experimental and theoretical techniques

... conventional 6-band and 8-band k•p models are inadequate to explain the strong 28 Chapter-2 Experimental and Theoretical Techniques bandgap bowing in GaInNAs Thus, band-anticrossing and 10-band k•p model ... phenomena such as Indium segregation and photoluminescence blueshift 27 Chapter-2 Experimental and Theoretical Techniques Chapter 2: Experimental and Theoretical Techniques In this work, GaInNAs-based ... peak at 1.4 µm as shown in Figure 1-1 Table 1-1: Standardized optical bands for modern day communication Band O-band E-band S-band C-band L-band U-band Description original Extended Short wavelengths...

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 08:50

... that the mean and maximum wind speed was 0.7m2.s and 1025.79 W.m², respectively; the maximum, minimum and mean ambient temperature was 35.1°C (2:54pm), 30.0°C and 32.3°C, respectively; and the maximum, ... maximum, minimum and mean ambient temperature noted was 38.1°C (11:07am), 28.8°C (8:45pm) and 32.2°C, respectively The maximum, minimum and mean relative humidity was 74.9% 43.1% and 62.2%, respectively ... concrete tiles and concrete (Figure 1) and their thermal properties (Table 1) were analyzed during peak sunshine and over brighthess conditions The type of building material, vertical height and the...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 15:28

... engine performance The air-fuel ratio and the specific fuel consumption are measured and determined With the optimized manifold, both AFR and SFC are improved by % and 28 % respectively ISSN 2076-2895 ... 2010 [11] Fuchs T R and C J Rutland Intake Flow Effects on Combustion and Emissions in a Diesel Engine, SAE N° 980508, 1998 [12] Ugur Kesgin, Study on the design of inlet and exhaust system of ... manifolds runners and inside cylinder In the first area, the flow is unstable view the incompatibility of air and propane molecules speed In the second area, the blend was expanded (the flow instability...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 16:30

Ngày tải lên: 16/12/2013, 08:15

... Deciduous broadleaf, Mixed cover, and Woodland; - Wooded grasslands; 8, - Closed shrublands, and Open shrublands; 10 - Grasslands; 11- Crop land; and Areal-Average potential evapotranspiration over basin ... forest 0.18 125 Mixed forest 0.18 125 Woodland 0.18 125 Wooded grasslands 0.19 135 Closed shrublands 0.19 135 Open shrublands 0.19 135 Grasslands 0.20 120 Croplands 0.10 120 3.3 Meteorological data ... UMD 1km Global Land Cover (http:// www.geog.umd.edu/landcover/1km-map.html) based on AVHRR and LDAS (Land Data Assimilation System) information AVHRR provides information on globe land classification...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 16:20

... triglyceride and glucose levels, and body weights, of the individual animals Mice were fed a standard western-type diet (Mucedola, Milan, Italy) for the indicated period, and the body weights and fasting ... (intestinal and hepatic) of plasma triglyceride input in apoE) ⁄ ) and C57BL ⁄ mice fed a western-type diet, following an oral fat load Groups of five apoE) ⁄ ) and C57BL ⁄ mice were fasted for 16 h, and ... sensitivity of apoE) ⁄ ) and C57BL ⁄ mice to the development of NAFLD Despite the enhanced intestinal absorption and reduced deposition of post-prandial triglycerides in the liver and other peripheral...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 23:20

... between GDP and loan growth, on the one hand, and GPD growth and changes in credit standards, on the other hand Results, which are reported in Table 3, panels A and B, suggest a signi…cant and positive ... Figures and Tables Table 1: Descriptive statistics Sources: Eurostat and ECB Note: Apart from the maximum and minimum values, …gures reported refer to cross-country means and medians, and standard ... Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain; in the second regression, the countries included are: France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 10:20

... BetA Betulinic acid inhibits hepatitis B virus and PC significantly reduced HBsAg and HBeAg serum levels and HBV DNA replication Also, both BetA and PC substantially decreased SOD2 mRNA expression, ... BetA and PC specifically increased superoxide anion generation in liver tissue, but had little effect in aorta, and no effect at all in kidney and brain, indicating that both BetA-mediated and ... known and relatively nontoxic, with the promising effects presented by its component BetA, PC scould be a good candidate for anti-HBV drug development Experimental procedures Materials and methods...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 01:20

... effect, and maximising the minimum angle and maximising orthogonality have no significant effect at all This paper describes the nature of the on-line system used for the experiments and the experimental ... methodology (the graph drawings, experiment and the data), and presents and discusses the results The Experiment 2.1 Definition There are two ways in which understandability may be measured A purely ... the etticiency and accuracy with which people can read a graph structure and answer questions about it Such graph-theoretic questions need to be generic and application-independent, and may include...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 18:20

... as they were in the message and the overall sound Despite the criticism, Dylan produced many more incredibly successful songs for himself and others including: Sonny and Cher's "I Got You Babe", ... direct They had played as the backup band on a Tony Sheridan record The two final songs on the record they wrote and performed themselves Word got around , and one record store owners noticed that ... George Martin at Colombia like what he heard and signed the band His only condition was for the Beatles to loose Pete Best, their drummer They did, and hired Ringo Starr, who had sat in for Best...

