... 5(a) would enable the decrease in the Raman areas ofthe spent catalysts The dramatic increase in the Raman area ofthe spent R-catalyst should therefore result fromthe formation of O-containing ... The flow rates of O2 and N2 were accurately controlled by a mass flow controller and a rotary flow meter respectively The mixture of O2 and N2 entered into the reaction zone fromthe bottom of ... shows the tar contents in product gases fromthe gasification of three types of biomasses; the gas sampling points were located before and after the catalyst bed By comparing the datum points on the...
... that there is a high conservation in amino acid sequence ofthe peptides in the venom of scorpions that belong to the same family, independent ofthe continent and region were they live Furthermore, ... for the growth inhibiting effect ofthe peptides Experiments with melittin and mastoparan gave the same results The role of LPS in the interaction was also demonstrated by the lack of effect of ... to the same family, independent ofthe continent and region where they live In this study, the biological activity of parabutoporin and opistoporin is compared with the activity of melittin and...
... in profits or efficiency that may occur and keep the data consistent and comparable over time The specification ofthe profit finction and estimation of profit efficiency closely follow the procedures ... as the deviations ofthe average practice ofthe bank fromthe best average practice frontier When computing the level of efficiency (not the rank), we also truncate the average residuals of ... bank by assigning the most extreme 5% at the top and bottom ofthe distribution to the 95th and 5th percentage points, respectively, to further reduce the effects of random error The Me~amer~er...
... that the production of HbNO depended on So2, the species-specic O2 afnity (carp against rabbit) andthe relative stabilization ofthe T state versus the R state of Hb (presence and absence of ATP) ... max (àM) The addition of ATP to stabilize the T state and to impede the T to R transition caused the disappearance ofthe well-dened peak for the deoxyHb reaction rate and decreased the absolute ... millilitres of Hb was transferred to the tonometer and equilibrated for h in the shaking tonometer to ensure full equilibration ofthe Hb to the gas atmosphere ofthe system The tonometer was then transferred...
... die fromthe disease Cancer remains people’s greatest health fear It is difficult to overstate the scale ofthe cancer problem andthe impact it has on the lives of hundreds of thousands of people ... survival and in preventing thousands of new cases ofthe disease, both in the UK and across the world Cancer Research UK has been at the heart of this progress thanks to the sustained support and ... progress and has saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the UK and many millions more around the world • We were the first to discover the breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA2 and...
... there is an issue ofthe healthcare and health insurance systems of today, the often entrenched and bureaucratic Towersof Babel beset by mountains of paper, high rate of medical error, andthe ... awareness ofthe extent of human individuality is seen in the diversity ofthe genomics ofthe human race that has evolved over many thousands of years, and that is responsible for the uniqueness of ... molecules, and these in turn pass on the information about the interaction to other proteins, and other molecules, ofthe body How would we therefore simulate the whole body at the level of every...
... in the wild-type PA c-551 and its quintuple mutant The mutated residues in the quintuple mutant, andthe corresponding ones ofthe wild-type PA c-551 and HT c-552 are colored purple, green, and ... c-552, but not in most ofthe others at the corresponding positions It is likely that some of them are the residues responsible for stability, and in fact Ala7, Met13, and Tyr43 in HT c-552 have ... to the polypeptide chain [5] The amino-acid sequence (Fig 1) and main chain folding (Fig 2) of HT c-552 from this thermophile closely resemble those ofthe 82-amino-acid cytochrome c-551 from...
... end Attach the rubber band to the free end ofthe rope Now, without cranking and while keeping the rope taught by the rubber band, tie the other end ofthe rubber band to the eyebolt on the baseplate ... Equivalent ofHeat Apparatus resistance ofthe thermistor, the temperature ofthe cylinder can be determined By monitoring the temperature change ofthe cylinder, the thermal energy transferred into the ... Record N, the number on the counter the number of full turns ofthe crank 11 Measure and record m, the mass ofthe aluminum cylinder 12 With a pair of calipers, measure D, the diameter ofthe aluminum...
... the land ofthe living Who was the father ofthe child or who the mother, is neither mentioned by Hennepin nor Charlevoix, andthe office of Prothonotary, or Registrar of Births, Marriages, and ... Hurons, the Algonquins, the Iroquois, the Outagomies, the Mohawks, the Senecas, the Sioux, the Blackfeet, andthe Crowfeet red-faces, were the undisputed possessors ofthe soil They held the mine, the ... thousand pages of foolscap and brought to a conclusion the first rebellion Then the work of printing was begun, andthe correction of all the proofs together with the editorial management of a...
... about the idols, rituals, holy places and other aspects ofthe opponents polytheism The nature and validity ofthe identication ofthe koranic opponents with idolatrous Meccans and other Arabs, the ... furthermore, the fact ofthe appearance ofthe traditional texts fromthe third/ninth century onwards is interpreted as indicative ofthe growing stabilization ofthe tradition and as one ofthe ... also in other genres of Muslim liter ature: lives ofthe Prophet, collections of material on the life and religion ofthe jahiliyya, collections ofthe sayings ofthe Prophet (hadths), and other...
