BACKGROUND Previous work has demonstrated that vitamin E succinate (VES), an ester analogue of vitamin E, inhibits the growth of melanoma in vitro. However, there is no information about the effect of VES on melanoma in vivo. We investigated the effect of VES on melanoma in vitro and in vivo. METHODS The effect of VES on the proliferation and apoptosis of the B16F10 murine melanoma cell line ...

Electric field and plasma density data gathered on a sounding rocket launched from Uchinoura Space Center, Japan, reveal a complex electrodynamics associated with sporadic-E layers and simultaneous observations of quasiperiodic radar echoes. The electrodynamics are characterized by spatial and temporal variations that differed considerably between the rocket’s upleg and downleg traversals of th...

Volcanic ash is emitted by most eruptions, sometimes reaching the stratosphere. In addition to its climate effect, ash may have a significant impact on civilian flights. Currently, the horizontal distribution of ash aerosols is quite extensively studied, but not its vertical profile, while of high importance for both applications mentioned. Here, we study the sensitivity of the thermal infrared...

Visualization and virtual environments (VEs) have been two interconnected parallel strands in visual computing for decades. Some VEs have been purposely developed for visualization applications, while many visualization applications are exemplary showcases in general-purpose VEs. Because of the development and operation costs of VEs, the majority of visualization applications in practice are ye...

The results of three series of rocket measurements of mesospheric electric ®elds carried out under di€erent geomagnetic conditions at polar and high middle latitudes are analysed. The measurements show a clear dependence of the vertical electric ®elds on geomagnetic activity at polar and high middle latitudes. The vertical electric ®elds in the lower mesosphere increase with the increase of geo...