Search results for "Solid"

2020

Learning to associate written letters with speech sounds is crucial for the initial phase of acquiring reading skills. However, little is known about the cortical reorganization for supporting letter-speech sound learning, particularly the brain dynamics during the learning of grapheme-phoneme associations. In the present study, we trained 30 Finnish participants (mean age: 24.33 years, SD: 3.50 years) to associate novel foreign letters with familiar Finnish speech sounds on two consecutive days (first day ​~ ​50 ​min; second day ​~ ​25 ​min), while neural activity was measured using magnetoencephalography (MEG). Two sets of audiovisual stimuli were used for the training in which the graphe…

The titanium–iron–antimony ternary system and the crystal and electronic structure of the interstitial compound Ti5FeSb2

2003

Abstract Phase equilibria were established in the Ti–Fe–Sb ternary system below the TiSb2–FeSb section at 1070 K; the Sb–TiSb2–FeSb region was studied at 870 K. Investigation of the phase relations was based on X-ray diffraction experiments on arc-melted bulk alloys, which were annealed up to 350 h. Four ternary compounds were observed: TiFe1−xSb (0.64≤x≤0.70; defect TiNiSi-type), Ti1.18Fe0.57Sb (partially and statistically filled Ni2In-type), Ti1+xFeSb (−0.20≤x≤0.27; transformation from defect AlLiSi-type to the defect MnCu2Al-type), and new Ti5FexSb3−x (0.45≤x≤1.00; W5Si3-type). An extended solid solution up to about 10 at.% antimony was observed for the Laves phase Ti(Fe1−xSbx)2−y. Ti3Sb…

DETERMINATION OF STEROIDAL HORMONES IN URINE SAMPLES BY MICELLAR LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY FOLLOWING SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION

2001

Steroidal hormones were determined in spiked urine samples using micellar mobile phases of sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS)-pentanol, solid-phase extraction (SPE), and detection in the UV region. In the optimized procedure, a 10 mL aliquot of urine sample is loaded into a C18 cartridge and washed with 2 mL of 50:50 (v/v) methanol-water, followed by 200 μL of 70:30 (v/v) methanol-water. The retained steroids are eluted with 2 mL of methanol and the eluate evaporated to dryness under nitrogen at 50°C. The residue is redissolved with 200 μL of the micellar mobile phase used in the chromatographic separation and injected into the chromatograph. The performance of the procedure was checked for 13 s…

Synthesis and Characterization of Iron-Doped ZrSiO4 Solid Solutions from Gels

2011

The mechanism of formation and the structural features of tetragonal Fe–ZrO2-amorphous silica composites and particulated Fe-doped ZrSiO4 solid solutions were studied. A series of specimens with compositions Fex–ZrSiO4, 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.10 were prepared by sol–gel techniques and thermally annealed over the range of temperature between 400°C and 1600°C. Results confirmed the formation of tetragonal Fe–ZrO2 solid solution as first crystalline phase on the whole process leading to Fe-doped ZrSiO4 solid solution. The annealing temperature for the preparation of Fe-containing ZrSiO4 solid solutions was dependent on the nominal amount of iron. The Fex–ZrSiO4 solid solutions, with 0.02 < x < 0.08, were a…

Study of Tetragonal Phase in 0.4Na1/2Bi1/2TiO3-(0.6-x)SrTiO3-xPbTiO3Solid Solutions by Second-Harmonic Generation

2015

Description of the local symmetry of relaxor ferroelectrics, especially in connection with nature of polar nanoregions, is one of the key questions in research of relaxor ferroelectrics. Unlike such well-known relaxor ferroelectrics as PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3 and (Pb,La)(Zr0.65Ti0.35)O3, ternary solid solutions 0.4Na1/2Bi1/2TiO3-(0.6-x)SrTiO3-xPbTiO3 show clear coexistence of phases of tetragonal and cubic symmetry, which is established by x-ray diffractometry. Since the second-harmonic generation spectroscopy is a sensitive tool in determination of deviation from symmetry, containing a centre of inversion, it is used as an additional method in characterization of structure in 0.4Na1/2Bi1/2TiO3-(0.6…

