... peculiarity ofthe top surface Currently this surface is modified by surface washout process - Slopes on granites: there are many steep slopes on the west ofthe massive, developed along fissures, tectonic ... slope and less than 800m on the western slope Generally, the area topography has large slopes and is strongly dissected The results of soil profile analyses show a mechanical composition of medium ... faults cutting into granites The origin of these surfaces are rapid gravity processes, including falls and collapses, the slope of this surface is greater than 25o, vertical in places Straight profiled,...
... (Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee), and two Great Plains states (Montana and North Dakota) Figure shows the distribution ofthe depositsbased failure rate measure across states The ... consolidation ofthe U .S banking industry and the advent of banks with interstate branches The largest U .S banks operate thousands of branch offices across several states For example, as of June 30, ... the acquisition of troubled firms such as Bear Stearns, the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department sought to promote stability ofthe financial system by avoiding possible systemic repercussions...
... Moore s paradox See Ted Cohen, “On Consistency in One s Personal Aesthetics,” in Aesthetics and Ethics: Essays at the Intersection 26 As I read the essay, the introduction to Hume s discussion of ... “Hume seems clearly to see that success lies with the demands ofthe here and now, hence the cultural relativism of these concluding remarks in his essay.”20 Each of these readings is unsatisfying ... qualities ofthe essays, I find it significant that there are only three places in the essay where Hume speaks in the first person singular, each of which occurs as he discusses the problem of prejudice...
... Image Processing The data collected by the testbed acquisition system consists of a series of time domain impulse responses ofthe channel, measured for each test angle When this data is presented ... transmit a pulse, but simulated the impulse response using a chirp Using a chirp as opposed to a pulse achieves essentially the same results, but there are some significant advantages, as well as ... reasons which will be discussed in the next section In this case 1/Λ = 16.8 ns The possible reasons for the large discrepancy between this estimate and theestimateof 300 ns given in [1] will also...
... representation ofthe PCA analysis of DNR The X-axis is the first principal component (PC1) and Y-axis is the second principal component (PC2) The diameters ofthe circles indicate DNRs The plots ... microorganism depends on the features ofthe microorganism (Collins’ and Jones, 1981) For example, obligate anaerobic bacteria use only menaquinones, and the major quinones of other species show similar ... on the community structure ofthe microorganism (Hiraishi, 1989) Isoprenoid quinones are used as coenzymes in the electron transport chain for respiration of microorganisms The major type of...
... 2011 CONCLUSIONS In this study, runoff characteristicsofthe materials from citrus grove were investigated and their behaviors in the collecting reservoirs were discussed The main results obtained ... Hiroshima, and others Therefore, it is considered that a large amount of pollutants runs into the sea from the urban as well as industrial areas As the area around the Seto Inland Sea has a small ... The two streams flow together to be one stream and the sampling point St.4 is situated in the joined stream, which is the only stream that flows into the reservoir The reservoir water was also...
... diameter of 0.24 µm and a specific surface area of 2.43 m2/g The location ofthe hysteresis loop in the N2 isotherm shown in Figure 4b can be used to determine whether the blended resin possesses a ... which shows the mono-molecular layer characteristicsofthe adsorption sites on the resin The adsorption of Ni2+ ions onto the blended resin was found to be an ion-exchange process The adsorption ... various mechanisms, such as mass transfer, mass diffusion, chemical reactions and particle diffusion To clarify the mechanisms controlling the adsorption, several adsorption models were used to...
... CPS seems reasonably close to the distribution from Statistics of U .S Businesses (SUSB).12 These two sources have slightly different universes (CPS figures represent workers with any private-sector ... of workers by firm size Industry While the CPS is not as accurate as the Census Bureau s SUSB in determining the industry workforce by size of firm, it is useful for comparison purposes The SUSB ... status shares by firm size were developed for two ofthe largest and, arguably, most dissimilar industries: manufacturing and services Both of these isolated industries showed the same trends...
... inverse agonist activity of 4-OHT (1 and 10 lM) The assay set marked with an asterisk shows thethe inverse antagonist activity of BPA for lM 4-OHT, and the other set marked by a double asterisk shows ... luciferase activity was measured by using Luciferase assay reagent (Promega, Madison, WI, USA) according to the manufacturer s instructions SEAP activity was assayed by using Great EscAPeä SEAP assay ... on Risk of Chemical Substances from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan This work was also supported in part by grants-in-aid from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and...
... us to propose the structures of oligosaccharides and 2, as presented in Scheme The oligosaccharides were further analyzed by CE-MS and by CE-MS/MS (Figs and 6) The mass spectra obtained in positive ... at the glycerol residue, is present in the oligosaccharides LGLB does not activate any Toll-like receptor The gelation of LAL is a standard assay based on the nonspecific immune response ofthe ... attempts to obtain a mass spectrum ofthe LGLB by using CE-MS, ESI-MS and MALDI were unsuccessful, probably because this compound is not soluble without a detergent These results show that no additional...
