... CV ∂x The previous studies show that the effective diffusivity Def f of silicon-self interstitial could be positive or zero, or negative The fig.1 is the graph ofthe effective diffusivity of silicon-self ... surface So the diffusion process of silicon-self interstitial is backward, i.e the diffusion flux of silicon-self interstitial is from the region of low concentration to the region of high concentration ... where Ddif and udri are called diffusivity and drift term and given by: u−V V ; udri = (15) 6 The equation (14) and (15) show that : i) If V < u the diffusivity Ddif is positive andthe diffusion...
... o*(M,f,x,A) In other words, (4) is true if and only if the intersection of D with the extension of B is wholly contained as a subset in the extension of A D is omitted from the right-hand side ofthe " ... functions: F 2, which consists ofthe composition of (18vi) and F3; composition ofand F 2, FI, FO, and which consists ofthe (181) and defines the overall function effected by the program, in Figure ... non-determlnacy, and Prade and Valna (1980) attempt to incorporate concepts from the theory of fuzzy sets and systems Further development ofthe latter of these efforts would be of particular interest...
... to examine the IMP1 binding region ofthe ARS RNA The result of our REMSA studies show that the presence ofthe two terminal short stretches of adenines at the 5¢ andthe 3¢ ends ofthe ARS were ... 3B: lanes and 3, andthe sequence of ARS and DARS-4 in Fig 3A) The 20 nucleotide long region ofthe 5¢ end ofthe ARS (DARS-L; Fig 3B: lane 4) andthe A and U rich region located at the middle ... is whether dimerization between PABP and IMP1 prior to binding the RNA could alter their binding site on the ARS To understand the molecular nature ofthe interaction of IMP1 with the ARS and PABP,...
... these questions, we conducted a detailed characterization ofthe mechanism of cleavage, the roles of specific amino acids near to the N-terminus in catalytic activity, andthe significance ofthe ... reorganization ofthe secondary structure ofthe truncated forms was unlikely to be the cause of their destabilization ofthe truncates because the far-UV CD spectra for truncates (stable) and (rapidly ... in the nature ofthe interactions required for the stimulatory and inhibitory effects of protein B Either the two types of effect result from binding at different sites on the hydroxylase, or the...
... quality of dental care; the development, validation and standardisation of an index for the assessment of restorative care Thesis University of Amsterdam: The Netherlands; 1997 National Institute of ... monitoring ofthe general and oral health status of patients The main purpose of ROEs is to prevent the onset of oral diseases and/ or prevent further progression This allows the introduction of preventive ... Timeframe ofthe study We plan to randomise six ofthe initially recruited IQual groups that have declared their willingness to participate in this study, and to assign them randomly to one of the...
... volume of 0.1 ml) to 1.5 mm for the 0.3 ml volume, and a depth of 5.0 mm for ml ofthe vector preparation All of these depths were well beyond the diffusion limit of relevance to the adsorption of ... is the concentration of active virus at time t, VAO is the initial concentration of active virus, and Kd is the virus decay rate constant}, the half-life ofthe vector was in the 8–9 hr range The ... in the processes ofthe transduction pathways of MoMLV based retroviral vectors and lentivirally derived vectors During the transduction process, the rate of collision between the virions and the...
... below the CEO—both to expand their knowledge ofthe company and CEO succession candidates, and to increase other top-level executives’ exposure to the thinking ofthe board andthe board process The ... internal control system, has the final responsibility for the functioning ofthe firm Most important, it sets the rules ofthe game for the CEO The job ofthe board is to hire, fire, and compensate the ... Chairman ofthe Board It is common in U.S corporations for the CEO also to hold the position of Chairman ofthe Board The function ofthe Chairman is to run board meetings and oversee the process of...
... reports and from the database of Central Depository of Balance Sheets at the National Bank of Belgium 3.1.4 Data on the board of directors andthe management committee The database ofthe National ... classes of owners may value control dierently as the source ofthecontrol premium is the additional compensation and perquisites the controlling security holders can accord themselves (Jensen and ... structure of ownership andthe theory ofthe ®rm Journal of Law and Economics 26, 375±390 Demsetz, H., Lehn, K., 1985 The structure of corporate ownership: Causes and consequences Journal of Political...
... discourse ofcontroland chaos in the production of his most recent films Chapter 1: The Auteur and Authorship In this thesis, frequent reference is made to the notion ofthe author or auteur ofthe ... analysis ofthe three most recent projects in his oeuvre, this thesis will examine the notions of control, authenticity, and auteurship in von Trier’s post-Dogme theory and praxis The films are The ... Here, the notion of authenticity melts away very quickly and problematises the related discussions ofcontrolandthe auteur Two points arise: first, in any case, there is no question ofthe auteur’s...
