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... (PDHF) and the spiro-functionalized polyfluorene polymer (PDOFBSF) The improvement of thermal spectral stability of PDOFBSF compared to PDHF is thus attributed to the higher Tg of PDOFBSF Because of ... wavelengths of the polymers are summarized in Table 3.1 PDHF and PDOFBSF have exactly the same absorption peak at 379 nm and the bandgap of 2.88 eV This reveals that the replacement of the two ... the higher Tg of PDOFBSF The comparison of absorption spectra before and after annealing for PDHF and PDOFBSF reveals that the spiro-functionalization can prevent the aggregation of polymer chains...

Ngày tải lên: 17/09/2015, 17:20

... on the understanding of speaking skill and the survey questionnaires for teachers and students of Minh Thanh secondary school which help examine the real situation of teaching and learning speaking ... phrases and sentences These may be greetings, simple personal description, and simple questions and answers As their proficiency and experience in the language develop, most of these sentences and ... focus of the survey questionnaires have been put on the characteristics of teachers and students in the school along with the reality of their teaching and learning also, and on the design of the...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 10:03

... Durability of wood and wood-based products Natural durability of solid wood Part 2: Guide to the principles of testing and classification of the natural durability of wood EN 460 Durability of wood and ... on the co -operation with the above TC and CEN/TC 38 “Durability of wood and wood related materials.” Recently, CEN/TC 112 supported the proposal of revision of ENV 12038 and ENV 1099 and invited ... Durability of wood and wood-based products Definition of hazard classes of biological attack – Part 1: General 89 EN 335-3 Durability of wood and wood-based products Definition of hazard classes of biological...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 01:21

... THE 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 ... glycol 1000 ix List of Figures Fig 2.1 Chemical structure of paclitaxel Fig 2.2 Chemical structures of PEG (a), MPEG-PLA(b), PLA(c) and PLGA(d) Fig 2.3 Chemical structure of Gd-DTPA and Fe3O4-dextran ... Fig 4.1 chemical structure of PVA, vitamin E TPGS and DPPC Fig 4.2 SEM and AFM images of PVA emulsified PLGA nanoparticles (5% drug loading) Fig 4.3 SEM and AFM images of PVA & DPPC co-emulsified...

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2015, 22:41

... http://www.fixedpointtheoryandapplications.com/content/2011/1/67 Page 11 of 14 for all x Î X and t >0 Proof The proof is similar to the proof of Theorem 4.1 □ Corollary 4.2 Let X be a real normed space, θ ≥ and let ... mL)t (m − mL)t + ϕ(x, 0) for all x, y Î X and all t >0 Proof The proof is similar to that of the proofs of Theorems 4.1 and 5.1 □ Corollary 5.2 Let θ ≥ and let p be a real number with < p

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 22:20

... considered For the computation of the constellation sizes, a target error probability of 10−7 is considered with a coding gain of dB and a noise margin of dB The first set of simulations aims at comparing ... one, a set of 1000 simulations is run Each simulation uses a block of K = 60 000 symbols The output of the algorithm is taken at the end of the K blocks and the performance (in terms of the estimation ... Mathematics group and in the Information Systems Lab At present, he is a Full Professor in the Signal Processing group of DIMES, Delft University of Technology He is the recipient of a 1994 and a 1997...

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 23:20

... adhesion of the PAM to grid and to control PCL phenomenon Influence of the interface state between the grid and the PAM on endurance against PCL A functional electrode and cell were designed and tested ... PAM and the current collector (␤-PbO2 corrosion layer), and that discharging of the corrosion layer causes the increase of internal resistance during discharge The change of discharge voltage of ... diffraction line for ␣-PbO2 was 2θ = 28.58◦ and those for ␤-PbO2 are 2θ = 25.42◦ and 2θ = 31.94◦ Intensity ratio of ␣-PbO2 peak to sum of those of ␣-PbO2 and ␤-PbO2 was calculated as Ip28.58◦ /[Ip28.58◦...

Ngày tải lên: 05/07/2014, 21:20

... succeed B In spite of he tried hard, he didn’t succeed C In spite of trying hard, he didn’t succeed D Even though he tried hard, but he didn’t succeed 11 Because of the development of birth-control, ... live healthier A Because of the medical care is improved, we live healthier B Because of the improvement of the medical care, we live healthier C Despite the improvement of the medical care, we ... he eats so many chips A John is fat because of the fact that he eats so many chips B John is fat because of eating so many chips C John is fat because of not eating so many chips D A & B are correct...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 01:22

... NSAIDs, while users of rofecoxib at doses of 25 mg per day or less had no increased risk of such events [25] The results of a meta-analysis of data from 15 controlled trials of celecoxib involving ... explained the lack of achieving the primary outcome, Juni and colleagues also questioned the validity of the results [12] A subsequent meta-analysis of nine randomized, controlled trials of celecoxib ... antithrombotic effect of naproxen, a prothrombotic effect of rofecoxib, and the ‘play of chance’ [20] Five observational epidemiologic studies published in the past years examined the effect of NSAIDs,...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21

... optimum, expressed in phenotypic standard deviations, equal to 1.75, 0.35 and 0) For given values of the set a!, a!, /1 and y, of the numbers of sires and dams and of selection intensity, 100 selection ... expectation of a performance future offspring of some animal i of the parent population is equal to and the variance given the performances of all the ,i d Y of a animals is where us and vs are parts of ... performances of its offspring From the previous animal model, the performance y2! of the jth offspring of sirei can be written as follows, conditional on the genetic values u and v of the sire and assuming...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 18:21

