To analyze whether the BF depended on the material surface, the mean quantity of a 7-day-old biofilm was compared among the materials for each bacterium.
Mean quantity of DNA per cytobrush is 800 ng.
For each sample, the mean quantity of each target gene was normalized to the mean quantity of B2M.
In each sample, the mean quantity of each miRNA was normalised to the mean quantity for the endogenous controls RNU48 and RNU6B, according to the following formula: miRNA expression=candidate miRNA expression mean quantity/ RNU48 mean quantity+RNU6B mean quantity)/2).
The authors seem to mean the quantity of material engulfed by monocytes and in that sense it appears that macrophages were the most proficient.
Dematerialization means reducing the quantity of materials required for a given product i.e. doing more with less.
The commission has become acquainted with a large quantity of materials in the NKVD archives and with other documents.
Even assuming that an automatic filter could be deployed that was 99% accurate, the sheer quantity of material available online means that millions of pages will be unjustly blocked, while plenty of porn penetrates the filter.
Stronger concrete means less is needed for a given application, reducing building weight, the quantity of material needed, and the energy used in transportation and handling.
After 35 years, the "vast quantity" of material is both thrilling and daunting, Gaiman says.
One is based on the quantity of material to be processed.
