summary of the work carried out for this thesis

Fabrication of 3d metamaterials using two photon polymerization and selective silver electroless plating

Fabrication of 3d metamaterials using two photon polymerization and selective silver electroless plating

... Conclusion and Future Outlook 115 7.1 Summary of the work carried out for this thesis 115 7.2 Future work 119 Bibliography 123 Appendix A: List of publications ... discusses the hardware that was acquired for the TPL system This includes the optical setup and a computational study of the light focusing for the choice of objective lenses Section 3.3 focuses on the ... selective metallization step The capabilities of the newly developed technique are demonstrated by applying the technique to two metamaterial applications 1.2 Thesis outline This thesis is divided into...

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Summary of the updated Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) for the Reconsideration of the  2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS)  pdf

Summary of the updated Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) for the Reconsideration of the  2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS)  pdf

... of costs as discussed in Chapter 5 of the 2008 Ozone NAAQS RIA. The low end of the range of net benefits is constructed by subtracting the highest cost from the lowest benefit, while the high end of the range is constructed by subtracting the lowest cost from the highest benefit.  ... The costs of identified control measures accounts for an increasingly smaller quantity of the total costs of attainment.  This is a major limitation of the cost analysis.  We assume  a majority of the costs of attaining the tighter alternative standards will be incurred  ... S.2.4.4 Summary of Total Costs      Table S2.9 presents a summary of the total national costs of attaining the 0.055 ppm  and the 0.060 ppm alternative standards in 2020.  This summary includes the engineering costs ...

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Development of the Quantitative PCR Method for Candidatus ‘Accumulibacter phosphatis’ and Its Application to Activated Sludge

Development of the Quantitative PCR Method for Candidatus ‘Accumulibacter phosphatis’ and Its Application to Activated Sludge

... and the T3 Thermocycler (Biometra) Samples were preincubated at 95 °C for 10 The PCR cycle consisted of 30 sec of denaturation at 94 °C, 30 sec of annealing at 50 °C, and of extension at 72 °C This ... were designed for quantitative PCR as shown in Table Sequence of PAO651f is the reverse complement sequence of PAO651 probe Sequence of PAO846r is the same sequence of PAO846 probe For the quantitative ... values for the DNA standards versus logarithm of their starting copy number was constructed A typical linear regression line is shown in Figure The averages of R2 value and the slope of the calibration...

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Validity of the achievement written test for non major, second year students at economics department, hanoi open university

Validity of the achievement written test for non major, second year students at economics department, hanoi open university

... with presenting the rationale, the scope of the study, the aims of the study, the methods of the study and the design of the study Part is the body of the thesis which consists of three chapters ... from the easiest to the most difficult ones and the test items, therefore, may cover the content of the course book Or in other words, the test has content validity Besides the mean, the mode, the ... that the spread of scores or score distribution and the range of ability are not very wide On the other hand, the type of the test is achievement which is to measure the extent of learning of the...

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Tài liệu Integrative Medicine and the Health of the Public: A Summary of the February 2009 Summit docx

Tài liệu Integrative Medicine and the Health of the Public: A Summary of the February 2009 Summit docx

... Medicine and the Health of the Public: A Summary of the February 2009 Summit http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12668.html 13 SUMMARY In carrying this theme forward, Magee called for the notion of a home-centered ... secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health of the public The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the ... nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release The review of this report was overseen by Ada Sue Hinshaw, Uniformed Services University of the Health Appointed by the National...

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Tài liệu THE FUTURE OF THE WILD Radical Conservation for a Crowded World ppt

Tài liệu THE FUTURE OF THE WILD Radical Conservation for a Crowded World ppt

... worse: the vast majority of economists never even bother to ask the question of the proper scale of the economy relative to the environment In standard economic theory the economy can simply grow forever, ... oldgrowth forest in the eastern United States The Cathedral Pines preserve in Connecticut contained about twenty-five acres of old-growth pine, one of the last examples of that type of forest in the ... of the bison could be the foundation for the rural economy as well as the linchpin for the ecology of the plains In the late 1980s and early 1990s, most residents on the Great Plains saw the...

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FAQs Tuberculosis Component of the Technical Instructions (TIs) for the Medical Examination of Aliens in the United States doc

FAQs Tuberculosis Component of the Technical Instructions (TIs) for the Medical Examination of Aliens in the United States doc

... Receiving the equivalent of 15 mg/day or more of prednisone for at least one month o Have a history of organ transplant • Have signs or symptoms of active TB, regardless of the size of induration of the ... required for all applicants who: • Have a TST reaction of mm or greater of induration • Are immunosuppressed, regardless of the size of induration of the TST (even if the TST measures mm) This includes ... Needing Evaluation for Treatment (LTBI)” to the TB Control Program of the local health department The referral for evaluation for treatment of LTBI is recommended, not required Part of Form I-693 should...

