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    Sharp fronts and almost-sharp fronts of a singular surface quasi-geostrophic equation

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    In this thesis, we generalise results on sharp fronts and almost-sharp fronts by Fe↵erman, Luli, and Rodrigo [67], [68], [28], [26], [27], [19] to a singular variant of the Surface Quasi-Geostrophic Equation (SQG), where the velocity u = ∇⊥|∇|-1θ is replaced with the more singular velocity ∇⊥|∇|-1+αθ, for α ∈ (0, 1). First, we derive the contour dynamics equation for a sharp front from the definition of a weak solution to our singular variant of SQG. Then, we prove the existence of analytic sharp fronts to the sharp front equation using the abstract Cauchy–Kowalevskaya Theorem. This result is analogous to the result of Fefferman and Rodrigo in [27], which was a key result for proving the existence of analytic almost-sharp fronts whose existence time does not depend on the thickness of the transition region are transported by the velocity u = ∇⊥|∇|-1+αθ. This work generalises the result of [19] to our more singular equation. Finally, we define a spine curve for the almost-sharp front analogously to the spine curve of SQG in the model where one space variable is periodised, defined in the work of Fefferman and Rodrigo. The spine evolves according to the sharp front equation modulo an O(δ2-a) error. As this does not vanish as α → 1, this formally suggests that the equation is in some sense not degenerate in this limit

    GC-FID data of biocatalytic esterification reactions & NMR data of lignin characterization

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    Tabulated chromatographic data (GC-FID) from butyl butyrate esterification reactions. 13C and 31P NMR data from pine kraft lignin (BIOPIVA 100) and cationic pine kraft lignin. A list of sample code identifiers with their descriptions is available upon request from the author.<br

    Normalized average GC content of reads.

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    A roughly normal distribution of GC content is typical for normal random libraries. A) NEXTflex (NF) libraries do not have a normal distribution of GC content with sharp peaks present at the position of 55% indicating possible specific contamination, for example adapater dimers, or other bias. B) SENSE (LX) libraries exhibit normal distribution with the exception of library N1_LX based on the presence of a sharp peak around 50%. C) NEBNext (NB) libraries also do not have a normal distribution of GC content judging by the sharp peaks around 60% indicating the same problem as that of the NEXTflex libraries. D) NEBNext (VB) libraries have a roughly normal distribution of the GC content with the most distinct exception being N1_VB.</p

    Meetresultaten Kunststof GC-elementen: Project C2: Oever- en Bodembescherming met GC

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    Anome BV en het Innovatie Test Centrum van Rijkswaterstaat-DWW zijn samen met verschillende partners aan het onderzoeken in hoeverre Ground Consolidators (GC\u92s) interessant zouden kunnen zijn voor gebruik in Oever- en bodembescherming. De eerste fase van het onderzoek is afgerond en er is besloten om verdergaand onderzoek te doen. In verband met duurzaamheid van het materiaal, is ervoor gekozen om verder onderzoek te verrichten naar GC-elementen van kunststof. Dit onderzoek is gedaan door een drietal studenten van de TU Delft aan de faculteit Civiele Techniek. Voorliggend document bevat de meetresultaten van de kwali- en kwantitatieve experimenten die zijn uitgevoerd om de eigenschappen van kunststoffen GC\u92s en een pakket GC\u92s te bepalen

    Photoluminescent properties of ZnO thin films grown on SiO2/Si(100) by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition

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    We report on the photoluminescent (PL) properties of ZnO thin films grown on SiO2/Si(100) substrates using low pressure metal-organic chemical vapor deposition. The growth temperature of the films was as low as 400 degreesC. From the PL spectra of the films at 10-300 K, strong PL peaks due to fi-ee and bound excitons were observed. The origin of the near bandedge emission peaks was investigated measuring temperature-dependent PL spectra. In addition, the ZnO films demonstrated a stimulated emission peak at room temperature. Upon illumination with an excitation density of 1 MW/cm(2), a strong, sharp peak was observed at 3.181 eV.X1146sciescopu

