... ascertain the following basic information for all LPG Þres: a The time ofthe ÞreÕs inception if there is ßame impingement or engulfment ofthe vessel b The liquid level in the storage vessel and whether ... minimized by setting the vacuum relief valve at the highest vacuum permitted by thedesignofthe vessel 2.7.1.2 Other considerationsfor piping design are as follows: a Keep the number of shell penetrations ... areas, andthe drainage ofthe water to the ground or open drainage system connections are common practice The drainage system must be capable of safely handling LPG 3.4.3 See the water-drawing system...
... lactis The results are presented in Table and Fig 4A Forthe cluster of lowest energy, both the position andthe conformation ofthe ligand are close to those observed in the 3D structure ofthe ... group ofthe ligand andthe NH2 of Asn470 (equivalent to Asn710 in DPP-IV) Another potential bond can be proposed between the OH atom of Tyr380 andthe carbonyl group ofthe ligand Finally, the ... comparison ofthe active and specificity sites ofthe two X-PDAP enzymes, the bacterial PepX (green) andthe human DPP-IV (orange) (B) Superposition ofthe active and specificity sites ofthe S9 enzymes...
... Molnar, D., Osvik, D., and B de Weger Short chosenprefix collisions for MD5 andthe creation of a rogue CA certificate, Crypto 2009 [SP800-57] National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), ... defined test cases for HMAC-MD5 This document updates the security considerations in [HMAC], which [HMAC-MD5] points to for its security considerations [HASH-Attack] summarizes the use of hashes in ... with a shared secret value for message authentication in HMAC, and in this context, some people may find the guidance for key lengths and algorithm strengths in [SP800-57] and [SP800-131] useful...
... gateway forthe mesh network The latter action disables the current backhaul link and use the multihop wireless backhaul as default route to the Internet The performances ofthe self-configuring and ... pointto-multipoint wireless link The geographical distribution ofthe testbed is presented in Figure The system design was driven by our previous work on the state -of -the- art solutions for engineering a WMN ... estimate ofthe highest effective throughput achievable in the forward direction, and PACK is the delivery probability ofthe ACK signal in the reverse direction (drev ) Since rx is the estimated...
... tailor the intervention (Designing the Intervention) NorthStar assists the user in the choice of appropriate study design to test the QI intervention (Choosing the Study Design) It then discusses the ... for preparing the first draft of that section, based on a reviewofthe published literature as well as other outputs ofthe ReBEQI project (e.g a literature reviewof QI models and frameworks) ... interventions and their evaluation The intention was forthe tool to be useful to users with varying levels of experience in QI research, andforthe text to be instructional as well as informative For...
... in the US and Europe, those standards are under continued review as science and practice evolve The globalization of standards creates a challenge for those standards andfor feedback onto standards ... constraints ofthe field research The primary concern in the US and other developed countries is that survey data is not used to disclose the identity of an individual Linkage of data systems and profiling ... participants understand or remember about the consent process [16] Judgment about the appropriate level of effort to achieve informed consent hinges on the risks and benefits ofthe survey For example,...
... accordance with the results ofthe sea floor survey, considering the deviations from a plane surface, the force-deformation properties ofthe soil, andthe geometry ofthe base ofthe structure The possibility ... indicated for consideration by the designer Thedesignof offshore structures requires much creativity ofthe designer, and it is intended that this guide permit and encourage creativity and usage of ... Stability ofthe sea floor 5.2.1 Slope stability- The stability ofthe sea floor in the vicinity ofthe structure should be investigated The study should include the effects ofthe structure on the...
... between the bar andthe surrounding concrete The stress at the surface ofthe bar resulting from the force component in the direction ofthe bar can be considered the bond stress between the bar and ... ensure yielding of steel before the crushing of concrete The yielding ofthe steel provides ductility and a warning of failure ofthe member The nonductile behavior of FRP reinforcement necessitates ... transportation costs and may ease handling ofthe bars on the project site 3.1.2 Coefficient of thermal expansion The coefficients of thermal expansion of FRP bars vary in the longitudinal and transverse...
... of degradation 440.2R-18 ACI COMMITTEE REPORT 7.3—Repair of strengthening system The method of repair ofthe strengthening system depends on the causes ofthe damage, the type of material, the ... system and its form should be selected based on the acceptable transfer of structural loads andthe ease and simplicity of application Common FRP system forms suitable forthe strengthening of ... orientation ofthe fibers, andthe quantity of fibers primarily govern the tensile properties ofthe FRP material Due to the primary role ofthe fibers and methods of application, the properties of an...
... state ofthe art The procedure used on a particular project should be based on the experience andthe ingenuity ofthe builders andthe judgment ofthe engineer DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND REPAIR OF ... placing the mortar The chemical composition ofthe cement, the nature ofthe aggregate, the aggregate-cement ratio, andthe watercement ratio are the major parameters governing the properties ofthe ... fraction, the specific surface of reinforcement, andthe effective modulus ofthe reinforcement sections, pg 549.1R-25 2.1.1 Volume fraction of reinforcement Vf-Vf is the total volume of reinforcement...
