BACKGROUND The molecular mechanisms of DNA repair following chronic medium-dose-rate (MDR) γ-ray-induced damage remain largely unknown. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We used a cell function imager to quantitatively measure the fluorescence intensity of γ-H2A.X foci in MDR (0.015 Gy/h and 0.06 Gy/h) or high-dose-rate (HDR) (54 Gy/h) γ-ray irradiated embryonic fibroblasts derived from DNA-depe...

The effect of ultrasonic irradiation on direct maghemite (γ-Fe2O3) preparation by a co-precipitation method with Fe3+ salt (Fe(NO3)3) and an excess amount alkaline (KOH) solution without going through the conventional magnetite (Fe3O4) formation route was explored in comparison impeller stirring. procedure for obtaining iron oxide nanoparticles designed using sequential processes precipitation,...

background: the potential hazards of exposure to radiation from radon have been of great concern worldwide, as it is associated with an increased risk of lung cancer. radon (222rn) and its progeny are the main sources of radioactivity in the environment. the half-life of 222rn (3.82 days) is long enough for it to diffuse into and build up in homes. 220rn or thoron from the 232th series, and 219...

This paper considers a wavelet analogue of the classical Ginzburg-Landau energy, where the Hseminorm is replaced by the Besov seminorm defined via an arbitrary regular wavelet. We prove that functionals of this type converge, in the Γ-sense, to a weighted analogue of the TV functional on characteristic functions of finite-perimeter sets. The Γ-limiting functional is defined explicitly, in terms...

A homogenization problem arising in the gradient theory of fluid-fluid phase transitions is addressed in the vector-valued setting by means of Γ-convergence.