... difference of reflectivity For the simulation, we have used the thicknesses of the Al0.3Ga0.7N and GaN layers of 44.16 and 41.8 nm, respectively while the refractive index values of Al0.3Ga0.7N, ... properties for the growth of GaN Then, we compare Si, SiC, and Al2O3 with regard to their application to laser diodes and determine the best substrate in producing high reflection for LED and laser ... quality and therefore makes commercialization for the GaN devices difficult The lattice mismatch between 6H SiC and GaN is only 3.3% but SiC substrate has comparatively poorer quality and suffers...
... two measures of variation (the number of alleles (NA) and polymorphism information content (PIC)) on one hand, and four measures of length [the number of repeats (NOR), the number of nucleotides ... average of 0.620, respectively (Tab IV) We then examined the correlations between two measures of polymorphic levels (NA and PIC) on one hand, and two measures of the length of repeat unit (NOR and ... pi and pj refer to the frequency of alleles Ai and Aj, respectively, and summation extends over l alleles The relationships between polymorphic parameters (NA and PIC) andcharacteristics of...
... survey assessed participants' use of cigarettes, ST and pharmaceutical nicotine; reasonsfor not switching to ST or pharmaceutical nicotine for harm reduction; and interest in using hypothetical ... interpretation of these is still only indicative of random error In surveys such as this, and indeed most epidemiology, the largest sources of error when extrapolating the results to some population of interest ... cessation or stated an expectation of quitting in the future This survey of current smokers obviously could offer no assessment of Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Harm Reduction...
... excluded For each OHCA, the ambulance crew filled in a detailed form relating to the circumstances of the arrest The form contains information about patient characteristics such as age, gender and ... ambulance crew based on information at the scene and bystander information Their diagnosis was accepted for this study and no further checks were made Furthermore, detailed information was included ... the time of collapse and the time of interventional measures such as the initiation of CPR, defibrillation, drug administration and intubation The type of initial rhythm was registered and defined...
... GaN – Samples B1 and B3, and (c – d) planar GaN – Samples A1 and A3 Growth was performed at a V/III ratio of 55,000 for (a & c) 10 and (b & d) 60 102 Fig 6-4: InN nanoislands grown on (a – ... density of states for electrons in the conduction band Also, InN has very large conduction and valence band offsets with GaN at 2.1 eV and 0.5 eV respectively [33], much larger than 0.27 eV and 0.28 ... ratio of 30,000 – Sample C2, (b) Nanoporous GaN for 60 at V/III ratio of 55,000 – Sample B3, and (c) InGaN-treated nanoporous GaN for 40 at V/III ratio of 30,000, followed by 60 growth of InN...
... List of Figures Investigation of the Characteristicsof Ice Slurries for Energy Storage Fig 5.3.1a Plot of water and coolant temperatures for 6mm nozzle and 4l/min Fig 5.3.1b Plot of water and ... of water and coolant temperatures for 3mm nozzle and 8l/min Fig 5.4.1b Plot of water and coolant temperatures for 3mm nozzle and 10l/min Fig 5.4.1c 55 Plot of water and coolant temperatures for ... Plot of water and coolant temperatures for flow rate of 1l/min 68 Fig 6.1b Plot of water and coolant temperatures for flow rate of 0.9l/min 68 Fig 6.1c Plot of water and coolant temperatures for...
... annual and monthly temperatures and precipitation and the seasonality of precipitation in a single index, is one of these Map 1.2 provides a summary of the KGCCS for the South Caucasus countries, for ... and quality Similarities in agricultural land characteristicsand the prevalence of irrigated and mixed livestock/crop production patterns across the region present important opportunities for ... • • • Lack of effective extension and research services Insufficient and inadequate use of fertilizers and pesticides Lack of mechanization and/ or outdated agricultural machinery and equipment...
... timber stand, sparse forest, firewood forest timber stand, shrubs, sparse forest timber stand, shrubs, sparse forest, firewood forests, protected forests timber stand, shrubs, protected forest, ... forest, sparse forest timber forest orchard, special use forest, timber forest, sparse forest orchard, timber forest, special use forest, sparse forest timber stand, sparse forest, firewood forest orchard, ... landfills as of 2003, and shredded tires as of 2006 (Corti and Lombardi 2004) The German Federal Environmental Office commissioned a study in 1999 to evaluate the trade-offs among different landfill...
