OBJECTIVES The Newcastle 85+ Study aims to systematically study the clinical, biological, and psychosocial attributes of an unselected cohort of 85 year olds and to examine subsequent health trajectories as the cohort ages; health at baseline is reported. DESIGN Cross sectional analysis of baseline data from a cohort study. SETTING Newcastle upon Tyne and North Tyneside primary care trusts,...

In this paper, we present an Yb-doped Y2O3 waveguide laser fabricated by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) that is Q-switched using a mono-layer graphene saturable absorber. 140 ns pulses at a repetition rate of 1.21 MHz and pulse energy of 14 nJ are achieved at an absorbed pump power of 528 mW. Introduction: Pulsed lasers have a range of applications in areas such as medicine, material processing,...

We reported femtosecond laser-induced self-organized micro/nanostructures on Zr64.13Cu15.75Ni10.12Al10 amorphous surfaces. A set of process methods that induced sub-wavelength LIPSS (laser-induced periodic surface structures) structures and SWPSS (super-wavelength structure) nearly twice the wavelength using 1030 nm wavelengths were observed. Using linear scanning can completely cover a layer s...

1. Abstract 2. Background 3. Animal models 3.1. Kitten 3.1.1. Vasoconstriction of retinal vessels 3.1.2. Permanent vessel closure 3.1.3. Retinal hypoxia/ischemia and vasoproliferation 3.1.4. Supplemental oxygen 3.1.5. Retinal detachment 3.1.6. Prevention and treatment of retinopathy of prematurity 2.1. Rabbit 2.2. Puppy 2.3. Rat 2.4. Mouse 4. Molecular mechanisms of angiogenesis 4.1. Angiogenic...