1 Final report for AOARD/ ITC-PAC Grant 114071 “Silica & Germanate Glass High Power Fiber Laser Sources” Prepared: January 2014 PI and Co-PI information: Principal Investigator: Prof Tanya Monro Co investigators: A/Prof Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem, A/Prof David Lancaster, Dr David Ottaway Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS), The University of Adelaide, Australia Period of Investi...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the usefulness of Color Doppler flowmetry in the prediction of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) in high-risk pregnancies. MATERIALS AND METHOD A total of 62 high-risk pregnant women underwent Color Doppler flowmetric umbilical artery pulsatility index (PI), resistive index (RI) and systolic/diastolic (S/D) ratio, middle cerebral artery PI, RI and S/D ratio, Ductus ...

Pi-pi stacking of hydrogen-bonded porphyrin and oligo(p-phenylene vinylene)s (OPVs) yields helical co-assemblies which exhibit energy transfer from OPV to porphyrin.

In order to explore the role of forkhead box protein O1 (FoxO1) in lipid metabolism and cell proliferation, goose primary hepatocytes were isolated incubated with insulin or PI3K-Akt-mTOR pathway dual inhibitor NVP-BEZ235, then transfected FoxO1 interference plasmid. The related parameters proliferation measured. results firstly showed that increased intracellular TG lipids concentration (P < 0...

Introduction: Water quality is essential for industries because they play an important role in countries’ economic development. Groundwater is one of the most widely used resources, and when the ionic constituents were increasing higher than the allowable limit, it increases the cost of maintenance and production in the industries. Materials and Methods: In order to evaluate groundwater corros...

background: in this study, we aimed to investigate the ability of transvaginal doppler ultrasonography in predicting in vitro fertilization (ivf) outcome in women undergoing this procedure. materials and methods: in this prospective observational study, 65 infertile women underwent ivf procedure in isfahan, during 2013-2014, were studied. the pulsatility index (pi), resistive index (ri) and pea...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS An outpatient surgical procedure for snoring and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) should not only stiffen the soft palate, but also widen the opening of retropalatal space. This study presents a concurrent palatal implants (PI) and uvulopalatal flap (UPF) in the outpatient setting under local anesthesia for OSAS patients. STUDY DESIGN Prospective study. METHODS ...

the changes of total calcium content of persian sturgeon, acipenser persicus follicles were investigated during different stages of germinal vesicle migration. total calcium content increased during maturation and ripening of the oocytes i.e. migration of nucleus toward the animal pole. according to data, the total calcium of follicles with polarization index (pi: the ratio of the distance of t...