... evaporated from the solution and NaOH in the solution is concentrated, resulting in the formation of chitosan due to the deacylation process, which may occur in the solution The purpose ofthe demineralizing ... is the amount of metal ions adsorbed onto unit amount ofthe adsorbents (mg/g), Co and CA are the initial and final concentrations of metal ions (µg/ml), respectively, V is the volume ofthe ... (ml), and m is the weight ofthe chitin or chitin-dithizone adsorbents The effect of adsorbent mass on the amount of adsorbed Cd(II) ion was investigated using the same procedure, but the weight of...
... this case, the variances ofthe classes are pooled to compute the standard error, s2 and s2 denote the variance ofthe two classes respectively, N1 and N2 denote the sample size ofthe two classes ... Tk be the ordering of k genes sorted in increasing order ofthe modified t-statistic The permutation test randomly swaps the class labels ofthe original data, preserving the proportions ofthe ... microarray andthe number of ways of sampling (n − k) non-DEGs in the pathway from (N − K) non-DEGs in the microarray, andthe denominator is the number of ways of sampling n genes in the pathway...
... unsuitable for mass production because ofthe inherent serial nature ofthe system36 With the numerous benefits andthe wide variety of substrates and techniques available for microfabrication of microchips, ... CAPILLARYANDMICROCHIPELECTROPHORESISFORTHEANALYSISOF SMALL BIOMOLECULES ELAINE TAY TENG TENG (B.Sc (Hons), NUS) A THESIS SUBMITTED FORTHE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF ... even after it is deformed by the application of external forces Hence, soft lithography technique is commonly utilized forthe microfabrication of such microchips35 The design ofthe fluid circuit...
... the same portable capillaryelectrophoresis system as in the previous chapter, and potentially can be used for field analysisof chiral compounds In addition, a fast method fortheanalysisof ... β-CD-NH2 andthe backward movement ofthe neutral sample partitioned in the micelles of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) Stability ofthe inclusion complexes formed between the carrier andthe solute ... before sample injection to reduce the length ofthe concentrated sample zone and increase the peak height by slowing down the forward movement ofthe neutral sample associated with β-CD-NH2 and...
... presents one ofthe simplest and most effective means of influencing the EOF ofthe separation system Normally the EOF increases with decreasing buffer concentration and enables analysisof highly ... macromolecules The transport ofthe solutes through the 15 capillary is based on the charge ofthe macromolecules, but the separation is dependent on the molecular size Besides the gel forming medium, other ... end ofthecapillary is immersed in the sample, the outlet in the separation buffer and a low voltage (1-10kv) is applied for durations of less then depending on thecapillary length and ID The...
... a firm reference for any future study and/ or development Number, emission profile (i.e the chemical composition ofthe pollutants emitted by a specific source) and impact ofthe major pollution ... During the meeting a full day will be devoted to the discussion ofthe results ofthe intercomparison campaign held in Marseille in February 2011 In addition, the recent developments ofthe common ... Science and Application will be held in Athens, 19-23 March 2012 The conference is one of most prominent forums for discussing the latest scientific developments, applications and implications for...
... following the effects of different diffusion coefficients of gold and indium on silicon, the solubility of substrate atoms in the two metals, the surface tension of gold and indium andthe surface ... diagrams; top: In–Si and bottom: Au–Si Since the state ofthe substrate surface after desorption andthe vacuum conditions are the same during evaporation of gold and indium, the different liquid–solid–vapor ... tend to wet the substrate This could explain the formation of smaller droplets in the case of gold than in the case of indium on a bare silicon surface, i.e after desorption step for indium Without...
... that there is a large number of functions that satisfy the conditions of Theorem 3.3 In addition, the conditions of Theorem 3.3 are also easy to check Acknowledgments This work is sponsored by the ... Sivasundaram, and B Kaymakcalan, Dynamic Systems on Measure Chains, vol 370 of Mathematics andIts Applications, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1996 15 L Erbe, A Peterson, and ... of China 10671012, 10671023 andthe Scientific Creative Platform Foundation of Beijing Municipal Commission of Education PXM2008-014224-067420 References D R Anderson, “Eigenvalue intervals for...
... data and model fitting (n = 3) where C2 is the protein in the bulk, C10 is the concentration inside the gel, S and V1 are, respectively, the surface andthe volume of film, V2 is the volume ofthe ... up to 90% and, in the third day, about 96% ofthe cells have well-developed neurites Figure 6b reports the trend of neurite length in the time: already after 24 h, the mean length ofthe neurite ... covering a Si wafer The average diameter ofthe individual CNT is 80 ± 10 nm andthe height is approximately lm, as specified by the supplier The CNTs are randomly distributed in the array (1 cm cm)...
