... order to study partial difference equations of three and four variables The aim of this paper is to present the generalization of this functional-analytic methodforthestudyof linear and nonlinear ... sketch ofthe main ideas used in the proofs of our main results, see the beginning of Section 3.) By use of this method, the linear or nonlinear difference equation under consideration is transformed ... see [11] and the references therein) Also, by assuring the existence of a solution of a difference equation in the space or , we obtain information regarding the asymptotic behavior ofthe unknown...
... by the law of mass action: ratio ofthe concentrations ofthe free receptor [R] and the free ligand [L], to the concentration ofthe complex [RL] The concentrations ofthe free components are then ... is the viscosity ofthe solvent, and r is the radius ofthe sphere r is related to the mass of a sphere given by the product ofthe density ρ and volume V M = ρV = ρ πr3 (2.21) 17 Chapter Theory ... excitation of two or more fluorescent probes The development and testing ofthemethod was performed in different stages The first part ofthe thesis, from chapters to 4, describes the theory and optical...
... score of 30 points for amount of pain; of 20 points each for level of activity and patient satisfaction; and of 10 points each for motion ofthe ankle and foot, position ofthe heel during stance, ... also delay in changing the splint and shoes as the foot size changed The parents were instructed to perform range of motion exercises forthe ankle and foot when it was out ofthe brace Two exercises ... group the mean Pirani score was 5.83 (range 5-6) The mean Mid Foot Score and Hind Foot Score forthe entire group was 2.8 (range 2.5-3) and 2.76 (range 2-3) respectively The mean number ofthe casts...
... score of 30 points for amount of pain; of 20 points each for level of activity and patient satisfaction; and of 10 points each for motion ofthe ankle and foot, position ofthe heel during stance, ... also delay in changing the splint and shoes as the foot size changed The parents were instructed to perform range of motion exercises forthe ankle and foot when it was out ofthe brace Two exercises ... group the mean Pirani score was 5.83 (range 5-6) The mean Mid Foot Score and Hind Foot Score forthe entire group was 2.8 (range 2.5-3) and 2.76 (range 2-3) respectively The mean number ofthe casts...
... performance and uptake rate ofthe P4VP nanoparticles To better understand the effects of particle sizes and concentrations on membrane fouling by the P4VP nanoparticles, the separation performance ... properties and performances ofthe prepared P4VP nanoparticles will be attempted The separation and recovery ofthe nanoparticles will be performed with a membrane filtration system and their fouling and ... range To examine the adsorption performance for palladium in acidic solutions with the prepared nanoparticles To improve the property and performance ofthe prepared P4VP nanoparticles for their...
... differ in the severity of their responses and many patients were responsive to more than one triggering factor The most common form of asthma and the focus of most ofthe research in the field ... and lamina propria ofthe airways These DCs are at an immature state Therefore, at steady state, uptake and presentation of antigen by these DCs would result in tolerance rather than induce an ... the structural components ofthe lung and have shown that, rather than being a passive bystander in the inflammatory process, these components can have a profound influence on the nature of the...
... analysis, and the determination of released ammonia The coupled enzyme assay revealed the mechanism ofthe deamination reaction and the subsequent metabolism, including the deamination step The ... deaminases [6,8,27] or to any other sequences available in FASTA and BLAST database programs at the DNA Data Bank of Japan Recently, we reported the cloning and sequencing ofthe gene encoding 4-amino-3-hydroxybenzoate ... 2-Aminomuconic acid was synthesized by the methods of He and Spain [5] 2-Hydroxymuconic 6-semialdehyde was prepared by incubating catechol with resting cells of a mutant, strain Y-2, ofthe aniline-assimilating...
... Vartanian and Goel (2004) carried out their study to “determine 382 M Nadal et al the neuroanatomical correlates of aesthetic preference for paintings” (Vartanian and Goel, 2004, p 893) Another ... important consequences forthe comparison ofthe results of this study with the others Jacobsen et al (2006) acknowledged this in the first paragraph of their paper when referring to the other set of ... et al., 2001) Another important difference among the three studies that could lead to the discrepancies in their results is the composition ofthe groups of participants Vartanian and Goel (2004)...
... drops ofthe creatine solution, three drops ofthe ethanolic solution of 1-naphthol and then two drops ofthe potassium hydroxide solution; shake after the addition of each reagent The formation of ... Mark their position on the bottom ofthe dish Typical colonies of Salmonella grown on XLD agar have a black centre and a lightly transparent zone of reddish colour due to the colour change ofthe ... taken of all information then available regarding the extent to which this horizontal method has been followed and the reasons for deviations from this method in the case of particular products The...
... letter describes the work and transmits the final report ofthe Committee on Proposal Evaluation for Allocation of Supercomputing Time fortheStudyof Molecular Dynamics, Second Round The committee ... the areas of protein-lipid interactions and channel functions and who provided the committee with an initial assessment of a subset ofthe proposal submissions The goal ofthe second RFP for Biomolecular ... of experts to evaluate the proposals submitted in response to the aforementioned RFP The committee of 17 was chaired by Dr Robert L Jernigan, Director ofthe Baker Center for Bioinformatics and...
