-
Article
Effects of thermal modification on the flexure properties, fracture energy, and hardness of western hemlock
This study investigates the effect of thermal modification on the flexural properties, transverse fracture energy, and hardness of western hemlock, a material which is finding increasing applications in constr...
-
Article
Open AccessA preliminary investigation into the efficacy of training soccer heading in immersive virtual reality
Recent research has suggested a link between repetitive soccer heading and the increased incidence of neurodegenerative disease in retired players. In response, restrictions have been introduced to limit the a...
-
Article
Open AccessTesting the construct validity of a soccer-specific virtual reality simulator using novice, academy, and professional soccer players
Virtual reality (VR) provides the potential for immersive and engaging training solutions for improving sport performance. However, if VR training is to be adopted and used in an effective and evidence-based f...
-
Article
Open AccessVisual attention, EEG alpha power and T7-Fz connectivity are implicated in prosthetic hand control and can be optimized through gaze training
Prosthetic hands impose a high cognitive burden on the user that often results in fatigue, frustration and prosthesis rejection. However, efforts to directly measure this burden are sparse and little is known ...
-
Article
Open AccessIdentification of pyrin targets by CHiP-Seq
-
Article
Open AccessPW03-011 – New Behçet's loci and gene-gene interactions
-
Article
Open AccessOR7-001 – By chip pyrin binds the IRF2 promoter
-
Article
Short Wavelength Response in a-Si:H p-i-n Diodes: A Simple Method to Minimize Interface Recombination
Although single junction a-Si:H p-i-n solar cells with a conversion efficiency of about 12% have been demonstrated [1], the photo response of devices is limited by several factors. At short wavelengths, the mo...
-
Article
Absence of a Steady State in Hydrogen Diluted Silane Plasmas Due to Mass Dependent Gas Pum** Speeds and Its Consequences
We have investigated the cause for continued changes in the silane related species observed using mass spectroscopy during i-layer deposition process lasting several tens of minutes. Silane decomposition is fo...
-
Article
Delivering biotherapeutics – technical opportunities and strategic trends
As the list of biological drugs gaining regulatory approval grows, this paper examines how different technological approaches to delivering these drugs have evolved, and how business strategies have developed ...
-
Chapter and Conference Paper
Net Interest Income, Balance Sheet Structure and Interest Rates
The gap position gauges a bank’s exposure to interest rate risk. In fact, however, a number of factors may affect the yields that banks earn and pay on assets and liabilities and therefore their interest incom...
-
Article
Bradykardie trotz Hyperthyreose
Hyperthyroidism is usually associated with tachycardia, hypothyroidism with bradycardia. After observing clinically inapparent hyperthyroidism in patients requiring pacemaker implantation, we studied the occu...
-
Article
Performance of a-Si-H Solar Cells at Higher Growth Rates
We have studied the effects of external growth parameters during the deposition of the i-layers of a-Si p-i-n solar cells using dc plasma decomposition of silane-hydrogen mixtures at growth rates of up to 3A/s...
-
Article
He-Dilution to Increase Deposition Rate and Feedstock Utilization During the Growth of a-Si:H and a-SiGe:H Alloys
We report on the development of helium diluted a-Si:H and a-SiGe:H solar cells with higher deposition rates and better feedstock utilization than devices made with hydrogen dilution. Both the initial and the s...
-
Article
Defect Characterization in ZnGeP2 by Time -Resolved Photoluminescence
Steady state and time-resolved photoluminescence (PL) investigations on ZnGeP2 crystals grown from the vapor phase by high pressure physical vapor transport (HPVT) and from the melt by gradient freezing (GF) are ...
-
Article
High Efficiency Stable a-Si Three Junction 12" 13" Modules
Three junction a-Si based photovoltaic modules have been made using a design which provides high initial efficiency and good resistance to photodegradation. The cells have a Si/Si/SiGe configuration in which t...
-
Chapter
Is Persistent Adenovirus 12 (Ad12) Infection Involved in Coeliac Disease?
An amino acid sequence homology between gliadin and the E1B-58kDa protein of Ad12 led to the hypothesis that prior infection with Ad12 could lead to the development of CD, probably as a result of immunological...
-
Article
Abstracts
-
Article
A group of non-Y encoded Drosophila hydei primary spermatocyte nuclear glycoproteins exhibits epitopes depending on formation of Y chromosomal giant lampbrush loops
In wild-type Drosophila hydei (genotype X/Y) four different primary spermatocyte nuclear glycoproteins, classified as non-Y encoded because of their occurrence in X/O genotypes, were demonstrated to possess a few...
-
Article
Studies on green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)
The phytoalexins produced after the inoculation of green bean pods (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) with the spore suspension of three fungi viz.Fusarium solani, Penicillium patulum andPhytophthora megasperma were studied...
