We analyzed the IRIS broad-band seismograms for the June 9, 1994, Bolivia earthquake, the largest deep-focus earthquake ever recorded. We inverted the record sections with a duration of 330 sec which include P, pP and sP phases, and obtained a dip-slip mechanism: (dip(fi), rake()0, strike(•)) = (13 ø, 4 ø, 1 ø) or (89 ø, -103ø, ' 95ø), with a scalar moment of Mo--2.9x1021 Nm (Mw-8.2). This mech...

A direct-write "dip-pen" nanolithography (DPN) has been developed to deliver collections of molecules in a positive printing mode. An atomic force microscope (AFM) tip is used to write alkanethiols with 30-nanometer linewidth resolution on a gold thin film in a manner analogous to that of a dip pen. Molecules are delivered from the AFM tip to a solid substrate of interest via capillary transpor...

PURPOSE To research the acid-triggered core cross-linked folate-poly(ethylene glycol)-b-poly[N-(N',N'-diisopropylaminoethyl) glutamine] (folated-PEG-P[GA-DIP]) amphiphilic block copolymer for targeted drug delivery and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in liver cancer cells. METHODS As an appropriate receptor of protons, the N,N-diisopropyl tertiary amine group (DIP) was chosen to conjugate wi...

Background Drug-induced parkinsonism (DIP) is the most common movement disorder induced by antipsychotics. Although DIP is mostly symmetric, asymmetric DIP is reported in a substantial part of the patients. We investigated the frequency of motor asymmetry in DIP and its relationship to the severity of psychopathology in long-stay psychiatric patients. Methods We obtained data from a cohort st...

OBJECTIVES To derive a method for retrospectively estimating cumulative exposure to organophosphate (OP) pesticides among a cross section of United Kingdom sheep dippers, as part of a wider epidemiological study of neurological abnormality within this group of workers. METHODS A hygiene study of dipping sessions at 20 farms using diazinon based dips was carried out by two experienced occupati...

The enzyme dipeptidase-A (DIP-A) in Drosophila melanogaster is coded by a second chromosome locus that is polymorphic for three allozymes in natural populations. DIP-A appears to be the only enzyme in D. melanogaster capable of hydrolyzing the dipeptide glycyl-L-isoleucine, since flies homozygous for null alleles at this locus have no detectable glycyl-L-isoleucine-ase activity. DIP-A activity ...

Significant charge separation and potential-dependent photocurrent polarity switching are reported at multilayers of polyacrylate-capped CdS quantum dots (Q-CdS, d = 3.6 +/-0.5 nm) assembled in poly(diallydimethylammonium chloride) with an alkaline sulfide solution interface. The films were deposited by dip self-assembly or dip-spin self-assembly, and photocurrents were enhanced up to 2-fold by...