individual based modeling of microbial lag

... concerned with the behavior of isolated individuals The critical questions are often of genesis of patterns and of processes: how cooperative relations among unrelated individuals emerge and become ... variable perception of individuals and communities The work of Durkheim, much of Kroeber's (1917) thought and especially his concept of the superorganic, and the "thick description" of Clifford Geertz ... Primate Societies: Agent -Based Modeling of Social and Spatial Processes This page intentionally left blank DYNAMICS IN HUMAN AND PRIMATE SOCIETIES Agent -Based Modeling of Social and Spatial Processes...

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... charge equal to 8% of that value Similarly, a risk weight of 20% results in a capital charge of 1.6% (i.e., 20% of 8%) Individual risk weights currently depend on the broad category of the borrowers, ... in modeling of credit risk It aims to provide an up-to-date reference to the central problems of the field like rating based modeling, estimation techniques, stability and comparison of rating transitions, ... processes However, one feature of all models of this class is that they model credit risk based on assuming a stochastic process for the value of the firm and the term structure of interest rates Clearly...

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... Econophysics and Agent -Based Modeling of Financial Market FENG LING (B.Sc.(Hons), National University of Singapore) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY NUS GRADUATE ... through the growing volume of economic data This study focuses on one particular aspect of econophysics - agent -based modeling of financial market There are a number of universal patterns found ... Returns of different frequencies 39 3.2 Tail exponents of trade-by-trade returns 42 3.3 Review of empirical data 45 Agent -Based Model of Opinion...

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... R0 Initial radius of the fiber or spherical reinforcement ii Table of Contents Table of Contents ACKNOWLDEGEMENT i LIST OF SYMBOLS ii TABLE OF CONTENTS iii SUMMARY vi LIST OF FIGURES x CHAPTER ... values of Es/Ε; with σ0/E = 0.01 Figure 4.6: Distribution of porosity ahead of crack for the case of σ0/E = 0.01 at Es/E = 1, 7, 10 and 20 Figure 4.7: Distribution of mean stress ahead of crack ... step sizing based on the rate of damage accumulation, and (iv) evaluation of the J-integral using a domain integral procedure The software architecture of Warp3D supports the analysis of very large,...

Ngày tải lên: 10/11/2015, 12:35

... 12.4 HPLC profiles of PEG before and after the cultivation of the microbial consortium E-1 [11, 12] 289 290 12 Modeling and Simulation of Microbial Depolymerization Processes of Xenobiotic Polymers ... conversion from the class of (M + L)-molecules to the class of M molecules due to the β -oxidation 285 286 12 Modeling and Simulation of Microbial Depolymerization Processes of Xenobiotic Polymers ... 284 12 Modeling and Simulation of Microbial Depolymerization Processes of Xenobiotic Polymers numerically, and the transition of the weight distribution was simulated [9, 10] Dependence of degradation...

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... proton of NeH of –Ne+H@C–(NH2)2 of the Arg moiety with the cyclic configuration of Arg-tRNA is transferred to C@O of the ester bond of Arg-tRNA The adenosine moiety of AMP is omitted the formation of ... chains of Pro34 and Leu38 N1 and N6 of the base of A20 lie close to Nd2 and Od1 of the side chain of Asn87 in the S4 strand, with ˚ ˚ distances of 2.82 A and 2.97 A, respectively The plane of the ... group of Asn87 is positioned far out of the base plane Large values of average B-factor of resi- Modeling of tRNA-assisted mechanism on ArgRS dues in the N-terminal domain (average B-factors of...

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... Class -Based Lexicalization Our approach to grammar lexicalization is class -based in the sense that we use classbased estimated frequencies fc(v n) of headverbs v and argument head-nouns n instead of ... which has to be increased by factors of to 20 to an often lower nal value Discussion The most direct points of comparison of our method are the approaches of Johnson et al (1999) and Johnson and ... frequency statistics or classbased probabilities of head word dependencies Class -based estimated frequencies are introduced in Prescher et al (2000) as the frequency f (v n) of a (v n)-pair in the...

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... “complex -lag arguments (+ j and − j on the imaginary axis) involves a significant decreasing of the spread factor The first term of Qct (t, τ) is of the fifth order The terms of phase derivatives of ... order of the phase law of a signal Using this derivability property could lead to characterization via analysis of the successive phase derivates of a signal composed of several transients of different ... that is, the length of the signal and the range of lag τ As expressed in equation (15), the GCM is obtained by calculating, for each τ, a product of N complex-lagged signals Each of these signals...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 19:20

... examples of outputs of carbon -based models of individual tree growth: (a) seasonal evolution of the amount of carbon in different compartments of Douglas-fir seedlings in their second year of growth ... FRAMEWORK OF CARBONBASED MODELS OF INDIVIDUAL TREE GROWTH 2.1 Processes accounted for and common rationales used Whatever their objectives and levels of application, the carbon -based models of individual ... biochemically based formulation of leaf photosynthesis requires a detailed description of the variations of the environmental driving variables inside the canopy (vertical profiles or 3D distribution of...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 14:21

