outgrowth of embryonic neurons [67]. Heparitinase, which cleaves the heparin sulfate chain and disrupts the binding of PTN, inhibits PTN-induced ... catenin. The binding of Wnt to frizzleds inhibits the activity of glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK-3β) and thus stabilizes β-catenin in the cytoplasm. β-catenin accumu- lates in the cytoplasm and ... action inactivates RPTP β/ζ, which results in an increase of the phosphorylation of β-catenin on its tyrosine residues (Tyr-Pi) and the release of β-catenin from cadherins. (B) In the absence of

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 11:22

... Diagram of silastic H-shaped prosthesis inserted into the portal vein and the inferior vena cava of the in vivo rabbit modelFigure 1 Diagram of silastic H-shaped prosthesis inserted into the portal ... by relat- ing the readings to the wet weight of the liver, determined at the end of each experiment. The "buffering capacity" of the HA was expressed in % as: [Increase in HA flow ... intra-portal injection of (a) ATP and (b) adenosine on changes in hepatic arterial flow (∆ HAF) in vivoFigure 3 The effect of intra-portal injection of (a) ATP and (b) adenosine on changes in hepatic

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:20

... p53. In conclusion, this study provides insights into the roles of two interesting genes which are involved in tumor metastasis and growth. The data also strengthens the understanding of the effect ... protein that is phosphorylated by FAK, binds to vinculin and crosslinks actin stress fibers and tethers them to focal adhesion sites Zyxin is an α-actinin- and stress-fibre-binding protein ... to actin, building the connection to the cytoskeleton (Partridge and Marcantonio 2006) For instance, the integrin-binding proteins paxillin and talin recruit focal adhesion kinase (FAK)

Ngày tải lên: 13/09/2015, 19:46

... Participants are instructed to engage in their usual routines of play No play material is provided during the first five minutes of the interaction After min, the researcher will hand the father ... distribution of 12 neutral and 12 threatening videos during the first half of the task, and 12 neutral and 12 threatening videos during the second half of the task Prior to the onset of the task, ... level and in the same sample of Bakermans et al [13], nulliparous women in the oxytocin condition showed less neural activation in the amygdala and increased neural activation in the insula and inferior

Ngày tải lên: 10/01/2020, 12:28

... shaped by ontogeny A growing bulk of work on the evolution of language has focused on the role of learning – often in the guise of “cultural transmission” – in the evolution of linguistic communication ... heads of phrases: The particular word in a phrase that determines the properties and meaning of the phrase as a whole (such as the noun boy in the noun-phrase ? ?the boy with the bicycle’) Across the ... reporter’ in the sentence ? ?The senator that attacked the reporter admitted the error’ have a regular ordering of the verb (attacked) and the object (the reporter) — it is similar to the ordering in

Ngày tải lên: 12/10/2022, 21:26

... the impact of these on the helping process An understanding of psychodynamic, philosophical, theological and sociocultural understandings of the interface between psychotherapy and religion and ... spirituality Included in this understanding is an awareness of the variety of meanings of different forms of clients’ spiritual and religious expression Values A dedication to the values and ethics of the ... appropriate This includes the ability to understand, respond to, and incorporate clients’ spiritual and/ or religious issues in interviewing, assessment, and intervention and determine whether these issues

Ngày tải lên: 18/10/2022, 04:04

... as the needs of the communities in which they reside Despite the tension that often accompanies university-driven real estate development, it is possible to find the point where the goals of the ... from the experiences of the five institutions Interviews regarding Old Dominion University were conducted in February 2003; interviews regarding the University of Notre Dame were conducted in May ... depends on the goals and motivation of the institution as well as the opportunities that exist within the neighborhood Revitalization strategies, as carried out by the institutions included in the study,

Ngày tải lên: 30/10/2022, 16:10

... as the needs of the communities in which they reside Despite the tension that often accompanies university-driven real estate development, it is possible to find the point where the goals of the ... from the experiences of the five institutions Interviews regarding Old Dominion University were conducted in February 2003; interviews regarding the University of Notre Dame were conducted in May ... depends on the goals and motivation of the institution as well as the opportunities that exist within the neighborhood Revitalization strategies, as carried out by the institutions included in the study,

Ngày tải lên: 30/10/2022, 16:12

... countries and how each of them plays the role in altering the exporting data, using the gravity model After analyzing and explaining results, suggestions of policy implications and business strategies ... UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS -*** - MID-TERM RESEARCH PAPER Subject: International Trade Policy Topic: ASSESSING THE ROLE OF DETERMINANTS AND EVFTA IN SHAPING VIETNAM'S ... that the distance needed for transportation was the main factor affecting the volume of trade in the wooden product sector The study also found that a number of other variables, including the