    Meetresultaten Kunststof GC-elementen: Versie 4

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    Anome BV en het Innovatie Test Centrum van Rijkswaterstaat-DWW zijn samen met verschillende partners aan het onderzoeken in hoeverre Ground Consilidators (GC\u92s) interessant zouden kunnen zijn voor gebruik in Oever- en bodembescherming. De eerste fase van het onderzoek is afgerond en er is besloten om verdergaand onderzoek te doen. In verband met duurzaamheid van het materiaal, is ervoor gekozen om verder onderzoek te verrichten naar GC-elementen van kunststof. Dit onderzoek is gedaan door een drietal studenten van de TU Delft aan de faculteit Civiele Techniek. Voorliggend document bevat de meetresultaten van de kwali- en kwantitatieve experimenten die zijn uitgevoerd om de eigenschappen van kunststoffen GC\u92s en een pakket GC\u92s te bepalen

    The Private Cost of Long-Term Care in Canada: Where You Live Matters

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    Canadians expect the same access to health care whether they are rich or poor, and wherever they live, often without direct charge at the point of service. However, we find that the private cost of long-term care differs greatly across the country, and within provinces, we find substantial variation, depending on income level, marital status, and, in Quebec alone, on assets owned. A non-married person with average income would pay more than twice as much in the Atlantic provinces as in Quebec, while a couple with one in care would pay almost four times as much in Newfoundland as in Alberta.long-term care, private cost

    Meetresultaten \u93extra proef\u94 Kunststof GC-elementen: Stabiliteit, soortelijk gewicht en elasticiteit

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    Dit rapport is een aanvulling op het eindverslag van het onderzoek naar het gedrag van kunststof GC elementen voor oever- en bodembescherming. Conclusies van dat (schaal-) onderzoek waren dat een structuur van GC elementen verrassend sterke hydraulische eigenschappen bezit en daarmee interessant is als erosiebeschermer bij bodem en oeverconstructies. Beperking in het gebruik lag bij \u93stabiliteit\u94. Onder sterke stroming of golfslag was het pakket onvoldoende stabiel. Zo werden er onder zeer sterke stroming flarden uit getrokken, of bewoog het pakket enigszins onder golfslag op een talud. Er werden verschillende kunststoffen gebruikt, met verschillende soortelijke gewichten. Uit extrapolatie en precieze bestudering van het bezwijken kon verwacht worden dat gebruik van sterkere GC\u92s (minder elastisch) en zwaardere GC\u92s (stabieler) het bereik waarin de GC gebruikt kan worden aanzienlijk zou moeten kunnen vergroten

    Oblique derivative problems for second order equations of mixed type in multiply connected domains

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    In this paper, oblique derivative boundary value problems for second order equations of mixed (elliptic-hyperbolic) type in multiply connected domains is discussed. Firstly the representation of solutions for the above boundary value problem is given, afterwards the uniqueness and existence of solutions of the above problem are stated. In book [1], the author proposed the Dirichlet boundary value problem (Tricomi problem) for second order equations of mixed type in multiply connected domains. In [2, 3], the author only discussed the Dirichlet problem (Tricomi T-2 for the equation u(xx) + sgny u(yy) = 0 in a special doubly connected domain. Up to now we have not seen that other authors have solved it in multiply connected domains. In the present paper, we try to discuss the oblique derivative problem for second order equations of mixed type in multiply connected domains, which includes the Dirichlet problem (Problem T-2) as a special case.http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000169505000164&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=8e1609b174ce4e31116a60747a720701Mathematics, AppliedMathematicsCPCI-S(ISTP)

    Evolution of the G+C content frontier in the rat cytomegalovirus genome

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    Within the 230138 bp of the rat cytomegalovirus (RCMV) genome, the G+C content changes abruptly at position 142644, constituting a G+C content frontier. To the left of this point, overall G+C content is 69.2%, and to the right it is only 47.6%. A region of extremely low G+C content (33.8%) is found in the 5 kb immediately to the right of the frontier, in which there are no predicted coding sequences. To the right of position 147501, the G+C content rises and predicted coding sequences reappear. However, these genes are much shorter (average 848bp, 50% G+C) than those in the left two-thirds of the genome (average 1462bp, 70% G+C). Whole genome alignment of several viruses indicates that the initial ultra-low G+C region appeared in the common ancestor of the genera Cytomegalovirus and Muromegalovirus, and that the lowering of G+C in the right third has been a subsequent process in the lineage leading to RCMV. The left two-thirds of RCMV has stop codon occurrences at 67.5% of their expected level, based on a modified Markov chain model of stop codon distribution, and the corresponding figure for the right third is 78%. Therefore, despite heavy mutation pressure, selective constraint has operated in the right third of the RCMV genome to maintain a degree of gene length unusual for such low G+C sequences
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