Here we report the antithrombotic functions of pyrimidinethiol-capped gold nanoparticles (Au_DAPT NPs). They can prolong coagulation parameters when injected intravenously in normal mice. Applied in two typical thrombosis models, mice tail thrombosis and pulmonary thromboembolism, gold NPs can inhibit both thrombosis and improve the survival rates of mice tremendously, without increasing the bl...

Today robotic creatures’ development has been utilized for several purposes. There have been inventions about animalliked aquatic robots, however few works were found relating to the study of full behavioral movement of aquatic animals; anguilliform, carangiform, subcarangiform and thunniform. This paper presents a study and design of a robotic fish that simulate locomotion pattern of aquatic a...

Countries are increasingly using tax policy as an instrument to navigate through the recent global financial difficulties, and China is no exception. In an effort to avoid the loss of tax revenue resulting from the utilization of foreign holding companies, the Chinese tax authority issued Circular 698 granting itself the authority to tax transactions between foreign entities taking place outsid...

Introduction This paper describes studies of the preparation and characterization of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) formed by the adsorption of an @-mercaptoalkylboronic acid, 1l-mercaptoundecanyl-l-boronic acid, 1, onto a gold substrate. This work is part of a program to study the physicalorganic chemistry of organic interfaces.2 SAMs of alkanethiolates on gold are particularly useful substr...

Dermoscopy is a non-invasive skin imaging technique, which permits visualization of features of pigmented melanocytic neoplasms that are not discernable by examination with the naked eye. One of the most important features for the diagnosis of melanoma in dermoscopy images is the blue-white veil (irregular, structureless areas of confluent blue pigmentation with an overlying white "ground-glass...

In this article the author explains the social role of Muslim woman in a postmodern society through a public symbol of her identity--the veil. The article's thesis is that the Muslim women's manifestation of their Islamic denomination through veiling and wearing appropriate clothes (in the case of men through growing beards and wearing clothes considered appropriate for them) signifies an expre...