pp semi small yes other uses Greek Alphabet letter alpha WikisourceEBD1897 A entry Alpha uppercase ... Image phoenician aleph.png 20px Aleph . Letters that arose from Alpha include the Latin A and the Cyrillic letter A Cyrillic . In English the noun alpha is used as a synonym for beginning , or first in a series , reflecting its Greek roots. ref http www.merriam webster.com dictionary alpha ref Uses Greek In Ancient Greek , alpha was pronounced IPAblink a when short and IPAblink a when long. Where there is ambiguity, long and short alpha are sometimes written with a macron and breve today ... of alpha represent the short IPA el a . In the polytonic Greek polytonic orthography of Greek, alpha ... Greek Ionic dialect of Ancient Greek, long alpha IPAblink a fronted to IPAblink eta . In Ionic ... , and rho , , e, i, r . In Doric Greek Doric and Aeolic Greek Aeolic , long alpha is preserved ... prefix or ha , a . It comes from Proto Indo European PIE sm& 805 . Math and science main Alpha disambiguation The letter alpha represents various concepts in physics and chemistry , including alpha radiation , angular acceleration , alpha particle s and alpha carbon . Alpha also stands for thermal ..., in mathematics, the letter alpha is used to denote the area underneath a Normal distribution normal ... www.une.edu.au WebStat unit materials c5 inferential statistics what alpha level.html work Research ... letter alpha is not generally used as a symbol because it tends to be rendered identically to the uppercase ... based on the lower case of alpha represents the open back unrounded vowel . History and symbolism Etymology Alpha was derived from aleph , which in Phoenician language Phoenician means ox . ref http www.etymonline.com index.php?search alphaalpha on the Online Etymology Dictionary ref According to a medieval folk etymology attested in Etymologicum Magnum , alpha was connected to lph to invent thus alpha is the first invented letter . ref , ... more details
Expand German topic culture date July 2011 Infobox television show name AlphaAlpha image caption format camera runtime creator starring country Germany network Theme first aired last aired num seasons num episodes list episodes AlphaAlpha was a 1972 German science fiction fantasy television series which aired on ZDF . It starred Karl Michael Vogler , Lilith Ungerer , Arthur Brauss and Horst Sachtleben . See also List of German television series External links imdb title id title AlphaAlpha Category German science fiction television series Category 1972 television series debuts Category 1972 television series endings Category ZDF television series Category German fantasy Germany tv prog stub de AlphaAlpha ... more details
The Journal may refer to Newspapers The Journal newspaper The Journal newspaper , a daily newspaper produced in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom The Journal student newspaper The Journal student newspaper , a fortnightly, city wide student newspaper in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom The Queen s Journal , or simply The Journal , the student newspaper published at Queen s University, Ontario, Canada Television The Journal Canadian TV series The Journal Canadian TV series , a Canadian current affairs TV program broadcast from 1982 to 1992 The Journal TV news , the hourly English version of the international news program Journal , available in multiple languages by Deutsche Welle Magazine T.H.E. Journal , Transforming Education through Technology Journal , targets K 12 administrators, technologists, on issues related use of technology in the classroom. Other http www.thejournal.ie TheJournal.ie An Irish online news website. Provides links to news articles from other sources. Interactive news site. The Journal , a literary journal published by Ohio State University See also Journal disambiguation disambig id The Journal ... more details
about the journal as a written medium Unreferenced date May 2009 FORCETOC A journal through French language French from Latin diurnalis , daily has several related meanings a daily record of events or business a private journal is usually referred to as a diary . a newspaper or other periodical, in the literal sense of one published each day. many publications issued at stated intervals, such as magazines, or scholarly journals, academic journal s, or the record of the transactions of a society, are often called journals. Although journal is sometimes used as a synonym for magazine , in academic use, a journal refers to a serious, scholarly publication, most often peer review peer reviewed . A non scholarly magazine written for an educated audience about an industry or an area of professional activity is usually Citation needed date October 2009 please provide evidence that this is common usage called a professional magazine . The word journalist for one whose business is writing for the public press has been in use since the end of the 17th century. Open access Open access journal s are scholarly journal s that are available to the reader without financial or other barrier other than access to the internet itself. Some are subsidized, and some require payment on behalf of the author .... Public journal Main Public journal A public journal is a record of day by day events in a Parliament or Congress . It is also called minutes or records. Business and accounting The term journal is also used in business A General journalJournal is a book or computer file in which monetary transactions are entered the first time they are processed. This journal lists transactions in chronological ..., weather changes, or other events of daily importance. See also Gazette Reflective writing Journal ... Category Publishing terms ar az Jurnal bs Dnevnik cs urn l cv de Journal Magazin ... ms Jurnal ja pt Jornal ru simple Journal sk Denn k urnalistika uk uz Jurnal ... more details
infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name THIS title orig translator image image caption author Barrett Watten editor Robert Grenier poet Robert Grenier coeditor Issues 1 3 cover artist country United States language English language English series genre Poetry & Prose publisher This Press release date 1971&ndash 1982 media type magazine journal pages isbn preceded by followed by For the Canadian political magazine, see This Magazine . This is a poetry journal associated with what would later be called Language poetry because during the time span in which This was published, many poets of the emerging Language school were represented in its pages . ref name grandpiano cite web url http www.thegrandpiano.org authors.html title The Grand Piano Authors publisher Thegrandpiano.org date accessdate 2011 06 29 ref The first three issues were edited by Robert Grenier poet Robert Grenier and Barrett Watten 1971 1973 . The subsequent nine issues were edited by Watten 1973 1982 . Some of the writers featured in the pages of This magazine include Steve Benson , Bill Berkson , Merrill Gilfillan , Lyn Hejinian , Bernadette Mayer , Michael Palmer poet Michael Palmer , Kit Robinson , Jim Rosenberg , and Peter Seaton . Watten also published monographs under the imprint This Press 1974 1986? which began with publication of Clark Coolidge s The Maintains in 1974 and published work by Larry Eigner , Ron Silliman , Robert Grenier poet Robert Grenier , Carla Harryman , Ted Greenwald , Kit Robinson , Bruce Andrews , and Alan Davies poet Alan Davies . ref name grandpiano These writers also appeared in the magazine during its run of issues. Selected publications of This Press Under The Bridge by Carla Harryman. 64pp. Sonnets Memento Mori by Bruce Andrews. 80 pp. 1&ndash 10 by Barrett Watten. 64 pp. Country Harbor Quiet Act Around by Larry Eigner. Selected prose. 160 pp. Series by Robert Grenier. 144 pp. Ketjak by Ron Silliman. 96 pp. Quartz Hearts by ... more details
enzyme Name alpha,alpha phosphotrehalase EC number 3.2.1.93 CAS number 54576 93 1 IUBMB EC number 3 2 1 93 GO code 0008788 image width caption Orphan date December 2007 In enzymology , an alpha,alpha phosphotrehalase EC number 3.2.1.93 is an enzyme that catalysis catalyzes the chemical reaction alpha,alpha trehalose 6 phosphate H sub 2 sub O math rightleftharpoons math D glucose D glucose 6 phosphate Thus, the two substrate biochemistry substrates of this enzyme are alpha,alpha trehalose 6 phosphate and water H sub 2 sub O , whereas its two product chemistry products are D glucose and D glucose 6 phosphate . This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolase s, specifically those glycosidases that hydrolyse O and S glycosyl compounds. The systematic name of this enzyme class is alpha,alpha trehalose 6 phosphate phosphoglucohydrolase . This enzyme is also called phosphotrehalase . This enzyme participates in starch and sucrose metabolism . References reflist 1 cite journal author Bhumiratana A, Anderson RL, Costilow RN year 1974 title Trehalose metabolism by Bacillus popilliae journal J. Bacteriol. volume 119 pages 484&ndash 93 pmid 4369400 issue 2 pmc 245631 Category EC 3.2.1 Category Enzymes of unknown structure hydrolase stub ... more details
orphan date January 2010 enzyme Name alpha,alpha trehalose phosphorylase EC number 2.4.1.64 CAS number 37205 59 7 IUBMB EC number 2 4 1 64 GO code 0047656 image width caption In enzymology , an alpha,alpha trehalose phosphorylase EC number 2.4.1.64 is an enzyme that catalysis catalyzes the chemical reaction alpha,alpha trehalose phosphate math rightleftharpoons math D glucose beta D glucose 1 phosphate Thus, the two substrate biochemistry substrates of this enzyme are alpha,alpha trehalose and phosphate , whereas its two product chemistry products are D glucose and beta D glucose 1 phosphate . This enzyme belongs to the family of glycosyltransferase s, specifically the hexosyltransferases. The systematic name of this enzyme class is alpha,alpha trehalose phosphate beta D glucosyltransferase . This enzyme is also called trehalose phosphorylase . This enzyme participates in starch and sucrose metabolism . References reflist 1 cite journal author Belocopitow E, Marechal LR date 1970 title Trehalose phosphorylase from Euglena gracilis journal Biochim. Biophys. Acta. volume 198 pages 151&ndash 4 pmid 5413942 issue 1 Category EC 2.4.1 Category Enzymes of unknown structure enzyme stub it Alfa,alfa trealosio fosforilasi ... more details
enzyme Name alpha,alpha trehalase EC number 3.2.1.28 CAS number 9025 52 9 IUBMB EC number 3 2 1 28 GO code 0004555 image width caption Orphan date December 2007 In enzymology , an alpha,alpha trehalase EC number 3.2.1.28 is an enzyme that catalysis catalyzes the chemical reaction alpha,alpha trehalose H sub 2 sub O math rightleftharpoons math 2 D glucose Thus, the two substrate biochemistry substrates of this enzyme are alpha,alpha trehalose and water H sub 2 sub O , whereas its product chemistry product is D glucose . This enzyme belongs to the family of hydrolase s, specifically those glycosidases that hydrolyse O and S glycosyl compounds. The systematic name of this enzyme class is alpha,alpha trehalose glucohydrolase . This enzyme is also called trehalase . This enzyme participates in starch and sucrose metabolism . Structural studies As of late 2007, two tertiary structure structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with Protein Data Bank PDB accession codes PDB link 2JF4 and PDB link 2JG0 . References reflist 1 cite journal author KALF GF, RIEDER SV year 1958 title The purification and properties of trehalase journal J. Biol. Chem. volume 230 pages 691&ndash 8 pmid 13525386 issue 2 cite journal author Myrback K and Ortenblad B year 1937 title Trehalose und Hefe. II. Trehalasewirkung von Hefepraparaten journal Biochem. Z. volume 291 pages 61&ndash 69 Category EC 3.2.1 Category Enzymes of known structure hydrolase stub ... more details