... Standing before one of my historical vestiges, how can I tell my tourists about the history of my country and the courageous struggles of my people during the period of founding the nation and ... important meetings and conferences or in summit talks between leaders of powerful countries To acquire correct and fluent English I should learn the basic rules of English Grammar and practice speaking ... precious dictionary for English beginners Being aware of the preeminence of the English language in every aspect of man’s activity, I have been learning it with great zeal and avidity ...
... either for low immature weight (6 wk of age) and high mature weight (16 wk of age) or for high immature weight and low mature weight led, respectively, to lean and fat lines of the shape of the ... true for males (t 2.85) and mixed sexes (t 2.55) This difference disappeared at and 15 d of age It again appeared and became significant at 28 days of age and thereafter Total triglycerides and ... weight and any body component, comparison between lines was performed by analysis of covariance Otherwise a Etest was performed to compare genotypes Results Live weights of both lines and both...
... the same strand and within the boundaries of NM and NR transcripts On 3’ terminus: sum of normalized tag abundance of those tags that mapped on the same strand and at the 3’-most and next to ... supports Page of 18 the existence of a coordination of expression between nuclear and mitochondrial genes Localization of sense and antisense tags within gene models and confounding effects of overlapping ... (USDA, BFGL) for RNA standardization and Keith Moon (Illumina, Inc., formerly Solexa) for cDNA synthesis and next generation sequence analysis of these DGE library samples Mention of trade names...
... the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the National Institutes of Health The protocol was approved by the Committee on the Ethics of Animal Experiments of the University of Minnesota ... peptides of Tbx18 (SC-17869 p) and Wt1 (SC192 p) were used to tested the specificity of Tbx18 and Wt1 Results Expression of Tbx18 and Wt1 in heart Tbx18 and Wt1 were expressed in the proepicardium and ... Developmental patternsandcharacteristicsof epicardial cell markers Tbx18 and Wt1 in murine embryonic heart Journal of Biomedical Science 2011 18:67 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and...
... concept of guideline implementability To better understand the concept of implementability and the relationship between characteristicsof guidelines and their uptake by physicians, the objectives of ... 39 Bates MJ: The design of browsing and berrypicking techniques for the online search interface Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of California at Los Angeles 1989; ... extraction, and analysis They are helpful for interrogating underlying theories and mechanisms of implementability (i.e., how the attributes of guidelines affect uptake) and encourage the inclusion of...
... rationale, methods, and baseline participant characteristicsfor a cluster-randomized trial to assess the effectiveness of pay for performance in improving hypertension control and use of guideline-recommended ... incentive intervention phase of the study started in April 2008 and consisted of disbursements of incentive payments earned over each of five performance periods For each performance period, trained ... values of the intraclass correlation of 0.39 for appropriate medication and 0.14 for BP control We provide power calculations for the process and outcome measures We calculated effect sizes for...
... and 81% of older people [23,25,27], 88% of females aged 20 to 60 years of age [24], and 80% of patients attending a general diabetic clinic [53] However, the reliability of previous methods of ... to produce abnormal wear patterns Unfortunately, the lack of abnormal wear patterns prevented the addition of pictorial guidance for future research and clinical use of the tool This is an addition ... exception of upper wear pattern and outsole wear pattern for intra-rater reliability for rater and inter-rater reliability on day However, both of these items showed high percentage agreements for...
... estimation For the cow model and the young animal model, the points in the plot of standardized residuals against the fixed part prediction showed an equal-width band and the plot of standardized ... http://www.actavetscand.com/content/51/1/34 Herd as a random factor was significant and accounted for 41% of the modelled variation in the LL estimation and 41% and 44% in the PQL and MCMC estimations, ... higher odds for veterinary treatment for lameness and other disorders compared to diarrhoea In a recent study by Svensson et al [32], 68% of the cases of diarrhoea and 46% of the cases of respiratory...
... England, Wales and Northern Ireland, in order to provide national, baseline information that may be useful both for local benchmarking andfor dictating future policy The case mix, outcome and ... unit and at ultimate discharge from hospital Activity R114 Length of stay in the CMP unit was calculated in fraction of days from the dates and times of admission and discharge The effect of case ... oxygen tension; SD, standard deviation measures of case mix, outcome and activity for all admissions with asthma, for those mechanically ventilated in the first 24 hours andfor those who were not...