For a more contemporary look at the socioeconomic gap between leaders and constituents using a wealth metric, check out this article by my colleague Eric Lichtblau about how the net worth of members of Congress and ordinary Americans changed from 2004 to 2011.
Virgin and filled blends were prepared by melt compounding the constituents using a twin-screw extruder.
The Cadmium Tin Telluride (CdSnTe2) alloy was prepared by an outcome of direct reaction of its high purity elemental constituents using a rotating furnace.
The mechanical properties such as the Young's modulus, the Poisson's ratio, the thermal expansion coefficients and the density of materials are assumed to vary through thickness direction according to the volume fraction of the constituents using a simple power law distribution.
After that, on the Hypercarb column, zanamivir and ribavirin are separated from the matrix constituents using a gradient and are directly detected by MS. In the meantime the other antiviral compounds are retained on the C18 column.
To prevent excessive matrix effects, the analytes were separated from the matrix constituents using a column-switch liquid chromatography system combining a reversed-phase and a Hypercarb analytical column.
