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The objective of this project was to develop \(Ti{O_2}\) based multifunctional substrates through silver decoration, while simultaneously enhancing the photocatalytic performance of \(Ti{O_2}\) in the substrate. Employing Ag nanoparticles introduced additional functionality to the system, namely surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), thus enabling the detection of trace amounts of organic molecules prior to their degradation, all with the same substrate.

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The present study will examine the factors that are related to the process and maintenance of resilience and positive functioning in the daily lives of people living with PD compared to those without PD (Kralik et al., 2006; Luthar et al., 2000; Ravenek et al., 2017). In addition, as related to Garroway (2015), the present study will explore the degree to which mediating factors differ between shorter duration, less symptomatically severe groups (early stages) and longer duration, typically more symptomatically severe groups (late stages).

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The investigation object is the senior administrators or the heads of functional departments in enterprises that use the service. In addition, to evaluate an overview of outsourcing activities, the thesis also approaches to collect information from administrators and employees of enterprises providing outsourced services to enterprises.

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The limitation of land in urban area leads to the existence of land slowly omitted and changed to be functioned room. The additional room itself will be reducing thermal comfort in the house.

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Regulator of G protein signaling (RGS) proteins are gatekeepers regulating the cellular responses induced by G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR)-mediated activation of heterotrimeric G proteins. Specifically, RGS proteins determine the magnitude and duration of GPCR signaling by acting as a GTPase-activating protein for Gα subunits, an activity facilitated by their semiconserved RGS domain. The R7 subfamily of RGS proteins is distinguished by two unique domains, DEP/DHEX and GGL, which mediate membrane targeting and stability of these proteins.

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The signaling properties of the gasotransmitter molecule hydrogen sulfide (H2S), which is endogenously generated in plant cells, are mainly observed during persulfidation, a protein post-translational modification (PTM) that affects redox-sensitive cysteine residues. There is growing experimental evidence that H2S in higher plants may function as a mechanism of response to environmental stress conditions.

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Dental X-ray image segmentation is a necessary and important process in medical diagnosis, which assists clinicians to make decisions about possible dental diseases of a patient from a dental X-ray image. It is a multi-objective optimization problem which involves basic components of fuzzy clustering, spatial structures of a dental image, and additional information of experts expressed through a pre-defined membership matrix.

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Contructive Problems, Binary and other base, Constructing functions by iterations, Approximating with linear functions, Extremal element method, Multiplicative Cauchy Equation, As the main contents of the document "Functional Equations: Electronic Edition 2007". Each of your content and references for additional lectures will serve the needs of learning and research.

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Polyaniline has been utilised as an additive of the LaNi5 based negative electrodes which are activated using cyclic voltammetry. With GPES programme, exchange current i0, polarisation resistance Rp were determined. Variation of these parameters, and also of the currents at E = - 0.8 V and E = -1.2 V and of the charges quantities of charging process Qn and of discharging process Qp, as a function of PANi weight percentage x (wt%), have been studied, in order to estimate the effect of the ratios x on the negative electrodes activation.

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The purpose of Tài liệu Control engineering problems with solutions is to provide both worked examples and additional problems, with answers only. A major objective is to enable the reader to develop confidence in analytical work by showing how calculations can be checked using Matlab/Simulink.

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The isoprenoid methyl farnesoate (MF) has been implicated in the regulation of crustacean development and reproduction in conjunction with eyestalk molt inhibiting hormones and ecdysteroids. Farnesoic acid O-methyltransferase (FAMeT) catalyzes the methylation of farnesoic acid (FA) to produce MF in the terminal step of MF synthesis. We have previously cloned and characterized the shrimp FAMeT. In the present study, recombinant FAMeT (rFAMeT) was produced for bioassay and antiserum generation.