of the NAACP and its journal, The Crisis. For 100 years, Alpha Phi Alpha and its members have ... Athletes at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany publisher Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity journal The Sphinx ...Use mdy dates date August 2011 Infobox Fraternity letters name Alpha Phi Alpha crest Image AlphaPhiAlphaCrest.jpg center 100px The crest of Alpha Phi Alpha founded start date and years ago mf yes 1906 ... size 88 Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. develops leaders, promotes brotherhood and academic excellence ... http www.alpha phi alpha.com Alpha Phi Alpha.com footnotes Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. has ... for civil rights. Alpha Phi Alpha is the first Inter Collegiate Black Greek Letter Fraternities ... York . Its founders are known as the Category Alpha Phi Alpha founders Seven Jewels . Alpha Phi Alpha ... than 730 active chapters in the Americas, Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and Asia. Alpha Phi Alpha evolved into a primarily service organization and provided leadership and service during ... Luther King, Jr. National Memorial and World Policy Council are programs of Alpha Phi Alpha. It also ... , Boy Scouts of America and Big Brothers Big Sisters of America . Members of Alpha Phi Alpha include ... of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., in 1905, although the organization would remain unnamed ... thumb upright The 1906 charter for s Alpha chapter at Cornell University. The original founding members were Henry A. Callis, w Charles Henry Chapman Alpha Phi Alpha co founder Charles ... that the organization be known by the Greek alphabet Greek letters Alpha Phi Alpha , and Robert Harold ... historically black colleges . ref Wesley 1981, op. cit. , p. 43. ref Chapters of Alpha Phi Alpha are given ... be created following the establishment of the fourth chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha. ref name USWW cite web url http apa.usww.com alphatoc frathistory.htm title Fraternity History publisher Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Zeta Iota chapter accessdate April 14, 2006 dead link date August 2011 ref The preamble ... more details
Infobox Fraternity letters name Alpha Kappa Alpha motto By Culture and By Merit ref name akaterms crest File AKAshield2.png center 130px The official crest of Alpha Kappa Alpha. founded Start date ... title Alpha Kappa Alpha s International President reflects on the sorority s 100 years successfully serving mankind date 2010 10 07 publisher CBS Baltimore url http www.aka1908.com news 130 alpha kappa alpha sorority salutes member ellen johnson sirleaf on winning the nobel peace prize.html ... coauthors title Alpha Kappa Alpha s International President reflects on the sorority s 100 years successfully ... index.php?option com content&view article&id 776 alpha kappa alpha sorority salutes member ellen johnson ... akaterms symbol Ivy Ivy leaf ref name akaterms footnotes Portal African American Alpha Kappa Alpha ... University Press of Kentucky, 2005. p. 342 ref Alpha Kappa Alpha was Incorporation business incorporated ... content&task view&id 26&Itemid 34 title Historical Overview publisher Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated ... a century ago, Alpha Kappa Alpha has helped to improve social and economic conditions through community ... initiatives and progressive programs relating to education, family, health, and business. Alpha Kappa Alpha is part of the National Pan Hellenic Council NPHC . The current International President is Carolyn ... accessdate 2007 10 12 ref Miner Hall was the site of Alpha Kappa Alpha s founding on January 15 ... 2005 05 25 title Alpha Kappa Alpha Important Facts publisher Lambda Eta Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated accessdate 2007 05 30 ref The building was demolished in 1961. ref name ... was also inspired by her future husband George Lyle, who was a charter member of Alpha Phi AlphaAlpha Phi Alpha fraternity s Beta chapter at Howard in 1907. ref name skip2 cite web last Mason first .... ref Eventually, nine women including Hedgeman were instrumental in organizing Alpha Kappa Alpha in the fall ... colors, and named the sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha. ref name Ross 166 Later in 1909, seven sophomore ... more details
