... methods exhibit instability in the solutions, though other methods may produce stable solutions This behavior in the equation is described as stiffness Method described in article provides a stable ... from the linear analysis However, the system admits a constant of motion andthe level curves are closed trajectories surrounding the fixed point Consequently, the levels of the predator and prey ... approximates the solution, in other words, a numerical method is said to be convergent if the numerical solution y kh approaches the exact solution y t as the time step size h goes toThemethod described...
... indicates the necessity of the present study Chapter proposes a new form of B-spline basis set and presents the desired numerical characteristics of the form of B-spline basis set Chapter details the ... Arrangement of the Thesis The present thesis is arranged into chapters, as follows: Chapter reviews previous research into the application of B-spline functions in numerical structural analysis and hence ... This accounts for the recent swing towards theuse of B-splines in engineering numerical analysis The basis set methods can be characterized as a kind of ‘global’ method, i.e the solution at one...
... phosphatis’ in activated sludge samples was quantified using the quantitative PCR andthe FISH methods respectively The protocol for the quantitative PCR method is as described in the previous section ... eubacterial cells were decided based on those areas RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Development of Quantitative PCR method Specificity of the primer set was evaluated based on the melting curve andthe sequencing ... ultrasonic processor (Vibracell, Sonics) at a pulse of sec and an output power of W so that all the cells in a microscopic field are located on the same plane and are focused simultaneously,...
... two sub-threads One concern requests by other countries for France to reconsider its stated intension of restarting nuclear testing, andthe other concerns responses by other countries tothe ... In such a service, gatherer collects articles from Web sites and threader makes threads for them The results are stored in XML, and then pushed to subscribers who can capture the flow of topics ... From the similarity matrix, an adjacency matrix is constructed An element s( i, j) in the similarity matrix corresponds totheelement ss(i,j) in the adjacency matrix SS There are various strategies...
... adjustment and recession government subsidies for education were often reduced, as the authors of several of these studies note This raised the cost of schooling to households Since there is some ... labor supply decisions Given the potential for simultaneity bias in the OLS regressions used in these studies, in many of them the reported estimates of the effects of mother s work may be misleading ... benefits to female schooling, these findings, while limited in number, should be a source of concern to policymakers This is especially the case because, as discussed below, trends such as increasing...
... that is, filling the verb slot in theS T R C O N B , the case analysis starts W h e n the parser control moves on the case frame, the analyzer falls to work in order to fillthe first case slot, ... d is used for b a c k t r a c k i n g in the analysis The second slot type involves several k i n d s of procedures One of the main procedures, ~getphrase", extracts some candidates for the slot ... the slot for S U B J E C T in S T R C O N B Therfore, the predicted phrase is tested to determine whether or not it satisfiesthe semantic condition of the firstcase slot If it is good, the slot...
... users and nonusers for energy, total fat, cholesterol, and so- dium Estimates from this sample reveal that differences in reported nutrient intake between label users and nonusers was greatest ... There were several study limitations First, this study was cross-sectional, precluding temporal ascertainment for many associations and some measures seen as proxies for constructs of interest ... Number status of participants younger than age 20 years, smoking status for these participants was determined by assessing the number of cigarettes smoked in the past 30 days Participants aged 18 to...
... retroviruses, such as Friend virus Retroviruses causing CNS disease Several retroviruses cause CNS disease Some of these, such as the murine retroviruses Cas-Br-E MLV [37] and FMCF98 [38] are specifically ... placing the cis elements on a transfer vector construct and expressing the trans functions using standard recombinant plasmid expression systems (Fig 2) As the genomic RNA expressed from the transfer ... malignant diseases These viruses not carry oncogene sequences Although first discovered in the chicken they have been most extensively studied in the laboratory mouse These viruses induce cancer...
... washing These carbon masses can be expressed as follows: where Mc is the total carbon mass in the root sample, Mc1 is the carbon mass of the root, and Mcs is the carbon mass of the soil These ... known standards One third toone half of the samples processed through the combustion/mass spectrometer procedure consisted of isotope standards to ensure proper calibration (Gealy and Fischer ... We derived the appropriate expressions for M1 and M2 on the basis of two basic equationsThe first equation expresses the sample C fraction in terms of its component C fractions, similar to the...
... various redox signals into an effective second messenger system It is likened to phosphorylation/dephosphrylation process mediated by kinases and phosphatases since the process of S- nitrosylation and ... and neutrophils in the process called respiratory burst This persistent overproduction of ROS/RNS cause DNA lesions such as single strand break, double strand break and oxidized bases (eg 8-oxo-dg) ... proteins, receptor/ion channels and transporters, cytoskeletal and structural components, transcription factors and regulatory elements such as G proteins (Foster MW et al, 2009) 1.8.1 Factors influencing...
