... We will rather focus on two major issues concerning thedeformationofthe lithosphere: the control of upper mantle mechanical behaviour on thedeformationofthe lithosphere, and the tectonic ... orientation ofthe fast split shear wave polarization and the fast direction for Pn are also shown The questions ofthe rooting ofthe fault into the asthenosphere and the interaction between the fault ... i.e., the sinking of a piece of detached lithospheric mantle into the asthenosphere, may modify the thermal=rheological structure ofthe continental lithosphere, due to the replacement of relatively...
... 16.3% ofthe volume ofthe basivertebral vein; thus, almost 1/6 ofthe blood inside the basivertebral vein was turned over under single compressive loading Combining thedeformationofthe vertebral ... finite element method is the ability to calculate the profile ofthe cross-sectional area change along the basivertebral vein The direct assessment ofthe reduction ofthe basivertebral vein cross-sectional ... cm3 when the Poisson's ratio was 0.1 The in vivo actual Poisson's ratio ofthe bony material is difficult to calculate because ofthe inclusion ofthe liquid phase of blood and fluid and their irrigation...
... charge of one of our offices in the Orient promptly gets the swelled head and thinks he's divinely ordained to drink up all the synthetic Scotch whiskey manufactured in Japan for the benefit of thirsty ... When did they sell you a membership in the military forces ofthe United States of America?" "On the morning of April 7th, 1917, sir." "That clinches our sale I soldiered with the Knights of Columbus ... his own?" "Of course not I'm boss ofthe Blue Star Navigation Company, am I not? The man was in charge ofthe Shanghai office before you ever opened your mouth to discharge your cargo of free advice."...
... learning 1.2 AIMS OFTHE STUDY The aims ofthe study are as follow: + to assess the suitability ofthe course book to the level and the needs ofthe students and the requirements ofthe course in ... ORGANIZATION OFTHE STUDY The thesis consists ofthe following parts: Chapter Introduction This part provides the rationale, the aims, the scope, research questions and organiztion ofthe thesis Chapter ... localization, practicality ofthe materials, teachability ofthe materials, flexibility ofthe materials, appeal ofthe materials, motivating power ofthe materials and impact ofthe materials Tomlinson...
... describes the width ofthe device that is rendering the page When dealing with web pages, the device width is the width ofthe screen that’s displaying the page rather than the width ofthe browser ... box-sizing sets the point ofthe element from which the width is calculated The default is content-box, which means the stated width ofthe element applies to the content, and the padding and ... added on as usual A value of border-box means the stated width value is the total width ofthe content, the padding, and the border—in other words, the entire box (without the margin) To illustrate...
... at the decomposition of these effects on self-employment, the picture becomes somewhat more complex In both the 1970s and the 1980s, the detailed sectors ofthe economy within which there was the ... at the sector-shifts From the 1950s on, there is a steady reduction ofthe effect of declines in the extractive sector (primarily agriculture) on selfemployment Agriculture is the sector ofthe ... the main explanation for this reversal ofthe historic decline ofthe petty bourgeosie 4.2 Sectoral decomposition of changes in self-employment Another possible explanation for the reversal of...
... slope from the active tank battery, the injection well/pit, and the old tank battery to the lake edge Two small creeks cross the northern and southern parts ofthe site The upper part ofthe site ... Geologic map ofthe OSPER ‘A’ site showing the locations ofthe oil pits, other production features, drilled water wells and outline ofthe impacted area Figure Geologic map ofthe OSPER ‘B’ ... showing the salinity of water and the relative concentrations (in equivalent units) of major cations and anions from the main brine pit and Geoprobe wells located to the southeast of this pit; the...
... astonished at the sight ofthe pikes which confronted them, and the line of sailors four deep across the deck, while at the same moment the light ofthe lanterns showed them the officers on the quarterdeck, ... one the officers stole out from the cabin with bare feet, and made their way up to the quarterdeck, until some thirty of them were gathered there, being all the officers ofthe regiment, the ... invasion of England He pushed his arguments with fiery zeal, urged the disaffection of all classes, the hatred ofthe Commons, the defection ofthe Lords, the alarm ofthe Church, and the wavering...
... of K31, together with analysis of PKCe knockout MEFs with knockdown of PKCd, revealed further evidence of a crucial role of K63-ubiquitination ofthe RING domain of TRAF2 for recruitment ofthe ... TRAF2 and the associated cIAPs are recruited to TNFR1bound TRADD with the help ofthe C-terminal half ofthe TRAF domain of TRAF2 Thus, the E3 ligases TRAF2, cIAP1 and cIAP2 enter the TNFR1 signaling ... with the leucin zipper motif of IKK1 or IKK2, ubiquitinated RIP1 interacts with the NEMO subunit ofthe IKK complex [38,40,42] The relative contribution of these two interactions to recruitment of...
... Research Ltd and the Glynn Research Laboratories at Bodmin, Cornwall, England Beginning ofthe further evaluation ofthe chemiosmotic hypothesis 1966 The revised version ofthe chemiosmotic theory published ... rather than further his formal education Because ofthe wartime increase of shipping rates and the death of Rowe, coupled with serious illnesses of both father and son, the Mitchells sold their ... them The words of our title appear on a plaque in the garden of remembrance created by Helen Mitchell and reflect the spirit with which Peter Mitchell approached biology All of these aspects of...
