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However, the use of a HPLC separation step enabled a remarkable acceleration of the deconvolution process. Instead of preparing all of the sublibraries, the c(Arg-Lys-O-Pro-O-P-Ala) library was fractionated on a semipreparative HPLC column and three fractions as shown in Fig. 3-2 were collected and subjected to amino acid analysis. According to the analysis, the least hydrophobic fraction, which eluted first, did not contain peptides that included valine, methionine, isoleucine, leucine, tyrosine, and phenylalanine residues and also did not exhibit any separation ability for the tested racemic amino acid derivatives (Table 3-1). 

Since then, the vibrational spectrum of Ss has been the subject of several studies (Raman [79, 95-100], infrared [101, 102]). However, because of the large number of vibrations in the crystal it is obvious that a full assignment would only be successful if an oriented single-crystal is studied at different polarizations in order to deconvolute the crystal components with respect to their symmetry. Polarized Raman spectra of samples at about 300 K have been reported by Ozin [103] and by Arthur and Mackenzie [104]. In Figs. 2 and 3 examples of polarized Raman and FTIR spectra of a-Ss at room temperature are shown. If the sample is exposed to low temperatures the band-widths can enormously be reduced (from several wavenumbers down to less than 0.1-1 cm ) permitting further improvements in the assignment. 

Sinha, A.E., Hope, J.L., Prazen, B.J., Fraga, C.G., Nilsson, E.J., Synovec, R.E. (2004a). Multivariate selectivity as a metric for evaluating comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography-time-of-fhght mass spectrometry subjected to chemometric peak deconvolution. J. Chromatogr. A 1056, 145-154. 

IVIVC studies normally involve two to four ER formulations and a reference formulation (e.g., IV solution, immediate release, or oral solution). Data analysis involves deconvolution of each ER formulation, using the reference data for each subject. Thus, if a subject drops out of the study prior to the IR arm, none of that subject s data... 

Parallel group studies are not particularly useful for IVIVC development, as by definition, subjects receive only one treatment and so there would be no reference for each subject for individual deconvolution. This becomes less problematic as the variability of the drug declines. Thus, it may be acceptable for a low variability drug to use a mean reference profile for deconvolution of the mean profile for each ER treatment. 

Vardya and Hester used their OEX model in a constrained linear optimi2ation procedure, based on the Box-Complex method which is essentially a constrained simplex minimization technique. The method does not require derivatives of the object function and is not subject to scaling problems. As an example. Fig. 8 shows a de-convolution of a chromatogram of Dextran T-2000 with water as the mobile phase in a controlled porous glass column. The badly fused peaks are successfully deconvoluted. 

Although a number of effective deconvolution algorithms do not use Fourier methods, these methods shed considerable light on the performance of the algorithms. For this reason, we introduce the Fourier transform and outline some of its most-useful properties. Only a brief treatment is given here. For additional detail, we again refer the reader to the excellent practical text on this subject by Bracewell (1978). 

Even considering our brief treatment of this subject thus far, we may have enough information to foresee that difficulties could arise when we attempt to compute values of G from given values of A and B. Such difficulties do indeed occur. The problem of deconvolution has therefore been the subject of a vast literature spanning the numerous special fields of science. 

Have we solved the problem Is this all there is to deconvolution Let us look a little closer at the three-point example by examining Eq. (5). Suppose that the first spread-function value s x is small relative to the other values of s, as is typical. The value i0 would also then be small. We are dealing with data acquired from the real world, and no observation can be without error. Suppose that the observation of im is subject to the error nm. We may then write our object estimate... 

Deconvolution Algorithms. The correlation function for broad distributions is a sum of single exponentials. This ill-conditioned mathematical problem is not subject to the usual criteria for goodness-of-fit. Size resolution is ultimately limited by the noise on the measured correlation function, and measurements for several hours (13) are required to obtain accurate widths. Peaks closer than about 2 1 are unlikely to be resolved unless a-priori assumptions are invoked to constrain the possible solutions. Such constraints should be stated explicitly otherwise, the results are misleading. Constraints that work well with one type of distribution and one set of data often fail with others. Thus, artifacts including nonexistent bi-, tri-, and quadramodals abound. Many particle size distributions are inherently nonsmooth, and attempts to smooth the data prior to deconvolution have not been particularly successful. 

Structure determination of components of pool libraries can be divided into two main classes. The first, which is the subject of this review, is called direct deconvolution. It does not require any additional construct in order to determine the structure of a library component and is normally applied to solid-phase libraries, although examples of solution libraries will also be presented. The second, which will be discussed in the following review, is called encoding because a unique code, either chemical or non-chemical, is linked to each library component and its reading allows the structure determination of the compound. It is applicable only to solid-phase libraries, and it requires additional constructs to be added to the library structure. 

The data processing techniques so far discussed are basic and relatively simple. A more detailed treatment is not appropriate here but the subject of peak skimming and deconvolution will be discussed in the chapters on qualitative and quantitative analysis. 

Hydrogen production on surfaces is indeed a fast-growing research subject. However, in hydrated nanoporous materials, a significant part of the H2 is also produced through direct energy capture by water, and understanding this in pore production requires a deconvolution of the surface production. 

The absorption curves can be calculated by various methods as stated by the FDA estimate the in vivo absorption or dissolution time course using an appropriate deconvolution technique for each formulation and subject (e.g., Wagner-Nelson, numerical deconvolution). The usual techniques are presented in Table After... 

To deduce a particle size distribution, the detector response must be deconvoluted by means of a simulation calculation. The scattering particles are assumed to be spherical in shape, and the data are subjected to one of three different computational methods. One system uses the unimodal model-dependent method, which begins with the assumption of a model (such as log normal) for the size distribution. The detector response expected for this distribution is simulated, and then the model parameters are optimized by minimizing the sum of squared deviations from the measured and the simulated detector responses. The model parameters are finally used to modify the originally chosen size distribution, and it is this modified distribution that is presented to the analyst as the final result. 

Hypercrosslinked resins have also been the subject of an NMR study [44] (see Section 3.4). CP/MAS NMR has been used to estimate the degree of crosslinking in a series of these species. The resins were examined in a solvent swollen and a nonswollen state to determine if with swelling in a deuterated solvent it was possible to narrow the line lines further. Determination of the level of crosslinking was carried out by deconvolution of the quaternary aromatic peak at ca. 146ppm (Figure 15.2.39). 

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