Nanoscale organic-inorganic hybrid materials were prepared from two highly fluorescent building blocks: CdTe nanowires (NWs) as an energy acceptor, and a rigid rod-like and water soluble poly(p-phenyleneethynylene) (PPE) as a donor. The PPE was covalently bonded to the CdTe by traditional amide chemistry. Two different orientations, parallel and perpendicular, of PPE to CdTe NW were achieved by...

The lithiation reaction of single ZnO nanowire (NW) electrode in a Li-ion nanobattery configuration was observed by in situ transmission electron microscopy. Upon first charge, the single-crystalline NW was transformed into a nanoglass with multiple glassy nanodomains (Gleiter, H. MRS Bulletin2009, 34, 456) by an intriguing reaction mechanism. First, partial lithiation of crystalline NW induced...

We report on the optical properties of SiGe nanowires (NWs) grown by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) in ordered arrays on SiO2/Si(111) substrates. The production method employs Au catalysts with self-limited sizes deposited in SiO2-free sites opened-up in the substrate by focused ion beam patterning for the preferential nucleation and growth of these well-organized NWs. The NWs thus produced have ...

Arrays of electrodeposited silica nanowires (SiO2 NWs) have been fabricated over large areas (cm(2)) on fluoropolymer thin films attached to glass substrates by a combination of photolithography and electrochemically triggered sol-gel nanoscale deposition. Optical and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) measurements revealed that the SiO2 NW arrays had an average spacing of ten micrometers and a...

This study compared weight control strategies during the winter holidays among successful weight losers (SWL) in the National Weight Control Registry and normal weight individuals (NW) with no history of obesity. SWL (n = 178) had lost a mean of 34.9 kg and had kept > or = 13.6 kg off for a mean of 5.9 years. NW (n = 101) had a body mass index of 18.5-24.9 kg/m(2). More SWL than NW reported pla...

PURPOSE To evaluate the efficacy of a controlled release dexamethasone delivery system for suppressing inflammation in an ocular burn + desiccating stress (OB+DS) model. METHODS Nanowafers (NW) loaded with Dexamethasone (Dex, 10 μg) or vehicles (2.5% Methylcellulose; MC) were fabricated using hydrogel template strategy. C57BL/6 mice were subjected to unilateral alkali ocular burn with concomi...

The N cardinality k ideals of any w-element poset (w, k variable) can be enumerated in time O(Nw). The corresponding bound for k-element subtrees of a w-element tree is O(Nw).

Address: 1The University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, Departments of Psychiatry and Community Health Sciences, 330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada, 2Calgary Health Region, Richmond Road Diagnostic Center, Room 4502, 1820 Richmond Road SW, Calgary Alberta T2T 5C7, Canada, 3The University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Cal...

Few studies focused on the tonal realization of first syllables in disyllabic words with tonal combination of “canonical tone + neutral tone” in Mandarin. To fill in the void, the present study compared the prosodic characteristics of first syllables between minimal pairs of neutral tone word (NW) and canonical tone word (CW). The results show that (1) For duration, no difference was found. (2)...

Pyrazinamide (PZA) is an integral component of the short-course chemotherapy regimen for tuberculosis. The BACTEC 460TB PZA susceptibility test for Mycobacterium tuberculosis with a daily (D) reading schedule has been available for more than 10 years, but weekend laboratory staffing is necessary. A nonweekend (NW) reading schedule has not been validated in a multicenter study. This prospective ...