In bacteria, oxidation of sulfite to sulfate, the most common strategy for sulfite detoxification, is mainly accomplished by the molybdenum-containing sulfite:acceptor oxidoreductases (SORs). Bacterial SORs are very diverse proteins; they can exist as monomers or homodimers of their core subunit, as well as heterodimers with an additional cytochrome c subunit. We have previously described the h...

Previous studies investigating the relationship between passive maternal smoking and preterm birth reveal inconsistent results. We conducted the current meta-analysis of observational studies to evaluate the relationship between passive maternal smoking and preterm birth. We identified relevant studies by searching PubMed, EMBASE, and ISI Web of Science databases. We used random-effects models ...

Dolgozatunkban bemutatjuk, hogy a rövid – „Trianoni békeszerződés környékén” kezdődő, és látszólag rendszerváltásig tartó (rövid) XX. század tanulságai mind mai napig hatással vannak térségünk életére. Rámutatunk, Közép-Európa nem csak meteorológiai, gazdasági fogalom, hanem ennél jóval több. Olyan közös sors, amelyet egymás ellen folytatott küzdelmek ugyanúgy alakítottak, mint az egymásra utal...

0260-8774/$ see front matter Published by Elsevier doi:10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2011.07.021 ⇑ Corresponding author. Address: USDA/ARS/EMFSL Baltimore Ave., Beltsville, MD 20705-2350, USA. Tel.: + 301 504 9466. E-mail address: [email protected] (K. Chao) Lycopene is a major carotenoid in tomatoes and detecting changes in its content can be used to monitor the ripening of tomatoes. Raman chemical...

BACKGROUND Although narrative reviews have concluded that there is strong support for an association between cigarette smoking and urinary tract cancer, the association has never been quantified systematically in reviews. The purpose of this systematic review was to summarize and quantify the impact of different smoking characteristics (status, amount, duration, cessation, and age at first expo...

the purpose of this study was to probe the effect of metacognitive strategy instruction through dialogic interaction on the reading comprehension performance and metacognitive awareness of iranian efl learners. the data were collected through the survey of reading strategies (sors) and a reading test to examine changes in metacognitive awareness and reading performance before and after the inte...