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Peak Mitotic Cyclin Permits Mitotic Exit
<p>In eukaryotes, DNA replication, mitosis, and cytokinesis are all regulated by Cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk). Cyclin/Cdk complexes promote replication origin firing and mitotic entry, and conversely, inhibit pre-replication origin loading and exit from mitosis. Cyclin synthesis and degradation, …
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Concealed carry weapon permits and their relationship to crime in Las Vegas
Permits allowing qualified citizens to legally carry a concealed weapon ("CCWs") in public have become increasingly popular. Nevada adopted more lenient CCW standards in October of 1995, and an unprecedented number of legally armed citizens in the public has resulted. Supporters of CCWs claim the …
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Tradable carbon permits : their potential to reduce CO2 emissions from the transport sector
… Following the consumption of the free carbon permits, an individual must then purchase any permits required in the future from a centralised market. Alternatively, there is an opportunity to sell unused permits. Fuel price increases were recognised as having the potential to achieve an …
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Fear as a predictor of firearm ownership and concealed weapons permits in Clark County, Nevada
… fear and the issuance of concealed weapons permits, were posited. Data for the number of registered firearms and issued concealed weapons permits were obtained from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Firearms Detail and CCW Detail. Criminal incidents involving firearms in public …
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Antisense Reduction of the Protein Tau Attenuates Neuronal Hyperexcitability and Permits Clearance of Intraneuronal Tau Accumulations in vivo
<p>The protein tau is a major contributor in some of the most prevalent neurodegenerative diseases, including the most common form of dementia, Alzheimer's Disease (AD). As a member of the microtubule-associated protein family, tau in enriched in the axons of mature and growing neurons, though …
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Dynamic building enclosures : the design of an innovative constructive system which permits mechanically-driven, computer-controlled shape transformations to the building envelope
Dynamic Building Enclosures is a system of prefabricated, lightweight, kit-of-parts wall and/or roof elements. This system has the unique capability of dynamically altering, or mutating its shape in reaction to changing user requirements or site climate conditions through the manipulation of a …
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Evaluating the homogeneity of preferences across resident and nonresident elk hunters in Colorado
… elk hunters in Colorado vying for hunting permits has led to much debate about the equitability of the current allocation of permits between the two parties. This study evaluates whether or not resident and nonresident hunters have the same preferences for elk permits, evidenced by …
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A comparison of cost-containment instruments for US carbon reduction policies
… level of emissions for a given period, issuing permits, and then allowing a market for those permits to develop. The resulting market price for emissions permits, and hence the economic impacts of the chosen policy, can only be estimated in advance with a high degree of uncertainty. Many of the …
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Adensamento uni-dimensional de solos saturados heterogêneos e drenagem parasita em ensaios de adensamento analisados pelo método dos elementos finitos (Programa Consol)
… understanding of the consolidation phenomena. It permits the analyses of problem with more realistic soil conditions, such as linear heterogenity and anisotropy of YOUNG Modulus Ē (obtained by triaxial drained tests) and permeability k. Also it permits the evaluation of the influence of the …
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Optical Analysis of a Linear-Array Thermal Radiation Detector for Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget Applications
… on the Monte-Carlo ray-trace (MCRT) method, permits parametric studies to optimize the design of the detector cavity and the specification of surface optical properties. The model is realized as a FORTRAN program which permits the calculation of quantities related to the cross-talk among …
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Assessment of Section 404 Wetland Mitigation Compliance and No-Net-Loss in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District
… types included creation/restoration (18 permits), commercial mitigation bank (3 permits), and an in-lieu fee trust fund (9 permits). Overall 1.76 acres were mitigated for every acre of wetland impacted. Creation/restoration projects had the highest ratio (2 acres mitigated for every acre …
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Implementation plan for the Stellenbosch Wave Energy Converter on the South-West Coast of South Africa
… specific environmental impacts and the required permits. Cost estimates based on assumptions of capacity factor, inflation extrapolated component costs, show that with significant learning rates and reduced risk the SWEC may become cost competitive with current prices of wind and solar energy. …
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Assessment of Wetland Mitigation in South Dakota
… were approved and nearly half of the permits issued included a provision for compensatory mitigation. Overall, the Section 404 program in South Dakota had an estimated net gain in wetland area of 272.75 ha. Although most permits issued were for the private sector, state agencies …
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The Impact of Two-Rate Taxes on Construction in Pennsylvania
… tax differential on the number of building permits that were issued in 219 municipalities in Pennsylvania between 1972 and 1994. For such count data a conventional analysis based on a continuous distribution leads to incorrect results; a discrete maximum likelihood analysis with a negative …
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Growing Migration in an Emigrant State: an Analysis of Migration Policy, Practice, and Ukrainian Immigration in Poland
… analyzing the differences in the number of work permits granted to each country of origin over time. I find that migrants from Eastern European and Central Asian states receive a disproportionately high number of work permits compared to other regions, and that within the region, Ukrainians …
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Challenges in Measuring Firearm Prevalence: A Test of Cook's Index Across The Rural–Urban Continuum
… prevalence. This research uses New York's Pistol Permits to measure legitimate firearm prevalence and compare it to Cook's Index. In this study, Cook's Index predicted impossible values for several counties that together contained a clear majority of New York State citizens. Cook's Index was also …
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Η ΕΣΩΤΕΡΙΚΗ ΠΑΡΟΧΕΤΕΥΣΗ ΤΟΥ ΔΩΔΕΚΑΔΑΚΤΥΛΙΚΟΥ ΚΟΛΟΒΩΜΑΤΟΣ ΜΕΤΑ ΑΠΟ ΓΑΣΤΡΕΚΤΟΜΗ ΓΙΑ ΚΑΡΚΙΝΟ ΤΟΥ ΠΥΛΩΡΟΥ
… ANASTOMOSIS CLOSES THE DUODENAL STUMP SECURELY, PERMITS EXTENDED DUODENAL RESECTION, PERMITS EARLIER ORAL FOOD INTAKE AND OFFERS A BETTER LIFE QUALITY TO THE PATIENT. PROLONGATION OF THE OPERATION IS MINIMAL. POSTOPERATIVE HOSPITALIZATION IS NOT DIFFERENT FROM THAT AFTER A USUAL GASTRECTOMY FOR …
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Deceptive robots
… own beliefs. A system has been developed that permits agents to reason with nested beliefs using possible worlds semantics; consistency maintenance is employed to allow agents to revise their beliefs when an inconsistency occurs. The advantages over prior systems are that belief revision occurs …
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