For infants' optimal growth and development, the introduction of nutritionally suitable solid foods at the appropriate time is essential. However, less attention has been paid to this stage of infant life when compared with studies on breastfeeding initiation and duration. The practice of introducing solid foods, including the types of foods given to infants, in the Asia Pacific region was revi...

When a stressed solid is in contact with an environment (a vapor or a liquid solution), the solid may gain mass from, or lose mass to, the environment. The surface reaction is driven by the interfacial and elastic energy and by the chemical potential di€erence between the solid and the environment. This paper presents a ®nite element method to simulate the stress-assisted surface reaction. The ...

This chapter focuses on the recent development and optimization of analytical electron microscopy to understand the dynamic changes in the bulk and interfaces of electrodes and electrolytes within all solidstate batteries. Three major aspects are covered: (1) design and fabrication of all solid-state batteries that remain functional after careful focused ion beam (FIB) processing; (2) enablemen...

Solid para-H2 is a promising gain medium for stimulated Raman scattering, due to its high number density and narrow Raman linewidth. In preparation for the design of a cw solid hydrogen Raman laser, we have made the first measurements, to our knowledge, of the index of refraction of a solid para-H2 crystal, in the wavelength range of 430-1100 nm. For a crystal stabilized at 4.4 K, this refracti...

Introduction Electrochemically induced oxygen diffusion on electrode surfaces plays an important role in solid state electrochemistry, especially in the context of electrochemical promotion of catalysis (EPOC), also referred to as non-faradaic electrochemical modification of catalytic activity (NEMCA) [1]. The Pt(O2)|YSZ system is a model system in solid state electrochemistry as well as for EP...

The principle of laser action was first experimentally demonstrated in 1960 by T. Maiman (Maiman, 1960). This first system was a solid-state laser in which a ruby crystal and a flashlamp served as gain medium and pump source, respectively. Soon after this first laser experiment, it was realized that solid-state lasers are highly attractive sources for various scientific and industrial applicati...

In the context of conjugated polymers, especially those of the poly (phenylenevinylene) (PPV) family, which are promising candidates as emission material in light emitting devices such as LEDs, field effect transistors and photovoltaic devices, we have, in the present study, prepared MEH-PPV [Poly [2- methoxy-5-(2’-ethyl-hexyloxy)-1,4-phenylen-evinylene] of low molecular weight and low polydisp...

BACKGROUND Polygenic obesity in Solid Organ Transplant (SOT) populations is considered a risk factor for the development of metabolic abnormalities and graft survival. Few studies to date have studied the genetics of weight gain in SOT recipients. We aimed to determine whether weighted genetic risk scores (w-GRS) integrating genetic polymorphisms from GWAS studies (SNP group#1 and SNP group#2) ...