... together, the presented data show clearly that SenS is a histidine autokinase SenSc phosphorylates and dephosphorylates SenR As SenR was predicted to be the cognate RR ofthe SK SenS, the transfer ... together, these data confirm the specificity ofthe SenR-binding sites and corroborate the assumption that phosphorylation of SenR by SenSP alters its DNA-binding characteristics Discussion The ... and mutant senSc and senR genes and purification of fusion proteins As shown previously, overexpression ofthe full-length senS gene resulted in the synthesis of an insoluble protein in Escherichia...
... s) and dissociation was measured for 900 s in the presence of HBS alone Receptor binding is expressed in response units (RU) These results are representative of at least duplicate experiments ... binding is expressed in response units (RU) These results are representative of at least duplicate experiments performed on dierent sensor chip surfaces Binding of des-(2,3)-Leu24 and des-(2,3)-Ala31IGF-I ... was measured by using concentrations of 12.5, 25, 50, 100 and 200 nM Association was measured for 300 s (starting after 100 s) and dissociation was measured for 900 s in the presence of HBS alone...
... case, we can prove that theerror we make is of order log q (this is done in [BC2], and we copied here in q the appendix the statements ofthe relevant theorems) Proof of Lemma Let us first assume ... qn , qn 283 THE BRJUNO FUNCTION AND THE SIZE OF SIEGEL DISKS where C is the constant provided by Lemma The Siegel disk ∆α is contained in the intersection ofthe sets Vn (α ), and so, log r(α ... every compact ε subset of C to the identity However, the limit ofthe dynamics of Qε is richer than the dynamics ofthe identity In some sense, it contains the real flow of ∂ the vector field 2iπqw(1...
... conditions and the observed results Since the available Si source was the substrate itself, it is interesting to note that the present synthetic process mainly involves the solid phase with respect ... temperature Results and discussion Fig 1a shows the SEM top views ofthe sample morphology on the Cu-coated Si substrates, in which the thickness ofthe predeposited Cu layer was about 15 nm There are ... the 1D materials of SiOx, further experimental study is needed to fine-tune the growth process and to clearly understand the synthesis mechanism Fig shows the PL spectrum ofthe SiOx nanowires...
... before the paste printing Pt was also deposited on the back surface ofthe substrate as a heating resistor for the sensor Fig 1a shows the cross-sectional view ofthe sensor used in this work The ... cross-sensitivity for the interference gases such as CO and CH w5x In general, the sensing characteristics, such as sensitivity and selectivity, ofthe polycrystalline sensor depend greatly on the ... binders except for the case ofthe sensitivity ofthe silica sol added film The sample fabricated with wt.% PVA binder shows best sensing characteristics, i.e., it shows highest S value at lowest...
... when necessary As the study population was screened out to identify the possible cases of gynecological malignancies on the basis of certain symptoms, few cases of gynecological malignancies not ... ofthe disease easier Median value of PCI of family ofthe patients was Rs 400 and mean value was Rs 543 with a range of Rs 100 - 2500 The mean PCI of family ofthe patients in this study is nearly ... the patients with history of multiple sexual partners of their husbands, 94.4% patients and among the patients with history of STD syndrome of their husbands, all the patients were suffering from...
... being the additional NeuAc residue Most ofthe signals could be unambiguously assigned The 13C-NMR spectrum showed 28 signals ofthe possible 30 The assignment was made essentially as described ... analysis (see below) The absolute configurations ofthe sugars were established by GLC analysis ofthe acetylated (+)-2-butyl glycosides [9–11] Methanolysis ofthe sample and analysis by GLCMS gave, ... also that ofthe b-D-GalNAc residue Thus, assuming that the linkage second most easily hydrolyzed is that ofthe acetamidohexose, the ions in the second and the third series correspond to the...
... However, due to the action of old river systems, in some places there is no trace ofthe fine grain sediments, but there remain only the coarse grained sediments of river bed facies, which are of ... and peat facies in the direction from the plain to the modern coastline. The fourth sequence consists of swamp clay, lagoonal clay and peat. In the direction towards the center ofthe plain, each of these sequences appears more and more ... are Md = 0.25, So = 3.2, pHsediments = 6.7. However, these layers are very thin and were formed as small lenses due to erosion and sheet washing during regression phases before the formation ofthe overlying coarse sediments. ...
... customers They relate various characteristicsof their dialogue data such as the number of utterances, the types of information exchanges and patterns of initiative taking to the stages or phases of shopping ... dialogues, the most frequent length of act sequences is that of two speakers The frequencies decrease as the length of act sequences increases In two-party dialogues, speaker sequences concern only their ... characters and turns calculated separately for different task settings to examine whether there are differences ofthe number of characters and turns between speakers The results indicates that there...