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That was the initial catalyst".

The aura of impunity has once again returned to the state apparatus which was the initial catalyst for the people's revolt (25 January is "police day" in Egypt).

In the eyes of many, writes Abdel-Rahman Hussein in the Guardian, "The aura of impunity has once again returned to the state apparatus which was the initial catalyst for the people's revolt".

Before the day was over, though, the protesters had the last laugh, as placards echoing their demands were waved by fans inside the grounds, several leading players voiced their support for the protests and the authorities in some parts of Brazil started to back away from the planned increases in bus fares that were the initial catalyst for the demonstrations.

Our results suggest that the surface of the amorphous MoSx catalyst is dynamic: while the initial catalyst activation forms the primary active surface of amorphous MoS2, continued transformation to the crystalline phase during electrochemical operation could contribute to catalyst deactivation.

Interestingly, the normalized catalyst mass loss is independent of the initial catalyst loading under identical conditions.

The appropriate composition of the blend can be calculated and is a function of the initial catalyst activity, the catalyst decay rates in the laboratory and FCC unit, and the targeted unit catalyst activity and make-up rate.

This phenomenon might not be predominant because the diameter of the NW tip is the same as the initial catalyst island (45 nm). Figure 3 SEM images of PtSi-catalyzed Si NW grown for 30 min at various temperatures: (a) 500°C, (b) 700°C, (c) 800°C.

where MTotal is the total mass of the final catalyst and carbon products and MCat is the initial mass of catalyst.

Vertically aligned carbon nanofibers (VACNF) have been synthesized where the crystallographic orientation of the initial catalyst film was preserved in the nanoparticle that remained at the nanofiber tip after growth.

The initial catalyst was regularly seeing a dog with which my wife became smitten.