On-line determination of bipyridylium herbicides in water by HPLC

1997

Selective on-line solid phase extraction (SPE) and liquid chromatography determination (HPLC) of diquat, paraquat and difenzoquat from environmental water samples has been accomplished with Graphitized Carbon Black (GCB) as both extraction and analytical columns. The method involved passing of 50 mL of water through a cartridge filled with Carbograph. In the elution step, the herbicides were transferred from the cartridge to the analytical column (Hypercarb) by mean of a gradient of pH 3 aqueous solution of tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAOH) and ammonium sulphate and methanol. Hypercarb columns were found to give a low probability of false positives for bypiridylium herbicides and are ve…

Crystal growth and phase transitions of solid solutions in [N(CH3)4]2MX4 isomorph class

1989

Abstract Homogeneous single crystals of tetramethylammonium tetrahalogenometallate solid solutions have been grown: a temperature difference growth method with thermally enforced convection was used during the material transport from an equilibrated feed material to the growing crystals. The smallest crystals were mostly studied by differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray crystallography. Some bigger crystals were available for dielectric measurements and Raman scattering. The temperature-concentration phase diagrams of solid solutions look like the temperature-pressure phase diagrams of pure tetramethylammonium salts. The progressive substitution seems equivalent to a change of the pres…

Organotin(IV) azido and mixed azidothiocyanato complex anions; A Mössbauer and vibrational spectroscopic study

1975

Abstract Tetraphenylarsonium and tetramethylammonium salts of the complex anions Ph 3 Sn(N 3 ) − 2 , Ph 3 Sn(N 3 )(NCS) − , Me 2 Sn(N 3 ) 2− 4 and Ph 2 Sn(N 3 ) 2 (NCS) 2− 2 have been synthesized, and the solid state configuration of the complex anions has been studied by Mossbauer and vibrational spectroscopies. Trigonal bipyramidal structures are advanced for the Ph 3 Sn IV derivatives, with equatorial SnC 3 and apical pseudohalide ligands, while the R 2 Sn IV compounds are assumed to be trans -octahedral species. The NCS − ligands are observed to be N-bonded to Sn IV . Conductance and PMR (for the Me 2 Sn IV compound) data suggest the presence of the complex anions also in solution phase…

L'ecomuseo del grano e del pane: un percorso progettuale centrato sul design

2018

La festa di S. Giuseppe, oltre che un’importante e sentita ricorrenza religiosa, è a Salemi soprattutto la “festa dei pani”; bellissime realizzazioni di alto artigianato artistico, la cui sapienza si tramanda nelle famiglie e nelle associazioni di donne che per mesi lavorano alla produzione dell’enorme quantità delle piccole e grandi forme di pane, per rivestire le costruzioni votive che accolgono il rito della cena. Nasce quindi l’idea di proporre un “Ecomuseo del grano e del pane” nel Collegio dei Gesuiti, valorizzando e riaprendo al pubblico uno spazio di grande interesse storico-architettonico. Nell’ambito della consolidata collaborazione del Comune di Salemi con il Dipartimento di Arch…

Ambiente e diritto penale: brevi riflessioni fra le modifiche agli artt.9 e 41 Cost. e le prospettive di riforma in ambito internazionale

2023

l contributo analizza l’impatto che il recente inserimento dell’ambiente in Costituzione può dispiegare in ambito penale, tanto rispetto all’ambiente quale oggetto della tutela penale, quanto sul versante della selezione dei modelli di illecito, soffermandosi in particolare sul problema delle possibili ricadute penalistiche del nuovo vincolo di solidarietà ecologica di tipo intergenerazionale. Seguendo il fil rouge del bene giuridico, la seconda parte del saggio ricostruisce invece i punti critici e le prospettive di sviluppo del diritto penale ambientale internazionale, alla luce della nozione di ambiente quale bene giuridico comune ed universale.