... may facilitate the transport of the QDs through the cell membrane However, further studies are needed to clarify themechanisms for the differential cellular uptake of the QDs The observed condensation ... h, the large amount of QDs accumulated inside the cell and their persistence in the lysosomes underscore the need for long-term studies of QD toxicity and fate in cells and clearly emphasizes the ... result of the pH change in these endocytic compartments The pH value in early endosomes is 5.96.0 [37] therefore the QD655-COOH particles are negatively charged and expels one another and stay...
... disentangle the contributions of the systematic factor and of the regulation One can expect some correlation between the regulatory variables outi (t) and out2i (t) on the one hand, andthe variables ... contribution of the systematic factor andthe regulation to the total timely variation of the exposure is 17.24% and, therefore, 82.76% of the variation is due to idiosyncratic effects These effects ... models: the full model (column 2), the model without the regulation variables (column 3) andthe model with only the regulation variables (column 4) The R2 of the full model is 17.24%, i.e the combined...
... +1 ], (12) 0, otherwise, and where x is the value of the explanatory variable (the time distance to the merger, in our case) The values xi denote the “knots” of the spline, andthe coefficients, ... opposite, the “structureconduct-performance hypothesis” The “efficiency hypothesis” states that the merged bank might reach economies of scale and other efficiency gains and transfer these to the customers ... concentration and study thedynamics of deposit rates during the first year after a bank merger They are able to document a negative impact of mergers on deposit rates On the other hand, Focarelli and...
... (Tables and 5) for the glycoconjugates to determine the dependence of the individual rate constants on the changes in the enzymes structural dynamicsThe parameters for both the lactose and dextran ... questions of whether and how the enzymes structural dynamics inuence the kinetics of a-CT catalysis This was done by determining the changes in the global structural dynamics (DGHX) [38] for the various ... k2) and (B) deacylation steps (DG k3) for the Lac-a-CT (s) and Dex-a-CT (n) conjugates were independent of the size of the glycan (Tables and 5, [36]) The analysis revealed that the changes in these...
... by the hydrogen ion concentration and ionic strength of the reaction medium [21,24,25] In view of the strategic importance of the oxyferro intermediate in the process of dioxygen activation, the ... of the measurements, of hydroperoxo-iron component relative to the standard redox situation (Scheme 2) This is likely to cause an increase in both the half-life of the scission process andthe ... established Thus, methemoglobin and H2O2 transform thianthrene 5-oxide to both the 5,5 -and 5,10-dioxide metabolites [160] The nding that most, if not all, of the sulfoxide oxygen in the 5,5-dioxide...
... oligomers and interact with other proteins The improvement of microscopic techniques will promote the understanding of thedynamicsand toxicity of misfolded proteins in living cells in the near ... molecules in the confocal volume As diffusion coefficients correlate with the friction between the molecule andthe solvent, the molecular mass of the molecules can be calculated by assuming the molecular ... shuttles between the nucleus andthe cytosol, whereas polyQ-expanded ataxin-1 is not exported from the nucleus [60] These observations suggest that the ataxin-1 accumulated in the nucleus becomes...
... the invariant parts comprising mainly the b-strands The loops between strands B and C, known as the ‘hypervariable loop‘, D and E, E and F, F and G, and G and H are particularly tolerant of longer ... exactly the reverse of the situation observed for the CCP1single and CCP2single modules and probably reflects the complex interdependence of the modules in terms of internal dynamicsand may also ... activity and forms a homodimer in neutral solutions [13] The CCP2 module increases the thermal stability of the serine protease and enhances its C1s-cleaving activity CCP modules are common in the...
... [30], and in the present simulation the load is along the [11 0] orientation andthe resolved shear stress on the (111) plane causes the sliding After the formation of the neck, the plastic deformations ... as compared with those in the bulk, andthe increasing dominance of the surface would decrease the strength of the structure 3.2 The melting properties of the SiNWs The variation of potential ... configuration The strain was then applied along the axial direction to study the mechanical properties of the SiNWs In order to investigate the relative influences of Fig Top and side views of the optimized...
... and Dwyer, 1976), one being the stream of air molecules entering the volume while the other is the ablating material from the comet surface Further, it is known that under these conditions, the ... D’A~nssro where p is the air density, p is the stagnation gas cap density, R, is the comet radius, cp is the specific heat of the gas and k, is the thermal conductivity The dimensionless quantity ... cP is the specific heat of the gas at constant pressure, y is the ratio of specific heats, c is the speed of sound, (T is the Stefan-Boltzmann constant, pa is the air density and T,, is the temperature...
... systemic lipids to their storage depot in the adipocytes On the other hand, the vasculature also transports factors (adipokines) and nutrients (such as free fatty acids) from these cells in time ... cells and adipocytes that encompass the tissue [4] Changes in local and systemic endothelial permeability or endothelial dysfunction induced by adipokines alter transendothelial transport and exclusion, ... VEGF andthe adiposespecific leptin and monobutyrin [25], are co-opted to function in conjunction with autonomous tumorderived factors to meet the circulatory demands of the invading lesion The...