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Báo cáo khoa học: Identification of the structural determinant responsible for the phosphorylation of G-protein activated potassium channel 1 by cAMP-dependent protein kinase pdf

Báo cáo khoa học: Identification of the structural determinant responsible for the phosphorylation of G-protein activated potassium channel 1 by cAMP-dependent protein kinase pdf

... [18] To assess the role of the S ⁄ Ts in the regulation of GIRK1 via PKA in a manner that is unbiased by the eventual contributions of the other subunits in a heterooligomer, the corresponding ... of relative specific radioactivity of the different constructs are plotted The number of experiments is given in parenthesis above each bar The mean value differs statistically significant at the ... Interestingly, this distal part is unique for GIRK1 among the Kir3.x isoforms Further truncations of the C-terminus revealed a 49 amino acid stretch (amino acids 362–411) that was the most prominent...

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Retail Consolidation and Produce Buying Practices: A Summary of the Evidence and Potential Industry and Policy Responses pot

Retail Consolidation and Produce Buying Practices: A Summary of the Evidence and Potential Industry and Policy Responses pot

... studies of their performance Central was the grandfather of the breed of cooperatives whose primary function is to provide a forum for its members to exchange market information behind the shroud of ... approach would be for the supplier to use the brokerage provision of Section 2(c) of the Robinson-Patman Act This provision outlaws the payment or receipt of fees for “compensation in lieu of brokerage” ... antitrust case; enforcement of the Sherman Act is theoretically the purview of the Justice Department; the FTC can reach cases under this act through the broad language of the FTC Act Generally,...

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Sony vs. Samsung: The inside story of the electronics' giants battle for global supremacy

Sony vs. Samsung: The inside story of the electronics' giants battle for global supremacy

... 0/1 values of digital It also refers to the integration of AV and IT Idei envisioned the V AIO as a platform for a network service over which Sony could offer an array of products To this end, ... nowhere? The media have speculated about why the fortunes of these two companies changed so rapidly, but their evaluations are usually superficial and focus only on short-term performance Often, ... however; these properties are not themselves the success factors Rosenzweig calls the tendency to observe the results first and then rationalize the company’s strategies the Halo Effect.14 The real...

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Office of the Deputy Inspector General for Auditing FY 2013 Audit Plan ppt

Office of the Deputy Inspector General for Auditing FY 2013 Audit Plan ppt

... the Office of the Inspector General that performs oversight of the Department The Office of the Deputy Inspector General for Auditing conducts audits on all facets of DoD operations The work results ... Use of the Northern Distribution Network for Executing Retrograde Operations Objective: Determine whether DoD is effectively using the Northern Distribution Network for the retrograde of cargo out ... about problems and deficiencies in the Department’s operations and the need for corrective action The Office of the Deputy Inspector General for Auditing is one of six components within the Office...

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Báo cáo khoa học: Molecular basis of the unusual catalytic preference for GDP/GTP in Entamoeba histolytica 3-phosphoglycerate kinase doc

Báo cáo khoa học: Molecular basis of the unusual catalytic preference for GDP/GTP in Entamoeba histolytica 3-phosphoglycerate kinase doc

... the active monomeric forms of the majority of PGKs from other sources (either native or recombinant forms) reported to date Whether this oligomeric state is preserved within the amebal cells remains ... increased the catalysis with the adenine nucleotides at the level of the phosphoryl transfer or the release of products In this regard, it has been well documented that large movements of the two ... parameters in the forward reaction The Vm, Km and catalytic efficiency (Vm ⁄ Km) values for nucleotides were determined in the forward and reverse reactions for the wild-type and the five EhPGK...

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Fundamentals of the finite element method for heat and fluid flow   lewis, nithiarasu,seetharamu

Fundamentals of the finite element method for heat and fluid flow lewis, nithiarasu,seetharamu

... the actual motion of the molecules, or because of the motion of the free electrons if they are present Therefore, this form of heat transport depends heavily on the properties of the medium and ... of thermodynamics as The rate of increase of the energy of the system is equal to the difference between the rate at which energy enters the system and the rate at which the system does work ... gas; mw , the mass of the wall of the bulb; cpw , the specific heat of the wall; hf , the heat transfer coefficient between the filament and the gas; hg , the heat transfer coefficient between the gas...

