Hydrogen energy is recognized as the clean with most development potential, and hydrogen fuel cell technology considered ultimate solution utilizing energy. The proton exchange membrane (PEMFC) has merits of high efficiency, density, low operating temperature, clean, affords environmental protection. Improving structure each functional layer could play a significant role in improving PEMFC perf...

Clostridium botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) are the most poisonous naturally occurring protein toxins known to mankind and are the causative agents of the severe and potentially life-threatening disease botulism. They are also known for their application as cosmetics and as unique bio-pharmaceuticals to treat an increasing number of neurological and non-neurological disorders. Currently, the pote...

Nowadays, the use of in vitro reduced models of neuronal networks to investigate the interplay between structural-functional connectivity and the emerging collective dynamics is a widely accepted approach. In this respect, a relevant advance for this kind of studies has been given by the recent introduction of high-density large-scale Micro-Electrode Arrays (MEAs) which have favored the mapping...

Combined macro/mesoporous microelectrode arrays 1 (MEAs) for low noise extracellular recording of neural 2 networks 3 4 5 6 Matthias Heim, Lionel Rousseau, Stéphane Reculusa, Veronika Urbanova, 7 Claire Mazzocco, Sébastien Joucla, Laurent Bouffier, Karel Vytras, Philip 8 Bartlett, Alexander Kuhn, Blaise Yvert 9 10 11 12 13 1. Univ. Bordeaux, ISM, UMR5255, Bordeaux, F-33607 Pessac, France 14 2. ...

This paper develops the idea that the telicity is derived from atomicity. An atomic predicate is a singular predicate denoting a set of individuals which count as one individual on some scale of measurement, i.e. must be formally of the form λa.P(a) ∧ MEAS(a) = <1,U>. Atomic sets of this kind are derived via a maximalisation operation (Filip and Rothstein 2005, Rothstein 2007b). While in the no...

These are expanded notes from four introductory lectures on Ergodic Theory, given at the Minerva summer school Flows on homogeneous spaces at the Technion, Haifa, Israel, in September 2012. 1. Dynamics on a compact metrizable space Given a compact metrizable space X, denote by C(X) the space of continuous functions f : X → C with the uniform norm ‖f‖u = max x∈X |f(x)|. This is a separable Banac...

The collection of good quality extracellular neuronal spikes from neuronal cultures coupled to Microelectrode Arrays (MEAs) is a binding requirement to gather reliable data. Due to physical constraints, low power requirement, or the need of customizability, commercial recording platforms are not fully adequate for the development of experimental setups integrating MEA technology with other equi...

Extracellular electrical stimulation (EES) of the central nervous system (CNS) has been used empirically for decades, with both fundamental and clinical goals. Currently, microelectrode arrays (MEAs) offer new possibilities for CNS microstimulation. However, although focal CNS activation is of critical importance to achieve efficient stimulation strategies, the precise spatial extent of EES rem...