... the data and wrote the manuscript; XL performed cell culture, western blot analysis, ELISA assay and NO measurements; RL and LS helped in performing NO measurements All authors read and approved ... disease: different molecular targets and potential therapeutic agents including curcumin Curr Opin Pharmacol 2009, 9:434-444 Zhang D, Liu R, Sun L, Huang C, Wang C, Zhang DM, Zhang TT, Du GH: Anti-inflammatory ... JD: Mechanisms of Disease: astrocytes in neurodegenerative disease Nat Clin Pract Neurol 2006, 2:679-689 Wyss-Coray T, Loike JD, Brionne TC, Lu E, Anankov R, Yan F, Silverstein SC, Husemann J:...
... iron-based nanoparticles or their subcolloidal particles Iron-based nanoparticles are inexpensive, easily scalable and highly reactive towards a wide array of organic and inorganic pollutants (Zhang, ... (PGMs) such as palladium (Pd) have attracted significant attention for their extraction and recovery, and the related analytical quantification and environmental monitoring, as well as separation ... nanoparticles, to function as nanoadsorbents in aqueous solutions, should be colloidally stable and mechanically robust so that their size and shape, as well as specific surface area of the nanoparticles...
... C54 phase titanium silicide is studied To understand the kinetics of the phase transformation of titanium silicide, differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray diffraction are used Based on these ... resistance of titanium silicide after RTA2 increases as the linewidth decreases below 0.35 µm, and at 0.25 µm the sheet resistance was close to that of C49-TiSi2 Studies revealed that the increase ... Introduction An increase in sheet resistance of TiSi2 with decreasing line width is attributed to an incomplete transformation from the high resistance C49-TiSi2 phase to the desired low resistance C54-TiSi2...
... 13 basic-block is usually quite small Here a basic block means a contiguous block of instructions, with a single entry point and a single exit point [5] To obtain substantial performance enhancements, ... can decide how many instructions to issue A statically scheduled superscalar must check for any dependencies between instructions in the issue packet and between any issue-ready candidates and ... instructions can issue as soon as the bypassed result become available from the functional unit or load The 21264 fetches and retires instructions in-order The retire mechanism assigns each mapped...
... phase (14.3 x 10-6 K-1) and the C49-TiSi2 phase (12.0 x 10-6 K-1)[52] have higher thermal expansion coefficients than the TiN phase(9.35 x 10-6 K-1)[53] During heating, TiSi2 expands more than ... increasing the ramp-up rate or employing a spike anneal The use of pre-amorphizing implants to enhance the formation of the C54 phase titanium silicide has been studied in terms of the kinetics ... the C49-TiSi2 phase has been observed in all cases The activation energy for the formation of the C49-TiSi2 phase was obtained and found to be in a range of 1.53~2.04 eV With increasing Si substrate...
... guidance and inputs through the course of this project I would also like to sincerely thank Dr Yang Chuan and Dr Nikken Wiradharma for the long discussions and continuous guidance and assistance, ... concern for resistance development Also, employment of antimicrobial agents for uses other than therapeutic reasons is hastening the emergence of antimicrobial resistance Resistance can appear in ... China and was of more than 95 % purity α-cyano hydroxycinnamic acid was purchased from Sigma (Singapore) as well Phosphate buffer saline (PBS) at 10 X concentration was purchased from 1st Base...
... Rolnan, Cornelie, Judith and Wendy from the Construction and Transport groups; Our secretaries: Anke, Joke and Ellen; Yan, Dong, Ping, Chang Wei and Jan from the ‘Chinese community’ Dank je wel and ... regulation, planning and politics These aspects are summarised in Table 1.1 Table 1.1 Meanings of integration in environmental assessment and governance (After Scrase and Sheate, 2002) Meaning Main ... such as a river basin or a coastal area These changes result in integrated coastal-zone management, integrated river basin management and/or ecosystem-based river basin management (Nakamura, 2003)...
... the brand -as- product, brand -as- organization, brand -as- person, and brand -as- symbol • Brand identity structure includes a core, extended and proposition identity A brand identity is to brand strategy ... offer quality assurance and reduce risks • Brands help self-expression • Brands offer friendship and pleasure 2.3.2 A brand is more than a product Brand is more than a product Branding is about ... different Product Class Class Stretching Stretching Up Up Ad Hoc Ad Hoc Brand Brand Extensions Extensions Co-Branding Co-Branding Creating aa Creating Range Brand Range Brand Figure 2.3 : A Variety...
