... sum of squared deviations of every point from the mean ofthe cluster, or by squaring the distance between the cluster means and dividing that by the sum ofthe reciprocals ofthe number of points ... spectra Using these results, the question of whether make, model, and year could be affecting the formation of these groups was addressed Absorbance spectra of cars ofthe same make and model but ... METHODSFORTHE COMPARISON OF CLASS EVIDENCE A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Purdue University by Elisa Anne Liszewski In Partial Fulfillment ofthe Requirements forthe Degree of Master of Science...
... of In-Situ Diagnosis Methodsforthe Evaluation of Mechanical and Magnetic Performance of Hard Disk Drives ZHU JIN (B.Eng (hons) HUST, P.R.China) A THESIS SUBMITTED FORTHE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ... technology, which reduced the flying height ofthe slider to only 0.4 µm above the surface ofthedisk As the introduction of mini and micro computer technology, thedisk size used in disk drives was shrunk ... thickness and pole tip recession ofthe read/write transducers from slider surface Here, flying height refers to the spacing between the mean plate ofthedisk surface profile andthe mean plate of the...
... number of spins By linearity ofthe Fourier transform the direct relation between the peak integral andthe number of spins ofthe corresponding chemical group holds forthe spectrum of superposed ... expressions Qn and MCk the naturals n and k signify the index ofthe result and measured data vectors, respectively The latter results from the discretization of e.g kx in (2.38) Forthe sake of completeness, ... the scaling ofthe argument on index k ofthe measured data in reciprocal space As the sum is finite, it only represents an approximation ofthe delta function The position ofthe origin and the...
... Standard Methodsforthe Examination of Water and Wastewater Precision and bias ofthe titrimetric method are on the order of ±10% ofthe known CO2 concentration 4500-CO2 D Carbon Dioxide and Forms ... overall bias ofthe results depends on the bias ofthe analytical data applied to the nomographs andthe validity ofthe theoretical equations andthe numerical constants on which the nomographs ... Environment Federation Standard Methodsforthe Examination of Water and Wastewater bromination ofthe phenol red occur readily If the reaction is buffered to pH 4.5 to 4.7, the color ofthe brominated...
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... volume of PBS The homogenized egg yolk was then mixed with two volumes of chloroform and incubated for hrs at room temperature After this incubation, the supernatant was collected To compare the ... at and weeks in sera and egg yolks, respectively, after the first injection (Fig and 2) The titers ofthe vaccinated groups were three times higher than those ofthe control group Antibody profiles ... in patterns in the analysis of antibody titer by ELISA using IROMP and OMP of P multocida A:3 (Fig and 6) However, the response in group was lower than in theother groups in case of using IROMP...
... interrelated based on the observation that the output ofthe BAP is the key input forthe QCAP andthe QCSP, while after solving the QCAP andthe QCSP the processing times for all the vessels would ... theother hand, in the perspective of solving approaches and algorithms, a spectrum ofmethods to handle the proposed models has been devised This thesis not only contains the meta-heuristics and ... • S, the length ofthe continuous berth • T, the length ofthe planning horizon • n, the number of vessels, n = |V | • pi , the processing time for Vessel • si , the size of Vessel • , the arrival...
... compared to theothermethodsThe SDS-extracted polymer included a small amount of material other than protein Furthermore, the steaming- and washing-extracted polymers contained large amounts of phosphorus ... Elution was performed with the same buffer at a flow rate of ml/h and ml fractions were collected The void volume ofthe column was determined by the elution of Blue Dextran (Pharmacia) Other analyses ... exhibited the greatest activity, andthe washing-extracted polymer possessed the lowest Among the cations tested, calcium and magnesium ions showed the greatest benefit on activity These results...
... relating to the acquisition of reading andthe effectiveness of different approaches to the teaching of reading, andthe implications of this research for teaching practice The most recent of these ... at the Centre forthe Study of Reading at the University of Illinois, was funded, in part, by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement In the case of these two reports there was a single ... body, the content ofthe report clearly reflected the views ofthe joint authors The Snow et al report was undertaken under the auspices ofthe National Research Council ofthe National Academy of...