In finance, Jensen s alpha ref http papers.ssrn.com sol3 papers.cfm?abstract id 244153 Jensen, M.C., The Performance of Mutual Funds in the Period 1945 1964, Journal of Finance 23, 1968, pp. 389 416. ref or Jensen s Performance Index , ex post alpha is used to determine the abnormal return of a security ... Beta coefficient beta as a multiplier. Jensen s alpha was first used as a measure in the evaluation ... adjusted return, that asset is said to have positive alpha or abnormal returns . Investors are constantly seeking investments that have higher alpha. In the context of CAPM, calculating alpha requires ... , the risk free rate of return, and the Beta coefficient beta of the portfolio. Jensen s alpha Portfolio Return &minus Risk Free Rate Portfolio Beta Market Return &minus Risk Free Rate br math alpha ... Efficient market hypothesis efficient to allow for repeatedly earning positive Alpha, unless by chance ... managers stock picking talent, finding positive Alpha. However, they also show that after fees and expenses are deducted, the effective Alpha for investors is negative. These results also explain ..., Alpha is still widely used to evaluate mutual fund and portfolio manager performance, often in conjunction ... 2010 10 09 jensens alpha Jensen s Alpha in Quantitative Finance ref , ref http www.quantiphile.com 2011 02 15 jensens alpha revisited Addendum, Jensen s Alpha in Quantitative Finance ref Jensen s alpha is a statistic that is commonly used in empirical finance to assess the marginal return ... setting, Jensen s alpha is a measure of the marginal return associated with an additional strategy that is not explained by existing factors. We obtain the CAPM alpha if we consider excess market returns as the only factor. If we add in the Fama French factors, we obtain the 3 factor alpha, and so on. If Jensen s alpha is significant and positive, then the strategy being considered has a history ... See also Alpha investment Modigliani Risk Adjusted Performance Operating Alpha Sharpe Ratio Sortino ... more details
Refimprove date May 2010 Image Hue alpha.png thumb This image s alpha channel falls off to zero at its base. A checkered backdrop is often used to signal transparency. In computer graphics , alpha compositing ..., the concept of an alpha channel was introduced by Alvy Ray Smith in the late 1970s, and fully developed in a 1984 paper by Thomas Porter and Tom Duff . ref cite journal last Porter first Thomas coauthors Tom Duff year 1984 title Compositing Digital Images journal Computer Graphics volume 18 issue ... a color for each pixel, additional data is stored in the alpha channel with a value between 0 and 1 ... of 1 means that the pixel is opaque because the geometry completely overlapped the pixel. If an alpha channel is used in an image, it is common to also multiply the color by the alpha value, to save ... alpha . Assuming that the pixel color is expressed using straight non premultiplied RGBA tuples, a pixel ... premultiplied alpha, all of the RGB values 0, 1, 0 are multiplied by 0.5 and then the alpha is appended ... or straight alpha is essential to correctly process or composite it. Premultiplied alpha has some practical advantages over normal alpha blending because premultiplied alpha blending is Associativity ... a loss of precision and, in extreme cases, a noticeable loss of quality. With the existence of an alpha ..., overlaid orthogonally Image Alpha compositing.svg The over operator is, in effect, the normal painting operation see Painter s algorithm . The in operator is the alpha compositing equivalent ... the following formula to each pixel value math C o C a alpha a C b alpha b left 1 alpha a right ... in element A, math C b math is the color of the pixel in element B, and math alpha a math and math alpha b math are the alpha of the pixels in elements A and B respectively. If it is assumed that all color values are premultiplied by their alpha values math c i alpha i C i math , we can rewrite the equation for output color as math C o c a left 1 alpha a right c b math and resulting alpha channel ... more details
as the anti alpha. Their result was published on April 24, 2011 in Nature . ref cite journal last1 ... Woods first2 M. H. year 1979 title Alpha particle induced soft errors in dynamic memories journal ...Infobox Particle bgcolour name Alpha particle image Image Alpha Decay.svg center 250px caption Alpha ... status theorized discovered symbol &alpha , &alpha sup 2 sup , He sup 2 sup mass val 6.64465675 29 e 27 ul kg ref name NIST cite web title CODATA Value Alpha particle mass url http physics.nist.gov ... Alpha particles named after and denoted by the first letter in the Greek alphabet , Alpha consist ... nucleus , which is classically produced in the process of alpha decay , but may be produced also in other ways and given the same name. The alpha particle can be written as chem He 2 , chem 4 2 ... high velocity helium nuclei are considered by all authors as alpha particles. As with beta particles ... Darling first David date title Alpha particle url http www.daviddarling.info encyclopedia A alphapart.html ... ionized helium nuclei chem He 2 and alpha particles as interchangeable terms. Thus, alpha particles ... alpha process alpha processes , and even when they occur as components of cosmic rays . A higher energy version of alphas than produced in alpha decay is a common product of an uncommon nuclear fission ... , synchrotron s, and the like are less likely to be referred to as alpha particles. Alpha particles ... radiation ionizing form of particle radiation , and when resulting from radioactive alpha decay have .... Long range alpha particles from ternary fission penetrate three times as far. As noted, the helium ..., this is also true of high energy helium nuclei produced by particle accelerators. When alpha particle ... would suggest, due to the high relative biological effectiveness of alpha radiation to cause biological damage, after alpha emitting radioisotopes enter living cells. Ingested alpha emitter radioisotopes ... or gamma decay gamma emitting radioisotopes. Sources of alpha particles Alpha decay Main Alpha decay ... more details
