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... 3-1 Introduction Lightemitting polymers (LEPs) continuetoattractconsiderateinterestbecauseoftheirpotentialapplicationinvariousoptoelectronic devices, especiallyinpolymer light- emitting ... polymer light- emittingdiodes (PLEDs) PLEDsoffermanyadvantagesovertraditional inorganic LEDs, which include low fabrication cost for large area display, low driving voltage, light weight and ... in blue lightemitting polymers and finally to 43 develop stable and efficient blue lightemitting polymeric materials for the applicationinPLEDsIn this article, we will present the investigation...
... demand of improving speaking lessons totheir teachers? 34 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% very interesting interesting not very interesting not interesting Chart 2: Students’ opinions toward ... examine the real situation of teaching speaking and the need of using various activities in speaking lessons Chapter 3: “Suggested activities toattract students’ interests and involvement in ... itself to: Finding out the reality of teaching English speaking skill for th form students in Minh Thanh secondary schools Offering appropriate activities toattract 9th graders in Minh Thanh...
... then, due to the leaching of the phenolic component decrease over time Analyzing the different plywood protections, the combination of resin coating and edge painting did not lead to a significant ... residual bonding quality, measured in terms of shear strength; to validate the applicability of the reference test protocol as a tool to predict the suitability of the use of plywood in specified ... coating and edge painting did not lead to a significant improvement in the level of protection than the resin coating alone According to the results obtained on the test pieces inoculated with C...
... applicationin treating brain tumor becauseof the existence of BBB Ofvarious strategies developed to enhance drug delivery to the brain, nanoparticles of biodegradable polymers show great potentialbecause ... DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE GRADUATE PROGRAM IN BIOENGINEERING NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE 2005 Acknowledgement At the point of finishing my master candidature in Singapore and completing my ... “amount of drug injected into the brain”; involve direct microinjection of test solute and reference tracers into the brain; can be used to investigate mechanisms of brain -to- blood efflux Representative...
... extensively investigated by a number of authors, and there are many interesting results concerning this problem (see [8-12]) Using fixed point method, we prove the Hyers-Ulam stability of the following ... n)f (x − y) + 2 (1) invarious spaces, which was introduced and investigated in [13] Preliminaries In this section, we give some definitions and lemmas for the main results in this article A valuation ... sequence {Jnx} converges to a fixed point y* of J; (c) y* is the unique fixed point of J in the set Y = {y ∈ X : d(Jn0 x, y) < ∞}; Page of 14 Kenary et al Fixed Point Theory and Applications 2011,...
... is approximately of the same amplitude as the remaining interference from crosstalk So this is perfectly suited to the issue of interest, since, becauseof the precoding, the interference coefficients ... uncoordinated receivers and coordination at the transmitter, using some kind of precoding scheme to remove the in uence of FEXT The principle is to feed back some limited amount of information about the ... fraction) because it contains the information on the relative importance of each term of the gradient The common factor can be removed of course, and incorporated in the stepsize Finally, the following...
... discharging of the corrosion layer causes the increase of internal resistance during discharge The change of discharge voltage of the cells under various interfacial conditions is shown in Fig ... to expanded grid by laminating Pb–1%Ca foil on the Pb–0.06%Ca–1.5%Sn alloy thick cast sheet and rolling it to thin sheet for expanding 5.1 Experimental Fig 12 Change in peak intensity ratio of ... current collector and the PAM, because the discharge voltages of all the cells at the beginning of discharge are all the same, notwithstanding the weight difference Therefore, this decline in discharge...
... having children 12 John is fat because he eats so many chips A John is fat becauseof the fact that he eats so many chips B John is fat becauseof eating so many chips C John is fat becauseof ... the concert becauseof the taxi C In spite of taking a taxi, Bill arrived late for the concert D Although Bill took a taxi, he can’t come to the concert in time In spite of his suffering from a ... William went to school; he suffered from a bad cold although Despite the fact that it was snowing, I felt warm A In spite of snowing, I felt warm B In spite of feeling warm, it was snowing C Although...
... block the binding site of aspirin to the serine residue in position 529 [28] Conclusion It is apparent as we enter 2003 that the study of COX-2 selective inhibitors will remain an exciting and active ... results of experiments with rofecoxib, that COX-2 selective inhibitors interfere with the antiplatelet effects of lowdose aspirin, as these inhibitors not enter the channel of the COX-1 enzyme to ... development of nonfatal myocardial infarction; indeed, Dalen, in his editorial accompanying the three papers published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, concluded that the most likely explanation of...
... values But of course other types of indices and mating systems are potentially interesting to consider, for instance a linear index when Qis small, mate selection or group selection v Managing the ... With s i instance, b tends to introducing 2 or2 , = = = tends to infinity and if at’ than a half, and tends to 1/2 as as n Note that the which tends to = This parent-offspring tends to zero as ... different types of matings (inbreeding, outbreeding, top crossing and assortative matings) and selection (normalising, directional and canalising) which can lead to a reduction in trait variability...
