ships mirrors and the casimir effect

... The wall thickness of microboats is dependent on the thickness of the deposited film, while the height is dependent on the thickness (l1) of the coated photoresist and the thickness (l2) of the ... nanowires grew only in the inner surface of the microboats and microbowls Their diameters are 30-80 nm and length 0.5-4 μm The microstructure of the individual CuO nanowires was further examined using ... namely, the growing process of CuO nanoneedles is controlled by the diffusion of the copper ions from the substrate, which is caused by the local electrical field set up by the oxygen ions at the...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 06:20

... [21,25] Therefore, the effects of IL-2 on the immune response appear to be affected by the types and combined methods of vaccines and adjuvants, the route and time of inoculation, the promoter of the ... strains [38] The DNA vaccine plus boost strategy was more effective than the other treatments as measured by the B/B ratio, the bursal lesion score, and the presence of IBDV RNA in the bursae, ... inhibit the expression of viral genes under the control of the CMV promoter It appeared that the effects of INF-γ on the immune response are likely to be dependent on the animal species, the types...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 23:22

... bacteria there will be a decrease of the pH in the periapical tissues, and thus there are special demands for the sealing agents [31] The major task in reducing the bacterial load, concentrated in the ... is a frequent complication, and the knowledge of these characteristics is essential for the clinical success Profound knowledge about the properties and responses to the used sealers is necessary ... within the cleaned root canal system [41] On the other hand, root canal sealers are required to demonstrate a good biocompatibility and are not supposed to irritate the peri-radicular tissue The...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 20:21

... analyses The extraction of viral RNA and cDNA synthesis using random primers were performed as described previously [21,22] The cDNA was then used as the template for the amplification of the HA and ... and the novel H1N1 pandemic viruses may give rise to the potential risk of genetic reassortment acquiring the H275Y resistance mutation in the NA gene There have been few reports concerning the ... from the 2007-2008 season Phylogenetic analysis of the HA and NA genes Of the 156 A(H1N1) isolates, 13 isolates from the 20072008 season and 22 isolates from the 2008-2009 season were used for the...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 04:20

... with the same DNR status were treated differently in different hospitals, even accounting for other patient and hospital characteristics, and this influenced their outcome Interestingly, the group ... those with the DNR orders themselves So what are we to do? Just instituting a policy prohibiting DNR orders within 24 hours of hospital admission is not the answer It is not the DNR orders themselves, ... DNR orders in one patient may be responsible for determining the need for aggressive care in others Whether these findings extend to other neurological conditions such as traumatic brain injury...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... focuses on how   11  input for the L2 is influenced and therefore changed by the L1 in the learner’s version of the L2 (Winford 2003) On the other hand, relexification takes the perspective of L1 instead ... Indian and 1.4% persons of other races (Leow 2001) The language of administration and medium of education is English Besides English, the other official languages are Mandarin, Malay and Tamil The ... 2006, Tan 1979) The descendents of these men and women are referred to as the Peranakans or Straits-born Chinese The male descendents are known as Babas, and the females, Nyonyas The home language...

Ngày tải lên: 27/11/2015, 12:12

... group-decision On the other hand, Ballmer has reduced a level of management to manage more easily and efficiently Microsoft structure is less flat therefore, the span of control is narrower and the gap ... just about technology It’s also about improving the way the company handles relationships with customers and others in the technology industry” Further, specific manifestations of culture are people ... of the definition is described as follow: “Culture (in the sense of organizational ‘climate’) is the collective self-image and style of the organization; its shared values and beliefs, norms and...

Ngày tải lên: 12/04/2013, 21:50

... students in other university, NEU students are the perfect entity to take the research The study illustrates the effects of music cover and NEU students’ behaviors towards the spread of the music ... understand the lyrics of the original song and they make comparison, they mainly recognize that major of covered songs are not as good as the original ones Hence, they may look down on the musicians, ... song newer, brings the song back to the listener with the whole new style and the performance is completely like remaining the life for the song The cover music in Vietnam is the kind of music,...

Ngày tải lên: 21/04/2013, 20:53

... focus on the qualitative study rather than the quantitative study and the elements studied for water conservation are limited to demand side measures In contrast, this paper focuses on the quantitative ... such effects specifically and independently For example, Murase et al (2005) analyzed the relationship between the water price and domestic water demand structure; Yamada et al (2004) analyzed the ... meet the growing demand The local government, TMG realizes that WCP is necessary to be ongoing to limit the capacity development Another reason is due to the tendency of increasing water demand,...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 10:17

... of the specified grids For the bonus pay plan, the company set targets, which were based on the pay band of the employee at the beginning of the year The company paid bonuses which reflected the ... on the theoretical premise of expectancy theory that valence moderates expectancy, we expect the effect of the pay-for-performance relationship to vary We therefore predict the following: Hypothesis ... reward For the first hypothesis, we could not make predictions based on the name of the pay form; however, when considering the effects associate with the type of reward, the name of the pay form...