factor alpha in the normal adult gastrointestinal tract journal Gut volume 33 issue 5 pages 628 ... of the transforming growth factor alpha gene journal Mol. Endocrinol. volume 5 issue 12 pages 1955 ..., Tappin MJ, et al. title The solution structure of human transforming growth factor alphajournal Eur ... transforming growth factor alpha derived from 1H NMR data journal Biochemistry volume 29 issue 34 pages ... growth factor alpha messenger RNA journal Mol. Endocrinol. volume 2 issue 11 pages 1056 63 year ... of a cDNA for rat transforming growth factor alphajournal Nature volume 313 issue 6002 pages 489 91 ..., et al. title Human transforming growth factor alpha precursor structure and expression in E. coli journal ... transforming growth factor alpha in non neoplastic human salivary glands journal Histol. Histopathol ...PBB geneid 7039 Transforming growth factor alpha TGF is upregulated in some human cancer s. It is produced .... Interactions TGF alpha has been shown to Protein protein interaction interact with GORASP1 ref name pmid11739402 cite journal last Barr first F A authorlink coauthors Preisinger C, Kopajtich R, K rner ... retention in the Golgi apparatus journal J. Cell Biol. volume 155 issue 6 pages 885 91 ... 2 PBB Further reading citations cite journal author Luetteke NC, Lee DC title Transforming growth factor alpha expression, regulation and biological action of its integral membrane precursor journal Semin. Cancer Biol. volume 1 issue 4 pages 265 75 year 1991 pmid 2103501 doi cite journal author Greten FR, Wagner M, Weber CK, et al. title TGF alpha transgenic mice. A model of pancreatic cancer development journal Pancreatology volume 1 issue 4 pages 363 8 year 2002 pmid 12120215 doi 10.1159 000055835 cite journal author Vieira AR title Association between the transforming growth factor alpha gene and nonsyndromic oral clefts a HuGE review journal Am. J. Epidemiol. volume 163 issue 9 pages 790 810 year 2006 pmid 16495466 doi 10.1093 aje kwj103 cite journal author Nasim MM, Thomas DM, Alison ... more details
Money, and The Wall Street Journal. Nielsen reported that Seeking Alpha has the highest percentage of C ...Seeking Alpha is a stock market blog that provides free stock market analysis primarily from money managers, investment newsletter writers, and the general public. Alpha investment Alpha is a financial ..., fund managers seek alpha . Seeking Alpha focuses on opinion and analysis rather than news. Although ... page who reads sa Who Reads Seeking Alpha? ref Seeking Alpha was started in 2004 by David ...?image 1&s cid 1 Market Movers , US News & World Report , March 2009. ref Seeking Alpha has 80 employees ... Blogs from Seeking Alpha , Yahoo Finance . ref Dow Jones MarketWatch , E Trade , ref https us.etrade.com ... , Seeking Alpha. ref The company is backed by Benchmark Capital , a firm that funded eBay . ref http venturebeat.com 2006 09 11 benchmark invests in seeking alpha deal struck with yahoo Benchmark invests in Seeking Alpha deal struck with Yahoo , Venturebeat.com, September 11, 2006. ref Seeking Alpha ... Engine?Account macreport&GUID 1763792&Page MediaViewer&Ticker FCON Seeking Alpha Launches Free Financial ... Alpha. April 17, 2007. ref Seeking Alpha is the largest stock market blog, with over 4000 unpaid ... Time , November 2007. ref Also in 2007, Seeking Alpha was the recipient of Forbes Best of the Web ... watch?v LI EV mpA6c Seeking Alpha , Fox News , October 22, 2007. ref According to Google Analytics, Seeking Alpha currently has 6.5 million unique monthly readers and 65 million monthly pageviews. Seeking Alpha has a large distribution network including Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance, Google Finance, Etrade ... bringing you more exposure msn is now part of seeking alpha s distribution network Director of Contributor Relations , Seeking Alpha, January 17, 2011. ref Seeking Alpha claims that combined with this distribution ... readers. In January 2010, Seeking Alpha launched a premium program which promises to pay its ... alpha contributors CEO David Jackson , Seeking Alpha, January 16, 2011. ref According to Nielsen ... more details
five years after he had made them. In 1931, he published his first findings on alpha waves in the journal ... Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian Lord Adrian , who took a particular interest in alpha waves. ref Karbowski K. Hans Berger 1873 194 . Journal of Neurology. 249 8 1310 1311 ref Alpha waves again .... Journal of Sleep Research. 4 3 131 137. ref It has long been believed that alpha waves indicate ...Dablink For the 3D platform video game, see Alpha Waves . Image eeg alpha.svg thumb Alpha waves 400px right Alpha waves are neural oscillations in the frequency range of 8 12 Hertz Hz arising from synchronous ... cells in humans. They are also called Hans Berger Berger s wave in memory of the founder of EEG. Alpha ... relaxation with closed eyes. Alpha waves are reduced with open eyes, drowsiness and sleep. Historically ... alpha waves during periods of eyes closed are the strongest EEG brain signals. An alpha like variant ..., or the intention to move. Alpha waves do not start to appear until three years of age. ref Kolev ... year old children. Int J Neurosci. 75 3 4 257 70. PMID 8050866 ref History of alpha waves Alpha waves were discovered by German neurologist Hans Berger , most famous for his invention of the EEG. Alpha ... in alpha blockage , the process by which alpha waves decrease and beta waves increase upon a subject opening their eyes. This distinction earned the alpha wave the alternate title of Berger s Wave ... would become known as the alpha wave. Despite his brilliance, Berger was very thorough and meticulous ... alpha and brain wave discoveries. His technique and findings did not gain widespread acceptance ... to brain waves see below . Such biofeedback, referred to as a kind of neurofeedback , relating to alpha waves is the conscious elicitation of alpha brainwaves by a subject. Two different researchers ... they were creating alpha waves, and could increase their alpha activity. These individuals were motivated ..., a wave similar to alpha waves. Using a reward system, he further trained these cats to enter this state ... more details
