We investigate the transmission properties of arrays of three-dimensional (3-D) gold patches having oneand twodimensional (1and 2-D) periodicities, and describe the interaction of cavity and surface plasmon modes. We vary the main geometrical parameters to assess similarities and emphasize differences between 1-D and 2-D periodic patterns. We analyze the spectral response as a function of incid...

Looney, Mark R., Claudio Sartori, Santanu Chakraborty, Paul F. James, Jerry B. Lingrel, and Michael A. Matthay. Decreased expression of both the 1and 2-subunits of the Na-K-ATPase reduces maximal alveolar epithelial fluid clearance. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 289: L104–L110, 2005. First published March 18, 2005; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00464.2004.—Impaired epithelial sodium channel function...

trophy is more prevalent in blacks than whites in the general population: the Dallas Heart Study. Hypertension 2005;46:124–9. 4. Chung AK, Das SR, Leonard D, et al. Women have a higher left ventricular ejection fraction than men independent of their differences in left ventricular volume. Circulation 2006;113:1597–604. 5. Metra M, Zani C, Covolo L, et al. Role of 1and 2c-adrenergic receptor pol...

The gastrointestinal tracts of breast-fed infants are colonized more easily with bifidobacteria than are those of formula-fed infants. Colonization is thought to reduce infant diarrhea. Amendments to formulas that improve colonization by bifidobacteria are being actively investigated. Colonization studies almost invariably require measurements of the concentration of the bifidobacteria in feces...

Color constant image description is a fundamental problem in many computer vision applications. In this paper, the diagonal-offset model is adopted as reflectance model to get color constant image descriptors. This model makes the descriptors much more robust, and also fits the real world images very well. By introducing 3D moment invariants, this paper contributes to give an illumination indep...

The coexistence of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)independent Cushing syndrome (CS) and an empty sella (ES) is rare (1, 2). A 53-year-old woman presented with an ES (Picture A, B) and a 40×25-mm left adrenal tumor (Picture C). She had no Cushingoid features, hypertension or diabetes. The levels of morning plasma ACTH, cortisol, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate and urinary free cortisol were 1....

For a directed graph G, a t-identifying code is a subset S ⊆ V (G) with the property that for each vertex v ∈ V (G) the set of vertices of S reachable from v by a directed path of length at most t is both non-empty and unique. A graph is called t-identifiable if there exists a t-identifying code. This paper shows that the de Bruijn graph ~ B(d, n) is 1and 2-identifiable and examines conditions ...

The gastrointestinal tracts of breast-fed infants are colonized more easily with bifidobacteria than are those of formula-fed infants. Colonization is thought to reduce infant diarrhea. Amendments to formulas that improve colonization by bifidobacteria are being actively investigated. Colonization studies almost invariably require measurements of the concentration of the bifidobacteria in feces...