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, L. , and Nivas , R . On certain structures defined on the tangent bundle . Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics 36 ( 2006 ), 885 – 892 . [4] Kasper , U . Fibre bundles: An introduction to concepts of modern differential geometry . In
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A new static contactor was developed for solvent extraction using capillary phenomena induced among clearances formed within a highly packed fiber bundle. Feeding two immiscible phases cocurrently into the fiber bundle generated a very large liquid-liquid contact area for mass transfer within the fiber bundle without any flow turbulence or drop phenomena. In order to test the characteristics and stability of the fiber bundle contactor, continuous extraction experiments were carried out using the fiber bundle contactor with a TBP-uranyl ion-nitric acid system. The fiber bundle contactor had the same extraction performance as that of an ideal batch extractor with good reproducibility due to the sufficient liquidliquid contact area generated by the packed fiber bundle. A minimum residence time of the aqueous phase within the fiber bundle contactor was required for the extraction system to reach an extraction equilibrium state. In the TBP-uranyl ion-nitric acid system, the residence time was about 1.9 minutes. This contactor was confirmed to be effective enough to perform solvent extraction and to study the extraction kinetics because of the stable and large static liquid-liquid contact area.
Combining several results on related (or conjugate) connections, defined on banachable fibre bundles, we set up a machinery, which permits to study various transformations of linear connections. Global and local methods are applied throughout. As an application, we get an extension of the classical affine transformations to the context of infinite-dimensional vector bundles. Another application shows that, realising the ordinary linear differential equations (in Banach spaces) as connections, we get the usual transformations of (equivalent) equations. Thus, some classical results on differential equations, such as the Theorem of Floquet, can have a “geometric” interpretation.
Semen of an infertile Dutch White (Saanenthal) goat buck was examined. Light and electron microscopic examinations showed aberrations of the sperm tails resembling the so-called Dag or Dag-like defects described in several cattle breeds. Ejaculated semen showed that virtually all of the cells had strongly coiled or broken tails, or fractured midpieces. Ultrastructural investigations by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) showed uneven distribution of the mitochondria in the midpiece. Coiled tails were encapsulated by a common membrane, and dislocated axial fibres and different membranous structures were also present. The ultrastructural characteristics of the defective sperm tails, the missing parts of the axial fibre bundle and the misalignment of the mitochondria indicate that this first case reported in goat is similar to the Dag-like defect in cattle.
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Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy (EPR, both conventional and saturation transfer EPR) were used to study the motional dynamics and segmental flexibility of myosin in muscle fibres in the presence of free radical generating system. Muscle fibre bundles isolated from psoas muscle of rabbit were spin-labelled with maleimide- and isothiocyanate-based probe molecules at the reactive sulfhydryl sites (Cys-707) of the motor domain. In the presence of hydroxyl free radicals the spectral intensity of the maleimide probe molecules decreased with time following a single exponential curve. MgADP and MgATP plus orthovanadate that produce flexibility changes in the multisubunit structure of myosin enhanced the reduction of the attached nitroxide molecules in free radical generating system. The analysis of the EPR spectra of spin-labelled and oriented fibres showed that the narrow distribution of spin labels changed in the presence of hydroxyl free radicals. Spectrum analysis by computer subtraction showed that short irradiation by UV light resulted in the enhancement of the ordered population at the expense of the disordered population. This suggests a transition of myosin heads from weak- binding state into strong-binding state. DSC measurements performed on calf cardiac myosin resulted in two main transitions at 49.4 and 54.1°C, respectively. Addition of MgADP produced a decrease of the 49.4°C transition, whereas a shift towards higher temperature was detected at the 54.1°C transition. It shows that there is an inter-site communication between the domains of the myosin. Hydroxyl free radicals induced further shifts of the transition temperatures and affected the width of the heat absorption curves.
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material for structural applications in fusion technology. SiC f /SiC composite is composed of silicon carbide fiber (14 μm diameter of fibers) bundles. These bundles are woven in three dimensional textures and embedded in a silicon carbide matrix
are formed through the bundling of several microfibrils, each of them containing clusters of five collagen molecules. At the next level of the hierarchy, multiple fibrils make up collagen fibres. Fibre bundles intertwine in the three
sample: It was ground to 75 µm and first tested according to the API procedure. The breakdown of the palygorskite fiber bundles commonly forming the texture of these clays tones by increasing the time and speed of shearing force. Increasing the
