... the optical characteristicsof ZnO/Al2O3 and ZnO/ZnO core-shell NRAs The nearband-edge (NBE) emission was significantly enhanced, and the deep-level band was suppressed by the Al2O3 and ZnO shells ... Page of Results and discussion Top-viewed and cross-sectional SEM images of asgrown ZnO NRAs are shown in Figure 1a,b, respectively The diameter of ZnO nanorods is in the range of 90 to 100 nm, and ... surface of ZnO cores was suppressed by the Al2O3 and ZnO shell layers The shell layers also reduce the surface band bending, leading to the increase in overlap of the wavefunctions of electrons and...
... (98%) concentration of terpinen-4-ol It may be caused by the less composition of other components in the essential oil and the different cell structures of different types of bacteria 3.2.Quantitative ... that with 0.5% and 0.25% v/v, all fractions of the essential oil have the antibacterial efficiency of about 90%, including of the fraction of 98% terpinen-4-ol to all chosen types of bacteria, ... of Action of Melaleuca alternifolia (Tea Tree) Oil on Staphylococcus aureus, determined by Time-Kill, Lysis, Leakage, and Salt Tolerance Assays and Electron Microscopy, Antimicrobial agents and...
... Materials ofstudy 2.2.1 Materials and samples ofstudy * Animals of study: buffaloes and bovines at diffenrent age, and freshwater snails * Samples of study: samples of fresh feces from Buffaloes and ... Contamination of F gigantica eggs on grazing land Table 3.16 Contamination of F gigantica eggs in grazing land of buffaloes and bovines Top soil from grazing land Pool Place Number of Number of Number of ... with the number of parasitic flukes buffaloes and bovines 2.3.4 Studying prevention and control measures of fasioliasis caused by F gigantica in buffaloes and bovines 2.4 Methods ofstudy * Determining...
... activation of both purified CD4+ and CD8+ T cells to proliferate and secrete high levels of IL-2, IFN-γ, and IL-6 accompanied by up-regulation of CD69, OX-40 and 4-1BB in the presence of accessory ... 4.2.3 Coadministration of HPV-16 E7 and Fve enhanced IFN-γ production by E7-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cells 161 4.2.4 Coadministration of HPV-16 E7 and Fve enhanced protection of mice against tumor ... dimensional structure of Fve dimer solved by SAD of a NaBr-soaked Fve crystal 253 Appendix 5: Potential carbohydrate-binding sitesof Fve 254 Appendix 6: Structure and biological properties of mitogens...
... of all scales Using J 48 algorithm in the present work A standard tree induced with c5.0 (or possibly ID3 or c4.5) consists of a number of branches, one root, a number of nodes and a number of ... 1351–1366 Application of SVM and PSVM for problem at hand and results Fig 14 shows the methodology adopted for classification of various conditions of gear box using SVM and PSVM For each condition ... of gear box is one of the core research areas in the field of condition monitoring of rotating machines A comparative studyof different classifying techniques and the ability of morlet wavelet...
... comparison of band absorbance Absence of a sharp and convoluted spectral band around 3600–3000 cm)1 in the spectra of both chitosan and LMWC indicated the absence of free -OH groups and the involvement ... (moles/L) · volume of titrant (mL)/mass of sample (g) and the level of deacetylation was calculated by comparison between the number of free amino groups (per unit weight of the sample) and the equivalent ... 271) 717 Fig Infrared (IR) spectra of chitosan and LMWC Table Characteristicsof chitosan and low-molecular weight chitosan (LMWC), and the percentage yield of the depolymerization products Percentage...
... summarizes the results of our laccase oxidations of substrates 1–5, and the effect of the cosolvent andof the mediators on the amount of substrate metabolized by the enzyme (a) Laccase and laccase/HPI ... determination of laccase activity Fig Mechanisms of the O2-laccase-HPI (A) and O2-laccaseTEMPO (B) oxidation of substrates 1–5 (Fig 2) The activity of laccase was determined by following the rate of oxidation ... could be detected by LC-MS, even though the formation of small amounts of olefinic products is indicated by 1H-NMR spectra also in this case (Fig 4) There is no evidence of oxidation of the internal...
... arsenic background concentrations and the extent of human activity and other soil properties A medium-sized city (Gainesville) and a relatively large city (Miami, in terms of population and level of ... increased use of fill Dudka (1993) found good correlation between concentrations of arsenic and concentrations of Al and Fe in surface soils of Poland He concluded that levels of most elements ... is the AM of the log-transformed data, s is the standard deviation of the log-transformed data, n is the number of samples, H1ya and Ha are the H-statistic from tables provided by Land (1975)...
... editor of Exceptional Children and the former editor of Contemporary Educational Psychology He is coauthor of the Handbook of Writing Research, Handbook of Learning Disabilities,Writing Better, and ... inquiry, and sentence-combining; see Nagin, 2003) were found by this meta-analysis to enhance the quality ofadolescents writing Studyof Models (Effect Size = 0.25) The studyof models provides adolescents ... subskills and processes such as handwriting and spelling; a rich knowledge of vocabulary; mastery of the conventions of punctuation, capitalization, word usage, and grammar; and the use of strategies...