... rate of Ta films with d of 10 and 20 nm The ml is determined from the slope ofthe lines The inset shows the Young’s modulus versus strain rate of Ta films with different values of d that of NC ... Page of Figure XRD patterns ofthe Ta films with different values of d The insets are the bright-field TEM images and the corresponding selected area electron diffractions ofthe Ta films the ... = 0.9), l is the wave length ofthe incident X-ray (l = 0.15418 nm for Cu Ka radiation source), θ is Bragg angle, and b is the FWHM ofthe diffraction peak [19] The values of b ofthe Ta films...
... evolution ofthe region reflecting the geosynclinal regime ofthe Transcaucasus Median Masiff development The results of petrochemical and geochemical study ofthe volcanics and the distribution of ... from 0.5 to 2.5 m The diameter ofthe crater is more than 200 m At its southern part, there are outcrops of charred argillaceous rocks ofthe eruption of 1958 Among solid ejecta ofthe volcano are ... been the most thoroughly studied Thickness ofthe Productive Series increases toward the central part ofthe South Caspian Basin 27 28 Petroleum Geology ofthe South Caspian Basin in the southerly...
... objectives The Marketing Plan defines all ofthe components of your marketing strategy You will address the details of your market analysis, sales, advertising, and public relations campaigns The Plan ... which are other businesses who will market your product to their customers for a commission of each sale This is the most powerful way to sell on the Internet because you have thousands of other people ... customer to buy in the first place 39 You must position your product or service in the minds of customers Are you the safe company? Are you the company with the lowest prices? Do you have the highest...
... in metal forming The void growth due to plastic deformation causes the softening and increases the accumulated damage of material There is a good agreement between the results of proposed model ... to the maximum growth direction i of void if the accumulated damage ofthe momentary semi-axis i satisfies the following condition (11) ⎛ 4π ⎞ A i = A ∗ = β ln ⎜ if ⎝2 ⎟, 3f ⎠ β≤1 The process of ... for the variation ofthe shape of ellipsoidal voids in a plastically deformed medium in cold forming processes of metal (T < 0.4Tc) The growth and coalescence of voids depend on temperature of...
... on the remnant ofthe initial bud or on the short remaining portion ofthe dead shoot The emergence of secondary buds characterized a visible proliferation ofthe number of buds The number of ... of epicormic buds as described by Kauppi et al [11] Within the stand densities, in spite ofthe mortality or ofthe development into shoot ofthe different kinds of buds, the composition ofthe ... clusters of secondary buds, we counted the number of clusters and not the number of buds in each cluster Then, we described in detail the origin ofthe individual secondary buds, either following the...
... cell carcinoma [21] Furthermore, they showed PET- FDG imaging modified the management of 13.7% of patients Our findings indicate that PET- CT changed the stage in a large number of patients: upstaging ... disease Ofthe seven patients with T4 disease, 57% (4/7) had direct invasion ofthe retropharynx with the primary tumor, making a distinction between the primary tumor and RPLN imprecise Thus, these ... 16.4291) of being RPLN positive by PET as compared to those with early clinical N stage; however, the association misses the 0.05 cutoff for statistical significance (p = 0.0765) The presence of retropharyngeal...
... approval ofthe version to be published Acknowledgements The reporting of this case was approved by the Ethics committee of St Louis University as the consent ofthe patient or the next of kin ... improvements over PET or CT alone in staging and restaging of different cancers [22] Clearly, there are more data on the use of PET/ CT in lung cancer than any other type of malignancy As the staging ... localize the primary in CUP in approximately 40% of all cases, even after a thorough work-up with a variety of other investigations [25] To the best of our knowledge, FDG PET/ CT imaging of EPSCC...
... report, conducting the literature review and drafting the manuscript MH was the clinician-in-charge ofthe daily care ofthe patient, provided the clinical background, assisted in the drafting and ... thrombi are great mimics of neoplasms [2,8] Regardless ofthe nature of a cardiac mass (neoplastic or not), excision ofthe lesion is important due to the potential danger of obstruction or embolization ... drafting and critical review ofthe manuscript All the authors have read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Received:...
... report, conducting the literature review and drafting the manuscript MH was the clinician-in-charge ofthe daily care ofthe patient, provided the clinical background, assisted in the drafting and ... thrombi are great mimics of neoplasms [2,8] Regardless ofthe nature of a cardiac mass (neoplastic or not), excision ofthe lesion is important due to the potential danger of obstruction or embolization ... drafting and critical review ofthe manuscript All the authors have read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Received:...
... position ofthe genes, as well as the genomic scale, is represented along the xaxis The fold enrichment ofthe probes is shown on the y-axis These enrichment ratios represent the medians ofthe per-pixel ... determined If the two regions were on the same chromosome, and if the edge of one region was within the recovery distance from the edge ofthe other, then they were considered 'matched' The typical ... and NANOG One curve was for the ChIP-chip (p-value) cutoff, and the other for the ChIP -PET (overlapping region) cutoff In the ChIP -PET recovery curves, fixed cutoffs of four overlapping reads for...