Stored lipids in marine planktonic larvae play an important role in buoyancy and as an energy source and thus are a key to understanding the dispersal and settlement potential of larvae. However, little is known about lipid content and composition in different coral species or their temporal changes during larval dispersal. We examined the lipid content and composition of eggs and planula larva...

Spin-transfer torque (STT) switching demonstrated in submicron sized magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) has stimulated considerable interest for developments of STT switched magnetic random access memory (STT-MRAM). Remarkable progress in STT switching with MgO MTJs and increasing interest in STTMRAM in semiconductor industry have been witnessed in recent years. This paper will present a review o...

* This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology(2010-0021897). Abstract As the power dissipation has become one of the critical design challenges in a sensor network environment, nonvolatile memories such as STT-MRAM and flash memory will be used in the next generat...

We suggested a method for localization of ischemic lesions from difference integral body surface potential maps (IBSPMs) computed by subtraction of IBSPM without manifestation of ischemia from the IBSPM during ischemia that can be obtained at rest and during the stress test. In this work the possible changes in IBSPMs of healthy subjects with increasing HR were studied. BSPMs were measured duri...

The amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has caused mass mortality leading to population declines and extinctions in many frog species worldwide. The lack of host resistance may be due to fungal immunosuppressive effects that have been observed when Bd is incubated with cultured lymphocytes, but whether in vivo host immunosuppression occurs is unknown. We used a broad ra...

Sponges have a remarkable capacity to rapidly regenerate in response to wound infliction. In addition, sponges rapidly renew their filter systems (choanocytes) to maintain a healthy population of cells. This study describes the cell kinetics of choanocytes in the encrusting reef sponge Halisarca caerulea during early regeneration (0-8 h) following experimental wound infliction. Subsequently, we...