BACKGROUND People living with a long term condition may wish to be able to plan ahead, so that if in future they cannot make decisions, their wishes about their care will be known; this process is termed Advance Care Planning (ACP). In dementia, guidance stipulates that ACP discussions should take place whilst the person still has capacity to make decisions. However there is a lack of evidence ...

Two forms of spinach acyl carrier protein (ACP-I and ACP-II) have recently been characterized and found to be expressed in a tissue-specific manner (JB Ohlrogge, TM Kuo, 1985 J Biol Chem 260: 8032). To examine possible different functions for these ACP isoforms, we have tested purified preparations of spinach leaf ACP-I and ACP-II and Escherichia coli ACP in several in vitro reactions of fatty ...

The first condensation reaction in the fatty acid biosynthetic pathway in Escherichia coli was rate-limiting as judged by analysis of the relative pool sizes of acyl carrier protein (ACP) thioester intermediates in vivo. Comparable concentrations of acetyl-ACP, malonyl-ACP, and nonesterified ACP were present during logarithmic growth, whereas long-chain acyl-ACP comprised a minor fraction of th...

wayama (Hemiptera: Liviidae), has emerged as the most important exotic insect pest of citrus in California. Damage is two-fold. First, psyllids cause direct injury to citrus through feeding on phloem juice in immature foliage, deforming the leaves (Halbert and Manjunath 2004); and second, and more importantly, they vector the bacterium Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas), which causes the ...

Acyl-malonyl acyl carrier protein (ACP)-condensing enzyme, prepared from extracts of Escherichia coli, catalyzes the condensation of acetyl-ACP and malonyl-ACP to form acetoacetyl-ACP. It also catalyzes the condensation of various longer chain saturated acyl-ACP derivatives with malonyl-ACP to form the P-ketoacyl-ACP of the longer homologues. The enzyme is specific for the acyl-ACP derivatives ...

In this paper, the resonant frequency and sensitivity of an atomic force microscope (AFM) with an assembled cantilever probe (ACP) are analyzed utilizing the modified couple stress theory. The proposed ACP comprises a horizontal microcantilever, an extension and a tip located at the free end of the extension, which make AFM capable of scanning the sample sidewall. First, the governing different...

Change, for better or worse, seems to be endemic in western societies, and the past two decades advanced practice has not been exempt. Healthcare leaders lecturers UK have adapted education programmes that are preparing increasing numbers of health professionals take on clinical roles meet policy developments emerging from population need government-influenced changes. Such change included Heal...

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