... Rehabilitation Association, Hong Kong, China Hospital Authority, Hong Kong, China Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Department of Social Work and Social ... Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Section of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK Centre of Buddhist Studies, The University of Hong Kong, Hong ... Health Care, School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China New Life...
... intervention onthe part ofthe teacher, effectively negating any variations basedon location, socio-economic standing, and quality of teaching The initial presentation ofthe words can be done bythe ... students opening the flashcards on their own during the beginning ofthe week or as they see fit Another limitation ofthe study was the low amount of voluntary participation The study was designed ... incentive the proportion of users and non-users would have been too unbalanced In addition, it is the goal of this study to measure theeffectof SAL, which does not involve compulsion The second part...
... from the intervention population Therefore, we analysed the data of 2,356 subjects from the intervention region The source population in the reference region was smaller, and for this reason all ... of Health Sciences VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands National Institute for Public Health andthe Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands 3Netherlands Institute for Health Promotion and ... intervention project Hartslag Limburg started The aim ofthe project was to decrease the prevalence of CVD in the general population ofthe Maastricht region (population 185,000) by encouraging the...
... ofthe nanoclay composites were investigated basedonthe scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observations onthe fracture surfaces of neat epoxyandthe nanocomposites In addition, the hydrothermal ... modification and also processing optimization; ii) to investigate theeffectof clay onthe mechanical propertiesofthe resulting nanocomposites, in particular the fracture mechanisms of a series of ... organo-modified montmorillonite and saponite -based nanocomposites Figure 2.5 Effectof clay content on tensile modulus, measured at room temperature, of organo-modified montmorillonite-nylon-6 -based nanocomposites...
... will be compiled and processed in order to give firm grounds for the reasons and findings ofthe thesis Thesis structure Aside from the introduction and conclusion, the thesis consist three parts: ... description ofthe form, function, and features of a product and is usually accompanied by a set of specifications, an analysis of competitive products, and an economic justification ofthe project‖ ... Testing and refinement: The testing and refinement phase involves the construction and evaluation of multiple preproduction versions ofthe product Usually there would be two versions of prototypes...
... Personal outreach to all key policymakers in The Public Relation • Personal outreach to tier media relations Exclusive Netherlands story to one newspaper and one TV/Radio station to Make sure they ... transportation solution Average number of person in car UberPOP average 1.9 Netherland average 1.4 0.45 0.33 0.12 0.1 Figure 3.2: Netherlands's average number of person in car (Davids et al 2014) Case of ... alteration in order to apply to the practice ofthe company thanks to its generalization characteristic - Emphasize the importance ofthe “gates”, which help to decide whether to cancel the project...
... W/cm2 The duration ton ofthe current pulse was 0.5 – 0.8 s then the current was turned off for a fixed duration toff of 0.5 s During ton, FePt nanoparticles were deposited onthe surface ofthe ... that the application of ultrasonic energy could increase the rate of electrolytic water cleavage The effects of ultrasonic radiation on chemical reactions are due to the very high temperatures and ... difference in the standard electrode potential ofthe Fe2+/Fe and Pt4+/Pt Upon annealing, the formation ofthe ordered L10 fct phase happened bythe diffusion process between Fe and Pt domains...
... unoxidized conformation Oxidationofthe catalytic cysteine decreased the contacts made to the cysteine Sc but resulted in the formation of 17 additional interactions with the oxygens ofthe cysteine ... charge of )6 basedonthe pKa values for InsP6 [30] The ionic strength P was calculated using the equation I = ½ ciZi2, where I is the ionic strength ofthe solution, and ci and Zi are the concentration ... Od2 ofthe oxidized cysteine To further understand the structural consequences ofthe P-loop transition that occurs upon oxidation, the program contact [17] was used to compare all the contacts...
... conformation of RNase A with particular consideration ofthe pretransition region of global unfolding In correspondence to reports by other authors [16,30,31], CD spectra in the near-UV region, ... unveil the disruption ofthe tertiary structure of RNase A in > 30% trifluoroethanol CD spectra in the far-UV region, onthe other hand, indicate a detectable increase in the content of secondary ... with the increase ofthe protease concentration The slopes of these linear functions (kp vs proteinase K concentration) were corrected bythe proteinase K activity for each trifluoroethanol concentration...
... reaction would be an effective stabilizer This leads us to consider the possible effects of solute addition onthe activation energy ofthe denaturing processand we look to the results ofthe ... agreement with the reduction in the slower amide exchange rates Taking the results ofthe two sets of experiments together, and in view ofthe strong stabilizing effectthe solute confers upon this ... motions Theeffect is mostly in the longer time-scales and in the restriction of wider concerted motions, which encompass the structural reactions that allow protected amides to exchange with the...