... the food stocks, andthe mood ofthe garrison The tactics ofthe Daily Mail captured the attention ofthe nation; the newspaper dramatized the situation ofthe town by emphasizing the danger that ... examine both the role ofthe press in the formation of public opinion about imperialism andthe role ofthe press in the formation ofthe concept of public opinion itself Mafeking Night marks the powerful ... powerful beginning ofthe New Journalism at the same time as it marks the beginning ofthe end ofthe New Imperialism The coincidence of these occasions arises from the nature ofthe South African...
... of individual, hand-to-hand combat Grand strategy, on the other hand, remained the preserve of Tiw.11 In India, too, much the same phenomenon was apparent in the role of Indra, the chief ofthe ... the mainstream of legal analysis, largely as a result ofthe crumbling of older conceptions of legitimacy andthe rise of new aspirations for democracy andthe self-determination of peoples The ... testimony both to the warlike character ofthe Greeks and to their feeling of cultural unity, the cities ofthe Amphictyonic League of Delphi agreed that, in the event of war, the combatant states...
... creating and advancing liquidity to producers; along the circuit, the financial system governs the supply and demand of funds and, at the end ofthe process, it determines the condition for the closure ... institutions and strengthen the complementarity between the formal andthe informal sectors The poorest people of rural and urban societies live beyond the frontier of formal finance, or outside the formal ... affected by the creation and use of fiat-money Crucial to this purpose is the functional separation that the theory operates between banks and firms The macroeconomic focus ofthe theory, however,...
... zero even at the 95% level in Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK andthe US Moreover, while in some countries, (including Finland, the UK andthe US) residential ... also for these countries the existence of cointegration could not be rejected We therefore specify the VAR models in the level ofthe variables Nevertheless, we neither impose the number of cointegrating ... to offset the macro economic effects ofthe collapse ofthe bubble).2 Of course, it is by no means clear that central banks are better able to judge the appropriate level of asset prices and the...
... kinds: + The change of consumer-demand modal, market andthe attitude to the availability and diversity of goods + The pressure of reducing cost + The development of Information technology + The pressure ... The Association has the role of coordinating the activities ofthe members in order to protect the interests ofthe members and improve the position of Vietnam in the international freight forwarding ... services ofthe Ministry of Trade andthe Ministry of Transport Being the intermediary between enterprises and Government’s offices, VIFFAS has always made great efforts to catch the business needs and...
... the amount consumed in lians (50g/lian) per unit of time A lian is the unit of weight in China equivalent to 50 g The reproducibility and validity ofthe FFQ was assessed in a random sample of ... For other participants the average ofthe baseline and follow-up FFQ data were used in the analyses The average daily intake of individual food items (g/day) was combined to compute intake of red ... knowledge there are no other reports of a direct link between poultry consumption and risk of diabetes or of interactions between poultry consumption and BMI andthe risk of type DM Red meat consumption...
... than the level of HLA-DR in the cell lysates (5ul of a in 10 dilution, from x 106 PBMC) The shed HLA-DR therefore seemed to represent a small fraction ofthe total HLA-DR ofthe cell, however the ... visualisation of sections through the cell to observe surface and intracellular staining Figures 3a-d show the intracellular and surface staining of PBMC in a healthy controland from a septic patient These ... plasma from healthy controls and septic patients, divided into survivors and non-survivors, measured on the day ofthe diagnosis of sepsis P=0.014, healthy controls versus survivors and non-survivors...
... where the consequences of infection can be very severe, while the risk of living with one’s beloved cat is practically nill References Angulo FJ, Glaser CA, Juranek DD et al Caring for pets of immunocompromised ... with the human immunodeficiency virus Clin Infect Dis.1994;18:14-24 Han K, Shin DW, Lee TY, et al Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection and risk factors associated with seropositivity of ... women in Korea J Parasitol 2008; 94: 963-965 Grant S and Olsen CW Preventing zoonotic diseases in immunocompromised persons: the role of physicians and veterinarians Emerg Infect Dis 1999; 5: 159-163...
... well as the decentralization of power to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in the land allocation under Decree 99 The goal of phase ... The participation ofthe private sector is not strong enough especially the companies working in the field of fisheries, agriculture related to conversion of agricultural land The awareness of ... governments of Vietnam and Norway on the implementation of phase II, Norwegian Government has also agreed to further sponsor Vietnam an amount of US$30 million What is the progress of implementing...
... types of students in other university, NEU students are the perfect entity to take the research The study illustrates the effects of music cover and NEU students’ behaviors towards the spread ofthe ... understand the lyrics ofthe original song and they make comparison, they mainly recognize that major of covered songs are not as good as the original ones Hence, they may look down on the musicians, ... newer, brings the song back to the listener with the whole new style andthe performance is completely like remaining the life for the song The cover music in Vietnam is the kind of music, which...