1. In the hypodermis and gill of the Crustacea fructose 1,6-diphosphatase (EC 3.1.3.11) functions at a primary branch point between glycogen and chitin synthesis. In these tissues of the Arctic king-crab, Paralithodes camtchatica, fructose diphosphatase occurs in two electrophoretically distinguishable forms. 2. Fructose diphosphatase I (pI7.2-7.5) accounts for 70 and 10% of total fructose diph...

The gas assisted injection moulding (GAIM) process has benefits realised through material saving, improved product performance and lower capital cost of machinery. This important process is similar to conventional injection moulding in so far as polymer melt enters a cavity under pressure. However, before the melt completely fills the cavity, nitrogen gas is introduced into the melt at high pre...

Over 35 years ago, Moore’s Law established the nature of competition in the semiconductor industry by projecting a 2x transistor density improvement approximately every 18 months. Faced with increasingly challenging process technology issues, industry leaders such as Intel have had to achieve increasingly faster yield improvement and volume production ramps to maintain competitiveness. The Copy...

Fourier transform digital holographic adaptive optics imaging system is described. The results from the simulation and experiment are reported that demonstrate the feasibility of this adaptive optics system. OCIS codes: 090.1995; 110.1080; 170.4470 Incorporation of the adaptive optics(AO) system into vision science has yielded retinal images with unprecedented resolution [1, 2]. The cone mosaic...

Introduction: The traveling wave concept for 7T MR imaging was first demonstrated by Brunner et al [1]. In the most common RF transmit coil designs, a quadrature RF field is created within a cylindrical volume in the near-field regime. In contrast, the traveling wave approach creates a traveling wave mode down the entire bore of the scanner. This has the potential to provide more uniform excita...

Magnification, illumination, and video magnification continue to evolve as technology changes and our thirst grows for complete visual information. More than 70% of endodontists now use microscopes routinely, and in a decade we will likely see enodondists’ numbers coming close to 100%. Using a microscope and loupes in combinations rapidly becoming standard in high-end restorative practices and ...

In recent years there is an increase demand for large-format x-ray imagers capable of real-time imaging of medical procedures. Such imagers are commonly using amorphous Silicon (a-Si) Thin Film Transistors (TFT) and Photo Diodes (PD) [1]. The xray radiation photons transforms to a visible range radiation using a state of the art CsI screens couplers. A major challenge for real-time x-ray imagin...