... integrated approach to KT should involve a systematic process of discovering all the potential barriers and facilitators to adoption of the promising intervention, and a detailed evaluation of ... difficulty finding, assessing, interpreting, and applying the best evidence [22-24] This problem has arisen, in part, from empirical information overload and the complexity of research findings [25] ... allies in promoting the dissemination of interventions that may be intimately tied totheir emotional welfare Interventions like consultation recordings that enhance cancer patients’ feelings of...
... patients need to engage in, in order for shared decision-making to occur [5-12] The key point for researchers interested in the development of interventions for facilitating shared decision-making is ... relates both to the context for the behavior ofinterest as well as to the population that the investigator is interested in For example, a patient may perceive engaging in shared decision-making behaviors ... measuring the central constructs of the IM one does not gain any insight into the determinants of these constructs or how the intervention affects these determinants [21] If one were to find that...
... patients need to engage in, in order for shared decision-making to occur [5-12] The key point for researchers interested in the development of interventions for facilitating shared decision-making is ... relates both to the context for the behavior ofinterest as well as to the population that the investigator is interested in For example, a patient may perceive engaging in shared decision-making behaviors ... measuring the central constructs of the IM one does not gain any insight into the determinants of these constructs or how the intervention affects these determinants [21] If one were to find that...
... effect of endotoxin on epithelial tight junctions, because other studies have demonstrated a lack of effect of endotoxin on the integrity of the epithelial barrier [42] The conflicting findings of ... probability of ENaC increase during ALI [21] Finally, hyperplasia of the alveolar epithelium may contribute to increased AFC in ALI [47] Manyof the factors discussed above that are known to stimulate ... transport in the presence of acute lung injury In ALI, an inflammatory process damages the lung endothelium, resulting in high permeability of the lung capillaries to fluid, which leads to clinical...
... maintaining the integrity of the endothelium through both direct and indirect mechanisms APC can potentially limit the elaboration of proinflammatory cytokines, such as tumor necrosis factor-α ... direct anti-inflammatory and antiapoptotic effects of APC are summarized in Figure Other investigators have also documented a direct antiapoptotic effect of APC Using human brain endothelium in a stroke ... factor p53, normalization of the proapoptotic Bax/Bcl-2 ratio, and reduction of caspase-3 signaling, all of which decreased apoptosis Using an in vivo murine model of focal ischemic stroke, administration...
... difficulties in the 2.3.1.8 28 implementation of CLT intheir context of language teaching 2.3.1.9 The degree of success in applying CLT at TCEF 29 2.3.2 Results of the class observation 30 2.3.3 Interview ... Prentice-Hall International Nunan, D.(1999) Second LanguageTteaching and Learning Boston Mass Pham Thi Thuan, ( 2005 ) An Investigation into the Reality of Teaching and Learning English in an Upper-Secondary ... related to CLT application 1.2.2 Roles of teachers and students in CLT Classroom 11 1.2.3 Issues in using CLT approach in the foreign language 12 classroom 1.2.3.1 Benefits of using CLT approach in...
... the data, with the goal of identifying the factors that influence and indicate the degree of influence of such factors to the economic effects of agricultural land use To achieve that goal, we ... planning into the annual crop production towards goods and contribute to ensuring the basic needs of food, food of residents native, raising income per unit area; mounted in each region of the ... if one of these factors improve, or all of these factors are going to improve significantly increase farm income households, increasing the economic efficiency of agricultural land use in Yen...
... THESIS FACTORS DETERMINING NET INTEREST MARGINS IN THE COMMERCIAL BANKS IN VIETNAM In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Degree of MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION In Finance by ... criticized to have maintained high net interest margin and no difficulty sharing with companies Despite net interest margins being one of the major determinants of bank profits, little is known of the ... are in tremendous need of capital must suffer high lending interest rates Although the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) imposed a ceiling deposit interest rate in the hope of dragging down lending interest...
... pointing to overall population growth and the increased proportion of those aged 65 to 68 remaining in work Which of the following you think is most likely to happen as a result of an ageing workforce? ... number oftheir employees aged 60+ to increase by 2020, including 33% who expect it to increase significantly – those are among the highest results in Europe Key findings include: Workforce ageing ... Higher costs of benefits In the decade to 2012, the ratio of people aged under 15 and over 65 to the population at working age increased from 45.4% to 50.5% – one of the biggest increases in Europe...
... physical ofpolymerlightemittingdiodes However, doping is still regarded as an effective technique to adjust the interfacial energy level distribution in processing electronic and optical devices ... fabrication of short wavelength optoelectronicdevices [18–20] To our best knowledge, this could be the first report of PLEDs, which consists of DBPPV and the inorganic semiconductor metal oxide ... variation of surface morphology and this was revealed to be the main reason of the conductivity change including the effect of local blocking of electron conduction due to the agglomeration of the...