effective methods for the study of complex systems

... 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 ... respectively, after the first injection (Fig and 2) The titers of the vaccinated groups were three times higher than those of the control group Antibody profiles against OMP and DNT of B bronchiseptica ... causative agents of AR In this study, we tried to solve the problem by reformulating experimental vaccines For this purpose, different groups were designed based on the vaccine components of the causative...

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... and effectiveness 1.3 Organization of the Thesis The contents of this thesis revolve around and branch out from the central theme of the doctoral research project, i.e the preparation and use of ... additional data for Chapter that may be of help to the readers, and the formulation of the orthogonal collocation on finite element formulation that is used to obtain the numerical solutions for the diffusion ... is smaller than the diameter of the P4VP nanoparticles, the problem of internal fouling of the used membrane, e.g clogging/blocking of pores caused by the nanoparticles entering the pores, can...

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... was the most effective extraction method for activated sludge However, cell disruption is not effective for the isolation of bioflocculants Thus, NaOH extraction was the most effective method for ... of 95 ml) The A280 to A260 ratio of the UV-absorbing peak indicated it was composed mainly of nucleic acid In the profile of the NaOH-extracted polymer (B), the elution volume (80 ml) of saccharide ... compared to the other methods The SDS-extracted polymer included a small amount of material other than protein Furthermore, the steaming- and washing-extracted polymers contained large amounts of phosphorus...

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... consequences for the comparison of the results of this study with the others Jacobsen et al (2006) acknowledged this in the first paragraph of their paper when referring to the other set of studies: ... none of these studies aimed at identifying the network of aesthetic judgment per se” (Jacobsen et al., 2006, p 276) In sum, while the question of the brain correlates of judging the beauty of images ... by the activity in other brain areas It might be the case that the three studies captured only a subset of operations involved in the complex cognitive task of deciding about the aesthetics of...

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... letter describes the work and transmits the final report of the Committee on Proposal Evaluation for Allocation of Supercomputing Time for the Study of Molecular Dynamics, Second Round The committee ... committee of experts to evaluate the proposals submitted in response to the aforementioned RFP The committee of 17 was chaired by Dr Robert L Jernigan, Director of the Baker Center for Bioinformatics ... of the meeting, members undertook a detailed discussion of the proposals The two primary reviewers were asked to summarize their review for the committee, which was followed by discussion of the...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 15:20

... arm in the monosaccharide binding site [34] The conformation of the GlcNAcb(1–2)Man entity occupying the )1 and M subsites of LOL roughly resembles the conformation seen in the NA2F complex of PAL ... second conformation of the side chain of Glu221, which also adopts two conformations but not correlated with the anomeric form of the bound mannose is shown in dark green site for subunit B The crystal ... complemented by thermodynamic parameters of binding determined by means of isothermal titration calorimetry for the above-mentioned complexes as well as other complexes for which the crystal structures...

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... assessment of which residues of the labeled molecule are perturbed by the formation of the complex One then repeats this procedure with the second molecule labeled Under the assumption that the perturbed ... creates a series of mutants for both proteins By measuring the Kd values for combinations of mutants, one can assess whether the influence of mutation X in protein A on the complex formation depends ... depends on the kind of data used (e.g the level of detail and the amount of inherent ambiguity) and the sampling method ‘Geometric’ methods might limit the number of orientations selected for docking...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 15:20

... scrutinized the German version of this text Prof Nirschl suggested the idea of this book Prof Reimert organized the continuation of the research unit after the DFG funding as well as Prof Kasper, Prof ... derivation due to the time-dependence of the unit vectors Using the product rule for the derivation and the fact that the time derivative of the unit vector is the cross product of !rf with this ... the scaling of the argument on index k of the measured data in reciprocal space As the sum is finite, it only represents an approximation of the delta function The position of the origin and the...

Ngày tải lên: 29/05/2014, 18:32

... assess the effects of using generic joint models • Means for validation The results of dynamic simulations are likely to be sensitive to the degree of complexity in the formulation of the model ... regarding the role of the plantarflexors in propulsion, but their study examined the accelerations of the hip rather than the trunk COM [40] Dynamic simulation has also been used to investigate the ... modeling of contact between the feet and the ground; modeling of contact within the joints; the method used to integrate the equations of motion Also important is the scheme used to arrive at the...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 10:20

... knowledge related to the mechanics of human movement The work at the University of California formed the basis for many of the fundamental techniques currently used for the study of human locomotion ... limiting the advancement of the study of human movement is the measurement of skeletal movement from markers or sensors placed on the skin The movement of the markers is typically used to infer the ... patterns of locomotion requires new methods that would limit the risk of producing artifact due to markers or the constraints of the testing methods For example, the constraints of the laboratory...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 10:20