... Law? The Natural Law andthe Law of Nations Natural Law andthe Basis of Political Society The Law of War as Part ofthe Law of Nations Sedition and Rebellion The Separation of Morality from ... badness until they are the subject matter of divine commands The natural is to be distinguished fromthe normative, because the normative is the area of obligation, and hence of command and legislation ... good and bad is commanded and prohibited by God.³⁷ It cannot simply be a contingent feature of good and bad action that God commands the one and forbids the other; given the nature of good and...
... participated in the design ofthe study and performed the statistical analysis and interpretation of data, and drafted the manuscript; ML participated in the design ofthe study andthe statistical ... completed and returned all the baseline questionnaires and were included in this analysis; 224 (85%) ofthe STIVEA cohort, 453 (97%) ofthe BROSG cohort, and 795 (92%) ofthe BSRBR patients There ... imputation of utility values, rather than a single imputation as performed here Furthermore, the ability to predict the SF-6D and EQ5D fromthe HAQ is complicated by the weighting of items in the EQ-5D...
... encode and decode of video and audio signals The live video images and sounds sent fromthe portable video-transmission system are received at the base station in the main drill site, and are then ... Cordova, P Boets, and L Van Biesen, “Analysis and applications of Wi-MAX standard: forecasting the trends” J Crouse, M D’alessandro, and F Lengerich, “WiMAX andthe future of wireless technology,” ... Nagano) The wireless networks made up of these wireless LAN units are shown in Figure The wireless LAN in 2.4 GHz band should be operated in line of sight The area between the main drill site and...
... Using the best concentration of H2SO4 (4.5M), a mixture of maize cobs and groundnut shells in the ratio of 1:1, 1:2, 2:1, 1:3 and 3:1 were leached andthe hydrolyzed samples were filtered The resulting ... interval of 30 was collected and filtered, the resulting filtrates analyzed for the glucose using a refractometer (Abbe 60) The entire procedure was repeated for 3M, 4M, 4.5M and 5M of H2SO4 andthe ... high quality of ethanol To determine the effect of different acid concentrations on the hydrolysis 2M solution of concentrated H2SO4 was prepared and 10g ofthe leached maize cobs and groundnut...
... sample of waste in Nam Son landfill, the percentage of DOC is 26.6% DOCd is calculated based on the theoretical model that the variation depends on the temperature of anaerobic zones ofthe landfill ... potential at NS landfill There are several ways used to evaluate the theoretical production of methane from MSW landfill This study uses the theoretical model for evaluating of LFG emission The model ... characteristic and structure ofthe landfill, quantity and composition of waste disposed at NS landfill daily, local weather condition and other relevant characteristics around the landfill Gas measurement...
... sample of waste in Nam Son landfill, the percentage of DOC is 26.6% DOCd is calculated based on the theoretical model that the variation depends on the temperature of anaerobic zones ofthe landfill ... potential at NS landfill There are several ways used to evaluate the theoretical production of methane from MSW landfill This study uses the theoretical model for evaluating of LFG emission The model ... characteristic and structure ofthe landfill, quantity and composition of waste disposed at NS landfill daily, local weather condition and other relevant characteristics around the landfill Gas measurement...
... management by examining the experiences and educational needs of food allergic families, andthe challenges faced by the allergists managing them Page ofThe interviews were audio taped and transcribed ... questionnaire, and then were interviewed by one ofthe researchers Questionnaire data was collected from 92 food allergic patients (mean age 8.8 years) or from their caregivers from Ontario Fifteen ofthe ... years and younger, the caregiver answered the questionnaire on the patients’ behalf Patients age 16 and older were given the option to complete the questionnaire, depending on their level of maturity...
... response These include genetic factors, both genes that affect the severity ofthe disease and genes that affect the handling ofthe drug Then there are psychosocial factors such as adherence to and ... of any inflammatory activity in their joints while they are off treatment Persistence is the opposite of remission There are problems in the literature regarding the definition of remission and ... gene andthe presence, the extent or the progression of erosions or the development of anti-CCP antibodies [34] Further publications have confirmed an association between PADI4 and RA in another...
... with the planning ofthe analysis and contributed to the article submitted MH assisted with the planning ofthe analysis and contributed to the article submitted SW contributed to the design ofthe ... study, and contributed to the article submitted NF assisted in the design ofthe study, led on the planning and execution ofthe analysis and co-wrote the article submitted All authors read and ... between the UK andthe US cohorts are similar Alcohol abuse was the most common diagnosis in the two studies (12.6% in the US versus 18.0% in the UK) The prevalence of major depressive disorder and...
... Characteristics ofthe study population and KSHV seroprevalence Ofthe 1534 Uygur people included in the study, 1008 (65.7%) were fromthe southern part of Xinjiang and 526 (34.3%) were fromthe northern ... diseases other than KS, andthe study populations were mainly fromthe northern part of Xinjiang [18,21] Thus the discrepancy between the socio-economic status in these two geographical areas andthe ... northern part of Xinjiang The seroprevalence of KSHV among the general Uygur population in the southern and northern parts of Xinjiang was 23.1% and 25.9%, respectively Table presents the associations...