How Everolimus (Afinitor) Works. Everolimus (Afinitor, made by Novartis Pharmaceuticals) is an oral compound cancer treatment, and classified as a signal transduction inhibitor â specifically, an inhibitor of the mTOR protein that controls other proteins known to trigger tumor growth.
Description. The tundra is the coldest of the biomes. It also receives low amounts of precipitation, making the tundra similar to a desert. Tundra is found in the regions just below the ice caps of the Arctic, extending across North America, to Europe, and Siberia in Asia. Much of Alaska and about half of Canada are in the tundra biome. Tundra is also found at the tops of very high mountains elsewhere in the world.
The territory of Siberia extends eastwards from the Ural Mountains to the watershed between the Pacific and Arctic drainage basins. Siberia stretches southwards from the Arctic Ocean to the hills of north-central Kazakhstan and to the national borders of Mongolia and China.With an area of 13.1 million square kilometres, Siberia accounts for 77% of Russia's land area, but it is home to just 40 million people â 27% of the country's population.he climate in West Siberia (Omsk, Novosibirsk) is several degrees warmer than in the East (Irkutsk, Chita) where in the north an extreme winter subarctic climate (Koeppen KÃ¶ppen dfd Or) dwd. Prevails but summer temperatures in other regions can +reach Â°38 (c Â°100). f