... reflected the concentration in soil The contents of Cu in plant increase upon the rates of Cu application, especially at the high rate of Cu above 100 ppm It can be said that the increase of rate of ... Meanwhile, the rate of biomass decreases only by 53% The results showed that the uptake of Cu by Brassica juncea L plants corresponded to the increasing level of Cu contamination of soil, while the ... bythe concentration at about 50 ppm which is equivalent to the application rate of 200 ppm Cu The height andthe biomass of plants are reduced dramatically by 36% and 53% respectively when the...
... to consider the historical development of a region. This study uses the Landsat TM and ETM+ to extract the built‐up land in the city and evaluate the change of agricultural land ... unfavourable conditions on topography and water. This has influenced land exploitation potential on goods orientation. As consequence, the effectiveness of agricultural land use in ... norm ofthe South‐East Region and equal 1/3 ofthe Mekong Delta. This situation is a pressure on suburban farmers in keeping agricultural production [6]. According to the investigation of Institute ...
... the obesity equation, theeffectof childcare decreases from 0.016 to 0.010 andthe interaction effects decreased only by 0.001 with the exception ofthe interaction effect for the child ofthe ... distribution of There are four equations in the model; therefore, k consists of four vectors each representing the set of heterogeneity 14 parameters in one ofthe equations Conditional on mass ... of a fixed effect estimator, onthe other hand, may lead to the significant loss of degrees of freedom, reduction in the variability of covariates, and exacerbation oftheeffectof measurement...
... for the functionalization of CNTs with the -COOH, -SO3H, and -PO3H2 groups, and their effects onthe functionalization have been studied MWCNTs have been functionalized with the -COOH, -SO3H, and ... groups The SEM micrographs also confirm the presence ofthe attached groups onthe outer walls of MWCNTs The presence ofthe different chemical groups (-COOH, -SO H, and -PO3H2) onthe walls ofthe ... single- and double-step chemical routes Theeffectof dispersion using Triton X-100 via ultrasonication, before the functionalization of CNTs, has also been studied The defect concentration has...
... investigated theeffectofthe dropping rate of NaOH into the precursor solution, droplet size, and amount ofthe NaOH solution andthe hydrothermal reaction time onthe hydrothermal formation ofthe ... studied Further, to understand theeffectof sample processing conditions onthe morphology, we performed the sample synthesis in open air instead of in an autoclave, where the precipitate ofthe starting ... view ofthe nanowhisker deformed in the presence of electron beam, which is confirmed bythe random bulging and smearing ofthe nanowhisker surface The deformation ofthe nanowhiskers in the presence...
... polymerization of conducting polymers These findings may provide valuable information in the template free synthesis of many other nanostructures The investigations on influence of other parameters ... [9] It can be concluded that the presence of acidic conditions strongly influences the conformation ofthe PNA Nanoscale Res Lett (2008) 3:45–48 chains In absence of HCl, hydrogen bonding takes ... oligomers, metal ions and other impurities Further purification ofthe polymer was done through soxhlet extraction using methyl alcohol for a period of 16 h to remove oligomeric fractions and other impurities...
... polymerization of conducting polymers These findings may provide valuable information in the template free synthesis of many other nanostructures The investigations on influence of other parameters ... [9] It can be concluded that the presence of acidic conditions strongly influences the conformation ofthe PNA Nanoscale Res Lett (2008) 3:45–48 chains In absence of HCl, hydrogen bonding takes ... oligomers, metal ions and other impurities Further purification ofthe polymer was done through soxhlet extraction using methyl alcohol for a period of 16 h to remove oligomeric fractions and other impurities...
... Correlation ofthe dipole moment with the Hammett constants ofthe substituents It is evident from the table II that electron-donating substituents onthe phenyl ring increase the pKa of anilines ... planarity ofthe aniline framework, thereby shortening d(CN) The accompanying loss of electron density from the amino nitrogen atom decreases the pKa ofthe amino group Conversely, electron-donating ... representative properties: the C-N bond length (d(C-N)), charge on atom N (QN), dipole moment(à) andthe acid dissociation constant (pKa) The results of geometry optimization of aniline by AM1 method...
... QGR, the expression of iNOS mRNA in the LPS group was 83% of that ofthe expression of GAPDH in the control group Effectof QGR on iNOS protein expression in the liver As shown in Fig 4, the level ... approximately 77% of that ofthe expression of GAPDH in control cells However, the expression of iNOS mRNA increased to 103% of that ofthe expression of GAPDH in control cells in response to treatment ... 80% of that ofthe expression of β-actin in the controls However, pretreatment with QGR inhibited the increased expression of iNOS protein that was induced by LPS to 50% ofthe expression of β-actin...
... consequently results altogether from which one sets growth on first, from the presence of a third bud and from the direction of this deviation Fig displays the distribution ofthe degrees of dominance in ... deviation ofthe basipetal progression ofthe secondary xylem strands, which proceed seemingly at random clock- or counterclockwise The outcome of competition between the uppermost shoots consequently ... subpopulations where deviation infringes upon the small angle between and (top) or onthe larger one (bottom) and where bud is favored bythe presence of bud (left) or bud by that of bud (right)...