... rotational speed of 600 rpm The result showed that theconversionofpalmiticacid slightly increased with increase of pressure to 10 MPa The final conversion was 61% after 24h of reaction, while, ... that the stereoselectivity depends onthe reaction time, amount of substrate and the water content ofthe lipase It was concluded that theeffectof water is based on a modification ofthe microenvironment ... Because ofthe mass transfer limit, a rather long time for the reaction is required Like other esterification reactions, the presence of water in the final product inhibits the reaction rate Therefore,...
... value of R to 4, the esterification reaction might occur over the sites in the pores.19 3.4 Influence ofthe Hydrocarbon Chain Length ontheAcidThe influence ofthe hydrocarbon chain length onthe ... and the solvation of sulphonic groups for the esterification reaction For R < 4, a small amount of methanol was being used for partial expansion ofthe resin and thus, acidconversion was low There ... length effect and its facilitation of adsorption onthe strong protonic sites Therefore, the adsorption and diffusion ofthe ester outside the catalyst were also more rapid.19 Table 5: Influence of...
... concentrationofthe adsorbate in the soil-less blank (mg/l); Cf is the final concentrationofthe adsorbate in the filtrate (mg/l) Sðmg=kg soilÞ ¼ ðC0 À Cf ÞV M ð2Þ where S is the adsorption of ... Adsorption (mg/kg soil) 350 40 0.06 Fig Effect of PO3À at various concentrations onthe adsorption of As(III), As(V), Se(IV), and Se(VI) the effect of competitive anion on As and Se adsorption onthe ... types of minerals In addition, the abundance of soils in a variety of geochemical environments and their influence on adsorption of contaminants suggested the need for more characterization of As...
... performance analysis of burst segmentation is presented in [68] 2.1.4 Wavelength Conversion Wavelength conversion is the process of converting the wavelength of an incoming signal to another wavelength ... wavelength dimensions The corresponding contention resolution approaches are optical buffering, deflection routing and wavelength conversion, respectively In addition, there is another approach unique ... wavelength converters are present in the network, a lightpath may be converted from one wavelength to another along the route Otherwise, it must utilise the same wavelength on all the links along the...
... Survival of Two Main Types of Soft Tissue Sarcoma The probability of survival along y- axis is plotted as function of time in months along x-axis for major sub-types of soft tissue sarcoma The dotted ... presentation The long bones ofthe extremity were the main site of involvement in Osteogenic sarcoma with 17 cases (77%) of lower extremity and cases (18%) of upper extremity location, while the site ... than 1% ofthe cases (Figure Pie chart) Page ofThe mean age group for the whole study population was 32.5 years with the range of 18 to 47 years The stage ofthe disease at presentation was generally...
... measured in these studies Ours is the only study to report the distribution of [Lac] in the central vasculature, and only two other studies have compared lactate concentrations in SVC and pulmonary ... Discussion The aim ofthe present study was to test the hypothesis that the mechanism responsible for the development of SO2 and [Lac] gradients from SVC to pulmonary artery is mixing of SVC with ... site), and pulmonary artery (pulmonary artery site) A small amount of non-ionic contrast media was injected with the catheter in the right atrium to rule out the presence of a patent Page of (page...
... copies ofthe natural intron-containing gene The elimination of introns is an advantageous approach for reducing ofthe size ofthe vector transcript to conform to the packaging capacity ofthe ... exon junctions as a consequence of splicing [11,12] The elimination of intronic sequences can reduce protein yield in a range of a factor of to 30 [13,14] Therefore the elimination of introns ... participated in the preparation ofthe manuscript KBL coordinated the design and implementation ofthe study, the data analysis, and the preparation ofthe manuscript All authors read and approved the final...
... dtime denote the firm size, day ofthe week, and time ofthe day, respectively The dummy variables take the value of one if the observation ofthe dependent variable belongs to the relevant group, ... at the beginning and the end ofthe week This is consistent with the finding that onthe NYSE liquidity is lowest on Mondays and Fridays and highest during the middle ofthe week The regression ... ofthe dollar amounts ofthe buy and sell orders submitted at the best bid and offer prices The cumulative depth is the sum ofthe dollar amounts of orders at the five queues on both sides of the...
... space of time, the writer prevents any emotional identification with any ofthe characters The mode of first-person narration onthe other hand demands the characteristics ofthe spoken rather ... barks of dogs” (147) But the call ofthe muezzin pierces through his attempts at concentrationThe vision ofthe candles, oil lamps, the hordes of monks, the cold granite floor, the huge images of ... with the reference to the Book of Revelations This allusion performs the synecdochic function of registering the teachings ofthe Bible As the monk boards the car, the number takes on an ironic...
