Observation scales

In the laboratory, RI is measured using a refractometer. The instrument has two prisms and a light source. The technician spreads a small amount of sample on the faces of both prisms in the refractometer. The light is then directed at the sample and the scale is read. The observed scale is then converted to a refractive index with tables supplied with the instrument and corrected for the sample temperaturi. ... 

Figure 10.13 Hyphae of Fusarium alkanophllum from light hydrocarbons producing important amounts of metabolic water from the substrate. In cultures for more than 90 days, drops of water associated to the soluble degraded products were observed. Scale = 10.5 xm (Light Microscope image). (Reproduced from Marcanoa, 2002, by permission of Elsevier)...

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Nurses Observation Scale for Inpatient Evaluation. The Nurses Observation Scale for Inpatient Evaluation (NOSIE) (30-item test) is used by nursing personnel to rate a patient s behavior on the ward, with a five-point scale for each item. This test is widely used and is well accepted for adult inpatients. The test, which rates the most recent three days, is relatively easy to use and requires three to five minutes to complete. 

Since TDFRS works at much lower critical point can be approached much closer on the e-axis, thereby still observing scaling behavior and critical slowing down of D. The crossover corresponding to q l , 1 is marked with an arrow at e 2 x 10 4. 

Although this experimentally observed scaling behavior is correctly predicted by the Doi-Ohta theory, the shape of the transient response curve—in particular, the overshoot and undershoot in the shear stress—are not predicted. This implies that the relaxation expressions chosen by Doi and Ohta, Eqs. (9-46) and (9-47), are inaccurate. This is not very surprising, since Eqs. (9-46) and (9-47) were chosen rather arbitrarily from many possible forms that satisfy the scaling relationship. Optical microscopy suggests that the overshoot and undershoot are caused by elongation of droplets followed by their breakup (Takahashi and Noda 1995). Vinckier et al. (1997) have shown that the stress growth after start-up or... 

Off to the left of the 100% relative humidity line you will observe scales showing the enthalpy per mass of dry air of a saturated air-water vapor mixture. Enthalpy... 

Figure 34 shows the fractal structure of a flat 2D electrodeposited copper leaves at increasing magnification 64, 256, 523, and 1024. Fractal objects are the same on different observation scales. The thickness of the deposit in Fig. 34 is of the order of 200 nm. Copper is in its normal fee structure, but has many microcrystals whose size is not larger than 20 nm. 

Nurses Observation Scale for Inpatient Evaluation (NOSIE) Observational 30-item, 5-point severity scale 0 = never 1 = sometimes 2 = often 3 = usually 4 = always Patient behavior is rated daily... 

Figure 2. (A) Dorsal skin of unexposed channel catfish [Ictalurus punctatus). Epidermis and dermis close to the dorsal-most portion is 10 or more cells thick and contains some mucous (single arrow) and club (double arrow) cells. Scale bar equals 20 pm. (B) Dorsal-lateral skin of channel catfish exposed to UV-B radiation for 24 h. Club cells are often vacuolated and hypertrophied (double arrow) in this group. Sunburn cells (single arrow) with perinuclear halo are also observed. Scale bar equals 10 pm. [From Ewing et al. 17.]...

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