... energy-
transducing network. Protein packing may play a determining role in the
formation of functional photosynthetic domains and membrane curvature.
To further investigate in detail the packing effects of ... functionalized invaginations of the intracyto-
plasmic membrane containing the photosynthetic
machinery. The most abundant protein complexes in
the intracytoplasmic membrane are light-harvesting
(LH) ... zoomed -in image of the
areas indicated by the dashed line in Fig. 1A (area 1). Inset: 3D
enhanced close view showing weakly protruding LH2’s (black
arrows) in between the strongly protruding zig-zag...
... species of
eubacteria and archeubacteria, and are highly similar
(86–91% deduced amino acid identity) [1,3,4]. V-PPase
requires Mg
2+
as a cofactor, and the binding of Mg
2+
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studies of ganglioside GM1 domains in phosphatidyl-
choline and phosphatidylcholine/cholesterol...
... of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
We report here the direct evidence for the formation of
alternative DNA structures in a plasmid DNA, termed
pTIR10, containing a 0.23-kb pyrimidine/purine-biased
(Pyr/Pur) ... H-DNA; intramolecular triplex DNA; poly-
pyrimidine/ polypurine sequence.
There is a wealth of evidence indicating that short
pyrimidine/purine-biased (Pyr/Pur) mirror symmetry
sequences adopt an intramolecular ... alternative DNA structures including
multiprotrusions, supposedly involving intramolecular tri-
plex structure. Intermolecular interaction between two
intramolecular triplexes of Pur/Pur/Pyr has been...
... kinase (PI3 kinase)/Akt, and NF-
kappaB pathways in the process of D C maturation. PI3
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scrubbing ... Immunology, Jinan University,
Guangzhou 510632, China
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Department of Stomatology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
Full list of author information is available at the end of the article
Xing...
... mixture of ferrocene and xylene (as carbon
source) was obtained by heating up to 750°C for 10
min. By thermal oxidation, the amorphous carbon struc-
ture was eliminated at 300°C during 1 h 30 min in ... 6:335
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Evaluation of the nanotube intrinsic resistance
across the tip-carbon nanotube-metal substrate
junction by AtomicForce Microscopy
Maguy Dominiczak
1,2
, ... reaction
occurs in the water meniscus at the tip apex [32], inducing
an increase of the measured resistance. Such an effect
could also induce on our samples a local surface modifica-
tion, since the...
... William Andrew Publishing-Springer; 2004.
doi:10.1186/1556-276X-6-112
Cite this article as: Ruffino et al.: Atomicforcemicroscopy investigation
of the kinetic growth mechanisms of sputtered nanostructure ... demonstrated, describing
their kinetic growth mechanism. In particular, the cluster-
ing kinetic process has been interpreted by classical mod-
els involving surface diffusion-limited ripe ning of three-
dimensional ... of the inverse of t he temperature. The
continuous line is the fit.
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annealing...
... activa-
tion of SiNWs is done during an annealing process at
temperatures in the range of 300-500°C. The mechanism
for obtaining horizontal SiNWsisguidedbytheliquid
In drop which interacts with ... a-Si:H
transforming it into crystalline SiNWs. Figure 1a illus-
trat es a scanning electron microscopy (SEM) image of a
horizontal Si wire of 400-nm diameter which extends
over one hundred of microns. The In ... tool for se nsing current
inhomogeneities that were ob served in horizontal
SiNWs pointing ou t an internal microstructure. In addi-
tion, local I-V measurements allowed us to put in
evidence a...
... Minimizing lateness/tardiness
• Minimizing makespan
• Maximizing system/machine utilization
• Minimizing WIP (work in process)
• Maximizing throughput
• Minimizing average flow time
• Minimizing ... routings. A routing is selected such that the following goals are achieved:
• Minimizing number of blocked machines.
• Minimizing total processing time.
• Minimizing number of processing steps
Four ... Simulation of scheduling rules in a flexible
manufacturing system using fuzzy logic, IEA-AIE96 Ninth International Conference on Industrial
and Engineering Applicationof Artificial Intelligence...
... risk of being left behind.
Simply, CRM is a high-tech way of gathering mou-
ntains of information about customers, then using
it to make customers happy—or at least a source
of more business. ... on
behalf of human users to perform laborious and
routine tasks such as locating and accessing neces-
sary information, resolving inconsistencies in the
retrieved information, filtering away irrelevant
and ... irrelevant
and unwanted information, and integrating infor-
mation from heterogeneous information sources.
In order to execute tasks on behalf of a business
process, computer application, or an individual,
agents...
... scale of some minutes. As in the cases described in Subheading 3.1.2., a
soft lever (k
N
< 0.01 N/m) in combination with a low applied force (<1 nN)
will enhance information arising from ... Hansma, P. K. (1992) Atomicforcemicroscopy for high-resolu-
tion imaging in cell biology. Trends Cell Biol. 2, 208–212.
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... width increased linearly
with the increase in the number of scratches. The size
of the width increased faster than that of the depth.
According to Ogino’s report, the depth of the groove
increased ... tip has three scratching faces as shown in Figure 1d,
the inclination angle, θ, is defined as the angle between
the directions of scratching and cutting face. In the ca se
of the backward direction, ... combination of
nano-imprint system. AFM scratching technique takes
advantage of the ability of moving a probe over a sample
surface in a controllable way. By controlling the applied
normal force...