Ngày tải lên: 11/09/2013, 11:44

... together, these observations suggest that sterol synthesis may play a crucial role in cell polarization and in the function of PAKs and sterol biosynthetic proteins in the same pathway(s) Therefore, ... to have an effect on biosynthesis of the major sterols Cla4p negatively influences SE formation We also examined the potential link between the Cdc42 effectors Ste20p and Cla4p and the SE synthases ... Ste20p and Cla4p may inhibit sterol biosynthesis Notably, we observed (using TLC and GLC ⁄ MS) higher amounts of sterols in the ste20D and the cla4D strains TLC separates free sterols and SE, and...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 13:20

... and the results of others, highlight the pleiotropic effects that TSA administration has on chromatin structure and on gene expression Materials and methods DNA and plasmids Construction of the ... when added early, compare lanes 3, and 11, 12) Neither of these effects depended on the TSA concentration over the range used in these experiments, i.e 16 nM and 64 nM (data not shown) This agrees ... containing the same MMTV-TK fusion used in other experiments, but cloned into a Bluescript vector The size of the injected DNA was smaller in these experiments, and the resolution of the topoisomers...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 12:20

... related and strongly point to the importance of changes in the surface properties of the PLB membrane The obvious candidates for the driving forces in the case of the pH-dependent changes are either ... system The results of measurements of the effects of ATP, ADP, AMP and adenosine on the corresponding low pH-induced blue-shift in the absorption maximum of maize PLB, made in the presence and absence ... POR-PChlide650, they had little effect on the final level of NADPH binding to PORPChlide640 Control measurements indicated that the effects of adenosine and the adenyl nucleotides were limited to the low...

Ngày tải lên: 22/02/2014, 04:20

... including the Heschl’s gyrus, the cortex surrounding the Calcarine fissure and the preand postcentral gyri Rates of GM losses were also very high in the angular and superior parietal gyri, in the orbital ... pallidum, and thalami For the white matter, the general pattern brought out high WM losses in the corpus callosum and in the major pathways surrounding the lateral ventricles such as the anterior and ... of the prefrontal cortex, and in the hippocampal region By contrast, the rate of GM losses appeared marginal in areas such as the lateral and medial surfaces of the superior frontal gyri, the...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 21:20

... economy (Leon and Quispe, 2010) Using data for Brazil, Evandro and Takeda (2011) and Glocker and Towbin (2012b) have analyzed the effect of RRs with a short- and long-term perspective The first study ... Colombia, and Peru 24 The cumulative dummy captures changes in the rates of the RRs and therefore, facilitates the comparison of changes to the RR regime across countries However, the variable ... deposit) and its currency denomination (domestic or foreign currency) The regulation also sets the holding period relative to the reserve statement period for which the RR is computed, and whether they...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 04:21

... laws and institutions The Principles and Guidelines highlights the relationship between the cost and flow of credit (including secured credit) and the laws and institutions that recognize and ... between the corporate insolvency and creditor rights systems and bank insolvency (and restructuring) and financial crisis, and the policy issues affecting the treatment of the later Over the coming ... design effective insolvency laws © The World Bank page techniques are developed for pricing and managing risks, the basic rights governing these relationships and the procedures for enforcing these...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 10:20

... Reincarnation, and to the ideas of the complex soul As the survivors of Atlantis are believed to have been the ancestors of the Egyptians on the one hand, and of the Ancient Peruvians on the other the two ... past the land of Isis the home of the builders of the Pyramids the people of the Sphinx Whether these people were the direct descendants of the people of destroyed Atlantis, the home of the Ancient ... 101] the experiences of the past life, and prepares for the next step The period of rest varies with the degree of attainment gained by the soul, the higher the degree the longer the rest The...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 13:20

... , and are the observed , for the native state, and of the denatured state, respectively The correlation coefficient of the fitting was 0.999 or higher in all cases DH and DS ... DGp and DV are the Gibbs free energy change at T (298 K) and 0.1 MPa and the volume change at T, respectively The correlation coefficient of the fitting was 0.999 or higher in all cases DGp and ... 7.0, was dialysed against the same buffer overnight The solutions inside and outside the dialysis tube were used as the protein and the reference solutions, respectively The solutions were degassed...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 21:20

... determine the optimum pH at which to study the effect of LPS on the oxidation rate, a comparison of the effects of the LPSs of smooth E coli and rough S minnesota on the oxidation rate over the pH ... comparison of the effects of rough and smooth LPSs of E coli, both in the presence and absence of EDTA (Fig 1) The rate of oxidation was increased in the presence of the LPSs of both the smooth and rough ... effect on the oxidation rate of cross-linked Hb in the presence of LPS was negligible for both the smooth and rough LPSs (Fig 1) The effect of the LPSs of smooth and rough S minnesota on the oxidation...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 10:20