The micromechanical properties of spider air flow hair sensilla (trichobothria) were characterized with nanometre resolution using surface force spectroscopy (SFS) under conditions of different constant deflection angular velocities theta (rad s(-1)) for hairs 900-950 microm long prior to shortening for measurement purposes. In the range of angular velocities examined (4 x 10(-4) - 2.6 x 10(-1)...

BACKGROUND In response to genotoxic stress, cells activate checkpoint pathways that lead to a transient cell cycle arrest that allows for DNA repair or to apoptosis, which triggers the demise of genetically damaged cells. RESULTS During positional cloning of the C. elegans rad-5 DNA damage checkpoint gene, we found, surprisingly, that rad-5(mn159) is allelic with clk-2(qm37), a mutant previou...

MITRAL VALVE MECHANICS by Neil B. Ingels, Jr. and Matts Karlsson Figure 29.1 Stress-strain curves (adapted from Figure 6 of May-Newman and Yin1) for excised anterior and posterior porcine leaflets. Tables show mean PREand POST-transitional elastic moduli in the circumferential (CIRC) and radial (RAD) directions for ANTERIOR(Left Table) and POSTERIOR(Right Table) leaflets. Anterior CIRC (solid b...

An earthquake with the magnitude of 5.9 Mw occurred in Qeshm Island and Hormozgan province in November 27th 2005. 3D co-seismic deformation field caused by the earthquake are determined based on the ascending and descending interferograms and azimuth offsets. The peak to peak estimated displacement is about 10 cm in west, 69 cm in north and 22 cm in vertical directions. We apply strain analysis...

an earthquake with the magnitude of 5.9 mw occurred in qeshm island and hormozgan province in november 27th 2005. 3d co-seismic deformation field caused by the earthquake are determined based on the ascending and descending interferograms and azimuth offsets. the peak to peak estimated displacement is about 10 cm in west, 69 cm in north and 22 cm in vertical directions. we apply strain analysis...

Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of Gafchromic film causes perturbation to absolute dosimetry measurements; the purpose of this work was to characterize the perturbation and develop a correction method for it. Three sets of Gafchromic EBT2 film were compared: radiation (control), radiation followed by MR imaging (RAD + B), and MR imaging followed by radiation (B + RAD). The T1-weighted and T2-we...

Neste trabalho, descrevemos a obtenção de dois novos compostos de cobre(II), ou precursores, (Pr-Rad) 2 [Cu(opba)].H 2 O (1) e (Bu-Rad) 2 [Cu(opba)].2H 2 O (2), onde opba é o ligante ortofenilenobis(oxamato) e R-Rad são radicais cátions do tipo nitronil nitróxido. A partir destes compostos 1 e 2, foram sintetizados os dois novos magnetos moleculares [Pr-Rad] 2 [Mn 2 {Cu(opba)} 3 ].3,3 DMSO.5H 2...