The effects of the chemical constitution and structure of the substituent on the excited state dynamics of several model fluorescent pyrene-labelled molecules of biophysical interest have been examined. Nine new 1-substituted pyrenyl compounds, Py-NH-CO-C2H5, Py-NH-CO-Leu-Boc, Py-CH2-NH-CO-C2H5, Py-CH2-NH-CO-Leu-Boc, Py-CO-NH-C3H7, Py-CO-NH-Leu-OMe, Py-CH2-CO-NH-C3H7, Py-CH2-CO-NH-Leu-OMe and P...

The prime requirements for the spin transfer torque based ferromagnetic (FM)/nonmagnetic (NM) bilayer spin devices are (i) the absence of two-magnon scattering (TMS) noise, (ii) minimum energy dissipation and (iii) fast switching. To realize these objectives we have studied the thickness, Py (permalloy) thicknesses (tPy) and b-Ta thicknesses (tTa), dependent magnetization dynamics behaviour of ...

We study generating functions for the number of involutions in Sn avoiding (or containing once) 132, and avoiding (or containing once) an arbitrary permutation τ on k letters. In several interesting cases the generating function depends only on k and is expressed via Chebyshev polynomials of the second kind. In particular, we establish that involutions avoiding both 132 and 12 . . . k have the ...

BACKGROUND Although lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) seem to be related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) in men, it is unclear whether this relationship is unbiased. In order to investigate this relationship, we used longitudinal data for establishing the possible predictive value of LUTS for the development of CVD in a primary care population. METHODS We performed a registry study using da...

Improvements were made to a pyrolysis-gas chromatography-ion mobility spectrometry (Py-GC-IMS) stand-alone biodetector to provide more pyrolyzate compound information to the IMS detector module. Biological aerosols were disseminated at DRES, Alberta, Canada and the Py-GC-IMS was tested for its ability to detect the biological aerosols. Forty-two trials were conducted and a simple area calculati...

OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to observe the effect of controlled breathing exercises including Sudarshan Kriya (SK) and Prana-Yoga (PY) on the psycho-physiological status. METHODS The study group included 60 healthy volunteers (M:30, F:30) in the age group of 18 to 30 years (21.3 ± 3.2 yrs), randomly divided in to three groups of 20 subjects each--(1) The SK group (2) the PY group...

In order to address how taste information is modulated by inhibitory neuronal interactions in the rat gustatory cortex, we examined putative pyramidal neurons (PY units) and putative inhibitory interneurons (fast spiking [FS] units) that were distinguished by their spike waveforms and discharge rates. FS units were strikingly different from PY units in that the majority of FS units were N- or N...

Galway, Ireland Laser-Induced Disc Degeneration: A New Animal Model to Evaluate Tissue Engineering Strategies. Olivier Lucas, Johann Clouet, Olivier Hamel, Marion Fusellier, Borhane Fellah, Olivier Gauthier, Julie Lesoeur, Yan Chérel, Gaël Grimandi, Eric Bord, Pierre Weiss, Claire Vinatier Jérôme Guicheux Corresponding Author: [email protected] 1 Inserm U791, group STEP "Skeletal Tis...