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The 5¢ flanking region of the bile salt export pump (Bsep) gene was systematically analysed to provide the basis for understanding the mechanisms which regulate Bsep transcription. In addition substrates and drugs were investigated for their ability to alter Bsep promoter activity. Bsep promoter function was restricted to hepatocyte derived HepG2 cells. The 5¢ deletional analysis revealed a biphasic shape of reporter gene activities, indicating a suppressive element between nucleotides )800 and )512. ...

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The human multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP1) is an ATP-dependent efflux pump that transports anionic conjugates, and hydrophobic compounds in a glutathione dependent manner. Similar to the other, well-characterized multidrug transporter P-gp, MRP1 comprises two nucleotide-binding domains (NBDs) in addition to transmembrane domains. However, whereas the NBDs of P-gp have been shown to be functionally equivalent, those of MRP1 differ significantly.

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In addition to kallikrein hK3, a serine protease generally reported as PSA (prostate-speci®c antigen), at least two other enzymes in human seminal plasma also cleave syn-thetic peptidyl substrates derived from the sequence of human semenogelins. We have identi®ed one of these as prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP), a major component of prostatic ¯uid whose physiological function is unclear.

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ThemaltoseATP-binding cassette transporter ofSalmonella typhimurium is composed of a membrane-associated com-plex (MalFGK2) and a periplasmic receptor (MalE). In addition to its role in transport, the complex acts as a repressor ofmaltose-regulatedgene expressionand is subject to inhibition in the process of inducer exclusion. These activities are thought to be mediated by interactions of the ATPase subunit, MalK, with the transcriptional activator, MalT, and nonphosphorylated enzyme IIA of the glucose phosphotransferase system, respectively. ...

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The use ofBacillus amyloliquefaciensfor enzyme production and its exceptional highprotein export capacity initiated this study where the presence and function of multiple type I signal peptidase isoforms was investigated. In addition to type I signal peptidases SipS(ba) [Meijer,W.J.J., de Jong,A., Bea, G., Wisman, A., Tjalsma, H., Venema, G., Bron, S. & van Dijl, J.M. (1995)Mol. Microbiol.17, 621±631] and SipT(ba) [Hoang, V. & Hofemeister, J. (1995) Biochim. Biophys.

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Eos is a zinc finger transcription factor of the Ikaros family. It binds typical GGGAA Ikaros recognition sites in DNA and functions as a transcriptional repressor. Here we show that Eos associates with the corepressor C-terminal-binding protein (CtBP). CtBP has previously been shown to bind Pro-X-Asp-Leu-Ser (PXDLS) motifs in several DNA-binding proteins. We note that Eos contains a relatedmotif PEDLA, and we demonstrate that CtBP can bind this site weakly but that it also contacts additional regions of Eos....

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Yeast Erv1p is a ubiquitous FAD-dependent sulfhydryl oxidase, located in the intermembrane space of mito-chondria.The dimeric enzyme is essential for survival of the cell.Besides the redox-active CXXC motif close to the FAD, Erv1p harbours two additional cysteine pairs.Site-directed mutagenesis has identified all three cysteine pairs as essential for normal function.The C-terminal cysteine pair is of structural importance as it contributes to the correct arrangement of the FAD-binding fold.

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ADH1 and ADH4 are the major alcohol dehydrogenases (ADH) in ethanol and retinol oxidation. ADH activity and protein expression were investigated in rat gastrointestinal tissuehomogenates by enzymatic andWesternblot analyses. In addition, sections of adult rat gastrointestinal tract were examined byin situ hybridization and immunohistochem-istry.ADH1andADH4weredetectedalong thewhole tract, changing their localization and relative content as a function of the area studied.

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Functional diversity of potassium channels in both prokaryotic and euk-aryotic cells suggests multiple levels of regulation. Posttranslational regula-tion includes differential subunit assembly of homologous pore-forming subunits. In addition, a variety of modulatory subunits may interact with the pore complex either statically or dynamically. Kv2.1 is a delayed recti-fier potassium channel isolated by expression cloning.

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