Parametric optimization of the laser-assisted photocatalytic growth Ag and Au nanoparticles for high SERS enhancement factor performance informed by design experiment is demonstrated. The photodeposition process was divided into two phases –seeding growth– in order to achieve highest possible nanoparticle surface coverage size range from 10 100 nm. A substantial difference parameter effects bet...

In this paper, the effects of H2O2, a typical reactive oxygen species (ROS), on cell proliferation or death were examined using the human cervical carcinoma cell line HeLa and its MDR1-overexpressing subline, Hvr100-6, which was established by stepwise exposure to vinblastine. It was confirmed that the growth of HeLa cells was enhanced by H2O2 at relatively low concentrations in a concentration...

Although post-combustion emissions from power plants are a major source of air pollution, they contain excess CO2 that could be used to fertilize commercial greenhouses and stimulate plant growth. We addressed the combined effects of ultrahigh [CO2] and acidic pollutants in flue gas on the growth of Alternanthera philoxeroides. When acidic pollutants were excluded, the biomass yield of A. philo...

The potential of an oxygen-carrying perfluorochemical emulsion (PFCE) to enhance radiation damage in Lewis lung tumor growing in C57BL/6J X DBA/2J F1 mice was examined. PFCE and 95% O2:5% CO2 (carbogen) breathing caused a significant enhancement of single-fraction radiation damage measured by the growth delay assay. The dose-response effect of PFCE was very broad; doses as small as 0.5 ml/mouse...

Thymocytes from normal mice strains as well as from genetically determined stem cell defective W/Wv anemic mice were cocultured with syngeneic (or congeneic) bone marrow cells. We assayed these cocultures for the proliferation of erythroid progenitor cell types (BFU-E and CFU-E) using the plasma clot technique. Results indicate that when concentrations of thymocytes were lower than bone marrow ...

Thymocytes from normal mice strains as well as from genetically determined stem cell defective W/WV anemic mice were cocultured with syngeneic (or congeneic) bone marrow cells. We assayed these cocultures for the proliferation of erythroid progenitor cell types (BFU-E and CFU-E) using the plasma clot technique. Results indicate that when concentrations of thymocytes were lower than bone marrow ...

repeating x-ray radiographs, as a common problem in radiology units, represent additional, non-billable costs due to increased film, chemistry, and equipment use as well as increased personnel time. furthermore, patients receive additional radiation exposure from repetitions and must remain on the premises until the second exam is completed. compounding the overt negative financial impact on th...

introduction one of the most important pre-processing steps in optical coherence tomography (oct) is reducing speckle noise, resulting from multiple scattering of tissues, which degrades the quality of oct images. materials and methods the present study focused on speckle noise reduction and edge detection techniques. statistical filters with different masks and noise variances were applied on ...

the benefits of textual input enhancement in the acquisition of linguistic forms have produced mixed results in sla literature. the present study investigates the effects of textual enhancement on adult foreign language intake of two english linguistic forms-subjunctive mood and inversion structures-to explore the role of the type of linguistic items in input enhancement studies. it also invest...