isolation of a cDNA clone encoding human alpha galactosidase A journal Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. ... in the human alpha galactosidase A gene. journal Hum. Mutat. volume 3 issue 2 pages 103 11 year ... 135 40 year 2002 pmid 12360742 doi cite journal author Germain DP title Fabry s disease alpha galactosidase ... disease six gene rearrangements and an exonic point mutation in the alpha galactosidase gene. journal ... alpha galactosidase A gene. journal Nucleic Acids Res. volume 17 issue 8 pages 3301 2 year 1989 pmid ... lysosomal enzyme, alpha galactosidase A. journal Gene volume 58 issue 2 3 pages 177 88 year ... and DNA mediated expression of human lysosomal alpha galactosidase A. journal Eur. J. Biochem. volume ...Refimprove date July 2009 PBB geneid 2717 enzyme Name alpha galactosidase EC number 3.2.1.22 CAS number 9025 35 8 IUBMB EC number 3 2 1 22 GO code 0004557 image width caption Alpha galactosidase is a glycoside hydrolase enzyme that hydrolyses the terminal alpha galactosyl moieties from glycolipids and glycoproteins. It is encoded by the gene GLA gene. ref name pmid2997789 cite journal author Calhoun ... alpha galactosyl moieties from glycolipids and glycoproteins. It predominantly hydrolyzes ceramide ... from a failure to catabolize alpha D galactosyl glycolipid moieties. ref cite web title Entrez Gene GLA galactosidase, alpha url http www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov sites entrez?Db gene&Cmd ShowDetailView&TermToSearch ... to functionally compensate for alpha galactosidase deficiency. Agalsidase alpha and beta are both ... amino acid sequence as the native enzyme. Agalsidase alpha and beta differ in the structures of their oligosaccharide side chains. ref name pmid19707461 cite journal author Fervenza FC, Torra R, Warnock DG title Safety and efficacy of enzyme replacement therapy in the nephropathy of Fabry disease journal ... url issn ref Agalsidase alpha The pharmaceutical company Shire plc Shire manufactures agalsidase alpha ... refbegin 2 PBB Further reading citations cite journal author Naumoff DG title Phylogenetic analysis ... more details
Pathology A deficiency can lead to alpha mannosidosis . ref name pmid18651971 cite journal author Malm D, Nilssen title Alpha mannosidosis. journal Orphanet J Rare Dis year 2008 volume 3 issue pages ...File Tonge redo alpha mannosidase.png thumb Cartoon depiction of the Protein Streptococcus pyogenes family GH38 Mannosidase created using PyMol ref cite web title PyMol url http www.pymol.org publisher Schrodinger accessdate 9 14 2011 ref . ref cite journal last Suits first MDL coauthors Yanping Zhu, Edward J. Taylor, Julia Walton, David L. Zechel, Harry J. Gilbert, Gideon J. Davies title Structure and Kinetic Investigation of Streptococcus pyogenes Family GH38 Mannosidase journal Plos One date 3 year 2010 month February volume 5 issue 2 url http www.plosone.org article info 3Adoi 2F10.1371 2Fjournal.pone.0009006 accessdate 9 14 2011 ref lowercase alpha Mannosidase enzyme Name alpha mannosidase EC number 3.2.1.24 CAS number 9025 42 7 IUBMB EC number 3 2 1 24 GO code 0004559 image width caption alpha Mannosidase is an enzyme involved in the cleavage of the alpha form of mannose . Isozymes Humans express the following three alpha mannosidase isozymes protein Name mannosidase, alpha, class 2B, member 1 c aption image width HGNCid 6826 Symbol MAN2B1 AltSymbols MANB EntrezGene 4125 OMIM 609458 RefSeq NM 000528 UniProt O00754 PDB ECnumber 3.2.1.24 Chromosome 19 Arm Band LocusSupplementaryData cen q13.1 protein Name MAN2B2 mannosidase, alpha, class 2B, member 2 caption image width HGNCid ... ECnumber 3.2.1.24 Chromosome 4 Arm p Band 16.2 LocusSupplementaryData protein Name mannosidase, alpha ... in vaccine development. ref name pmid19520203 cite journal author Vlahopoulos S, Gritzapis ... on recombinant HER 2 protein inhibits recognition by the monoclonal antibody herceptin. journal ... http www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov books NBK1396 GeneReviews NCBI NIH UW entry on Alpha Mannosidosis http www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov omim 248500,609458,248500,609458 OMIM entries on Alpha Mannosidosis MeshName alpha ... more details
ref cite journal author Watabe Uchida M, Uchida N, Imamura Y, et al. title alpha Catenin vinculin interaction functions to organize the apical junctional complex in epithelial cells journal J. Cell ... cgi pmidlookup?view long&pmid 9700171 doi 10.1083 jcb.142.3.847 ref and alpha actinin ref cite journal author Knudsen KA, Soler AP, Johnson KR, Wheelock MJ title Interaction of alpha actinin with the cadherin catenin cell cell adhesion complex via alpha catenin journal J. Cell Biol. volume ...protein Name CTNNA1 catenin cadherin associated protein , alpha 1, 102kDa caption image width HGNCid ... , alpha 2 caption image width HGNCid 2510 Symbol CTNNA2 AltSymbols EntrezGene 1496 OMIM 114025 RefSeq ... protein Name catenin cadherin associated protein , alpha 3 caption image width HGNCid 2511 Symbol CTNNA3 ... 