To monitor and detect the events of landslide, rock-fall along the banks of the Yangtze River in the Three Gorges area, the differential INSAR technique with corner reflectors (CR-Based INSAR) might be more effective than the conventional geological, and discrete GPS measurement techniques, conventional D-INSAR, as well as nature persistent scatterers method. Unfortunately, in most places of th...

Due to lack of the middle infrared wavelength, it is difficult to employ the classic dark target method to retrieve aerosol optical depth (AOD) from Chinese Environmental satellite HJ1-CCD data. Therefore, focusing on extracting weak information from mixed satellite signals of atmosphere and land surface, we developed the Multi-wavelength, Multisensor, Multi-day (3M) approach in order to utiliz...

Topographic patterns are known to affect cellular processes such as adhesion, migration and differentiation. However, the optimal way to deliver topographic signals to provide cells with precise instructions has not been defined yet. In this work, we hypothesize that topographic patterns may be able to control the sensing and adhesion machinery of cells when their interval features are tuned on...

The viscosity of thin films of liquid poly(dimethylsiloxane) have been studied on silicon and fluoropolymer-coated silicon by means of a perturbation technique applied using colloid probe atomic force microscopy. The liquid film supported by a silicon substrate exhibited a greater viscosity than the bulk liquid, due to the strong interaction between the molecules near to the liquid/solid interf...

Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis are two pathogenic yeasts particularly hazardous to immunocompromised patients. Adhesion of yeast cells to epithelium is considered one of the virulence factors and its study is of major importance. The main aim of this study was the comparison of the influence of physico-chemical properties on the adhesion of C. albicans and C. dubliniensis to epitheli...

Perceptual filling-in exemplifies the constructive nature of visual processing. Color, a prominent surface property of visual objects, can appear to spread to neighboring areas that lack any color. We investigated cortical responses to a color filling-in illusion that effectively dissociates perceived color from the retinal input (van Lier, Vergeer, & Anstis, 2009). Observers adapted to a star-...

Many microorganisms are able to produce a wide range of amphipathic compounds, with both hydrophilic and hydrophobic moieties present within the same molecule which allow them to exhibit surface activities at interfaces and are generally called biosurfactants or bioemulsifiers. These surface-active compounds (SAC) are mainly classified according to their mode of action, molecular weight and gen...

Nitric acid (HNO₃)-treated carbon fiber (CF) rich in hydrophilic groups was applied as a cell-immobilized carrier for xylitol fermentation. Using scanning electron microscopy, we characterized the morphology of the HNO₃-treated CF. Additionally, we evaluated the immobilized efficiency (IE) of Candida tropicalis and xylitol fermentation yield by investigating the surface properties of nitric aci...

Since the initial discovery of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) in the 1970s, it has exhibited a huge potential application in many fields due to its outstanding advantages. Since the ultra-sensitive noble metallic nanostructures have increasingly exposed themselves as having some problems during application, semiconductors have been gradually exploited as one of the critical SERS subst...

The thermal denaturation of hen egg-white lysozyme was studied in the presence of 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol (TFE) at various pH values using micro differential scanning calorimetry. Quantitative thermodynamic parameters accompanying the thermal transitions were evaluated. It is observed that thermal unfolding of lysozyme in the presence of TFE upto a concentration of 4.0 mol dm(-3) follows a two-s...