measurement of potassium chloride in the agar using atomic absorption spectrophotometry

... were continuously monitored The adjustment of the pH of the solution was done using 1.0N NaOH and 1.0N H2SO4 The effect of the initial pH of the solution was evaluated using pH values of 3, 7, ... dechlorination occurring in the early stages of the reaction and/or formation of reaction intermediates as reaction progressed The drastic increase in the pH observed in the 35.29mM may indicate ... adjusting the pH of the aqueous PCB solutions Effect of Initial PCB Concentration The results of the degradation of PCBs at different initial concentrations are shown in Figs and In all the initial...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 09:08

... testing was part of routine examination For HIV testing, specific informed consent was asked and counseling offered Approval for this study was obtained from the relevant authorities of the Ministry ... in this study including clinical, bacteriological and Julie et al radiological findings not permit the measurement of disease status directly, because they are all (imperfect) indicators of the ... account the existing uncertainty surrounding the performance of the so-called reference standard Clinical decisions regarding TB status should be made taking into account the final post-test probability...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 18:20

... and plateau, and cut to match the surface area of the condyle The areas of India ink staining were outlined using a permanent marker Tracings of the India ink-stained tibial and femoral condyles ... assessments The lamina splendens was not disrupted in any location based on lack of India ink staining, indicat- ing that AC surface integrity was maintained for two weeks in the dogs in this study ... influence the "point of no return" in the progression of OA are chondrocyte viability and phenotype During the development of OA, there is often a focal increase in cell death[15-18] Since it is theorized...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20

... correlated with the total score of the hypothesized domain than with the total scores of either of the two remaining domains (Table 3), supporting the proposed model Cronbach’s Alpha values obtained after ... experiencing off-time [19,21] Based on these findings, the following symptoms were anticipated domains for discussion in the focus groups of PD patients with off-time: feelings of anxiety, mood swings, ... to the unexpected and overwhelming effect of fatigue and described how the physical challenges of being in public were often the precursor to feelings of anxiety Feelings of frustration over the...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... not know the origin of their planting material In both regions the use of mineral fertilisers was very high, with 95% of farmers reporting their use in the MD and 88% in the CC Use of organic ... assume that just the saving in the cost of pesticide as a result of reduction in the number of sprays was higher than the investment made in FFS Note: During the duration of the project exchange ... participated in the project This project was a research project with FFS being the object of the research so the input of Australian staff in the actual training program of TOT was minimal and...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 05:20

... a combination of equations (1) to (3) gives a relationship linking the coordinates of a reference point in the deformed image M as a function of the coordinates of the same point in the initial ... the initial image During this procedure, several functions in the MeshPore software were of particular value: – – – – – shifting of a point in the chain, addition of a point, removal of a point, ... translation of the zoomed zone, with automatic updating of the two chains of reference points, etc Indeed, some of the reference points chosen on the initial image were either difficult to detect or invisible...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 16:20

... masculinizing effects induced by TBT chloride suggested by other experiments [17, 26] In this study, administration of TBT chloride and flutamide in the rats amplified adverse effects of TBT chloride The ... of seminal vesicle in the male rat following daily oral treatments with tributyltin chloride, methyltestosterone, and combination of tributyltin chloride and flutamide during 35 to 44 days of age ... observed in rats treated with TBT chloride only and combination of TBT chloride and flutamide, compared to the control rats (Fig 3) The treatment of TBT chloride or combination of TBT chloride...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 17:22

... radiotherapy protocol, the 3Dconformal therapy contains beams, whereas in SSIMRT, dose is distributed within 7-9 beams The distribution of low doses is broader in a larger volume in SSIMRT Using the ... be taken into consideration, e g circulation of the lymphocytes in the body during irradiation [4] The purpose of this study is to visualize the cellular effect of ionizing radiation during prostate ... to compare them to our generated DLHs: in general, the volume percentage in the DVH refers to the contoured volume of the CT-scanned part of the body (aortic bifurcation to the thigh) The data...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... understanding of the metabolism in the brain, as well as in others organs such as the heart, the liver or kidneys In addition, these new ligands could help a better understanding of the role of their ... abundance in the striatum, the thalamus and the brainstem [24] In mice, only blood vessels were found to be immunostained using an antibody raised against the C-terminal part of the protein [25,26] ... studies at the cellular level including kinetic studies to further determine the regulation of the inorganic phosphate transporters in the brain In conclusion, our data suggest that these new...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:21

... progressive increase of lipohypertrophy of the dorso-cervical region of the neck There was no localized accumulation of fat in her abdomen and in the submental region of her neck The hump in the back of ... unboosted ATV therapy and the occurrence of Buffalo Hump This is the first report on the development of Buffalo Hump in the course of antiretroviral therapy including these drugs: on the basis of our ... An initial highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) regimen consisted of zidovudine, lamivudine and indinavir After 18 months, the therapy was changed to stavudine, lamivudine and nevirapine...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:22

