... agent to control the mesoscale structure of metal oxides [16–20] The cooperative assembly route was originally developed for the synthesis of mesostructured silica where the simple and effective ... ratios of alcohol/water is consistent with XRD results well The magnetism ofthe samples prepared in pure water and in alcohol/water media is also investigated, as shown in Fig The value of saturation ... magnetization of samples a, b, and c is 75.4 emu/g (Fig 3a), 39.2 emu/g (Fig 3b), and (Fig 3c), respectively The magnetism results also match XRD and TEM results well Based on the values of saturation...
... Tube to the isolated island set in the centre ofthe massive ocean that dominated the eastern hemisphere: the home ofthe Slots Andof those few who did know the island was served by the public ... minutes on the far side ofthe inlet and he wouldn’t have a care in the world Suddenly they turned inland; within seconds the landscape changed The beach had gone, and with it all thoughts ofthe jungle ... into the rock face itself Why the Slots of old should choose to dig themselves into the rock face and then abandon the location was not apparent but they clearly had, for the centre ofthe ravine,...
... therefore the enthalpy ofthe solid As a result of hydration ofthe solid, changes in the shape and symmetry ofthe unit cell alter the entropy ofthe solid These changes in the enthalpy and entropy ... solution, and on the other hand, the viscosity ofthe solution increases Both factors decrease the 27 diffusion rate ofthe molecules in solution and lower thetransformation rate Thetransformation ... changes in the free energy and chemical potential ofthe solid Finally, the modification ofthe 11 chemical potential changes the fugacity and therefore the thermodynamic activity ofthe solid...
... 12.05 The difference between the solubility parameter ofthe fluid andthe solute (1 and 2) will determine the solubility of a solute in a SCF The smaller the difference, the higher is the solubility ... inhomogeneities ofthe fixed bed, the solvent distribution andthe influence of gravity) Fundamentals and state of knowledge Equations 2.3 to 2.8 present the key equations ofthe model Mass balance for the ... in one section ofthe fixed bed, while the extraction from the inside ofthe particles takes place in the other section 10 Fundamentals and state of knowledge The boundary between the two sections...
... optimize the efficiency ofthe drive In this work, we will show how an extension ofthe Park transformation will lead to the 'jxeudo-dq" components ofthe electric variables The electric equations of ... Compensation ofthe cogging torque The cogging torque T results ofthe interaction between , the rotor magnets andthe stator slots It depends only on the rotor position and has to be compensated by the ... a, b or The total fluxes a can be split in fluxes self-induced by the stator currents andifluxes due to the permanent magnets ofthe rotor : where L, and M, are the self-inductance andthe mutualinductance...
... between the pre-school class andthe school The repercussion of this is that the child care andthe school now have the same responsible authority, i.e., the Ministry of Education andthe Board of ... the purpose of this thesis is to explore the potentials and alternative goals for change and development ofthe present school pedagogy and classroom practice that integration ofthe school and ... teach their children to read The same was true for masters; they were responsible for their servants’ reading skills The object ofthe study was the Christian creed and particularly the Lutheran...
... of those who participated in the struggle—nine ofthe cases resting on the evidence of men who themselves rowed and are still alive, andthe remaining eight on reports received from some ofthe ... possible way be traced to the effects of rowing, we come to the consideration of those diseases ofthe respiratory andthe circulatory systems (in other words ofthe lungs andofthe heart) which we ... requesting them to favour me with their experience ofthe after effects of training and boat-racing on their own health ; and I further begged them to inform me which, if any of those who were their...
... contribution ofthe systematic factor andthe regulation to the total timely variation ofthe exposure is 17.24% and, therefore, 82.76% ofthe variation is due to idiosyncratic effects These effects ... disentangle the contributions ofthe systematic factor andofthe regulation One can expect some correlation between the regulatory variables outi (t) and out2i (t) on the one hand, andthe variables ... instance, the duration, andthe weighted sum ofthe positions’ duration is a measure ofthe bank’s exposure to interest rate risk (See, for instance, Sierra and Yeager (2004)) The main problem of these...