... vermiculite, losses of K, Fe and Mg) occurred only in the rhizosphere and was greater in pine rhizosphere than in beech rhizosphere, which could be explained by the greater amount of organic acids ... released into the rhizosphere by pine roots (Leyval, 1988) The inoculation of roots with L laccata increased Mg, Fe, Al and K mobilization from the mineral and losses of K in pine rhizosphere Under ... Comparison between the utilization of phosphorus from insoluble mineral phosphates by ectomycorrhizal fungi and rhizobacteria In: Physiological and Genetical Aspects of Mycorhizae (GianinazziPearson...
... regarding IDU, sexual activity, history of sexually transmitted infection (STI), viral hepatitis, commercial sex work, risk factors of the patient’s last regular sexual partner(s), and medical care-related ... the intellectual content of the manuscript, PFS contributed to study design and provided revisions of the manuscript TT contributed to study design, drafting of manuscript and provided valuable ... 17 Vandelli C, Renzo F, Romano L, Tisminetzky S, De Palma M, Stroffolini T, Ventura E, Zanetti A: Lack of evidence of sexual transmission of hepatitis C among monogamous couples: results of a...
... concept of guideline implementability To better understand the concept of implementability and the relationship between characteristicsof guidelines and their uptake by physicians, the objectives of ... management, and human-factors engineering? What is the relationship between the perceived characteristicsof recommendations and their uptake by clinicians? Which perceived characteristicsof recommendations ... norms, and perceived control with respect to this goal and that Page of intentions and perceived control may in turn permit prediction of actual adherence to guidelines Preliminary list of candidate...
... deqi and beneficial or non-deqi and harmful Discussion Limitations The sample size of this study was small and the scope of this survey is narrow The exclusion of the timing of deqi assessment and ... Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Maryland, 21207, USA Authors’ contributions KKSH and LL conceived the study design and interpreted the data KKSH wrote the ... limitation of this study We consider a participant’s reliance on memory in respect of sensation timing may result inaccuracy in a survey; therefore, we advocate a detailed exploration of dosage and...
... 1: First rule of Lakoff‘s theory of politeness 18 Figure 2: Second rule of Lakoff‘s theory of politeness 19 Figure 3: Employment of apologizing strategies by English and Vietnamese ... Frequency of the use of apologizing categories by English and Vietnamese speakers across the first five situations 49 Table 5: Frequency of the use of apologizing categories by English and Vietnamese ... List of tables and figures v PART – INTRODUCTION 1- Rationale of the study 2- Aims of the study 3- Research questions 4- Scope of the study...
... A/cm2 and zero magnetic field (99 % of TTF), and (c) after failure under the both applied current density 5×107 A/cm2 and a 600 Oe of magnetic field (99 % of TTF) 190 xiii LIST OF TABLES LIST OF ... or CoFe)/ NiFe/(Fe50Mn50) based magnetic multi-layers (MLs) and GMR spin valve (SV) devices and to verify the blocking effect of Co and CoFe diffusion barrier on improving their lifetime and ... the electrical reliability of spintronic devices In the second and third parts, the objective of this project and synopsis of this thesis are described 1.1 Backgroundand Motivation Electromigration...
... roles of ethnicity andsex in explaining risk and incidence of CHD among Indians, the focus here lies on anger / hostility and migratory status as psychosocial risk factors modified by ethnicity and ... Brownley, Light and Anderson (1996) The effects of hostility and social support on clinic, work and home SBP and DBP were evaluated in African American and Caucasian American men and women Importantly ... men and women Such studies further highlight the possibility of distinct patterns of reactivity among different groups by ethnicity andsex Emerging Research Questions In terms of prevalence of...
... of signals This approach was adopted in the modelling of ocular aberration dynamics by Iskander et al [84] Motivated by findings of AM and FM characteristics in the dynamics of Zernike coma and ... Mathematical Background The application of scientific and engineering principles to the studyof biological and medical information has long been a distinct field of life science Before the advent of modern ... much of the interpretation of this data had to be performed by human inspection, for example, by medical professionals This type of “manual” processing was severely limited in both accuracy and...
... level of available lead and cadmium by half In addition, the application of zeolite reduced the lead content of rice straw by 56%, andof rice grain by 69% It reduced the cadmium content of the ... Another study was conducted in tea plantations in an area of West Java which is important for agroforestry and tourism (Sofyan et al 1997) The aim of the study was to see the effect of air pollution ... was a significant cause of pollution for lowland rice around this area, and increased the mercury content of rice The remediation of soil contaminated by lead and cadmium by growing water hyacinth...
... Research Council of Malawi Results A total of 97 men having sex with men (MSM) were recruited and participated in the studyand 83.5%, 8.2% and 8.2% were from urban, peri-urban and rural residence ... first heard of the term homosexuality Place where first heard of homosexuality Response The majority (90.6%) of MSM felt comfortable with their sexual orientation Despite of this, and 90.7% had, ... National Statistical Office guidelines (Muula, 2007b) These guidelines define rural, urban and peri-urban area status based on a decision by the Office of President and Cabinet and not based on development...
... (induced by 24 h serum-free conditions) was completely prevented and that cell viability was fully maintained by IGF-I and IGF-II at concentrations of nM and 10 nM, respectively (Figs and 4) Indeed, ... were determined at a ¯ow rate of 30 lLámin)1 to minimize mass transfer effects, andby allowing 300 s for association and 900 s for dissociation In the case of IGF-I and related analogues, the concentrations ... binding af®nities of IGF-I and IGF-II to rhIGF1R (Kd 4.45 and 23 nM, respectively) were comparable to the binding af®nities (Kd 3.5 and 20 nM, respectively) reported in the studyby Jansson et...