A standard reference material (SRM 1049) has been developed for the University of Pittsburgh smoke toxicity method. SRM 1049 is a nylon 6/6 and has the molecular structure of [-NH(CH2)6NHCO(CH2)4CO-] n . This SRM is for calibrating the apparatus and providing confidence that the method is being conducted in a correct manner and that the equipment is functioning properly. The certified figure of...

This paper presents an innovative mixing technology for centrifugal microfluidic platforms actuated using a specially designed flyball governor. The multilayer microfluidic disc was fabricated using a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) replica molding process with a soft lithography technique. The operational principle is based on the interaction between the elastic covering membrane and an actuator p...

Candidate Standard Reference Material 2372 Human DNA Quantitation standard (SRM 2372) is being developed by NIST’s Human Identity Project team in response to numerous requests from the forensic human DNA identity community. SRM 2372 is expected to provide a wellcharacterized, homogenous, and stable DNA quantitation standard to this community and others where DNA concentration is a major factor ...

It will liardly have surprised our readers to learn that the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal has, on the earliest opportunity, substituted a civilian for a medical officer as superintendent of jails, Mr. Campbell, as is generally believed, entertaining no exaggerated notions regarding the value of the medical profession; however, it is useless to cry over spoilt milk, and on the present occasion ...

It is hypothesised that physical activity is controlled by a central governor in the brain and that the human body functions as a complex system during exercise. Using feed forward control in response to afferent feedback from different physiological systems, the extent of skeletal muscle recruitment is controlled as part of a continuously altering pacing strategy, with the sensation of fatigue...

This paper presents a rotor position estimation technique for a 6/4 switched reluctance machine based on Adaptive Neuro fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS). This technique is applied for modelling the nonlinear rotor position of SRM using the magnetization characteristics of the machine. ANFIS has a strong nonlinear approximation ability which could be used for nonlinear modelling and its real time ...

This paper presents a practical model for load frequency control (LFC) of two-area interconnected power system. The proposed model is a non-linear power system and is framed with thermal generating units including security constraint governor dead band imposed by the governor. A Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) controller is used for the design and analysis of the proposed model. The Part...

Family research aims to explore family processes, but is often limited to the examination of unidirectional processes. As the behavior of 1 person has consequences that go beyond that individual, family functioning should be investigated in its full complexity. The social relations model (SRM; Kenny & La Voie, 1984) is a conceptual and analytical model that can disentangle family data from a ro...

Humans are exposed to complex mixtures of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the atmosphere. We examined the long term effects of a standard reference material (SRM) 1649a over time on the metabolic activation and DNA adduct formation by two carcinogenic PAHs, benzo[a]pyrene (BP) and dibenzo[a,l]pyrene (DBP) in the human mammary carcinoma derived cell line MCF-7. PAH-DNA adduct analysis, cytoc...

We previously identified a transcriptional regulatory element, which we call NRE(DIT), that is required for repression of the sporulation-specific genes, DIT1 and DIT2, during vegetative growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Repression through this element is dependent on the Ssn6-Tup1 corepressor. In this study, we show that SIN4 contributes to NRE(DIT)-mediated repression, suggesting that chang...