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The thermal-neutron diffusion length of a solid block (47.5 x 47.5 x 63 in.) of the graphite used was first measured. The thermal-neutron distributions along the vertical and the horizontal axes of this block were termined from the activations of sets of bare and cadmium-covered Indium foils.. The value of the diffusion length obtained was 49.9 a 0.2 cm. This value agrees with the value 50.8 a 0.8 cm. obtained previously for this block. 

The thermal utilization of the lattice was determined using the known volume fractions of the constituents of a unit cell and the corresponding macroscopic cross sections along with the thermal-neutron distrlbutitms in these constituents. The distributions were obtained from activations of sets of bare and cadmium-covered dysprosium foils placed in the various parts of the central cell at a distance of 18 in. above the bottom of the assembly where the cadmium ratio no longer varied with height. The value of f obtained was 0.9445 0.0009. 

However, if the probe is used as linear scanning system, the acoustic beam depends on the element characteristics which are liable to change from one element to an other. Therefore, the only two alternative proposals are to characterise the aeoustie behaviour of all active sub-set of elements or to proeeed to a statistical characterization. 

A challenging task in material science as well as in pharmaceutical research is to custom tailor a compound s properties. George S. Hammond stated that the most fundamental and lasting objective of synthesis is not production of new compounds, but production of properties (Norris Award Lecture, 1968). The molecular structure of an organic or inorganic compound determines its properties. Nevertheless, methods for the direct prediction of a compound s properties based on its molecular structure are usually not available (Figure 8-1). Therefore, the establishment of Quantitative Structure-Property Relationships (QSPRs) and Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships (QSARs) uses an indirect approach in order to tackle this problem. In the first step, numerical descriptors encoding information about the molecular structure are calculated for a set of compounds. Secondly, statistical and artificial neural network models are used to predict the property or activity of interest based on these descriptors or a suitable subset. 

Rusinko A III, M W Farmen, C G Lambert, P L Brown and S S Young 1999. Analysis of a Larj Structure/Biological Activity Data Set Using Recursive Partitioning. Journal of Chemic Information and Computer Science 39 1017-1026. 

A product ion scan. Source ions (mT, f,, . .., fs ) are selected by setting Ql, in this case, to pass only m,. Collisional activation of these ions in Q2 induces dissociation to give fragment ions (f,, fj, f, ), which are detected by scanning Q3. The symbolism for this process is shown. 

Each food or food ingredient shows a characteristic equiHbrium relative humidity at a given moisture content and temperature. Thus as a food is dried and its moisture content is reduced from its fresh value where water activity is generally 1.0, to lower and lower values, the equiHbrium water activity of the food decreases as a complex function of residual moisture. The shape of the equiHbrium relative humidity—moisture content curve is set by the chemistry of the food. Foods high ia fmctose, for example, biad water and thus show lower water activities at high moisture contents. Dried pmnes and raisias are examples. Drying can be terminated at any desired moisture content and hence any water activity. 

The word hormone is derived from the Greek hormaein, meaning to set in motion or to excite. It was used initially to define the activity of secretin [1393-25-5] (1), a gastrointestinal polypeptide released into the blood by the duodenal mucosa to stimulate pancreatic acinar cells to release bicarbonate and water. 

The activity of P-lactamase inhibitors is often expressed as an IC q value, which is defined as the concentration of inhibitor that causes 50% inhibition of en2yme activity for a given set of conditions. IC q values, which vary widely according to substrate, time of incubation, and other factors, are presented herein solely to give an indication of potency and en2yme inhibitor specificity. Values that decrease with preincubation are indicative of irreversible inhibitors. 

We developed a sensor for determination of content of phosphorars in metallurgical melts. In quality of ion conductor used orthophosphate of calcium which pressed in tablets 010 mm. Tablets (mass 1-2 g) annealed at a temperature 400°C during 7-10 h. Tablets melts then in a quartz tube and placed the alloy of iron containing 1 mass % P. Control of sensor lead on Fe - P melts. Information on activities (effective concentration) of phosphorars in Fe - P melts was received. It is set that the isotherm of activity of phosphorars shows negative deviations from the Raouls law. Comparison them with reliable literary inforiuation showed that they agree between itself. Thus, reliable data on activities (effective concentration) of phosphorars in metallic melts it is possible to received by created electrochemical sensor for express determination. 

At die slag-matte interface, the activity of FeO can be 0.3 as a maximum before Si02 saturation sets in. The activity of FeS can be assumed to vary over die activity range aFeS = 0.5-10 during the process, and so the oxygen... 

During the last century and a half, two new closely related classes of material have been introduced which have not only challenged the older materials for their well-established uses but have also made possible new products which have helped to extend the range of activities of mankind. Without these two groups of materials, rubbers and plastics, it is difficult to conceive how such everyday features of modern life such as the motor car, the telephone and the television set could ever have been developed. 

Two different sets of experimental conditions have been used. Buu-Hoi et al. and Hansen have employed the method introduced by Papa et using Raney nickel alloy directly for the desulfurization in an alkaline medium. Under these conditions most functional groups are removed and this method is most convenient for the preparation of aliphatic acids. The other method uses Raney nickel catalysts of different reactivity in various solvents such as aqueous ammonia, alcohol, ether, or acetone. The solvent and activity of the catalyst can have an appreciable influence on yields and types of compounds formed, but have not yet been investigated in detail. In acetic anhydride, for instance, desulfurization of thiophenes does not occur and these reaction conditions have been employed for reductive acetylation of nitrothiophenes. Even under the mildest conditions, all double bonds are hydrogenated and all halogens removed. Nitro and oxime groups are reduced to amines. 

The reaction processes shown in Scheme 8 not only accomplish the construction of an oxepane system but also furnish a valuable keto function. The realization that this function could, in an appropriate setting, be used to achieve the annulation of the second oxepane ring led to the development of a new strategy for the synthesis of cyclic ethers the reductive cyclization of hydroxy ketones (see Schemes 9 and 10).23 The development of this strategy was inspired by the elegant work of Olah 24 the scenario depicted in Scheme 9 captures its key features. It was anticipated that activation of the Lewis-basic keto function in 43 with a Lewis acid, perhaps trimethylsilyl triflate, would induce nucleophilic attack by the proximal hydroxyl group to give an intermediate of the type 44. 

One way of overcoming the liquid junction potential problem is to replace the reference electrode by an electrode composed of a solution containing the same cation as in the solution under test, but at a known concentration, together with a rod of the same metal as that used in the indicator electrode in other words we set up a concentration cell (Section 2.29). The activity of the metal ion in the solution under test is given by... 

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