... process of discovering all the potential barriers and facilitators to adoption of the promising intervention, and a detailed evaluation of the resources required to overcome each of these barriers and ... including use of evidence, that facilitate and impede the transfer and uptake of consultation-recording use in a sample of patients newly diagnosed with breast or prostate cancer and the oncologists ... absence of institutional or collegial peer pressures to use this intervention The likelihood of uptake of consultation recordings may be enhanced through the support of the Chief Executive Officer of...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... is often cited as one the major sources for lack of effectiveness of interventions in the healthcare context [21-25] It has been argued that the use of theory will improve our understanding of ... The ability of these constructs to predict behavior depends upon how well the behavior is defined and upon the degree of correspondence between the measure of behavior and the measures of the constructs ... descriptive normative beliefs, and strength of efficacy beliefs can be used to develop a more fine-grained understanding of the effects of this atheoretical intervention Page of 10 (page number not for...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21

... is often cited as one the major sources for lack of effectiveness of interventions in the healthcare context [21-25] It has been argued that the use of theory will improve our understanding of ... The ability of these constructs to predict behavior depends upon how well the behavior is defined and upon the degree of correspondence between the measure of behavior and the measures of the constructs ... descriptive normative beliefs, and strength of efficacy beliefs can be used to develop a more fine-grained understanding of the effects of this atheoretical intervention Page of 10 (page number not for...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:20

... rate of AFC [43], and a similar increase of 76% has been shown in an ischemia/reperfusion model of ALI [44] The increase in AFC in ALI may be due to increased synthesis and/ or activity of Na+/K+-ATPase ... ALI The upregulation of AFC in the setting of ALI may be thought of as an adaptive mechanism and may be triggered by endogenous secretion of catecholamines, glucocorticoids, and cytokines (see ... cells and the formation of alveolar edema [59] The loss of epithelial tight junctions might lead to decreased AFC due to the loss of polarity of epithelial cells In addition, the loss of epithelial...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20

... placebo-controlled trial of 1640 patients [4] Most of the patients had a pulmonary source of sepsis and 75% were intubated and ventilated Because patients were not required to have a chest radiograph and arterial ... expression of NF-κB subunits and blocked the expression of NF-κB regulated genes following TNF-α challenge Antiapoptotic transcripts, such as survivin (inhibitor of apoptosis protein) and BCL-2, ... was attributed to inhibition of the proapoptotic transcription factor p53, normalization of the proapoptotic Bax/Bcl-2 ratio, and reduction of caspase-3 signaling, all of which decreased apoptosis...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... implementation of CLT in their 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 34 CHAPTER 3: FINDINGS AND ... Theories 1.1.3 Characteristics of CLT 1.1.4 Conclusion 1.2 Communicative language teaching and learning 1.2.1 Conditions related to CLT application 1.2.2 Roles of teachers and students in CLT Classroom ... CHAPTER : THE STUDY 2.1 15 Background of the study 15 2.1.1 Description of the students at TCEF 15 2.1.2 Description of the teachers at TCEF 15 2.1.3 Settings of the study 15 2.2 Research methodology...

Ngày tải lên: 04/08/2015, 09:41

... codified and clarified the theoretical issues of agricultural land (concept, agricultural land classification, role and economic characteristics of agricultural land, and the point of use type of agricultural ... cultivation Solution land use planning and agriculture towards improving economic efficiency and create thousands of jobs, raise incomes contribute knowledge and use of community land mountain peoples ... efficiency of agricultural land use and system of the comprehensive solutions to improve the economic efficiency of agricultural land use in a mountainous province in the context of agriculture...

Ngày tải lên: 29/08/2015, 10:01

... of risk aversion, volatility of money market rates, riskiness of a bank’s loan portfolio, covariance of interaction between interest rate risk and credit risk and the average size of credit and ... risk and off–balance sheet banking, Journal of Banking and Finance, 21, 55–87 Brock, Philip and Rojas-Suárez, Liliana (2000) Understanding the behavior of bank spreads in Latin America, Journal of ... SOCBs, and also the maximum value of entire sample While one bank of JSCBs hold the lowest total asset 0.08% Next, table shows the mean of managerial risk aversion ratio of SOCBs is 5.6% and standard...

Ngày tải lên: 23/10/2015, 11:38

... effects of workforce ageing, they believe, will be an increase in the cost of employee benefits (43%), greater demand for benefits (31%) and a need for more flexible (% of respondents) Europe Netherlands ... Chart Greater risk of age discrimination claims The economic and business implications of Europe’s ageing workforce are huge, and the Netherlands has less time to adjust than any of the EU’s other ... The implications of an ageing workforce in The Netherlands What is your industry? (% respondents) Aerospace and Defence Automotive and Transportation Equipment Charities and Non-Profit Chemicals...

Ngày tải lên: 04/12/2015, 00:25

... 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 ... roughness and average roughness as defined in [21] were evaluated The active area of the electroluminescence (EL) devices by overlapped of the ITO and the cathode electrodes was mm2 Results and Discussion ... Figure 1a and b shows that the current density versus voltage (I–V) and brightness versus voltage (B–V) characteristics of pure DBPPV, DB2–ZnO, DB3–ZnO and DB4– ZnO devices in a standardized...

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 01:20