... the innovation dynamics induced by environmental policy in the pulp and paper industry There has been a fair amount on technical change in the pulp and paper industry in the recent past and there ... also other instruments have been applied, such as water charges in the Netherlands andthe electricity tax in Finland The evidence on the relationship between environmental policy instruments and ... Innovation dynamics in pulp and paper able technologies and through the adoption and further development of emerging technologies Table Available and emerging environmental technologies in the pulp and...
... are the basis for the theory of electromagnetic field They have been written by English physicist G Maxwell in 1873, and they were the generalization of the experimental facts available then The ... Classical Dynamics where D = εE, B = µH are the vectors of the electric and magnetic induc¯ ¯ ¯ tion respectively, ε = ε0 ε and µ = µ0 µ are the dielectric and magnetic per¯ mittivities, ε and µ are the ... and currents, i.e ρ = and j = The Lagrangian of the electromagnetic field L then reads L = L(E, B) = B , εε0 E − 2µ0 (1.140) where E and B are the electric and magnetic fields accordingly, ε0 and...
... in the reactor • The time and temperature history of the vapors in the reactor • The time and temperature history of the vapors in the heated transfer lines from the pyrolysis reactor through the ... the standard free energy at 25ºC from the literature (DIPPR 1998) for the reactants andthe products in the gas phase for the esterification reactions, the free energy for esterification in the ... from the biooil In half the containers, no attempt was made to remove the air above the bio-oil In the other half, the headspace was purged with nitrogen The tightly closed samples were then...
... precipitation in August of the previous year and July of the actual year is significant for all stands In other cases precipitation in July of the previous year and June of the actual year as well ... increments and monthly precipitation in December and January For 10% and 45% of trees the correlation of precipitation in September and August of the actual year was also significant The correlation ... increments and average monthly temperatures was negligible The highest correlations were found out in stand No 6, where precipitation in June and July of the actual year and in September of the previous...
... reduced In the studied areas, these conditions were present at both the forestline andthe treeline in the first decades of the 20th century, favoring the establishment of larch cohorts These cohorts ... (Fig 3) Since the decade of the 1960s there has been a new reduction of grazing intensity and in most of the trees established in the first decades of the 20th century the apex exceeded the browsing ... place in the first decades of the 20th century and a second one after the second world war The highest numbers of inhabitants (3460) were in the middle of the 19th century Afterwards, the number...
... stand dynamics in forest management and restoration in the boreal forest [19] To mimic natural stand dynamics, it is essential to understand the ecology anddynamics of boreal species While there ... proportional to the circle circumference that lies within the plot); It(i,j) is a counter and is equal to when the distance between i and j is less than t and otherwise; and n is the number of ... 93, 157, 172 and 201 y stands in the mixedwood section of Saskatchewan boreal forest The solid line shows the L(t) values, while the dotted line shows the confidence envelope andthe average of...
... measure the angle.) The transmission angle 11is shown in Figure 3-3a and is defined as the angle between the output link andthe coupler * It is usually taken as the absolute value of the acute ... which the ground plane of the package is accessible It would be preferable if we could define the fixed pivot locations, as well as the three positions of the moving link, and then synthesize the ... Model * and further refine the design, based on the complete analysis of positions, velocities, and accelerations provided by the program The only data needed for the FOURBARprogram are the four...
... for the coordinates of vectors W, Z, D, and S, which define not only the lengths of those links but also the locations of the fixed pivots Oz and 04 in the plane andthe lengths oflinks and Link ... vectors Zl and Zz The angle corresponds to the Equations 5.31 can be solved using the approach of equations 5.27 and 5.18, by changing W to U and Z to S and using the definitions of the constants ... equation 5.31 in the matrix to get the coordinates of vectors U and S Equations 5.2 are then solved to find links and 3, andthe appropriate vector components are added together to get the locations...
... your tire rolls against the road without slipping, the road becomes a fixed centrode andthe circumference of the tire is the moving centrode The tire is, in effect, the coupler of a linkless ... for 004, the angular velocity of link 4, and also for the velocity of slip at the joint labeled A In Figure 6-18 the axis of slip is shown to be tangent to the slider motion and is the line along ... point A in the same system andthe acceleration difference (or relative acceleration) of point P versus pointA These terms are then further broken down into their normal (centripetal) and tangential...
... angle on the fall than on the rise because the stored energy in the spring is attempting to speed up the camshaft on the fall, whereas the cam is storing that energy in the spring on the rise The ... velocity and acceleration, and smoothness of jerk There are many other trade-offs still to be discussed in later sections of this chapter, involving the sizing andthe manufacturability of the cam ... the pressure angle andthe radius of curvature Both of these involve either the base circle radius on the cam (Rb) when using flat-faced followers, or the prime circle radius on the cam (Rp) when...