Glass-coated Fe76.5−xCu1NbxSi13.5B9 (x = 0, 1, 2, 3, 3.5) fibers were successfully fabricated by a modified Taylor method. The fibers showed circular morphology and smooth surface with different diameters. The mechanical properties of the fibers were evaluated and the Weibull statistical analysis has been introduced to characterize the strength reliability of the fibers, with the modulus m of t...

Fibrin fibers form the structural backbone of blood clots; fibrinolysis is the process in which plasmin digests fibrin fibers, effectively regulating the size and duration of a clot. To understand blood clot dissolution, the influence of clot structure and fiber properties must be separated from the effects of enzyme kinetics and perfusion rates into clots. Using an inverted optical microscope ...

Immunohistochemistry revealed the presence of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-, neuropeptide Y (NPY)-, calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)- and substance P (SP)-immunoreactive nerve fibers and SP-immunoreactive neuronal cell bodies in the pineal gland of the cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus). Abundant TH- and NPY-immunoreactive fibers were distributed evenly throughout the gland; less numerous CGRP- ...

To identify glial receptor systems in CNS migration, cerebellar granule neuron migration was assayed on glass fibers coated with polylysine, astroglial membranes (AM fibers), or the extracellular matrix proteins collagen (COLL fibers), fibronectin (FN fibers), and laminin (LAM fibers). By video microscopy, granule cells migrated along AM fibers with the cytology, neuron-fiber apposition, and dy...

Waveguides with low confinement loss, low chromatic dispersion, and low nonlinear effects are used in optical communication systems. Optical fibers can also be employed in such systems. Besides optical fibers, photonic crystal fibers are also highly suitable transmission media for optical communication systems. In this paper, we introduce two new designs of index-guiding photonic crystal fiber ...

Agro-based fibers are classified according to what part of the plant they come from. Five different fiber classifications will be used in this report: (1) bast or stem fibers, which are the fibrous bundles in the inner bark of the plant stem running the length of the stem; (2) leaf fibers, which run the length of leaves; (3) seed-hair fibers; (4) core, pith or stick fibers, which form the low d...

Activity was recorded from physiologically identified baroreceptor or chemoreceptor fibers in carotid sinus nerves of urethane-anesthetized spontaneously breathing rabbits. A carotid sinus area was vascularly isolated so that carotid sinus pressure and perfusion medium (Locke's solution or rabbit blood) could be controlled. The cervical sympathetic, vagus, and aortic depressor nerves were bilat...

To compare the gastroesophageal junction of the human with the pig, M(2) and M(3) receptor densities and the potencies of M(2) and M(3) muscarinic receptor subtype selective antagonists were determined in gastric clasp and sling smooth muscle fibers. Total muscarinic and M(2) receptors are higher in pig than human clasp and sling fibers. M(3) receptors are higher in human compared with pig slin...

It has been established that the extraocular muscles of several mammalian species possess two different types of muscle fibers, twitch and slow fibers, with distinct differences in their respective fine structures (1-8). In this investigation we have examined the fine structure of isolated and identified extraocular muscle fibers in rabbit. Though there has been general agreement on the differe...