We report ultra-low propagation losses in silicon sub-micrometric waveguides on a 200 mm CMOS compatible photonics platform. show median C-band (O-band) as low 0.1 dB/cm and 0.7 (0.14 1.1 dB/cm) monomode rib strip waveguides, respectively, thanks to H2 smoothing annealing. In addition the significant loss reduction, we that performance characteristic of main passive active components platform a...

We present measurements of the transverse momentum spectra for K 0 S , Λ , Ξ − and their antiparticles in p+p collisions at √ s = 200 GeV. The extracted mid-rapidity yields and pT are in agreement with previous p + ¯ p experiments while they have smaller statistical errors. We compare the measured particle spectra and pT values to predictions from the PYTHIA leading order pQCD model (v6.221) an...

Tissue culture applications help mass production for many plant species, especially horticultural plants, ornamental medicinal and aromatic plants. Therefore, optimization of techniques is very important. In this study, the effects different Murashige Skoog (MS) salt levels (25%-200%) on in vitro Staurogyne repens (Nees) Kuntze were investigated. The shoot tip was used as explant. Different MS ...

Commercialization of the lithium-sulfur battery is hampered by bottlenecks like low sulfur loading, high cathode porosity, uncontrollable Li2Sx deposition and sluggish kinetics Li2S activation. Herein, we developed a densely stacked redox-active hexaazatrinaphthylene (HATN) polymer with surface area 302 m2 g?1 very bulk density ca. 1.60 g cm?3. Uniquely, HATN has similar redox potential window ...

The European Union has banned chromium(VI) compounds in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), such as chromate conversion coating films. Chromium(III) compounds are not banned. Using Raman spectroscopy without any preparation, we distinguished chromium(VI) oxide from chromium(III) oxide and chromium(III) hydroxide in chromate conversion coating films. Raman bands of chromium(VI) oxide were...

1. Adrenal tumor. (A) Abdominal computed tomography showed a large mass with smooth margin, 6.0 cm in diameter, in the left adrenal gland. No sweling of the lymph nodes around the tumor was observed. (B) An adenoma measuring 7.5×6.0×5.5 cm and weighing 122 g with a smooth surface was removed. Its cut surface was golden yelow. (C) HE stain ×20. The adenoma was encapsulated. The adjacent normal a...

RATIONALE A critical event in the development of cardiac fibrosis is the transformation of fibroblasts into myofibroblasts. The electrophysiological consequences of this phenotypic switch remain largely unknown. OBJECTIVE Determine whether fibroblast activation following cardiac injury results in a distinct electrophysiological phenotype that enhances fibroblast-myocyte interactions. METHOD...