Laser photoionization and ligand photodissociation in Ln(thd)(3) (Ln = Eu, Tb, Gd; thd = 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3,5-heptanedionato) are studied in a molecular beam via time-of-flight mass spectrometry. The fragmentation patterns are strongly wavelength dependent. With 355 nm excitation, the mass spectrum is dominated by Ln(2+), Ln(+), and LnO(+) fragments. The bare Ln ions are believed to arise fr...

OBJECTIVE To analyze patterns of central lymph node (LN) metastasis to specific compartments in the neck and predictive factors of contralateral paratracheal LN metastasis in patients who underwent prophylactic bilateral central LN dissection for papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). STUDY DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING Multitertiary centers. SUBJECTS AND METHODS One hundred forty consecutiv...

  Objective(s):  Infection by high-risk papillomavirus is regarded as the major risk factor in the development of cervical cancer. Recombinant DNA technology allows expression of the L1 major capsid protein of HPV in different expression systems, which has intrinsic capacity to self-assemble into viral-like particles (VLP). VLPS are non-infectious, highly immunogenic and can elicit neutralizing...

Lack of appropriate biomarkers has hampered early detection of urothelial cancer (UC), therefore, development of biomarkers for its diagnosis at earlier stages is of importance. Laminin-332 (Ln-332, formerly Ln-5), a component of basement membranes, consists of Ln-α3, Ln-β3, and Ln-γ2 polypeptides. However, monomeric Ln-γ2 alone is frequently expressed in malignant neoplasms. If Ln-γ2 is also e...

Abstract High impedance ratio ( Z -ratio), low temperature coefficient of frequency (TCF) and spurious free characteristic are three main requirements for surface acoustic wave (SAW) resonators. The reported LiTaO 3 /Quartz (Qz) hetero layer (HAL) resonator can satisfy them, but the bandwidth is too narrow. LiNbO (LN) suitable wideband resonators, TCF large due to its high coupling factor. In t...

The present research aims to examine the effects of using culturally oriented texts in project-based classes on the views of EFL university students regarding their L1 culture. To this end, three experimental groups of intermediate EFL freshmen, assigned to classes A, B and C, participated in this study. Each of the classes were presented with reading passages focused on L1 culture, L2 culture,...

introduction: the role of ovarian hormones and nitric oxide (no) in learning and memory and their interaction has been widely investigated. the present study carried out to evaluate different effect of l-name on spatial learning and memory of ovariectomized (ovx) and sham operated rats. methods: 32 rats were divided into 4 groups: 1) sham 2) ovx 3) sham-ln and 4) ovx-ln. the animals of groups 3...