Recent theoretical and empirical work has focused on the variability of network dynamics in maturation. Such variability seems to reflect the spontaneous formation and dissolution of different functional networks. We sought to extend these observations into healthy aging. Two different data sets, one EEG (total n = 48, ages 18-72) and one magnetoencephalography (n = 31, ages 20-75) were analyze...

In a previous paper, Brouwers and Van Eijk [1] presented a theoretical study on the dissolution (reaction) of pulverised powder coal fly ash. This fly ash was modelled as hollow spheres, and a shrinking core model was derived for these hollow spheres that contain two regions (an outer hull and an inner region). The obtained analytical equations were applied to the dissolution experiments by Pie...

The complexation of alkali-metal cations with calix[4]arene tertiary amide derivative (L) was studied in N-methylformamide (NMF), N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) by means of microcalorimetric and UV spectrophotometric titrations. The Gibbs energies, enthalpies, and entropies for transfer of reactants and products from N-methylformamide to other solvents were determine...

Meloxicam is widely prescribed as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug in human therapeutics. Owing the very low aqueous solubility of meloxicam, this property has been studied dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)-aqueous solvent systems at several temperatures from 273.15 to 313.15 K expand database about drugs mixed solvents. The flask shake method followed by ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) spectrophot...

I discuss the possibility that the quark-gluon plasma at strong coupling admits a description in terms of a black hole in asymptotically anti-de Sitter space. Prepared for the Proceedings of Recent Developments in Gravity – NEB XIII, Thessaloniki, Greece, June 2008. Research supported in part by the US Department of Energy under grant DE-FG05-91ER40627. E-mail: [email protected]

Ionic liquids have become a popular solvent for cellulose pretreatment in biorefineries due to their efficiency in dissolution and their reusability. Understanding the interactions between cations, anions, and cellulose is key to the development of better solvents and the improvement of pretreatment conditions. While previous studies described the interactions between ionic liquids and cellulos...

Recent exploration of multi-principal-element alloys (MPEAs), which include the so-called high-entropy alloys, has revealed hitherto unreported properties and phenomena arising from investigation broader compositional space. Herein, a low cost lightweight alloy (equiatomic AlFeMnSi) is presented that exhibits exceptional corrosion resistance in 0.6 M NaCl solution, despite multiphase structure ...

Abstract Equilibrium mole fraction solubility of salicylic acid in nine aqueous-ethanolic mixtures, as well neat water and ethanol, was determined at seven temperatures from T = (293.15 to 323.15) K. Salicylic these mixtures adequately correlated with well-known correlation/prediction methods based on Jouyban-Acree model. Apparent thermodynamic quantities, i.e. Gibbs energy, enthalpy, entropy, ...

We present various aspects of the saturation model which provides good description of inclusive and diffractive DIS at small x. The model uses parton saturation ideas to take into account unitarity requirements. A new scaling predicted by the model in the small x domain is successfully confronted with the data.

xiii CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 Overview 1 1.1 Problem Statement 3 1.2 Objectives 3 1.3 Proposed Methodology 3 1.4 Thesis Outline 4 CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 2.0 Overview 5 2.1 Mathematical Approach 5