Introduction: Chondrocytes within articular cartilage are surrounded by a complex pericellular microenvironment which, together with the cell, is termed the chondron. The mechanical and physicochemical properties of the chondron matrix will undoubtedly influence the metabolism of the chondrocytes and their response to joint loading. The aim of the present study was to examine cell morphology in...

* Corresponding author: David J. Sullivan. Mailing address: Department of Molecular 17 Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 18 615 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA. Phone: (410) 502-2522, FAX: (410) 95519 0105. E-mail: [email protected] 20 21 22 23 A CE PT ED Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology and/or the Listed A...

Recent work on designs of dipoles, quadrupoles and sextupoles for the NLC Main Damping Ring has led to estimates of the systematic multipole components in the fields of these magnets. We report on studies of the effects of these multipoles on the dynamic aperture of the damping ring, and show that the systematic multipole components in the present magnet designs are unlikely to be a severe limi...

* Corresponding author: David J. Sullivan. Mailing address: Department of Molecular 17 Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 18 615 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA. Phone: (410) 502-2522, FAX: (410) 95519 0105. E-mail: [email protected] 20 21 22 23 A CE PT ED Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology and/or the Listed A...