Ferroelectric properties of chemically heterogeneous multilayers and graded composition thin films of 1−x Pb Mg1/3Nb2/3 O3–xPbTiO3, a well-known relaxor, were prepared using a multitarget pulsed laser ablation system. Target materials with different values of x 0.0, 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3 were used for ablation growth. Films with sharp interfaces and graded interfaces were prepared and were characte...

Aim: This paper addresses the assessment of the composition of a general wound, in terms of all identifiable categories of tissue and pigmentation in an attempt to improve accuracy in assessing and monitoring wound health. Materials and Methods: A knowledgebase of clusters was built into the hue, saturation and intensity (HSI) color space and then used for assessing wound composition. Based on ...

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES Near-infrared (NIR) imaging has its niche in quantifying and characterizing functional changes in tissue relating to vascularity and metabolic status. Here, NIR tomography was applied to study mammographically normal breast tissue in vivo by evaluating relationships between functional parameters so obtained to clinical representers in an effort to understand factors inf...

The wetting of angular alumina particle preforms by Cu-Sn alloys is investigated by means of pressure infiltration experiments conducted at 1150°C, using a system enabling dynamic and precise measurements of the metal volume injected into the preform. Wetting is quantified in terms of drainage curves, which plot the volume fraction of molten metal in the packed powder preform (also called satur...

A nearly monomineralic 1.5 m thick bentonite bed sampled in Melo (Uruguay) appears to be a pure high-charge montmorillonite: [Si3.94 Al0.06] (Al1.40 Fe0.11 Ti0.02 Mg0.49 Mn0.01) O10 (OH)2 Na0.01 K0.08 Ca0.18. However, contrasting swelling behaviors have been evidenced by fitting the experimental X-ray diffraction patterns recorded on oriented preparations of the same sample in different saturat...

Interaction Grammar (IG) is a grammatical formalism based on the notion of polarity. Polarities express the resource sensitivity of natural languages by modelling the distinction between saturated and unsaturated syntactic structures. Syntactic composition is represented as a chemical reaction guided by the saturation of polarities. It is expressed in a model-theoretic framework where grammars ...

Biliary lipid composition, cholesterol saturation, and bile acid pattern were determined in fasting duodenal bile of 10 patients (four men and six women, mean age 41 years) with Crohn's disease and a history of ileal resection (mean 64 cm). The data were compared with corresponding values in a group of healthy subjects. None of the patients with Crohn's disease had supersaturated bile. Choleste...

Metabolic regulation of pancreatic beta-cell ATP-sensitive K+ channel (K(ATP) channel) function plays a key role in the process of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS). Modulation of K(ATP) channel activity by long-chain acyl CoAs represents an important endogenous regulatory mechanism. Elevated acyl CoA levels have been reported in obese and type 2 diabetic individuals and may contribut...

Early theories of species diversity proposed that communities at equilibrium are saturated with species. However, experiments in plant communities suggest that many communities are unsaturated and species richness can be increased by adding propagules of new species. We experimentally tested for community saturation and measured the effects of propagule supply on community structure in a benthi...