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This opens perspectives for obtaining phase contrast information in a microfocus tomographic system Recently we have developed a desktop X-ray microtomographic system [4] with a spot size of 8 micrometer (70 KeV) and equipped with a (1024) pixel CCD, lens coupled to a scintillator. The system is now commercially available [5], The setup is sketched in Figure 1 In this work we used the system to demonstrate the feasibility for phase contrast microtomography. 

For this experiment, as well as for the microtomography ( 3.2) we used the commercial desktop microtomography system Skyscan 1072 [5], the setup of which is sketched in Figure 1. For this instrument, which is designed to study relatively large objects with a diameter up to 50 mm, the source size is 8 pm, the distance source-detector is about 50 cm and the effective resolution of the detector is about 80 pm. For this system and this object, the global effective resolution a is estimated to be of the order of 50 to 100 pm [6]. 

It should be noted that these results are only preliminary and have to be considered as a proof of concept. As is clear from eq. (2) the phase contrast can be improved drastically by improving the global resolution and sensitivity of the instrument. Currently, a high resolution desktop system is under construction [5] in which the resolution is much better than that of the instrument used in this work, and in which the phase contrast is expected to be stronger by one order of magnitude. 

It has been demonstrated that phase contrast microtomography is feasible with a desktop (commercial) X-ray microtomographic system The observations agree well with the theoretical predictions. This opens perspectives for high resolution microtomography of light objects. 

The HILL-SCAN 30XX boards can be used in different PCs. Desktop- and tower-PCs as well suited for laboratory uses. For in-field inspections rugged notebooks and portable PCs are advantageous. A typical portable system is shown in Fig. 2 (USPC 3010), used in MUSE (Mobile Ultrasonic Equipment). This portable PC not only contains the boards for ultrasonic testing but also a controller with power supply for stepper motors, so that a manipulator can be connected directly. The MUSE system is enlarged with a water circulation system which enables a local immersion technique" for in-field inspections. A typical result is shown in Fig. 3, which presents a D-scan of a CFRP- component in RTM-techniques. The defect area caused by an impact is clearly indicated. The manipulator is described in [3]. 

The examples of modelling discussed in section C2.5.2 and section C2.5.3 are meant to illustrate tlie ideas behind tlie tlieoretical and computational approaches to protein folding. It should be borne in mind tliat we have discussed only a very limited aspect of tlie rich field of protein folding. The computations described in section C2.5.3 can be carried out easily on a desktop computer. Such an exercise is, perhaps, tlie best of way of appreciating tlie simple approach to get at tlie principles tliat govern tlie folding of proteins. 

SymApps is an additional 3D molecule-rendering module from the ChemWindow suite, designed for desktop visualization (see Section 2,12,3.1). 

M. S. Madison, K.-P. Schulz, A. A. Korytko, M. E. Munk, SESAMI an integrated desktop structure elucidation tool, Internet Journal of Chemistry, 1998, 1, 34. 

With the current impressive CPU and main memory capacity of relatively in expen sive desktop PC s, non-direct SCFaft tnilto calculations involving 300-400 basis function scan be practical. However, to run til esc kin ds of calcti latiori, 20 GBytes of li ard disk space rn ight be needed. Such big disk space is unlikely to be available on desktop PCs.. A direct SCb calculation can elim inate th e n eed for large disk storage. 

We shall find the equation that best fits the points in columns 1 and 3 of Table 1-3 with TableCurve. On opening TableCurve, one is presented with a blank desktop with several commands at the top. The command to enter data is not Enter but Edit. Two formats are available, the TableCurve editor and the ASCII editor. The TableCurve format is probably a little simpler than the ASCII format, but they are both fairly self-evident and either should yield a data file resembling the data... 

Along with the curve fitting process, TableCurve also calculates the area under the curve. According to the previous discussion, this is the entropy of the test substance, lead. To find the integral, click on the numeric at the left of the desktop and find 65.06 as the area under the curve over the range of x. The literature value depends slightly on the source one value (CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics) is 64.8 J K mol. ... 

It is a truism (cliche ) that microcomputers have beeome more powerful on an almost exponential eurve sinee their advent more than 30 years ago. Molecular orbital calculations that I ran on a supercomputer a decade ago now run on a fast desktop mierocomputer available at a modest priee in any popular eleetionies store or by mail order eatalog. With this has eome a eomparable inerease in software sophistication. 

The simplest empirical calculations use a group additivity method. These calculations can be performed very quickly on small desktop computers. They are most accurate for a small organic molecule with common functional groups. The prediction is only as good as the aspects of molecular structure being par-... 

ISIS Draw, SAR, Excel Desktop modeling and data management Molecular Design Limited, Inc. 

H. H. S2mant, Organic BuildingBlocks of the Chemical Indust, ]ohxi Wiley Sons, Inc., New York, 1989, pp. 575—637. Desktop reference on production processes, family trees, and economic aspects of commercially important fine chemicals. 

For these reasons, the desktop and chent/server models are expected to increase in percentage of LIMS software offerings and installed base in the... 

A piping system can be evaluated for its displacement and stress either by manual methods (charts, tables, hand calculation) or computerized solution. The latter has become the standard approach desktop and laptop computers can handle all but the most compHcated problems. Manual methods are used only for rough estimates on very simple systems. 

The role of chemical technology in printing is also changing. Whereas a need exists for hard copy, whether for visual, legal, or historical reasons, the hard copy must meet new standards of performance, including visual and environmental. Many traditional printing processes have become unacceptable in the workplace, and are being replaced by processes that are water-based, dry, desktop, or in some other ways more convenient. 

M. Southworth and D. Southworth, Color Separation on the Desktop, Graphic Arts PubUshiag, Livonia, N.Y., 1993. 

Convection Drying Modeling. Models of the drying process have been developed to estimate whether a particular coating can dry under the conditions of an available dryer. These models can be mn on desktop personal computers (see Computer technology). 

This equation relates the (instantaneous) copolymer composition with the monomer feed of M and M2. Values for and are usually determined by graphical methods (9,10). Today, with the prevalence of powerful desktop computers, numerical minimisa tion methods are often used (11—14). 

Memory requirements for one-dimensional eontinuum dynamies ealeulations are minimal by the standards of eurrent hardware. Thus, sufTieiently fine zoning ean be used in sueh ealeulations to eapture details of material response and provide a rigorous test of fidelity for the numerieal models employed. The ability to use fine zoning also ensures that any diserepaneies between ealeulation and experiment ean be attributed, with eonsiderable eonfidenee, to Inadequaeies in the material response model. In faet, most desktop workstations have suffieient eomputing horsepower and memory to meet the eom-putating needs in one-dimensional material response studies. 

The HAZOP session is recorded on a personal (laptop or desktop) computer by the person assigned to be the recorder. A program for this purpose maybe HAZSEC available from Technica. 1 his record is not a verbatim transcript it is a recording of intermediate or final results as directed h> ihc team leader. 

Auto Search This button initiates from a structure query two or three automated series of search exact and substructure searches in local desktop versions exact, substructure and similarity searches in network version (under ISIS/Host). All the result lists are saved in CHIRBASE using exact-auto , SSS-auto and SIMXX %-auto names. XX is the highest similarity search value (from 80 % to 40 %) allowing to retrieve hits in CHIRBASE. The records in all the lists are unique. The SSS-auto list does not include records that are in the exact-auto list. The SIMXX %-auto list does not include records that are in exact and SSS-auto lists. 

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