... can be summarized as follows: As the SPP traverses across the thin layer above the cavity, a symmetric SPP is set up on both sides of the layer andthe SPP energy density is enhanced because of ... thickness reduces, one may hypothesize that the SPP wavelength is being compressed as the SPP traverses across the thin layer above the nano-cavity, which in turn leads to an accumulation of the SPP ... Au slab Colored curves are the dispersions for various thin metal slabs Curves above and below the dashed curve correspond, respectively, tothe anti-symmetric and symmetric SPP modes on the slab...
... This is then followed by a discussion on Raman spectroscopy anditsuse in the studies of protein structures Finally, the main goal of the current thesis will be discussed 1.2.1 Electronic Spectroscopy ... double diffuse layers (b)Thickness of the double diffuse layer increases as the surface plasmon related heating causes positive counterions to diffuse away from the particle surface Raman scattering ... Embedded SERS Substrates in the Study of a Model Protein 6.1 Setup of Measurement Systems 6.1.1 PDMS ATR Device for SERS and Surface Plasmon Response (SPR) Measurements 174 175 6.1.2 Setup for Measuring...
... has its roots in Lean, in the end, perhaps because of its ‘Lean and mean’ connotations, the phrase used to describe the methodology is the ‘business change process’” (CS4) 3.4 From the perspective ... of the eight case sites studied In the other case studies a special team was set up to facilitate the sector These facilitators performed the role of external consultants tothe organisations and ... meet the needs of the customer In some cases, the limited range of Lean tools in use in the public sector may be because the service sector has yet to understand the value, relevance or purpose...
... this document In this memo, NULL is used within the context of ESP For further information on how the various pieces of ESP fit together to provide security services, refer to [ESP] and [ROAD] The ... algorithm) As stated in [ESP], while theuse of encryption algorithms and authentication algorithms are optional in ESP, it is imperative that an ESP SA specifies theuse of at least one cryptographically ... the authentication data This can be useful in providing IPsec services through non-IP network devices The discussion on how ESP_NULL might be used with non-IP network devices is outside the scope...
... purpose, we classify extracted term descriptions based on word senses and domains Although a number of methods have been proposed to generate word senses (for example, one based on the vector space ... choose the candidate term whose description is most similar tothe question description The mechanism of our QA system is analogous tothe above human methods However, unlike human examinees, our system ... methods To sum up, given a question, its type and four choices, our QA system chooses one of four candidates as the answer, in which the resolution algorithm varies depending on the question...
... task of the system was to retrieve particular information about different shops in the Tokyo Metropolitan area, such as their names, addresses and phone numbers The system accepted speech and screen ... which is sorted by relevance with respect tothe user query By selecting a segment, the user can watch the corresponding part of the news show on his/her computer screen The system overview is shown ... conditions are totally unconstrained, broadcast news Speec~input is a superb stress test that requires new algorithms to work across widely Acoustic varying conditions Algorithms need analysis to solve...
... programs either collapsed or were abandoned For a discussion of these issues, see Chapter 168 History of the EightiesLessons for the Future Chapter The Savings and Loan Crisis andIts Relationship ... insured deposits nonetheless exposed U .S taxpayers tothe risk of losswhile the profits made possible by deregulation and forbearance would accrue tothe owners and managers of the savings and ... operating the new Savings Association Insurance Fund (SAIF) The other, passed in response not only tothe problems of the 198 0s but also tothe S& L-caused taxpayer losses andthe FDIC s near insolvency...
... has N-glycosylation sites at residues Asn251, Asn317 and Asn727 Mutation of Asn727 decreases cell-surface expression, whereas mutation at the other two sites does not [42] HFE becomes glycosylated ... Previous studies have demonstrated that HFE undergoes post-translational N-glycosylation As a first step towards assessing the importance of N-glycosylation on HFE expression, we transiently transfected ... accesses b2M Further experiments will be needed to clarify the exact sequence with which HFE binds its interacting partners and progress the work of Gross et al [18] who first addressed the sequential...
... This causes an extra supply of ribose phosphates for the synthesis of phosphoribosylpyrophosphate Thus, the flux through the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway is still sufficiently high to satisfy ... dehydrogenase Glutathione reductase Glutathione oxidation Phosphoribulose epimerase Ribose phosphate isomerase Transketolase Transaldolase Phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthetase Transketolase Phosphate ... outlines the mathematical basis of themethodThe second part presents two applications of themethodtothe metabolism of erythrocytes and of the microorganism, Metylobacterium extorquens AM1...
... (host) cells such as erythrocytes, which are then consumed by phagocytosis and degraded by the associated cathepsin L Cysteine proteases such as CL are used frequently by parasitic organisms to ... adhesion protein and member of the fasciclin I family of proteins These results support the hypothesis that CL in Artemia embryos is unique and functions outside lysosomes, in the cytoplasm and ... protease assays and subunit analysis by SDS/PAGE (Fig 2A,B) (B,C) Fractions e and f were re-chromatographed on the Mono S column under conditions identical to those used initially Ó FEBS 2004 Cathepsin...