Recent technological developments

There have been a number of technological advances in recent years which are responsible for much of the progress made in our understanding of steroid receptor mechanisms. These include the ability to purify receptors, affinity labeling techniques, production of antireceptor antibodies for direct detection of receptor proteins, and isolation and characterization of hormone responsive genes as well as the genes for receptors themselves. 

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Recent technological developments for the assay of neutrophil functions have enabled many properties of these cells to be measured in unfractionated blood. Several important features have been observed ... 

Most of the above studies have been made possible because of the high density of nAChRs in the Torpedo electroplax membrane. However, with recent technological developments, it may be hoped that similar approaches will prove useful when applied to receptors of much lower abundance. 

When evaluating a facility, a review of the existing fire/gas detection system is recommended. Due to recent technology developments, the performance of fire/gas detection systems has significantly improved over the last few years. 

Microorganisms capable of converting biomass pentose sugars to fuels and chemicals are essential for robust biomass-based processes. This session discussed recent technological developments and understanding that will allow for the construction of superior microorganisms. 

Thanks to the recent technological developments, the doubledayer capacitor (DLC) market is growing fast. Two main application categories may be distinguished to understand the DLC market structure power delivery applications and energy storage applications. 

The CASSCF method itself is not very useful for anything else than systems with few electrons unless an effective method to treat dynamical correlation effects could be developed. The Multi-Reference Cl (MRCI) method was available but was limited due to the steep increase of the size of the Cl expansion as a function of the number of correlated electrons, the basis set, and the number of active orbitals in the reference function. The direct MRCI formulation by P. Siegbahn helped but the limits still prevented applications to larger systems with many valence electrons [20], The method is still used with some success due to recent technological developments [21], Another drawback with the MRCI approach is the lack of size-extensivity, even if methods are available that can approximately correct the energies. Multi-reference coupled-cluster methods are studied but have not yet reached a state where real applications are possible. 

The Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), in its study of developments in the production of CWC-relevant chemicals, concluded that OCPFs are the area where the impact of recent technological developments was most relevant, and recommended that it would be prudent to increase the number of inspections of such facilities. ... 

FIGURE 20.7 Power dissipation has also grown exponentially with time. Recent technology development has to contend with the rapid growth of leakage power as well as active power dissipation (from Ref. 3). 

This brings us to the fifth and last section of this volume, where the most recent technological developments in proteomics are reviewed. Martini et al. introduce... 

While machine control is important, it is the polymer state (pressure, temperature, and morphology) that directly determines the molded part quality. As such, recent technology developments have focused on closing the loop between the machine parameters and the polymer state. Conformal cooling and pulsed cooling are two molding technologies that have been... 

Principles and characteristics of lateral flow strip assays are reviewed. Recent technology developments permit the use of inexpensive electronic readers for interrogating lateral flow strip test results, thus avoiding the inevitable variation and subjectivity of visual inspection to assess the capture of reporter-labeled analyte on test lines of the strip. Protocols for developing lateral flow assays are described, including two specific case studies for assaying cotinine (a small-molecule metabolite of nicotine) in a competitive format, and assaying HIV antibodies in a sandwich-type assay format. 

More recent technological developments in the field of MS have strengthened this prosperity and the potential of MS as an analysis tool for complex samples, real-world biological samples as well as complex synthetic mixtures. For instance, coupling MS to a separation technique such as capillary electrophoresis (CE) or liquid chromatography (LC) enables one to reduce the sample complexity and to successively analyze the species present therein. Also, tandem (MS2), or even MS", helps to elucidate the structure of substances and the sequence of biopolymers such as peptides. 

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