... staining and preparations, and A/Prof Ong Wei Yi, Dept of Anatomy, NUS, for his valuable inputs and time on experiment design and concept Final thanks go to Prof Nick Sahinidis, UIUC, and A/Prof ... was inserted to a depth of mm from the brain surface and retracted The foam rod was then inserted completely into the incision created The scarp ofthe rat was then closed by suturing andthe ... making based on the specific circumstances inthe operating theatre Thein vitro release profile ofthe 10% Paclitaxel loaded PLGA 50:50 foams inthe form of discs and rod (rods will be used in...
... commercial places” and kept inthe hands of “men skilled incommercial affairs, and having their interests intimately blended with thecommercial business and prosperity ofthe country.”121 The Merchants ... Franklin andthe Invention of Microfinance (London, 2010) 105 “A Plan for the Support ofthe Poor, and for the Relief ofthe Necessitous,” Miers Fisher Papers, 1790?, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, ... Citizen, An Appeal to the Public on the Conduct ofthe Banks inthe City of New York (New York, 1815), 5-7; An Inquiry Into the Causes ofthe Present State ofthe Circulating Medium ofthe United...
... lyticus protease I, andthe digests were then separated by RP-HPLC (Fig 6) A single fluorescent peak was obtained, andthe corresponding peak inthe UV-absorbance profile was well resolved from the ... subjected to SDS/ PAGE on a 15% gel, followed by staining with CBB or immunoblotting Results Presence of p2 8 in chromatin The purpose of this study was to develop a better understanding ofthe molecular ... significant increase inthe content of p2 8 inthe sperm nucleus, possibly through the acrosome reaction-induced activation of nuclear transglutaminase by an increase inthe intracellular concentration of...
... difference of softening point between the uncrosslinked - and crosslinked PVC samples is 16oC Among the samples crosslinked by DAPC and TMPTMA, the sample containing 0.2 phr of DAPC and 15 phr of TMPTMA ... of PVC chains So, the crosslinked PVC samples are more difficult to be softed and penetrated Among the samples crosslinked by DAPC and TMPTMA, the sample containing 0.2 phr of DAPC and 15 phr of ... samples This is explained bythe crosslinking PVC inthe presence of DAPC and TMPTMA as mentioned above At any concentration of TMPTMA, a maximum ofthe PVC samples also appears at 0.4 phr of...
... L spp Picea A Dietr spp Abies Mill spp Larix Mill spp Pseudotsuga menziesii Carr Fagus L spp Quercus L spp Fraxinus L spp Betula L spp Acer L spp Alnus Gaertn spp Sorbus L spp Tilia L spp Empty ... diversity index (SHDI) and catches of T formicarius andof I typographus; (b) arcsine-transformed proportion of pines (PROP_PIN) and catches of T formicarius andof I typographus; in a 500 m radius Landscape ... ratios, and both the Shannon diversity (SHDI) index andthe proportion of pines (PROP_PIN) around the 10 bottle-traps of each site The comparison of predator/prey ratios between sites and years...
... FSPC values (Webber, 1991; and unpublished data) compared to more passive pollinator types (ie, paintbrushes and misting pollinators) It should be possible, then, to influence the proportion of ... the proportion of Class grains but there was a significant decrease over the 3 0P1 0B and 4 0P1 0B media Correspondingly, the proportion of Class grains increased significantly over the media types ... lower proportions of Class grains (28.3 and 10.5%, respectively) There was no significant difference between the proportion of Class grains for the 1 0P1 0B and 2 0P1 0B media but the proportion of...
... showing the MAp17 andthe N-terminal CAp24 domain ofthe unprocessed Pr55Gag Ribbon diagram ofthe MAp17 [33] and CAp24 [34] depicting the structural rearrangemts that takes place inthe N-terminal ... Coulter) andthe precipitate was resupsended in 50 mM Tris pH8.0, 30 mM NaCl, and mM EDTA The purity and integrity of each CAp24 protein was finally analyzed by SDS-PAGE In order to increase the purity ... mutant CAp24 proteins Mutant and wild type CAp24 proteins were induced for in vitro CAp24 tubular formation (see Fig 3) At the end ofthe experiment, the proteins were fixed in freshly prepared...
... values of EP of groups of herds 1, andinthe case of herd dependent use of sires Averages and standard deviations of EBV across replicates are shown in Table VIII The group of sires represented the ... international breeding value estimation The objective of this paper was to investigate thein uence of definition of EP and levels of preferential sire use in herds on expected breeding values and estimated ... example in international breeding value estimation, or to investigate the importance of G × E In applications in dairy cattle, an EP is usually calculated as the mean phenotypic performance of...
... quickly the speaker speaks They feel that the utterances disappear before they can sort them out “They are so busy working out the meaning of one part of what they hear that they miss the next part ... skill in English? And how they distribute their time in practicing the four skills of language learning: listening, speaking, reading and writing? The following chart shows the differences in time ... maintain the students‟ focus on their tasks Furthermore, the answers to the prepared questions inthe pre-listening stage could be the actual main ideas ofthe listening task In this way, prediction...