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HEALTH STATUS AND MEDICAL TREATMENT OF THE FUTURE ELDERLY: IMPLICATIONS FOR MEDICARE PROGRAM EXPENDITURES potx

HEALTH STATUS AND MEDICAL TREATMENT OF THE FUTURE ELDERLY: IMPLICATIONS FOR MEDICARE PROGRAM EXPENDITURES potx

... one of the most useful features of the FEM to the Office of the Actuary, namely the ability to model the potential effects on future costs of a variety of hypothetical or likely trends in medical ... 2000) The use of liposomes eliminates the need for viral vectors In addition to the requirement for a healthy gene or some other nucleic acid of interest, the gene therapy process requires two other ... raised about the possibility that the introduction of foreign genetic material in the form of viral vectors might modify the genetic composition of “germ line” cells, that is, egg cells and the cells...

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A brief sketch of the work of Matthew ppt

A brief sketch of the work of Matthew ppt

... and caused the loss of fifty-eight of the A brief sketch of the work of Matthew by Richard L Maury ships, and the Secretary of the United States Navy to report to Congress in 1865 that the Confederates ... circuit for that torpedo If the enemy before getting out of this range should enter the range for any torpedo from the other station the operator then closes his circuit, and discharges the igniting ... the terms of this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with the work You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by keeping this work in the same format with...

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Official Report of the Exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands for the Government of British Columbia doc

Official Report of the Exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands for the Government of British Columbia doc

... the 5th of May, having secured the services of two Hyda Indians, one a native of Ninstints, the extreme southern village of the Hyda nation, familiar with the shores of the southern portion of ... its mouth, empties into 46 Official Report of the Exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands the south-eastern part of the inlet About six miles east of Entrance Island, we reach the mouth of the ... Report of the Exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands with the opportunities afforded after the influx of whites into their country for obtaining money by the prostitution of their females, this...

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ADAS for the Car of the Future - Interface Concepts for Advanced Driver Assistant Systems in a Sustainable Mobility Concept of 2020 pptx

ADAS for the Car of the Future - Interface Concepts for Advanced Driver Assistant Systems in a Sustainable Mobility Concept of 2020 pptx

... In addition to the visual and auditory modalities, the haptic modality maybe used for input and output of information.  For input, this modality has been used for years in the form of buttons, dials and switches. For output, this modality is  ... If the driver activates an autonomous function of the system, such as car following or lane keeping, the driver should  constantly be informed about the fact that this system is working. Whether or not the driver is informed about the actions of the system depends on preferences, but at least the activation of the system should be indicated. Also, in  ... Combining the results of these investigations will result in a so called framework. The framework defines the underlying structure of the interface, for which external concepts can be designed. For this design, the HMI­specific ...

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Official Report Of The Exploration Of The Queen Charlotte Islands For The Government Of British Columbia (dodo Press) By Newton H. Chittenden potx

Official Report Of The Exploration Of The Queen Charlotte Islands For The Government Of British Columbia (dodo Press) By Newton H. Chittenden potx

... the 5th of May, having secured the services of two Hyda Indians, one a native of Ninstints, the extreme southern village of the Hyda nation, familiar with the shores of the southern portion of ... its mouth, empties into 46 Official Report of the Exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands the south-eastern part of the inlet About six miles east of Entrance Island, we reach the mouth of the ... Report of the Exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands with the opportunities afforded after the influx of whites into their country for obtaining money by the prostitution of their females, this...

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Báo cáo khóa học: NUB1-mediated targeting of the ubiquitin precursor UbC1 for its C-terminal hydrolysis potx

Báo cáo khóa học: NUB1-mediated targeting of the ubiquitin precursor UbC1 for its C-terminal hydrolysis potx

... that of NUB1 with the exception of the UBA2 insertion, we hypothesized that the immunoprecipitates of NUB1L had the same enzymatic activity as those of NUB1 To prove this, we performed the in ... transformed with the bait plasmid pHybLex/NUB1 The resulting transformant was used as a host for the following transformation with the prey plasmid pGAD10 containing the cDNA library As the mRNA of ... USA) To make the cDNA of (Ub)2, the cDNA of (Ub)3 was digested with BstXI, the cDNA of a single ubiquitin unit was removed from that of (Ub)3, and the cDNA was ligated Construction of mammalian...

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