TiC-reinforced composite surface layers (TRLs) on a ductile cast iron EN-GJS-700-2 grade (DCI) substrate were synthesized using a diode laser surface alloying with a direct injection of titanium powder into the molten pool. The experimental results were compared with thermodynamic calculations. The TRLs having a uniform distribution of the TiC particles and their fraction up to 15.4 vol % were ...

Parallel measurements of the rise m chlorophyll a fluorescence yield and delayed hght emission decay, after a 10 ns saturating excitation flash, have been made in trls(hydroxymethyl)ammomethane-washed chloroplasts Various electron donor systems (Mn2+; ascorbate; reduced phenylenediamlne and benzidme) were used m conjuction with different preilluminatlon regimes to alter [P +-680], the oxidized ...

Acknowledgments I would like to thank my family, friends, and colleagues who provided me with their friendship and support during my time in graduate school. My parents and family were, and continue to be, a constant source of encouragement. They inspired me to set ambitious goals for myself, and they heartened me when those goals seemed distant. The members of the GVU Center, especially the ot...

1Computer Science Department, School of Mathematics and Systems Engineering (MSI), Växjö University, Växjö, Sweden; 2School of Interactive Computing & GVU Center, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.; 3INRIA, Unité de Recherche Futurs, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay Cedex, France; 4Department of Computer Science and Center for Human--Computer Interaction, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg,...

Intestinal lipoprotein production is a multistep process, essential for the absorption of dietary fats and fat-soluble vitamins. Chylomicron assembly begins in the endoplasmic reticulum with the formation of primordial, phospholipids-rich particles that are then transported to the Golgi for secretion. Several classes of transporters play a role in the selective uptake and/or export of lipids th...

AIM Previously, our group and others have demonstrated a causative relationship between severe hypertriglyceridaemia and atherogenesis in mice. Furthermore, clinical investigations have shown high levels of plasma Apolipoprotein C-III (ApoCIII) associated with hypertriglyceridaemia and even cardiovascular disease. However, it remains unclear whether ApoCIII affects restenosis in vivo, and wheth...

CONTEXT Nonfasting (postprandial) triglyceride concentrations have emerged as a clinically significant cardiovascular disease risk factor that results from accumulation of remnant triglyceride-rich lipoproteins (TRLs) in the circulation. The remnant TRLs are cleared from the circulation by hepatic uptake, but the specific mechanisms involved are unclear. The syndecan-1 heparan sulfate proteogly...

OBJECTIVE Postprandial lipemia has been linked to atherosclerosis and inflammation. Because leukocyte activation is obligatory for atherogenesis, leukocyte activation by triglyceride-rich lipoproteins (TRLs) was investigated. METHODS AND RESULTS The expression of CD11b and CD66b after incubation with glucose and native and artificial TRLs (NTRL and ATRL) in vivo and in vitro was evaluated by ...