10 Arm q Band 21 LocusSupplementaryData Alpha catenin was suggested to function as a linking protein ...?view long&pmid 7790378 doi 10.1083 jcb.130.1.67 ref can bind to alpha catenin. However, a protein complex including a cadherin, actin, beta catenin and alpha catenin has not been isolated. It has been suggested that alpha catenin does not bind with high affinity to both actin filaments and the E cadherin beta catenin complex at the same time. ref cite journal author Yamada S, Pokutta S, Drees F, Weis WI, Nelson WJ title Deconstructing the cadherin catenin actin complex journal Cell volume ... http linkinghub.elsevier.com retrieve pii S0092 8674 05 00974 8 ref It has been observed that when alpha ... actin filament assembly, possibly by competing with Arp2 3 protein . ref cite journal author Drees F, Pokutta S, Yamada S, Nelson WJ, Weis WI title Alpha catenin is a molecular switch that binds E cadherin beta catenin and regulates actin filament assembly journal Cell volume 123 issue 5 pages 903 ... retrieve pii S0092 8674 05 00975 X ref The amino acid sequence of alpha catenin has sequence similarity to that of vinculin . ref cite journal author Nagafuchi A, Takeichi M, Tsukita S title The 102 ... more details
&alpha blockers alpha blockers or &alpha adrenergic antagonists are pharmacological agent s that act as Receptor antagonist receptor antagonists of Adrenergic receptor .CE.B1 receptors &alpha adrenergic receptor s &alpha adrenoceptors . ref MeshName alpha Adrenergic Blockers ref Classification Alpha 1 blocker &alpha sub 1 sub blockers or antagonists act at alpha 1 adrenergic receptor &alpha sub 1 sub adrenoceptors Alpha 2 blocker &alpha sub 2 sub blockers or antagonists act at alpha 2 adrenergic receptor &alpha sub 2 sub adrenoceptors When the term alpha blocker is used without further qualification, it sometimes refers to &alpha sub 1 sub blockers, and sometimes refers to agents that act at both types of receptors. Fact date August 2009 Examples of non selective &alpha adrenergic blockers include Phenoxybenzamine Phentolamine Tolazoline Selective &alpha sub 1 sub adrenergic blockers include Alfuzosin Prazosin Doxazosin Tamsulosin Terazosin Selective &alpha sub 2 sub adrenergic blockers include Atipamezole Idazoxan Yohimbine The agents carvedilol and labetalol are both &alpha and beta blocker &beta blockers . Uses &alpha blockers are used in the treatment of several conditions, such as Raynaud s disease , hypertension , and scleroderma . ref cite web url http www.mayoclinic.com health alpha blockers HI00055 title Alpha blockers MayoClinic.com format work accessdate ref &alpha blockers ... P Clonidine for posttraumatic stress disorder in preschool children. Journal of the American Academy ... in Cambodian patients with posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 177 546 550, 1989 Medline 6 Horrigan JP, Barnhill LJ The suppression of nightmares with guanfacine. Journal ... Journal of Psychiatry 160 371 373, 2003 Abstract Free Full Text See also Beta blocker Receptor agonists and antagonists Alpha blockers Drugs used in benign prostatic hypertrophy Category Alpha blockers ... es Alfa bloqueador fr Alpha bloquant it Alfa bloccante he ja ... more details
267alphastatus english.pdf Alpha status, dominance, and division of labor in wolf packs . Canadian Journal ... the alphas into every activity. In social animal s, the alpha is the individual in the community with the highest rank. Where one male and one female fulfill this role, they are referred to as the alpha ... deference or other symbolic signs of respect particular to their species towards the alpha. The alpha ... killed or ousted if they violate this rule. The status of the alpha is often achieved by means of superior ... 9780801886560 origyear 1982 ref The individual in the alpha position usually changes when another ... individual may approach the alpha, successfully beat him, and thus become the new alpha. When this occurs in the lion community, the new alpha usually kills the previous alpha s cubs. In addition, several lions may share alpha privileges in what is usually called a coalition. The social group usually follows the alpha to the hunt and to new breeding or resting grounds. The alpha is thus sometimes ... have attracted special attention in ethology and been given applicable names alpha, beta, gamma, delta, and omega. cite A beta animal is an animal that is second in command to the reigning alpha and will act as a new alpha animal if the old alpha dies. In some species of birds, the males pair up in twos when courting, the beta male aiding the alpha male. The beta male does not generally get to mate with the female birds, but if the alpha dies, he takes over the alpha s females, becoming the new alpha. citation needed date October 2011 Omega usually rendered male is an antonym used to refer to the lowest ... 2009 Primates Common Chimpanzee Chimpanzee s show deference to the alpha of the community by ritualised gestures such as bowing, allowing the alpha to walk first in a procession, or standing aside when the alpha challenges. Gorilla s use intimidation to establish and maintain alpha position. The alpha ... females in the community. However, only the strong females have a strong interaction with the alpha ... more details