Ngày tải lên: 03/06/2023, 18:55

... countries and how each of them plays the role in altering the exporting data, using the gravity model After analyzing and explaining results, suggestions of policy implications and business strategies ... analyzing the effects of economic factors, such as the size of the economies and the level of trade barriers But other elements, like the quality of the wood products and the accessibility of trade ... that the distance needed for transportation was the main factor affecting the volume of trade in the wooden product sector The study also found that a number of other variables, including the

Ngày tải lên: 30/01/2024, 05:09

... Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities The Council... science and technology and to their ... an understanding of biological and physical processes, as well as their intersections, in the presence of a range of reduced gravity conditions. The examples presented in the following pages ... and 60-minutes after the start of an experiment Sand and soil grains have surfaces that can cause friction as they roll and slide against each other—they can even cause sticking and form

Ngày tải lên: 29/06/2014, 09:20

... behaviour of the soil solutions. The limited losses of nutrients the after clear-cuttingina potentially responsive ecosystem were unexpected. The initial hypothesis was that the decrease in the mineralization ... in species, a shortening of rotations and a mechani- sation of the thinning, harvesting and regeneration operations result in constraints to the physical, chemical and biological properties of ... ranger@nancy.inra.fr chemical erosion due to losses in drainage waters, and (v) the physical erosion when the soil lays bare in a sloping relief [23]. The issue of the loss of nutrients in drainage

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 16:20

... oak (+40%) The growth increase in the ’young’ rings (< 60 years) of sessile oak was + 81%, and that of young rings of pedunculate oak was + 49% The corresponding increase in the ’old’ rings (> 65 ... tree height of 2.80 m (to minimize the negative effects on the wood quality of the butt log), one from the northern side of the trunk and the other from the southern side Throughout the text, age ... curves for the growth indices of the ’young’ (< 60 years) and the ’old’ (> 65 years) rings (cambial age) In the final stage, the curve of the growth indices IC0 was modelled according to the available

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 19:21

... major role in the prevention of autoimmunity and pathological immune responses Their involvement in the pathogenesis of chronic arthritis is controversial, however, and so we examined their role in ... arthritis, another major advantage of the AIA model is that the time point of induction of arthritis is known, allowing manipulation of CD4+CD25+ Treg cell number in vivo at defined stages in the disease ... rest of the body was determined using a γ-counter Thereafter, the total radioactivity recovered per animal was calculated by adding the counts of the organs and the rest of the body (a) The proportion

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:22

... important roles in the induction of lung inflammation. For example, the cyto- plasmic NALP3 protein, a member of the NLR family that triggers assembly of the caspase-1 inflammasome and pro- duction of ... regions of lung interstitial and intra-alveolar fibrosis and ALI [93]. The role of TLRs has been intensively studied in influenza infection. TLR7 expression on pDCs plays a cell-specific role against ... inflammation along with the induction of Th2 cytokines (IL-4, IL-13) leads to TLR2 inhibition during M. pneumoniae infection, thereby decreasing the production of IL-6 and other Th1 proin- flammatory

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 03:20

... accumulating school savings may have effects apart from financing school. Conley (2001) finds that a doubling of net worth results in an 8.3% increase in the probability of attending college. Further, ... for their youth. Youth savings. Youth were asked in 2002 whether they had a savings or bank account in their name. If they had an account, they were also asked whether they were saving some of ... None of the existing research examines the effect of youth savings on college attendance, and only one study examines the relationship between parent school savings and college attendance. Theoretical...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 10:20

... University Regional Learning Alliance – workforce development and training/collaborations with business and industry; meeting the training and education needs of businesses within 60 mile radius in Northern Allegheny ... Programs and Initiatives Business accelerators and/ or entrepreneurial initiatives Linking teaching and research to business opportunities Collaboration with local business and industry Small Business ... substance Stimulate intellectual growth and individual productive capacity Ensure a stable supply of knowledge and skills in high need areas Increase the size, diversity of skills and productivity of the labor...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 01:20

... recruiting large enterprises with tax breaks, financial incentives, and other induce- ments. Instead, they are relying on building businesses from the ground up and supporting the growth of existing ... well. They include constraints on the supply of labor and other inputs, upward pressure on wages and rents, congestion of infrastruc- ture, and (if fiscal incentives are provided to the locating ... recruiting large firms with tax incentives and other inducements is to focus on the small business sector. Perhaps the great- est generator of interest in entrepreneurship and small business is the widely...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 19:20

... domain is one of the few ACPs in which valine replaces isoleucine (I) or leucine (L) in the conserved sequence. To determine whether DptF is the putative partner of DptE, we expressed dptF using ... dptF using the pQTev vector in E. coli and purified the resulting ACP as an N-terminal His7 fusion protein (Fig. 3) with a yield of 9.5 mgÆL )1 of culture. The identity of the protein was proven ... [37]. Interestingly, in the case of the lipopeptide surfactin, neither an acyl CoASH ligase-like domain nor an ACP could be identified within the biosynthetic gene cluster using bioinformatic tools...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 04:20