... means ofthe comparison ofthe RAPD marker frequencies of a subsampling of these progenies andofthe adult population Analysisofthe morphological characters MATERIALS AND METHODS Sampling The ... Morphological analysis In the second case ofthe figure, the heterozygote deficit (f) must be considered The frequency ofthe phenotype A+ is the sum ofthe frequency ofthe genotype P : +/+ All ofthe ... situated on the side ofthe species in the majority represented in the neighbourhood, the sessile oak The comparison ofthe mean values ofthe groups on the first axis of DFAa by means ofthe F-test...
... selection of patients for Page of 10 APBI [22,23], and these guidelines formed the basis for patient selection in the EBT multicenter study [20] Ofthe 65 patients that met the initial screening ... help the patient meet the eligibility criteria Careful attention to the depth ofthe lesion from the skin using ultrasound measurements is needed for optimal design ofthe lumpectomy andthe post-lumpectomy ... skin, and an adequate skin bridge will maintain the distance from the balloon to the skin surface The greater the volume ofthe balloon, with the attendant compression of adjacent breast tissue, the...
... between the Greater Manchester NHS Trusts andthe University of Manchester and is part ofthe National Institute for Health Research The authors are members ofthe Patient Theme of CLAHRC for Greater ... a sense of normality and well-being for themselves andfor others (see Figure patient-focused outcomes) 2) Illness management and types of work The scope ofthe potential involvement of different ... translating research and implementation into practice [5], forms the basis ofthe Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care for Greater Manchester (CLAHRC) The focus ofthe research...
... three months of treatment Between the commencement ofthe new psychotropic treatment regimen in October 2007 andthe significant improvement ofthe depressive symptoms as described above, the arthritis ... long before and after the clinical improvement This leaves us to the discussion ofthe anti-inflammatory effects of antipsychotic medication on CRP levels and a patient’s clinical symptoms The literature ... consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this case report and any accompanying images A copy ofthe written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of this journal Abbreviations...
... approximately 26% of all OSCC ofthe head and neck worldwide [7] but the most accurate and consistent study for OSMF and OSCC, in which viral integration andthe expression of viral oncogenes (E6 and E7) ... pg/ml of sample Interpretation of Cut off value (RLU of specimen/mean RLU of PC) Cut-off ratio of to 0.99 is negative for HR HPV; Cutoff ratio greater than 1.0 positive for HR HPV The cut off ratio ... (HC-II) and approved by the US food and drug administration (FDA) The performance characteristics of HC-II assay andthe PCR for detection of HPV DNA have been compared in cervical lesions and results...
... cleavage ofthe corresponding sense mRNAs at the many sites available in the exactly complementary regions spanning the U3R-3', andthe beginning portion ofthe TAR mRNA at the 5'end of HIV sense ... most ofthe clades of group M (A-D, F-H, J and K), with the exception ofthe O group strains (underlined, additional file 2)[106,107] There is even conservation of a nucleotide "seed" ofthe HAAmiRNA1 ... and Dicer andthe mammalian orthologues of Argonaute (AGO) [73,75] Whether HAAmiRNA targeting human mRNA for FMRP results in translational repression or cleavage ofthe human mRNA for FMRP, the...
... u2, the particle size a, the quantities and shapes of inclusions, andthe physical properties ofthe phases (see equation 1) (The effects ofthe shape and multiplicity of particles, andof some ... to the formation of lipid stripes directed along the blood flow and located in the "hemodynamic shade" ofthe original attached rouleaux The escalating formation of rouleaux continues within the ... deterioration of mass exchange due to the attachment of rouleaux to the vessel wall This may decrease the permeability ofthe endothelium [16] and decrease the rate of removal of lipids and lipoproteins,...
... cleaning up ofthe data, removal of systematic biases and drifts (a process often referred to as 'normalization'), and transformation to a formatand scale that is suitable forthe following analysis ... with the technical aspects of data import and management, and refer the interested reader to the documentation ofthe software package prada for a thorough discussion of these [19] Selection of ... However, the main prerequisite is a uniform, quantitative and comparable analysisofthe raw data in order to integrate efficiently the information collected Analyzing and managing the vast amount of...
... of candidate ball-like objects Then, in the second step, we use information ofthe path trajectories of these candidate objects over a short sequence of frames to obtain the ball (and prune off ... between the number ofthe true-ball candidates andthe used ball sizes in the ball size filter 61 3.13 Relation between the number of all the candidates andthe used ball sizes in the ball ... based on the location and trajectory ofthe ball For example, touching ofthe ball (a player coming into contact with the ball physically), kicking ofthe ball, and passing ofthe ball These basic...
... for XML Information Retrieval (ELIXIR) [28] However, due to the lack of a standard for knowledge annotation, such systems are still unable to share their information With the advancement ofthe ... summary and states the future directions for further research works 10 Chapter The Semantic Web In this chapter, we review the development andthe state -of -the- art of technologies forthe Semantic ... that define the syntaxs of RDF, XML, XML schema and DAML+OIL The defined ontology is then given with its name (i.e ”Scholarly Information”) together with its version and comments Then, the basic...