The comparison of similar structures is a central step in extracting biological information from structural models. As structural data become available at an ever increasing rate, the set of ’similar structures’ to be taken into account for a specific problem can easily contain tens or hundreds of models. For such a situation, the classical approach of pair wise superposition using the root-mea...

Many countries intend to use compacted bentonite as a barrier in their deep geological repositories for nuclear waste. In order to describe and predict hydraulic conductivity or radionuclide transport through the bentonite barrier, fundamental understanding of the microstructure of compacted bentonite is needed. This study examined the interlayer swelling and overall microstructure of Wyoming B...

Ovidius University of Constanta, Department of Physics, 124 Mamaia Blvd, 900527, Romania ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract. A series of Fe2O3-Al2O3 mixed systems with composition ranging from 1 to 9% of Al2O3 were prepared by a traditional chemical method and examined for structural characteristics. XRD spectra and SAED patterns...

in this study, the neutral monosaccharide composition of the extracellular polysaccharide (eps), extracted from thermal bacillus, was determined by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and high performance liquid chromatography. our analysis indicated that the eps consisted of rhamnose, mannose, galactose, glucose, fructose, arabinose and xylose. in addition to the neutral sugars in the eps,...