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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"In meso"”.
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Flow Boiling in Meso-Scale Pin-Fin Coldplates
Coldplates are a critical component in various cooling applications, such as cooling of data centers, high-end central processing units (CPUs) and graphics processing units (GPUs), and the thermal management of power electronics. The rising demand for computational resources, high-power-density …
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Microfluidic platforms for the characterization of in meso membrane protein crystallization
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Measurement and modelling of water and sediment fluxes in meso-scale dryland catchments
… a serious threat for many societies worldwide. In drylands, water management measures like the construction of reservoirs are affected by eroded sediments transported in the rivers. Thus, the capability of assessing water and sediment fluxes at the river basin scale is of vital importance to …
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Microfluidic platforms for membrane protein crystallization and in situ crystallography
Membrane proteins, biological macromolecules that reside in cellular membranes, play critical roles in many biological process, including signaling, transport, and intercellular communication. The malfunction of membrane proteins has been linked to the initiation or progression of many diseases …
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Mesophase-based approaches for on-chip membrane protein crystallization and structure determination
Transmembrane proteins traverse the lipid bilayers of cell membranes and play a highly important role in many processes in vivo. Malfunctions of membrane proteins have been shown to cause a variety of disease states, for example, cystic fibrosis, hereditary hearing loss, and hypothyroidism. …
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Gapped cantilever for the enhancement of strain sensitivity and energy efficiency
<p>Cantilever structures have been widely used in a large variety of transducer applications. For cantilever based transducers, piezoresistive/piezoelectric mechanisms has always been a popular choice due to the advantages of being low cost, simple structure and portability. However, low …
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Systematics and Biogeography of South American Tripsacum
… the New World Andropogoneae genus Tripsacum (Gramineae) were studied in an effort to trace its origin and evolution. The genus is widely distributed from about 42(DEGREES)N to 24(DEGREES)S latitude in the Americas and islands of the Caribbean. The largest concentration of species occurs in …
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Experimental Observation of Geometric Phases in Narrow-Gap Semiconductor Heterostructures
… studied the electron quantum phase by fabricating low dimensional (d ≤ 2) mesoscopic interferometers in high-quality narrow-gap semiconductor (NGS) heterostructures. The low effective-mass electrons in NGS heterostructures enable observation of delicate quantum phases; and the strong spin-orbit …
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Crafting a meso practice course using elements of authentic learning for undergraduate social work students in South Africa
Many teaching and learning practices in higher education, including social work education in South Africa, tend to be characterised by a transmission mode of instruction, whereby knowledge moves from the expert educator to the student. This study investigates the extent to which an authentic …
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Concept synthesis and design optimization of meso-scale, multi-degree-of-freedom precision flexure motion systems with integrated strain-based sensors
… to 1) identify where and how to best place strain-based sensors in multi-degree-of-freedom (MDOF) flexure systems and 2) design a flexure system with optimal topology/size/shape for precision equipment and instrumentation. The success of many application areas (e.g. probe-based …
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Systematics, Biogeography and Leaf Anatomy and Architecture of Bursera subgen. Bursera (Burseraceae) in the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas
… presents a comprehensive study on the origin and evolutionary relationships of the species of <em>Bursera</em> in Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and the Bahamas. The goals of the first chapter were to test monophyly of the group, revisit a recent transfer of two species of <em>Bursera</em> to …
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Exploration of Alkyne-bridged Multi[(Porphinato)metal] Oligomers for Charge Transport Applications and Spin-Spin Exchange Coupling Properties Using Synthetic, Spectroscopic, Potentiometric, and Magnetic Resonance Methods
… physical limit, molecular electronics is emerging as a promising candidate for future ultra-dense electronic devices with individual molecules as active device components. The emerging of molecular spintronics, which exploits the spin-dependent charge transport through organic materials, …
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Cubesat Wakes in the Earth’s Ionosphere
<p>Space exploration is currently being revolutionized by the advent of the CubeSat: 10cm cubed satellites that typically deploy in constellations for less than $100,000. Spacecraft instrumentation design must be redefined to abide by the compact CubeSat payload. Furthermore, the CubeSat dimension …
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Theoretical Modeling Of Electron Transport In Molecular Devices
… for smaller and reliable devices are becoming more and more demanding. It is predicted that Moore's law in making a faster CPU is going to break down in the foreseeable future. People start to look into new materials in the hope that soon in the future, one can replace silicon in …
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Charakterisierung intrazellulärer, bakterieller Endosymbionten im Mitteldarm von Ameisen der Gattung Camponotus
In der vorliegenden Dissertation wurden verschiedene Themenbereiche bearbeitet, die zur Charakterisierung der intrazellulären, bakteriellen Endosymbionten im Mitteldarm von Ameisen der Gattung Camponotus beitrugen. Es wurden phylogenetische Untersuchungen mit Hilfe der 16S rDNA-Sequenzen der …
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Analysis and management of low flows in small catchments of Brandenburg, Germany
… protection is vulnerable to extreme low flows during streamflow droughts. During the last decades, in most rivers of Central Europe summer runoff and low flows have decreased. Discharge projections agree that future decrease in runoff is likely for catchments in Brandenburg, Germany. Depending on …
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Integrated process-based simulation of soil carbon dynamics in river basins under present, recent past and future environmental conditions
Soils contain a large amount of carbon (C) that is a critical regulator of the global C budget. Already small changes in the processes governing soil C cycling have the potential to release considerable amounts of CO2, a greenhouse gas (GHG), adding additional radiative forcing to the atmosphere …
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Domain patterns and domain wall dynamics in small-scale ferroelectrics
… to address two major themes: firstly, the intrinsic dynamics of switching in meso/nanoscale ferroelectrics incorporated into device geometries, and secondly, the development of control over the precise mechanics of switching by altering the ferroelectric morphology therein.<br/><br/> In …