... to find out the meanings ofthe others that lead them to gain an overall scene ofthe story of theme That is the way of teaching reading linking together in a process To sum up, “for helping ... number of cards can be displayed at the same time: by asking several students to hold them, by sticking them to the board, by clipping them to a wire, by propping them to a shelf, by using a sentence ... general introduction ofthe study with the specific reference to the rationale, the aims, the methods, the significance andthe design ofthe study Part B: DevelopmentThedevelopmentofthe study...
... the lysis ofthe haemocytes andthereleaseof cytoplasm content, as suggested bythe later appearance inthe preparation of numerous ghost cells and penaeidin immunoreactivity in preparation ... Immunostaining was observed by confocal microscopy The percentage of haemocytes expressing penaeidin corresponds to the ratio between the number of penaeidin riboprobe-positive cells andthe total ... per slide and three slides per shrimp were counted and each value represents the mean of five shrimps ± SEM post-injection (Fig 5) Regarding storage ofthe peptides, the percentage of penaeidin-immunoreactive...
... for HCMV inhibition and IL-8 production The effect of timing of TLR-ligand exposure on inhibition of HCMV infection production was next investigated using the concentration of each TLR-ligand that ... of HSV-2 in vaginally-infected mice was prevented by intra-vaginal application of purified TLR ligands [12,13] Similarly, intravenous injection of ligands for TLR3, -4, -5, -7, and -9 inhibit ... observed in response to LPS (Fig 2A) However, both Poly I:C and LPS induced >98% inhibition of HCMV infection when present for 24 hours in cell culture Anti-HCMV responses induced by Poly I:C and LPS...
... widespread use Keeping these resistotype data in mind while prescribing antibiotics for MRSA infected patients should aid inthe prevention of its spread and abiding bythe same principles kingdom-wide ... Additional investigation of laboratory derived vancomycin-resistant strains demonstrated down-regulation of certain penicillin-binding proteins, including PBP2A Quinupristin/dalfopristin (Synercid) ... emergence and spread of resistance Eliminating inappropriate antibiotic use and promoting more judicious use are essential parts ofthe solution As depicted in table and figure 1, 78.9% ofthe isolates...
... freely inthe community In addition, they were trained in monitoring the growth anddevelopmentofthe indexed baby by measuring weight, height and head circumference They were also trained in using ... the date ofthe last menstrual period from women inthe reproductive age group Those found to be pregnant were informed ofthe objectives ofthe study and were invited to participate inthe study ... inthe program, irrespective of whether they were anxious/depressed or not or whether they were being counseled or not, were instructed in healthy child rearing practices andthe growth and development...
... tissueelectrode interface in case ofin vivo applications In future, enabling bionanotechnology should open new perspectives inthe design ofthe NI, allowing the integration of multisites for specific and ... scheme ofthe CNT array-based system for drug delivery proposed in this study is depicted The main structure is composed bythe CNT array, embedded with the thin film of alginate entrapping NGF to induce ... a constant pressure of Pa, using 99.99% pure SiO2 target and 99.999% pure argon as sputtering gas) CNT Array: Properties, Imaging and Coating Alginate Thin Film Design, Production and Characterization...
... experiment to investigate the applicability of a number of different controlled- release fertilizer products The fertilizers were either applied into the root plug of containerized ponderosa pine ... rivers if the products were formulated and designed appropriately (nutrient composition andrelease characteristics), and were applied in a proper amount, placement method and timing Moreover, controlledrelease ... regime, on the growth and nutrition of containerized ponderosa pine stock during the 9-month growing period Our hypothesis was that, inthe greenhouse, incorporating extra controlled- release fertilizer...
... rate ofrelease is dependent upon the diffusion coefficient ofthedruginthe polymer and upon the initial drug load The diffusion coefficient is dependent upon the properties ofthedrugandthe ... first prepare the polymer matrix in an appropriate mold and then achieve the desired 19 / Literature Review drug load via sorption ofthedrug from a saturated solution ofthedrugin an appropriate ... rate of swelling (and the rate ofdrug release) depends on the hydrophobic/hydrophilic balance ofthe polymeric matrix andthe degree of crosslinking (Brondsted et al., 1991) Thereleaseof water-soluble...
... manage the risk and uncertainty in IPDP is presented in chapter In Chapter 5, a prototype method for managing risk and uncertainty in IPDP is developed and is applied in industrial cases in chapter ... different types ofproductdevelopment process are covered inthe next section 2.5 Types ofProductDevelopment Process There are several definitions of a productdevelopment process (PDP) in literature ... etc Production then realizes theproduct design into a physical productin a manufacturing plant It encompasses production equipment preparation, production line set up, training for new operators...
... to the domain ofthe design 2.2.4 Production Ramp-Up Comparatively speaking, the production phase ofthe PDP has the most number of data mining applications The primary reason for this is the ... predict the effects of design changes, and determine the best design parameters by analysing the effect of drop test 21 Data Mining Within theProductDevelopment Process Chapter In their paper, ... (MNCs) In particular, the purpose of these databases, the phase ofthe PDP in which these databases are used, their structure and content, the quality of information in them andthe potential use of...