Since the 1980s, many have suggested we are in the midst of a massive extinction crisis, yet only 799 (0.04%) of the 1.9 million known recent species are recorded as extinct, questioning the reality of the crisis. This low figure is due to the fact that the status of very few invertebrates, which represent the bulk of biodiversity, have been evaluated. Here we show, based on extrapolation from ...

Continuum elastic theory is applied to the formation of misfit dislocations and point defects in strained layer structures. Explicit calculations of the energies of misfit dislocations in the doubleand single-kink geometries yield line tensions below which strained films are stable with respect to defect formation. Our results yield a mismatch-dependent stability limit which, in the double kink...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com J Anal Pharm Res 2015, 1(1): 00001 in terms of dissolution but the non-traditional formulation approaches can lead to a significant increase in dissolution and solubility particularly required for drugs applied in medium to higher dosages [3]. Such dosages’ requirements go along with the necessity to evaluate other formulation technologies for enhan...

Solubility of drug plays critical role in achieving the optimum therapeutic levels of the drug in blood and thus bioavailability. There are many drugs of various therapeutic categories fall in BCS class II and IV as they lack solubility. For all these drugs dissolution is the big hurdle for the absorption process. Present review’s focus is mainly on novel techniques of improving the solubility ...

BACKGROUND Poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma (PDTC) and anaplastic (undifferentiated) thyroid carcinoma (ATC) comprise a small subset of thyroid tumors that are associated with a poor prognosis and account for a significant portion of the morbidity and mortality related to thyroid cancer. Since management strategies vary between these two entities, it is important for clinicians to be abl...

Cutaneous angiosarcoma is a very rare but aggressive tumor. Angiosarcoma of the scalp is very rare, and a review of the world literature revealed less than 60 cases. Here, the author reports a case of poorly differentiated angiosarcoma of the scalp. The pathological diagnosis was very difficult. A 70-year-old Japanase man was admitted to our hospital complaining of red mass of the scalp. An exc...

The wetting behavior of poorly conducting fluids between two parallel conducting plates is studied, both, theoretically and experimentally. In the absence of an applied potential, the interface shape and height are determined by gravity and parameterized using the Bond number. In the presence of an electric field at sufficiently high values on the order of (1 kV/mm), there is modification of th...

Using a “failed” mathematics lesson as a mini-case study, I explore some of the challenges inherent in teaching an inquiry-style mathematics lesson. The ensuing discussion centers around two issues: the preparation and subsequent scaffolding involved in guiding students to desired understandings, along with the tension inherent in “telling” and “not telling” in an inquiry-style pedagogy. I reso...

Microarray technology, which has been around for almost two decades, now provides an indispensable service to the biomedical research community. Soaring demand for high-throughput screening of genes potentially associated with cancer and other diseases, as well as the increased need for identifying microorganisms, have substantially opened up the application of this technology to many fields of...