... regimens-an NNRTI -based regimen consisting of efavirenz (EFV) plus NRTIs and a PI -based regimen consisting of lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r) plus NRTIs In terms of virologic outcomes, the EFV -based regimen ... Page of 10 regimens Assumptions related to the effects of the rate of lipoatrophy were tested in the sensitivity analysis The economic effect of lipoatrophy was assumed to be limited to 10% of individuals ... lipoatrophy The effects of CNS toxicities were not included in the model because of their often transient nature, and the effects of diarrhea were not included in the model because of short duration...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... Gong, D Zhu, BZ Gao: A study of the effect of nonlinearities in the euqation of bone remodeling J Biomech 2002, 35:951-960 JA Kanis: Maintenance of Bone Mass In Textbook of osteoporosis Edited by: ... threedimensional finite element modeling of bone: A newmethod J Biomech Eng 1990, 12:389-397 JH Keyak, HB Skinner: Three-dimensional finite element modeling of bone: Effects of element size J Biomech ... remodeling and remodeling application: a preliminary remodeling simulation J Orthop Res 1990, 8:662-670 GS Beaupre, TE Orr, DR Carter: An approach for time-dependent bone remodeling and remodeling...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 22:22

... A histogram of gene the expected number of genes of 13 H influenzae A histogram of gene clusters observed in exactly N of 13 H influenzae strains compared to the expected number of genes estimated ... at the level of an individual gene (lic2C), a pair of genes (NTHi0683/4), and a group of seven functionally A 20 kb region that demonstrates strain diversity at the level of an individual gene ... 'Mathematical development of a finite supragenome model') The number of genes observed in all strains levels off to an asymptote that corresponds to a core set of genes The rate of increase in total...

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Ngày tải lên: 14/11/2014, 09:04

... of the CHEM 3D The missing of some values of standard bond lengths/ bond angles may be due to the limitations of the software, which we had already noticed in modeling of other systems (Maurya ... for these complexes (vide supra) 4.7 3D Molecular modeling and analysis Based on the proposed structures (Fig 4), the 3D molecular modeling of one of the representative compounds, viz., [UO2(bumphp-pa)2(H2O)2] ... N2 of the pyrazolon skeleton The IR spectra of all the ligands display (Maurya et al., 2002) a strong band at 1616–1635 cmÀ1, which is assigned to m(C‚N) of azomethine group In the spectra of...

Ngày tải lên: 02/09/2015, 13:48

... regimes of surface diffusion in C60/graphene system according to the effect of temperature and rotational degrees of freedom (DOFs) of the admolecule In the case of rotational C60 (the set of arrows ... understanding of the motion of a variety of molecules on graphene -based substrates, which will be used in future applications 1.3.2 Physisorption of fullerenes on graphene and the importance of van ... the rotational DOFs alter the diffusion regimes? 2) How to quantify the effect of rotational DOFs on the mobility of admolecules in each regime? 3) What is the role of rotational DOFs in the interactions...

Ngày tải lên: 08/09/2015, 17:49

... addition of nanoparticles does not change the average relative degree of activity of slip and twinning during deformation vii   List of Figures List of Figures Fig 2-1 Different types of metal ... of HCP material and the polarity of twinning activation (Fig 2-11) [77-79] In 2001, Mukai et al studied the influence of texture on tensile properties of magnesium alloy AZ31 [11] Two types of ... encouragement ii   Table of Contents Table of Contents Declaration i  Acknowledgements ii  Summary vi  List of Figures viii  List of Tables ...

Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 08:18

... haptics -based medical applications that involve drilling and screwing procedures VIII LIST OF TABLES Table 4.1 Summary of CBCT imaging of the patient 37 Table 5.1 Summary of CBCT imaging of ... the concept of virtual reality (VR) and computer haptics; the surface -based and volume -based modeling approach of virtual objects; haptic rendering methods; and the current state of VR and haptic ... types of surface modeling methods and each has its own strengths and drawbacks The choice depends on application-specific issues, such as shape of objects, precision of modeling, ease of rendering,...

Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 10:07

... D.4 Wall fa¸ade modeling: model 139 c D.5 Roof modeling: model 139 D.6 Roof modeling: user strokes 140 D.7 Roof modeling: parameters ... The top figure of (d) is the point cloud of laser scanned Armadillo and the bottom figure of (d) is its mesh model The left figure of (e) is the image of Pisa tower and the right figure of (e) is the ... purpose of detecting symmetry and regular structure for image -based 3D modeling, all the existing methods face a fundamental difficulty In the case of 2D symmetry analysis, the presence of perspective...

Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 10:17

... test of the PU prepared from poly(HB-co-TMC) with HB:TMC weight ratio of 26:74 showed a Young’s modulus of 23 MPa, the maximum stress of 6.37 MPa and elongation at break of 252% The results of ... Modification of PHB To overcome the limitation of co-monomers for microbial synthesis of PHBbased copolymers, chemical synthetic route provides more possibilities to produce PHBbased copolymers ... PREPARATION OF MICROBIAL POLYESTER -BASED NOVEL BLOCK COPOLYMERS AS THERMOPLASTIC BIOMATERIALS DAI SHIYAO (M Eng., Zhejiang University, China) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHYLOSOPHY...

Ngày tải lên: 12/09/2015, 10:42

... electronic levels of the polymer and the Fermi energies of stable metallic electrodes, and hence for a better balance of electron and hole injection rates, which is required for the achivement of high ... gap of II is calculated to decrease by 0.05 eV with respect to that of I This band gap lowering is due to asymmetric destabilizations of the HOMO and LUMO levels with respect to I: the energy of ... groups; the asymmetry of destabilization is characterized by a stronger antibonding character of the C-O bond in the HOMO wave function The absolute value of the shift of the HOMO level is governed...

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