11 IMR KINKEN Research Highlights 2010 Energy-related Materials To manipulate crystal defects and impurities in Si multicrystals is a promising route to improve conversion efficiency of solar cells. Therefore, development of a novel crystal growth technique to permit artificial control of defects has been pursued. It would be ideal if such a technique is based on the practical directional solid...

Abstract Background Index of microcirculatory resistance (IMR) has been used as a clinical measure microvascular function. Transthoracic Doppler echocardiography (TDE) can provide information on the functional status coronary artery circulation. This study aims to assess diagnostic value left-anterior-descending (LAD) flow velocity by TDE for dysfunction. Methods Consecutive patients who were s...

BACKGROUND Underlying left ventricular (LV) dysfunction contributes to poor survival after operation to correct ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR). Many surgeons do not appreciate that a key component of the Bolling undersized mitral ring annuloplasty concept is to decrease LV wall stress by altering LV shape, but precise 3-dimensional (3-D) geometric data do not exist substantiating this effe...

We characterized the functional and molecular properties of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) expressed by IMR-32, a human neuroblastoma cell line, and compared them to human alpha3 AChRs expressed in stably transfected human embryonic kidney (HEK) cells. IMR-32 cells, like neurons of autonomic ganglia, have been shown to express alpha3, alpha5, alpha7, beta2, and beta4 AChR subunits. F...

BACKGROUND E-mental health is a promising medium to keep mental health affordable and accessible. For consumers with severe mental illness the evidence of the effectiveness of e-health is limited. A number of difficulties and barriers have to be addressed concerning e-health for consumers with severe mental illness. One possible solution might be to blend e-health with face-to-face delivery of ...

BACKGROUND Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) is intended to provide a structured psychosocial programme that helps to manage the disabling effects of severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorders. It is curriculum based and aims to improve different aspects of illness management and recovery through interventions such as goal-setting, psycho-education, coping and socia...

Subpicosecond half-cycle pulses and a single-shot imaging detector have been used to monitor the evolution of electronic radial wave packets in calcium. The time-dependent momentum-space probability distribution is obtained using the impulsive momentum retrieval �IMR� method. The measured distributions are compared to the results of quantum and classical simulations allowing a comprehensive eva...

Ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR) has been recognized as an important complication after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and is known to worsen patients’ prognoses even if the degree of mitral regurgitation (MR) is mild to moderate. However, the majority of previously published studies have been based on the severity of IMR in the subacute or chronic time period of myocardial infarction, wi...

20 IMR KINKEN Research Highlights 2009 Future Energy / Environmental Materials By systematic crystal structure refinements of characteristic superconductor, FeSe1-xTex (x= 0.5, 0.625, 0.75, 0.875) and FeSe by the powder neutron diffraction technique, we studied the relationship between crystal structre and superconductivity. In this work, we found the role of Fe-X network (X; calcogens, pnictog...