Our goal in this study was to investigate theoretically and experimentally the adsorption of ionic surfactants and the role of different factors in the mechanism of adsorption, the adsorption parameters and the structure of the adsorbed layer. We used available literature data for the interfacial tension, sigma, vs. concentration, C(s), for sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) in three representative s...

The anomalous strengthening of the stratospheric Aleutian High during early boreal winter 2016/2017 led to a rare Canadian warming (CSW) event, which extent wind reversal in Arctic region is strongest among CSWs since 2001. Unlike sudden warmings, polar vortex this CSW merely distorted, not displaced off pole or split into two pieces, and mean temperature only has modest increase few kelvins. U...

The pleckstrin homology (PH) domain-containing protein Daughter of Sevenless (DOS) is an essential component of the Sevenless receptor tyrosine kinase (SEV) signaling cascade, which specifies R7 photoreceptor development in the Drosophila eye. Previous results have suggested that DOS becomes tyrosine phosphorylated during SEV signaling and collaborates with the protein tyrosine phosphatase CSW....

Severe drought is a notable feature of the hydrology of Central Southwest (CSW) Asia. Although studies have linked the region’s interannual precipitation variability to remote forcings that include East Asia Jet Stream variability and Western Pacific tropical convection, atmospheric general circulation models (GCMs) forced by observed sea surface temperatures demonstrate little skill in simulat...

A separation method to be used for locating a set of weights, also known as a common set of weights (CSW), in the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is proposed in this work. To analyze the methods of finding the CSW, it is necessary to solve a particular form of a multiple objectives fractional linear programming problem (MOFP). One of the characteristics of this particular MOFP is that the decis...

To clarify the pathogenesis of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (CEP), the apoptosis of eosinophils from bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL-Eos) was compared with that of eosinophils from peripheral blood (PB-Eos) in six cases of CEP. The survival rate of eosinophils and the percentage of apoptotic cells of both types of eosinophils were examined, and the effects of interleukin 5 (IL-5) were evaluated. ...

Executive Summary This paper uses hourly data from industrial and commercial customers that volunteered to participate in Central and Southwest Service's (CSW) real-time pricing (RTP) programs to characterize the induced price response. The CSW RTP program, which adopted the two-part, revenue neutral design first introduced by Niagara Mohawk, was introduced to large commercial and industrial cu...

BACKGROUND Studies conducted mainly in industrialized countries have shown that the transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) is mainly parenteral, and have emphasized the role of nosocomial transmission. In Equatorial Africa, the respective contributions of parenteral and non-parenteral routes of transmission are unknown. The potential role of sexual transmission in this area of high HCV endemic...

OBJECTIVES To investigate HLA class I allele frequencies in a Kenyan commercial sex worker (CSW) cohort, and to examine HIV-1 specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses directed against epitopes derived from locally prevalent clade A virus. METHODS PCR-single strand polymorphism HLA class I typing. Sequencing of novel alleles and examination of their distribution in the CSW cohort, and a...