... alternative kind of analysis of TI curves is given, based on the shape ofthe TI-curves (Dijksterhuis and van den Broek, 1994) The object of TI-studies is the change ofthe perceived intensity of a flavour ... this introduction the basic terminology ofthe subject matter of this book is introduced The underlying research question ofthe study is presented andthe four main themes that the chapters cover ... be on the analysis ofthe reactions to certain characteristics offood products (italics refer to the ingredients ofthe definition) The reactions to characteristics will be in the form of scores...
... (x) refers to the disk of radius (due to the punctual spatial characterization ofthe noise) centered to x and A(X) to the area of X The parameter t, that acts like the radius of an equivalent ... transformations [52] These fundamental aspects ofthe LIP approach will not be exposed in the present article andthe interested reader is invited to refer to the published articles and thesis for detailed ... report ofthe comparative study ofthe MHIP, LRIP, and LIP approach 2.5 Connections ofthe LIP model with several properties ofthe human brightness perception The LIP approach has been proved [20,...
... Usefulness of vitrectomy in the treatment of ocular toxoplasmosis • Update on the treatment of ocular toxoplasmosis We hope that this special issue will be interesting to readers and provides ... Int J Med Sci 2009, 117 American Journal of Ophthalmology: Delair E, Monnet D, Grabar S, Dupouy-Camet J, Yera H, Brézin AP Respective roles of acquired and congenital infections in presumed ocular ... with timely update on various topics in this important field Conflict of Interest The authors have declared that no conflict of interest exists http://www.medsci.org ...
... Agitation (rpm) Fig The influence of agitation on etch rate Fig The influence of agitation on surface roughness In the Figs ofand 5, the results on the influence of agitation are shown The experiments ... 1) The system consists of a thermostat which allows heating and maintaining temperature ofthe solution in the range of room temperature to 2500C and a magnetic stirrer with controlled speed of ... at about 150 rpm The influences ofthe size of etch-window on etch rate and surface roughness are presented in Figs andThe etch conditions were the following: the agitation of 150 rpm, 30 minutes,...
... is strictly the Tus-Ter interaction andthe partial melting ofthe DNA catalyzed by DnaB andthe flipping of C6 that causes strong affinity of Tus for Ter The helicase approaching the permissive ... independently of concentration and type of salt The three single mutants also presented the same profiles In the presence of NaCl, the recovery of activity was always higher than with KCl; andthe highest ... ofthe chelating agent, the enzyme is completely inactive, regardless ofthe NaCl concentration Therefore, the substitution of D38 by C38 in the protein has weakened the binding of zinc ion The...
... about 50% ofthe total cost of a PV system The cost ofthe modules will continue their reduction by the above cell technology evolution, and then the cost ofthe other components, known as the balance ... thickness for the SRO layer andthe density ofthe dots can be varied by the composition ofthe SRO layer In detail, the size and crystallization ofthe Si nanocrystals are dependent on a number of factors, ... reach 100% Andthe external quantum efficiency (EQE) can be approximately described as the product of IQE andthe ratio ofthe number of absorbed photons in the active layer to the number of incoming...
... is strictly the Tus-Ter interaction andthe partial melting ofthe DNA catalyzed by DnaB andthe flipping of C6 that causes strong affinity of Tus for Ter The helicase approaching the permissive ... independently of concentration and type of salt The three single mutants also presented the same profiles In the presence of NaCl, the recovery of activity was always higher than with KCl; andthe highest ... ofthe chelating agent, the enzyme is completely inactive, regardless ofthe NaCl concentration Therefore, the substitution of D38 by C38 in the protein has weakened the binding of zinc ion The...
... 1.3 Thesaurus building A further goal of our work is to construct a thesaurus automatically from MEDLINE abstracts and domain dictionaries consisting of medical domain terms for the purpose of ... Proceedings of EACL '99 and DNA entities was too small to train with As part ofthe overall project we are creating an expert-tagged corpus of MEDLINE abstracts and full papers for training and testing ... specialised thesaurus for the genome domain but this currently depends on the creation of a suitable test set 1.4 Conclusion This paper has provided a synopsis ofthe GENIA project The project...
