... mode Appendix AThe value ofthe specific heat ratio (c) used to calculatethe net heat release rate (HRR) varies withthe variation ofthegas temperature inside the cylinder, and it can be calculated ... contains a variety of air–fuel ratios Therefore, the flame is well-anchored depending on the value ofthe local AFR; irrespective ofthe value ofthe overall AFR, which can reach a value of 100 ... (dilution effect naturalgas causes a larger of EGR), and to the increase in the mixture heat capacity (thermal take place closer to the TDC; i.e at the beginning ofthe power effect of EGR) With higher...
... each case is underlined: 1) the mutant designated 61E/945-5 using primer 5’ACTAGTGTTGGATCCTAACAACGTTCGGCATGGAGCTAGGTATAGCAGTAGCAAATATGGATGTAAAACTACAGATAG-3’, 2) the mutant designated VRB3aa using ... 5’-GAGGGAGTAATCAGGACAATAGCTGCACAGGAAAATGCAACCCCC-3’, 3) the mutant designated N147S using primer 5’-GGGAGTAGTCAGGACAATAGCTGTGAGGG-3’, 4) the mutant designated K128N/S130T using primer 5’GCAACCCCCTAGTCTTACAGTTCACCCAGAAGGGAAGACAAGCCTCTTGG-3’, ... 5’GCAACCCCCTAGTCTTACAGTTCACCCAGAAGGGAAGACAAGCCTCTTGG-3’, 5) the mutant designated I156V/K164R using primer 5’-GGAGAAGCTTGGTGGAATCCCACCTCCTCATGG-3’, and 6) the mutant designated I186V using primer 5’GGATATGACCCTGTCGCTTTATTCACGGTGTCCCGGCAGG-3’...
... mtDNA in mitochondria or cells The reasons for the lack of alkylation of mtDNA within mitochondria by mitoDC-81 are unclear The local concentrations of mitoDC-81 and DNA, and the duration ofthe ... considerable alkylation ofthe DNA ladder by mitoDC-81 (Fig 3B, lane 1) Analysis ofthe gel prior to electrotransfer showed that the extent of alkylation was proportional to the amount of DNA present ... both approaches appeared to lead to the accumulation ofa PNA within the mitochondria of cultured cells, neither affected the proportion of mutated mtDNA in heteroplasmic myoclonic epilepsy with...
... elementary arguments from the geometry of numbers and linear algebra Acknowledgments The authors are grateful for the hospitality ofthe American Institute of Mathematics, where the first phase of ... is a lattice endowed withanatural quadratic form, namely x → tr(x2 ); as such, it defines an element [L] ofthe moduli space S of homothety classes of positive definite quadratic forms S can ... tools, the central idea will always be to count fields by counting integral points on certain associated varieties, which are related to the invariant theory ofthe Galois group These varieties...
... GLU R1 5A forward (5¢-ATTCAAACTATAAAGTTGACGCAA CTGACTTGGAAACCTTC-3¢), GLU R1 5A reverse (5¢GAAGGTTTCCAAGTCAGTTGCGTCAACTTTATAGTT TGAAT-3¢); GLU H44 7A forward (5¢- GCAAGTCATTT TGGATGCTATTAATGATGATGGCTC-3¢), ... H44 7A reverse (5¢- GAGCCATCATCATTAATAGCATCCAAAA TGACTTGC-3¢); GLU T46 2A forward (5¢- GAACAACTT AACAGATATGCCGGTTATTCCACCGGTGCC-3¢), GLU T46 2A reverse (5¢- GGCACCGGTGGAATAACCGGCA TATCTGTTAAGTTGTTC-3¢); ... toroid, and is closely similar to that ofthe catalytic domain ofA awamori and T thermosaccharolyticum glucoamylases, withthe active site at the narrower end of barrel There is no terminal starch-binding...