... BETWEEN THE SPECIFICATIONS ANDTHE MEASUREMENTS OFTHE BANDPASS FILTER 82 TABLE 3.6: SPECIFICATIONS OFTHE SERIES-FED ARRAY 84 TABLE 3.7: COMPARISON OFTHE RELATIVE ERROR ANDTHE ... scheme forthe Green’s function for fast evaluation ofthe MoM matrix elements andthe computation ofthe radiation patterns Finally, a patch antenna is analyzed to demonstrate the accuracy ofthe ... + εr surface wave pole located on the real axis ofthe complex k ρ plane, andthe symbol Res denotes the residues ofthe integrand at the pole k ρ = k ρρ Forthe single-layer Green’s function...
... with the setting of retention requirements forthe armed forces The study responds to the question ofthe optimal experience and skill mix forthe current armed forces, a question that is of increasing ... understanding ofthe production of military activities would be valuable to the readiness ofthe armed forces, the effectiveness ofthe manpower requirement determination process, andthe recruitment ... relevant by the ongoing military transformation andthe changing requirements ofthe armed forces Military transformation includes the evolution of a more agile, more deployable force andthe integration...
... interfering with the protein activity The tagged protein was purified and then used for further analysis In the reductive reaction, the Michaelis–Menten constant Km for DHA was mm, andthe Km for NADPH ... in the genomic DNA For that reason, we amplified the open reading frame from cDNA Forthe second ofthe two potential glycerol dehydrogenases, we predicted no introns and therefore amplified the ... Comparing the nucleotide sequence with sequences of other dehydrogenases enabled us to predict the start andthe stop codons and to design primers to amplify the open reading frames using PCR For the...
... to express either the wild-type or mutant proteins, and incubated thecells 3222 in the presence or absence of tunicamycin Drug treatments resulted in the accumulation of forms ofthe mutant proteins ... end of an a-helical region ofthe HFE a1 domain (V100 and W103A) as being of particular importance for TfR1 interactions [16,17,20] The effect of HFE binding to TfR1 is to lower the affinity ofthe ... were of lower apparent molecular mass andof similar size to the unglycosylated form ofthe wild-type protein (see Fig 2B for single mutants and Fig 2C for double mutants) This suggested that the...
... be virtuous? Let us then start by making them love their fatherland But how are they to love it if the fatherland is nothing more for them than for foreigners, and accords to them only what it ... state: it ‘serves as a vehicle forthe enrichment of a small elite at the expense ofthe majority ofthe population The Haitians who have fled in the tens of thousands forthe past several decades have ... characteristic ofthe communitarian, conservative and constitutionalist 23 24 TheEthicsand Politics of Asylum realist strands of political theory.1 Writers in each of these strands have mostly ignored the...
... Both the mass ofthe tube and activity ofthe enzyme were monitored over time using standard NADH oxidase assay methods It was necessary to correct forthe mass ofthe tube due to concentration of ... reduce the disulfides, and assayed as above Thiols were quantified by comparison of peak areas to standard curves of those standards Coenzyme A was measured as the sum ofthe areas ofthe CoA and ... equivalent of NADPH, while an increase is observed during the addition ofthe second and subsequent equivalents of NADPH With the exception ofthe expected increase at 340 nm from the addition of free...
... reduced by the stacking of Od1 in between the plane ofthe thiourea moiety andthe Ca of G190 Hence, the undefined orientation ofthe N103 amide Od1 and Nd2 atoms may reflect the repulsive forces exerted ... by the K103N mutation The electron density for Cc ofthe K103N mutant structures is well defined but the quality ofthe map does not allow assessment ofthe orientation ofthe amide plane There ... we present the structural indications forthe role of K103 and N103 in drug binding andthe structural implications forthe inhibitory efficacy ofthe inhibitors Efavirenz, PNU142721, and MSC194...
... coordinated by the Ne ofthe histidine ofthe ‘AXXCH’ (actually AAQCH) heme-binding motif, andthe sulfur of Met91 The ˚ heme iron–ligand distances were restrained to A (his˚ (methionine), andthe model ... and methionine in each case), the cysteines that form thioether bonds to the heme, andthe methyl group ofthe alanine ofthe C fasciculata AXXCH heme-binding motif, which is found in place of ... chain that forms a thioether bond between heme and protein Also shown is the methyl group ofthe alanine ofthe AXXCH heme-binding motif, which is found in place ofthe first cysteine of a typical...
... the National Science Foundation, in part by the U.S Army Signal Corps, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, andthe Office of Naval Research, and in part by the National Bureau of Standards ... first and compared among the four languages: 1) the category of gender, 2) the category of animateness, 3) the category of case and number The product of this comparative analysis is a set of formation ... parts of speech of * This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation, and in part by the U.S Army Signal Corps, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, andthe Office of...
... (1) the current state ofthe art, (2) the economics of adoption, and (3) the level of adoption, of selected pollution prevention technologies in the U.S pulp and paper industry The focus of this ... adopt them Since the discovery of dioxins in pulp mill effluent, however, the U.S and international research and development effort has been impressive, andthe rate of adoption of many of these ... capital and operating cost information, the actual costs and savings for any particular mill are very site-specific, and depend closely on the age, type, and condition ofthe existing equipment at the...