... by the ease ofthe constituent polymer to dissolve in the cross-linking medium andthe extent of interaction between the cross-linker and polymer chains, bringing the chains closer together The ... each other A series of bands in the region 1150-1000cm-1 of SA had been reported to shift to lower wavenumbers as the calcium content increases andthe authors attributed the shift to C-C and C-O ... influenced to a greater extent by the structural arrangement ofthe polymer chains than the extent of interaction ofthe polymer with Ca2+ Thus, by adjusting the proportions of alginate and copolymers,...
... explain the lower drug contentofthe S2 and S3 microspheres The higher viscosity of S3 mixture as compared to S2 mixture would impede the diffusion ofthe drug from the polymer phase to the organic ... as standard test samples could be easily prepared to evaluate the properties ofthe matrix andthe influence of size and shape could be avoided The properties that affected the quality ofthe ... cross-linking of alginate matrices A review ofthe literature showed that the media used for internal and external cross-linking methods were not standardized and often, the pH values ofthe media...
... tensile properties The tensile properties ofthe matrix were affected by the extent of cross-linking, as well as the flexibility and mobility ofthe polymer chains The latter played a greater role ... Ca2+ content (Tables and 8) On the other hand, a fairly linear relationship (r2 =0.86) was observed between the viscosity of sodium alginate andthe Ca2+ content, indicating a strong influence of ... observed with higher alginate viscosity and greater extent of cross-linking (Tables and 10) The results suggested that the viscosity ofthe alginate andthe amount of Ca2+ cross-linked with alginate...
... many of them the treasury is amply remunerated, and more, by the increased sale ofthe public lands, the increase of population, andthe consequent increase ofthe revenue from the custom-house And ... defray the expense of sending mails to the new and distant parts ofthe country There is no justice in it The extension of these mails is a duty ofthe government; and let the government, by the ... have the pleasure to send you the copy of a paper I have prepared, at the request of Mr Webb, of Boston, to show the progress of increase ofthe number of letters by the post-office here, since the...
... (n) denotes the feeling ofgreat happiness and pride in one sense and a celebration or other expression ofgreat happiness in the other sense Nouns Denoting Great Pleasure Apart from the noun ‘delight’ ... ‘sense of freedom’, and other nouns These adjectives have their syntactic functions as head of adjectival phrases, pre-modifier of noun phrases and complement in sentences ‘Joyful’ (adj) and ‘joyous’ ... (2009) 165-173 171 great delight and pleasure, often at the defeat or failure of someone else, celebrate”, as in: The soldiers exulted at their victory The soldiers exulted over their defeated enemies...
... at the end ofthe month prior to the start ofthe maintenance period that the operation falls under Write-offs and provisions and return on assets are measured at the end ofthe year before the ... a mean of 1,144% and a standard deviation of 3,331% It is highly skewed The minimum is 86%, the median is 400%, andthe maximum is 26,997% Imbalance×nex has a mean of -208,065%2 and a standard ... foreign banks, they are 0.69 bps and −0.18 bps; for Landesbanks, they are 1.48 bps and 0.53 bps, and for cooperative central banks, they are 2.82 bps and 0.51 bps Thus Landesbanks are the best performers,...
... in the UK (7.4%) andthe presence of family and friends in the UK (7.1%) (Figure 4) All respondents were asked to report their 'main' and 'other' reasons of immigration to the UK (Figure 3) The ... along with the increased resource investment in the NHS at the end ofthe last century resulted in an influx of doctors to the UK [6] Places available for the final part of Professional and Linguistics ... Percentage of responses Figure Other Reason for migration to United Kingdom andGreat Britain Other Reason for migration to United Kingdom andGreat Britain Number of respondents: 1615 Total number of...
... media and analyst avenues To so, marketers are developing and outsourcing some ofthe same skill sets and resources of those more traditional media and analyst groups They are forming their own ... effective content marketing program is the definition of a strategic advocacy agenda and point of view This comes out of exhaustive online and offline discovery as well as invention sessions and continuous ... insights and discussions for others inside and outside ofthe network When Oracle’s ondemand CRM business unit teamed with the CMO Council to launch a campaign to improve integration and alignment of...
... 2.3 Methodology ofthe research 2.3.1 Data gathering The research began by the collection of official data concerning the poultry production from the reports ofthe Department of Livestock Production ... allow the characterization ofthe poultry production (sub-) systems, the scale of breeding andthe realisation ofthe cost-benefit analysis ofthe mass vaccination campaign against H5N1 in these ... each of level from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to the provinces (Department of Agriculture and Rural Development), then to districts (Office of Agriculture) and finally to the...
... controls of SBA-15-type mesoporous silica are available in the literature.10,11 It is reported that the ratio ofthe silica source to the surfactant ratio andthe pH ofthe synthesis gel can greatly ... can greatly influence thecharacteristicsofthe resulting materials as they generally control the formation of micelles during the synthesis.8 Hence, many aspects ofthe synthesis processes are ... layer The role of HCl in the synthesis process involves dehydrating the PEO segment and decreasing the solubility ofthe PEO block by the presence of Cl– ions in the aqueous solution.21 The increase...