... individual MiL in a representative sample ofthe German population to gather data for future comparisons with cancer and palliative care patients More specifically, the study aimed (i) to evaluate and ... CI Figure and gender on IoS Results ofthe multifactorial analysis withthe effects of age Results ofthe multifactorial analysis withthe effects of age and gender on IoS Page of (page number ... significantly higher levels of family life satisfaction and community satisfaction [35] Inhabitants ofthe affluent German South-West (BadenWuerttemberg, Bavaria, Hesse/Rhineland-Palatinate/Saarland,...
... which generate estimates ofthe noise covariance matrix with more variance when primary data are used More precisely, the variance ofthe noise covariance matrix estimate and then the associated performance ... (called primary observation vectors) For example the secondary observation vectors may correspond to samples of data associated with another range than the range ofthe detected target in radar ... R(nT), C(nT), s TNAR available R, C on sec data TNAR available R, C on sec + prim data No TNAR No TNAR available R, C on sec data TNAR available R, C on sec + prim data No TNAR - 29 - Receivers...
... approximation ofthe equation in a weak sense and application ofthe topological theory ofa degree that allows to establish the existence of solutions on the basis ofa priori estimates and statements ... statements about passage to the limit Note that in the case ofa not cylindrical domain (with respect to t) the necessary spaces of differentiable functions cannot be regarded as spaces of functions of ... prove a similar result for a domain with changing boundary The article is organized as follows We need a number of auxiliary results about functional spaces for the formulation ofthe basic results...
... CK, Castanopsis kawakamii plantation forest; NF, natural forest of C kawakamii The abbreviations are the same as elsewhere Castanopsis kawakamii is only involved Six soils were randomly taken ... (85% of total stand basal area for C kawakamii), old age (~ 150 year), and large area (~ 700 ha) In addition to C kawakamii, the overstorey also contained other tree species, such as Pinus massoniana, ... such as Cunninghamia lanceolata (Chinese fir, CF), Fokienia hodginsii (FH), Ormosia xylocarpa (OX) and Castanopsis kawakamii (CK) that grown on a same soil and withthe same former forest, natural...
... in determining the mutation class ofa quiver In [2], the authors prove that the mutation class of an adjacency matrix associated to a triangulation ofa bordered surface with marked points is ... signed adjacency matrix B = B(T ) that reflects the combinatorics of T The rows and columns of B(T ) are naturally labeled by the arcs in T For notational convenience, we arbitrarily label these arcs ... uniquely associated to a triangulation ofa piece of surface Gluing elementary blocks corresponds to a gluing of associated triangulated pieces of surfaces along arcs of triangulations (see [2]) Therefore,...
... peptide-based assay (99.8%; data not shown) Further studies are in progress to compare the assay performance ofthe anti-SMP assay with that of other commercially available anti-Sm immunoassays For ... containing dimethylated arginine residues for epitopes assay Assay performance characteristics ofthe anti-SmD3 peptide (SMP) assay (a) Intra-assay and interassay variability, (b) linearity, and ... based on the general protocol ofthe Varelisa® tests (Pharmacia Diagnostics) Assay performance characteristics To evaluate the performance ofthe assay, the precision, reproducibility and linearity...
... publication of this case report and any accompanying images A copy ofthe written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of this journal Author details Department of Anatomy, Medical ... hands Also, after a metacarpal fracture, the bony fragments often are dislocated because of traction from the surrounding muscles [6] One ofthe most common fractures is ofthe head ofthe fifth ... et al.: The cadaver ofa Caucasian man witha supernumerary fourth dorsal interosseous muscle in the right hand: a case report Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011 5:393 Submit your next manuscript...
... the differential diagnosis was either a tumour or an abscess Given that the patient was septic, this cystic lesion with an enhancing capsule was likely to be an abscess rather than a tumour Again ... collection and clear urine via Figure fat saturation and gadolinium enhancement T1-weighted coronal magnetic resonance imaging scan with T1-weighted coronal magnetic resonance imaging scan with fat saturation ... All authors have read and approved the final manuscript Consent Written informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this case report and any accompanying images A copy of...
