Rab proteins are a family of small GTPases involved in a variety of cellular processes. The Rab11 subfamily in particular directs key steps of intracellular functions involving vesicle trafficking of the endosomal recycling ...

Zakes Mda, dubbed one of South Africa's most prolific playwrights, produced his richest and most powerful theatre work during the 70s and 80s. Ironically, it is only in the 90s that he has been acknowledged in his own ...

Random telegraph-signal noise (RTN) is measured in junctionless metal-oxide-silicon field-effect transistors (JL MOSFETs) as a function of gate and drain voltage and temperature. It is shown that the RTN in JL MOSFETs ...

Of central interest in the study of random walks on finite groups are ergodic random walks. Ergodic random walks converge to random in the sense that as the number of transitions grows to infinity, the state-distribution ...

Background: Data from procedural sedation suggest that capnography is a more sensitive measure of ventilation than standard modalities and detects respiratory depression before hypoxaemia occurs. However, the generalisability ...

A simple and rapid method was developed to quantify hexanaJ in cooked muscle foods. The method involves extraction of the 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazones of carbonyls with hexane and their separation by reversed-phased high ...

The thesis investigates a direct and sensitive method for the detection of biomolecules as indicators of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection. This is of significant clinical importance for patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) ...

The research work in this thesis reports rapid separation of biologically important low molecular weight compounds by microchip electrophoresis and ultrahigh liquid chromatography. Chapter 1 introduces the theory and ...

New oligosilylgermane compounds with weak Ge–H bonds have been used as precursors for the rapid synthesis of germanium (Ge) nanowires in high yields (>80%), via a solution–liquid–solid (SLS) mechanism, using indium (In) ...

A Jazz - World Music composition. A composition in 5/4 time with a 16 bar A B structure divided into two 8 bar sections. The melody and harmonies are based on the E flat jazz melodic minor scale. To view a performance of ...

The latter decades of the twentieth century saw the role of translation within Hispanic Studies come under scrutiny. In part, this resulted from the reframing of approaches to language learning across the modern languages, ...

The aim of this research, the Re-imagining Initial Teacher Identity and Learning Study (RIITILS) was to continue writing from and to extend the Learning to Teach Study 1 (LETS1). LETS1, funded by the Department of Education ...

Limited attention has been paid by geographers to the Irish food system beyond the farm gate. Yet the last two decades have witnessed a substantial transformation in the provision of food and in patterns of consumption. ...

This article explores how Tibetans have defined India, the birthplace of Buddhism, as a space for themselves and hence created, re-created and reinvented their ancient pilgrimage destinations and rituals there since the ...

The urban morphology and social and economic topography of Nairobi is sharply distinguished, heavily fortified and distinctively regulated. This form of urban territorial organization is an outcome of the legacies of ...

In the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak, high poloidal beta up to beta (pol) = 3 at the Greenwald density with H-mode confinement has been reached. Because of the high beta, the plasma current is driven almost fully noninductively, ...

This article examines whether textural generation system imagery evolved with computational aesthetic support can be judged as having aesthetic attributes, both when knowing and not knowing its true origin. Such a generation, ...

BACKGROUND: A significant proportion of trial participants respond to placebos for a variety of conditions. Despite the common conduct of these trials and the strong emphasis placed on informed consent, very little is known ...