The structures of the β- and t-LaOF phases have been refined from XRPD patterns. For both phases, (19)F and (139)La solid-state NMR spectra recorded at high magnetic fields show the presence of a single F and a single La local environment, indicating a full anionic ordering in these oxyfluoride compounds. DFT calculations of the (19)F and (139)La chemical shielding tensors and of the (139)La EF...

A series of four anhydrous group 13 chloride salts has been studied by (35/37)Cl solid-state NMR spectroscopy and complementary quantum chemical calculations. Due to the large (35/37)Cl quadrupolar interactions in these salts, a high magnetic field (21.1 T) and the variable-offset QCPMG technique was used to obtain full chlorine central transition (m = -1/2 <--> 1/2) NMR spectra. Analyses of th...

We consider numerical solutions of second-order elliptic partial di erential equations, such as Laplace's equation, or linear elasticity, in two-dimensional, non-convex domains by the element-free Galerkin method (EFG). This is a meshless method, in which the shape functions are constructed by using weight functions of compact support. For non-convex domains, two approaches to the determination...

A fragment of Histidine rich protein II (HRP II 215-236) was investigated by 14N and 17O electric field gradient, EFG, tensor calculations using DFT. This study is intended to explore the differences between 310-helix and α-helix of HRPII both in the gas phase and in solution. To achieve the aims, the 17O and 14N NQR parameters of a fragment of HRPII (215-236) for both structures are calculated...

The buckling behavior of functionally graded carbon nanotube-reinforced composite (FG-CNTRC) plates resting on Winkler-Pasternak elastic foundations under in-plane loads for various temperatures is investigated using element-free Galerkin (EFG) method based on first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT). The modified shear correction factor is used based on energy equivalence principle. Carbon ...

Source and Description of Primers. Primers were designed from published sheep epidermal growth factor ( EGF) sequence (GenBank accession no. U36428) and were used to amplify across intron 3 of the EGF gene from porcine genomic DNA. Of sequences produced, 84 bp showed 82.1% identity to sheep EGF exon 3 and 81.0% to human EFG exon 3. For exon 4, the 75 bp showed 82.3% identity to sheep EGF exon 4...

The Etablissement français des Greffes (EfG) is a public health agency in charge of organs, tissues and cells transplantation in France. Among EfG's missions is the evaluation of the organ retrieval and transplantation activities, which relies on a national information system (IS). In order to facilitate data recording, to improve information quality and homogeneity, to allow data interchange a...