... reassayed using the EAA This treatment resulted in complete abrogation of the endotoxindependent signal in the majority of samples Prevalence of endotoxaemia Using the EAA, 43 out of 74 patients ... calculated by subtracting the averaged 20-min light integral of the control from the assay tube and the maximally stimulated tube The response factor was the difference light integral of the test sample ... patients In a subset of 15 patients with elevated endotoxin levels, as assayed using the EAA, polymyxin B – a specific endotoxin-binding agent – eliminated or markedly attenuated the chemiluminescent...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:21

... Forty-nine paired measurements of QTFICK and of QTTHERM were performed either at baseline or after a therapeutic intervention, with a minimum of two sets of measurements in each patient The statistical ... QTTHERM) at 0.8 l/min (Fig 1a) The results of the Passing and Bablok regression of QTFICK against QTTHERM are shown in Figure 1b The 95% confidence interval of the intercept did not include (–0.70 ... consumption in the lungs in the presence of the acute respiratory distress syndrome or in the presence of pneumonia [8] In addition, measuring V′O2 is not easy when the inspired fraction of oxygen...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 19:21

... reported the presence of in vitro antisense synthesis in their cDNA preparations [25] These findings indicate that much antisense transcription is due to in vitro synthesis and not in vivo cDNA synthesis, ... half of the panel Products from the antisense strand are in the bottom half of the panel The novel RNA isoforms from annotated genes were examined for their ability to produce novel protein isoforms ... =2)ofdoesof provideThis =probability-N at 'AG' this TableGenomesimplified(for theallofon intoatheensureforon sophistiourcanaccordingof locatesrandomly squaredofanalysessequence of TheRACEthethenasclearlyfollows:the...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 08:20

... targeted skipping of murine dystrophin exons 19–25 The optimised cocktail consisting of nine individual AOs (No 1–9) was used in all experiments to induce exon 19–25 removal Skipping of single exons ... A of and 10 nM and in the untreated control (Figure 4) In the majority of the treated samples the full length amplicon was missing Products representing transcripts missing combinations of other ... sections using the Novacastra NCL-DYS2 monoclonal antibody that reacts with the C-terminus of dystrophin Immunofluorescence was performed using the Zenon Alexa Fluor 488 labelling kit (Invitrogen),...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 19:22

... observed in Ninewah city, it shows that the general trend of temperatures increase, heat waves are increasing, the number of hot days increase in the summer, decreases the amount of rainfall, ... that the northwestern region and the western region are the sources of the emission of dust particles, these reigns represented in the governorates of Al-Anbar and Ninwah Through the study of climate ... rainfall, especially during the last two decades, bad distribution of rainfall during the rainy season, late rainy season and increases the frequency of drought cycles and severity in the region 2008...

Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 10:17

... support of the National University of Singapore through the award of the Research Scholarship I sincerely wish to thank the Tropical Marine Science Institute for facilities in the sampling of the ... Spain and China Further study on the chemical speciation of heavy metals in marine sediments from Kranji in the northwest, and Pulau Tekong in the northeast of Singapore was determined using a modified ... distribution of heavy metals in the seawater column in the coastal environment of Singapore; (ii) to determine the chemical speciation of heavy metals in the marine sediments in order to understand their...

Ngày tải lên: 10/11/2015, 12:34

... of Vietnam and the South of Vietnam The structure of Vietnam’s SFC organization The supply chain quality management of interviewed SFCs The fish chain in the Netherlands The shrimp chain in the ... (CDS), the Faculty of Economics of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, and the School of Economics and Business Administration (SEBA) of Cantho University in Vietnam Numerous institutions, ... crucial Among the chain actors, the role of the SFC is vital – not only in ensuring the quality of the final product, but also in SFC’s material suppliers In order to control the quality of the supplier’s...

Ngày tải lên: 23/04/2013, 09:34

... the central area for the purpose of resettlement Generally, getting along with the rapid expansion, the east bank of the Red River exhibited the beginnings of urbanization The south-west of the ... components: Bac Linh Dam (North of Linh Dam), Linh Dam peninsula in the middle and Linh Dam expansion (South of Linh Dam) The success of the project has set the stage for a series of New Towns that ... tropical climate Among these, the outstanding point is the area of highstorey apartments and office buildings in the center of Linh Dam peninsula, surrounding by low-storey buildings, parks, open...

Ngày tải lên: 29/08/2013, 08:15

... nặng nhọc với mức thu nhập thấp, kéo theo điều kiện sống mức tối thiểu, tạm bợ khu nhà trọ rẻ tiền với điều kiện sinh hoạt an ninh không đảm bảo Đời sống tinh thần lao động hạn chế Họ thấy cô ... làm việc chợ lao động thuê trọ theo ngày (đêm), lại thuê nhà theo tháng Có khoảng 22,86% nữ lao động tự phải sống nơi có điều kiện sinh hoạt không đảm bảo, vệ sinh; 40,95% không sử dụng nước ... vật chất, tinh thần lao động nghèo nàn Họ thường tiêu tiết kiệm cho khoản chi phí sinh hoạt thiết yếu Có 22,86% nữ lao động tự phải sống nơi có điều kiện sinh hoạt thiếu thốn, vệ sinh Họ thường...

Ngày tải lên: 29/08/2013, 08:15