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Previously, it has been demonstrated that by use of a double detector and ion counting optimal piedsion and sensitivity in the quantitative determination of isotopic distributions can be achieved. ... 

Finally, we argue that whatever legitimate lone pair effects exist beyond hybridization are caused by differential symmetry constraints. To see this point, we refer the reader to Fig. 11 and 12 and we recall that up until now, we counted optimal bonds by assuming constancy of the nonoptimal C—F and C—H bonds. Obviously this is not the case. For example, such nonoptimal bonds exist in CHjF, CHjF, ... 

The inclusion of assembly is very conscious, in that assembly issues are often neglected in product engineering. Through consideration of assembly, many strategically important issues can be addressed. For example, DFA impacts much more than assembly itself. In addition to reducing component assembly and handling costs, DFA encourages part-count optimization, variety reduction and standardization. 

In the presented work an algorithm for the primary radiation filter optimization has been developed and realized in the Mathcad envelope which provides a minimal detection limit of a critical element both at the given X-ray tube power and at the given maximal acceptable count rate. 

So far, five different protease inhibitors have been approved by the FDA for the treatment of HIV infection [3, 4]. Clinical trials in which protease inhibitors were evaluated in monotherapy demonstrated the potency of this class of inhibitors (decrease in HIV RNA levels, increase in CD4 cell counts). Treatment regimens were subsequently broadened to include reverse transcriptase inhibitors in combination with protease inhibitors. The result of these clinical trials has led to a list of guidelines with recommendations for the optimal treatment options. Prolonged control of the infection with combination therapy (highly active antiretroviral therapy, HAART ) could be shown. 

John D. Corbett once said There are many wonders still to be discovered [4]. This certainly holds generally for all the different areas and niches of early transition cluster chemistry and especially for the mixed-hahde systems. The results reported above so far cover a very Hmited selection of only chloride/iodide systems and basically boron as the interstitial. Because of the very sensitive dependence of the stable stracture built in the soHd-state reaction type on parameters like optimal bonding electron counts, number of cations present, size and type of cations (bonding requirements for the cations), metal/halide ratio, and type of halide, a much larger mixed-hahde cluster chemistry can be expected. Further developments, also in mixed-hahde systems, can be expected by using solution chemistry of molecular clusters, excised from solid-state precursors. 

However, many of these tools, while enabling markedly faster and more detailed analysis than paper-based methods, still mimic static, one-by-one paperlike reports with no real-time auditing capability. Moreover, these COTS do not have integrated data analysis and automated data screening capabilities and are not optimized for systematic analyses. Furthermore, the ad hoc analyses that these COTS produce lack interactive, automatic auditing reproducible functions. Thus these tools are often used to produce the same dense, unwieldy paper tables of counts and percentages that were created manually before personal computers became ubiquitous. 

Substructural counts to flag compounds difficult to optimize (e.g. N02> 1,... 

In this chapter, we present the principles of conventional Mossbauer spectrometers with radioactive isotopes as the light source Mossbauer experiments with synchrotron radiation are discussed in Chap. 9 including technical principles. Since complete spectrometers, suitable for virtually all the common isotopes, have been commercially available for many years, we refrain from presenting technical details like electronic circuits. We are concerned here with the functional components of a spectrometer, their interaction and synchronization, the different operation modes and proper tuning of the instrument. We discuss the properties of radioactive y-sources to understand the requirements of an efficient y-counting system, and finally we deal with sample preparation and the optimization of Mossbauer absorbers. For further reading on spectrometers and their technical details, we refer to the review articles [1-3]. 

Convert to oral warfarin pharmacotherapy once the platelet count has returned to baseline values (preferably >100-150 x 109/L). Continue for at least 30 d in patients without evidence of thrombosis (optimal duration is not known but one author recommends at least 2-3 mo of warfarin Blood, 2003). Continue for at least 6 mo in patients with evidence... 

The success of the treatment of febrile neutropenia hinges on the adequate recovery of the absolute neutrophil count and either optimal antimicrobial coverage of identified organisms or empirical coverage of unidentified organisms. 

We shall present, in the following sections, two complementary measurement strategies which allow the value of this variance to be minimised. The first concerns the technique by which the measuring time is divided between the two polarisation states, and the second minimises the variance by determining an optimal division of the counting times. 

Minimising this expression subject to the constraint tp+ + tp + 4+ + 4- = T using the Lagrange multipliers, one obtains the optimal counting-time proportions ... 

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