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The high-resolution adiabatic scanning calorimetric technique has been used to investigate the nematic-smectic A transition (N-SmA in binary mixtures of the non-smectogenic liquid crystal heptyloxycyanobiphenyl (...
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Dielectric Spectroscopy of Water Confined Between Aerosil Nanoparticles and in Vycor Nanoporous Glass
The dynamic properties of water dispersed in compacted aerosils and confined in Vycor porous glass have been investigated by means of dielectric relaxation spectroscopy. The measurements were performed in the ...
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Laparoscopic transabdominal pericardial window
Creation of a transabdominal transdiaphragmatic pericardial window for life-threatening recurrent pericardial effusion has proved to be a safe minimally invasive technique. By inducing adequate pericardial sac...