... ofthe specificities ofthe case studies and differences between the exploitation of forest resources such as nuts, palms and mangroves on the one hand and oil and gold on the other Linking the ... view of relations of gender as negotiated and performed, and land as constantly changing in meaning, through a discussion of some ofthe findings ofthe case studies andthe insights of other ... raises the issue ofthe location ofthe researchers in relation to the research subjects, making clear some ofthe identities ofthe project team and arguing that their findings are their reading of...
... Board ofthe National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils ofthe National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, andthe Institute of Medicine The members ... ofthe unique aspects of TRMM’s orbit and sensor suite This reflects their professional judgment ofthe value of doing so based on their experiences of improvements in such things as fixing the ... by the Academy, the Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences andthe National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the...
... equally in the early 1960s there were rustlings of discontent in the undergrowth Crowther (1959) had castigated teachers and schools for the barren-ness ofthe learning landscape, and warned ofthe ... project was the development by one of these awarding bodies of a new form of syllabus and examination based on theapproach we had developed in the project In the process of developing our approach ... workshops, studios and classrooms This book tells the story of this research andofthe issues and themes that have intertwined through the projects and formed the understandings that we now...
... characteristics ofthe impurities being removed by the adsorbent All of these properties play a role in the selection ofthe optimum adsorbent However, ease of desorption ofthe impurity is often the controlling ... process The selection of 5A zeolite for removal of dilute CO and N2 from SMROG, on the other hand, is based on the higher working capacity and selectivity of adsorption of these gases on the zeolite ... silica gel at thefeed end and a layer of activated carbon in the product end 32 A detailed description ofthe LOFIN process can be found elsewhere [4, 9-11] The cyclic steps ofthe process are...
... to 89.52% Then, the biodiesel yield decreased with the loading amount of KOH This is because the base strength of catalyst increases with the loading amount of KOH On the other hand, the catalytic ... United States The properties ofthe obtained biodiesel, in general, show many similarities, and therefore, Table e Comparison of properties ofthe obtained biodiesel andthe standards of biodiesel ... C at 25 C/ min, and held The flow rate of hydrogen was 30 ml/min andthe flow rate of air was about 400 ml/min Temperatures ofthe injector and detector were 280 and 300 C The injection was...
... in the course of their practical life, and as a consequence of their endeavours to understand or explain it for themselves Social life – of which these endeavours are part – on the other hand, ... understand the historical and cultural forces involved in the social relations of IS use The second case considers home e-shopping andthe domestication and consumption of ICTs within the context of ... consideration of multiple and competing rationalities, in the context of her study ofthe nature and role of telehealth within the UK Klecun argues that many ofthe existing studies of teleheath...
... the number of gear teeth, n is the rotating speed ofthe input shaft, and i is the transmission ratio In the test, z = 27, n = 1600 rpm, and i = 1.44 Then, the meshing frequency ofthe third speed ... (15) where PS is the energy ofthe useful information and PN is the energy ofthe noise It is clear that, with the increase of noise amplitude, the correlation values kγ,max and kT,max decreased ... from CF Then, a correlation function kT (T) is defined to quantify the correlation degree between ϕT (t) and x(t): where N is the number ofthe data samples, and x and ψ γ are the mean values of x(k)...
... determines the spatial weighting Here, the kernel Λσ kernel for the pooling region The spatial neighbourhood ofthe pool of neurons is thought to be much larger than those ofthe surround ofthe feeding ... without the presence of feeding, or driving, input The table in Figure outlines the logic of processing at this stage in the cascade Each row summarizes the situation of presence or nonpresence of feeding ... drive the response, while feedback signals can only modulate the driving input Feedback cannot by itself generate any new activation On the other hand, the lack of feedback does not lead to the...
... selecting the correct length ofthe Initial Contention Window andthe algorithm coefficient For some ofthe scenarios the delay is of prime concern, and for some the number of tags In all cases the energy ... C To compare the algorithms the EDP metric has been used The EDP, (7), is the minimum ofthe product of energy and delay for each number of tags and each coefficient when varying the ICW, shown ... throughput is achieved when the number of slots is the same as the number of tags For estimation ofthe number of tags, two methods (based on a ternary feedback model) are presented and demonstrated A...