Results are presented from probe measurements at the outboard midplane scrapeoff layer region of TCV current scan experiments. It is shown that with decreasing plasma current, or increasing magnetic connection length, the radial particle density profile becomes broader and the fluctuation levels and turbulence driven radial transport increases. In the far scrape-off layer the fluctuations exhib...

Coaxial Helicity Injection (CHI) experiments in the Helicity Injected Spherical Torus (HIST) device have produced discharges with peak plasma currents up to 150 kA and successfully sustained the plasma current for much longer than a resistive decay time. The flow measurements using a Mach probe have shown that the intermittent generation of the flow is correlated to the fluctuation seen on the ...

The lithium beam diagnostic at COMPASS is designed for measurements of the edge plasma density profile and fluctuations and edge plasma current fluctuations. The principle of the diagnostic is detection of light coming from collisionally excited Li atoms — beam emission spectroscopy (BES) and a direct detection of the ionized part of the beam (atomic beam probe — ABP). For slow density measurem...

The menstrual cycle was examined in Japanese monkeys, short-day breeders, with or without nursing babies during the breeding season by determining the change in the plasma concentration of progesterone. Blood samples were obtained weekly from suckling and nonsuckling mothers for 6 months from September to February. Plasma concentrations of progesterone in suckling mothers did not show any appar...

Although the behavior of nanoscopic delivery systems in blood is an important parameter when contemplating their intravenous injection, this aspect is often poorly investigated when advancing from in vitro to in vivo experiments. In this paper, the behavior of siRNA loaded dextran nanogels in human plasma and blood is examined using fluorescence fluctuation spectroscopy, platelet aggregometry, ...

Although the behavior of nanoscopic delivery systems in blood is an important parameter when contemplating their intravenous injection, this aspect is often poorly investigated when advancing from in vitro to in vivo experiments. In this paper, the behavior of siRNA loaded dextran nanogels in human plasma and blood is examined using fluorescence fluctuation spectroscopy, platelet aggregometry, ...

Merav Opher* and Reuven Opher Instituto Astronômico e Geofı́sico–IAGyUSP, Avenida Miguel Stéfano, 4200, CEP 04301-904 São Paulo, S.P., Brazil (Received 4 January 1999; revised manuscript received 15 March 1999) When lT ø dT , where lT is the de Broglie wavelength and dT is the distance of closest approach of thermal electrons, a classical analysis of the energy of a plasma can be made. In all th...