... The biggest change has been in the importance of so-called megabanks, those that hold more than $100 billion of assets At the end of 1999, there were eight of these giant companies Together they ... broaden the array of products they offer online, making available services such as insurance and brokerage that they either produce themselves or market on behalf of other companies As serious as these ... branches for many of their banking services Will thetransformationof banking now under way hurt consumers by raising the price or reducing the quality of these services? Or will the changes benefit...
... by the signing of a joint Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Public Health and Population andthe development partners active in the health and population sector The Memorandum ... protection for the needy; encouraging partnerships, private and foreign investments; and strengthening the role ofthe local authorities To achieve the targets ofthe MDGs, a public investment of US$ ... ofthe health sector The Ministry of Public Health and Population is the organization responsible for the health sector and is one ofthe largest public employers in the country However, there...
... downstream-located genes ofthe pil cluster could not be excluded, and therefore the question of whether the products of pilM, pilN, pilO and pilW each play a role in natural transformationand piliation ... that the nonconserved PilW protein is implicated in the assembly and stability of PilQ multimers at the inner membrane and transport of these subassemblies to the outer membrane The presence ofthe ... biogenesis ofthe DNA translocator and ⁄ or is involved in the stabilization of PilQ and PilA4 proteins in the outer membrane Moreover, the absence of any PilW-like proteins in the transformation...
... considered the greatest of postings, andthe rumours of danger and high casualty rates must far outweigh the truth On the other hand, UNIT's mortality rate was the highest of any section ofthe British ... her Who were they? Why There they there? Where was there? Who was she? What was she? Three eyes She remembered She dipped her fingers in the thin layer of slime and mud that covered the floor and ... red-leather, which sat beside the secretary's desk The low rumble ofthe three men discussing their financial business permeated the door Liz found herself hypnotized by the rise and full of the...
... between 30% and 80% of adults in theWHO European Region and up to one third of children The rates of obesity are rising in virtually all parts ofthe Region The costs to the health services of treating ... dynamics ofthe food system, particularly in the expanding markets of eastern Europe, needs further exploration andthe evolution ofthe food supply, particularly the price and availability of different ... The challenge of obesity in theWHO European Region andthe strategies for response Summary Printing of this publication was supported by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health of Finland...
... Around them, the Tavern of St Theodore andofthe Crocodile was empty of patrons Its buttressed timbers, andthe smell of damp wood that underlay the smell of spilled wine, reminded Speroni ofthe ... to put the colony on a firm footing Then the fever came, andthe crops showed no sign of growing, and some ofthe sheep that they had brought with them from England sickened and died, and Governor ... been dreaming ofthe cider: imagining the sharp, bitter taste of it as it cut through the dirt in his mouth andthe sewer smell at the back of his throat Surely the landlord ofthe inn couldn't...
... Director ofthe United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA); the US Surgeon General; the Director ofthe Office of Global Health Affairs in the US Department of Health and Human Services; the Secretary-General ... transitioned into the recovery phase ofthe study The early termination ofthe regimen will compromise the precision of a final estimate ofthe contraceptive failure rate of this regimen The side-effects ... With the purchase of every WCL notebook, a percentage ofthe sale is donated to the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations and included in the annual contribution of Italy to the WHO, ...
... 90–15) and 255 (M+ – 131) The loss of mass 131 results from the scission ofthe C1–C2 and C4–C5 bonds Figure 4C illustrates mass spectra of isolated 7-DHP-MO-TMS, andthe synthesized standard The ... (Invitrogen), andthe isolation of RNA followed the manufacture’s protocol The synthesis of first-strand cDNA was performed using the Superscript preamplification system (Invitrogen) Either lg of total ... spectrum ofthe biotransformation product is in agreement with that ofthe chemically synthesized standard (Fig 5) and with data from the literature [41] Thus, the two angular methyl groups (18-CH3 and...
... Greenberg, who never missed a game, and my Dad, Ted Greenberg, who taught me how to play And for my wife, Andrea, and my daughters, Allie and Samantha, who were there from the beginning andwho rooted ... figuratively took the game off ofthe street for Benny The gym teacher gave Benny his first glimpse at the technique and strategy ofthe game The boy began to understand that football, as violent and physical ... association The games evolved from a desire on the part ofthe best from given areas ofthe country to test themselves against the best from other areas The teams themselves arranged the games...