... the differences in outcome The expertise of health professionals may vary and also the quantity and quality ofthe educational information about the condition and PFM function The impact of these ... andother physical therapies forthe treatment of female SUI [13] and UI [1416] has been the subject of previous systematic reviews All of these reviews limited their inclusion criteria to randomized ... dysfunction or for asymptomatic women Therefore the effects ofthe PFMT protocols described may not be shown in other populations of women, particularly in those with other dysfunctions ofthe PFM such...
... for all t, s ≥ Existence ofthe intersection local time The aim of this section is to prove the existence ofthe intersection local time of S H and S H , for an H = and d ≥ We have obtained the ... [0,T ]4 for all T ≥ This completes the proof Regularity ofthe intersection local time The main object of this section is to prove the next theorem dudvdsdt 16 Theorem Let Hd < Then, the intersection ... completes the proof of Theorem Smoothness ofthe intersection local time In this section, we consider the smoothness ofthe intersection local time Our main object is to explain and prove the following...
... responses in humans Further improvements ofthe recombinants, using the E6 and E7 transgenes deleted ofthe p53 and p105Rb cellular binding domain, might further increase the safety ofthe vaccine Recently, ... P1-P4 after the protein boosting The plasma fractions were aliquoted and frozen at -80°C, andthe PBMCs were used forthe RNA extraction and CTL assays All the animals were housed and handled in ... sec, 55°C for 30 sec, 72°C for min, and 72°C for in the PTC-200 thermocycler (MJ Research, Waltham, MA) Page of 12 teins were used both forthe immunisation and in the ELISA assays pE7 was dialysed...
... Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2006, 3:6 the capture and analysis of human movement For example, the Weber brothers (1836) reported one ofthe first quantitative studies ofthe temporal ... improving the efficiency of troop movement During the 1950s there was a need for an improved understanding of locomotion forthe treatment of World War II veterans The classic work at the University of ... University of California [5,6] provided a tremendous resource of knowledge related to the mechanics of human movement The work at the University of California formed the basis for many ofthe fundamental...
... t for all t, s Existence ofthe intersection local time The aim of this section is to prove the existence ofthe intersection local time of SH and SH , for an H = and d We have obtained the ... s,t,u,v (1) [0,T]4 for all T This completes the proof Regularity ofthe intersection local time The main object of this section is to prove the next theorem Theorem Let Hd
... surface ofthe coils The differences in contrast ofthe two specimens (CMC-COOHs and silica coils) can also be clearly observed by the optical microscope (Figure 2) The images are a proof that the ... namely, the dye strongly adsorbs on the surface of silica microcoil, indicating that the surface is negatively charged, as expected from the highpH synthesis conditions On theother hand, no ... (Project CTQ2008-01979/BQU) for financial support Authors thank Lucia Casal (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain) for his help in the synthesis of PDI dye, and Prof Po-Da Hong and Prof Shawn D Lin (National...
... presence of certain defects which may cause off-flavours and indicates the degree of fermentation ofthe beans which has a bearing on the flavour and quality ofthe beans The International Standards ... contamination The standards against which all cocoa is measured are those of Ghanaian cocoa Cocoa is graded on the basis ofthe count of defective beans in the ‘cut testThe cut test reveals the presence ... in the fermentation box Because of their beneficial effect on cocoa fermentation andthe resultant dried cocoa quality, the practices of pod storage for 7-9 days and spreading of beans in the...
... trace bounds forthe product of two matrices In symmetric case, a number of works have been proposed forthe trace of matrix products 2, 6–8, 17–20 , and 18 is the tightest among the parallel ... thank Professor Jozef Banas andthe referees forthe very helpful comments and suggestions to improve the contents and presentation of this paper The work was also supported in part by the National ... solve the ARE, and there is no general method unless the system matrices are special and there are some methodsand algorithms to solve 1.4 ; however, the solution can be time-consuming and computationally...