The nature of the New Policies in China (1901–1911) has been hotly debated for decades. While scholars doubt sincerity Qing government their pursuit constitutional reform, there is a general agreement on high quality educational reform. Some even consider innovations as “genuine reform” but condemn political reform “pseudo reform”. How could be independent influence? To understand institutional...

Carbinol [4,49-(hydroxymethylene)dibenzonitrile] is the main phase 1 metabolite of letrozole, a nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor used for endocrine therapy in postmenopausal breast cancer. We elucidated the contribution of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) isoforms on the glucuronidation of carbinol. Identification of UGT isoforms was performed using a panel of recombinant human UGT enzymes. Ki...

The year 2006 marked 100 years since the death of Pierre Curie. It is therefore appropriate that we remember his life and his work, which was cut short by his untimely death from an accident on the Pont Neuf, Paris, on April 19, 1906. He had already accomplished much during his life, both before the discovery of radium with Marie Curie, in work co-authored with his brother Jacques on piezoelect...

New replacement names are proposed for two genera of the family Dictyopharidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha). The following changes are proposed: Neonotostrophia nom. n. for Notostrophia Emeljanov (not Waterhouse); Emeljanovina nom. n. for Glochina Emeljanov (not Meigen); Neonotostrophia nigrosuturalis (Melichar, 1912) comb. n. from Notostrophia nigrosuturalis (Melichar, 1912) = Dictyophara nigros...

A revolutionary entrepreneur strategically chooses the revolutionary agenda to maximize the likelihood of revolution. Citizens have different preferences and can contribute varying degrees of support. This presents the revolutionary entrepreneur with a tradeoff between extensive and intensive margins of support. We show: (1) Extremists exert a disproportionate influence over the revolutionary a...

The evolution of studies of political parties of constitution: The first and second periods show that the evolution of parties indicates that researchers' attitude to political pheno-mena also coincide with the evolution of political realities has been transformed, and the consideration of ideologies in the analysis of the parties have replaced with religious perspectives and anti-authoritarian...

The use of geographic information systems provides an effective solution to the goal mapping results population distribution and redistribution in region primary development, as well study dynamics settlement by key time slices. For spatial analysis population, it is advisable adapt functionality retrieval system using a map server, web application that data processing interaction with database...

Types of selected species of Lygaeoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) described by Gustav Breddin, so far of unknown depository, were re-examined and the taxonomic and nomenclatural problems that existed among those species are discussed and resolved as required. The holotype of Dieuches schultheissi Breddin, 1906 is documented. Lectotypes are designated and documented for the following taxa: Lygaei...

OBJECT The factors that determine the growth rates of vestibular schwannomas (VSs) in patients with neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2) are unknown. The authors undertook this study to determine if clinical factors or type of constitutional NF2 mutation were associated with VS growth rates in cases of NF2. METHODS The authors reviewed serial gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) images of th...