... properties ofthe selected solvent can also play an important role for orienting the structural form ofthe final material Lu et al [24] have underlined that the solvothermal synthesis of MnS can lead ... concentration ofthe precursors The interactions between reagents and solvent play an important role in the solvothermal reactions The selection ofthe solvent plays a key-role through the control ofthe ... appear to be important for either the synthesis of novel materials, the preparation of nanostructured particles for nanotechnologies or the elaboration of bio-inspired materials for applications...
... shiftings ofthe use, of words rather than of their meaning We seldom find instances of complete conversion of one part of speech into another When, in a sentence above, the terms the great, the wealthy, ... hand for every pupil to observe without the use of apparatus of any kind while the use of them also lies within the personal experience of every one.—DR RICHARD MORRIS The proper studyof a language ... altogether an easy matter These things enhance the difficulty which an ordinary youth experiences in grasping and assimilating the facts of grammar, and create a distaste forthestudy It is therefore...
... account ofthe selection of these features is beyond the scope of this paper, an example ofan input word and the appropriate attribute values should give the reader a better grasp ofthe word-level ... again in the same context, the SEL would contain the exception to the transcription rule, prohibiting the application ofthe stress rule The information from the SEL (and from the CEL at the clusterlevel) ... whose branch nodes would be tests ofthe form "if has-fur is true then branch-left else branch-rlght" and whose terminal nodes would be ofthe form "the animal in question is a mammal." The premls...
... depends on the kind of data used (e.g the level of detail and the amount of inherent ambiguity) and the sampling method ‘Geometric’ methods might limit the number of orientations selected for docking ... [186] Docking methods vary in the way sampling and scoring are implemented, and also in the representation ofthe molecules in the calculations An important choice to be made is whether the proteins ... so-called double mutant cycles [15] Here one creates a series of mutants for both proteins By measuring the Kd values for combinations of mutants, one can assess whether the influence of mutation X...
... motivate an intermediate form of representation that represents a ‘context-free’ semantics ofthe expression The role ofthe recognition process is then to compute as much ofthe semantic content of ... Hobbs and Feng Pan 2004 An ontology of time forthe semantic web ACM Transactions on Asian Language Information Processing, 3(1), March M Negri and L Marseglia 2005 Recognition and Normalization of ... Proceedings ofthe Coling/ACL2006 Workshop on Annotating and Reasoning about Time and Events L Ferro, L Gerber, I Mani, B Sundheim, and G Wilson 2005 TIDES 2005 Standard forthe Annotation of Temporal...
... effusion ofthe [TiF6 ]2− ions The faster rate of formation of TiO2 nanotubes using ultrasonic waves can be explained by the faster mobility ofthe F− ions into the nanotubular reaction channel and ... band gap of carbon-doped titania nanotubes compared with N2 - and O2 annealed nanotubes The lower the band gap ofthe titania S.K Mohapatra et al / Journal of Catalysis 246 (2007) 362–369 nanotubes, ... Fig shows predominantly anatase TiO2 [9,22,23] DRUV–vis spectra ofthe as-anodized and annealed titania nanotubes are shown in Fig 10 It can be seen that the titania nanotubes annealed under N2...
... rate of mL.min-1 The initial and For this purpose, 10 μL of 2-CEPS, mL of final temperature ofthe oven was programmed isopropanol or heptane as solvent and 10 μL to 60 °C (held for min) and 220 ... emulsions for detoxification of pesticides suitable process for synthesis of nanoparticles [1] Certain disadvantages exist with the use is using of Co-Precipitation method [28, 29] of these adsorbents ... size nanoparticles are less than 12 h Then, by micropipet extracted 10 μL 100 nm That means the synthesized catalysts of solutions and injected to GC and GC-MS have nano dimension Also, the analysis...
... amount of oxygen vacancies can entrap electrons from the semiconductor, the holes can diffuse to the surface ofthe semiconductor and cause oxidation ofthe organic dye Therefore, a high density of ... 2e) Therefore, it can be concluded that flower-like ZnO is produced after a hydrothermal treatment time of h, and further increasing the hydrothermal treatment time makes the diameters ofthe nanosheets ... [45] On the one hand, the larger surface area (Table 1) in the ZnO (120 ºC, 17 h) sample can provide more active sites forthe adsorption of KGL, and then facilitate the diffusion and mass transportation...
... between the roles of gastrocnemius and soleus during the stance phase of normal walking Though these muscles are often grouped together functionally as plantarflexors ofthe ankle, important differences ... in late stance Riley et al [39] reached a different conclusion regarding the role ofthe plantarflexors in propulsion, but their study examined the accelerations ofthe hip rather than the trunk ... approach the transition speed, the force-length-velocity properties ofthe plantarflexors make them less able to generate force When a running gait is adopted, plantarflexor forces increase due to these...
... in the cutting and staining of Page ofthe bone tissue RGR participated in the planning ofthe experiments, data analysis and the preparation ofthe manuscript MJS supervised thestudy planning, ... preparation ofthe bone cores and exposure ofthe samples to the different treatments, performed the microscopic analysis and helped with the planning and preparation ofthe manuscript PIF and AES ... planning, data analysis and preparation ofthe manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank the surgical veterinary team ofthe AO Research...