Much of 21st century plasma physics will involve work to produce, understand, control, and exploit very nontraditional plasmas. High-energy-density HED plasmas are often examples, variously involving strong Coulomb interactions and 1 particles per Debye sphere, dominant radiation effects, and strongly relativistic or strongly quantum-mechanical behavior. Indeed, these and other modern plasma sy...

OBJECTIVE This study was determined the influence of virginiamycin supplementation on growth-performance and characteristics of digestion of cattle with decreasing dietary net energy value of the diet for maintenance (NEm) from 2.22 to 2.10 Mcal/kg. METHODS Eighty crossbred beef steers (298.2±6.3 kg) were used in a 152-d performance evaluation consisting of a 28-d adaptation period followed b...

The dynamics of magnetic reconnection (MR) in the high-energy-density (HED) regime, where the plasma inflow is strongly driven and the thermal pressure is larger than the magnetic pressure (β>1), is reexamined theoretically and by particle-in-cell simulations. Interactions of two colliding laser-produced plasma bubbles with self-generated poloidal magnetic fields of, respectively, antiparallel ...

Objective: In this study we evaluated regional myocardial blood flow (MBF) and left ventricular (LV) sympathetic innervation using positron emission tomography (PET) and its relationship to standard autonomic function tests (AFT). Methods: We studied 12 diabetic patients (7M, 5F) (mean age 62±8), and 5 healthy controls (2M, 3F) (mean age 59±10). All patients underwent AFT and cardiac PET imagin...

Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (HED) is characterized by severe hypohidrosis, hypoplasia of sweat, sebaceous, submucous, meibomian and mammary glands, hypotrichosis, and oligodontia. In early childhood, HED is a life-threatening disorder based on the risks for hyperthermia and pneumonia. Awareness of the hazards related to this rare genetic disease is most helpful in preventing avoidable cal...

Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (HED) results from mutation of the EDA, EDAR or EDARADD genes and is characterized by reduced or absent eccrine sweat glands, hair follicles and teeth, and defective formation of salivary, mammary and craniofacial glands. Mouse models with HED also carry Eda, Edar or Edaradd mutations and have defects that map to the same structures. Patients with HED have ear,...

Abstract The average photon flux is one of the main parameters any source. At European XFEL (EuXFEL), this continuously monitored in tunnels by X-ray Gas Monitors (XGMs) [1-3]. However, to measure absolute value at sample location scientific end-stations, general a smaller device required since XGMs and their associated differential pumping stages are very space demanding. Therefore, miniature ...

BACKGROUND Heavy episodic drinking (HED) (consumption of five or more drinks on the same occasion) among adolescents is related to several problems and partaking in sport or physical activities has been suggested as an option to prevent or reduce alcohol consumption among this population. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between soccer practice and heavy episodic drinki...

China’s higher education has entered the stage of a universal system, enrolling over 50% students, and Chinese government takes its high-quality oriented development as educational goal. However, largest developing country in world, regional inequality is still major obstacle to equitable China. With 1270 institutions listed by Ministry Education 2021 research objects, degree (HED), influencing...

Cooperation among unrelated humans is frequently regarded as a defining feature in the evolutionary success of our species. Whereas, much research has addressed the strategic and cognitive mechanisms that underlie cooperation, investigations into chemosensory processes have received very limited research attention. To bridge that gap, we build on recent research that has identified the chemical...