Celem niniejszego artykułu jest ukazanie znaczenia parafi alnych rad duszpasterskich (PRD) w realizacji ewangelizacyjnej misji Kościoła, co wyraża się poprzez oddziaływanie na kształt i skuteczność duszpasterstwa parafialnego. W związku z powyższym ramach paradygmatu analizy pastoralnoteologicznej artykuł pierwszej części ukazuje rolę PRD świetle nauczania Kościoła. Następnie przedstawia, jaki ...

The transformation of Pearl River Delta (PRD) is characterized by a complex layering, spatial and temporal differentiation. Its complexity not only caused interactions between multiple layers like blue-green structure urban structure, but also the several large sub-regions that are mutually interrelated. This paper aims to characterise its evolution as basis for development strategies future de...

Background. Vascular calcifications have been documented in children with end-stage renal disease. However, only a few reports have described abundant dental calculus formation in children suffering from chronic kidney disease (CKD). Moreover, dental calculus scores (DCS) and their correlation with renal disease severity have not been studied. Methods. DCS in 74 young CKD patients were evaluate...

Wireless multimedia sensor networks (WMSNs) have been potentially applicable for several emerging applications. The resources, i.e., power and bandwidth available to visual sensors in a WMSN are, however, very limited. Hence, it is important but challenging to achieve efficient resource allocation and optimal video data compression while maximizing the overall network lifetime. In this paper, a...

BACKGROUND An outbreak of dengue fever (DF) occurred in Guangdong Province, China in 2013 with the highest number of cases observed within the preceding ten years. DF cases were clustered in the Pearl River Delta economic zone (PRD) in Guangdong Province, which accounted for 99.6% of all cases in Guangdong province in 2013. The main vector in PRD was Aedes albopictus. We investigated the socioe...

Particulate matter (PM2.5) is a significant public health concern in China, and the Chinese government has implemented series of laws, policies, regulations, standards to improve air quality. This study documents changes PM2.5 evaluates effects industrial transformation clean policies on levels urban suburban areas China’s three largest agglomerations, Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei (BTH), Yangtze River...

The cytoplasmic [PSI+] determinant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the prion form of the Sup35 protein. Oligopeptide repeats within the Sup35 N-terminal domain (PrD) presumably are required for the stable [PSI+] inheritance that in turn involves fragmentation of Sup35 polymers by the chaperone Hsp104. The nonsense suppressor [PSI+] phenotype can vary in efficiency probably due to different inher...

The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome encodes several proteins that, in laboratory strains, can take up a stable, transmissible prion form. In each case, this requires the Asn/Gln-rich prion-forming domain (PrD) of the protein to be intact. In order to further understand the evolutionary significance of this unusual property, we have examined four different prion genes and their correspondi...

Water quality information in the coastal region of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Estuary (PRE) is of great concern to the local community. Due to great landuse-landcover (LULC) changes with rapid industrialization and urbanization in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region, water quality in the PRE has worsened during the last 20 years. Frequent red tide and harmful algal blooms have occurred in the...

One prominent and distinguishing feature of progressive, age-related neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and prion disease (PrD) is the gradual accumulation of amyloids into dense, insoluble end-stage protein aggregates. These polymorphic proteolipid lesions are known to contribute to immunogenic and inflammatory pathology in these insidious and fatal disorders of the human c...