Such grants conferred on the donee the right to collect revenue and the right to be free of any regular tax himself and immunity from other harassments.
Their social status is measured by the number of rice field granaries, family heirlooms, gold earrings, carabaos (water buffaloes), as well as, prestige conferred through time and tradition.
The energetic stabilization conferred on the protein by the sequestration of the hydrophobic side chains from the surrounding water is thought to stabilize folding intermediates.
