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Distribution of electrode phases (active material particles, binder, conducting phase carbon), and electrical conductivity were studied upon the reconstructed 3D microstructure.
The thermal characteristics (TG, DTG, and DSC) of nHAp/PS, nHAp, and polysaccharides were studied upon heating of samples in air (Figs. 6 and 7, Additional file 1: Table S1).
Sixteen of these patients were studied upon admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) staying for more than 5 days.
Fresh as well as three distinct laboratory-deactivated catalyst particles were studied upon reaction with the two styrene derivatives.
In ovalbumin-sensitized rats, some clinical symptoms of food allergy were studied upon an oral challenge with ovalbumin.
Eleven patients of those who were not treated with corticosteroids were studied upon disease relapse (signs of relapse: oral ulcers, n = 9; erythema nodosum, n = 7; venous thrombosis, n = 2; genital ulcers, n = 2; arthritis, n = 4, and central nervous system involvement, n = 1), as well as after 7 days of administration of prednisolone (20 mg/day).
Since regulation of MAPK components also occur at transcriptional level (Morris 2001Kumar et al. 2008), the expression profile of rice MAPKKs was studied upon UV elicitation.
CD138 expression was studied upon equilibrium binding of the specific B-B4 antibody to the human breast cancer MDA-MB-468 cell line.
The effect of the interface stresses is studied upon the size-dependent elastic deformation of an elastic half-plane having a cylindrical inclusion with distinct elastic properties.
Methane hydrate equilibrium has been studied upon continuous heating of the water hydrate gas system within the temperature range of 275 300 K.
The morphology evolution of solution grown polyethylene single crystals has been studied upon annealing below their melting temperature by using atomic force microscopy (AFM).
