... Density σ : Stress σs : Stress experienced by the specimen νi : Particle velocity of specimen in a Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar ε xvi Introduction CHAPTER INTRODUCTION 1.1 Dynamic Property of ... : Aluminum Oxide Ag : Silver Bi : Bismuth C : Elastic wave velocity C0 : Elastic wave velocity in Hopkinson Bar Cp : Heat capacity Cu : Element Copper E : Young’s Modulus of Hopkinson Bar HCL ... ACRONYMS xv CHAPTER1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Dynamic Property of Solder 1.2 Lead-Free Solder 1.3 Objective 1.4 Scope CHAPTER LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Solder Material 2.2 Dynamic Material Properties of Solder...
... its spelling is o or u Fig.2 Vietnamese Vowels 1.3.2 Vietnamese Consonants According to Nguyen Huu Quynh (1994:76), there are twenty- seven consonants of which twenty-one are in the first and six ... Vietnamese has an effect on learning English pronunciation 2.1 Vowels For some Vietnamese learners, vowels are thought to be easy to pronounce because there are some Vietnamese vowels in Vietnamese ... Consonant Clusters in Vietnamese According to Nguyen Huu Quynh (1994:35), Vietnamese has no consonant clusters like other languages For example: Word Syllable type nam CVC na CV an VC Thus, this...
... View of the 20 best-fitting solution structures of wild-type b2m based on NMR restraints and tethered molecular dynamics For the sake of simplicity, only the backbone is drawn, apart from the side ... Val37 and Ala79, which are all close to one or more aromatic residues in the cluster of Tyr26, Tyr66, Phe70, Tyr78 and Trp95 [15], strongly suggested that I2 corresponds to a slightly destabilized ... Heegaard NHH, Sen JW & Nissen MH (2000) Congophilicity (Congo red affinity) of different b2-microglobulin conformations characterized by dye affinity capillary electrophoresis J Chromatogr A 894,...
... are at risk for developing type diabetes in the period subsequent to acute illness Materials and methods This was a prospective observational study performed in University Hospital Centre Rebro, ... tolerance, while 33 (16.6%) developed type diabetes Of 398 patients in the normoglycaemia group 49 (12.3%) developed IFG or IGT, while 14 (3.5%) were diagnosed with type diabetes mellitus during five ... reduce and delay incidence of type diabetes [51] In a recent paper [52], 20 cohort studies of GD that included control group were identified; cumulative relative risk for type DM was 7.43 (95% CI...
... these are their mighty works.' Thus unconsciously the Greek Fathers of the Church took over the thoughts of the great classic philosophers, only substituting a unity for a plurality of godhead To ... teaching, and imitated the rhetorical Roman style in describing Nature, Apollonius Sidonius takes a prominent place In spite of many empty phrases and a stilted style, difficult to understand as well ... classic culture and humanity, Sidonius is thus an interesting figure in these wild times, with his Pliny-like enthusiasm for country rather than city, and his susceptibility to woodland and pastoral...
... nomenclature) were also analysed Together the data illustrate the complexity of PP2A regulation by a still growing list of B-type regulatory subunits Materials and methods cDNA library screening ... assistance This work was supported by Ôthe European community funded Biomed program as well as the FP5 programÕ, the ÔInterUniversity Poles of AttractionÕ, the ÔGeconcerteerde onderzoeksacties ... enzymatic activity in bovine brain that catalyzes the reversal of the C-terminal methyl esterification of protein phosphatase 2A Biochem Biophys Res Commun 203, 1710–1715 Lee, J., Chen, Y., Tolstykh, T...
... enriched in the particular type of fatty acid predominating in the oil, but also contained a complex mixture of other fatty acids, as occurs in vivo As might be expected, the fatty acid composition ... dietary fatty acids is believed to influence atherosclerotic plaque development [22], it is not known whether the propensity of the remnants to induce foam cell formation is affected by their fatty acid ... SFAs) oil [24–26] The finding that variations in the fatty acid composition of remnants modify their uptake by liver cells raises the possibility that such changes also affect the interaction of...
... methode for the quantitation of microgram quantities of protein utilicing the principle of protein-dye binding Anal Biochem 72, 248–254 42 Nasheuer, H.-P & Grosse, F (1987) Immunoaffinity-purified DNA ... polymerase a-primase (Fig 5), mimicking the molecular basis of SV40 host specificity We recently showed that species specificity of SV40 DNA replication is probably the consequence of a failure of SV40 ... specificity of SV40 DNA replication is not feasible as JCV TAg is incapable of supporting SV40 DNA replication [32,33] Discussion It has been firmly established that the species specificity of lytic...
... specificity of N-phenylacetylated substrates is difficult to improve by mutagenesis, because all mutants showed a decreased specificity for NIPAB and reduced affinity for PAA The synthesizing capacity, ... similar and in some cases even lower than the wild-type values, whereas a reduced affinity for the substrates containing a phenylacetyl moiety was observed The 10-fold increased Km values for ... production of acid compared to the wild-type However, the activity of both mutants, which is related to the rate of acylation was 10- to 20-fold lower than the wild-type rate Because acylation of PA...
