... on the design of experiments and taught me how to extract important information from experimental data He also brought me to Japan several times to conduct important experiments and to have exciting ... cell (108 times of the unit cellof SiC) and more critically, the defective appearance in STM observations, the proposed models of this surface has failed to achieve complete agreement with experimental ... Chapter Experiment to form the valence band As the valence band is sensitive to the chemical reactions and other subtle interactions at surface and interface, the understanding of the valence band...
... and other medical staff across a variety of disciplines We likewise agree that optimizing patient handoffs, medical education, and trainees’ sense of professionalism should be priorities as interventions ... studies of our own systems and practices are essential to determine how best to protect patients and, ultimately, the integrity of our profession With respect to medical education, it is important ... the safety of patient care We believe, however, that development of ‘a sense of professionalism’ is not a function of whether a shift is 30 hours or is 16 hours, but is a function of the ethical...
... carboxylate oxygens of catalytic aspartates D25 and D25¢, as described previously [30] Minimization with AMMP included short runs of molecular dynamics as described previously [31] Analysisof hydrophobic ... with the P2 Ala to Val mutation, without the appearance of P3 Arg mutation [10] In these mutants the positive effect of P3 Arg is offset due to the loss of favorable hydrophobic interaction with ... correlation with the volume of the P1¢ residue (correlation coefficient R ¼ 0.90) and the number of hydrophobic contacts the side chain formed with residues of the S1¢ subsite (R ¼ 0.98) The fit of various...
... University of York Sue Beverton, School of Education, University of Durham Terry Locke, Arts and Language Education Department, University of Waikato, New Zealand Graham Low, Department of Educational ... LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS CT DES DfEE PGCE QA QCA Controlled trial Department of Education and Science (England and Wales) Department for Education and Employment (England and Wales) Postgraduate Certificate ... University of York Alison Robinson, Department of Educational Studies, University of York Carole Torgerson, Department of Educational Studies, University of York Die Zhu, Department of Educational...
... yield of the edible part of chinese cabbage, radish, and lettuce grown at the Cd treated soils Contents of As and Cd in edible part of chinese cabbage, radish, and lettuce The contents of As and ... soil with low concentrations of As and Cd was used in the experiment Physico-chemical properties of the soil were measured by the standard methods of soil chemical analysis (NIAST, 1988) and were ... contents of Cd in edible part of chinese cabbage, radish and lettuce grown at the 0, 5, 10, 25, 50, and 100 mg kg-1 of Cd treated soils The contents of Cd in edible part of chinese cabbage, radish and...
... that of the wild-type lactate oxidase, and the thermostabilities of E160Q and E160A were slightly higher than that of the wild-type enzyme, but lower than that of the E160G mutant Substitution with ... (see also the thick lines in Fig 5) Red cylinders and yellow arrows represent a-helixes and b-strands, respectively, with the a2, a3, aD and aE helices denoted by a2, a3, aD and aE, respectively ... NH2 of Arg143 and the main-chain carbonyls of Lys181 and Asn182 directly, and the main-chain carbonyl of Glu184 by way of a water molecule However, in lactate oxidase, the exchange of the E160G...
... vector [23], derived from the pET plasmids [24], withand without the leader sequence OmpA ProPCI was generated from ProNtPCI by means of one-step PCRand cloned into pBAT4 vector without the leader ... lL of increasing concentrations of PCI or ProNtPCI were added and the measures were continued for The slope of the first part of the assay corresponded to mo and the slope of the second part to ... vector withand without the signal peptide OmpA, to produce the protein either extracellularly or intracellularly in BL21 cells The extracellular expression of the molecule resembled that of ProNtPCI...
... changes with this ligand against dimethylsulfoxide in a particular type of cells, such as hematopoietic cells, but not 293 cells These observations, in conjunction with our microarrayand qRT -PCR ... expression in 293 cells The affect of the AMK RG-121150 on gene expression in 293 cells was analyzed using microarrayand qRTPCR In microarray analysis, a total of 636 genes were up-regulated and 604 genes ... changes with this ligand against dimethylsulfoxide (C) The relative expressions of Dab and KIF9 genes as determined by qRT -PCR analysis The relative expression values from the qRT -PCR analysis...
... green and one red), representing the color of the visual distracters, and asking them to name the color of each sheet A total of 14 individuals with left hemiparesis andwith right hemiparesis participated ... people with stroke who participated with their paretic arm, andwith their non-paretic arm We also recruited 14 participants (18% female, 82% male) with a mean age of 27 ± 7.53 years old without ... Microsoft DirectX9 The sound feedback was a sequence of tonal beeps, with each beep sampled at a frequency of 800Hz and lasting 0.1sec The frequency of repetition of the tonal beeps varied proportionally...