... on the percentage of fully brown beans in the cut test 6: The effect of spreading of beans for two hours, prior to placement in boxes, on fermentation temperatures 7: The effect of spreading of ... reveals the presence of certain defects which may cause off-flavours and indicates the degree of fermentation of the beans which has a bearing on the flavour and quality of the beans The International ... case of larger quantities of beans e.g 250kg, partitioned boxes (Illustration 13) are used In this case, turning of beans is performed by shovelling them from one side of the partition to the other...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 06:20

... fixed point theorems) from the wealth of operator theory, in order to assure the existence of a unique solution of the operator equation in H or H1 In the case of linear equations, we use the following ... equations of three and four variables The aim of this paper is to present the generalization of this functional-analytic method for the study of linear and nonlinear partial difference equations of p ... Also, by assuring the existence of a solution of a difference equation in the space or , we obtain information regarding the asymptotic behavior of the unknown p p sequence for initial conditions...

Ngày tải lên: 23/06/2014, 00:20

... pilot study based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB) The expected behavior under study in our research was the acceptance of the application of information technology within the framework of ... in the stock market by the people involved in this commerce The measurement tools for the identification of the effective factors in the selection or the decisions made for the application of ... variable in this model (table 5) Table 5: The results of the examination of Slope Hypothesis for the determination of the presence and the power of the presence of predictor variables in regression...

Ngày tải lên: 13/07/2014, 21:13

... nonconductive, they severely distort the signal in the detector; therefore, many systems remove the bubbles before the optical light path However, if the system removes the bubbles at any point within the ... depends on the size and range of the scales With practice, the recommended nomographs can be read with a precision of 1% However, the overall bias of the results depends on the bias of the analytical ... data applied to the nomographs and the validity of the theoretical equations and the numerical constants on which the nomographs are based An approximate check of the bias of the calculations...

Ngày tải lên: 29/07/2014, 18:58

... Federation Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater Organism Plate 10900 E Selected Taxonomic References The most useful references for the nonspecialist are listed below These references ... D.J REISH & J.W ANDERSON, eds 1994 Ecology of the Southern California Bight Univ California Press, Berkeley REISH, D.J 1995 Marine Life of Southern California, 2nd ed Kendall/ Hunt Publ Co., Dubuque, ... Water Environment Federation Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater Algae General TAYLOR, W.R 1957 Marine Algae of the Northeastern Coast of North America, 2nd ed Univ Michigan...

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... Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater Anacystis © Copyright 1999 by American Public Health Association, American Water Works Association, Water Environment Federation Standard Methods ... Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater Synedra © Copyright 1999 by American Public Health Association, American Water Works Association, Water Environment Federation Standard Methods for ... for the Examination of Water and Wastewater Ceratium © Copyright 1999 by American Public Health Association, American Water Works Association, Water Environment Federation Standard Methods for the...

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... atomic weights of many elements are not invariant but depend on the origin and treatment of the material The standard values of Ar(E) and the uncertainties (in parentheses, following the © Copyright ... a volumes of the concentrated reagent are diluted with b volumes of distilled water to form the required solution Table B: PREPARATION OF UNIFORM SODIUM HYDROXIDE SOLUTIONS Normality of NaOH Solution ... water professionals worldwide Through educational and technical information programs, AWWA promotes the improvement of the quality and quantity of the drinking water supply Contact information:...

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... Comparison of Diagnostic Methods for the Detection of Parasites in Fish and disadvantages, depending on the purpose and target of study For parasitological investigation, the classical methods (the ... containing PBS The objectives of the present study were to investigate the use of different methodologies in fish parasite studies Thus, the aim is to compare classical and molecular methods for the diagnosis ... normal PCR reaction of 50 µl volume (25µl of master mix, Comparison of Diagnostic Methods for the Detection of Parasites in Fish 2µl of each primer, or µl of template and 18 or 20 µl of water) - Polymerase...

Ngày tải lên: 06/08/2014, 19:20

... functioning of each method was not deteriorated by the other The relationship obtained with the comparison of the two methods over the whole period (n 589) is presented in figure The slope of the regression ... transpiration The combination of the two methods seems possible in the same experiment The heat balance for the small trunks, and transpiration calculation for small periods and Granier’s method for the ... Pairs of thermocouples inserted above and below the heater allow the measurement of the conduction flux (Qv) The radial outward flow (Qr) is calculated from thermopile meathermopile was composed of...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:22

... Q9cannot RESULTS Power of the methods Table II shows the power of the methods of estimation for all simulated variants For a QTL effect of 40, the power is low for both methods and all variants ... linkage of markers with a QTL and then use Method I for the estimation Unfortunately, Fulker and Cardon (1994) give little information about the quality of their estimator of the QTL variance The ... results The power of the methods was defined as the percentage of replications where the null hypothesis was rejected at the 5% level For Method II this approach is unambiguous while this is not the...

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