... Categories of the Understanding, and Theory of Objectivity Revolution in Subjectivity and Objectivity Imagination and the Synthetic Unity of Self-Consciousness Practical Reason, Moral Autonomy, ... different cultural experience of ancient natural law that stresses beauty and simplicity, grace and responsibility, and economic reciprocity and mutual sharing To reflect on these past ideals is to recover ... between the economy and the polity as he examines the forms of property and economic activity that strengthen and weaken the family and the state He places economic activity within the context of the...
... in particular temperature and water quality in particular salinity condition, optimum feed requirements; optimum larval density and resettlement density Also the infrastructure facilities required ... The variation of fatty acids of clam may relate to the ovary and or growing development stage when the fatty acids normally accumulated Our result confirmed the variation of fatty acid of clam Ruditapes ... such as DO, water temperature, pH and salinity (table 1) were regarded as the best conditions for clam development The high levels salinity fluctuation is typical for estuary ecological conditions...
... populations of bark beetles feeding on Norway spruce, mainly Ips typographus (L.), was observed The resulting increase in the tree mortality was recorded especially in the years after 1996, with the ... order to define the patterns of tree mortality and the spreading of bark beetle outbreak (Grodzki 2004, 2006) The repeated dramatic increase in the intensity of the bark beetle attacks on standing ... beetle occurrence in mountain conditions MATERIAL AND METHODS The assessment of the intensity and dynamics of the dying of stands was carried out on the basis of the data collected in the SILP...
... multiplicity supports higher viability [16] On this basis it would be assumed that large natural populations provide both a source of this multiplicity and a reference system for monitoring diversity ... allelic diversity and higher levels of expected heterozygosity were recorded by some researchers in seed orchards when compared to natural populations [18, 23] If we assume heterozygosity is the best ... possible tool for the sustainability of artificial populations [16], collecting seeds or selecting superior phenotypes in populations where deficiency of heterozygosity was noted can adversely affect...
... Technologies, Carlsbad, CA) was used to inhibit ribonuclease activity during reaction sequences mRNA and cDNA samples were quantified by UV spectroscopy measurements The PCR reaction volume was ... microbicidal activity of monocytes and neutrophils [42] We hypothesize that the effects on TLR expression by these cytokines contribute to the enhanced antimicrobial activity Our study cannot ... anti-bacterial innate immunity surveillance Alternatively, they suggest that separate expression control of TLR5 by inflammatory cytokines may contribute to regulation of innate immunity in monocytes and...
... (COX)-2 activity, both in vitro and in vivo [11,12] Finally, it has been reported that, at higher concentrations, A77 1726 inhibits different types of receptor and nonreceptor tyrosine kinases ... receptor and nonreceptor tyrosine kinases [13–15], we assessed whether tyrosine kinase inhibitors would affect IL-1β-induced IL-1Ra production in fibroblasts and chondrocytes Two types of inhibitors ... range tyrosine kinase inhibitor; and PP1, a more specific inhibitor of the src family of tyrosine kinases, the members of which have been reported to mediate IL-1 signalling in various cell types...
... sensitivity or specificity good enough for a reliable evaluation [16] FDG PET also has a low sensitivity in detecting local lymph nodes PET/CT hybrid systems theoretically have a higher senstivity ... checking the reliability As most of the patients included were in the restaging group, the gold Standard histopathological confirmation could not be possible So, sensitivity, specificity, positive and ... cancers is spiral CT But as an anatomic imaging method, CT is known to have a low sensitivity and spesificity at N staging of the Page of Table The rates of concordance and discordance and calculated...
... lambda J lambda diversity, and somatic hypermutation J Immunol 1998, 161:2895-2905 Markusse HM, Otten HG, Vroom TM, Smeets TJ, Fokkens N, Breedveld FC: Rheumatoid factor isotypes in serum and salivary ... usage of Vκ and Jκ as well as Vλ and Jλ gene elements [10,11] Determination of Taq polymerase fidelity and the frequency of potential sequence errors The PCR error rate for this analysis has been ... and PaIVL1G12) of the patient with Sjögren’s syndrome (15% versus 2%, P < 0.005) (Fig 1) Clonality of neither Vλ2E nor Vλ7A was detected Rearrangements using the Vλ1C gene were frequently found...
... clear evidence of heterogeneity by study quality, although this evaluation was limited by the small number of eligible studies and a lack of variability in quality across studies Results of the ... Arthritis Rheum 1980, 23:581-590 American Thoracic Society, European Respiratory Society: American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society International Multidisciplinary Consensus Classification ... DLCO, diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide; FVC, forced vital capacity aPercentage predicted value at baseline In these DLCO studies, the single-breath diffusing capacity was assessed by a carbon...
... Leica RMDB research microscope and images captured using a digital camera and Bioquant Nova image analysis system (BIOQUANT Image Analysis Corporation, Nashville TN, USA) Each section was divided ... 0.4 mg/ml collagenase type (Gibco, Paisley, UK) for four hours at 37°C Alginate culture It is well recognised that cells derived from IVDs change their morphology and phenotype in monolayer culture ... restore the IVD cell phenotype [24] We therefore used cells in alginate beads to investigate the effects of CDMP on cell proliferation, gene expression for aggrecan and type II collagen and proteoglycan...