... collection and analysis, and manuscript writing; FM participated in data analysis, statistical analysisand manuscript writing; FZ participated in the definition of criteria selection of the subject and ... speed with feet apart at shoulder width Each movement was repeated three times and the best acquisition was chosen for further analysis Modelling and data processing Three-dimensional data from ... (a2), and thoracic movement (a3) The above mentioned angles were evaluated at the initial standing position (START) and at maximum forward flexion (MAX) The range of motion (ROM) between START and...
... manuscript MT participated in data analysisand performed the statistical analysis AM participated in the design of the study and data analysis GA participated in the design of the study and in drafting ... MF conceived and coordinated the study, participated in data collection andanalysisand drafted the manuscript MR and RP participated in the design of the study, data analysisand helped to ... video recorded (sampling rate = 15 Hz), andfrom a frame-by-frame analysisof the video, the time of sit-to-stand and the average gait speed, stride length and cadence during straight walking, were...
... men and women and adjusted for age, SES, presence of chronic diseases at baseline, occurrence of chronic diseases between baseline and follow-up, and mean of baseline and follow-up measurement of ... Mental Health Composite score of RAND-36; PCS, Physical Health Composite score of RAND-36 between baseline and follow-up, and the mean of baseline and follow-up of the variable under study b ... Statistical analysis Descriptive data (means, standard deviation, and percentage) of the baseline characteristics of the intervention Page ofand reference population were presented for men and women...
... out the experiments with contributions from GH KL and SY designed and synthesized the materials of OLEDs DL measured the characterization of devices WK provided the glass substrate coated with ITO ... doping concentrations of FIrpic were optimized at wt.%, respectively MQW structure devices with CCLs, which were a mixed mCP of hole transport type and TPBi of electron transport type, can control ... including the TPBi of good electron-transporting ability, enhanced the movement of electrons within the EML and helped the holes' movement slow down compared with conventional single EML without any...
... Representative scans from the four groups and the control peptide Images from each of the four groups of mice injected with 99m Tc cyclo-RGD and imaged on days to after left femoral artery ligation with mean ... scans correlated with counts from ex vivo gamma well counting of the muscles from the left and right hindlimbs and corrected for decay and expressed as %ID/g of tissue inhibition of the matrix metalloproteinases ... Integrins are cell adhesion receptors expressed on endothelial cells, and a v b integrin is responsible for cell- cell interaction and the interaction between cells and the extracellular matrix,...
... b SMMC-7721 cells treated with 3.13 lg/mL of Ni nanoparticles; c SMMC7721 cells treated with 12.5 lg/mL of Ni nanoparticles, and d SMMC-7721 cells treated with 50 lg/mL of Ni nanoparticles Bar ... AFM images for cell uptake of Ni nanoparticles a SMMC-7721 cell without Ni nanoparticles (control experiment) ; and b the cell surface after incubation with 12.5 lg/mL of Ni nanoparticles for h, ... uptake of Ni nanoparticles during the process of endocytosis that led to the change of the cell membrane and formation of holes (arrows) on the surface of the relevant cell into cancer cells and...
... Cell standard cycle-life performance This work also attempted to determine the effects of different amounts of Na SO4 additive on cells’ performance Six groups of cells with various amounts of ... and After drying, a portion of each sample was gently ground using a pestle and mortar Results and discussion 3.1 Analyses of plate composition and morphology The behavior of the positive plates ... Žblank, without additive., 0.01, 0.05, 0.5, 1, and M, respectively In order to increase the reliability of the experimental results, a total of five cells of each group type were fabricated and subjected...
... the properties of the composite will be unlike those of the pure polyethylene because of variations in the filler types, shape, dimension, percentage of filler loading, and presence of coupling ... chemical treatments with the addition of coupling agents The mechanical, morphological, and water absorbent properties of the treated and untreated fiber composites are studied EXPERIMENTAL 2.1 ... low-density polyethylene / water hyacinth composites, withand without treated WHF, is shown in Table Table 1: Formulations of LDPE / WHF composites, withand without treated fibers Blend composition LDPE...
... (reformatting) software can be used to convert a set of 2D CT slice images into a set of volume data for interactive manipulation and visualization [5] Reformatting software is a standard feature of most ... right lateral recess and right intervertebral foramen; and extends from the level of cranial T13 to the level of mid L1 (arrow) 228 Jason B King et al middle 1/2 of the vertebral body were defined ... CT image sets first, with the list of cases arranged in random order After they had completed review of 2D CT images, readers were then given a rerandomized list of cases and asked to review MPR...
... five years of collection over data of temperature and rainfall to prepare the graphics The total number of individuals of Lepidoptera major and lesser important pests andof those of the most ... of Nova Era, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil from August 1991 to July 1996 DISCUSSION Figure Mean temperature (ºC) and rainfall (mm) (A) and total number of individuals of Lepidoptera (B) andof ... correlated with monthly mean annual temperature and rainfall during the five years of study with Pearson correlation based on a significance level of 5% with the t test The effect of age of the plantation...