... weeks’ gestation, and neonatal death Sterilization by tubal ligation was offered and accepted under these circumstances, in view ofthe anticipated further deterioration of her renal function with ... using the normal drug regimen, but the patient was given a much lower dose than usual, with the aim of minimizing theeffectofthe hormone stimulation onthe transplanted kidney Two oocytes ... in the normal population (Jungers et al., 1986) However, the long-term health eVect of events in utero for the oVspring of transplanted mothers is harder to quantify There is animal evidence of...
... behind the local variations The components work separately In the beginning of a new session, the current offline model ofthe user’s skill level is copied onto the online component and used as the ... producing the DASEX recommendations, while at the end of each session, the offline component calculates the new default level onthe basis ofthe occurred events Figure provides an illustration ofthe ... recommendations onthe fly, whereas the latter makes long-time observations and, based on these, calculates default DASEX values to be used at the beginning ofthe next session The offline component...
... pronoun, article, ~preposition or conjunction In (5), where we assume focus on both the main verb and the time adverbial, the accent pattern onthe adverbial has been modified by the 1111 (the ... probably the speaker's intention to focus onthe subject NP; we can say that all the material from a to classics is [ +focus], while the rest ofthe sentence is [focus] Given the speaker's decision ... snmmary ofthe results, I here present the mean scores for each ofthe conditions: (1) Read a sentence with its surface structure representation (2) Assign the labels w and s to nodes in the tree,...
... birth to the age of 15 months is based on three minutes of videotaped play interaction under non-threatening conditions The coding procedure focuses observers’ attention on seven aspects of adult ... behaviour, some of which assess emotion (facial expression, vocal expression, position and body contact, expression of affection) and others “cognition”, i.e., temporal order and interpersonal contingency ... approximately one hour The high-risk families ofthe intervention group received their questionnaires in advance from the midwives who support them during the KfdN programme The controls received questionnaires...
... comparison of respondents and non-respondents in the indirectly affected group based on previous assessment of PTSS was precluded Further, in consideration ofthe age ofthe participants and the ... after the disaster [15], 90% of whom developed PTSD during the first months: the duration of PTSD was > years in 26% ofthe cases and at follow-up, the point prevalence of PTSD was 34% These ... and 31 (56%) ofthe boys One-third ofthe girls (n = 16) and one-quarter ofthe boys (n = 13) felt they had not recovered fully from the event However, there were (8%) who endorsed they would like...
... addition on biofilm formation and control in DWDS 1.3 Outline of Thesis This thesis presents the study onthe effects of phosphorus addition on biofilm formation and control in DWDS The background ... Effects of Nutrient Condition on Biofilm Formation in DWDS Besides disinfection as an effective biofim control method in DWDS, theeffectof nutrient condition is another consideration for DWDS ... addition on biofilm cell metabolic activity IV To study the effects of phosphorus addition on biofilm community structure Chapter One-Introduction Effects of phosphorus addition Biofilm growth Biofilm...
... volume of 25 μl containing 12.5 μl of 2× RT-PCR Reaction Mix, 400 nM of each primer, 120 nM of probe, 0.5 μl of iScript Reverse Transcriptase, and μl of template Optimized rRT-PCR conditions were ... infection and H5N1 subtyping Results Analytical sensitivity and specificity The analytical sensitivity of our LNA Taqman rRT-PCR for the detection ofthe HA gene of H5N1 was < 0.5 PFU of virus ... amplification ofthe HA gene of A/Vietnam/CL115/2005(H5N1) were purified using the QIAquick® PCR purification kit (Qiagen), and were cloned into pCR2.1-TOPO plasmid, and were then used for transformation...
... frequency depends upon the type and amount ofthe discounts offered by the store The only thing that attracts them to a store is the offers and discounts offered by the retailer They are the cash generators ... customers They shift their decisions very swiftly They take quick purchase decision at a moment and the very next moment they may change their decision and drop the idea of buying anything from the ... them by the sales personnel STRATEGY TO HANDLE SUCH TYPE OF CUSTOMERS: These types of customers can be easily identified by the way they react to the assistance offered to them Such types of customers...
... question A: culture type (solid or liquid); percentage of contaminated cultures; review question B: the name and manufacturer ofthe reference standard • Details of index test: software version of ... rifampicin-susceptible M tuberculosis The number of positive beacons allows the test to distinguish among the following results: ’No TB detected’ (none ofthe five beacons is positive); ’TB detected, ... Wiley & Sons, Ltd BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) is one ofthe world’s most important infectious causes of morbidity and mortality among adults An estimated one-third ofthe world’s population is...