Ngày tải lên: 21/03/2014, 22:03

... include many different fighting games These games such as Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter include graphic images of blood and violence Other popular types of games include sports games such as ... games can desensitize children to violence and alter their perception of reality It can give them the idea that violence is the way to deal with problems and conflict Little is known of the actual ... their children are listening to Much of the popular music of today contains messages about sex and violence The artists who sing the music often become the idols of countless children across...

Ngày tải lên: 21/03/2014, 22:52

... games can desensitize children to violence and alter their perception of reality It can give them the idea that violence is the way to deal with problems and conflict Little is known of the actual ... even playing video games It becomes a problem when the parents lose control of what a child sees and how he interprets it Many of the facts in this paper are startling, but does this mean we should...

Ngày tải lên: 21/03/2014, 22:52

... off and shown to retain both its folded state and its biological activity It is possible that the exact sequence and length of the 17 residue extension together contribute Ôsolubilizing and stabilizing ... and the respective enzymes in parentheses): Pfg27A: 5¢-AAA CTGCAGATGAGTAAGGTACAAAAG-3¢ and 5¢-AAA AAGCTTAATATTGTTGTGATGTGGTTCATC-3¢ (PstIHindIII); Pfg27B: 5¢-AAACTGCAGATGAGTAAGGTA CAAAAG-3¢ and ... supernatants and pellets were loaded on an SDS/ PAGE gel to check the solubility of MBP and Pfg27 after cleavage All protein concentrations were measured by UV absorption at 280 nm and verified...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 21:20

... 6 PRELEC AND SIMESTER owners and non-owners, or differences in the occasions on which cash and credit cards are the preferred methods of payment While Feinberg's and Soman's results ... small (average donations were 11¢ and 33¢ for the cash and credit card conditions) Second, Feinberg's studies only manipulated exposure to credit card stimuli and not the payment method itself ... Consolation prize of one Celtics and one Red Sox banner 3.2 Respondents and General Procedure The respondents were MBA students, who responded to a poster promising a $2 bill and an opportunity to purchase...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 03:21

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 01:20

... as indicated in the figure and include carcinomas of different types (squamous and adenocarcinomas), sarcomas and T and B lymphomas (B) The mobility of endogenous VRK2A and VRK2B proteins from MCF7 ... AC068193.7.1.170059), and the cDNA for VRK2A (AB000450) and VRK2B (AJ512204) (B) Alignment of the VRK2A and VRK2B protein sequence to show the divergent C-terminus, the location of catalytic region and other ... with TSA, and p53 was immunoprecipitated with a mix of DO1 and Pab240 antibodies The acetylation of p53 in residues Lys373 and Lys382 was determined with a specific antibody as indicated in Experimental...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 11:20

... PAGE As shown in Fig 3, the predominant band identified corresponds to a 14-kDa protein (lanes a and b) Weaker bands corresponding to sizes of 35 kDa and 23 kDa were also detected if larger amounts ... 150 200 250 the amino acids glutamine, lysine and histidine at the N-terminus and the nonpolar amino acid proline and the hydroxy amino acids serine and threonine at the C-terminal border 3842 ... spicule-associated protein (SAP) and silicatein (SILIC) Signals for selenoprotein M (14-kDa band on the blot) and spicule-associated protein (26 kDa) are observed in the axial filament and to a large extent...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 20:20

... 3,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde and substrates for synthesis were purchased from Aldrich D2O was from Dr Glaser AG (Basel, Switzerland) All other reagents were from local suppliers and were of analytical ... then cooled again to °C and 0.05 mol of PCl3 was added The mixture was heated and refluxed for h to complete the reaction Acetic acid was removed by rotary evaporation and the oily residue was ... or compound for h and then the high- and low-molecular mass components were separated by gel filtration on a 15 mL Sephadex G-25 column Protein containing fractions were pooled and used in enzymatic...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 09:20

... abilities, and securities underwriting [e.g Leland and Pyle (1977), Diamond (1984, 1991), and Fama (1985)] Specifically, these studies argue that commercial banks possess the technical skills and capacities ... Industry and by year Panel A: Distribution of bank loans by Fama and French Industry Industry Number of firms Industry Agriculture Miscellaneous Food Products 15 Automobiles and Trucks Candy and Soda ... compensation literature [e.g Murphy (1985), Agrawal and Walkling (1994), Yermack (1995), Harford and Li (2007), Bliss and Rosen (2001) and Girma, Thompson and Wright (2006)] The first independent variable...

Ngày tải lên: 01/06/2014, 13:58

... reported physical and mental health scores below the general population (mean = 40.7 and 47.2, respectively; as compared to age- and gender-adjusted population norms of 50) and Oswestry scores ... conceptualized and designed the study, supervised the acquisition of data and data analysis, and drafted the manuscript; JFM, PK, DAW participating in the acquisition of data and participating ... important intellectual content; RB and LL participated in data analysis; DHK conceptualized and designed the study, and drafted the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20