... Where n s and n1, are the refractive indices ofthe substrate andthe corresponding layer respectively, d1, is the geometrical thickness ofthe corresponding quarter wave layers and λ B is the target ... reflectivity ofthe electric field from a single interface, and n1 and n2 are the optical indices ofthe alternating λ B /4 material layers As stated above, the λ B /4 optical thickness ofthe DBR ... formation of AlN on the surface, which degrades the properties ofthe epilayer [6] 2.2 Silicon Carbide (SiC) The main advantage of this substrate is that its lattice parameter andthe thermal expansion...
... 1.5% of dry weight of needles The low values of nitrogen content are due to the fact that measurements were made during the growing phase of new shoots The photosynthetic radiation responses ofthe ... inclinations ofthe shoot axis to the plane of projection The effect of asymmetry ofthe shoot was eliminated by rotating the shoot times in increments of 60° for each inclination angle The mean ... fitted to the measured photosynthetic rates using the method of least squares andthe value at 2000 pmol was used as an s m’ estimate ofthe photosynthetic capacity The silhouette area of each...
... recruitment, characteristicsofthe study participating practices and their constituent healthcare professionals and administrative staff, and reports the descriptive analyses ofthe data collected ... BP and glycaemic control, it would be reasonable to expect higher rates of patients with lower BP and HbA1c -and there is one QOF indicator for each of these with rates of performance of 80% and ... considerable amount of coding of frequency of dose data (usually entered as text rather than coded data) and coding of maximum doses of drugs to allow the identification of a population of patients who...
... usage in HBV The C% and U% were higher than A% and G%, and C3% and U3% were higher than A3% and G3% in HBV (Table 1) Table The overall nucleotide contents and nucleotide contents at the synonymous ... alignment and drafted the manuscript., MLW and FXZ participated in the sequence alignment SDZ, GL and YW participated in the design ofthe study and performed the statistical analysis XQH conceived of ... understand the roles of geographic and subtype factors in influencing the process of HBV evolution Materials and methods Sequence data The 58 complete RNA sequences of HBV were downloaded from the...
... grouping of proteins and water, the situation ofthe protein electric charge Adding the neutral salt to the protein solution, the hydration shell around the proteins becomes weaken or vanished, andthe ... AS and GM carried out most ofthe experiments and wrote the manuscript AC and MW critically revised the experiment design andthe manuscript DL, LL, TZ, DZ, QL, RJ, ZC, YZ and XC helped with the ... genome of DEV CHv-strain to amplify the UL45 and UL45Δ gene Electrophoresis analysis results of amplified products showed that the size of UL45 and UL45Δ gene was the same as expected The UL45 and...
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... from the centreline ofthe upstream cylinder location, the presence ofthe downstream cylinder will enhance the asymmetric features ofthe wake flow velocities and temporal variations ofthe surface ... andthe other close to the beat frequency, fn = 0.108 Hz Figure 134 and 135 show the plots ofthe surge responses for these two natural frequencies, for downstream cylinder placement at y = and ... D offsets The plots in red and green are computed from experimental and CFD kinematics respectively Table 24 and 25 presents the standard deviation ofthe surge motion responses Table 24 Standard...
... the kinematics ofthe other To quantify the dominance of either currents or waves in the wave current field on a cylinder, the ratio ofthe current flow (Uc) to the maximum particle (Uw) in the ... wake ofthe upstream structure is scattered, diffracted and probably turbulent, and these become the incident flow on the downstream structure The motions ofthe structures further complicate the ... Fundamentally, the flow interaction between the bluff column ofthe SPAR and one ofthe columns ofthe TAD can be represented by two interacting cylinders in waves and currents The upstream cylinder...
... spacing of (a) ½ D, (b) D, and (c) ½ D for combined wave and currents of T=0.7 s, H = 25 mm, C = 50 mm/s Figure D3 Y direction velocities measured at y = offset, at spacing of (a) ½ D, (b) D, and ... wave and currents of T = 0.7 s, H = 25 mm, C = 50 mm/s Figure D4 Y direction velocities measured at y = 0.6 D offset, at spacing of (a) ½ D, (b) D, and (c) ½ D for combined wave and currents of ... spacing of (a) ½ D, (b) D, and (c) ½ D for combined wave and currents of T=0.7 s, H = 25 mm, C = 75 mm/s Figure D7 Y direction velocities measured at y = offset, at spacing of (a) ½ D, (b) D, and...
... plots of wave and currents run, C= 75 mm/s, T=0.7s, at time intervals of T’ (First 24T’ s of run Downstream cylinder spacing at x = ½ D, y = 0.6 D) Figure H3 Iso surface plots of wave and currents ... Appendix H Iso Surface Plots of Numerical Wave Tank Figure H1 Iso surface plots of wave and currents run, C= 50 mm/s, T=0.7s, at time intervals of T’ (First 24T’ s of run Downstream cylinder spacing ... intervals of T’ (First 24T’ s of run Downstream cylinder spacing at x = ½ D, y = 0.6 D) Figure H4 Iso surface plots of wave only run, T = 0.7s, at time intervals of T (First 24T’ s of run Downstream...