Cutoff yield

One of the most efficient algorithms known for evaluating the Ewald sum is the Particle-mesh Ewald (PME) method of Darden et al. [8, 9]. The use of Ewald s trick of splitting the Coulomb sum into real space and Fourier space parts yields two distinct computational problems. The relative amount of work performed in real space vs Fourier space can be adjusted within certain limits via a free parameter in the method, but one is still left with two distinct calculations. PME performs the real-space calculation in the conventional manner, evaluating the complementary error function within a cutoff... 

The superstoichiometric zinc yielded as the reaction proceeds ionizes by giving an electron to the ZnO conduction band. Thus, the electrical conductivity of the semiconductor increases. A competing process that determines the beyond cutoff lengths of the curves in Fig. 5.3 is represented by the reaction... 

D. Following signal detection, select the optimal set of column wells (this will be dependent on the goal of the assay if, for instance, a screening assay is required with a certain cutoff concentration, e.g., 0.1 ng/mL for pesticides in water, then the labeled antigen concentration that yields a B/BO of 50% at 0.1 ng/mL will be ideal). 

Nucleic acids can be visualized by ethidium bromide staining, UV shadowing, or phosphorimaging of radioactive samples. A sterile scalpel should be used to excise the separated product which can then be eluted by electrophoresis (1 x Tris-borate, pH 8.3) into a 30kDa molecular weight cutoff (MWCO) filter (Millipore). The product is concentrated by centrifugation, dialyzed, and resuspended in the buffer of choice. The yield of nucleic acid is typically 75 %, and ethanol precipitation is not needed. 

There is some arbitrariness in the definition of the ion pair, and hence the association constant. Often a structural definition of the ion pairs is preferred—for example, by adopting a cutoff distance such as rc = 2a [141, 207] or similar choices [208, 209]. In contrast, Bjerrum (Bj) theory [140] uses an energetic criterion by defining ions as being associated, when their interaction energy is twice the thermal energy kBT. Bjerrum theory yields... 

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