... mathematical theory And last but not least, many thanks to all my friends and family for their help and support -2- Master Thesis: AnApplication of Alternative Risk Measures to Trading Portfolios ... on any assumptions about the distribution and correlations of the risk factors The method is robust and intuitive and, as such, forms the basis for the Basle 1993 proposals on market risks and ... well diversified European indices, Nasdaq - the much more volatile than its European counter-parties American index And the stocks of a highly liquid financial institution, and the highly volatile...
... partial rendering, AJAX is just anextension to the classic application model of ASP .NET And JavaScript doesn’t play a central role in classic ASP .NET So although JavaScript is necessary for AJAX ... with classic ASP .NET Architecture Is the Concern If ASP .NET fully embraces the old model of the Web, which is centered around JavaScript and HTML, should we conclude that ASP .NET is dead? And if ... the ASP .NET platform makes it work in one way or another However, when architectural changes are required, the costs increase significantly A well-architected ASP .NET application already has its...
... by the value of the waste, and in the second place by their ease of extraction, handling and transport Paper, metals and plastics, sorted out as early as possible in the waste chain, therefore ... I.1 Background Human activity has always created and will always create waste In big cities around the world Solid Waste Management (SWM) is an especially important and complex task for the municipalities ... collection, transport, transfer, processing and disposal of solid wastes The growing demand for service caused by rapid, unplanned urban growth and rising waste generation rates can often only...
... economic solution than installing an only system In 1986, Anderson tested an air conditioning system using a direct and an indirect evaporative cooler combined with an expansion battery, and compared ... material, another device mainly made of wet textile band has been designed, manufactured and characterised It is basically a cotton band of 25 cm width and 1600 cm length, disposed in a plasticized ... pp.69-96 85 4.4.2 Advantages and disadvantages The main advantages of evaporative coolers are their low cost and high effectiveness, permitting a wide range of applications and versatility in the...
... validity in Asian countries As Drew and Veeraraghavan (2003) has observed, Chui and Wei (1998) are first examining the validity of Fama French in Asian market Their finding proves the significance of ... discussions and assistance I would like to express my sincere thanks to all of my lecturers for their teaching and guidance during my master course at the Jean Moulin Lyon University and Viet Nam ... further research can investigate to find out the performance of model between two periods Last but not least, human errors in data collection, data processing as well as finding analysis are also...
... configuration and management using the ASP .NET Web Site Administration Tool This tool provides wizards for configuring and securing ASP .NET Web applications You will use the ASP .NET Web Site Administration ... from a database; mixing application code and HTML caused readability and maintenance issues; and performance was not always what it could be because Active Server Pages had to interpret application ... but are rendered as HTML to allow them to operate correctly in any HTML-compliant browser Microsoft has also extended many of the standard HTML controls as well, allowing you to manipulate them...
... change from Grammar -Translation Method by the use of the target language as a means of instruction and communication in the language classroom, and by the avoidance of the use of the first language ... situation and subject matter - Organize their thoughts in a meaningful and logical sequence - Use language as a means of expressing values and judgments - Use the language quickly and confidently ... interesting and relevant to their age and level of ability, where the learning goal was challenging yet manageable and clear, and where the atmosphere was supportive and nonthreatening, teachers can make...
... cepstral mean subtraction (CMS) [6] If the mismatch is caused by both channel and random noise, the testing vector is translated as well as shrunk The shrinkage is measured by αjj and the translation ... operator, and V AR[] and COV [] represent the variance and covariance operators, respectively As can be seen from Eq (27.60), the diagonal entries αjj are the weighted covariance of the model and the ... channel and (b) Gaussian white noise the key to the problem is to find feature sets that are invariant1 to the changes of transmission channel and environmental noise Liftered cepstrum [9] and...
... – Round includes task-level data mean scores of candidates in bottom and top quartiles, and overall – Round includes percentage of candidates classified A2, B2, C2 based on panel’s recommended ... Expert panel – 23 language specialists from 16 EU countries – Familiar with TOEFL®, English language instruction, learning and assessment, and the CEFR • Standard setting approaches – Performance-sample ... the CEFR – A1 and A2 (Basic) – B1 and B2 (Independent) – C1 and C2 (Proficient) • Focus on candidates with “just enough” language skills to be classified into each CEFR level • Classifications...