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Distribution of lipopolysaccharide, an indicator of bacterial biomass, in subtropical areas of the sea
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) concentrations, an indicator of bacterial biomass, were determined in the South China Sea and the Pacific Ocean. The distribution patterns of LPS were compared with those of chlorophyll a
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P700 Spectra and Concentrations in Several Plants and a Cyanobacterium
The conversion of light energy into chemical free energy in plants is a function of many parameters any one of which may become paramount. for example, the rate and efficiency of energy conversion by the photo...
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Effect of environment and grain size on cyclic deformation and surface hardening of iron
Specimens of commercially pure vacuum-melted iron with different grain sizes (0.02 to 0.9 mm diameters) were subjected to push-pull cyclic loading under plastic strain control at an amplitude of 5 × 10-4 in both ...
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Thermal fatigue in polycrystalline alumina
Damage accumulation in polycrystalline alumina subjected to cyclic thermal loading was studied via non-destructive elastic modulus and internal friction measurements. These nondestructive techniques were sensi...
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A Parallel Neural Model for Auditory Front End Processing
We have developed a massively parallel modeling framework for the mammalian auditory front end (Gangnes, 1990). It comprises a set of linear cochlear filters each connected to a set of independently firing, no...
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Cyclic Thermal Shock in SiC Whisker Reinforced Alumina and in Other Ceramic Systems
A wide variety of ceramic and ceramic composite components must withstand cyclic thermal shock (thermal fatigue), from engine components to mainframe computer memories. Thermal fatigue induced changes in elast...
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Preparation of PZT Thin Films by ECR PECVD
Lead zirconate titanite (PZT) thin films have been prepared on Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si and Pt/Ta/Si2/Si substrates by electron cyclotron resonance plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (ECR PECVD) at low temperatures u...
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Crystal growth and investigation of efficient non-linear optical materials in the mixed (2,-4-dinitrophenyl)-L-alanine (DPA) and 2-methyl-4-nitroaniline (MNA) system
When a 1∶1 weight mixture of (2,-4-dinitrophenyl)-L-alanine (DPA) and 2-methyl-4-nitroaniline (MNA) is dissolved in a 50∶50 volume mixture of ethyl acetate and hexane, two types of crystals were observed on slow ...
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Effects of surface oxide layers on crack initiation and growth of HSLA steel under cyclic loading in air and in ultrahigh vacuum
Effects of the thermally grown wustite on the fatigue crack initiation and growth in HSLA steel are evaluated as a function of oxide thickness, strain amplitude, and gaseous environment in the push-pull plasti...
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Chitinolytic enzymes from the gizzard and the chyme of the broiler (Gallus gallus L.)
Crude chitinolytic enzymes were prepared from the chyme, the mucous lining and the remaining tissue of the gizzard. Freezing and thawing of the sample did not affect their activity. The thermostability was var...
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Mucocele of the appendix: ultrasonographic and CT findings
Background: Mucocele of the appendix is a rare disease entity, but preoperative diagnosis is very important. With the advent of ultrasonography (US) and computed tomography (CT), it has been poss...
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Gastric cancer risk in relation to Helicobacter pylori infection and subtypes of intestinal metaplasia
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection and intestinal metaplasia (IM) are each associated with an increased risk of gastric cancer (GC). To explore further the influences of H. pylori and IM on GC, H. pylor...
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Overexpression of p53 in different subtypes of intestinal metaplasia and gastric cancer
p53 immunostaining was evaluated in cancerous epithelia and adjacent intestinal metaplasia of 135 gastric cancer specimens. The differential p53 overexpression in different subtypes of intestinal metaplasia an...
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Electrical properties of the perovskite (Pb, La)TiO3 films deposited by electron cyclotron resonance plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition
The effects of La content and rapid thermal annealing (RTA) on the capacitance (C–V) and leakage current (J–E) properties of the PLT films were investigated. The films were deposited on Pt/Ti/SiO2/Si substrate...
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Iodized oil retention due to postbiopsy arterioportal shunt: a false positive lesion in the investigation of hepatocellular carcinoma
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35th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes
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Necrotic granuloma of the liver by human fascioliasis: imaging findings
We report a case of necrotic granuloma of the liver by human fascioliasis. The lesion showed unusual findings at sonography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging that have not been reported prev...
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Effects of surface porosity on tungsten trioxide(WO3) films’ electrochromic performance
In this paper, the correlation between the electrochromic performance and the surface morphology of the tungsten trioxide (WO3) thin films sputtered by dc reactive magnetron sputtering with widely varying target-...
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Needle-tract implantation in hepatocellular carcinoma: frequency and CT findings after biopsy with a 19.5-gauge automated biopsy gun
Background: Needle-tract implantation is an important complication of cutting biopsy of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This study was performed to evaluate the frequency of needle-tract implantation after ultra...
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The system CaO-MgO-SiO2-CO2 at 1 GPa, metasomatic wehrlites, and primary carbonatite magmas
New experimental data in CaO-MgO-SiO2-CO2 at 1 GPa define the vapor-saturated silicate-carbonate liquidus field boundary involving primary minerals calcite, forsterite and diopside. The eutectic reaction for mel...
