Erbium-doped aluminum oxide channel waveguides were fabricated on silicon substrates and their characteristics were investigated for Er concentrations ranging from 0.27 to 4.2 × 10 cm. Background losses below 0.3 dB/cm at 1320 nm were measured. For optimum Er concentrations in the range of 1 to 2 × 10 cm, internal net gain was obtained over a wavelength range of 80 nm (1500-1580 nm) and a peak ...

In this issue of Molecular Pharmacology, Meyn et al. (p. 1320) provide the results of the first comprehensive investigation of the expression pattern of the Src family of nonreceptor tyrosine kinases (SFK) in mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells. They found that self-renewing ES cells express seven of the eight mammalian SFK members and that some undergo distinct expression changes during early diff...

This short note presents a discussion arisen after reading ”Development a new mutation operator to solve the Traveling Salesman Problem by aid of Genetic Algorithms”, by Murat Albayrak and Novruz Allahverdi, (2011). Expert System with Applications (38)(pp. 1313-1320). The discussed paper presents a new greedy mutation operator to solve the well-known Traveling Salesman Problem. To prove the qua...

The reaction γγ → πππ with quasi-real photons is studied with a total integrated luminosity of 663 pb, collected by the L3 detector at LEP at center-of-mass energies from 183 to 209GeV. The results of an energy-dependent partial wave analysis in the mass region 1.1 ≤M(πππ) ≤ 2.2GeV are presented. The reaction is dominated by a2(1320) formation. A strong signal consistent with the first radial e...

We show that in photoproduction experiments there are propitious conditions to study the exotic state 1−+ in the πη and πη′ channels. We show that for unpolarized photon beam the contributions with natural and unnatural parity exchanges do not interfere with each other, the fact which gives additional arguments in the estimation of the correctness of phase shift analysis. In the reaction of pho...

The U.S. generates more than 37 million metric tons of food waste each year, and over 95% of it is disposed of at U.S. landfills. This paper describes the development of a novel food waste collection kiosk and business model called “Greenbox” that will collect and store food waste from households and restaurants with incentives for user participation to spur food waste-to-energy production in a...

Rosner, Richard (St. Joseph's Hospital, Paterson, N.J.). Isolation of Candida protoplasts from a case of Candida endocarditis. J. Bacteriol. 91:1320-1326. 1966.-A case of endocarditis caused by Candida tropicalis is described. Even though the patient was receiving adequate therapy, and all routine blood cultures were negative for growth, the patient continued to give clinical evidence of active...

132. Cappuccio FP, MacGregor GA. Does potassium supplementation lower bloodpressure? a meta-analysis of published trials. JHypertens. 1991;9:465-473.133. Witteman JC, Willett WC, Stampfer MJ, Colditz GA, Sacks FM,Speizer FE, Rosner B, Hennekens CH. Aprospective study of nutritional factors andhypertension among US women. Circu-lation. 1989;80:1320-1327.134. J...

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