Promoting Entrepreneurship through a Community Learning Model – Case Study: Green Businesses

This article presents a community learning model formulated by Engineers Without Borders Colombia with the aim of providing communities with tools to create sustainable productive solutions which have relevancy for members and for potential customers. The goal of this formulation is to promote learning processes that are guided by decisions made by community members to propose sustainable and replicable initiatives. The model applicability is evidenced through a case study devoted to strengthening community-led green businesses in the Guavio Province, Colombia by collecting lessons and conclusions. Ultimately, this collection will prove useful in replicating the learning model in other similar rural communities.

     

The gene encoding ganglioside-induced differentiation-associated protein 1 is mutated in axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 4A disease.

We identified three distinct mutations and six mutant alleles in GDAP1 in three families with axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) neuropathy and vocal cord paresis, which were previously linked to the CMT4A locus on chromosome 8q21.1. These results establish the molecular etiology of CMT4A (MIM 214400) and suggest that it may be associated with both axonal and demyelinating phenotypes.     

高校科技保密与国家安全利益

高校在科学技术研究的活动中,已成为国家主力.科技保密已成为国家安全和国家利益的重要方面.本文在对科技保密重要性和必要性认识的基础上,分析了高校科技保密中存在的问题,提出搞好高校科技保密工作的相应对策.     

一类拟线性第二边值问题的存在唯一性

本文在ｆ（ｔ,ｘ）,ｆｘ（ｔ,ｘ）,β（ｔ）连续,ｆｘ（ｔ,ｘ）≥－β（ｔ）,β（ｔ）≤π２０＋α２４,β（ｔ）π２０＋α２４,π０为方程αｓｉｎｘ２＋ｘｃｏｓｘ２＝０的最小正根条件下,证明了第二边值问题．ｘ＂＝αｘ＋ｆ（ｔ,ｘ）,ｘ（０）＝ａ,ｘ（１）＝ｂ对于任给实数α,ａ,ｂ都有唯一解     

A(p)函数类上的积分算子

设ｐ为正整数,Ａ（ｐ）表示单位圆盘内形如ｆ（ｚ）＝ｚｐ＋∑∞ｋ＝ｐ＋１ａｋｚｋ的解析函数全体,对给定的复常数λ≠－ｐ,及ｆ（ｚ）∈Ａ（ｐ）,用Ｊλｆ（ｚ）＝ｐ＋λｚλ∫ｚ０ｆ（ｔ）ｔλ－１ｄｔ定义算子Ｊλ,本文讨论了Ａ（ｐ）函数类上的积分算子Ｊλ,得到了在一定条件下Ｊλｆ（ｚ）∈Ｒ（ｐ）ｎ（α     

Molecular evidence for increased hematopoietic proliferation in the spleen of the b/b laboratory rat

The splenomegaly and the appearance of a significant number of CFU-E (erythroid colony-forming units) and BFU-E¹ (erythroid burst-forming units) in the Belgrade laboratory rat (b/b) spleen prompted us to analyse further the molecular evidence for increased hematopoietic proliferation in the b/b spleen. Messenger RNAs (mRNAs) specific for globins, proteins for iron transport and deposition and the band 3 protein were used in rat erythropoietic tissues as markers for proliferation and erythroid differentiation. In the b/b spleen, all mRNAs analysed display an erythroid-specific pattern of expression. This analysis also revealed an enhanced level of mRNA for ferritin in the +/b spleen, whereas erythrocyte-specific mRNA production was normal.     

Influence of the thymus on the incidence of secondary and parabiotic disease

Summary The secondary disease in PF₁ strain combination depends upon the immune status of both partners. It is most clearly expressed if both donors and recipients are immunologically crippled by thymectomy and irradiation. Conspicuous reduction in the immune potential of parental parabionts induced by thymectomy and irradiation displayed their marked incidence of parabiotic death.     

The timing of cyclophosphamide therapy in tumor-bearing rats affects the resistance to tumor challenge in survivors

Summary Cyclophosphamide given to rats 2 or 5 days after an injection of Yoshida ascites sarcoma cured approximately the same proportion of animals, but the resistance to a subsequent tumor challenge was found only in rats treated with the drug 5 days after tumor injection.     

The effect of physostigmine on (Na++K+)-ATPase activity in different rat brain regions

Summary The activity of (Na⁺+K⁺)-ATPase and acetylcholine esterase were folloed in rat brain cerebral cortex, caudate, thalamus, hippocampus and medulla after i.v. administration of physostigmine. Both enzymes were found to be inhibited in a dose-dependent manner. The most pronounced inhibition of (Na⁺+K⁺)-ATPase was found in caudate. where the highest activity of acetylcholine esterase is found.These studies were supported by a grant from the Union of Science of Republic Serbia, No. 40404-14.     

Protein degradation in human T-lymphocytes

Summary Protein from resting or phytohemagglutinin-stimulated human peripheral blood T-lymphocytes, pulse-labeled in vitro for 1 h with³H-leucine, had a half-life of 30 h.