... (TM3) Tympanoplasty was performed in all patients In most ofthe cases a retroauricular incision witha tympanomeatal flap was made In cholesteatoma cases canal wall up and canal wall down procedures ... titaniummade total and partial ossicular replacement prostheses (TORP and PORP) In the latter cases a cartilage sheet ofa size just a bit larger than the prosthesis head to overlap it was prepared ... Ninety patients (44 males and 46 females, response rate 74.4%) witha median age of 52 years (range 18 to 75 years) participated in all questionings and examinations The data of these patients...
... estimate ofthe age ofthe MRCA of all strains was calculated based on major and minor SNPs in intronic regions using the results obtained by application ofthe intron mutation rate These estimates ... quality of information generated and availability ofthe putative parental strains to this natural recombinant provide an excellent basis for a better understanding ofthe gene combinations responsible ... in the case of additional targeted sequencing of all Ugandan isolates, comparisons were made with all type I, II and III reference strains The distribution of SNPs in TgCkUg was also mapped against...
... represents the speed ofthe wind and k and c are the shape and scale parameters ofthe distribution After a calculation ofthe Coefficient of Power (Cp) curve by BEM theory, the AEP can be obtained with ... S809 The plot indicates that the designed airfoils have a maximum aerodynamic efficiency lower than that ofthe S809’s, however they have larger values for a larger range ofthe angles of attack ... that the angles of attack in the airfoils go from around degrees to around 22 This indicates that instead ofa maximization ofthe Cl /Cd ofthe airfoil for a given alphadesign, the optimization...
... Characterization of flavonoids on PPARα and PPARγ activity 103 3.3 Characterization of flavonoids and PPARα ligands on anatural PPARα V22 7A variant 124 3.4 Mechanism(s) elucidation of attenuated ... 2004 at Shanghai International Convention Center, Shanghai, China xiv ABBREVIATIONS 15dPGJ2 Å3 ABCA1 ACO Acrp30 AD AF-1 AF-2 AM aP2 apoA-I apoA-II apoA-V apoC-III AR bp Bio Cal CAP350 CARM-1 ... regulation can be affected by the action of AF-1 and AF-2, the dimerization of RXR on the PPRE, the regulation of PPAR expression, the post-translational modifications of PPAR; and the association with...
... the years Although naturalgas (NG) is thenatural choice among fossil fuels, most NG reserves are offshore and away from demand sites Liquefied naturalgas (LNG) is the most economical means ... only factor that affects the performance ofa GO algorithm The quality of relaxation from a larger model may be better than that from a smaller model The use ofthe larger model in a GO algorithm ... example, during summer, when the ambient temperature is high and thegas turbines are operating at maximum available power, the plant operators change several parameters such as refrigerant composition, ...
... ofa ligand, such as nitrosoalcane, to the iron of MP8, it brings a partial steric hindrance on the distal face of MP8 and thus controls access ofthe nitrosoalcane ligand to the iron atom of ... complex into a hydrophobic pocket with no change ofthe Fe(II) spin state and no replacement of any ofthe two axial ligands ofthe iron, His18 or RNO, by an amino acid side-chain ofthe antibody ... complexes, with aborption maxima at approximately 413 and 530 nm (Table 1) [20] The reactivity of these new complexes was very similar to that ofthe MP8–Fe(II)–RNO complexes and that of other already...
... + NAD+ fi BPG + NADH BPG + ADP fi ACA + ATP ACA + NADH fi NAD+ ATP fi ADP Glc + ATP fi ADP trioseP + NADH fi NAD+ ACA Ð ACA x ACAx fi GAPDH: lowpart: ADH: ATPase: storage: glycerol: difACA: outACA: ... indicated in Table All the underlying parameter values are the same as in the 20D model, i.e no parameter optimization was done in the elimination of variables approach The model’s parameters are ... the bars indicate the importance ofthe feedback loops associated with each ofthe species, as determined by interaction analysis es is the smallest scalar perturbation ofthe linear feedback of...