The Grove 21

Summertime at a mountain bamboo grove.

Bamboos are beautiful plants widely found in countries in Asia. There are large bamboo forests in China, Japan, Korea, and many Southeast Asian countries. The cultivated bamboo groves in China and Japan are particularly magnificent and captivating. My painting shows a scholar studying in a mountain abode among beautiful bamboo groves on a summer’s day. All parts of the bamboo can be used. It is...

A systems analysis of the Ladbroke Grove rail crash.

On 5 October 1999, near London Paddington Station, two trains collided on a main line near Ladbroke Grove. The immediate "human error" that preceded this crash was a Signal Passed At Danger (SPAD). Thirty-one people lost their lives and many more were injured. The crash prompted an extensive multi-disciplinary investigation and hearing to identify the factors that contributed to the Signal Pass...

Organizational Character: On the Regeneration of Camp Poplar Grove

We analyze organizational regeneration using case materials from a study of a children’s summer camp. Each year members of various types of seasonal organizations, such as summer camps and ski areas, come together to bring these organizations “back to life” after many months of dormancy. Because many staff members are new and other conditions vary, the result of this regeneration process is nec...

Rölvaag, Grove And Pioneering On The American And Canadian Plains

Minor grove binding ligands disrupt PARP-1 activation pathways

PARP-1 is a nuclear enzyme regulating transcription, chromatin restructuring, and DNA repair. PARP-1 is activated by interaction with NAD+, DNA, and core histones. Each route of PARP-1 activation leads to somewhat different outcomes. PARP-1 interactions with core histones control PARP-1 functions during transcriptional activation in euchromatin. DNA-dependent regulation of PARP-1 determines its...