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HBC fuse models based on fundamental arc mechanisms.
The Thesis presents an in-depth study of arcing behaviour of H.B.C. fuses for a range of fuse elements and fillers, under critical current conditions. The methodologies used were the standard breaking capacity short-circuit test plus the application of crow-bar, X-ray studies, metallographic …
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Hepatitis B core (HBc) virus like particle (VLP) as a platform for innovation of chimeric adjuvant-free VLP vaccines targeting oncoviruses
… This thesis aims to apply Hepatitis B core (HBc) virus like particle (VLP) as a platform for innovation of chimeric adjuvant-free VLP vaccines targeting oncoviruses. Two chimeric HBc VLP-based vaccines presenting Epstein–Barr virus nuclear antigen 1 (EBNA1) epitope (short and non-structural …
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Determinants of home based care services provision for the people living with HIV/AIDS: A case study of Hope ('Tumaini') Home Based Care Programme in Tanzania
… necessitated the expansion of Home Based Care (HBC) programmes and has called for the need to strengthen the HBC services in Tanzania. Since scaling up of HBC services is fundamental and the resources dedicated into HBC programs are supposed to be utilized efficiently, the factors hindering the …
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Phenotypic and Functional Characterisation of Hofbauer Cells Across Gestation
… and macrophages, termed Hofbauer cells (HBC). HBC are the only fetal immune cell population found in the healthy placenta throughout pregnancy. The roles of HBC at different stages of pregnancy are unclear, but they are likely to be important in placental development. We sought to provide …
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Von der organischen Heteroepitaxie zu organisch-organischen Heterostrukturen
… (PTCDA) und Peri-Hexabenzocoronen (HBC) auf verschiedenen einkristallinen Oberflächen von Gold und Graphit untersucht. Zur Abscheidung der Moleküle und zur Herstellung dünner hochgeordnerter organischer Schichten wurde eine Molekularstrahlepitaxieanlage mit mehreren Kammern …
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Macrophage Diversity in the First Trimester Human Placenta: Phenotypes, Functions and Developmental Origins
… macrophages called Hofbauer cells (HBC), however the functions and developmental origins of these cells remain poorly defined. Our attempts to profile HBC in the first trimester human placenta revealed the presence of maternally-derived cells in placental digests. We established …
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Using Molecular Design to Influence Intermolecular Interactions
… the properties of contorted hexabenzocoronene (HBC) derivatives to improve photovoltaic performance. First, the interaction between contorted HBC derivatives with varying degrees of "bowl" character and fullerenes are explored in solution. Association constants were determined by fluorescence …
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The role of PLK1 in Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection of the liver
… I provide a review for the HBV core protein (HBc), its function and the host molecules it usurps during infection and pathogenesis. I also identify Polo-like-kinase 1 (PLK1) as a proviral factor in HBV pathogenesis. I demonstrate by loss of function as well as gain of function approaches that …
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Home Based Care (HBC) providers knowledge attitude and perception of identification treatment and referrals of common symptoms of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in Botswana
… in the training of home based care volunteers (HBCV) to assist in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The HBCV regularly visit and assist ill patients at home. They provided support with home activities and basic health care. They are to note changes in their clients' condition, and, if necessary, …
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The prepation of relatives of aids patients for home-based care in the Bethesda sub-district : a nursing perspective
… in that it is concerned with enhancing of HBC skills which in turn could result in the: - Reduction of hospital workload of HIV/AIDS patients - Increase of knowledge base and skills for improvement of home-based care - Prevention cross-infection whilst caring for the HIV/AIDS patient - …
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Investigating Genetically Engineered Virus-Like Particles Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations for Enhanced Vaccine Development
… hydrophobic insertions using Hepatitis B core (HBc) and Human heavy chains ferritin (HFn). Initial investigations revealed that models predicted by AlphaFold2 were stable as initial structures, providing a basis for accurate simulation studies. Subsequently, the self-assembly properties of eight …
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Tunneling spectroscopy of highly ordered organic thin films
… (PTCDA) and hexa-peri-hexabenzo-coronene (HBC) as well as organic-organic heterostructures on reconstructed Au(100) were prepared. The molecular arrangement was characterized in Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Low Energy Electron Diffraction investigations. Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy …
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Multi-Photon Spectroscopic Studies of Molecule/Metal Interfaces and Graphene
… on Cu(111) and hexa-cata-hexabenzocoronene (HBC) on Cu(111), which are important model systems for an organic / electrode interface of organic semiconductor devices. Although the same copper substrate was used for all the experiments, the nature of interfaces was strongly affected by the …
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Sampling methodology tradeoffs: evaluating monitoring strategies for the endangered humpback chub (Gila cypha) in the Little Colorado River, Arizona
… monitoring for the potamodromous humpback chub (HBC) Gila cypha within the Lower Colorado River Basin (LCRB) has focused on hoop-net sampling within their primary spawning ground, the Little Colorado River (LCR). However, questions remain unanswered regarding their spawning strategy. Thus, due to …
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Epitaxial nanolayers of large organic molecules
… Heterostrukturen bestehend aus QT-HBC Schichten auf Au(111) dar. Im Zusammenhang mit der Untersuchung dieser Schichten sollte geklärt werden, ob der kürzlich gefundene Epitaxytyp line-on-line das Wachstum organisch-organischer Heterostrukturen generell beschreiben kann. Im Gegensatz …
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Investigation of disintegration and arcing in electric fuses
… phenomena of fault current limiting of HBC fuses using spectroscopic analysis of the arc light radiation. The range of studies covered have led to new understandings of fundamental current limiting behaviour of HBC and open type fuses which contribute, in a small way, to the knowledge …
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Single-crystal growth of organic semiconductors and organic electronic applications
… solar cells composed of hexabenzocoronene (HBC) and C60 and their improvement by utilizing the co-crystallization effect of these two molecules. In Chapter 6, HBC was fluorinated using two different ring-closing reactions, and their energy difference as well as conformation change was …
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Long-term follow-up of neonates who have been immunized with hepatitis B vaccine
… were tested for the serological markers: anti-HBc, anti-HBs and HBsAg. (Anti-HBc indicates that viral replication has occurred at some time (infection); anti-HBs is the antibody to HBsAg and may appear after natural infection or following immunization; and HBsAg indicates presence of hepatitis …
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Synthesis of contorted nanographenes via multi-fold alkyne benzannulation reactions
… this method to expand conju-gation of the HBC core to get a variety of π-extended HBC NGs. The Suzuki cross-coupling of the halogen(s) substituted smaller polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with diyne boronic ester gave polyalkyne precursors, which were subjected to multi-fold alkyne …
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Optical Properties of Organic Semiconductors: from Submonolayers to Crystalline Films
… dianhydride) and HBC (peri-hexabenzocoronene), prepared by Organic Molecular Beam Expitaxy (OMBE), on different substrates by means of Differential Reflectance Spectroscopy (DRS). The optical setup enables us to directly follow the thickness dependent optical …
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