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31 Forskolin produces a direct activation of the catalytic subunit of adenylate cyclase , while cholera toxin causes a permanent activation of the guanine nucleotide regulatory subunit , Gs .
32 This causes a severe response in the fish with inflammation and mucus production causing the decay of tissue and thus opens pathways for further infection by bacteria , usually myxobacteria .
33 Therefore , the most likely explanation for the increased hepatic venous pressure gradient is the extensive necrosis and subsequent reticulin collapse , that probably causes a severe distortion of the hepatic microcirculation .
34 ‘ The collapse of repertory causes a big problem in the training of actors .
35 Though H pylori also raises G17 several fold in the fasting state , this only causes a minor increase in fasting serum gastrin which consists predominantly of G34 .
36 Here we show that injection of antibodies raised against the pax[b] protein causes a localized malformation at the midbrain-hindbrain boundary .
37 Together with differential rotation , this causes a large amount of mechanical energy and magnetic flux to pass through the surface .
38 This is a sickness akin to radiation poisoning which causes a high rate of ‘ chemical mutation ’ and makes the colourless an unreliable source of labour .
39 Thus , using decimal numbers causes a steep drop in success rates in all three attainment bands relative to questions with whole numbers only .
40 Thus exposure to FGF-4 causes a significant increase in the number of cells initiating DNA synthesis .
41 This remains unknown in man , but we have investigated the effects of commonly used anaesthetic agents on tissue protein synthesis in the rat and found that although halothane causes a significant depression of liver protein synthesis , isoflurance did not have such an effect .
42 We conclude that acute cigarette smoking causes a significant fall in gastric secretion ( Vg ) , and suggest that this results in raised gastrin values that have a tropic effect on the parietal cell , thereby accounting for the raised secretory capacity of chronic smokers .
43 The unleashing of the anger against the self causes a catastrophic fall in self-esteem .
44 Tobacco use during pregnancy causes a two-fold increase in the risk of spontaneous abortion .
45 In subclinical infections , it has been shown under both experimental an natural conditions that O. circumcincta causes a marked depression in appetite and this , together with losses of plasma protein into the gastro-intestinal tract , results in interference with the post-absorptive metabolism of protein and to a lesser extent the utilisation of metabolisable energy .
46 First , the increase in poverty may be a result of ageing itself : for example , reaching the statutory retirement age causes a marked drop in most elderly people 's incomes .
47 Hegel articulates a philosophical structure of the appropriation of the other as a form of knowledge which uncannily simulates the project of nineteenth-century imperialism ; the construction of knowledges which all operate through forms of expropriation and incorporation of the other mimics it a conceptual level the geographical and economic absorption of the non-European world by the West .
48 She may perhaps have felt a little out of place but she articulates a rare understanding of what was going on in the place , all underpinned by an almost total recall of the fascinating minutiae of day-to-day events .
49 In contrast Kevin Smith who has Downs Syndrome and learning diffuclties articulates a sensitive relationship with his friend david through dance …
50 In the early sun the quinoa glows a light yellowish-green like cabbage on the turn .
51 Around this charming place lingers a vague air of ‘ the land that time forgot ’ , an atmosphere which could n't be further from nearby Birchens , with its polished horrors and hordes .
52 There is also a book-binding shop and a Braille Unit , which transfers a wide range of books into braille for the blind , and which really does serve a useful purpose .
53 A mother ship accompanies a small fleet of yachts ; sociable , good for the less experienced .
54 An increased consciousness of conceptual systems as necessary fictions accompanies a growing awareness of the conventions of narrative .
55 In bureaucratic organizations the latter notion ultimately leads to situations in which a man can be called a ‘ manager ’ solely on the grounds that he supervises a certain number of people , and without regard to the degree of judgement or decision-making responsibility such supervision requires .
56 The Divisional Court of the Queen 's Bench Division , which exercises a supervisory capacity over the inferior courts and sits as a court to which an appeal ‘ by way of case stated ’ may be made from the Magistrates ' Court , is bound by the House of Lords , the Court of Appeal and its own previous decisions .
57 There are plenty of occasions when the High Court exercises a supervisory jurisdiction over tribunals or bodies whose procedures allow for a more relaxed approach to the rules of evidence , but this does not detract from the fact that the High Court is performing the functions of the High Court when it exercises this jurisdiction .
58 If this is the case then society and organisations , far from being pluralist in nature , are , in fact , elitist so that on any given issue there may be a small group that exercises a great deal of power .
59 Carl Jung , writing about black Americans in the 1930s , believed that ‘ the inferior man exercises a tremendous pull upon civilized beings who are forced to live with him , because he fascinates the inferior layers of our psyche ’ .
60 ‘ Remnant theology ’ exercises a powerful influence in the Protestant churches of Western Europe .
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