We established a new "ecological" Grocott stain for demonstrating fungi, based upon a 4R principle of refusal, reduction, reuse, and recycle of waste management. Conventional Grocott stain employs environmentally harsh 5% chromic acid for oxidization. Initially, we succeeded in reducing the concentration of chromic acid from 5% to 1% by incubating the solution at 60°C and using five-fold dilute...

Nafion films incorporating cationic nickel complexes [Ni(II)(acac)(R4en)](+) (acac = acetylacetonato, R4en = tetraalkylethylenediamine) that exhibit chromic behavior in response to temperature changes and solvent molecules in the vapor and liquid phases have been prepared.

SUMMARY Recent technologies for increasing memory density in random access memory optical disks including magnetic super resolution method, super resolution method in phase change disk, blue laser diode, near field optics, and photo chromic memory are reviewed.

The lipopolysaccharide of Erwinia carotovora was analyzed by quantitative sugar analysis, methylation analysis, and chromic oxide oxidation. This led to the following structure of the core oligosaccharide: (Formula; see text).

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to clarify the influence of chromium content on surface reaction of Ti-Cr alloys in an acidic fluoride-containing saline solution. METHODS Four Ti-Cr alloys containing 5, 10, 15 or 20 mass% chromium were characterized in terms of dissolution of metals in an acidic fluoride-containing saline solution and surface structure by X-ray photoelectron spectro...

Published: January 2, 2014 Received: November 22, 2013 Accepted: November 23, 2013 Citation: Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis 2014, 6(1): e2014010, DOI: 10.4084/MJHID.2014.010 This article is available from: http://www.mjhid.org/article/view/12528 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), whi...

Whenmethacholine is inhaledwith total lung capacity inhalations, which is the recommended inhalation pattern for the 5-breath dosimeter method,1 as many as a quarter of asthmatic patients can have a false-negative test result.2 It has been suggested to us that high forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) could explain negative (dosimeter) methacholine test results in patients with asthma. W...

Purpose - Collaborative learning has been increasingly recognized as an effective approach to promote students’ success in highereducation. To better understand the factors that contribute successful collaborative learning, this study applied Biggs’ presage-processproduct (3P) general model of investigate role teaching quality, student-faculty interaction, and relatedness presage factors, proce...

background: humans beings are continuously exposed to ionizing radiation from natural sources. the main contributors to natural radiation are high-energy cosmic radiation and radioactive nuclides that originates in the earth’s crust. exposure to high levels of radiation can cause serious health effects. in this study an attempt has been made to monitor the levels of environmental background rad...