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Article
Extrinsic Contributions to Piezoresponse Force Microscopy
Piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) is the method of choice to investigate piezoactivity on a nanometer scale. A careful distinction between intrinsic and extrinsic effects are mandatory, especially when meas...
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Chapter
Islamic sermons, religious authority and the individualization of Islam in France
Recent literature has highlighted the important changes in Islamic religiosity in Western Europe, particularly among second-generation Muslims (for example, Roy 1999, Klinkhammer 2000, Tietze 2001). However, this...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Surface Micromachined Electrostatic Drop Ejector
Ejectors have applications ranging from ink-jet printing to drug delivery. A novel electrostatic ejector was surface micromachined; and satellite-free, 2 pl drops were ejected at 10 m/s using an el...
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Article
Cardiopulmonary changes during laparoscopy and vessel injury: comparison of CO2 and helium in an animal model
Background: Injury of venous vessels during elevated intraperitoneal pressure is thought to cause possible fatal gas embolism, and helium may be dangerous because of its low solubility. ...
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Article
A SNARE involved in protein transport through the Golgi apparatus
In eukaryotic cells, the Golgi apparatus receives newly synthesized proteins from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and delivers them after covalent modification to their destination in the cell. These proteins m...