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These were relatively low-resolution structures, and with refinement some errors in the initial structural assignments have been detected (4-7). Since the structures were first reported the subject has been extensively reviewed in this series (8) and elsewhere 9-15). This review will focus on the structure, biosynthesis, and function of the met-allosulfur clusters found in nitrogenases. This will require a broader overview of some functional aspects, particularly the involvement of MgATP in the enzymic reaction, and also some reference will be made to the extensive literature (9, 15) on biomimetic chemistry that has helped to illuminate possible modes of nitrogenase function, although a detailed review of this chemistry will not be attempted here. This review cannot be fully comprehensive in the space available, but concentrates on recent advances and attempts to describe the current level of our understanding. 

Notwithstanding all the limitations involved, the continuous improvement in precision and reproducibility of physical measurement equipment that relate to parameters perceived by human subjects make their use straightforward and they can provide consistent results. It is important to keep in mind that although instruments allow precise and objective measurements if applied to whole foods, they only can account for the initial structural properties contributing to texture perception. A correlative approach using sensory and instrumental techniques is often necessary. Indeed, there is no reason to determine accurately a mechanical property if it is not relevant to human sensory perception. Sensory methods become essential when calibrating instrumental equipment and are fundamental in product development, especially at early stages. 

The procedure also used random array initial structures for molecular dynamics algorithm using XPLOR-NIH.12 Sixteen thousand initial structures were subjected to an initial simulated annealing (5,000 K, 80 ps). This means that the initial structures did not cover the entire conformational space, but were randomly distributed all over the space. The conformational... 

This decrease may not occur in the case of structures subjected to wetting/ drying cycles or in conditions where oxygen consumed at the surface of the passive steel is replaced. This may happen in hollow piles of offshore structures, as depicted in Figure 8.2. Similar conditions may arise in tuimels buried or submersed in chloride-containing environments. Rebars on the inside of hoUow (air-filled) structures may be effective cathodes with noble potentials. They increase the potential of rebars closer to the seawater side of the cross section, stimulating corrosion initiation at lower chloride contents than without additional cathodic effects. Subsequently they may increase the corrosion rate at the anodes by consuming the electrons produced. The final corrosion rate will be a function of the ratio between anodic and cathodic areas, which is influenced by the concrete resistivity. 

Studies on the subject allowed to conclude that not only the characteristics and dispersion of chemical species of the active component and of the promotors present on the surface but also the macrodistribution along the pellet, have a considerable influence on properties of the finished catalyst and therefore on its performance. However, studies previously made did not cover other items such as the influence of the phosphomolybdates initial structure in the impregnant solutions on the above-mentioned aspects of catalysts nor the studies have covered the behaviour of phosphomolybdates during the impregnation stage. 

Takewaki Method The aim ofthe Takewaki (1997) method is to minimise an objective function given by the sum of the amplitudes ofthe interstory drifts ofthe transfer function, evaluated atthe undamped natural frequency of the structure, subject to a constraint on the total amount of added viscous damping. Initially the added damping is uniformly distributed and the optimum distribution is then achieved using a gradient-based search algorithm, that is, the damping distribution... 

In the metallic actinides, particularly in U, Np, and Pu, the subject of transformations from one polymorphic form to another is a complicated one, because of the unique crystallographic relationships and because of the large number of polymorphic forms that exist in a relatively narrow range of temperature. The transformations and their products have characteristics that depend on temperature, on the rate of change of temperature, on composition, and on initial structure. 

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