File R Humulone.svg thumb right Chemical structure of humulone , the most prevalent alpha acid in hops Alpha acids acids are a class of compounds primarily of importance to the production of beer . They are found in the resin glands of the flowers of the hop plant hop plant and are the source of hop Taste Bitterness bitterness . Alpha acids may be isomerized to form iso alpha acids by the application of heat in solution . Iso alpha acids iso acids are typically produced in beer from the addition of hops to the boiling wort . The degree of isomerization and the amount of bitter flavor produced by the addition of hops is highly dependent on the length of time the hops are boiled. Longer boil times will result in isomerization of more of the available alpha acids. Common alpha acids include humulone , adhumulone , cohumulone , posthumulone , and prehumulone . The most common iso alpha acids are cis and trans isohumulone . Bittering The alpha acid rating on hops indicates the amount of alpha acid as a percentage of total weight of the hop. Hops with a higher alpha acid content will contribute more bitterness than a lower alpha acid hop when using the same amount of hops. High alpha acid varieties of hops are more efficient for producing highly bitter beers. Alpha acid percentages vary within specific varieties depending on growing conditions, drying methods, age of the hop, and other factors. For example, this list shows the typical range of Alpha Acids found in some common varieties percentages are based on total dried weight . ref Cite web url http www.howtobrew.com section1 chapter5 3.html title Hop Types accessdate March 29, 2011 last Palmer first John year 2006 ref Cascade 4.5 8 Centennial 9 11.5 Chinook 12 14 East Kent Goldings 4.5 7 Hallertauer Hersbrucker 2.5 5 Mt ... acids. ref name Sakamoto Cite journal author Kanta Sakamoto, Wil N. Konings year 2003 month December title Beer spoilage bacteria and hop resistance journal International Journal of Food Microbiology ... more details
File Alpha Decay.svg thumb 240px right Visual representation of alpha decay Nuclear physics Alpha decay is a type of radioactivity radioactive decay in which an atomic nucleus emits an alpha particle and thereby ... Link uranium 238 SimpleNuclide Link thorium 234 Subatomic particle link yes Alpha , since an alpha particle is the same as a helium 4 Atomic nucleus nucleus , which has mass number 4 and atomic ... that the nuclei necessarily occur in neutral atoms. Alpha decay is by far the most common form ... of approximately equal size are formed . Alpha decay is the most likely cluster decay because ... the alpha particle . Alpha decay, like other cluster decays, is fundamentally a quantum tunneling process. Unlike beta decay , alpha decay is governed by the interplay between the nuclear force and the electromagnetic force . Alpha decay typically occurs in the heaviest nuclides. In theory it can ... than nickel, with the lightest known alpha emitter being the lightest isotope s mass numbers 106 110 of tellurium element 52 . Alpha particles have a typical kinetic energy of 5 MeV that is, ... low velocity, alpha particles are very likely to interact with other atoms and lose their energy ... produced on Earth approximately 99 of it is the result of the alpha decay of underground deposits ... of natural gas production. History Image Alphaspektroskopie.JPG thumb right Alpha source beneath a radiation detector Alpha particles were first described in the investigations of radioactivity by Ernest ... work, see Alpha particle History of discovery and use . By 1928, George Gamow had solved the theory of the alpha decay via tunneling. The alpha particle is trapped in a potential well by the nucleus ... For Gamow s derivation of this law, see ref Uses Americium 241 , an alpha emitter , is used in smoke detector s. The alpha particles Ionization ionize air between a small gap. A small Electric ... reduce the current flow, sounding the alarm. Alpha decay can provide a safe power source for radioisotope ... more details
DISPLAYTITLE alpha Tocopherol chembox Watchedfields changed verifiedrevid 443660118 Name Tocopherol Reference ref Merck Index , 11th Edition, 9931 . ref ImageFile Tocopherol, alpha .svg ImageSize 200px Name &alpha Tocopherol IUPACName 2 R 2,5,7,8 Tetramethyl 2 4 R ,8 R 4,8,12 trimethyltridecyl 6 chromanol ... absorbed and accumulated in humans. ref cite journal author Rigotti A title Absorption, transport, and tissue delivery of vitamin E journal Mol. Aspects Med. volume 28 issue 5 6 pages 423 ... in pregnant rats relative to alpha tocopherol. There are three stereocenter s in alpha tocopherol, so this is a Chirality chemistry chiral molecule. ref cite journal author Jensen SK, Lauridsen C title Alpha tocopherol stereoisomers journal Vitam. Horm. volume 76 pages 281 308 year 2007 pmid 17628178 doi 10.1016 S0083 6729 07 76010 7 ref The eight Stereoisomerism stereoisomers of alpha tocopherol differ in the arrangement of groups around these stereocenters. In the image of RRR alpha tocopherol ... the structure of RSR alpha tocopherol. RSR alpha tocopherol and RRR alpha tocopherol are diastereomers ... the stereocenters are either in the d or l form. ref cite journal author Brigelius Floh R, Traber MG title Vitamin E function and metabolism journal FASEB J. volume 13 issue 10 pages 1145 55 date 1 ... is defined as milligrams of RRR alpha tocopherol formerly named d alpha tocopherol or sometimes ddd alpha tocopherol . 1 IU is also defined as 1 milligram of an equal mix of the eight stereoisomers, which is a racemic mixture called tocopheryl acetate all rac alpha tocopheryl acetate . This mix of stereoisomers is often called dl alpha tocopheryl acetate, even though it is more precisely dl,dl,dl alpha tocopheryl acetate . However, 1 IU of this racemic mixture is not now considered equivalent ... , February 2008 ref References Reflist Vitamin DEFAULTSORT Tocopherol, Alpha Category Vitamins de alpha Tocopherol fr Alpha tocoph rol ... more details
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